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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022
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¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-38246
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Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | | 98-1380306 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4931 North 300 West
Provo, UT 84604
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)
(801) 377-9111
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | VVNT | | New York Stock Exchange |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer | | x | | Accelerated filer | | ¨ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ¨ | | Smaller reporting company | | ¨ |
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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. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ý
As of August 5, 2022, there were 212,768,175 shares of Class A common stock outstanding.
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND GLOSSARY
As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless otherwise noted or the context otherwise requires:
•references to “Vivint,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” are to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; and
•the terms “subscriber” and “customer” are used interchangeably.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning our possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates” or “intends” or similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements which speak only as of the date hereof. You should understand that the following important factors, in addition to those discussed in “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 1, 2022 (the “Form 10-K”), as such factors may be updated in our periodic reports filed with the SEC, and contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements:
•the duration and scope of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic;
•the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our liquidity and capital resources, including the impact of the pandemic on our customers and timing of payments, the sufficiency of credit facilities, and the Company’s compliance with lender covenants;
•the ineffectiveness of steps we take to reduce operating costs;
•risks of the smart home and security industry, including risks of and publicity surrounding the sales, subscriber origination and retention process;
•the highly competitive nature of the smart home and security industry and product introductions and promotional activity by our competitors;
•litigation, complaints, product liability claims and/or adverse publicity;
•the impact of changes in consumer spending patterns, consumer preferences, local, regional, and national economic conditions, crime, geopolitical tensions, weather, and demographic trends;
•adverse publicity and product liability claims;
•increases and/or decreases in utility and other energy costs, increased costs related to utility or governmental requirements;
•cost increases or shortages in smart home and security technology products or components including disruptions in our supply chains;
•the introduction of unsuccessful new Smart Home Services;
•privacy and data protection laws, privacy or data breaches, or the loss of data;
•the impact to our business, results of operations, financial condition, regulatory compliance and customer experience of the Vivint Flex Pay plan (as described in Note 1 - Basis of Presentation in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements);
•risks related to our exposure to variable rates of interest with respect to our revolving credit facility and term loan facility;
•our inability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; and
•our inability to attract and retain employees due to labor shortages.
In addition, the origination and installation of new subscribers will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to, market availability, subscriber interest, the availability of suitable components, the negotiation of acceptable contract terms with subscribers, local permitting, licensing and regulatory compliance, and our ability to manage anticipated expansion and to hire, train and retain personnel, the financial viability of subscribers and general economic conditions.
These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report are more fully described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Form 10-K, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, and are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The risks described in the “Risk Factors” section referenced above are not exhaustive. Certain sections of this Quarterly Report describe additional factors that could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and you are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA DISCLOSURE
We use our website (www.vivint.com), our company blogs (vivint.com/resources, innovation.vivint.com), corporate Twitter and Facebook accounts (@VivintHome), our corporate Instagram account (@Vivint) and our corporate LinkedIn account as channels of distribution of company information. The information we post through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these channels, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. In addition, you may automatically receive e-mail alerts and other information about the Company when you enroll your e-mail address by visiting the “Email Alerts” section of our website at www.investors.vivint.com. The contents of our website and social media channels are not, however, a part of this report.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1. | UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per-share amounts) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
ASSETS | | | |
Current Assets: | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 299,027 | | | $ | 208,509 | |
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Accounts and notes receivable, net | 59,835 | | | 63,671 | |
Inventories | 81,045 | | | 51,251 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 41,858 | | | 19,385 | |
Total current assets | 481,765 | | | 342,816 | |
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Property, plant and equipment, net | 56,371 | | | 55,448 | |
Capitalized contract costs, net | 1,445,947 | | | 1,405,442 | |
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Deferred financing costs, net | 1,860 | | | 2,088 | |
Intangible assets, net | 23,023 | | | 51,928 | |
Goodwill | 817,502 | | | 837,153 | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 42,121 | | | 46,000 | |
Long-term notes receivables and other non-current assets, net | 39,738 | | | 44,753 | |
Total assets | $ | 2,908,327 | | | $ | 2,785,628 | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | | | |
Current Liabilities: | | | |
Accounts payable | $ | 137,073 | | | $ | 96,317 | |
Accrued payroll and commissions | 108,667 | | | 83,347 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 222,518 | | | 236,250 | |
Deferred revenue | 467,928 | | | 429,900 | |
Current portion of notes payable, net | 13,500 | | | 13,500 | |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 12,561 | | | 12,033 | |
Current portion of finance lease liabilities | 2,001 | | | 2,854 | |
Total current liabilities | 964,248 | | | 874,201 | |
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Notes payable, net | 2,263,275 | | | 2,347,765 | |
Notes payable, net - related party | 431,413 | | | 351,080 | |
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Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion | 3,489 | | | 1,416 | |
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 829,121 | | | 778,214 | |
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 36,692 | | | 41,713 | |
Warrant derivative liabilities | 6,230 | | | 24,564 | |
Other long-term obligations | 88,580 | | | 106,135 | |
Deferred income tax liabilities | 926 | | | 640 | |
Total liabilities | 4,623,974 | | | 4,525,728 | |
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 11) | | | |
Stockholders’ deficit: | | | |
Class A Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 3,000,000,000 shares authorized; 212,764,752 and 208,734,193 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | 21 | | | 21 | |
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | — | | | — | |
Additional paid-in capital | 1,732,287 | | | 1,703,815 | |
Accumulated deficit | (3,447,955) | | | (3,417,038) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | — | | | (26,898) | |
Total stockholders’ deficit | (1,715,647) | | | (1,740,100) | |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | 2,908,327 | | | $ | 2,785,628 | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Revenues: | | | | | | | |
Recurring and other revenue | $ | 407,282 | | | $ | 354,137 | | | $ | 800,030 | | | $ | 696,464 | |
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Costs and expenses: | | | | | | | |
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) | 100,793 | | | 90,740 | | | 196,253 | | | 187,271 | |
Selling expenses (exclusive of amortization of deferred commissions of $54,982; $52,926; $108,508; $105,004, respectively, which are included in depreciation and amortization shown separately below) | 91,647 | | | 89,867 | | | 169,684 | | | 204,408 | |
General and administrative expenses | 54,969 | | | 57,494 | | | 110,484 | | | 124,295 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 157,625 | | | 149,619 | | | 312,019 | | | 296,531 | |
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Total costs and expenses | 405,034 | | | 387,720 | | | 788,440 | | | 812,505 | |
Income (Loss) from operations | 2,248 | | | (33,583) | | | 11,590 | | | (116,041) | |
Other expenses (income): | | | | | | | |
Interest expense | 38,883 | | | 50,058 | | | 76,394 | | | 99,861 | |
Interest income | (147) | | | (110) | | | (280) | | | (154) | |
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (9,041) | | | (6,222) | | | (18,334) | | | (35,325) | |
Other income, net | (22,765) | | | (8,034) | | | (14,509) | | | (22,593) | |
Loss before income taxes | (4,682) | | | (69,275) | | | (31,681) | | | (157,830) | |
Income tax (benefit) expense | (1,196) | | | 1,270 | | | (764) | | | 1,514 | |
Net loss | $ | (3,486) | | | $ | (70,545) | | | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (159,344) | |
Net loss attributable per share to common stockholders: | | | | | | | |
Basic | $ | (0.02) | | | $ | (0.34) | | | $ | (0.15) | | | $ | (0.77) | |
Diluted | $ | (0.02) | | | $ | (0.36) | | | $ | (0.15) | | | $ | (0.93) | |
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss attributable per share to common stockholders: | | | | | | | |
Basic | 212,680,412 | | | 208,685,933 | | | 212,967,620 | | | 207,749,219 | |
Diluted | 212,680,412 | | | 209,523,243 | | | 212,967,620 | | | 209,259,965 | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
(in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Net loss | $ | (3,486) | | | $ | (70,545) | | | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (159,344) | |
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effects: | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 415 | | | 532 | | | 879 | | | 924 | |
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Total other comprehensive income | 415 | | | 532 | | | 879 | | | 924 | |
Comprehensive loss | $ | (3,071) | | | $ | (70,013) | | | $ | (30,038) | | | $ | (158,420) | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Deficit) (unaudited)
(In thousands, except shares)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
| | | Common Stock | | Additional Paid-In Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders' Deficit |
| | | | | Shares | | Amount | | | | |
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Balance, beginning of period | | | | | 212,561,154 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,716,996 | | | $ | (3,444,469) | | | $ | (26,434) | | | $ | (1,753,886) | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of equity awards | | | | | (107,811) | | — | | | (455) | | | — | | | — | | | (455) | |
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Issuance of common stock upon exercise or vesting of equity awards | | | | | 311,409 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Net Loss | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | (3,486) | | | — | | | (3,486) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 415 | | | 415 | |
Reclassification out of Other Comprehensive Income, Canada Sale | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 26,019 | | | 26,019 | |
Stock-based compensation | | | | | — | | — | | | 15,746 | | | — | | | — | | | 15,746 | |
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Balance, end of period | | | | | 212,764,752 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,732,287 | | | $ | (3,447,955) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,715,647) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 |
| | | Common Stock | | Additional Paid-In Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders' Deficit |
| | | | | Shares | | Amount | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Balance, beginning of period | | | | | 208,670,866 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,625,027 | | | $ | (3,200,285) | | | $ | (26,417) | | | $ | (1,601,654) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of earnout shares | | | | | 2,607 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of equity awards | | | | | (12,117) | | — | | | (632) | | | — | | | — | | | (632) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of common stock upon exercise or vesting of equity awards | | | | | 46,636 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Net Loss | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | (70,545) | | | — | | | (70,545) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 532 | | | 532 | |
Stock-based compensation | | | | | — | | — | | | 27,556 | | | — | | | — | | | 27,556 | |
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Balance, end of period | | | | | 208,707,992 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,651,951 | | | $ | (3,270,830) | | | $ | (25,885) | | | $ | (1,644,743) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
| | | Common Stock | | Additional Paid-In Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders' Deficit |
| | | | | Shares | | Amount | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Balance, beginning of period | | | | | 208,734,193 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,703,815 | | | $ | (3,417,038) | | | $ | (26,898) | | | $ | (1,740,100) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of equity awards | | | | | (1,672,579) | | — | | | (12,156) | | | — | | | — | | | (12,156) | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of common stock upon exercise or vesting of equity awards | | | | | 5,703,138 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Net Loss | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | (30,917) | | | — | | | (30,917) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 879 | | | 879 | |
Reclassification out of Other Comprehensive Income, Canada Sale | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 26,019 | | | 26,019 | |
Stock-based compensation | | | | | — | | — | | | 40,628 | | | — | | | — | | | 40,628 | |
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Balance, end of period | | | | | 212,764,752 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,732,287 | | | $ | (3,447,955) | | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,715,647) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 |
| | | Common Stock | | Additional Paid-In Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders' Deficit |
| | | | | Shares | | Amount | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Balance, beginning of period | | | | | 202,216,341 | | $ | 20 | | | $ | 1,548,786 | | | $ | (3,111,486) | | | $ | (26,809) | | | $ | (1,589,489) | |
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Issuance of earnout shares | | | | | 1,239,818 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of equity awards | | | | | (1,675,319) | | — | | | (29,367) | | | — | | | — | | | (29,367) | |
Forfeited shares | | | | | (17,198) | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Warrants exercised | | | | | 825,016 | | — | | | 19,743 | | | — | | | — | | | 19,743 | |
Issuance of common stock upon exercise or vesting of equity awards | | | | | 6,119,334 | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1 | |
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Net Loss | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | (159,344) | | | — | | | (159,344) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | | | — | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 924 | | | 924 | |
Stock-based compensation | | | | | — | | — | | | 112,789 | | | — | | | — | | | 112,789 | |
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Balance, end of period | | | | | 208,707,992 | | $ | 21 | | | $ | 1,651,951 | | | $ | (3,270,830) | | | $ | (25,885) | | | $ | (1,644,743) | |
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
(in thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
Cash flows from operating activities: | | | |
Net loss | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (159,344) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | |
Amortization of capitalized contract costs | 275,130 | | | 258,079 | |
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Amortization of customer relationships | 26,246 | | | 29,078 | |
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets | 10,643 | | | 9,374 | |
Amortization of deferred financing costs and bond premiums and discounts | 2,820 | | | 1,887 | |
Gain on sale of Canada Business | (25,420) | | | — | |
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(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets | (1,601) | | | 172 | |
Gain on changes in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities | (18,334) | | | (35,325) | |
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Stock-based compensation | 40,628 | | | 112,789 | |
Provision for doubtful accounts | 14,941 | | | 12,983 | |
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Deferred income taxes | (3,142) | | | (5,110) | |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | |
Accounts and notes receivable, net | (25,218) | | | (26,887) | |
Inventories | (30,690) | | | (19,683) | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (22,491) | | | (21,168) | |
Capitalized contract costs, net | (339,928) | | | (310,355) | |
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Long-term notes receivables and other non-current assets, net | 8,483 | | | 8,869 | |
Right-of-use assets | 3,857 | | | 5,039 | |
Accounts payable | 42,931 | | | 50,551 | |
Accrued payroll and commissions, accrued expenses, and other current and long-term liabilities | 4,826 | | | 3,634 | |
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Current and long-term operating lease liabilities | (4,472) | | | (5,603) | |
Deferred revenue | 104,083 | | | 155,258 | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 32,375 | | | 64,238 | |
Cash flows from investing activities: | | | |
| | | |
Capital expenditures | (11,013) | | | (8,033) | |
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Proceeds associated with sales and disposal of other assets | 2,162 | | | 89 | |
Proceeds from the sale of Canada Business, net of cash sold | 87,719 | | | — | |
| | | |
Acquisition of intangible assets | (181) | | | — | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 78,687 | | | (7,944) | |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | |
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Repayment of notes payable | (6,750) | | | (4,750) | |
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| | | |
Taxes paid related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards | (11,701) | | | (29,372) | |
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Proceeds from warrant exercises | — | | | 10,819 | |
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Repayments of finance lease obligations | (1,619) | | | (1,715) | |
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Net cash used in financing activities | (20,070) | | | (25,018) | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (474) | | | 106 | |
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 90,518 | | | 31,382 | |
Cash and cash equivalents: | | | |
Beginning of period | 208,509 | | | 313,799 | |
End of period | $ | 299,027 | | | $ | 345,181 | |
Supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | |
Finance lease additions | $ | 4,012 | | | $ | — | |
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Reclassification of warrant derivative liability for exercised warrants | $ | — | | | $ | 8,924 | |
Capital expenditures included within accounts payable | $ | 1,672 | | | $ | 1,231 | |
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Debt and equity financing costs included within accounts payable | $ | — | | | $ | 4,000 | |
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See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared by the Company without audit. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The information as of December 31, 2021 included in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q were prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (all of which are considered of a normal recurring nature) considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods and dates presented. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.
Preparing financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts that are reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on the Company’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from the Company’s estimates. The results of operations presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the Company’s results for any future period.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 1, 2022, which is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company are presented for Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP. Preparing financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts that are reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on the Company’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be different from the Company’s estimates. The results of operations presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the Company’s results for any future period. In June 2022, the Company sold its Canada business. The Company’s financial position and results of operations include Vivint Canada, Inc. through June 8, 2022. See Note 15 Segment Reporting and Business Concentrations, for additional information.
Vivint Flex Pay
The Vivint Flex Pay plan (“Vivint Flex Pay”) became the Company’s primary equipment financing model beginning in March 2017. Under Vivint Flex Pay, customers pay separately for the products (including control panel, security peripheral equipment, smart home equipment, and related installation) (“Products”) and Vivint’s smart home and security services (“Services”). The customer has the following three ways to pay for the Products: (1) qualified customers in the United States may finance the purchase of Products through third-party financing providers (“Consumer Financing Program” or “CFP”), (2) the Company generally offers to a limited number of customers not eligible for the CFP, but who qualify under the Company's underwriting criteria, the option to enter into a retail installment contract (“RIC”) directly with Vivint, or (3) customers may purchase the Products at the outset of the service contract by check, automatic clearing house payments (“ACH”), credit or debit card or by obtaining short-term financing (generally, no more than six month installment terms) through the Company.
Although customers pay separately for Products and Services under the Vivint Flex Pay plan, the Company has determined that the sale of Products and Services are one single performance obligation. As a result, all forms of transactions under Vivint Flex Pay create deferred revenue for the gross amount of Products sold. For RICs, gross deferred revenues are
reduced by imputed interest and estimated write-offs. For Products financed through the CFP, gross deferred revenues are reduced by (i) any fees the third-party financing provider (“Financing Provider”) is contractually entitled to receive at the time of loan origination, and (ii) the present value of expected future payments due to Financing Providers.
Under the CFP, qualified customers are eligible for financing offerings (“Loans”) originated by Financing Providers of between $150 and $6,000. The terms of most Loans are determined based on the customer's credit quality. The annual percentage rates on these Loans is either 0% or 9.99%, depending on the customer's credit quality, and the Loans are issued on either an installment or revolving basis with repayment terms ranging from 6- to 60-months.
For certain Financing Provider Loans:
•the Company pays a monthly fee based on either the average daily outstanding balance of the installment loans, or the number of outstanding Loans.
•The Company incurs fees at the time of the loan origination and receives proceeds that are net of these fees.
•The Company also shares liability for credit losses, with the Company being responsible for between 2.6% and 100% of lost principal balances.
•The Company is responsible for reimbursing certain Financing Providers for merchant transaction fees and other fees associated with the Loans.
Because of the nature of these provisions, the Company records a derivative liability at its fair value when the Financing Provider originates Loans to customers, which reduces the amount of estimated revenue recognized on the provision of the services. The derivative liability is reduced as payments are made by the Company to the Financing Provider. Subsequent changes to the fair value of the derivative liability are realized through other expenses (income), net in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. (see Note 8 “Financial Instruments” for additional information).
For certain other Loans, the Company receives net proceeds (net of fees and expected losses) for which the Company has no further obligation to the Financing Provider. The Company records these net proceeds to deferred revenue.
Retail Installment Contract Receivables
For subscribers that enter into a RIC to finance the purchase of Products, the Company records a receivable for the amount financed. Gross RIC receivables are reduced for (i) expected write-offs of uncollectible balances over the term of the RIC and (ii) a present value discount of the expected cash flows using a risk adjusted market interest rate. Therefore, the RIC receivables equal the present value of the expected cash flows to be received by the Company over the term of the RIC, evaluated on a pool basis. RICs are pooled based on customer credit quality, contract length and geography. At the time of installation, the Company records a long-term note receivable within long-term notes receivables and other assets, net on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets for the present value of the receivables that are expected to be collected beyond 12 months of the reporting date. The unbilled receivable amounts that are expected to be collected within 12 months of the reporting date are included as a short-term notes receivable within accounts and notes receivable, net on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The billed amounts of notes receivables are included in accounts receivable within accounts and notes receivable, net on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The Company imputes the interest on the RIC receivable using a risk adjusted market interest rate and records it as a reduction to deferred revenue and as an adjustment to the face amount of the related receivable. The risk adjusted interest rate considers a number of factors, including credit quality of the subscriber base and other qualitative considerations such as macro-economic factors. The imputed interest income is recognized over the term of the RIC contract as recurring and other revenue on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
When the Company determines that there are RIC receivables that have become uncollectible, it records an adjustment to the allowance and reduces the related note receivable balance. On a regular basis, the Company also assesses the expected remaining cash flows based on historical RIC write-off trends, current market conditions and both Company and third-party forecast data. If the Company determines there is a change in expected remaining cash flows, the total amount of this change for all RICs is recorded in the current period to the provision for credit losses, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Account balances are written-off if collection efforts are unsuccessful and future collection is unlikely based on the length of time from the day accounts become past due. (See Note 4).
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable consists primarily of amounts due from subscribers for recurring monthly monitoring Services, amounts due from third-party financing providers and the billed portion of RIC receivables. The accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts, are non-interest bearing and are included within accounts and notes receivable, net on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Accounts receivable totaled $34.7 million and $26.4 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts of $13.3 million and $13.3 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company estimates this allowance based on historical collection experience, subscriber attrition rates, current market conditions and both Company and third-party forecast data. When the Company determines that there are accounts receivable that are uncollectible, they are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The changes in the Company’s allowance for accounts receivable were as follows for the periods ended (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | | | |
Beginning balance | $ | 11,673 | | | $ | 8,125 | | | $ | 13,271 | | | $ | 9,911 | | | | | |
Provision for doubtful accounts | 8,361 | | | 8,267 | | | 14,941 | | | 12,983 | | | | | |
Write-offs and adjustments | (6,741) | | | (6,771) | | | (14,919) | | | (13,273) | | | | | |
Balance at end of period | $ | 13,293 | | | $ | 9,621 | | | $ | 13,293 | | | $ | 9,621 | | | | | |
Revenue Recognition
The Company offers its customers smart home services combining Products, including a proprietary control panel, door and window sensors, door locks, cameras and smoke alarms; installation; and a proprietary back-end cloud platform software and Services. These together create an integrated system that allows the Company’s customers to monitor, control and protect their home (“Smart Home Services”). The Company’s customers are buying this integrated system that provides them with these Smart Home Services. The number and type of Products purchased by a customer depends on their desired functionality. Because the Products and Services included in the customer’s contract are integrated and highly interdependent, and because they must work together to deliver the Smart Home Services, the Company has concluded that installed Products, related installation and Services contracted for by the customer are generally not distinct within the context of the contract and, therefore, constitute a single, combined performance obligation. Revenues for this single, combined performance obligation are recognized on a straight-line basis over the customer’s contract term, which is the period in which the parties to the contract have enforceable rights and obligations. The Company has determined that certain contracts that do not require a long-term commitment for monitoring services by the customer contain a material right to renew the contract, because the customer does not have to purchase Products upon renewal. Proceeds allocated to the material right are recognized over the period of benefit, which is generally three years.
The majority of the Company’s subscription contracts are between three and five years in length and are generally non-cancelable. These contracts with customers generally convert into month-to-month agreements at the end of the initial term, and some customer contracts are month-to-month from inception. Payment for Smart Home Services is generally due in advance on a monthly basis.
Sales of Products and other one-time fees such as service or installation fees are invoiced to the customer at the time of sale. Revenues for any Products or Services that are considered separate performance obligations are recognized when those Products or Services are delivered. Taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are not included in revenue. Payments received or amounts billed in advance of revenue recognition are reported as deferred revenue.
Deferred Revenue
The Company’s deferred revenues primarily consist of amounts for sales (including upfront proceeds) of Smart Home Services. Deferred revenues are recognized over the term of the related performance obligation, which is generally three to five years.
Capitalized Contract Costs
Capitalized contract costs represent the costs directly related and incremental to the origination of new contracts, modification of existing contracts or to the fulfillment of the related subscriber contracts. These include commissions, other
compensation and related costs incurred directly for the origination and installation of new or upgraded customer contracts, as well as the cost of Products installed in the customer home at the commencement or modification of the contract. The Company calculates amortization by accumulating all deferred contract costs into separate portfolios based on the initial month of service and amortizes those deferred contract costs on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit that the Company has determined to be five years, consistent with the pattern in which the Company provides services to its customers. The Company believes this pattern of amortization appropriately reduces the carrying value of the capitalized contract costs over time to reflect the decline in the value of the assets as the remaining period of benefit for each monthly portfolio of contracts decreases. The period of benefit of five years is longer than some contract terms because of anticipated contract renewals. The Company applies this period of benefit to its entire portfolio of contracts. The Company updates its estimate of the period of benefit periodically and whenever events or circumstances indicate that the period of benefit could change significantly. Such changes, if any, are accounted for prospectively as a change in estimate. No such changes were made for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. Amortization of capitalized contract costs is included in “Depreciation and Amortization” on the consolidated statements of operations.
The carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs is periodically reviewed for impairment. In performing this review, the Company begins by analyzing for impairment indicators. If impairment indicators exist, the Company considers whether the carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs will be recovered. In estimating the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in the future related to capitalized contract costs, the Company considers factors such as attrition rates, economic factors, and industry developments, among other factors. If it is determined that capitalized contract costs are impaired, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs and the anticipated costs that relate directly to providing the future services exceed the consideration that has been received and that is expected to be received in the future. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, no impairment losses were recorded.
Contract costs not directly related and incremental to the origination of new contracts, modification of existing contracts or to the fulfillment of the related subscriber contracts are expensed as incurred. These costs include those associated with housing, marketing, advertising, recruiting, non-direct lead generation costs, certain portions of sales commissions and residuals, overhead and other costs considered not directly and specifically tied to the origination of a particular subscriber.
On the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash flows, capitalized contract costs are classified as operating activities and reported as “Capitalized contract costs – deferred contract costs” as these assets represent deferred costs associated with subscriber contracts.
The Company’s depreciation and amortization included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations consisted of the following (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Amortization of capitalized contract costs | $ | 138,559 | | | $ | 130,311 | | | $ | 275,130 | | | $ | 258,079 | |
Amortization of definite-lived intangibles | 13,252 | | | 15,035 | | | 26,866 | | | 30,054 | |
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment | 5,814 | | | 4,273 | | | 10,023 | | | 8,398 | |
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 157,625 | | | $ | 149,619 | | | $ | 312,019 | | | $ | 296,531 | |
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with remaining maturities when purchased of three months or less.
Inventories
Inventories, which are comprised of smart home and security system equipment and parts are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined under the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Inventories sold to customers as part of a smart home and security system are generally capitalized as contract costs. The Company adjusts the inventory balance based on anticipated obsolescence, usage and historical write-offs.
Deferred Financing Costs
Certain costs incurred in connection with obtaining debt financing are deferred and amortized utilizing the straight-line method, which approximates the effective-interest method, over the life of the related financing. Deferred financing costs associated with obtaining APX Group, Inc.’s (“APX”) revolving credit facility are amortized over the amended maturity dates discussed in Note 3 “Long-Term Debt.” Deferred financing costs associated with the revolving credit facility reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets within deferred financing costs, net at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $1.9 million and $2.1 million, net of accumulated amortization of $11.7 million and $11.5 million, respectively. Deferred financing costs included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets within notes payable, net at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $31.7 million and $34.3 million, net of accumulated amortization of $80.0 million and $77.4 million, respectively. Amortization expense on deferred financing costs recognized and included in interest expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, totaled $1.4 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $2.8 million and $3.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (See Note 3 “Long-Term Debt” for additional detail).
Residual Income Plans
The Company has a program that allows certain third-party sales channel partners to receive additional compensation based on the performance of the underlying contracts they create (the “Channel Partner Plan”). The Company also has a residual sales compensation plan (the “Residual Plan”) under which the Company's sales personnel (each, a “Plan Participant”) receive compensation based on the performance of certain underlying contracts they created in prior years.
For both the Channel Partner Plan and Residual Plan, the Company calculates the present value of the expected future residual payments and records a liability for this amount in the period the subscriber account is originated. These costs are recorded to capitalized contract costs. The Company monitors actual payments and customer attrition on a periodic basis and, when necessary, makes adjustments to the liability. The current portion of the liability included in accrued payroll and commissions was $5.5 million and $4.3 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and the noncurrent portion included in other long-term obligations was $22.4 million and $23.2 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures compensation cost based on the grant-date fair value of the award and recognizes that cost over the requisite service period of the awards (See Note 10 “Stock-Based Compensation and Equity” for additional details).
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs were $18.2 million and $26.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $34.7 million and $43.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Research and Development
Research and development costs consist primarily of employee compensation and related expenses, product development expenses, third-party development support costs, facility costs as well as allocated overhead costs and are included in general and administrative expense. The Company incurred $16.0 million and $13.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $31.0 million and $25.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes based on the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets when it is determined that it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The Company recognizes the effect of an uncertain income tax position on the income tax return at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority. An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties is to record such items as a component of the provision for income taxes.
Changes in tax laws and rates could also affect recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities in the future. The Company records the effect of a tax rate or law change on the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities in the period of enactment. Future tax rate or law changes could have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist principally of receivables and cash. At times during the year, the Company maintains cash balances in excess of insured limits. The Company is not dependent on any single customer or geographic location. The loss of a customer would not adversely impact the Company’s operating results or financial position.
Concentrations of Supply Risk
As of June 30, 2022, approximately 96% of the Company’s installed panels were the Company's proprietary SkyControl or Smart Hub panels and 4% were 2GIG Go!Control panels. The loss of the Company's SkyControl or Smart Hub panel suppliers could potentially impact its operating results or financial position.
Fair Value Measurement
Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities subject to on-going fair value measurement are categorized and disclosed into one of three categories depending on observable or unobservable inputs employed in the measurement. These two types of inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets and liabilities.
Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted in active markets but corroborated by market data.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available.
This hierarchy requires the Company to minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to use observable market data, if available, when determining fair value. The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the hierarchy based on the fair values of the respective financial measurements at the end of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred. There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
The carrying amounts of the Company’s accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued and other liabilities approximate their fair values due to their short maturities.
Goodwill
The Company tests goodwill at the reporting unit level for impairment annually as of October 1 and on an interim basis when events occur or circumstances exist that indicate the carrying value may no longer be recoverable. If impairment indicators exist, the Company compares the fair value of our reporting units with the carrying amount, including goodwill. The Company recognizes an impairment charge for the amount by which the reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value. The Company’s reporting units are determined based on its current reporting structure, which as of June 30, 2022 consisted of one reporting unit. As of June 30, 2022, there were no changes in facts and circumstances since the most recent annual impairment analysis to indicate impairment existed.
Letters of Credit
As of both June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $11.1 million and $14.0 million of letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, all of which are undrawn.
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and ASC 815-15. The
classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is assessed as part of this evaluation.
The Company accounts for its private placement warrants as derivative warrant liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40. Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are re-measured at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.
2. Revenue and Capitalized Contract Costs
Customers are typically invoiced for Smart Home Services in advance or at the time the Company delivers the related Smart Home Services. The majority of customers pay at the time of invoice via credit card, debit card or ACH. Deferred revenue relates to the advance consideration received from customers, which precedes the Company’s satisfaction of the associated performance obligation. The Company’s deferred revenues primarily result from customer payments received in advance for recurring monthly monitoring and other Smart Home Services, or other one-time fees, because these performance obligations are satisfied over time.
The Company also provides its customers with service warranties associated with product replacement and related services. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had warranty service reserves of $6.2 million and $6.0 million, respectively, which are included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized revenues of $246.7 million and $185.7 million, respectively, that were included in the deferred revenue balance as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Transaction Price Allocated to the Remaining Performance Obligations
As of June 30, 2022, approximately $3.6 billion of revenue is expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for subscription contracts. The Company expects to recognize approximately 63% of the revenue related to these remaining performance obligations over the next 24 months, with the remaining balance recognized over an additional 36 months.
Timing of Revenue Recognition
The Company considers Products, related installation, and its proprietary back-end cloud platform software and services an integrated system that allows the Company’s customers to monitor, control and protect their homes. These Smart Home Services are accounted for as a single performance obligation that is recognized over the customer’s contract term, which is generally three to five years.
Capitalized Contract Costs
Capitalized contract costs generally include commissions, other compensation and related costs paid directly for the generation and installation of new or modified customer contracts, as well as the cost of Products installed in the customer home at the commencement or modification of the contract. The Company defers and amortizes these costs for new or modified subscriber contracts on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit of five years.
3. Long-Term Debt
The Company’s debt at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 consisted of the following (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Outstanding Principal | | | | Unamortized Deferred Financing Costs (1) | | Net Carrying Amount |
Long-Term Debt: | | | | | | | |
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6.750% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027 | $ | 600,000 | | | | | $ | (4,367) | | | $ | 595,633 | |
5.750% Senior Notes Due 2029 | 800,000 | | | | | (10,418) | | | 789,582 | |
Senior Secured Term Loan - noncurrent | 1,326,375 | | | | | (16,902) | | | 1,309,473 | |
Total Long-Term Debt | 2,726,375 | | | | | (31,687) | | | 2,694,688 | |
Senior Secured Term Loan - current | 13,500 | | | | | — | | | 13,500 | |
Total Debt | $ | 2,739,875 | | | | | $ | (31,687) | | | $ | 2,708,188 | |
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Long-Term Debt: | | | | | | | |
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6.750% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027 | $ | 600,000 | | | | | $ | (4,835) | | | $ | 595,165 | |
5.750% Senior Notes Due 2029 | 800,000 | | | | | (11,154) | | | 788,846 | |
Senior Secured Term Loan - noncurrent | 1,333,125 | | | | | (18,291) | | | 1,314,834 | |
Total Long-Term Debt | 2,733,125 | | | | | (34,280) | | | 2,698,845 | |
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Senior Secured Term Loan - current | 13,500 | | | | | — | | | 13,500 | |
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Total Debt | $ | 2,746,625 | | | | | $ | (34,280) | | | $ | 2,712,345 | |
(1)Unamortized deferred financing costs related to the revolving credit facilities included in deferred financing costs, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were $1.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively.
2027 Notes
As of June 30, 2022, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, APX, had $600.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior secured notes due 2027 (the “2027 notes”). The 2027 notes are secured, on a pari passu basis, by the collateral securing obligations under the existing senior secured notes, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility (as defined below), in each case, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens. Interest accrues at the rate of 6.75% per annum for the 2027 notes. Interest on the 2027 notes is payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year. APX may redeem the Notes at the prices and on the terms specified in the applicable indenture.
2029 Notes
As of June 30, 2022, APX had $800.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 notes” and, together with the 2027 notes the “Notes”). The 2029 notes will mature on July 15, 2029. Interest accrues at the rate of 5.75% per annum for the 2029 notes. Interest on the 2029 notes is payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 each year. APX may redeem the Notes at the prices and on the terms specified in the applicable indenture.
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
The Company's senior secured credit facilities provides for (i) a term loan facility (the "Term Loan Facility", and the loans thereunder, the "Term Loans") and (ii) a revolving credit facility with commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $370.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility", and the loans thereunder, the "Revolving Loans").
As of June 30, 2022, APX had outstanding term loans under the Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,339.9 million. APX is required to make quarterly amortization payments under the Term Loan Facility in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on the closing date thereof. The remaining outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans will be due and payable in full on July 9, 2028. APX may prepay the Term
Loans on the terms specified in the Credit Agreement. No amortization payments are required under the Revolving Credit Facility
In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Revolving Credit Facility, APX is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 50 basis points (which will be subject to two interest rate step-downs of 12.5 basis points, based on APX meeting consolidated first lien net leverage ratio tests) to the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder. APX also pays customary letter of credit and agency fees. The revolving credit commitments outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility will be due and payable in full on July 9, 2026.
Borrowings under the amended and restated Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at APX’s option, at a rate per annum equal to either (a)(i) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the “Prime Rate” in the United States as published in The Wall Street Journal, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (3) the LIBO rate for a one month interest period plus 1.00%, plus (ii) between 2.50% and 2.00%, depending on the first lien net leverage ratio of the applicable fiscal quarter or (b)(i) a LIBO rate determined by reference to the applicable page for the LIBO rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing plus (ii) between 3.50% and 3.00%, depending on the first lien net leverage ratio of the applicable fiscal quarter, subject in each case to an agreed interest rate floor.
There were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $358.9 million of availability under the Revolving Credit Facility (after giving effect to $11.1 million of letters of credit outstanding and no borrowings).
Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs are amortized to interest expense over the life of the issued debt. The following table presents deferred financing activity for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unamortized Deferred Financing Costs |
| Balance December 31, 2021 | | | | | | | | Amortized | | Balance June 30, 2022 |
Revolving Credit Facility | $ | 2,088 | | | | | | | | | $ | (228) | | | $ | 1,860 | |
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2027 Notes | 4,835 | | | | | | | | | (468) | | | 4,367 | |
2029 Notes | 11,153 | | | | | | | | | (735) | | | 10,418 | |
Term Loan | 18,290 | | | | | | | | | (1,388) | | | 16,902 | |
Total Deferred Financing Costs | $ | 36,366 | | | | | | | | | $ | (2,819) | | | $ | 33,547 | |
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Revolving Credit Facility | $ | 1,667 | | | | | | | | | $ | (200) | | | $ | 1,467 | |
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2022 Notes | 4,697 | | | | | | | | | (1,225) | | | 3,472 | |
2023 Notes | 2,241 | | | | | | | | | (420) | | | 1,821 | |
2024 Notes | 3,530 | | | | | | | | | (451) | | | 3,079 | |
2027 Notes | 5,771 | | | | | | | | | (468) | | | 5,303 | |
Term Loan | 10,921 | | | | | | | | | (1,092) | | | 9,829 | |
Total Deferred Financing Costs | $ | 28,827 | | | | | | | | | $ | (3,856) | | | $ | 24,971 | |
Guarantees
All of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes are guaranteed by APX Group Holdings, Inc., each of APX Group's existing and future material wholly-owned U.S. restricted subsidiaries (subject to customary exclusions and qualifications) and solely in the case of the Notes, Vivint Smart Home, Inc. However, such subsidiaries shall only be required to guarantee the obligations under the debt agreements governing the Notes for so long as such entities guarantee the obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, the Term Loan Facility or the Company's other indebtedness.
4. Retail Installment Contract Receivables
Certain subscribers have the option to purchase Products under a RIC, payable over either 42 or 60 months. Short-term RIC receivables are recorded in accounts and notes receivable, net and long-term RIC receivables are recorded in long-term notes receivables and other assets, net in the unaudited condensed consolidated unaudited balance sheets.
The following table summarizes the RIC receivables (in thousands):
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
RIC receivables, gross | $ | 57,741 | | | $ | 90,204 | |
RIC allowance | (8,556) | | | (12,384) | |
Imputed interest | (4,470) | | | (7,469) | |
RIC receivables, net | $ | 44,715 | | | $ | 70,351 | |
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Classified on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as: | | | |
Accounts and notes receivable, net | $ | 25,172 | | | $ | 37,270 | |
Long-term notes receivables and other assets, net | 19,543 | | | 33,081 | |
RIC receivables, net | $ | 44,715 | | | $ | 70,351 | |
The changes in the Company’s RIC allowance were as follows (in thousands):
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RIC allowance, beginning of period | $ | 12,384 | | | $ | 27,061 | |
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Write-offs | (5,153) | | | (7,329) | |
Recoveries | 1,572 | | | 1,929 | |
Additions from RICs originated during the period | 1,953 | | | 2,485 | |
Change in expected credit losses | (1,264) | | | (8,692) | |
Other adjustments (1) | (936) | | | (231) | |
RIC allowance, end of period | $ | 8,556 | | | $ | 15,223 | |
(1) Other adjustments primarily reflect changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to Canadian RICs and adjustments related to sale of the Canadian business.
The amount of RIC imputed interest income recognized in recurring and other revenue was $1.2 million and $2.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $2.6 million and $4.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
5. Balance Sheet Components
The following table presents material balance sheet component balances (in thousands):
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | | |
Prepaid expenses | $ | 24,940 | | | $ | 12,791 | |
Deposits | 1,731 | | | 627 | |
Other | 15,187 | | | 5,967 | |
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 41,858 | | | $ | 19,385 | |
Capitalized contract costs | | | |
Capitalized contract costs | $ | 4,241,349 | | | $ | 4,103,683 | |
Accumulated amortization | (2,795,402) | | | (2,698,241) | |
Capitalized contract costs, net | $ | 1,445,947 | | | $ | 1,405,442 | |
Long-term notes receivables and other assets | | | |
RIC receivables, gross | $ | 32,569 | | | $ | 52,934 | |
RIC allowance | (8,556) | | | (12,384) | |
RIC imputed interest | (4,470) | | | (7,469) | |
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Deferred income tax assets | — | | | 2,022 | |
Other | 20,195 | | | 9,650 | |
Total long-term notes receivables and other assets, net | $ | 39,738 | | | $ | 44,753 | |
Accrued payroll and commissions | | | |
Accrued commissions | $ | 79,238 | | | $ | 47,879 | |
Accrued payroll | 29,429 | | | 35,468 | |
Total accrued payroll and commissions | $ | 108,667 | | | $ | 83,347 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | | | |
Accrued interest payable | $ | 39,264 | | | $ | 40,333 | |
Current portion of derivative liability | 129,329 | | | 140,394 | |
Service warranty accrual | 6,198 | | | 5,992 | |
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Accrued taxes | 14,387 | | | 10,758 | |
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Accrued payroll taxes and withholdings | 13,078 | | | 14,392 | |
Loss contingencies | 7,900 | | | 8,150 | |
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Other | 12,362 | | | 16,231 | |
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 222,518 | | | $ | 236,250 | |
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6. Property Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 | | Estimated Useful Lives |
Vehicles | $ | 38,852 | | | $ | 40,103 | | | 3 - 5 years |
Computer equipment and software | 86,824 | | | 83,479 | | | 3 - 5 years |
Leasehold improvements | 29,997 | | | 30,087 | | | 2 - 15 years |
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment | 23,130 | | | 22,327 | | | 2 - 7 years |
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Construction in process | 13,662 | | | 11,089 | | | |
Property, plant and equipment, gross | 192,465 | | | 187,085 | | | |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization | (136,094) | | | (131,637) | | | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 56,371 | | | $ | 55,448 | | | |
Property, plant and equipment, net includes approximately $16.8 million and $16.5 million of assets under finance lease obligations at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, net of accumulated amortization of $22.9 million and $24.5 million, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization expense on all property, plant and equipment was $5.8 million and $4.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $10.0 million and $8.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company recorded an impairment expense on its internal-use software of $1.8 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and was included in depreciation and amortization expense. Amortization expense related to assets under finance leases is included in depreciation and amortization expense.
7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill
As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had a goodwill balance of $817.5 million and $837.2 million, respectively. The change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was the result of the sale of the Canada business.
Intangible assets, net
The following table presents intangible asset balances (in thousands):
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 | | |
| Gross Carrying Amount | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net Carrying Amount | | Gross Carrying Amount | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net Carrying Amount | | Estimated Useful Lives |
Definite-lived intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Customer contracts | $ | 892,091 | | | $ | (871,695) | | | $ | 20,396 | | | $ | 969,376 | | | $ | (920,617) | | | $ | 48,759 | | | 10 years |
2GIG 2.0 technology | — | | | — | | | — | | | 17,000 | | | (17,000) | | | — | | | 8 years |
Other technology | 2,917 | | | (2,917) | | | — | | | 4,725 | | | (4,725) | | | — | | | 2 - 7 years |
Space Monkey technology | — | | | — | | | — | | | 7,100 | | | (7,100) | | | — | | | 6 years |
Patents | 11,204 | | | (8,642) | | | 2,562 | | | 11,180 | | | (8,076) | | | 3,104 | | | 5 years |
Total definite-lived intangible assets: | 906,212 | | | (883,254) | | | 22,958 | | | 1,009,381 | | | (957,518) | | | 51,863 | | | |
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Indefinite-lived intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Domain names | 65 | | | — | | | 65 | | | 65 | | | — | | | 65 | | | |
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Total intangible assets, net | $ | 906,277 | | | $ | (883,254) | | | $ | 23,023 | | | $ | 1,009,446 | | | $ | (957,518) | | | $ | 51,928 | | | |
Amortization expense related to intangible assets was approximately $13.3 million and $15.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $26.9 million and $30.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
As of June 30, 2022, the remaining weighted-average amortization period for definite-lived intangible assets was 0.7 years. Estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets, excluding approximately $0.1 million in patents currently in process, is as follows as of June 30, 2022 (in thousands):
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2022 - Remaining Period | $ | 20,920 | |
2023 | 805 | |
2024 | 615 | |
2025 | 515 | |
2026 | 5 | |
Thereafter | — | |
Total estimated amortization expense | $ | 22,860 | |
8. Financial Instruments
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are classified as level 1 assets, as they have readily available market prices in an active market. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $299.0 million and $208.5 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
The carrying amounts of the Company’s accounts and notes receivable, accounts payable and accrued and other liabilities approximate their fair values.
Debt
Components of the Company's debt including the associated interest rates and related fair values are as follows (in thousands, except interest rates): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 | | Stated Interest Rate |
Issuance | | Face Value | | Estimated Fair Value | | Face Value | | Estimated Fair Value | |
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2027 Notes | | 600,000 | | | 562,800 | | | 600,000 | | | 633,660 | | | 6.750 | % |
2029 Notes | | 800,000 | | | 619,360 | | | 800,000 | | | 795,680 | | | 5.750 | % |
Term Loan | | 1,339,875 | | | 1,339,875 | | | 1,346,625 | | | 1,346,625 | | | N/A |
Total | | $ | 2,739,875 | | | $ | 2,522,035 | | | $ | 2,746,625 | | | $ | 2,775,965 | | | |
The Notes are fixed-rate debt considered Level 2 fair value measurements as the values were determined using observable market inputs, such as current interest rates, prices observable from less active markets, as well as prices observable from comparable securities. The Term Loan Facility is floating-rate debt and approximates the carrying value as interest accrues at floating rates based on market rates.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Consumer Financing Program
Under the Consumer Financing Program, the Company pays a monthly fee to Financing Providers based on either the average daily outstanding balance of the Loans or the number of outstanding Loans. For certain Loans, the Company incurs fees at the time of the loan origination and receives proceeds that are net of these fees. The Company also shares the liability for credit losses, depending on the credit quality of the customer. Because of the nature of certain provisions under the Consumer Financing Program, the Company records a derivative liability that is not designated as a hedging instrument and is adjusted to fair value, measured using the present value of the estimated future payments. Changes to the fair value are recorded through other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The following represent the contractual future payment obligations with the Financing Providers under the Consumer Financing Program that are components of the derivative:
•The Company pays either a monthly fee based on the average daily outstanding balance of the Loans, or the number of outstanding Loans, depending on the Financing Provider
•The Company shares the liability for credit losses depending on the credit quality of the customer
•The Company pays transactional fees associated with customer payment processing
The derivative is classified as a Level 3 instrument. The derivative positions are valued using a discounted cash flow model, with inputs consisting of available market data, such as market yield discount rates, as well as unobservable internally derived assumptions, such as collateral prepayment rates, collateral default rates and loss severity rates. These derivatives are priced quarterly using a credit valuation adjustment methodology. In summary, the fair value represents an estimate of the present value of the cash flows the Company will be obligated to pay to the Financing Provider for each component of the derivative.
The following table summarizes the fair value and the notional amount of the Company’s outstanding consumer financing program derivative instrument as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (in thousands):
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
Consumer Financing Program Contractual Obligations: | | | |
Fair value | $ | 186,309 | | | $ | 216,795 | |
Notional amount | 1,034,938 | | | 1,160,278 | |
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Classified on the condensed consolidated unaudited balance sheets as: | | | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 129,329 | | | 140,394 | |
Other long-term obligations | 56,980 | | | 76,401 | |
Total Consumer Financing Program Contractual Obligation | $ | 186,309 | | | $ | 216,795 | |
Changes in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
The following table summarizes the change in the fair value of the Level 3 outstanding derivative instrument for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):
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| Six months ended June 30, 2022 | | Six months ended June 30, 2021 |
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 216,796 | | | $ | 227,896 | |
Additions | 10,371 | | | 60,366 | |
Settlements | (53,331) | | | (47,512) | |
Net losses (gains) included in earnings | 12,473 | | | (21,111) | |
Balance, end of period | $ | 186,309 | | | $ | 219,639 | |
Warrant Liabilities
The Company holds a derivative warrant liability related to previously issued stock warrants consisting of both private placement warrants and public warrants. As of January 7, 2021, all public warrants were exercised or redeemed and none were outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company utilizes a Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of the private placement warrants and are considered a Level 3 fair value measurement. The private placement warrants are measured at each reporting period, with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations. (See Note 10 for further details on outstanding private placement warrants)
The change in the fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
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| | | Private Placement Warrants | | |
Balance, beginning of period | | | $ | 24,564 | | | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | | | (18,334) | | | |
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Balance, end of period | | | $ | 6,230 | | | |
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| Six months ended June 30, 2021 |
| Public Warrants | | Private Placement Warrants | | Total Derivative Warrant liability |
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 8,063 | | | $ | 75,531 | | | $ | 83,594 | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | 1,350 | | | (36,185) | | | (34,835) | |
Write-off fair value of unexercised expired warrants | (490) | | | — | | | (490) | |
Reclassification of derivative liabilities for exercised warrants | (8,923) | | | — | | | (8,923) | |
Balance, end of period | $ | — | | | $ | 39,346 | | | $ | 39,346 | |
The estimated fair value of the private placement warrant derivative liabilities is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a Black-Scholes valuation model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expiration, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock based on historical volatility of select peer companies that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expiration of the warrants. The dividend yield is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero.
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements inputs as their measurement dates: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| As of June 30, 2022 | | As of June 30, 2021 |
Number of private placement warrants | 5,933,334 | | 5,933,334 |
Exercise price | $ | 11.50 | | $ | 11.50 |
Stock price | $ | 3.48 | | $ | 13.20 |
Expiration term (in years) | 2.6 | | 3.6 |
Volatility | 95 | % | | 65 | % |
Risk-free Rate | 2.96 | % | | 0.57 | % |
Dividend yield | — | % | | — | % |
9. Income Taxes
In order to determine the quarterly provision for income taxes, the Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income and statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Certain significant or unusual items are separately recognized in the quarter during which they occur and can be a source of variability in the effective tax rates from quarter to quarter.
The Company’s effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was approximately 2.41% and negative 0.96%, respectively. The effective tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 differ from the statutory rate primarily due to not benefiting from expected US losses, US state minimum taxes and Canadian taxes.
Significant judgment is required in determining the Company’s provision for income taxes, recording valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, and evaluating the Company’s uncertain tax positions. In evaluating the ability to realize its deferred tax assets, in full or in part, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including past operating results, forecasted future earnings, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. Due to historical net losses incurred and the uncertainty of realizing the deferred tax assets, for all the periods presented, the Company has maintained a domestic valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets that remain after offset by domestic deferred tax liabilities.
10. Stock-Based Compensation and Equity
The Vivint Smart Home, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the issuance of stock-based incentive awards to attract, motivate and retain qualified employees and non-employee directors, and to align their financial interests with those of company stockholders. The Company utilizes a combination of time-based and performance-based restricted stock units.
Tracking Units
Compensation expense associated with unvested Company tracking units (“Tracking Units”) is recognized on a ratable straight-line basis over the remaining vesting period. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company approved the acceleration of the unvested Tracking Units to immediately vest. At June 30, 2022, no Tracking Units were unvested, and there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to Tracking Units.
Rollover LTIPs
Long-term incentive awards were set aside for funding incentive compensation pools pursuant to long-term sales and installation employee incentive plans established by the Company Rollover LTIPs. In January 2021, the Company made a distribution of Rollover LTIPs to plan participants resulting in the grant of awards and the issuance of 1,609,627 shares of common stock and 847,141 shares of earnouts associated with the LTIPs. At June 30, 2022, there were no remaining long-term incentive awards outstanding and no unrecognized compensation expense related to Rollover LTIPs.
Restricted Stock Units
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company approved grants under the Vivint Smart Home, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of time-vesting restricted stock unit (the “RSUs”) awards (each representing the right to receive one share of Class A common stock of the Company upon the settlement of each restricted stock unit) to various levels of key employees. The RSUs are generally subject to a four-year vesting schedule, and 25% of the units will vest on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date. All vesting shall be subject to the recipient’s continued employment with Vivint Smart Home, Inc. or its subsidiaries through the applicable vesting dates, and certain other vesting criteria as applicable. As of June 30, 2022, 11,272,536 RSUs were outstanding and there was $99.8 million unrecognized compensation expense related to RSUs.
Performance Stock Units
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company approved grants under the Plan of performance-vesting restricted stock units (the “PSUs”) (each representing the right to receive one share of Class A common stock of the Company upon the settlement of each restricted stock unit). The PSUs predominantly vest based upon the achievement of specified performance goals and the passage of time (1-4 years), in each case, subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting date. Compensation expense is not recognized until achievement of the performance goals are deemed probable. As of June 30, 2022, 9,717,036 PSUs were outstanding and $72.2 million unrecognized compensation expense related to PSUs.
Stock-based compensation expense in connection with all stock-based awards is presented as follows (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Operating expenses | $ | 2,073 | | | $ | 1,642 | | | $ | 4,079 | | | $ | 11,275 | |
Selling expenses | 9,208 | | | 15,574 | | | 20,676 | | | 78,370 | |
General and administrative expenses | 4,756 | | | 10,344 | | | 16,901 | | | 24,951 | |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 16,037 | | | $ | 27,560 | | | $ | 41,656 | | | $ | 114,596 | |
Equity
Class A Common Stock—The Company is authorized to issue 3,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on each matter on which they are entitled to vote. At June 30, 2022, there were 212,764,752 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding.
Preferred stock—The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At June 30, 2022, there are no preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Warrants—As of June 30, 2022, 5,933,334 private placement warrants were outstanding. Each whole private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Warrants can only be exercised for a whole number of shares. The private placement warrants will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the private placement warrants are held by someone other than the initial stockholders or their permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the public warrants. The private placement warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, no warrants were exercised. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, 825,016 public warrants were exercised, for which the Company received $10.8 million of cash.
11. Commitments and Contingencies
Indemnification
Subject to certain limitations, the Company is obligated to indemnify its current and former directors, officers and employees with respect to certain litigation matters and investigations that arise in connection with their service to the Company. These obligations arise under the terms of its certificate of incorporation, its bylaws, applicable contracts, and Delaware and California law. The obligation to indemnify generally means that the Company is required to pay or reimburse these individuals’ reasonable legal expenses and possibly damages and other liabilities incurred in connection with these matters.
Legal
The Company is named from time to time as a party to lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business related to its sales, marketing, and the provision of its services and equipment. Actions filed against the Company include commercial, intellectual property, customer, common-law negligence, and labor and employment related claims, including complaints of alleged wrongful termination, potential class action lawsuits regarding alleged violations of federal and state wage and hour and other laws and other types of lawsuits. In addition, from time to time the Company is subject to examinations, investigations and/or enforcement actions by federal and state licensing and regulatory agencies and may face the risk of penalties for violation of financial services, consumer protections and other applicable laws and regulations. For example, in 2019, the Company received a subpoena in connection with an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) concerning potential violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (“FIRREA”). In January 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the DOJ that resolved this investigation. As part of this settlement, the Company paid $3.2 million to the United States. The Company also received a civil investigative demand from the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) concerning potential violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and the “Red Flags Rule” thereunder, and the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”). In April 2021, the Company entered into a settlement with the FTC that resolved this investigation. As part of this settlement, which was approved by a federal court on May 3, 2021, the Company paid a total of $20 million to the United States and agreed to implement various additional compliance-related measures. The Company is currently in the process of administering the terms of this settlement, which include multiple undertakings by the Company. The Company has been endeavoring to comply with these undertakings and the demands on management and costs incurred in connection with these undertakings may be substantial. The Company has been engaged in ongoing discussions with the staff of the FTC regarding the Company’s compliance with the terms of the settlement. In addition, in accordance with the settlement, the Company is required to undergo biennial assessments by an independent third-party assessor who will review the Company’s compliance programs and provide a report to the FTC staff on the Company’s ongoing compliance with the settlement (“Stipulated Order”). During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company completed its first biennial assessment required by the Stipulated Order and received a report with no findings of non-compliance by the assessor. Further, although Vivint is only required by the Order to conduct biennial assessments, Vivint has voluntarily and proactively elected to conduct quarterly audits utilizing the same appointed Assessor. These quarterly audits will each focus on roughly 25% of the Order's requirements. The first quarterly audit will be completed by the end of August. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is investigating the Company’s historical compliance with regulations relating to duties and tariffs in connection with its import of certain products from outside the United States. The Department of Justice is also investigating potential violations of the False Claims Act relating to similar issues. The Company is cooperating with these investigations. The Company also receives inquiries, including civil investigative demands (“CIDs”), from various State Attorneys General, typically from their respective consumer protection or consumer affairs divisions. In general, litigation and enforcements by regulatory agencies can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of legal proceedings and enforcement actions are difficult to predict and the costs incurred can be substantial. The Company believes the amounts accrued in its financial statements to cover these matters, as disclosed in the following paragraph, are adequate in light of the probable and estimated liabilities. Factors that the Company considers in the determination of the likelihood of a loss and the estimate of the range of that loss in respect of legal and enforcement matters include the merits of a particular matter, the nature of the matter, the length of time the matter has been pending, the procedural posture of the matter, how the Company intends to defend the matter, the likelihood of settling the matter and the anticipated range of a possible settlement. Because such matters are subject to many uncertainties, the ultimate outcomes are not predictable and there can be no assurances that the actual amounts required to satisfy alleged liabilities from the matters described above will not exceed the amounts reflected in the Company’s financial statements or that the matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
The Company regularly reviews outstanding legal claims, actions, and enforcement matters to determine if accruals for expected negative outcomes of such matters are probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Company had accruals for all such matters of approximately $7.9 million as of each period ended June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company evaluates its outstanding legal and regulatory proceedings and other matters each quarter to assess its loss contingency accruals, and makes adjustments in such accruals, upward or downward, as appropriate, based on management’s best judgment after
consultation with counsel. There is no assurance that the Company’s accruals for loss contingencies will not need to be adjusted in the future or that, in light of the uncertainties involved in such matters, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not materially exceed the accruals that the Company has recorded.
12. Leases
The Company has operating leases for corporate offices, warehouse facilities, research and development and other operating facilities, and other operating assets. The Company has finance leases for vehicles, office equipment and other warehouse equipment. The leases have remaining terms of 1 year to 6 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 10 years, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within 1 year.
The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Operating lease cost | $ | 3,786 | | | $ | 3,935 | | | $ | 7,629 | | | $ | 7,876 | |
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Finance lease cost: | | | | | | | |
Amortization of right-of-use assets | $ | 577 | | | $ | 555 | | | $ | 1,185 | | | $ | 1,217 | |
Interest on lease liabilities | 95 | | | 142 | | | 179 | | | 182 | |
Total finance lease cost | $ | 672 | | | $ | 697 | | | $ | 1,364 | | | $ | 1,399 | |
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | | | |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | (8,246) | | | $ | (8,461) | |
Operating cash flows from finance leases | (179) | | | (182) | |
Financing cash flows from finance leases | (1,619) | | | (1,715) | |
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Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | | | |
Operating leases | $ | 1,826 | | | $ | 624 | |
Finance leases | 4,012 | | | 184 | |
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate): | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
Operating Leases | | | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | 42,121 | | | $ | 46,000 | |
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Current operating lease liabilities | 12,561 | | | 12,033 | |
Operating lease liabilities | 36,692 | | | 41,713 | |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 49,253 | | | $ | 53,746 | |
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Finance Leases | | | |
Property, plant and equipment, gross | $ | 39,694 | | | $ | 40,939 | |
Accumulated depreciation | (22,896) | | | (24,465) | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 16,798 | | | $ | 16,474 | |
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Current finance lease liabilities | $ | 2,001 | | | $ | 2,854 | |
Finance lease liabilities | 3,489 | | | 1,416 | |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ | 5,490 | | | $ | 4,270 | |
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Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term | | | |
Operating leases | 4 years | | 5 years |
Finance leases | 3 years | | 3 years |
Weighted Average Discount Rate | | | |
Operating leases | 7 | % | | 7 | % |
Finance leases | 5 | % | | 4 | % |
Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
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| Operating Leases | | Finance Leases |
Year Ending December 31, | | | |
2022 (excluding the six months ended June 30, 2022) | $ | 8,053 | | | $ | 1,446 | |
2023 | 15,736 | | | 1,682 | |
2024 | 14,769 | | | 1,446 | |
2025 | 9,145 | | | 1,107 | |
2026 | 5,073 | | | — | |
Thereafter | 4,509 | | | — | |
Total lease payments | 57,285 | | | 5,681 | |
Less imputed interest | (8,032) | | | (191) | |
Total | $ | 49,253 | | | $ | 5,490 | |
13. Related Party Transactions
Other Related-party Transactions
The Company incurred $0.2 million and $0.1 million expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $0.4 million and $0.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively for other related-party transactions including contributions to the charitable organization Vivint Gives Back and other services. Accrued expenses and other current liabilities included on the Company's balance sheets associated with these related-party transactions were $0.2 million and $0.1 million at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Transactions with Affiliates of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”)
On November 16, 2012, the Company was acquired by an investor group comprised of certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., and certain co-investors and management investors through certain mergers and related reorganization transactions (collectively, the “Reorganization”). In connection with the Reorganization, the Company engaged Blackstone Management Partners L.L.C. (“BMP”) to provide monitoring, advisory and consulting services on an ongoing basis. In consideration for these services, the Company agreed to pay an annual monitoring fee equal to the greater of (i) a minimum base fee of $2.7 million, subject to adjustments if the Company engages in a business combination or disposition that is deemed significant and (ii) the amount of the monitoring fee paid in respect of the immediately preceding fiscal year, without regard to any post-fiscal year “true-up” adjustments as determined by the agreement. The Company incurred no expenses for such services during the six months ended ended June 30, 2022, and approximately $2.9 million of expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Accrued expenses and other current liabilities and accounts payable at each period end June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 included liabilities of $0.7 million to BMP related to prior period monitoring fees.
Under the support and services agreement, the Company also engaged BMP to arrange for Blackstone’s portfolio operations group to provide support services customarily provided by Blackstone’s portfolio operations group to Blackstone’s private equity portfolio companies of a type and amount determined by such portfolio services group to be warranted and appropriate. BMP will invoice the Company for such services based on the time spent by the relevant personnel providing such services during the applicable period but in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay more than $1.5 million during any calendar year. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 the Company incurred no costs associated with such services.
The Company and the parties to the support and services agreement entered into an amended and restated support and services agreement with BMP. The amended and restated support and services agreement became effective upon the consummation of the merger and amended and restated the existing support and services agreement to, upon the consummation of the merger, (a) eliminate the requirement to pay a milestone payment to BMP upon the occurrence of an IPO, (b) for any fiscal year beginning after the consummation of the merger, (i) eliminate the Minimum Annual Fee and (ii) decrease the “true-up” of the annual Monitoring Fee payment to BMP to 1% of consolidated EBITDA.. Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2021, the annual Monitoring Fee payment to BMP otherwise payable in connection with the agreement ceased and no other milestone payments or other similar payment are owed by the Company to BMP.
Under the amended and restated support and services agreement, the Company and Legacy Vivint Smart Home have, through the Exit Date (or an earlier date determined by BMP), engaged BMP to arrange for Blackstone’s portfolio operations group to provide support services customarily provided by Blackstone’s portfolio operations group to Blackstone’s private equity portfolio companies of a type and amount determined by such portfolio services group to be warranted and appropriate. BMP may, at any time, choose not to provide any such services. Such services are provided without charge, other than for the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses as set forth in the amended and restated support and services agreement.
From time to time, the Company does business with a number of other companies affiliated with Blackstone.
Related Party Debt
Affiliates of Blackstone participated as initial purchasers, arrangers, or creditors of the 2027 notes in February 2020 and term loan facility amendment and restatement in July 2021 and received approximately $1.3 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of fees associated with these transactions. As of June 30, 2022, affiliates of Blackstone held $256.3 million in the Term Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2021, affiliates of Blackstone held $201.2 million and $18.5 million in the Term Loan Facility and 2029 Notes, respectively.
In July 2021, an affiliate of Fortress participated as a lender in the amended and restated term loan facility and received approximately $0.9 million and $0.8 million in lender fees, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, Fortress held $11.7 million, $23.0 million, and $140.4 million in the 2027 Notes, 2029 Notes, and Term Loan Facility, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, Fortress held $11.7 million and $119.7 million in the 2027 Notes and Term Loan Facility, respectively.
Transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out at an arm’s-length basis.
14. Employee Benefit Plan
The Company offers eligible employees the opportunity to contribute a percentage of their earned income into company-sponsored 401(k) plans.
Participants in the 401(k) plan are eligible for the Company’s matching program. Under this program, the Company matches an employee’s contributions to the 401(k) savings plan dollar-for-dollar up to 3% of such employee’s eligible earnings and $0.50 for every $1.00 for the next 2% of such employee’s eligible earnings. The maximum match available under the 401(k) plan is 4% of the employee’s eligible earnings. All contributions under the reinstated program vest immediately.
The Company made $1.8 million and $1.8 million in matching contributions to the plans during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $4.2 million and $4.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
15. Segment Reporting and Business Concentrations
Revenues by Geographic Region
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company conducted business through one operating segment, Vivint. The Company primarily operated in two geographic regions: United States and Canada. Revenues by geographic region were as follows (in thousands):
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| | United States | | Canada | | Total |
Revenue from external customers | | | | | | |
Three months ended June 30, 2022 | | $ | 397,542 | | | $ | 9,740 | | | $ | 407,282 | |
Three months ended June 30, 2021 | | 338,332 | | | 15,805 | | | 354,137 | |
Six months ended June 30, 2022 | | 777,157 | | | 22,873 | | | 800,030 | |
Six months ended June 30, 2021 | | 664,818 | | | 31,646 | | | 696,464 | |
Divestiture of Subsidiary
On June 8, 2022, the Company completed the sale of its Canada business to TELUS Communications Inc. (“TELUS”) (“Canada Sale”). The sale was effected through TELUS’ purchase of the common shares of two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Vivint, Inc. for a transaction price of approximately $104.2 million. The Company received cash proceeds of $94.2 million and entered into an escrow agreement for approximately $10.0 million to be delivered 18 months from the date of the sale. In connection with the Canada Sale, the Company entered into a service agreement whereby the Company will provide certain transition services to TELUS, with an initial period of 24 months. As a result of the aforementioned sale, the Company will cease conducting operations in Canada, except for certain obligations pursuant to a transition services agreement entered into with TELUS. The Company’s financial position and results of operations include Vivint Canada, Inc. through June 8, 2022.
The following table summarizes the net gain recognized in connection with this divestiture (in thousands):
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Sales price | | $ | 104,236 | |
Vivint Canada net assets (including cash of $2,548 and net intercompany balances) | | (23,639) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | (26,019) | |
Vivint Inc. net intercompany balances | | (23,813) | |
Other | | (5,345) | |
Net gain on divestiture | | $ | 25,420 | |
16. Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share
The Company computes basic loss per share by dividing loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution of securities that could be exercised or converted into common shares and is computed by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of potentially dilutive shares to purchase common stock. The calculation of diluted loss per share requires that, to the extent the average market price of the underlying shares for the reporting period exceeds the exercise price of the warrants, and the presumed exercise of such securities are dilutive to net loss per share for the period, an adjustment to net loss available to common stockholders used in the calculation is required to remove the change in fair value of the warrants from the numerator for the period. Likewise, an adjustment to the denominator is required to reflect the related dilutive shares, if any, under the treasury stock method.
The following table sets forth the computation of the Company’s basic and diluted net loss attributable per share to common stockholders for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands, except share and per-share amounts): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Numerator: | | | | | | | |
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (3,486) | | | $ | (70,545) | | | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (159,344) | |
Gain on change in fair value of warrants, diluted | — | | | (6,222) | | | — | | | (36,185) | |
Net loss attributable to common stockholders, diluted | $ | (3,486) | | | $ | (76,767) | | | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (195,529) | |
Denominator: | | | | | | | |
Shares used in computing net loss attributable per share to common stockholders, basic | 212,680,412 | | | 208,685,933 | | | 212,967,620 | | | 207,749,219 | |
Weighted-average effect of potentially dilutive shares to purchase common stock | — | | | 837,310 | | | — | | | 1,510,746 | |
Shares used in computing net loss attributable per share to common stockholders, diluted | 212,680,412 | | | 209,523,243 | | | 212,967,620 | | | 209,259,965 | |
Net loss attributable per share to common stockholders: | | | | | | | |
Basic | $ | (0.02) | | | $ | (0.34) | | | $ | (0.15) | | | $ | (0.77) | |
Diluted | $ | (0.02) | | | $ | (0.36) | | | $ | (0.15) | | | $ | (0.93) | |
The following table discloses securities that could potentially dilute basic net loss per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because to do so would have been antidilutive for all periods presented: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| As of June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) | 1,654,192 | | | 2,099,579 | |
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RSUs | 11,272,536 | | | 6,663,125 | |
PSUs | 9,717,036 | | | 8,549,909 | |
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Private placement warrants | 5,933,334 | | | — | |
Earnout shares reserved for future issuance | 2,553 | | | 24,060 | |
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See Note 10 for additional information regarding the terms of the RSUs, PSUs and private placement warrants.
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ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Introduction
The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained herein and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2021 contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”) and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Form 10-K. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us”, “our”, and “the Company” are intended to mean the business and operations of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, present the financial position and results of operations of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Business Overview
Vivint Smart Home is a leading smart home platform company serving approximately 1.9 million subscribers as of June 30, 2022. Our brand name, Vivint, means to “to live intelligently” and our mission is to help our customers do exactly that by providing them with technology and services to create a smarter, greener, safer home that saves them money every month.
Although a number of companies offer single devices such as a doorbell camera, smart speaker or thermostat, single offerings do not make a home smart. Rather, a smart home has multiple devices, properly located and installed, all integrated into a single expandable platform that incorporates artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine-learning in its operating system.
We make creating this smart home easy and affordable with an integrated platform, exceptional products, hassle-free professional installation and zero percent annual percentage rate (“APR”) consumer financing for most customers. We help consumers create a customized solution for their home by integrating smart cameras (indoor, outdoor, doorbell), locks, lights, thermostats, garage door control, car protection and a host of safety and security sensors. As of June 30, 2022, on average our subscribers had 15 security and smart home devices in each home.
We provide a fully integrated solution for consumers with our vertically integrated business model that includes hardware, software, sales, installation, support and professional monitoring. This model strengthens our ability to deliver superior experiences at every customer touchpoint and a complete end-to-end smart home experience. This seamless integration of high-quality products and services results in an Average Subscriber Lifetime of approximately nine years, as of June 30, 2022. This model also facilitates our ability to offer adjacent products and services that leverage our existing platform and infrastructure, which we believe can extend the Average Subscriber Lifetime and increase the lifetime value we derive from our subscribers.
Our cloud-based home platform currently manages more than 27 million security and smart home devices as of June 30, 2022. Our subscribers are able to interact with their connected home by using their voice or mobile device—anytime, anywhere. They can engage with people at their front door; view live and recorded video inside and outside their home; control thermostats, locks, lights, and garage doors; and proactively manage the comings and goings of family, friends and visitors. The average subscriber on our cloud-based home platform engages with our smart home app approximately 12 times per day.
Our technology and people are the foundation of our business. Our trained professionals educate consumers on the value and affordability of a smart home, design a customized solution for their homes and their individual needs, teach them how to use our platform to enhance their experience, and provide ongoing tech-enabled services to manage, monitor and secure their home.
We believe that our unique business model and platform gives us a distinct advantage in the market through:
•a proprietary cloud-based platform,
•a differentiated end-to-end distribution model,
•strong growth with compelling unit economics, and
•multiple levers for sustained profitable growth.
As a result, we believe we can integrate new customer offerings from large adjacent markets that logically link back to our smart home platform, compounding the value that we already deliver to our approximately 1.9 million customers. With the large number of devices we have installed per home, we own a rich first-party data environment that helps us not only protect
our customers, but also improve the efficiency of their homes and increase their peace of mind. We believe our unique focus on the importance of owning the entire technology stack, coupled with an end-to-end distribution model, leads to an exceptional customer experience. By continuously enhancing our platform, we can improve our customers’ experience wherever they interact with it. We believe that as our customers’ satisfaction increases, it creates multiple potential opportunities for sustained profitable growth for years to come.
Our integrated Smart Home business model generates subscription-based, high-margin recurring revenue from subscribers who sign up for our smart home services. More than 95% of our revenue is recurring, which provides long-term visibility and predictability to our business. Despite the many uncertainties pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, our recurring revenue model has proven resilient.
Key Performance Measures
In evaluating our results, we review several key performance measures discussed below. We believe that the presentation of such metrics is useful to our investors and lenders because they are used to measure the value of companies such as ours with recurring revenue streams. Management uses these metrics to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in the operating and financial performance of the Company.
Total Subscribers
Total Subscribers is the aggregate number of active smart home and security subscribers at the end of a given period.
Total Monthly Recurring Revenue
Total monthly recurring revenue, or Total MRR, is the average smart home and security total monthly recurring revenue recognized during the period. These revenues exclude non-recurring revenues that are recognized at the time of sale.
Average Monthly Recurring Revenue per User
Average monthly revenue per user, or AMRRU, is Total MRR divided by average monthly Total Subscribers during a given period.
Total Monthly Service Revenue
Total monthly service revenue, or MSR, is the contracted recurring monthly service billings to our smart home and security subscribers, based on the Total Subscribers number as of the end of a given period.
Average Monthly Service Revenue per User
Average monthly service revenue per user, or AMSRU, is Total MSR divided by Total Subscribers at the end of a given period.
Attrition Rate
Attrition rate is the aggregate number of canceled smart home and security subscribers during the prior 12-month period divided by the monthly weighted average number of Total Subscribers based on the Total Subscribers at the beginning and end of each month of a given period. Subscribers are considered canceled when they terminate in accordance with the terms of their contract, are terminated by us or if payment from such subscribers is deemed uncollectible (when at least four monthly billings become past due). If a sale of a service contract to third parties occurs, or a subscriber relocates but continues their service, we do not consider this as a cancellation. If a subscriber transfers their service contract to a new subscriber, we do not consider this as a cancellation.
Average Subscriber Lifetime
Average subscriber lifetime, in number of months, is 100% divided by our expected long-term annualized attrition rate multiplied by 12 months.
Net Service Cost per Subscriber
Net service cost per subscriber is the average monthly service costs incurred during the period (both period and capitalized service costs), including monitoring, customer service, field service and other service support costs, less total non-recurring smart home services billings and cellular network maintenance fees for the period, divided by average monthly Total Subscribers for the same period.
Net Service Margin
Net service margin is the monthly average MSR for the period, less total average net service costs for the period divided
by the monthly average MSR for the period.
New Subscribers
New subscribers is the aggregate number of net new smart home and security subscribers originated during a given period. This metric excludes new subscribers acquired by the transfer of a service contract from one subscriber to another.
Net Subscriber Acquisition Costs per New Subscriber
Net Subscriber Acquisition Costs per New Subscriber is the net cash cost to create new smart home subscribers during a given 12-month period, divided by New Subscribers for that period. These costs include commissions, equipment and associated financing fees (estimated), installation, marketing, sales support, and other allocations (general and administrative); less upfront payments received from the sale of equipment associated with the initial installation, and installation fees. These costs exclude capitalized contract costs and upfront proceeds associated with contract modifications.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation (or non-cash compensation), certain financing fees, changes in the fair value of the derivative liability associated with our public and private warrants and certain other non-recurring expenses or gains.
Adjusted EBITDA is not defined under GAAP and is subject to important limitations. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and non-GAAP financial measures as used by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts used by other companies.
We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies in industries similar to ours. In addition, targets based on Adjusted EBITDA are among the measures we use to evaluate our management’s performance for purposes of determining their compensation under our incentive plans.
Adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP financial measures have important limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA:
•excludes certain tax expenses that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;
•does not reflect any cash capital expenditure requirements for the assets being depreciated and amortized, including capitalized contract costs, that may have to be replaced in the future;
•does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
•does not reflect the significant interest expense to service our debt;
•does not reflect the monthly financing and loss share fees incurred associated with our obligations under the Consumer Financing Program;
•does not include changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities; and
•does not include non-cash stock-based employee compensation expense and other non-cash charges.
We believe that the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Adjusted EBITDA is net income (loss). We have included the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss for the periods presented below under Key Operating Metrics - Adjusted EBITDA.
Net Loss Margin
Net Loss Margin is net loss as a percentage of total revenues for the period.
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Adjusted EBITDA Margin is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues for the period.
Business Developments
On June 8, 2022, the Company completed the sale of its Canada business to TELUS Communications Inc. (“TELUS”). The sale was effected through TELUS’ purchase of the common shares of two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Vivint, Inc. (“Seller”). The combined consideration of the two transactions was approximately $132.1 million CAD (approximately $104 million based on the closing date exchange rate), subject to closing adjustments. As a result of the aforementioned sale, the Company will cease conducting operations in Canada, except for certain obligations pursuant to a transition services agreement
entered into with TELUS. See Note 15 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.
COVID-19 update
In December 2019, COVID-19 was first reported and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
Operational update. During 2020, we implemented a number of operational changes to continue to provide the same level of service our customers have come to rely on, while caring for the well-being of our customers and employees. These changes included transitioning our customer care professionals and corporate employees to work-from-home environments while maintaining our geographically dispersed central monitoring stations to provide 24/7 professional monitoring services for all emergencies, performing operating and safety procedures based on the latest CDC guidelines, providing paid time off for any employee who has contracted COVID-19 or is required to be quarantined by a public health authority and encouraging our employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations by offering incentives to customer facing employees and by providing vaccines at our onsite clinic located at our Provo, Utah headquarters. We are also developing a plan for employees to return to the office in 2022, utilizing a hybrid model in which employees split their time between working from the office and from home.
The United States has experienced multiple spikes in new COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, primarily driven by new variants of the COVID-19 virus. The full impact of the pandemic on our business and results of operations will depend on the ultimate duration of the pandemic as well as the severity of the current and any future resurgences in COVID-19 cases. While, to date, we have not experienced a significant adverse financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, our business could be adversely impacted in the future if the COVID-19 pandemic continues for an extended period of time and regions of the country are forced to roll back plans for reopening their economies.
Financial update. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has not had a material impact on our results of operations, as discussed above with respect to the operational challenges posed by the pandemic the broader implications of COVID-19 on our future results of operations and overall financial performance remain uncertain. Depending on the occurrence of future outbreaks or new variants of the virus, which we are not currently able to predict, the adverse impact could be material. Our future business could be adversely affected by COVID-19, including our ability to maintain compliance with our debt covenants, due to the following:
•Our ability to generate new subscribers, particularly in our direct-to-home sales channel.
•The impact of the pandemic and actions taken in response thereto on global and regional economies and economic activity, including the duration and magnitude of increased inflation rates and the associated impact on consumer discretionary spending.
•Ability to obtain the equipment necessary to generate new subscriber accounts or service our existing subscriber base, due to potential supply chain disruption. For example, although it has not yet had a significant impact on our business, some technology companies are facing shortages of certain components used in our Products, which if prolonged could impact our ability to obtain the equipment needed to support our operations and would likely increase Product costs. Such shortages are requiring us to purchase components on the spot market at elevated prices and utilize expedited shipping methods to maintain adequate supply, which result in increased costs for the components and equipment.
•Limitations on our ability to enter our customer’s homes to perform installs or equipment repairs.
•Ability to attract and retain employees due to labor shortages, along with wage inflation resulting from these labor shortages.
These factors could become indicators of asset impairments in the future, depending on the significance and duration of the disruption. While short-term, temporary disruptions may not indicate an impairment; the effects of a prolonged outbreak may cause asset impairments.
We continue to monitor the situation and guidance from international and domestic authorities, including federal, state and local public health authorities, and may be required or elect to take additional actions based on their recommendations.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
In preparing our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that can have a significant impact on our revenue, loss from operations and net loss, as well as on the value of certain assets and liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We base our assumptions, judgments and estimates on historical
experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. At least quarterly, we evaluate our assumptions, judgments and estimates and make changes accordingly. Historically, our assumptions, judgments and estimates relative to our critical accounting estimates have not differed materially from actual results. We believe that the assumptions, judgments and estimates involved in the accounting for revenue recognition, Consumer Financing Program, retail installment contract receivables, capitalized contract costs, and loss contingencies have the greatest potential impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements; therefore, we consider these to be our critical accounting estimates. For information on our significant accounting policies, see Note 1 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
We offer our customers smart home services combining Products, including our proprietary Vivint smart hub control panel, door and window sensors, door locks, cameras and smoke alarms; installation; and a proprietary backend cloud platform software and Services. These together create an integrated system that allows our customers to monitor, control and protect their home. Our customers are buying this integrated system that provides them with these smart home services. The number and type of Products purchased by a customer depends on their desired functionality. Because the Products and Services included in the customer’s contract are integrated and highly interdependent, and because they must work together to deliver the smart home services, we have concluded that installed Products, related installation and Services contracted for by the customer are generally not distinct within the context of the contract and, therefore, constitute a single, combined performance obligation. Revenues for this single, combined performance obligation are recognized on a straight-line basis over the customer’s contract term, which is the period in which the parties to the contract have enforceable rights and obligations. We have determined that certain contracts that do not require a long-term commitment for monitoring services by the customer contain a material right to renew the contract, because the customer does not have to purchase Products upon renewal. Proceeds allocated to the material right are recognized over the period of benefit, which is generally three years.
The majority of our subscription contracts are between three and five years in length and are generally non-cancelable. These contracts with customers generally convert into month-to-month agreements at the end of the initial term, and some customer contracts are month-to-month from inception. Payment for recurring monitoring and other smart home services is generally due in advance on a monthly basis.
Sales of Products and other one-time fees such as service or installation fees are invoiced to the customer at the time of sale. Any Products or Services that are considered separate performance obligations are recognized when those Products or Services are delivered. Taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are not included in revenue. Payments received or amounts billed in advance of revenue recognition are reported as deferred revenue.
Beginning in late 2020, we began operating as a third-party dealer for residential solar installers in several states throughout the U.S., whereby we earn a commission from the installer for selling their solar services. Because we have no further performance obligations once the installation is complete, we recognize the commissions we receive as revenue at that time.
To date, revenues from our Smart Insurance business have been immaterial to our overall financial results.
Consumer Financing Program
Vivint Flex Pay became our primary equipment financing model beginning in March 2017. Under Vivint Flex Pay, customers pay separately for the products (including control panel, security peripheral equipment, smart home equipment, and related installation) (“Products”) and Vivint’s smart home and security services (“Services”). The customer has the following three ways to pay for the Products: (1) qualified customers in the United States may finance the purchase of Products through our consumer financing program (“CFP”), (2) we generally offer to a limited number of customers not eligible for the CFP, but who qualify under our underwriting criteria, the option to enter into a RIC directly with Vivint, or (3) customers may purchase the Products at the outset of the service contract either by paying the full amount at that time via check, automated clearing house payments (“ACH”), credit or debit card or by obtaining short-term financing (generally no more than six month installment terms) through us.
Although customers pay separately for Products and Services under the Vivint Flex Pay plan, we have determined that the sale of Products and Services are one single performance obligation. As a result, all forms of transactions under Vivint Flex Pay create deferred revenue for the gross amount of Products sold. For RICs, gross deferred revenues are reduced by imputed interest and estimated write-offs. For Products financed through the CFP, gross deferred revenues are reduced by (i) any fees or estimated credit losses the third-party financing provider (“Financing Provider”) is contractually entitled to receive at the time of loan origination, and (ii) the present value of expected future payments due to Financing Providers.
Under the CFP, qualified customers are eligible for financing offerings (“Loans”) originated by Financing Providers of between $150 and $6,000. The terms of most Loans are determined based on the customer’s credit quality. The annual
percentage rates on these loans is either 0% or 9.99%, depending on the customer's credit quality, and the Loans are issued on either an installment or revolving basis with repayment terms ranging from with a 6- to 60-months.
For certain Financing Provider Loans:
•We pay a monthly fee based on either the average daily outstanding balance of the installment loans, or the number of outstanding Loans.
•We incur fees at the time of the Loan origination and receive proceeds that are net of these fees.
•We also share liability for credit losses, with us being responsible for between 2.6% and 100% of lost principal balances.
•We are responsible for reimbursing certain Financing Providers for merchant transaction fees and other fees associated with the Loans.
Because of the nature of these provisions, we record a derivative liability that is not designated as a hedging instrument and is adjusted to fair value, measured using the present value of the estimated future payments when the Financing Provider originates Loans to customers, which reduces the amount of estimated revenue recognized on the provision of the services.
The derivative positions are valued using a discounted cash flow model, with inputs consisting of available market data, such as market yield discount rates, as well as unobservable internally derived assumptions, such as collateral prepayment rates, collateral default rates and loss severity rates. These derivatives are priced quarterly using a credit valuation adjustment methodology. In summary, the fair value represents an estimate of the present value of the cash flows we will be obligated to pay to the Financing Provider for each component of the derivative.
The derivative liability is reduced as payments are made by us to the Financing Provider. Subsequent changes to the fair value of the derivative liability are realized through other expenses (income), net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
For certain other Loans, we receive net proceeds (net of fees and expected losses) for which we have no further obligation to the Financing Provider. We record these net proceeds to deferred revenue.
See Note 8 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on our CFP derivative arrangement
Retail Installment Contract Receivables
For subscribers that enter into a retail installment contract (“RIC”) to finance the purchase of Products, we record a receivable for the amount financed. Gross RIC receivables are reduced for (i) expected write-offs of uncollectible balances over the term of the RIC and (ii) a present value discount of the expected cash flows using a risk adjusted market interest rate. Therefore, the RIC receivables equal the present value of the expected cash flows to be received by us over the term of the RIC, evaluated on a pool basis. RICs are pooled based on customer credit quality, contract length and geography. At the time of installation, we record a long-term note receivable within long-term notes receivables and other assets, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for the present value of the receivables that are expected to be collected beyond 12 months of the reporting date. The unbilled receivable amounts that are expected to be collected within 12 months of the reporting date are included as a short-term notes receivable within accounts and notes receivable, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The billed amounts of notes receivables are included in accounts receivable within accounts and notes receivable, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
We impute the interest on the RIC receivable using a risk adjusted market interest rate and record it as a reduction to deferred revenue and as an adjustment to the face amount of the related receivable. The risk adjusted interest rate considers a number of factors, including credit quality of the subscriber base and other qualitative considerations such as macro-economic factors. The imputed interest income is recognized over the term of the RIC contract as recurring and other revenue on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
When we determine that there are RIC receivables that have become uncollectible, we record an adjustment to the allowance and reduce the related note receivable balance. On a regular basis, we also reassess the expected remaining cash flows, based on historical RIC write-off trends, current market conditions and both Company and third-party forecast data. If we determine there is a change in expected remaining cash flows, the total amount of this change for all RICs is recorded in the current period to the provision for credit losses, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Account balances are written-off if collection efforts are unsuccessful and future collection is unlikely based on the length of time from the day accounts become past due.
Capitalized Contract Costs
Capitalized contract costs represent the costs directly related and incremental to the origination of new contracts, modification of existing contracts or to the fulfillment of the related subscriber contracts. These include commissions, other
compensation and related costs incurred directly for the origination and installation of new or upgraded customer contracts, as well as the cost of Products installed in the customer home at the commencement or modification of the contract. We calculate amortization by accumulating all deferred contract costs into separate portfolios based on the initial month of service and amortize those deferred contract costs on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit that we have determined to be five years, consistent with the pattern in which we provide services to our customers. We believe this pattern of amortization appropriately reduces the carrying value of the capitalized contract costs over time to reflect the decline in the value of the assets as the remaining period of benefit for each monthly portfolio of contracts decreases. The period of benefit of five years is longer than some contract terms because of anticipated contract renewals. We apply this period of benefit to our entire portfolio of contracts. We update our estimate of the period of benefit periodically and whenever events or circumstances indicate that the period of benefit could change significantly. Such changes, if any, are accounted for prospectively as a change in estimate. Amortization of capitalized contract costs is included in “Depreciation and Amortization” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs is periodically reviewed for impairment. In performing this review, we consider whether the carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs will be recovered. In estimating the amount of consideration we expect to receive in the future related to capitalized contract costs, we consider factors such as attrition rates, economic factors, and industry developments, among other factors. If it is determined that capitalized contract costs are impaired, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the capitalized contract costs and the anticipated costs that relate directly to providing the future services exceed the consideration that has been received and that is expected to be received in the future.
Contract costs not directly related and incremental to the origination of new contracts, modification of existing contracts or to the fulfillment of the related subscriber contracts are expensed as incurred. These costs include those associated with housing, marketing, advertising, recruiting, non-direct lead generation costs, certain portions of sales commissions and residuals, overhead and other costs considered not directly and specifically tied to the origination of a particular subscriber.
On the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows, capitalized contract costs are classified as operating activities and reported as “Capitalized contract costs – deferred contract costs” as these assets represent deferred costs associated with subscriber contracts.
Loss Contingencies
We record accruals for various contingencies including legal and regulatory proceedings and other matters that arise in the normal course of business. The accruals are based on judgment, the probability of losses and, where applicable, the consideration of opinions of legal counsel. We record an accrual when a loss is deemed probable to occur and is reasonably estimable. We evaluate these matters each quarter to assess our loss contingency accruals, and make adjustments in such accruals, upward or downward, as appropriate, based on our management’s best judgment after consultation with counsel. Factors that we consider in the determination of the likelihood of a loss and the estimate of the range of that loss in respect of legal and regulatory matters include the merits of a particular matter, the nature of the litigation or claim, the length of time the matter has been pending, the procedural posture of the matter, whether we intend to defend the matter, the likelihood of settling for an insignificant amount and the likelihood of the plaintiff or regulator accepting an amount in this range. However, the outcome of such legal and regulatory matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties. There is no assurance that these accruals for loss contingencies will not need to be adjusted in the future or that, in light of the uncertainties involved in such matters, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not significantly exceed the accruals that we have recorded.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Key Factors Affecting Operating Results
Our future operating results and cash flows are dependent upon a number of opportunities, challenges and other factors, including our ability to grow our subscriber base in a cost-effective manner, expand our Product and Service offerings to generate increased revenue per user, provide high quality Products and Services to maximize subscriber lifetime value and improve the leverage of our business model.
Key factors affecting our operating results include the following:
Subscriber Lifetime and Associated Cash Flows
Our subscribers are the foundation of our recurring revenue-based model. Our operating results are significantly affected by the level of our Net Acquisition Costs per New Subscriber and the value of Products and Services purchased by those New Subscribers. A reduction in Net Subscriber Acquisition Costs per New Subscriber or an increase in the total value of Products or Services purchased by a New Subscriber increases the life-time value of that subscriber, which in turn, improves our operating results and cash flows over time.
The net upfront cost of adding subscribers is a key factor impacting our ability to scale and our operating cash flows. Vivint Flex Pay, which became our primary equipment financing model in early 2017, has significantly improved our cash flows associated with originating New Subscribers. Prior to Vivint Flex Pay, we recovered the cost of equipment installed in subscribers’ homes over time through their monthly service billings. We offer to a limited number of customers who are not eligible for the CFP, or do not choose to Pay-in-Full at the time of origination, but who qualify under our underwriting criteria, the option to enter into a RIC directly with us, which we fund through our balance sheet. Under Vivint Flex Pay, we've experienced the following financing mix for New Subscribers:
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| Six Months Ended June 30, |
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New Subscribers (U.S. only): | | | |
Financed through CFP | 74 | % | | 75 | % |
Paid in Full (ACH, credit or debit card) | 26 | % | | 24 | % |
Purchased through RICs | — | % | | 1 | % |
The shift in financing from RICs to the CFP since the inception of Vivint Flex Pay has significantly reduced our Net Subscriber Acquisition Cost per New Subscriber, as well as the cash required to acquire New Subscribers. Going forward, we expect the percentage of subscriber contracts financed through RICs to remain a very small percentage of our financing mix. We will also continue to explore ways of growing our subscriber base in a cost-effective manner through our existing sales and marketing channels, through the growth of our financing programs, as well as through strategic partnerships and new channels, as these opportunities arise.
Existing subscribers are also able to use Vivint Flex Pay to upgrade their systems or to add new Products, which we believe further increases subscriber lifetime value. This positively impacts our operating performance, and we anticipate that adding new financing options to the CFP will generate additional opportunities for revenue growth and a subsequent increase in subscriber lifetime value.
We seek to increase our average monthly revenue per user, or AMRRU, by continually innovating and offering new smart home solutions that further leverage the investments made to date in our existing platform and sales channels. Since 2010, we have successfully expanded our smart home platform, which has allowed us to generate higher AMRRU and in turn realize higher smart home device revenue from new subscribers for these additional offerings. For example, the introduction of our proprietary Vivint Smart Hub, Vivint SkyControl Panel, Vivint Doorbell Camera Pro, Vivint Indoor Camera, Vivint Outdoor Camera Pro, and Vivint Smart Thermostat has expanded our smart home platform. We believe that growing our AMRRU will improve our operating results and operating cash flows over time. Our ability to improve our operating results and cash flows, however, is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties as described in greater detail elsewhere in this filing and there can be no assurance that we will achieve such improvements. To the extent that we do not scale our business efficiently, we will continue to incur losses and require a significant amount of cash to fund our operations, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flows, operating results and financial condition.
Our ability to retain our subscribers also has a significant impact on our financial results, including revenues, operating income, and operating cash flows. Because we operate a business built on recurring revenues, subscriber lifetime is a key determinant of our operating success. Our Average Subscriber Lifetime is approximately 106 months (or approximately 9 years) as of June 30, 2022. If our expected long-term annualized attrition rate increased by 1% to 12%, Average Subscriber Lifetime would decrease to approximately 98 months. Conversely, if our expected attrition decreased by 1% to 10%, our Average Subscriber Lifetime would increase to approximately 117 months. Our ability to increase overall revenue growth and extend our Average Subscriber Lifetime depends, in part, on our ability to successfully expand into new adjacent products and services, such as smart energy and smart insurance. This success is dependent on our ability to scale these adjacent businesses in a cost-effective manner and integrate them into our existing smart home platform, where appropriate.
The operating margins from smart energy and smart insurance are lower than for our smart home business. Therefore, while we expect total Adjusted EBITDA dollars to increase as a result of smart energy and smart insurance, they will reduce our overall Adjusted EBITDA Margin percentage.
Our ability to service our existing customer base in a cost-effective manner, while minimizing customer attrition, also has a significant impact on our financial results and operating cash flows. Critical to managing the cost of servicing our subscribers is limiting the number of calls into our customer care call centers, and in turn, limiting the number of calls requiring the deployment of a smart home professional (“Smart Home Pro”) to the customer’s home to resolve the issue. We believe that our proprietary end-to-end solution allows us to proactively manage the costs to service our customers by directly controlling the design, interoperability and quality of our Products. It also provides us the ability to identify and resolve potential product issues through remote software or firmware updates, typically before the customer is even aware of an issue. Through continued focus in these areas, our Net Service Cost per Subscriber has decreased from $10.03 to $9.29 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, respectively, while effectively managing subscriber attrition.
A portion of the subscriber base can be expected to cancel its service every year. Subscribers may choose not to renew or may terminate their contracts for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, relocation, cost, switching to a competitor’s service or service issues. We analyze our attrition by tracking the number of subscribers who cancel their service as a percentage of the monthly average number of subscribers at the end of each 12-month period. We caution investors that not all companies, investors and analysts in our industry define attrition in this manner.
The table below presents our smart home and security subscriber data for the twelve months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021:
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Beginning balance of subscribers | 1,781,469 | | | 1,610,642 | |
New subscribers | 371,845 | | | 367,127 | |
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Attrition | (202,562) | | | (196,300) | |
Ending balance of subscribers | 1,864,966 | | | 1,781,469 | |
Monthly average subscribers | 1,855,591 | | | 1,696,541 | |
Attrition rate | 10.9 | % | | 11.6 | % |
Historically, we have experienced an increased level of subscriber cancellations in the months surrounding the expiration of such subscribers’ initial contract term. Attrition in any twelve-month period may be impacted by the number of subscriber contracts reaching the end of their initial term in such period. Attrition in the twelve-months ended June 30, 2022 includes the effect of the 2016 60-month and 2017 60-month contracts reaching the end of their initial contract term. Attrition in the twelve months ended June 30, 2021 includes the effect of the 2015 60-month and 2016 60-month contracts reaching the end of their initial contract term.
Sales and Marketing Efficiency
As discussed above, our continued ability to attract and sign new subscribers in a cost-effective manner will be a key determinant of our future operating performance. Because our direct-to-home and national inside sales channels are currently our primary means of subscriber acquisition, we have invested heavily in scaling these channels. Our sales representatives generally become more productive as they gain more experience. As a result, the tenure mix among our sales teams, and our ability to retain experienced sales representatives, impacts our level of new subscriber acquisitions and overall operating success. The continued productivity of our sales teams is instrumental to our subscriber growth and vital to our future success.
Originating subscriber growth through these investments in our sales teams depends, in part, on our ability to launch cost-effective marketing campaigns, both online and offline. This is particularly true for our national inside sales channel, because national inside sales fields inbound requests from subscribers who find us using online search and submitting our online contact form. Our marketing campaigns are created to attract potential subscribers and build awareness of our brand across all our sales channels. We also believe that building brand awareness is important to countering the competition we face from other companies selling their solutions in the geographies we serve, particularly in those markets where our direct-to-home sales representatives are present.
Expand Monetization of Platform and Related Services
To date, we have made significant investments in our smart home platform and the development of our organization, and expect to leverage these investments to continue expanding the breadth and depth of our Product and Service offerings over time, including integration with third party products and expanding into adjacent products and services to drive future revenue. As smart home technology develops, we will continue expanding these offerings to reflect the growing needs of our subscriber
base and focus on expanding our platform through the addition of new smart home Products, experiences and use cases. As a result of our investments to date, we have approximately 1.9 million active customers on our smart home platform. We intend to continue developing this platform to include new automation capabilities, use case scenarios, and comprehensive device integrations. Our platform supports over 27 million connected devices, as of June 30, 2022.
We believe that the smart home of the future will be an ecosystem in which businesses seek to deliver products and services to subscribers in a way that addresses the individual subscriber’s lifestyle and needs. As smart home technology becomes the setting for the delivery of a wide range of these products and services, including healthcare, entertainment, home maintenance, aging in place and consumer goods, we hope to become the hub of this ecosystem and the strategic partner of choice for the businesses delivering these products and services. Our success in connecting with business partners who integrate with our smart home platform in order to reach and interact with our subscriber base is expected to be a part of our continued operating success. We expect that additional partnerships will generate incremental revenue by increasing the value of Products purchased by our customers as a result of integration of these partners' products with our smart home platform. If we are able to continue expanding our partnerships with influential companies, as we already have with Google, Amazon, Chamberlain and Philips, we believe that this will help us to further increase our revenue and resulting profitability.
Any new Products, Services, or features we add to our ecosystem creates an opportunity to generate revenue, either through sales to our existing subscribers or through the acquisition of New Subscribers. Furthermore, we believe that by vertically integrating the development and design of our Products and Services with our existing sales and subscriber service activities allows us to quickly respond to market needs, and better understand our subscribers’ interactions and engagement with our Products and Services. This provides critical data that we expect will enable us to continue improving the power, usability and intelligence of these Products and Services. As a result, we anticipate that continuing to invest in technologies that make our platform more engaging for subscribers, and by offering a broader range of smart home experiences and adjacent in-home services such as smart insurance and smart energy, will allow us to grow revenue and further monetize our subscriber base, because it improves our ability to offer tailored service packages to subscribers with different needs.
Basis of Presentation
We conduct business through one operating segment, Vivint, and have historically operated in two geographic regions: The United States and Canada. In June 2022, the Company sold its Canada business. See Note 15 in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more information about our geographic regions.
Components of Results of Operations
Total Revenues
Recurring and other revenue. Our revenues are primarily generated through the sale and installation of our smart home services contracted for by our subscribers. Recurring smart home services for our subscriber contracts are billed directly to the subscriber in advance, generally monthly, pursuant to the terms of subscriber contracts and recognized ratably over the service period. Revenues from Products are deferred and generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the customer contract term, the amount of which is dependent on the total sales price of Products sold. Imputed interest associated with RIC receivables is recognized over the initial term of the RIC. The amount of revenue from Services is dependent upon which of our service offerings is included in the subscriber contracts. Our smart home and video offerings generally provide higher service revenue than our base smart home service offering. Historically, we have generally offered contracts to subscribers that range in length from 36 to 60 months, which are subject to automatic monthly renewal after the expiration of the initial term. In addition, to a lesser extent, we offer month-to-month contracts to subscribers who pay-in-full for their Products at the time of contract origination. At the end of each monthly period, the portion of recurring fees related to services not yet provided are deferred and recognized as these services are provided. To a lesser extent, our revenues are generated through the sales of products and other one-time fees such as service or installation fees, which are invoiced to the customer at the time of sale.
The revenue related to our smart energy business is primarily from commissions received by operating as a sales dealer for third-party residential solar installers. We invoice the solar installer, and recognize the associated revenue, at the time the solar installation is complete.
Although we expect revenue from our smart insurance to continue to grow, to date, revenue from this business has been immaterial to our overall revenue.
Total Costs and Expenses
Operating expenses. Operating expenses primarily consists of labor associated with monitoring and servicing subscribers, costs associated with Products used in service repairs, stock-based compensation and housing for our Smart Home Pros who perform subscriber installations. We also incur equipment costs associated with excess and obsolete inventory and rework costs related to Products removed from subscribers' homes. In addition, a portion of general and administrative expenses, primarily comprised of certain human resources, facilities and information technology costs are allocated to operating expenses. This allocation is primarily based on employee headcount and facility square footage occupied. Because our full-time Smart Home Pros perform most subscriber installations related to customer moves, customer upgrades or those generated through our national inside sales channels, the costs incurred within field service associated with these installations are allocated to capitalized contract costs. We generally expect our operating expenses to increase in absolute dollars as the total number of subscribers we service continues to grow, but to remain relatively constant in the near to intermediate term as a percentage of our revenue.
Selling expenses. Selling expenses are primarily comprised of costs associated with housing for our Smart Home Pros sales representatives, advertising and lead generation, marketing and recruiting, sales commissions related to our smart energy and smart insurance businesses, certain portions of sales commissions associated with our direct-to-home sales channel (residuals), stock-based compensation, overhead (including allocation of certain general and administrative expenses as discussed above) and other costs not directly tied to a specific subscriber origination. These costs are expensed as incurred. We generally expect our selling expenses to increase in the near to intermediate term, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage of our revenue, resulting from increases in the total number of subscriber originations.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist largely of research and development, or R&D, finance, legal, information technology, human resources, facilities and executive management expenses, including stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded within various components of our costs and expenses. General and administrative expenses also include the provision for doubtful accounts. We allocate between one-fourth and one-third of our gross general and administrative expenses, excluding stock-based compensation and the provision for doubtful accounts, into operating and selling expenses in order to reflect the overall costs of those components of the business. We generally expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in the near to intermediate term in absolute dollars, but decrease as a percentage of our revenues, resulting from economies of scale as we grow our business.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization consist of depreciation from property, plant and equipment, amortization of equipment leased under finance leases, capitalized contract costs and intangible assets. We generally expect our depreciation and amortization expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we grow our business and increase the number of new subscribers originated on an annual basis, but to remain relatively constant in the near to intermediate term as a percentage of our revenue.
Results of operations
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
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Total revenues | $ | 407,282 | | | $ | 354,137 | | | $ | 800,030 | | | $ | 696,464 | |
Total costs and expenses | 405,034 | | | 387,720 | | | 788,440 | | | 812,505 | |
Income (loss) from operations | 2,248 | | | (33,583) | | | 11,590 | | | (116,041) | |
Other expenses | 6,930 | | | 35,692 | | | 43,271 | | | 41,789 | |
Loss before taxes | (4,682) | | | (69,275) | | | (31,681) | | | (157,830) | |
Income tax (benefit) expense | (1,196) | | | 1,270 | | | (764) | | | 1,514 | |
Net loss | $ | (3,486) | | | $ | (70,545) | | | $ | (30,917) | | | $ | (159,344) | |
Key performance measures
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| As of June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
Total Subscribers (in thousands) | 1,865.0 | | | 1,781.5 | |
Total MSR (in thousands) | $ | 87,366 | | | $ | 84,533 | |
AMSRU | $ | 46.85 | | | $ | 47.45 | |
Net subscriber acquisition costs per new subscriber | $ | 661 | | | $ | 604 | |
Average subscriber lifetime (months) | 106 | | | 92 | |
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
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Total MRR (in thousands) | $ | 128,586 | | | $ | 114,430 | | | $ | 127,557 | | | $ | 113,239 | |
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AMRRU | $ | 68.04 | | | $ | 65.39 | | | $ | 67.95 | | | $ | 65.61 | |
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Net service cost per subscriber | $ | 9.29 | | | $ | 10.03 | | | $ | 9.73 | | | $ | 10.39 | |
Net service margin | 80 | % | | 79 | % | | 79 | % | | 78 | % |
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Adjusted EBITDA
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA (in millions):
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Net loss | $ | (3.5) | | | $ | (70.5) | | | $ | (30.9) | | | $ | (159.3) | |
Interest expense, net | 38.7 | | | 49.9 | | | 76.1 | | | 99.7 | |
Income tax expense, net | (1.2) | | | 1.3 | | | (0.8) | | | 1.5 | |
Depreciation | 5.8 | | | 4.3 | | | 10.0 | | | 8.4 | |
Amortization (1) | 151.8 | | | 145.3 | | | 302.0 | | | 288.1 | |
Stock-based compensation (2) | 16.0 | | | 27.6 | | | 41.6 | | | 114.6 | |
Consumer financing fees (3) | 13.8 | | | 10.2 | | | 26.7 | | | 19.5 | |
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CEO transition (4) | — | | | 5.8 | | | — | | | 5.8 | |
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities (5) | (9.0) | | | (6.2) | | | (18.3) | | | (35.3) | |
Other expense (income), net (6) | (22.7) | | | (8.1) | | | (14.4) | | | (22.7) | |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 189.7 | | | $ | 159.6 | | | $ | 392.0 | | | $ | 320.3 | |
Net Loss Margin | (1) | % | | (20) | % | | (4) | % | | (23) | % |
Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 47 | % | | 45 | % | | 49 | % | | 46 | % |
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(1)Excludes loan amortization costs that are included in interest expense.
(2)Reflects stock-based compensation costs related to employee and director stock incentive plans.
(3)Reflects the reduction to revenue related to the amortization of certain financing fees incurred under the Vivint Flex Pay program.
(4)Hiring and severance expenses associated with CEO transition in June 2021.
(5)Reflects the change in fair value of the derivative liability associated with our public and private warrants.
(6)Primarily consists of changes in our consumer financing program derivative instrument, foreign currency exchange and other gains and losses associated with financing and other transactions.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Revenues
The following table provides our revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentage):
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Recurring and other revenue | $ | 407,282 | | | $ | 354,137 | | | 15 | % |
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Recurring and other revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2022 increased $53.1 million, or 15%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily a result of:
•$29.4 million resulting from the change in Total Subscribers;
•$10.7 million in non-recurring revenues primarily from our smart energy initiative; and
•$13.4 million from the change in AMRRU.
Costs and Expenses
The following table provides the significant components of our costs and expenses for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Operating expenses | $ | 100,793 | | | $ | 90,740 | | | 11 | % |
Selling expenses | 91,647 | | | 89,867 | | | 2 | % |
General and administrative | 54,969 | | | 57,494 | | | (4) | % |
Depreciation and amortization | 157,625 | | | 149,619 | | | 5 | % |
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Total costs and expenses | $ | 405,034 | | | $ | 387,720 | | | 4 | % |
Operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 increased by $10.1 million, or 11%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021. Excluding an increase in stock-based compensation of $0.4 million, operating expenses increased by $9.7 million, or 11%, primarily due to increases of:
•$3.7 million in cost of equipment,
•$2.6 million in personnel and related support cost;
•$1.0 million in facility related costs;
•$0.6 million in payment processing fees; and
•$0.5 million in fuel costs; and
•$1.0 million in facility related costs.
Selling expenses, excluding capitalized contract costs, increased by $1.8 million, or 2%, for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021. Excluding a decrease in stock-based compensation of $6.4 million, selling expenses increased by $8.2 million, or 11%. This increase was primarily due to increases of:
•$11.7 million in commissions, recruiting and other costs associated with scaling of our smart energy initiative and to a lesser extent our smart insurance and other pilot initiatives; and
•$3.1 million in personnel and related support costs.
These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $7.6 million in costs associated with building brand awareness.
General and administrative expenses decreased $2.5 million, or 4%, for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021. Excluding a decrease in stock-based compensation of $5.6 million, general and administrative expenses increased by $3.1 million, or 7%. This increase was primarily due to increases of:
•$7.7 million in provisions for bad debt and credit losses; and
•$5.3 million in other personnel and related support costs.
These increases were offset by decreases of:
•$8.6 million in costs associated with employee severance arrangements; and
•$1.0 million in marketing costs primarily related to costs associated with building brand awareness.
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended June 30, 2022 increased $8.0 million, or 5%, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to increased amortization of capitalized contract costs related to new subscribers and an impairment on capitalized internal-use software of $1.8 million recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Other Expenses, net
The following table provides the significant components of our other expenses, net for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Interest expense | $ | 38,883 | | | $ | 50,058 | | | (22) | % |
Interest income | (147) | | | (110) | | | 34 | % |
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (9,041) | | | (6,222) | | | 45 | % |
Other income, net | (22,765) | | | (8,034) | | | 183 | % |
Total other expenses, net | $ | 6,930 | | | $ | 35,692 | | | (81) | % |
Interest expense decreased $11.2 million, or 22%, for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared with the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to lower outstanding debt principal and interest rates associated with the July 2021 debt refinance (See Note 3 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities for each of the three months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 represents the change in fair value measurements of our outstanding stock warrants, primary resulting from the decrease in our stock price. See Note 8 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further details on the underlying fair value measurements.
Other income, net resulted in other income of $22.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to other income of $8.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The other income during the three months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily due to:
•$25.4 million gain on sale of the Canada business in June 2022; and
•$2.3 million loss related to the CFP derivative liability.
The other income, net during the three months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily due to a $7.3 million gain related to the CFP derivative liability.
Income Taxes
The following table provides the income tax expense for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Income tax (benefit) expense | $ | (1,196) | | | $ | 1,270 | | | NM |
Income tax provision resulted in a tax benefit of $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and a tax expense of $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The income tax benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2022 resulted primarily from a discrete US tax benefit resulting from the sale of our Canadian subsidiary during the period, US state minimum taxes and income taxes from our former Canadian subsidiary. The income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2021 resulted primarily from US state minimum taxes, offset by losses in our Canadian subsidiary.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Revenues
The following table provides the significant components of our revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Recurring and other revenue | $ | 800,030 | | | $ | 696,464 | | | 15 | % |
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Recurring and other revenue increased $103.6 million, or 15% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily a result of:
•$62.8 million resulting from the change in Total Subscribers;
•$17.7 million in non-recurring revenues primarily from our smart energy initiatives; and
•$23.5 million from the change in AMRRU.
Costs and Expenses
The following table provides the significant components of our costs and expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Operating expenses | $ | 196,253 | | | $ | 187,271 | | | 5 | % |
Selling expenses | 169,684 | | | 204,408 | | | (17) | % |
General and administrative | 110,484 | | | 124,295 | | | (11) | % |
Depreciation and amortization | 312,019 | | | 296,531 | | | 5 | % |
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Total costs and expenses | $ | 788,440 | | | $ | 812,505 | | | (3) | % |
Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased $9.0 million, or 5%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. Excluding a decrease in stock-based compensation of $7.2 million, operating expenses increased by $16.2 million, or 9%, primarily due to increases of:
•$5.5 million in personnel and related support costs;
•$3.5 million in cost of equipment;
•$1.8 million in facility rent and related costs;
•$1.5 million in third-party contracted customer servicing costs;
•$1.1 million in payment processing fees;
•$0.9 million in information technology costs; and
•$0.9 million cost of fuel.
Selling expenses, excluding capitalized contract costs, decreased by $34.7 million, or 17%, for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. Excluding a decrease in stock-based compensation of $57.7 million, selling expenses increased by $23.0 million, or 18%. This increase was primarily due to increases of:
•$20.8 million in commissions, recruiting and other costs associated with scaling of our smart energy and smart insurance initiatives;
•$6.9 million in other personnel and related support costs; and
•$2.5 million in third-party contracted servicing costs.
These increases were offset by a decrease of $7.7 million in marketing costs primarily related to costs associated with building brand awareness.
General and administrative expenses decreased $13.8 million, or 11%, for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. This included a $8.0 million decrease in stock-based compensation. Excluding stock-based compensation, general and administrative expenses decreased by $5.8 million, or 6%. This decrease was primarily due to decreases of:
•$8.6 million in severance costs incurred from the departure of certain corporate executives;
•$5.5 million in the loss contingency accrual;
•$2.6 million in third-party contracted service costs; and
•$1.7 million in marketing costs primarily related to costs associated with building brand awareness.
These decreases were offset by increases of:
•$8.2 million in other personnel and related support costs; and
•$5.6 million in provisions for bad debt and credit losses.
Depreciation and amortization for the six months ended June 30, 2022 increased $15.5 million, or 5%, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to increased amortization of capitalized contract costs related to new subscribers and an impairment on capitalized internal-use software of $1.8 million recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Other Expenses, net
The following table provides the significant components of our other expenses, net for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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Interest expense | $ | 76,394 | | | $ | 99,861 | | | (23) | % |
Interest income | (280) | | | (154) | | | 82 | % |
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (18,334) | | | (35,325) | | | (48) | % |
Other income, net | (14,509) | | | (22,593) | | | (36) | % |
Total other expenses, net | $ | 43,271 | | | $ | 41,789 | | | 4 | % |
Interest expense decreased $23.5 million, or 23%, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared with the six months ended June 30, 2021, primarily due to lower outstanding debt principal and interest rates associated with the July 2021 debt refinance (See Note 3 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities for each of the six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 represents the change in fair value measurements of our outstanding public and private placement warrants, primary resulting from the decrease in our stock price. See Note 8 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further details on the underlying fair value measurements.
Other income, net resulted in other income of $14.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to other income of $22.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
The other income, net during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily due to:
•$25.4 million gain on sale of the Canada business in June 2022;
•$1.9 million of consideration for sales of certain technologies; and
•$12.8 million loss related to the CFP derivative liability.
The other income, net during the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily due to a $21.1 million gain related to the CFP derivative liability.
Income Taxes
The following table provides the significant components of our income tax expense for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except for percentages):
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| 2022 | | 2021 | | % Change |
Income tax (benefit) expense | $ | (764) | | | $ | 1,514 | | | NM |
Income tax benefit was $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to an expense of $1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The income tax benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2022 resulted
primarily from a discrete US tax benefit resulting from the sale of our Canadian subsidiary during the period, US state minimum taxes and income taxes from our former Canadian subsidiary. The income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 resulted primarily from US state minimum taxes, offset by losses in our Canadian subsidiary.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash from operations may be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks detailed in the Risk Factors section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Despite the challenging economic environment caused by the pandemic, based on our current business plan and revenue prospects, we continue to believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our anticipated cash flows from operating activities and our available credit facility will be sufficient to meet our working capital and operating resource expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date of this filing.
Our primary source of liquidity has historically been cash from operating activities, proceeds from issuances of debt securities, borrowings under our credit facilities and, to a lesser extent, capital contributions and issuances of equity. As of June 30, 2022, we had $299.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $358.9 million of availability under our Revolving Credit Facility (after giving effect to $11.1 million of letters of credit outstanding and no borrowings).
As market conditions warrant, we and our equity holders, its affiliates, and members of our management, may from time to time, seek to purchase our outstanding debt securities or loans in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise. Subject to any applicable limitations contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness, any purchases made by us may be funded by the use of cash on our balance sheet or the incurrence of new secured or unsecured debt, including additional borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility. The amounts involved in any such purchase transactions, individually or in the aggregate, may be material. Any such purchases may be with respect to a substantial amount of a particular class or series of debt, with the attendant reduction in the trading liquidity of such class or series. In addition, any such purchases made at prices below the “adjusted issue price” (as defined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) may result in taxable cancellation of indebtedness income to us, which amounts may be material, and in related adverse tax consequences to us. Depending on conditions in the credit and capital markets and other factors, we will, from time to time, consider various financing transactions, the proceeds of which could be used to refinance our indebtedness or for other purposes.
Cash Flow and Liquidity Analysis
Our cash flows provided by operating activities include recurring monthly billings, cash received from the sale of Products to our customers that either pay-in-full at the time of installation or finance their purchase of Products under the CFP, commissions we receive related to our smart energy and smart insurance businesses and other fees received from the customers we service. Cash used in operating activities includes the cash costs to monitor and service our subscribers, a portion of subscriber acquisition costs, interest associated with our debt, general and administrative costs and smart energy and smart insurance commissions paid to our sales staff. Historically, we financed subscriber acquisition costs through our operating cash flows, the issuance of debt, and to a lesser extent, through the issuance of equity. Currently, the upfront proceeds from the CFP, and subscribers that pay-in-full at the time of the sale of Products, offset a significant portion of the upfront investment associated with subscriber acquisition costs.
Sales from our direct-to-home channel are seasonal in nature. We make investments in the recruitment of our direct-to-home sales representatives, inventory and other support costs for the April through August sales period prior to each sales season. We experience increases in capitalized contract costs, as well as costs to support the sales force throughout the U.S., prior to and during this time period. The incremental inventory purchased to support the direct-to-home sales season is generally consumed prior to the end of the calendar year in which it is purchased.
The following table provides a summary of cash flow data (in thousands, except for percentages):
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| 2022 | | 2021 | | % Change |
Net cash from operating activities | $ | 32,375 | | | $ | 64,238 | | | (50) | % |
Net cash from investing activities | 78,687 | | | (7,944) | | | NM |
Net cash from financing activities | (20,070) | | | (25,018) | | | (20) | % |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
We generally reinvest the cash flows from our recurring monthly billings and cash received from the sale of Products through the Vivint Flex Pay Program associated with the initial installation of the customer's equipment, primarily to (1) maintain and grow our subscriber base, (2) expand our infrastructure to support this growth, (3) enhance our existing smart home services offering, (4) develop new smart home Product and Service offerings and (5) expand into products and services that are adjacent to our current offerings. These investments are focused on generating new subscribers, increasing the revenue from our existing subscriber base, enhancing the overall quality of service provided to our subscribers, and increasing the productivity and efficiency of our workforce and back-office functions necessary to scale our business.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash provided in operating activities was $32.4 million. This cash provided was primarily from a net loss of $30.9 million, adjusted for:
•$355.5 million in non-cash amortization, depreciation, and stock-based compensation;
•$25.4 million gain on sale of our Canada business;
•$18.3 million gain on change in warrant derivative fair value;
•$14.9 million in provisions for doubtful accounts and credit losses; and
•$3.1 million in deferred income taxes.
Cash provided by operating activities resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, including:
•a $104.1 million increase in deferred revenue primarily associated with the sale of Products under the Vivint Flex Pay plan and the increase in Total Subscribers
•a $42.9 million increase in accounts payable;
•a $8.5 million decrease in long-term notes receivables and other assets, net primarily due to decreases in RIC receivables; and
•a $3.9 million decrease in right of use assets.
These sources of operating cash were partially offset by the following changes in operating assets and liabilities:
•a $339.9 million increase in capitalized contract costs;
•a $25.2 million increase in accounts and notes receivable;
•a $22.5 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets;
•a $4.5 million decrease in right of use liabilities; and
•a $30.7 million increase in inventories.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash provided in operating activities was $64.2 million. This cash provided was primarily from a net loss of $159.3 million, adjusted for:
•$411.2 million in non-cash amortization, depreciation, and stock-based compensation;
•$35.3 million gain on warrant derivative change in fair value;
•$13.0 million in provisions for doubtful accounts and credit losses; and
•$5.1 million in deferred income taxes.
Cash provided by operating activities resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities, including:
•a $50.6 million increase in accounts payable, primarily due to timing of vendor payments;
•a $155.3 million increase in deferred revenue due primarily to the growth in deferred revenues associated with the sale of Products under the Vivint Flex Pay plan and the increased subscriber base;
•a $8.9 million decrease in long-term notes receivables and other assets, net primarily due to decreases in RIC receivables; and
•a $5.0 million decrease in right of use assets.
These sources of operating cash were partially offset by the following changes in operating assets and liabilities:
•a $310.4 million increase in capitalized contract costs;
•a $3.6 million increase in accrued payroll and commissions, accrued expenses, other current and long-term liabilities;
•a $19.7 million increase in inventories due to the ramp down of our direct-to-home summer selling season;
•a $26.9 million increase in accounts receivable driven primarily by the increase in amounts due under the Consumer Financing Program and increases in RIC receivables;
•a $5.6 million decrease in right of use liabilities; and
•a $21.2 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Net cash interest paid for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 related to our indebtedness (excluding finance leases) totaled $73.4 million and $96.8 million, respectively. Our net cash flows from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, before these interest payments, were cash inflows of $105.8 million and $161.0 million, respectively. Accordingly, our net cash provided by operating activities were sufficient to cover interest payments for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Historically, our investing activities have primarily consisted of capital expenditures, business combinations and technology acquisitions. Capital expenditures primarily consist of periodic additions to property, plant and equipment to support the growth in our business.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash provided in investing activities was $78.7 million primarily associated with $87.7 million of net cash received on the sale of the Canada business and proceeds of $2.2 million from the sale of certain assets, offset by capital expenditures of $11.0 million.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash used in investing activities was $7.9 million primarily associated with capital expenditures of $8.0 million.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Historically, our cash flows provided by financing activities primarily related to the issuance of equity securities and debt, primarily to fund the portion of upfront costs associated with generating new subscribers that are not covered through our operating cash flows or through our Vivint Flex Pay program. Uses of cash for financing activities are generally associated with the return of capital to our stockholders, the repayment of debt and the payment of financing costs associated with the issuance of debt.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash used in financing activities was $20.1 million, consisting of $11.7 million for taxes paid related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards and $6.8 million of repayments on existing notes and $1.6 million on repayments of finance lease obligations.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash used in financing activities was $25.0 million, consisting of $29.4 million for taxes paid related to net share settlements of stock-based compensation awards and $4.8 million of repayments on existing notes. These cash uses were offset by $10.8 million from the exercise of warrants.
Long-Term Debt
We are a highly leveraged company with significant debt service requirements. As of June 30, 2022, we had $2.74 billion of total debt outstanding, consisting of $600.0 million of outstanding 6.75% senior secured notes due 2027 (the “2027 notes”), $800.0 million of outstanding 5.75% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 notes” and together with the 2027 notes, the “Notes”), $1,339.9 million of borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Facility and no borrowings outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility (with $358.9 million of additional availability under the Revolving Credit Facility after giving effect to $11.1 million of letters of credit outstanding).
2027 Notes
As of June 30, 2022, APX had $600.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 2027 notes. Interest on the 2027 notes is payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year.
We may, at our option, redeem at any time and from time to time prior to February 15, 2023, some or all of the 2027 notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date plus the applicable “make-whole premium.” From and after February 15, 2023, we may, at our option, redeem at any time and from time to time some or all of the 2027 notes at 103.375%, declining to par from and after May 1, 2025, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to February 15, 2023, we may, at our option, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 notes with the proceeds from certain equity offerings at 100% plus an applicable premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to February 15, 2023,
during any 12-month period, we also may, at our option, redeem at any time and from time to time up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 notes at a price equal to 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to but excluding the redemption date.
The 2027 notes will mature on February 15, 2027. The 2027 notes are secured, on a pari passu basis, by the collateral securing obligations under the existing senior secured notes, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility, in each case, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens.
2029 Notes
As of June 30, 2022, APX had $800.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 2029 notes. Interest on the 2029 notes is payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 each year.
We may, at our option, redeem at any time and from time to time prior to July 15, 2024, some or all of the 2029 notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date plus the applicable “make-whole premium.” From and after July 15, 2024, we may, at our option, redeem at any time and from time to time some or all of the 2029 notes at 102.875%, declining to par from and after July 15, 2026, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to July 15, 2024, we may, at our option, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2029 notes with the proceeds from certain equity offerings at 100% plus an applicable premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to July 15, 2024, we may redeem the 2029 notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (A) 100.0% of the principal amount of the 2029 notes redeemed, plus (B) the applicable premium as of the redemption date, plus (C) accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
The 2029 notes will mature on July 15, 2029.
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
As of June 30, 2022, APX had outstanding term loans under the Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,339.9 million. APX is required to make quarterly amortization payments under the Term Loan Facility in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on the closing date thereof. The remaining outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans will be due and payable in full on July 9, 2028. APX may prepay the Term Loans on the terms specified in the Credit Agreement. No amortization payments are required under the Revolving Credit Facility.
In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Revolving Credit Facility, APX is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 50 basis points (which will be subject to two interest rate step-downs of 12.5 basis points, based on APX meeting consolidated first lien net leverage ratio tests) to the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder. APX also pays customary letter of credit and agency fees. The revolving credit commitments outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility will be due and payable in full on July 9, 2026.
Borrowings under the amended and restated Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at APX’s option, at a rate per annum equal to either (a)(i) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the “Prime Rate” in the United States as published in The Wall Street Journal, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (3) the LIBO rate for a one month interest period plus 1.00%, plus (ii) between 2.50% and 2.00%, depending on the first lien net leverage ratio of the applicable fiscal quarter or (b)(i) a LIBO rate determined by reference to the applicable page for the LIBO rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing plus (ii) between 3.50% and 3.00%, depending on the first lien net leverage ratio of the applicable fiscal quarter, subject in each case to an agreed interest rate floor.
There were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2022 with $358.9 million of availability under our revolving credit facility (after giving effect to $11.1 million of letters of credit outstanding and no borrowings).
Guarantees and Security (Senior Secured Credit Facilities and Notes)
All of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes are guaranteed by APX Group Holdings, Inc., each of APX Group's existing and future material wholly owned U.S. restricted subsidiaries (subject to customary exclusions and qualifications) and solely in the case of the Notes, Vivint Smart Home, Inc. However, such subsidiaries shall only be required to guarantee the obligations under the debt agreements governing the Notes for so long
as such entities guarantee the obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, the Term Loan Facility or the Company's other indebtedness.
The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the 2027 notes are secured by a security interest in (1) substantially all of the present and future tangible and intangible assets of APX Group, Inc., and the subsidiary guarantors, including without limitation equipment, subscriber contracts and communication paths, intellectual property, material fee-owned real property, general intangibles, investment property, material intercompany notes and proceeds of the foregoing, subject to permitted liens and other customary exceptions, (2) substantially all personal property of APX Group, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors consisting of accounts receivable arising from the sale of inventory and other goods and services (including related contracts and contract rights, inventory, cash, deposit accounts, other bank accounts and securities accounts), inventory and intangible assets to the extent attached to the foregoing books and records of APX Group, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors, and the proceeds thereof, subject to permitted liens and other customary exceptions, in each case held by APX Group, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors and (3) a pledge of all of the capital stock of APX Group, Inc., each of its subsidiary guarantors and each restricted subsidiary of APX Group, Inc. and its subsidiary guarantors, in each case other than excluded assets and subject to the limitations and exclusions provided in the applicable collateral documents.
Debt Covenants
The Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes contain a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, APX Group, Inc. and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to:
•incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;
•pay dividends and make other distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;
•make certain investments;
•incur certain liens;
•enter into transactions with affiliates;
•merge or consolidate;
•materially change the nature of their business;
•enter into agreements that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make dividends or other payments to APX Group, Inc.;
•designate restricted subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries;
•amend, prepay, redeem or purchase certain subordinated debt; and
•transfer or sell certain assets.
The Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes contain change of control provisions and certain customary affirmative covenants and events of default. As of June 30, 2022, APX Group, Inc. was in compliance with all covenants related to its long-term obligations.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes permit APX Group, Inc. and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness.
Our future liquidity requirements will be significant, primarily due to debt service requirements. The actual amounts of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will fluctuate from time to time.
Our liquidity and our ability to fund our capital requirements is dependent on our future financial performance, which is subject to general economic, financial and other factors that are beyond our control and many of which are described under “Part I. Item 1A—Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. If those factors significantly change or other unexpected factors adversely affect us, our business may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations or we may not be able to obtain future financings to meet our liquidity needs. We anticipate that to the extent additional liquidity is necessary to fund our operations, it would be funded through borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, incurring other indebtedness, additional equity or other financings or a combination of these potential sources of liquidity. We may not be able to obtain this additional liquidity on terms acceptable to us or at all.
Covenant Compliance
Under the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes, our subsidiary, APX Group's ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments, refinancing certain indebtedness, paying dividends and entering into certain merger transactions is governed, in part, by our ability to satisfy tests based on Covenant Adjusted EBITDA (which measure is defined as “Consolidated EBITDA” in the Credit Agreement and “EBITDA” in the debt agreements governing the existing notes) for the applicable four-quarter period. Such tests include an incurrence-based maximum consolidated secured debt ratio and first lien secured debt ratio of 4.25 to 1.0, a consolidated total debt ratio of 5.50 to 1.0, an incurrence-based minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 2.00 to 1.0, and, solely in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, a quarterly maintenance-based maximum consolidated first lien secured debt ratio of 4.99 to 1.0 (subject to certain conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement being satisfied), each as determined in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes, as applicable. Non-compliance with these covenants could restrict our ability to undertake certain activities or result in a default under the Credit Agreement and the debt agreements governing the Notes.
“Covenant Adjusted EBITDA” is defined as net income (loss) before interest expense (net of interest income), income and franchise taxes and depreciation and amortization (including amortization of capitalized subscriber acquisition costs), further adjusted to exclude the effects of certain contract sales to third parties, non-capitalized subscriber acquisition costs, stock based compensation, changes in the fair value of the derivative liability associated with our public and private warrants and certain unusual, non-cash, non-recurring and other items permitted in certain covenant calculations under the agreements governing our Notes and the Credit Agreement.
We believe that the presentation of Covenant Adjusted EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information to investors about the calculation of, and compliance with, certain financial covenants contained in the agreements governing the Notes and the Credit Agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definition of Covenant Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers, because not all issuers and analysts calculate Covenant Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner.
Covenant Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net loss or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net loss to Covenant Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):
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Net loss | | | | | $ | (177,125) | |
Interest expense, net | | | | | 160,868 | |
Other expense, net | | | | | 22,573 | |
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Income tax expense, net | | | | | 193 | |
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Depreciation and amortization (1) | | | | | 74,909 | |
Amortization of capitalized contract costs | | | | | 542,031 | |
Non-capitalized contract costs (2) | | | | | 370,705 | |
Stock-based compensation (3) | | | | | 93,495 | |
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liabilities (4) | | | | | (33,116) | |
Other adjustments (5) | | | | | 92,288 | |
Covenant Adjusted EBITDA | | | | | $ | 1,146,821 | |
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(1)Excludes loan amortization costs that are included in interest expense.
(2)Reflects subscriber acquisition costs that are expensed as incurred because they are not directly related to the acquisition of specific subscribers. Certain other industry participants purchase subscribers through subscriber contract purchases, and as a result, may capitalize the full cost to purchase these subscriber contracts, as compared to our organic generation of new subscribers, which requires us to expense a portion of our subscriber acquisition costs under GAAP. (See Note 1 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements)
(3)Reflects stock-based compensation costs related to employee and director stock and stock incentive plans.
(4)Reflects the change in fair value of the derivative liability associated with our public and private warrants.
(5)Other adjustments represent primarily the following items (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Twelve months ended June 30, 2022 |
Consumer financing fees (a) | | | | | $ | 51,042 | |
Product development (b) | | | | | 18,117 | |
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Hiring, retention and termination payments (c) | | | | | 10,848 | |
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Monitoring fee (d) | | | | | 4,289 | |
Certain legal and professional fees (e) | | | | | 7,661 | |
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All other adjustments (g) | | | | | 331 | |
Total other adjustments | | | | | $ | 92,288 | |
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(a)Monthly financing fees incurred under the Consumer Financing Program.
(b)Costs related to the development of control panels, including associated software, and peripheral devices.
(c)Expenses associated with retention bonus, relocation and severance payments to management.
(d)BMP monitoring fee (See Note 13 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).
(e)Legal and professional fees associated with strategic initiatives and financing transactions.
(f)Other adjustments primarily reflect costs associated with various strategic, legal and financing activities.
Other Factors Affecting Liquidity and Capital Resources
Vivint Flex Pay. Vivint Flex Pay became our primary equipment financing model beginning in March 2017. Under Vivint Flex Pay, customers pay separately for Products through the CFP. Under the CFP, qualified customers are eligible for Loans originated by Financing Providers of between $150 and $6,000. The terms of most Loans are determined based on the customer’s credit quality. The annual percentage rates on these Loans is either 0% or 9.99%, depending on the customer’s credit quality, and are either installment or revolving loans with repayment terms ranging from 6- to 60-months. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates — Vivint Flex Pay” for further details.
Vehicle Leases. Since 2010, we have leased, and expect to continue leasing, vehicles primarily for use by our Smart Home Pros. For the most part, these leases have 36-month durations and we account for them as finance leases. At the end of the lease term for each vehicle we have the option to either (i) purchase it for the estimated end-of-lease fair market value established at the beginning of the lease term; or (ii) return the vehicle to the lessor to be sold by them and in the event the sale price is less than the estimated end-of-lease fair market value we are responsible for such deficiency. As of June 30, 2022, our total finance lease obligations were $5.5 million, of which $2.0 million is due within the next 12 months.
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ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
We are exposed to a variety of market risks, including the effects of changes in interest rates. We monitor and manage financial exposures as an integral part of our overall risk management program.
Interest Rate Risk
Our Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility bear interest at a floating rate. As a result, we may be exposed to fluctuations in interest rates to the extent of our borrowings under these credit facilities. To help manage borrowing costs, we may from time to time enter into interest rate swap transactions with financial institutions acting as principal counterparties. We consider changes in the 30-day LIBO rate to be most indicative of our interest rate exposure as it is a function of the base rate for our credit facilities and is reasonably correlated to changes in our earnings rate on our cash investments. Assuming the borrowing of all amounts available under our Revolving Credit Facility, if the 30-day LIBO rate increases by 1% due to normal market conditions, our interest expense will increase by approximately $17.1 million per annum.
We had no borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2022.
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ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
Internal Control Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2022, the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Part II. OTHER INFORMATION
The information required with respect to this item can be found under “Legal” in Note 11, Commitments and Contingencies, of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report, and such information is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.
For a discussion of the Company’s potential risks or uncertainties, please see “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year 2021. There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year 2021.
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ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about purchases of shares of our Class A Common Stock during the periods indicated, which related to shares withheld upon settlement of vested and exercised equity awards to satisfy tax withholding obligations:
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Date | | Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | | Average Price Paid Per Share | | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | | Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs |
April 1 - 30, 2022 | | — | | | $ | — | | | — | | | — | |
May 1 - 31, 2022 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
June 1 - 30, 2022 | | 107,811 | | | 4.15 | | | — | | | — | |
(1) Total number of shares delivered to us by employees to satisfy tax withholding requirements .
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ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None.
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ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not applicable.
None.
Exhibits
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Exhibit Number | | Exhibit Title | | Form | | Exhibit No. | | Filing Date | | Provided Herewith |
2.1 | | | | 8-K | | 2.1 | | 9/16/2019 | | |
4.1 | | | | | | | | | | X |
4.2 | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.1† | | | | 8-K | | 10.1 | | 4/15/2022 | | |
10.2† | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.3† | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.4† | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.5† | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.6* | | | | | | | | | | X |
10.7* | | | | | | | | | | X |
31.1 | | | | | | | | | | X |
31.2 | | | | | | | | | | X |
32.1 | | | | | | | | | | X |
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32.2 | | | | | | | | | | X |
101.INS | | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | | | | | | | | X |
101.SCH | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | | | | | | | | X |
101.CAL | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | X |
101.DEF | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | X |
101.LAB | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | X |
101.PRE | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | X |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | | | | | | | | |
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† | Identifies exhibits that consist of a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
* | Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Rule 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. The omitted information (i) is not material and (ii) is the type that the Registrant treats as private or confidential. |
The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this report are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them other than for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by us in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| | | | | Vivint Smart Home, Inc. |
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Date: | August 8, 2022 | | | | By: | | /s/ David Bywater |
| | | | | | | David Bywater |
| | | | | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: | August 8, 2022 | | | | By: | | /s/ Dana Russell |
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| | | | | | | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Third Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 29, 2022, among VI Administrative Services, LLC, Vivint VI Holdings, LLC and Vivint Insurance Services, LLC (collectively, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”), each a subsidiary of APX Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (as supplemented, the “Indenture”), dated as of February 14, 2020, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:
(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(2) Agreement to Guarantee. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Indenture and all other documents it deems necessary to review in order to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party to the Indenture as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be bound by the Indenture, as of the date hereof, as if made by, and with respect to, each signatory hereto; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, Article 10 thereof.
(3) Execution and Delivery. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.
(4) No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or direct or indirect equity holder of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than in such equityholder’s capacity as Issuer or a Guarantor) shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries) under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture, the Collateral Documents or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(5) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(6) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in multiple counterparts which, when taken together, shall constitute one instrument. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmissions shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
(7) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
(8) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries.
(9) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guarantee of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
(10) Successors. All agreements of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
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VI ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT VI HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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| | Name: Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Title: Assistant Vice President |
[Signature Page to Third Supplemental Indenture]
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VI ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT VI HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | | /s/ Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Name: Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Title: Assistant Vice President |
[Signature Page to Third Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 4.2
Execution Version
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
First Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 29, 2022, among VI Administrative Services, LLC, Vivint VI Holdings, LLC and Vivint Insurance Services, LLC (collectively, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”), each a subsidiary of APX Group, Inc. (the “Issuer”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 9, 2021, providing for the issuance of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:
(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(2) Agreement to Guarantee. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Indenture and all other documents it deems necessary to review in order to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and become a party to the Indenture as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be bound by the Indenture, as of the date hereof, as if made by, and with respect to, each signatory hereto; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, Article 10 thereof.
(3) Execution and Delivery. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.
(4) No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or direct or indirect equityholder of the Issuer, Holdings or the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries) under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(5) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(6) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in multiple counterparts which, when taken together, shall constitute one instrument. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmissions shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
(7) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
(8) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries.
(9) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guarantee of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
(10) Successors. All agreements of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors.
(11) Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder shall be bound hereby.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
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VI ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT VI HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | /s/ Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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| | Name: Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Title: Assistant Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
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VI ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT VI HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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VIVINT INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: | | |
| | Name: Garner B. Meads, III |
| | Title: Chief Legal Officer |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | | /s/ Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Name: Sarah Vilhauer |
| | Title: Assistant Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of June 3, 2022, by and between Jungtaik Hwang, an individual (“Executive”) and Vivint Smart Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries and affiliates as of the date hereof, the “Company Group”). In consideration of the payments and benefits described in Section 3(b) below to be provided to Executive, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged hereby, Executive and the Company agree as follows:
1.Termination Date. Executive and the Company (on behalf of the Company Group) agree that Executive’s employment with all members of the Company Group shall terminate on June 3, 2022 (the “Termination Date”), and shall be treated as a resignation by Executive under Section 5(b) of the Employment Agreement. Executive hereby resigns from all positions as an officer or director with the Company Group as of the Termination Date, and resigns, effective as of the Termination Date, from all positions as an employee of the Company Group. Executive represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, Executive has not engaged in conduct constituting Cause, as “Cause” is defined in the Employment Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2020, by and between Executive and the Company (the “Employment Agreement”).
2.Payments.
(a)Accrued Rights. Following the Termination Date, Executive shall be entitled to:
(i)no later than ten (10) days following the Termination Date, the base salary through the Termination Date;
(ii)reimbursement, within sixty (60) days following receipt by the Company of Executive’s claim for such reimbursement (including appropriate supporting documentation), for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to the Termination Date; provided that such claims for such reimbursement are submitted to the Company within ninety (90) days following the Termination Date; and
(iii)such employee benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the employee benefit plans of the Company, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such tax qualified employee benefit plans including accrued vacation to be payable on the next scheduled payroll date (the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued Rights”).
Except as otherwise expressly required by law or as specifically provided herein, Executive shall have no right to compensation, benefits, severance or other amounts after the Termination Date.
3.Equity.
(a)Pursuant to the terms of the Vivint Smart Home, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan and each outstanding grant of restricted stock units to Executive thereunder (collectively, the “Equity Documents”), Executive acknowledges and agrees that but for this Agreement, Executive’s right to any portion of the unvested outstanding grants and the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company underlying such grants (the “Outstanding Awards”) would be forfeited for no consideration as of the Termination Date.
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to (i) Executive’s continued compliance with the Restrictive Covenants (as defined below) and (ii) Executive’s execution and non-revocation of this Agreement and General Release attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”), and in consideration of the Release, and Executive’s other promises set forth herein, the Company shall cause the Outstanding Awards granted pursuant to the Equity Documents to continue vesting during the Consulting Term (as defined below) (such continued vesting, the “Additional Equity Vesting”); provided, however that if (i) Executive voluntarily terminates the Consulting Term or the Company terminates such Consulting Term for Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement (provided that for purposes of this Section 3 “employment or service duties” shall be deemed to be references to the Transition Services (as defined below))) or as a result of Executive failing to reasonably perform the Transition Services, as reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Legal Officer of the Company, as applicable, and subject to reasonable notice of the alleged failure, and a reasonable opportunity to cure such alleged failure within a reasonable time period, or (ii) Executive breaches the Restrictive Covenants, or (iii) Executive fails to execute or revokes the Release, in any case, Executive shall forfeit all rights with respect to any Additional Equity Vesting that vested during the Consulting Term and return any proceeds received with respect to such Outstanding Awards and the then-unvested Outstanding Awards. If the Company elects to terminate the Consulting Term other than for Cause or a breach of the Restrictive Covenants, Executive shall immediately vest with respect to any outstanding time-based restricted stock units that would have otherwise vested prior to the end of the Consulting Term but for such termination of the Consulting Term and shall remain eligible to vest with respect to any performance-based restricted stock units that would have otherwise been eligible to vest prior to the end of the Consulting Term but for such termination of the Consulting Term.
(c)Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Outstanding Awards shall remain subject to the terms set forth in the Equity Documents.
4.Consulting Arrangement.
(a)As of the Termination Date, the Company hereby engages, and Executive shall become, an independent contractor and serve as an advisor to the Company Group. Executive’s period of service as an advisor shall end on October 1, 2022, unless terminated earlier by Executive or the Company for any reason or no reason (such period of service, the “Consulting Term”).
(b)As an advisor, Executive will be expected to provide transition services to the Company Group, as reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer and/or Chief Legal Officer of Company Group from time to time, including performing projects and advising on issues related to Executive’s prior position at the Company, to be performed in a timeframe and at times that are reasonably convenient to Executive and the Company (collectively, the “Transition Services”). Executive agrees to render the Transition Services on as “as requested” basis and to devote sufficient business time and energy to the performance of the Transition Services as may be necessary to fulfill Executive’s obligations to the Company Group. It is expected that Executive will provide no more than 10 hours per month of services during the Consulting Term. Executive and the Company acknowledge and agree that, in performing the Transition Services, Executive shall only take direction from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer. For the avoidance of doubt, Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation or benefits in respect of the Transition Services other than the compensation and benefits set forth in this Agreement.
(c)As an advisor, Executive shall have no authority to act as an agent of the Company Group and Executive shall not make any representation to the contrary to any person. Executive shall have no authority to bind the Company Group in any way. Executive shall not
direct the work of any employee of the Company Group, or make any management decisions, or undertake to commit the Company Group to any course of action in relation to third persons. Although the Company may specify the areas of activities that Executive will perform and may control and direct Executive in that regard, the Company shall not control or direct Executive as to the details or means by which such activities are conducted. Executive shall not be entitled to participate in any employee benefit plans or other benefits or conditions of employment available to the employees of the Company. This Agreement shall not create a partnership, joint venture or other similar type of legal arrangement.
(d)The Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that, during the Consulting Term, the Transition Services shall not restrain Executive from seeking and obtaining new employment or providing services to any employer provided such employment and services do not violate the Restrictive Covenants.
5.Company Property.
(d)On or prior to the Termination Date, Executive shall return to the Company, as applicable, Executive’s credit cards, electronic fuel card, electronic building access cards, codes or devices, keys, computers and other electronic devices, electronically stored documents or files, physical files and all other property of the Company Group, except as set forth in Section 2(b) hereof or as otherwise agreed to with the Company Group in order to provide the Transition Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to retain (and shall thereafter own and hold good title, to the extent applicable, to) (i) Executive’s contacts, calendar, and personal correspondence, along with any information needed for personal tax preparation purposes; provided such information does not, in Executive’s reasonable judgment, constitute Confidential Information (as defined in the Employment Agreement), and (ii) Executive’s Company issued computer and phone equipment, including laptop computer, iPhone, iPad, monitor and keyboard that, in each case, has been wiped of Company-owned data/information by the Company’s Information Technology personnel, which shall be done promptly following the Termination Date (or at a time otherwise mutually agreeable to the parties).
(e)Executive represents and warrants that Executive has not, and shall not, take or copy in any form or manner, including electronic or hard copy, of any of the Company Group’s files, financial information, lists of customers, prices, or any other confidential and proprietary materials or information of the Company Group. Executive represents that Executive does not have in Executive’s possession, and Executive has not distributed, whether in hard copy or electronic form, recreate, or deliver to anyone else, nor delete information belonging to the Company Group in anticipation of Executive’s separation.
6.Restrictive Covenants. Executive acknowledges and agrees that Executive remains subject to the restrictive covenants between the Company Group and Executive set forth in the Employment Agreement, Equity Documents and any other agreement that Executive is a party to (the “Restrictive Covenants”) and that such Restrictive Covenants are incorporated herein by reference; provided, that Executive agrees, that in consideration for the Additional Equity Vesting, that such Restrictive Covenants shall continue to apply during the Consulting Term and the “Restricted Period” with respect to such Restrictive Covenants shall be deemed to mean the one year period following the end of the Consulting Term. Executive agrees and understands that should Executive breach any of the Restrictive Covenants, Executive shall not be entitled to the Additional Equity Vesting or the value received with respect to the Outstanding Awards. During such Restrictive Period, Executive agrees not to make, or cause any other person to make, any communication that is critical or disparaging, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, the Company Group, or any of the Company’s affiliates (who are affiliates as of the Termination Date), or any agents or advisors of the Company Group or such affiliates, or any of the employees, officers or directors of the Company Group or such affiliates (it being understood
that comments made in Executive’s good faith performance of his duties hereunder shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement). Nothing set forth herein shall be interpreted to prohibit Executive from responding truthfully to incorrect public statements, making truthful statements when reasonably appropriate in connection with litigation involving Executive and the Company or as required by law, subpoena or court order or from responding to any inquiry by any regulatory or investigatory organization.
7.No Admission. Neither this Agreement nor anything in this Agreement shall be construed to be or shall be admissible in any proceeding as evidence of an admission by the Company or Executive of any wrongdoing or liability, or of any violation of the Company’s policies or procedures, or state or federal laws or regulations. This Agreement may be introduced, however, in any proceeding to enforce the Agreement. Such introduction shall be pursuant to an order protecting its confidentiality, except insofar as a court declines to enter any such order.
8.Waiver; Effective Date; Acknowledgments. Executive expressly acknowledges that:
(e)In consideration of the Additional Equity Vesting, the sufficiency of which the Executive hereby acknowledges, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his agents, representatives, attorneys, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Employee Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and forever discharges the Company Released Parties (as defined below), from all claims, charges, causes of action, obligations, expenses, damages of any kind (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) or demands, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which may have existed or which may now exist from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, arising from or relating to Executive’s employment or termination from employment with the Company or otherwise, including a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the “ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Fair Labor Standards Act; any other federal, state or local laws against discrimination; or any other federal, state, or local statute, regulation or common law relating to employment, wages, hours, or any other terms and conditions of employment, including the termination therefrom. This includes a release by the Executive of any and all claims or rights arising under contract (whether written or oral, express or implied), covenant, public policy, tort or otherwise. For purposes hereof, “Company Released Parties” shall mean the Company, and any of its shareholders, divisions, parents, members, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employee benefit plans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holder of 10% or more of the beneficial ownership of the Company (and such shareholders’ affiliates, including the Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates) and its and their respective past or present employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, administrators, officials, directors, and the sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators of its and their respective employee benefit plans.
(f)The Executive and the Company agree that this release and waiver do not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this release and waiver is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled.
(g)This Section 8 does not release the Company Released Parties from (i) the Additional Equity Vesting, (ii) any rights Executive has to indemnification by the Company and to directors and officers liability insurance coverage, (iii) any vested rights the Executive has under the Company’s employee pension benefit and group healthcare benefit plans as a result of
Executive’s actual service with the Company, (iv) any fully vested and nonforfeitable rights of the Executive as a shareholder or member of the Company or its affiliates, (v) any rights of the Executive pursuant to any equity or incentive award agreement with the Company, (vi) any rights which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law or (vii) any other rights of Executive under this Agreement.
(h)The Executive acknowledges that the Executive is waiving and releasing rights that the Executive may have under the ADEA and other federal, state and local statutes contract and the common law and that this Agreement is knowing and voluntary. The Executive and the Company agree that this Agreement does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this Agreement is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has been advised by this writing that: (i) the Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement; (ii) the Executive has up to twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement, although the Executive may, at the Executive’s discretion, sign and return this Agreement at an earlier time, in which case the Executive waives all rights to the balance of this twenty-one (21) day review period; and (iii) for a period of 7 days following the execution of this Agreement in duplicate originals, the Executive may revoke this Agreement in a writing delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired (such date, the “Effective Date”), and that no obligations upon the Company Group set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement shall be operative or binding upon it until the Release Effective Date (as defined in the Release). Executive may not sign the Release prior to the end of the Consulting Term. For the avoidance of doubt, if Executive does not execute the Release within the twenty-one (21) day period noted in the Release, or revokes the Release prior to the Release Effective Date, Executive shall not be entitled to the Additional Equity Vesting.
(i)Executive understands, acknowledges, and agrees that the Additional Equity Vesting pursuant to Sections 3(b) is in consideration of Executive’s execution of this Agreement and the Release. Executive further acknowledges that Executive is not entitled to any additional payment or consideration not specifically referenced in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed as an express or implied policy or practice of the Company Group to provide such separation benefits or other benefits to any individuals other than Executive.
9.Cooperation. Upon request by the Company, Executive shall reasonably cooperate with any investigation conducted by the Company Group, including by answering written questions and by appearing for interviews. The Company shall reimburse Executive’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with this Section 9.
10.Employment Relationship. Executive acknowledges that any employment relationship between Executive and the Company Group shall terminate on the Termination Date, that thereafter they have no further employment relationship except as may arise out of this Agreement and that Executive waives any right or claim to reinstatement as an employee of the Company Group and will not seek employment in the future with the Company Group, unless by mutual consent. Nothing herein shall be construed as voiding Executive’s entitlement to post-termination benefits pursuant to Section 3(b) above or the Company Group’s rights pursuant to the Employment Agreement and the Equity Documents.
11.Indemnity and Injunctive Relief.
(f)Executive agrees to indemnify and hold the Company Group harmless from and against any loss, cost, damage or claim suffered by the Company Group, including
attorneys’ fees, resulting from a material breach by Executive of any material term of this Agreement, provided that before the Company Group exercises this remedy, it shall provide written notice to Executive and a reasonable opportunity for his to cure any breach (where such a breach is capable of cure). Executive further understands and agrees that money damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement, and that in addition to all other remedies, the Company Group shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach. Executive agrees not to oppose the granting of such relief and agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy, as permitted by law.
(g)If Executive fails to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement in any material respect, and such failure continues without cure for five (5) business days after written notice of such breach from the Company to Executive, or if Executive revokes the Release within the seven (7) day revocation period, the Company Group may, in addition to any other remedies it may have, terminate any benefits or payments that are later due under this Agreement (if any), without waiving the release in this Agreement or the Release; provided that such release/Release shall be null and void in the event Executive revokes the release within the seven (7) day revocation period. Executive agrees that this Agreement can be specifically enforced in court and can be cited as evidence in legal proceedings alleging breach of the Agreement.
12.No Pending Claims. Executive specifically represents, warrants, and confirms that Executive:
(a)has not filed, and is not aware of the basis of, any claims, complaints, or actions of any kind by Executive against the Company Group with any court of law, or local, state, or federal government or agency;
(b)has been properly paid for all hours worked for the Company Group, has received all commissions, bonuses, and other compensation due to Executive; and
(c)has not, to Executive’s knowledge, engaged in any unlawful conduct relating to the business of the Company Group.
13.Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the agreements incorporated by reference in Section 6 of this Agreement related to the Restrictive Covenants, the Release, the Equity Documents and Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Employment Agreement set forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral and written discussions, agreements and understandings of any kind or nature. This Agreement, including the Release, shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
14.Confidentiality. Unless and until this Agreement, or the terms hereof, are disclosed publicly by the Company Group, Executive agrees not to disclose the terms of this Agreement (or the Release) to anyone, except Executive’s spouse, attorney, and tax and financial advisors, provided they agree to be bound by this confidentiality obligation, and Executive agrees to use his good faith efforts to ensure that any non-party to this Agreement to whom Executive makes a disclosure, but only as expressly provided above, complies with the confidentiality provisions contained in this Agreement. Executive further agrees that Executive will not knowingly encourage, counsel, or assist any attorneys or their clients in the presentation or prosecution of any disputes, differences, grievances, claims, charges, or complaints by any third party against any member of the Company Group, except as permitted or required by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement
branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
15.Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.
16.Assignment; Death of Executive. This Agreement, the Release and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive, and any purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect; provided, however, in the event of Executive’s death after the Termination Date, the terms of this Agreement shall expressly inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s executors, administrators, heirs, distributes, devisees, and legatees, as the case may be. This Agreement shall be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.
17.Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
If to the Company:
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
4931 North 300 West
Provo, Utah 84604
Attention: Chairman of the Board
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Gregory Grogan
If to Executive:
To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.
18.Section 409A. The payments and benefits provided under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from or in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If any provision of this Agreement would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall, after consulting with and receiving the approval of Executive, reform such provision in a manner intended to avoid the incurrence by Executive of any such additional tax or interest while endeavoring to retain the intended economic benefits of this Agreement.
19.Tax Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from the payment of any compensation and provision of any benefit under this Agreement such amounts as may be required by applicable law, including without limitation for purposes of the payment of payroll and income taxes.
20.Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Utah without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
21.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and each counterpart, when executed, shall have the efficacy of a signed original. Photographic or electronic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.
22.No Waiver. No waiver of any breach of any term or provision of this Agreement shall be construed to be, or shall be, a waiver of any other breach of this Agreement. No waiver shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the party waiving the breach.
23.Reliance on Counsel. In entering this Agreement, the parties represent that they have relied upon the advice of their attorneys, who are attorneys of their own choice, and that they have read the Agreement and have had the opportunity to have the Agreement explained to them by their attorneys, and that those terms are fully understood and voluntarily accepted by them.
24.Cooperation. All parties agree to cooperate fully and to execute any and all supplementary documents and to take all additional actions that may be necessary or appropriate to give full force to the terms and intent of this Agreement and which are not inconsistent with its terms.
25.Declaration. Executive hereby declares as follows:
I have read this Agreement and I accept and agree to the provisions it contains and hereby execute it voluntarily with full understanding of its consequences.
[signature pages follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
/s/ Jungtaik Hwang
Jungtaik Hwang
[Signature Page to Consulting Agreement]
VIVINT SMART HOME, INC.
/s/ David Bywater
By: David Bywater
Title: Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to Consulting Agreement]
Exhibit A
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS
This Release and Waiver of Claims (“Release”) is entered into and delivered to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) as of this ___ day of ______ 2022, by Jungtaik Hwang (the “Executive”). The Executive agrees as follows:
1.The employment relationship between the Executive and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, terminated on June 3, 2022 (the “Termination Date”) pursuant to that certain Consulting Agreement, dated as of June [●], 2022, by and between the Company and the Executive (the “Consulting Agreement”)
2.In consideration of the Additional Equity Vesting (as defined in the Consulting Agreement) and this Release, the sufficiency of which the Executive hereby acknowledges, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his agents, representatives, attorneys, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Employee Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and forever discharges the Company Released Parties (as defined below), from all claims, charges, causes of action, obligations, expenses, damages of any kind (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) or demands, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which may have existed or which may now exist from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, arising from or relating to Executive’s employment or termination from employment with the Company or otherwise, including a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the “ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Fair Labor Standards Act; any other federal, state or local laws against discrimination; or any other federal, state, or local statute, regulation or common law relating to employment, wages, hours, or any other terms and conditions of employment, including the termination therefrom. This includes a release by the Executive of any and all claims or rights arising under contract (whether written or oral, express or implied), covenant, public policy, tort or otherwise. For purposes hereof, “Company Released Parties” shall mean the Company, and any of its shareholders, divisions, parents, members, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employee benefit plans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holder of 10% or more of the beneficial ownership of the Company (and such shareholders’ affiliates, including the Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates) and its and their respective past or present employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, administrators, officials, directors, and the sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators of its and their respective employee benefit plans.
3.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive is waiving and releasing rights that the Executive may have under the ADEA and other federal, state and local statutes contract and the common law and that this Release is knowing and voluntary. The Executive and the Company agree that this Release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Release. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this Release is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has been advised by this writing that: (i) the Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (ii) the Executive has up to twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Release, although the Executive may, at the Executive’s discretion, sign and return this Release at an earlier time, in which case the Executive waives all rights to the balance of this twenty-one (21) day review period; and (iii) for a period of 7 days following the execution of this Release in duplicate originals, the Executive may revoke this Release in a writing delivered to the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Company, and this Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired (such date, the “Release Effective Date”).
4.This Release does not release the Company Released Parties from (i) the Additional Equity Vesting, (ii) any rights Executive has to indemnification by the Company and to directors and officers liability insurance coverage, (iii) any vested rights the Executive has under the Company’s employee pension benefit and group healthcare benefit plans as a result of Executive’s actual service with the Company, (iv) any fully vested and nonforfeitable rights of the Executive as a shareholder or member of the Company or its affiliates, (v) any rights of the Executive pursuant to any equity or incentive award agreement with the Company, (vi) any rights which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law or (vii) any other rights of Executive under the Consulting Agreement.
5.The Executive represents and warrants that he has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance, arbitration or similar proceeding against the Company Released Parties.
6.This Release is not an admission by the Company Released Parties or the Employee Releasing Parties of any wrongdoing, liability or violation of law.
7.The Executive shall continue to be bound by the Restrictive Covenants (as defined in the Consulting Agreement), which are incorporated herein by reference.
8.Nothing in this Release shall prohibit or impede the Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation, provided that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. The Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. The Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance will the Executive be authorized to disclose any information covered by attorney-client privilege or attorney work product of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries without prior written consent of the Company’s Chairman of the Board or other officer designated by the Company.
9.This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws.
10.Each of the sections contained in this Release shall be enforceable independently of every other section in this Release, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any section shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other section contained in this Release.
11.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has carefully read and understands this Release, that the Executive has the right (and his hereby advised in writing) to consult an attorney with respect to its provisions and that this Release has been entered into knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive acknowledges that no
representation, statement, promise, inducement, threat or suggestion has been made by any of the Company Released Parties to influence the Executive to sign this Release except such statements as are expressly set forth herein or in the Consulting Agreement.
Executive has executed this Release as of the day and year first written above.
EXECUTIVE
____________________________________
Jungtaik Hwang
[Signature Page to Release and Waiver of Claims]
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(Daniel Garen)
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated June 20, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Vivint Smart Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Daniel Garen (“Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive previously entered into an employment agreement, dated as of July 22, 2021, that governs Executive’s employment with the Company (the “Original Employment Agreement”)
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend and restate the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety as forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company desires for one or more of the Company or its subsidiaries to continue to employ Executive and Executive desires to continue to be employed; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such continued employment.
NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement will supersede the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety; and
FURTHER, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:
1.Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, Executive shall continue to be employed by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, the Employment Term shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year period commencing with the first anniversary of the Effective Date and, thereafter, on each such successive anniversary of the Effective Date thereafter (each an “Extension Date”), unless the Company or Executive provides the other party hereto at least ninety (90) days prior written notice before the next Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so extended.
2.Position, Duties, Authority and Location.
(a)During the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. In such position, Executive shall have such duties, functions, responsibilities and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Company and/or the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Executive shall report directly to the CEO and the Audit Committee. If requested by the Board, Executive shall also serve as a member of the Board without additional compensation.
(b)Executive will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and reasonable best efforts to the operation and oversight of the Company’s businesses and performance of Executive’s duties hereunder (excluding periods of vacation and sick leave) and will not engage in any other business activities that could conflict with his duties or services to the Company; provided that nothing herein shall preclude Executive, subject to obtaining consent
of the Board (not to be unreasonably withheld), from (i) accepting appointment to or continuing to serve on any board of directors or trustees of any business corporation, and (ii) serving as an officer or director or otherwise participating in non-profit educational, welfare, social, religious and civil organizations.
(c)Executive will provide services to the Company in the Company’s offices in or around Provo, Utah, subject to customary Company travel. Executive is expected to be in the Company’s office (subject to customary Company travel) for at least fifty (50%) percent of Executive’s business time, and the Company will pay for reasonable costs of airfare to and from Utah and New York in accordance with the Company’s then prevailing policy for senior executives, which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of airfare expenses incurred.
3.Compensation.
(d)Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary (“Base Salary”) at the annual rate of $600,000, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s usual payment practices. Executive’s Base Salary shall be subject to annual review and subject to increase, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, but in no event shall the Company be entitled to reduce Executive’s Base Salary.
(e)Annual Bonus. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus award (an “Annual Bonus”) with a target amount equal to 60% of Executive’s Base Salary at the end of the performance period (the “Annual Target Bonus”). The Annual Bonus, if any, shall be paid to Executive within two and one-half months after the end of the applicable fiscal year. Except as provided in Section 5, no Annual Bonus shall be payable in respect of any fiscal year in which Executive’s employment is terminated.
(f)Intentionally Omitted.
(g)Sign-on Bonus. The Company paid Executive a cash sign-on bonus in the amount of $300,000 (the “Sign-On Bonus”); provided, that in the event that Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below), or as a result of Executive’s voluntary resignation without Good Reason (as defined below), prior to July 22, 2022, Executive shall forfeit any right to the Sign-On Bonus and Executive shall repay such amount to the Company within 30 days of Executive’s termination of employment.
(h)Accelerated Vesting. Upon a termination of Executive’s employment, within the Change in Control Period (as defined below), (i) by the Company without Cause or (ii) due to Executive’s resignation with Good Reason (as defined below), the Company will accelerate the vesting of 100% of Executive’s then unvested outstanding time-based restricted stock units and other time-based Company equity compensation awards (including any performance-based awards that are then only subject to time-vesting provisions). For purposes of this Section 3(e), “Change in Control Period” means the period beginning on the date six months prior to, and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months following, a Change in Control (as defined under the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan).
4.Benefits.
(i)General. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s employee benefit, fringe and perquisite plans, practices, policies and arrangements as in effect from time to time (collectively, “Employee Benefits”), on generally the same terms and conditions as each of the Employee Benefits are made available to other senior executives of the Company (other than with respect to annual bonuses, incentive plans, severance plans or personal use of Company aircraft (as well as any other terms and conditions specifically determined under this Agreement), the benefits for each which shall be determined instead in accordance with this Agreement); provided that Executive shall be entitled to no less than four (4) weeks’ vacation per calendar year.
(j)Reimbursement of Business Expenses. During the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance with its then prevailing policy for senior executives (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).
5.Termination.
(k)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason, subject to the notice and cure provisions set forth below. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 5 shall exclusively govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company and its affiliates.
(l)By the Company for Cause.
(i)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause.
(ii)Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (A) Executive’s continued failure substantially to perform Executive’s employment duties (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness) for a period of 10 days following written notice by the Company to Executive of such failure, (B) dishonesty in the performance of Executive’s employment duties that is materially injurious to the Company, (C) an act or acts on Executive’s part constituting (x) a felony charge under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (y) a misdemeanor charge involving moral turpitude, (D) Executive’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in connection with Executive’s employment duties which causes substantial injury to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or (E) Executive’s breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6 (other than any action taken in good faith and in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and which is promptly remedied by Executive upon notice by the Board); provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Cause unless Executive fails to cure such event and remedy any adverse or injurious consequences arising from such events within 10 days after receipt from the Company of written notice of the event which constitutes Cause (except that no cure or remedy period shall be provided if the event or such consequences are not capable of being cured and remedied).
(iii)If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(A)no later than ten (10) days following the date of termination, the Base Salary through the date of termination;
(B)reimbursement, within sixty (60) days following receipt by the Company of Executive’s claim for such reimbursement (including appropriate supporting documentation), for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to Executive’s termination; provided that such claims for such reimbursement are submitted to the Company within ninety (90) days following the date of Executive’s termination of employment; and
(C)such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the tax qualified employee benefit plans of the Company, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such tax qualified employee benefit plans (the amounts described in clauses (A) through (C) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued Rights”).
For the avoidance of doubt, in any legal proceeding to determine whether grounds for Cause existed on any date that the Company took action on the basis of the existence of Cause, the Company shall bear the burden of demonstrating grounds for Cause existed on such date. Following such termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 5(b)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(a)Resignation by Executive without Good Reason. If Executive resigns without Good Reason, provided that Executive will be required to give the Company at least sixty (60) days advance written notice of such resignation of Executive’s employment, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(i)the Accrued Rights; and
(ii)the Prior Year Bonus (as defined below);
Following such resignation by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 5(c), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. The Company may elect to accelerate the termination date without changing the characteristic of such termination of employment as a resignation without Good Reason.
(a)Disability or Death.
(iii)Disability. During any period that Executive fails to perform his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury (the “Disability Period”), Executive shall continue to receive his full Base Salary set forth in Section 3(a) until Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 5(a). The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated immediately by the Company due to Executive’s Disability and will terminate immediately upon Executive’s death. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, Executive’s duties under this Agreement due to a physical or mental illness or injury for a period of six consecutive months or for an aggregate of twelve (12) months in any consecutive twenty-four (24)-month period. Any question as to the existence of the Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third physician who shall make such determination in writing. The determination
of Disability made in writing to the Company and Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.
(iv)Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate, survivors or beneficiaries (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive:
(A)the Accrued Rights;
(B)any Annual Bonus earned, but unpaid, as of the date of termination for the immediately preceding fiscal year, paid in accordance with Section 3(b) (the “Prior Year Bonus”) (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the Company, in which case such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deferred compensation arrangement);
(C)no later than ten (10) days following the date of termination, a pro rata portion of the Annual Target Bonus payable for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs, based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the fiscal year up to and including the date of termination of Executive’s employment and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”); and
(D)death or disability benefits under any applicable plans and programs of the Company in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans and programs.
(m)By the Company Without Cause (Other Than by Reason of Death or Disability) or Resignation by Executive with Good Reason.
(iv)“Good Reason” shall be deemed to exist upon the occurrence of (A) a reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or Annual Target Bonus; (B) a material diminution in Executive’s title or Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities that materially decreases the overall scope of Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities; (C) the relocation of Executive’s primary office location to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from Executive’s primary office location, in each case without Executive’s prior written consent; or (D) the Company’s material breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other material agreement to which Executive is party with the Company; provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company fails to cure such event within thirty (30) days after receipt from Executive of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason and Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period (otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as Good Reason shall be deemed irrevocably waived by Executive); and provided, further, that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an event on the sixtieth (60th) day following Executive’s knowledge of its occurrence, unless Executive has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such date.
(v)If (x) Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or (y) Executive resigns with Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(A)the Accrued Rights;
(B)the Pro-Rated Bonus; and
(C)subject to Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6 and material compliance with Section 7 hereof, and the execution and non-revocation of the Release (as defined below), a lump-sum cash payment within 55 days after such termination and effectiveness of the Release equal to the sum of (x) 150% of Executive’s Base Salary as of the date immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment and (y) 150% of the actual Annual Bonus paid in respect of the immediately preceding fiscal year (or, if such termination occurs prior to the first date on which an Annual Bonus would have been paid had any payment been due, the Annual Target Bonus for the immediately preceding fiscal year), and (z) the monthly COBRA costs of providing health and welfare benefits for Executive and Executive’s dependents under the plans in which Executive was participating on the date of the applicable “COBRA qualifying event,” at the time of such event, times eighteen (18).
(b)Release. Amounts payable to Executive under Section 5(c)(ii), or Sections 5(d)(ii)(B) and 5(d)(ii)(C), or Sections 5(e)(ii)(B) and 5(e)(ii)(C) (collectively, the “Conditioned Benefits”) are subject to (i) Executive’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Release”), within sixty (60) days of the date of termination and (ii) the expiration of any revocation period contained in such Release. Further, to the extent that any of the Conditioned Benefits constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any payment of any amount or provision of any benefit otherwise scheduled to occur prior to the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of Executive’s termination of employment hereunder, but for the condition on executing the Release as set forth herein, shall not be made until the first regularly scheduled payroll date following such sixtieth (60th) day, after which any remaining Conditioned Benefits shall thereafter be provided to Executive according to the applicable schedule set forth herein.
(c)Expiration of Employment Term. Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, continuation of Executive’s employment with the Company following the expiration of the Employment Term (including any renewal term) shall be deemed an employment at-will and shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and Executive’s employment may thereafter be terminated at will by either Executive or the Company; provided that the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of employment hereunder.
(d)Notice of Termination; Board/Committee Resignation. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to the extent applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the Board of Directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s affiliates (except to the extent Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement to continue to serve as a member of the Board).
6.Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
(b)Non-Competition.
(i)During Executive’s employment hereunder and, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company (the “Restricted Period”), Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise whatsoever (“Person”), directly or indirectly, solicit or assist in soliciting in competition with the Restricted Group in the Business, the business of any then current or prospective client or customer with whom Executive (or Executive’s direct reports) had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company during the one-year period preceding Executive’s termination of employment directly or indirectly.
(ii)During the Restricted Period, Executive will not directly or indirectly:
(A)engage in the Business anywhere in the United States, or in any geographical area that is within 100 miles of any geographical area where the Restricted Group engages in the Business, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by entering into the employment of or rendering any services to a Core Competitor, except where such employment or services do not relate in any manner to the Business;
(B)acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any Person engaged in the Business, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or
(C)intentionally and adversely interfere with, or attempt to adversely interfere with, business relationships between the members of the Restricted Group and any of their clients, customers, suppliers, partners, members or investors.
(iii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Executive may, directly or indirectly own, solely as an investment, securities of any Person engaged in a Business (including, without limitation, a Core Competitor) which are publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if Executive (i) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such person and (ii) does not, directly or indirectly, own 2% or more of any class of securities of such Person.
(a)Non-Solicitation. During Executive’s employment hereunder and the Restricted Period, Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly:
(iv)solicit or encourage any employee of the Restricted Group to leave the employment of the Restricted Group;
(v)hire any executive-level employee who was employed by the Restricted Group as of the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company or who left the employment of the Restricted Group coincident with, or within one year prior to or one year after, the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company; or
(vi)encourage any material consultant of the Restricted Group to cease working with the Restricted Group.
(vii)For purposes of this Agreement:
(D) “Business” shall mean (1) origination, installation, or monitoring services related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management, cloud storage or smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, (2) installation or servicing of residential or commercial solar panels or sale of electricity generated by solar panels, (3) design, engineering or manufacturing of technology or products related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management or cloud storage, smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, and/or (4) the sale or marketing of home, auto or other home-related insurance products.
(E)“Core Competitor” shall mean (i) ADT Inc.; Alarm.com Inc.; Arlo; Resideo Technologies, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Ring, LLC; Control4; Enium Capital; Honeywell International Inc.; SimpliSafe, Inc.; Monitronics International, Inc. (d/b/a Brinks Home Security); SmartThings, Inc.; Wink Labs, Inc.; Ecobee, Inc.; Protect America, Inc.; Stanley Security Solutions, Inc.; Vector Security, Inc.; Slomins, Inc.; Life Alert; Titanium LLC; Northstar Alarm Services; Alder Holdings, LLC; SafeStreets USA; Alert Alarm Hawaii; EVO Automation, LLC; CPI Security Systems, Inc.; Safe Home Security, Inc.; Guardian Protection Services; SAFE Security; Cove Smart, LLC; Aptive Environmental, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers, as well as the home security, automation and solar affiliates, divisions or departments for Tesla, Inc., Rogers Communications; Amazon; Google; Microsoft; Apple; Cox Communications Inc. and Telus Corporation; (ii) Sungevity, Inc.; RPS; Sunrun, Inc.; SunPower Corporation; Corbin Solar Solutions LLC; Spruce Finance; Galkos Construction, Inc.; Sunova Capital; Sunder Energy; Freedom Forever, LLC; LGCY Power, LLC; Vivint Solar, Inc.; Titan Solar; TriSMART Solar; Suntuity; Lumio, Inc.; Rise Energy; Atlantic Key Energy (aka AKE Solar); Kayo Energy; Lift Energy; Deca Solar; Aptive Solar, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers; and (iii) Hippo Insurance Company and Lemonade Insurance Company and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers. The Company maintains the right, in its reasonable discretion, to amend the list of Core Competitors on prior notice to the Participant.
(F)“Restricted Group” shall mean, collectively, the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the extent engaged in the Business, their respective affiliates.
(a)During the Restricted Period, Executive agrees not to make, or cause any other person to make, any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, the Company or any of its affiliates, agents or advisors, or
any of its or their respective employees, officers or directors (it being understood that comments made in Executive’s good faith performance of his duties hereunder shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement). During the Restricted Period, the Company shall instruct its executive officers and directors to refrain from intentionally making any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, Executive (it being understood that comments made in the good faith performance of their ordinary course duties to the Company or its affiliates shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement), and the Company agrees not to make any official communication, press release or other public statement that criticizes or disparages Executive. Nothing set forth herein shall be interpreted to prohibit either party from responding truthfully to incorrect public statements, making truthful statements when reasonably appropriate in connection with any litigation Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates or required by law, subpoena or court order and/or from responding to any inquiry by any regulatory or investigatory organization.
(b)It is expressly understood and agreed that although Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 6 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Section 6 is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Section 6 is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.
(c)The period of time during which the provisions of this Section 6 shall be in effect shall be extended by the length of time during which Executive is in breach of the terms hereof as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction on the Company’s application for injunctive relief.
(d)The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, including but not limited to, any termination other than for Cause.
7.Confidentiality; Intellectual Property.
(e)Confidentiality.
(i)Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the Company), (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Executive or any other Person; or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company (other than Executive’s professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations or otherwise in performance of Executive’s duties under Executive’s employment and pursuant to customary industry practice), any non-public, proprietary or confidential information – including, without limitation, trade secrets, know-how, research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals – concerning the past, current or future business activities and operations of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and/or any third
party that has disclosed or provided any of same to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates on a confidential basis (“Confidential Information”) without the prior written authorization of the Board.
(ii)“Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is (a) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Executive’s breach of this covenant; (b) made legitimately available to Executive by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation of which Executive has knowledge; or (c) required by law to be disclosed; provided that with respect to subsection (c) Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
(iii)Except as required by law, Executive will not disclose to anyone, other than Executive’s family (it being understood that, in this Agreement, the term “family” refers to Executive, Executive’s spouse, children, parents and spouse’s parents) and advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that Executive may disclose to any prospective future employer the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. This Section 7(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Company publicly discloses a copy of this Agreement (or, if the Company publicly discloses summaries or excerpts of this Agreement, to the extent so disclosed).
(iv)Upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall (A) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; and (B) immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Executive’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Executive’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Information, except that Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain any Confidential Information.
(v)Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
(f)Intellectual Property.
(i)If Executive creates, invents, designs, develops, contributes to or improves any works of authorship, inventions, intellectual property, materials, documents or other work product (including without limitation, research, reports, software, databases, systems, applications, presentations, textual works, content, or audiovisual materials) (“Works”), either alone or with third parties, at any time during Executive’s employment by the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and within the scope of such employment and/or with the use of any of the Company resources (such Works, “Company Works”), Executive shall promptly and fully disclose same to the Company and hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all of Executive’s right, title, and interest therein (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, other intellectual property laws, and related laws) to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally in the Company. If Executive creates any written records (in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, or any other tangible form or media) of any Company Works, Executive will keep and maintain same. The records will be available to and remain the sole property and intellectual property of the Company at all times.
(ii)Executive shall take all requested actions and execute all requested documents (including any licenses or assignments required by a government contract) at the Company’s expense (but without further remuneration) to assist the Company in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of the Company’s rights in the Company Works.
(iii)Executive shall not improperly use for the benefit of, bring to any premises of, divulge, disclose, communicate, reveal, transfer or provide access to, or share with the Company any confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property relating to a former employer or other third party without the prior written permission of such third party. Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and guidelines of the Company that are from time to time previously disclosed to Executive, including regarding the protection of Confidential Information and intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest.
(iv)The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
8.Specific Performance . Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 6 and Section 7 of this Agreement would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedy available at law or equity, to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance,
temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available. In addition, upon any breach of Section 6 or any material breach of Section 7 of this Agreement, Executive shall promptly return to the Company upon request all cash payments made to Executive pursuant to Section 5 (if any), less any amounts paid by Executive as taxes in respect of such payments (unless such taxes are actually recovered by Executive from the relevant governmental authority, in which case such tax amounts also shall be returned to the Company). Any determination under this Section 8 of whether Executive is in compliance with Section 6 hereof and material compliance with Section 7 hereof shall be determined based solely on the contractual provisions provided therein and the facts and circumstances of Executive’s actions without regard to whether the Company could obtain an injunction or other relief under the law of any particular jurisdiction.
9.Miscellaneous.
(a) Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. The Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless for all acts and omissions occurring during his employment with the Company or service as a member of the Board to the extent provided under the Company’s charter, by-laws and applicable law, and shall promptly advance to Executive or Executive’s heirs or representatives all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “Expenses”) as a result of any claim, demand, request, investigation, dispute, controversy, threat, discovery request or request for testimony or information (collectively, a “Claim”) or any proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened Claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against Executive that arises out of or relates to Executive’s service as an officer, director or employee, as the case may be, of the Company, or Executive’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, upon receipt by the Company of a written request with appropriate documentation of such Expenses, and an undertaking by Executive to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Executive is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses. During the Employment Term and for a term of six years thereafter, the Company, or any successor to the Company, shall purchase and maintain, at its own expense, directors and officers liability insurance providing coverage for Executive in the same amount as for members of the Board.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
(c) Jurisdiction; Venue. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8 in connection with equitable remedies, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the State of Utah over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and each of the parties agrees that any action relating in any way to this Agreement must be commenced only in the courts of the State of Utah, federal or state. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted or not prohibited by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding by sending the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by recognized overnight courier service, to the address of such party set forth in Section 9(j).
(d) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company and/or its current or former affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with the Company and/or its current or former affiliates. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.
(e) No Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(f) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
(g) Assignment. This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive. Any purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement shall be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.
(h) Set Off; No Mitigation. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment, and such payments shall not be reduced by any compensation or benefits received from any subsequent employer or other endeavor. Any amounts due under Section 5 of this Agreement are considered reasonable by the Company and are not in the nature of a penalty.
(i) Compliance with Code Section 409A.
(i)The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A, the Company shall, after consulting with and receiving the approval of Executive, reform such provision in a manner intended to avoid the incurrence by Executive of any such additional tax or interest.
(ii)A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” The
determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred for proposes of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
(iii)Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of Executive’s separation from service, the Company determines that Executive is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then to the extent any payment or benefit that Executive becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one day after such separation from service and (ii) the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 9(i) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or provided to Executive in a lump-sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.
(iv)Any reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including that (A) in no event shall any fees, expenses or other amounts eligible to be reimbursed by the Company under this Agreement be paid later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the applicable fees, expenses or other amounts were incurred; (B) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any given calendar year shall not affect the expenses that the Company is obligated to reimburse, or the in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any other calendar year, provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect; and (C) Executive’s right to have the Company pay or provide such reimbursements and in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.
(v)For purposes of Code Section 409A, Executive’s right to receive any installment payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (for example, “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement, to the extent such payment is subject to Code Section 409A.
(a) Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
If to the Company:
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
4931 North 300 West
Provo, Utah 84604
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Gregory T. Grogan
If to Executive:
To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.
(b) Executive Representation. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach of the terms of any employment agreement or other agreement or written policy to which Executive is a party or otherwise bound. Executive hereby further represents that he is not subject to any restrictions on his ability to solicit, hire or engage any employee or other service-provider. Executive agrees that the Company is relying on the foregoing representations in entering into this Agreement and related equity-based award agreements.
(c) Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
(e) Section 280G. If any payment or benefit Executive will or may receive from the Company under this Agreement or otherwise would (a) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (a “280G Payment”) and, (b) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Company shall cause to be determined, before any amounts of the 280G Payment are paid to Executive, which of the following two amounts would maximize Executive’s after-tax proceeds: (i) payment in full of the entire amount of the 280G Payment (a “Full Payment”), or (ii) payment of only a part of the 280G Payment, so that Executive receives the largest payment possible without the imposition of the Excise Tax (a “Reduced Payment”), whichever amount results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the 280G Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the 280G Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. For purposes of determining whether to make a Full Payment or a Reduced Payment, the Company shall cause to be taken into account all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from a deduction of such state and local taxes). If a Reduced Payment is made, (A) the 280G Payment shall be paid only to the extent permitted under the Reduced Payment alternative, and Executive shall have no rights to any additional payments and/or benefits constituting the 280G Payment, and (B) reduction in payments and/or benefits shall occur in the manner that results in
the greatest economic benefit for Executive, as determined in the Company’s reasonable good faith discretion. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9(n), including whether an Excise Tax would otherwise be imposed, whether the Payments shall be reduced, the amount of any such reduction and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations not expressly provided for herein, shall be made in a manner determined by the Company. Any determination by the Company shall be binding upon Executive, absent manifest error. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the payments will be subject to the Excise Tax: (i) no portion of the payments shall be taken into account which does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including, without limitation, by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and (ii) in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such payments shall be taken into account which constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as set forth in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) that is allocable to such reasonable compensation.
[Signatures Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
VIVINT SMART HOME, INC.
/s/ David H. Bywater
By: David H. Bywater
Title: Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to A&R Employment Agreement]
EXECUTIVE
/s/Daniel Garen
Daniel Garen
[Signature Page to A&R Employment Agreement]
Exhibit I
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS
This Release and Waiver of Claims (“Release”) is entered into and delivered to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) as of this [●] day of _________, 202[_], by Daniel Garen (the “Executive”). The Executive agrees as follows:
1.The employment relationship between the Executive and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, terminated on the [●] day of _______, 202[_] (the “Termination Date”) pursuant to Section [__] of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive dated June 14, 2022 (“Employment Agreement”).
2.In consideration of the payments, rights and benefits provided for in Section 5(c)(ii), or Sections 5(d)(ii)(B) and 5(d)(ii)(C), or Sections 5(e)(ii)(B) and 5(e)(ii)(C) of the Employment Agreement (collectively, as applicable, the “Separation Terms”) and this Release, the sufficiency of which the Executive hereby acknowledges, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his agents, representatives, attorneys, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Employee Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and forever discharges the Company Released Parties (as defined below), from all claims, charges, causes of action, obligations, expenses, damages of any kind (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) or demands, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which may have existed or which may now exist from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, arising from or relating to Executive’s employment or termination from employment with the Company or otherwise, including a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Fair Labor Standards Act; any other federal, state or local laws against discrimination; or any other federal, state, or local statute, regulation or common law relating to employment, wages, hours, or any other terms and conditions of employment. This includes a release by the Executive of any and all claims or rights arising under contract (whether written or oral, express or implied), covenant, public policy, tort or otherwise. For purposes hereof, “Company Released Parties” shall mean the Company, and any of its shareholders, divisions, parents, members, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employee benefit plans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holder of 10% or more of the beneficial ownership of the Company (and such shareholders’ affiliates, including the Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates) and its and their respective past or present employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, administrators, officials, directors, and the sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators of its and their respective employee benefit plans.
3.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive is waiving and releasing rights that the Executive may have under the ADEA and other federal, state and local statutes contract and the common law and that this Release is knowing and voluntary. The Executive and the Company agree that this Release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Release. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this Release is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has been advised by this writing that: (i) the Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (ii) the Executive has up to twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Release, although the Executive may, at the Executive’s discretion, sign and return this Release at an earlier time, in which case the Executive waives all rights to the balance of this twenty-one (21) day review
period; and (iii) for a period of seven (7) days following the execution of this Release in duplicate originals, the Executive may revoke this Release in a writing delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and this Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired.
4.This Release does not release the Company Released Parties from (i) any obligations due to the Executive under the Separation Terms, (ii) any rights Executive has to indemnification by the Company and to directors and officers liability insurance coverage, (iii) any vested rights the Executive has under the Company’s employee pension benefit and group healthcare benefit plans as a result of Executive’s actual service with the Company, (iv) any fully vested and nonforfeitable rights of the Executive as a shareholder or member of the Company or its affiliates, (v) any rights of the Executive pursuant to any equity or incentive award agreement with the Company, or (vi) any rights which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law.
5.Nothing in this Release shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (b) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
6.The Executive represents and warrants that he has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance, arbitration or similar proceeding against the Company Released Parties.
7.This Release is not an admission by the Company Released Parties or the Employee Releasing Parties of any wrongdoing, liability or violation of law.
8.The Executive shall continue to be bound by the restrictive covenants contained in the Employment Agreement which are incorporated herein by reference.
9.This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws.
10.Each of the sections contained in this Release shall be enforceable independently of every other section in this Release, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any section shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other section contained in this Release.
11.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has carefully read and understands this Release, that the Executive has the right to consult an attorney with respect to its provisions and that this Release has been entered into knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive acknowledges that no representation, statement, promise, inducement, threat or suggestion has been made by any of the Company Released Parties to influence the Executive to sign this Release except such statements as are expressly set forth herein or in the Employment Agreement.
Executive has executed this Release as of the day and year first written above.
EXECUTIVE
____________________________________
Daniel Garen
Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(Todd Santiago)
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated June 20, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and among Vivint Smart Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Todd Santiago (“Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive previously entered into an employment agreement, dated as of March 2, 2020, that governs Executive’s employment with the Company (the “Original Employment Agreement”)
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend and restate the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety as forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company desires for one or more of the Company or its subsidiaries to continue to employ Executive and Executive desires to continue to be employed; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such continued employment.
NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement will supersede the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety; and
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:
1.Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, Executive shall continue to be employed by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, the Employment Term shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year period commencing with the first anniversary of the Effective Date and, thereafter, on each such successive anniversary of the Effective Date thereafter (each an “Extension Date”), unless the Company or Executive provides the other party hereto at least 90 days prior written notice before the next Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so extended.
2.Position, Duties and Authority.
(a)During the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer. In such position, Executive shall have such duties, functions, responsibilities and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Company. Executive shall report directly to the CEO. If requested by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), Executive shall also serve as a member of the Board without additional compensation.
(b)Executive will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and reasonable best efforts to the operation and oversight of the Company’s businesses and performance of Executive’s duties hereunder (excluding periods of vacation and sick leave) and will not engage in any other business activities that could conflict with his duties or services to the Company; provided that nothing herein shall preclude Executive, subject to obtaining consent
of the Board (not to be unreasonably withheld), from (i) accepting appointment to or continuing to serve on any board of directors or trustees of any business corporation, and (ii) serving as an officer or director or otherwise participating in non-profit educational, welfare, social, religious and civil organizations.
3.Compensation.
(c)Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary (“Base Salary”) at the annual rate of $675,305, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s usual payment practices. Executive’s Base Salary shall be subject to annual review and subject to increase, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, but in no event shall the Company be entitled to reduce Executive’s Base Salary.
(d)Annual Bonus. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus award (an “Annual Bonus”) with a target amount equal to 60% of Executive’s Base Salary at the end of the performance period (the “Annual Target Bonus”). The Annual Bonus, if any, shall be paid to Executive within two and one-half months after the end of the applicable fiscal year. Except as provided in Section 5, no Annual Bonus shall be payable in respect of any fiscal year in which Executive’s employment is terminated.
(e)Annual Equity Awards. During the Employment Term (as provided in Section 1 above) beginning with calendar year 2023 and continuing through calendar year 2025, the Company will recommend to the Board that Executive receive an annual grant of equity under the Company’s long-term equity incentive plan in place from time to time, comprised of a number of restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units, in the aggregate, equal to the quotient of (x) $3,000,000 divided by (y) the applicable share price on the date of grant, as determined by the Board and Compensation Committee, in their sole and respective discretion. Each annual award contemplated by this subpart (c) shall be subject to the applicable time-based and performance-based vesting criteria established by the Board and/or Compensation Committee, in their sole and respective discretion, which shall be consistent with the process for annual awards granted to other senior executives of the Company and shall be established and delivered to Executive in a manner consistent with annual awards granted to other senior executives of the Company.
(f)Retention Bonuses. Executive shall be eligible to receive $350,000 payable on or within thirty (30) days following each of the first three anniversaries of the Effective Date (each such anniversary, a “Retention Date” and such bonus, a “Retention Bonus”), in each case, subject to continued employment in good standing as the Chief Revenue Officer of the Company on each applicable Retention Date.
(g)Accelerated Vesting. Upon a termination of Executive’s employment, within the Change in Control Period (as defined below), (i) by the Company without Cause (including a termination of employment upon expiration of the Employment Term due to the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1 above if such notice is given prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date) or (ii) due to Executive’s resignation with Good Reason (as defined below), the Company will accelerate (x) the vesting of 100% of Executive’s then unvested outstanding time-based restricted stock units and other time-based Company equity compensation awards (including any performance-based awards that are then only subject to time-vesting provisions) and (y) all unpaid Retention Bonus payments. For purposes of this Section 3(e), “Change in Control Period” means the period beginning on the date six months
prior to, and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months following, a Change in Control (as defined under the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan).
4.Benefits.
(h)General. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s employee benefit, fringe and perquisite plans, practices, policies and arrangements as in effect from time to time (collectively, “Employee Benefits”), on generally the same terms and conditions as each of the Employee Benefits are made available to other senior executives of the Company (other than with respect to annual bonuses, incentive plans, severance plans or personal use of Company aircraft (as well as any other terms and conditions specifically determined under this Agreement), the benefits for each which shall be determined instead in accordance with this Agreement); provided that Executive shall be entitled to no less than four (4) weeks’ vacation per calendar year.
(i)Reimbursement of Business Expenses. During the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance with its then prevailing policy for senior executives (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).
5.Termination.
(j)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason, subject to the notice and cure provisions set forth below. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 5 shall exclusively govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company and its affiliates.
(k)By the Company for Cause.
(i)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause.
(ii)Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (A) Executive’s continued failure substantially to perform Executive’s employment duties (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness) for a period of 10 days following written notice by the Company to Executive of such failure, (B) dishonesty in the performance of Executive’s employment duties that is materially injurious to the Company, (C) an act or acts on Executive’s part constituting (x) a felony charge under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (y) a misdemeanor charge involving moral turpitude, (D) Executive’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in connection with Executive’s employment duties which causes substantial injury to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or (E) the Executive’s breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6 (other than any action taken in good faith and in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and which is promptly remedied by Executive upon notice by the Board); provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Cause unless Executive fails to cure such event and remedy any adverse or injurious consequences arising from such events within 10 days after receipt from the Company of written notice of the event which constitutes Cause (except that no cure or remedy period
shall be provided if the event or such consequences are not capable of being cured and remedied).
(iii)If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or this Agreement expires after the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date following the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(A)no later than 10 days following the date of termination, the Base Salary through the date of termination;
(B)reimbursement, within 60 days following receipt by the Company of Executive’s claim for such reimbursement (including appropriate supporting documentation), for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to Executive’s termination; provided that such claims for such reimbursement are submitted to the Company within 90 days following the date of Executive’s termination of employment; and
(C)such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the tax qualified employee benefit plans of the Company, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such tax qualified employee benefit plans (the amounts described in clauses (A) through (C) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued Rights”).
For the avoidance of doubt, in any legal proceeding to determine whether grounds for Cause existed on any date that the Company took action on the basis of the existence of Cause, the Company shall bear the burden of demonstrating grounds for Cause existed on such date. Following such termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause (or termination in connection with non-renewal by the Company following the third anniversary of the Effective Date), except as set forth in this Section 5(b)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(a)Resignation by Executive without Good Reason. If Executive resigns without Good Reason, provided that Executive will be required to give the Company at least 60 days advance written notice of such resignation of Executive’s employment, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(i)the Accrued Rights; and
(ii)the Prior Year Bonus (as defined below); and
(iii)any Retention Bonus earned due to the passage of the Retention Date, but unpaid, as of the date of termination, paid in accordance with Section 3(e) (the “Prior Retention Bonus”) (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the Company, in which case such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deferred compensation arrangement).
Following such resignation by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 5(c), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other
benefits under this Agreement. The Company may elect to accelerate the termination date without changing the characteristic of such termination of employment as a resignation without Good Reason.
(a)Disability or Death.
(iv)Disability. During any period that Executive fails to perform his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury (the “Disability Period”), Executive shall continue to receive his full Base Salary set forth in Section 3(a) until his employment is terminated pursuant to Section 5(a). For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, Executive’s duties under this Agreement due to a physical or mental illness or injury for a period of six consecutive months or for an aggregate of 12 months in any consecutive 24-month period. Any question as to the existence of the Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third physician who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.
(v)Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate, survivors or beneficiaries (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive:
(A)the Accrued Rights;
(B)any Annual Bonus earned, but unpaid, as of the date of termination for the immediately preceding fiscal year, paid in accordance with Section 3(b) (the “Prior Year Bonus”) (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the Company, in which case such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deferred compensation arrangement);
(C)no later than 10 days following the date of termination, a pro rata portion of the Annual Target Bonus payable for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs, based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the fiscal year up to and including the date of termination of Executive’s employment and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”);
(D)any Prior Retention Bonus; and
(E)death or disability benefits under any applicable plans and programs of the Company in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans and programs.
(l)By the Company Without Cause (Other Than by Reason of Death or Disability), Expiration following Company Notice of Non-Renewal of Employment Term on or
before the Third Anniversary of the Effective Date or Resignation by Executive with Good Reason.
(iv)“Good Reason” shall be deemed to exist upon the occurrence of (A) a reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or Annual Target Bonus; (B) a material diminution in Executive’s title or Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities that materially decreases the overall scope of Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities; (C) the relocation of Executive’s primary office location to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from Executive’s primary office location, in each case without Executive’s prior written consent; or (D) the Company’s material breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other material agreement to which Executive is party with the Company; provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company fails to cure such event within thirty (30) days after receipt from Executive of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason and Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period (otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as Good Reason shall be deemed irrevocably waived by Executive); and provided, further, that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an event on the sixtieth (60th) day following Executive’s knowledge of its occurrence, unless Executive has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such date.
(v)If (x) Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or expires on or before the third anniversary of the Effective Date following the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1 or (y) Executive resigns with Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(A)the Accrued Rights;
(B)the Pro-Rated Bonus;
(C)the Prior Retention Bonus; and
(D)subject to Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6 and material compliance with Section 7 hereof, and the execution and non-revocation of the Release (as defined below), a lump-sum cash payment within 55 days after such termination and effectiveness of the Release equal to the sum of (x) 150% of Executive’s Base Salary as of the date immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment and (y) 150% of the actual Annual Bonus paid in respect of the immediately preceding fiscal year (or, if such termination occurs prior to the first date on which an Annual Bonus would have been paid had any payment been due, the Annual Target Bonus for the immediately preceding fiscal year), and (z) the monthly COBRA costs of providing health and welfare benefits for Executive and Executive’s dependents under the plans in which Executive was participating on the date of the applicable “COBRA qualifying event” at the time of such event, times 18.
(b)Release. Amounts payable to Executive under Sections 5(c)(ii) and 5(c)(iii), or Sections 5(d)(ii)(B), 5(d)(ii)(C) and 5(d)(ii)(D), or Sections 5(e)(ii)(B), 5(e)(ii)(C) and 5(e)(ii)(D) (collectively, the “Conditioned Benefits”) are subject to (i) Executive’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Release”), within 60 days of the date of termination and (ii) the expiration of any
revocation period contained in such Release. Further, to the extent that any of the Conditioned Benefits constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any payment of any amount or provision of any benefit otherwise scheduled to occur prior to the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of Executive’s termination of employment hereunder, but for the condition on executing the Release as set forth herein, shall not be made until the first regularly scheduled payroll date following such sixtieth (60th) day, after which any remaining Conditioned Benefits shall thereafter be provided to Executive according to the applicable schedule set forth herein.
(c)Expiration of Employment Term. Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, continuation of Executive’s employment with the Company following the expiration of the Employment Term shall be deemed an employment at-will and shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and Executive’s employment may thereafter be terminated at will by either Executive or the Company; provided that the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of employment hereunder.
(d)Notice of Termination; Board/Committee Resignation. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to the extent applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the Board of Directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s affiliates (except to the extent Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement to continue to serve as a member of the Board).
6.Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
(b)Non-Competition.
(i)During Executive’s employment hereunder and, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company (the “Restricted Period”), Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise whatsoever (“Person”), directly or indirectly, solicit or assist in soliciting in competition with the Restricted Group in the Business, the business of any then current or prospective client or customer with whom Executive (or Executive’s direct reports) had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company during the one-year period preceding Executive’s termination of employment directly or indirectly.
(ii)During the Restricted Period, Executive will not directly or indirectly:
(A)engage in the Business anywhere in the United States, or in any geographical area that is within 100 miles of any geographical area where the
Restricted Group engages in the Business, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by entering into the employment of or rendering any services to a Core Competitor, except where such employment or services do not relate in any manner to the Business;
(B)acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any Person engaged in the Business, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or
(C)intentionally and adversely interfere with, or attempt to adversely interfere with, business relationships between the members of the Restricted Group and any of their clients, customers, suppliers, partners, members or investors.
(iii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Executive may, directly or indirectly own, solely as an investment, securities of any Person engaged in a Business (including, without limitation, a Core Competitor) which are publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if Executive (i) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such person and (ii) does not, directly or indirectly, own 2% or more of any class of securities of such Person.
(a)Non-Solicitation. During Executive’s employment hereunder and the Restricted Period, Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly:
(iv)solicit or encourage any employee of the Restricted Group to leave the employment of the Restricted Group;
(v)hire any executive-level employee who was employed by the Restricted Group as of the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company or who left the employment of the Restricted Group coincident with, or within one year prior to or one year after, the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company; or
(vi)encourage any material consultant of the Restricted Group to cease working with the Restricted Group.
(vii)For purposes of this Agreement:
(D)“Business” shall mean (1) origination, installation, or monitoring services related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management, cloud storage or smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, (2) installation or servicing of residential or commercial solar panels or sale of electricity generated by solar panels, (3) design, engineering or manufacturing of technology or products related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management or cloud storage, smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, and/or (4) the sale or marketing of home, auto or other home-related insurance products.
(E)“Core Competitor” shall mean (i) ADT Inc.; Alarm.com Inc.; Arlo; Resideo Technologies, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Ring, LLC; Control4; Enium Capital; Honeywell International Inc.; SimpliSafe, Inc.; Monitronics International, Inc. (d/b/a Brinks Home Security); SmartThings, Inc.; Wink Labs, Inc.; Ecobee, Inc.; Protect America, Inc.; Stanley Security Solutions, Inc.; Vector Security, Inc.; Slomins, Inc.; Life Alert; Titanium LLC; Northstar Alarm Services; Alder Holdings, LLC; SafeStreets USA; Alert Alarm Hawaii; EVO Automation, LLC; CPI Security Systems, Inc.; Safe Home Security, Inc.; Guardian Protection Services; SAFE Security; Cove Smart, LLC; Aptive Environmental, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers, as well as the home security, automation and solar affiliates, divisions or departments for Tesla, Inc., Rogers Communications; Amazon; Google; Microsoft; Apple; Cox Communications Inc. and Telus Corporation; (ii) Sungevity, Inc.; RPS; Sunrun, Inc.; SunPower Corporation; Corbin Solar Solutions LLC; Spruce Finance; Galkos Construction, Inc.; Sunova Capital; Sunder Energy; Freedom Forever, LLC; LGCY Power, LLC; Vivint Solar, Inc.; Titan Solar; TriSMART Solar; Suntuity; Lumio, Inc.; Rise Energy; Atlantic Key Energy (aka AKE Solar); Kayo Energy; Lift Energy; Deca Solar; Aptive Solar, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers; and (iii) Hippo Insurance Company and Lemonade Insurance Company and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers. The Company maintains the right, in its reasonable discretion, to amend the list of Core Competitors on prior notice to the Participant.
(F)“Restricted Group” shall mean, collectively, the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the extent engaged in the Business, their respective affiliates.
(a)During the Restricted Period, Executive agrees not to make, or cause any other person to make, any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, the Company or any of its affiliates, agents or advisors, or any of its or their respective employees, officers or directors (it being understood that comments made in Executive’s good faith performance of his duties hereunder shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement). During the Restricted Period, the Company shall instruct its executive officers and directors to refrain from intentionally making any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, Executive (it being understood that comments made in the good faith performance of their ordinary course duties to the Company or its affiliates shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement), and the Company agrees not to make any official communication, press release or other public statement that criticizes or disparages Executive. Nothing set forth herein shall be interpreted to prohibit either party from responding truthfully to incorrect public statements, making truthful statements when reasonably appropriate in connection with any litigation Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates or required by law, subpoena or court order and/or from responding to any inquiry by any regulatory or investigatory organization.
(b)It is expressly understood and agreed that although Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 6 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Section 6 is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially
determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Section 6 is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.
(c)The period of time during which the provisions of this Section 6 shall be in effect shall be extended by the length of time during which Executive is in breach of the terms hereof as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction on the Company’s application for injunctive relief.
(d)The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, including but not limited to, any termination other than for Cause.
7.Confidentiality; Intellectual Property.
(e)Confidentiality.
(i)Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the Company), (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Executive or any other Person; or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company (other than Executive’s professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations or otherwise in performance of Executive’s duties under Executive’s employment and pursuant to customary industry practice), any non-public, proprietary or confidential information —including, without limitation, trade secrets, know-how, research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals — concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of same to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates on a confidential basis (“Confidential Information”) without the prior written authorization of the Board.
(ii) “Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is (a) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Executive’s breach of this covenant; (b) made legitimately available to Executive by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation of which Executive has knowledge; or (c) required by law to be disclosed; provided that with respect to subsection (c) Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
(iii)Except as required by law, Executive will not disclose to anyone, other than Executive’s family (it being understood that, in this Agreement, the term “family” refers to Executive, Executive’s spouse, children, parents and spouse’s parents) and advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that Executive may disclose to any prospective future employer the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. This Section 7(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Company publicly discloses a
copy of this Agreement (or, if the Company publicly discloses summaries or excerpts of this Agreement, to the extent so disclosed).
(iv)Upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall (A) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; and (B) immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Executive’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Executive’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Information, except that Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain any Confidential Information.
(v) Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (b) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
(f)Intellectual Property.
(i)If Executive creates, invents, designs, develops, contributes to or improves any works of authorship, inventions, intellectual property, materials, documents or other work product (including without limitation, research, reports, software, databases, systems, applications, presentations, textual works, content, or audiovisual materials) (“Works”), either alone or with third parties, at any time during Executive’s employment by the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and within the scope of such employment and/or with the use of any of the Company resources (such Works, “Company Works”), Executive shall promptly and fully disclose same to the Company and hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted
by applicable law, all of Executive’s right, title, and interest therein (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, other intellectual property laws, and related laws) to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally in the Company. If Executive creates any written records (in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, or any other tangible form or media) of any Company Works, Executive will keep and maintain same. The records will be available to and remain the sole property and intellectual property of the Company at all times.
(ii)Executive shall take all requested actions and execute all requested documents (including any licenses or assignments required by a government contract) at the Company’s expense (but without further remuneration) to assist the Company in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of the Company’s rights in the Company Works.
(iii)Executive shall not improperly use for the benefit of, bring to any premises of, divulge, disclose, communicate, reveal, transfer or provide access to, or share with the Company any confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property relating to a former employer or other third party without the prior written permission of such third party. Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and guidelines of the Company that are from time to time previously disclosed to Executive, including regarding the protection of Confidential Information and intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest.
(iv)The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
8.Specific Performance . Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 6 and Section 7 of this Agreement would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedy available at law or equity, to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available. In addition, upon any breach of Section 6 or any material breach of Section 7 of this Agreement, Executive shall promptly return to the Company upon request all cash payments made to Executive pursuant to Section 5 (if any), less any amounts paid by Executive as taxes in respect of such payments (unless such taxes are actually recovered by Executive from the relevant governmental authority, in which case such tax amounts also shall be returned to the Company). Any determination under this Section 8 of whether Executive is in compliance with Section 6 hereof and material compliance with Section 7 hereof shall be determined based solely on the contractual provisions provided therein and the facts and circumstances of Executive’s actions without regard to whether the Company could obtain an injunction or other relief under the law of any particular jurisdiction.
9.Miscellaneous.
(a) Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. The Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless for all acts and omissions occurring during his employment with the Company or service as a member of the Board to the extent provided under
the Company’s charter, by-laws and applicable law, and shall promptly advance to Executive or Executive’s heirs or representatives all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “Expenses”) as a result of any claim, demand, request, investigation, dispute, controversy, threat, discovery request or request for testimony or information (collectively, a “Claim”) or any proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened Claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against Executive that arises out of or relates to Executive’s service as an officer, director or employee, as the case may be, of the Company, or Executive’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, upon receipt by the Company of a written request with appropriate documentation of such Expenses, and an undertaking by Executive to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Executive is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses. During the Employment Term and for a term of six years thereafter, the Company, or any successor to the Company, shall purchase and maintain, at its own expense, directors and officers liability insurance providing coverage for Executive in the same amount as for members of the Board.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
(c) Jurisdiction; Venue. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8 in connection with equitable remedies, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the Utah over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and each of the parties agrees that any action relating in any way to this Agreement must be commenced only in the courts of the State of Utah, federal or state. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted or not prohibited by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding by sending the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by recognized overnight courier service, to the address of such party set forth in Section 9(j).
(d) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company and/or its current or former affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with the Company and/or its current or former affiliates, including, without limitation, the Original Employment Agreement. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.
(e) No Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(f) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
(g) Assignment. This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive. Any purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement shall be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.
(h) Set Off; No Mitigation. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment, and such payments shall not be reduced by any compensation or benefits received from any subsequent employer or other endeavor. Any amounts due under Section 5 of this Agreement are considered reasonable by the Company and are not in the nature of a penalty.
(i) Compliance with Code Section 409A.
(i)The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A, the Company shall, after consulting with and receiving the approval of Executive, reform such provision in a manner intended to avoid the incurrence by Executive of any such additional tax or interest.
(ii)A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred for proposes of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
(iii)Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of Executive’s separation from service, the Company determines that Executive is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then to the extent any payment or benefit that Executive becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one day after such separation from service and (ii) the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 9(i) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or provided to Executive in a
lump-sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.
(iv)Any reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including that (A) in no event shall any fees, expenses or other amounts eligible to be reimbursed by the Company under this Agreement be paid later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the applicable fees, expenses or other amounts were incurred; (B) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any given calendar year shall not affect the expenses that the Company is obligated to reimburse, or the in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any other calendar year, provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect; and (C) Executive’s right to have the Company pay or provide such reimbursements and in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.
(v)For purposes of Code Section 409A, Executive’s right to receive any installment payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (for example, “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement, to the extent such payment is subject to Code Section 409A.
(a) Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
If to the Company:
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
4931 North 300 West
Provo, Utah 84604
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Gregory T. Grogan
If to Executive:
To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.
(b) Executive Representation. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach of the terms of any employment agreement or other agreement or written policy to which Executive is a party or otherwise bound. Executive hereby further represents that he is not subject to any restrictions on his ability to solicit, hire or engage any employee or other service-provider. Executive agrees that the Company is relying on the foregoing representations in entering into this Agreement and related equity-based award agreements.
(c) Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
(e) Section 280G. If any payment or benefit Executive will or may receive from the Company under this Agreement or otherwise would (a) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (a “280G Payment”) and, (b) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Company shall cause to be determined, before any amounts of the 280G Payment are paid to Executive, which of the following two amounts would maximize Executive’s after-tax proceeds: (i) payment in full of the entire amount of the 280G Payment (a “Full Payment”), or (ii) payment of only a part of the 280G Payment, so that Executive receives the largest payment possible without the imposition of the Excise Tax (a “Reduced Payment”), whichever amount results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the 280G Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the 280G Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. For purposes of determining whether to make a Full Payment or a Reduced Payment, the Company shall cause to be taken into account all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from a deduction of such state and local taxes). If a Reduced Payment is made, (A) the 280G Payment shall be paid only to the extent permitted under the Reduced Payment alternative, and Executive shall have no rights to any additional payments and/or benefits constituting the 280G Payment, and (B) reduction in payments and/or benefits shall occur in the manner that results in the greatest economic benefit for Executive, as determined in the Company’s reasonable good faith discretion. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9(n), including whether an Excise Tax would otherwise be imposed, whether the Payments shall be reduced, the amount of any such reduction and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations not expressly provided for herein, shall be made in a manner determined by the Company. Any determination by the Company shall be binding upon Executive, absent manifest error. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the payments will be subject to the Excise Tax: (i) no portion of the payments shall be taken into account which does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including, without limitation, by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and (ii) in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such payments shall be taken into account which
constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as set forth in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) that is allocable to such reasonable compensation.
[Signatures Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
VIVINT SMART HOME, INC.
/s/ David H. Bywater
By: David H. Bywater
Title: Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to A&R Employment Agreement]
EXECUTIVE
/s/ Todd Santiago
Todd Santiago
[Signature Page to A&R Employment Agreement]
Exhibit I
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS
This Release and Waiver of Claims (this “Release”) is entered into and delivered to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) as of this [●] day of _________, 202[_], by Todd Santiago (the “Executive”). The Executive agrees as follows:
1.The employment relationship between the Executive and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, terminated on the [●] day of _______, 202[_] (the “Termination Date”) pursuant to Section [__] of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive dated June 14, 2022 (“Employment Agreement”).
2.In consideration of the payments, rights and benefits provided for in Section 5(c)(ii) and 5(c)(iii), or Sections 5(d)(ii)(B), 5(d)(ii)(C) and 5(d)(ii)(D), or Sections 5(e)(ii)(B), 5(e)(ii)(C) and 5(e)(ii)(D) of the Employment Agreement (collectively, as applicable, the “Separation Terms”) and this Release, the sufficiency of which the Executive hereby acknowledges, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his agents, representatives, attorneys, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Employee Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and forever discharges the Company Released Parties (as defined below), from all claims, charges, causes of action, obligations, expenses, damages of any kind (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) or demands, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which may have existed or which may now exist from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, arising from or relating to Executive’s employment or termination from employment with the Company or otherwise, including a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Fair Labor Standards Act; any other federal, state or local laws against discrimination; or any other federal, state, or local statute, regulation or common law relating to employment, wages, hours, or any other terms and conditions of employment. This includes a release by the Executive of any and all claims or rights arising under contract (whether written or oral, express or implied), covenant, public policy, tort or otherwise. For purposes hereof, “Company Released Parties” shall mean the Company, and any of its shareholders, divisions, parents, members, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employee benefit plans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holder of 10% or more of the beneficial ownership of the Company (and such shareholders’ affiliates, including the Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates) and its and their respective past or present employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, administrators, officials, directors, and the sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators of its and their respective employee benefit plans.
3.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive is waiving and releasing rights that the Executive may have under the ADEA and other federal, state and local statutes contract and the common law and that this Release is knowing and voluntary. The Executive and the Company agree that this Release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Release. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this Release is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has been advised by this writing that: (i) the Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (ii) the Executive has up to 21 days within which to consider this Release, although the Executive may, at the Executive’s discretion, sign and return this Release at an earlier time, in which case
the Executive waives all rights to the balance of this 21 day review period; and (iii) for a period of seven days following the execution of this Release in duplicate originals, the Executive may revoke this Release in a writing delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and this Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired.
4.This Release does not release the Company Released Parties from (i) any obligations due to the Executive under the Separation Terms, (ii) any rights Executive has to indemnification by the Company and to directors and officers liability insurance coverage, (iii) any vested rights the Executive has under the Company’s employee pension benefit and group healthcare benefit plans as a result of Executive’s actual service with the Company, (iv) any fully vested and nonforfeitable rights of the Executive as a shareholder or member of the Company or its affiliates, (v) any rights of the Executive pursuant to any equity or incentive award agreement with the Company, or (vi) any rights which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law.
5.Nothing in this Release shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (b) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
6.The Executive represents and warrants that he has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance, arbitration or similar proceeding against the Company Released Parties.
7.This Release is not an admission by the Company Released Parties or the Employee Releasing Parties of any wrongdoing, liability or violation of law.
8.The Executive shall continue to be bound by the restrictive covenants contained in the Employment Agreement which are incorporated herein by reference.
9.This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws.
10.Each of the sections contained in this Release shall be enforceable independently of every other section in this Release, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any section shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other section contained in this Release.
11.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has carefully read and understands this Release, that the Executive has the right to consult an attorney with respect to its provisions and that this Release has been entered into knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive acknowledges that no representation, statement, promise, inducement, threat or suggestion has been made by any of the Company Released Parties to influence the Executive to sign this Release except such statements as are expressly set forth herein or in the Employment Agreement.
Executive has executed this Release as of the day and year first written above.
EXECUTIVE
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Todd Santiago
Exhibit 10.5
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(Rasesh Patel)
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated June 20, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Vivint Smart Home, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Rasesh Patel (“Executive”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive previously entered into an employment agreement, dated as of April 15, 2022, that governs Executive’s employment with the Company (the “Original Employment Agreement”)
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to amend and restate the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety as forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company desires for one or more of the Company or its subsidiaries to continue to employ Executive and Executive desires to continue to be employed; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such continued employment.
NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement will supersede the Original Employment Agreement in its entirety; and
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:
1.Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, Executive commenced employment with the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries on May 16, 2022 (the “Commencement Date”) and shall continue to be employed by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries ending on the first anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, the Employment Term shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year period commencing with the first anniversary of the Commencement Date and, thereafter, on each such successive anniversary of the Commencement Date thereafter (each an “Extension Date”), unless the Company or Executive provides the other party hereto at least 90 days prior written notice before the next Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so extended.
2.Position, Duties, Authority and Location.
(a)During the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. In such position, Executive shall have such duties, functions, responsibilities and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Company and/or the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Executive shall report directly to the CEO.
(b)Executive will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and reasonable best efforts to the operation and oversight of the Company’s businesses and performance of Executive’s duties hereunder (excluding periods of vacation and sick leave) and will not engage in any other business activities that could conflict with his duties or services to the Company; provided that nothing herein shall preclude Executive, subject to obtaining consent of the Board (not to be unreasonably withheld), from (i) accepting appointment to or continuing to serve on any board of directors or trustees of any business corporation, and (ii)
serving as an officer or director or otherwise participating in non-profit educational, welfare, social, religious and civil organizations.
(c)Executive will provide services to the Company in the Company’s offices in or around Provo, Utah, subject to customary Company travel.
3.Compensation.
(d)Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary (“Base Salary”) at the annual rate of $675,305, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company’s usual payment practices. Executive’s Base Salary shall be subject to annual review and subject to change, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, but in no event shall the Company reduce Executive’s Base Salary.
(e)Annual Bonus. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus award (an “Annual Bonus”) with a target amount equal to 60% of Executive’s Base Salary at the end of the performance period (the “Annual Target Bonus”). The percentage for Executive’s Annual Target Bonus shall be subject to annual review and subject to increase, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, but in no event shall the Company be entitled to reduce such percentage; provided, however, that actual bonus amounts paid to Executive will be subject to Board approval and in accordance with the Company’s management bonus plan. The Annual Bonus, if any, shall be paid to Executive within two and one-half months after the end of the applicable fiscal year. Except as provided in Section 5, no Annual Bonus shall be payable in respect of any fiscal year in which Executive’s employment is terminated.
(f)Sign-On Bonus and Retention Bonuses. Executive shall be eligible to receive $850,000 payable on or within thirty (30) days following each of (i) the Commencement Date (the “Sign-on Bonus”) and (ii) the next three anniversaries thereof (each such anniversary, a “Retention Date” and such bonuses, the “Retention Bonuses”), in each case, subject to continued employment in good standing as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company on each applicable payment date. In the event Executive resigns Executive’s employment with the Company without Good Reason on or prior to the first anniversary of the Commencement Date, Executive shall be required to repay the Sign-on Bonus to the Company, net of any taxes, within sixty (60) days following such termination of employment.
(g)Sign-on Equity Grant. In recognition of the commencement of Executive’s employment, the Company shall, within thirty days following the Commencement Date, subject to Board approval, award to Executive a one-time equity-based grant of restricted stock units (the “Sign-on Grant”) covering a number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (each, a “Share”) equal to the quotient of (x) $7,000,000 divided by (y) the closing price per Share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, on the Commencement Date. The Sign-on Grant shall vest annually based upon Executive’s continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates, with 36% of the Sign-on Grant vesting on each of the first two anniversaries of the Vesting Reference Date (as defined in Executive’s Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement) and with 14% vesting on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the Vesting Reference Date. Any portion of the Sign-on Grant that becomes vested shall be settled as soon as practicable, but no later than thirty (30) days following the applicable vesting date. The Sign-on Grant shall be subject to the term and conditions set forth in the definitive documentation.
(h)Initial Annual Equity Awards. During the Employment Term (as provided in Section 1 above) beginning with calendar year 2023 and continuing through calendar year
2025, the Company will recommend to the Board that Executive receive an annual grant of equity under the Company’s long-term equity incentive plan in place from time to time, comprised of a number of restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units, in the aggregate, equal to the quotient of (x) $3,000,000 divided by (y) the applicable share price on the date of grant, as determined by the Board and Compensation Committee, in their sole and respective discretion. Each annual award contemplated by this subpart (e) shall be subject to the applicable time-based and performance-based vesting criteria established by the Board and/or Compensation Committee, in their sole and respective discretion, which shall be consistent with the process for annual awards granted to other senior executives of the Company and shall be established and delivered to Executive in a manner consistent with annual awards granted to other senior executives of the Company.
(i)Accelerated Vesting.
(i)Upon a termination of Executive’s employment, within the Change in Control Period (as defined below), (i) by the Company without Cause (including a termination of employment upon expiration of the Employment Term due to the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1 above if such notice is given prior to the third anniversary of the Commencement Date) or (ii) due to Executive’s resignation with Good Reason, the Company will accelerate (x) the vesting of 100% of Executive’s then unvested outstanding time-based restricted stock units and other time-based Company equity compensation awards (including any performance-based awards that are then only subject to time-vesting provisions) and (y) all unpaid Retention Bonus payments. For purposes of this Section 3(f), “Change in Control Period” means the period beginning on the date six months prior to, and ending on the date that is eighteen (18) months following, a Change in Control (as defined under the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan).
(ii)Upon a termination of Executive’s employment (i) by the Company without Cause (including a termination of employment upon expiration of the Employment Term due to the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1 above if such notice is given prior to the third anniversary of the Commencement Date), (ii) due to Executive’s death or Disability, or (iii) due to Executive’s resignation with Good Reason within thirty (30) days on or prior to a Change in Control, subject to Board approval at such time, the Company will accelerate the vesting of the Sign-on Grant and, solely to the extent granted prior to such termination of Executive’s employment, any time-vesting annual equity grant made with respect to fiscal year 2023, in each case, effective on the date of such termination.
4.Benefits.
(a)General. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s employee benefit, fringe and perquisite plans, practices, policies and arrangements as in effect from time to time (collectively, “Employee Benefits”), on generally the same terms and conditions as each of the Employee Benefits are made available to other senior executives of the Company (other than with respect to annual bonuses, incentive plans, severance plans or personal use of Company aircraft (as well as any other terms and conditions specifically determined under this Agreement), the benefits for each which shall be determined instead in accordance with this Agreement); provided that Executive shall be entitled to no less than four (4) weeks’ vacation per calendar year.
(b)Reimbursement of Business Expenses. During the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance with its then prevailing policy for senior executives (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred).
(c)Relocation Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Executive for relocation expenses covered under the Company’s relocation policy, up to $100,000, incurred by Executive in connection with Executive’s relocation from Texas to Provo, Utah within six (6) months following the Commencement Date in accordance with the Company’s policy for senior executives (which shall include appropriate itemization and substantiation of expenses incurred). In the event Executive resigns Executive’s employment with the Company without Good Reason on or prior to the first anniversary of the final relocation expense disbursement, Executive shall be required to repay all relocation expenses to the Company, net of any taxes, within sixty (60) days following such termination of employment.
5.Termination.
(a)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by either party at any time and for any reason, subject to the notice and cure provisions set forth below. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 5 shall exclusively govern Executive’s severance rights upon termination of employment with the Company and its affiliates.
(b)By the Company for Cause.
(i)The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause.
(ii)Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (A) Executive’s continued refusal to perform Executive’s employment duties (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness) for a period of 10 days following written notice by the Company to Executive of such failure, (B) dishonesty in the performance of Executive’s employment duties that is materially injurious to the Company, (C) an act or acts on Executive’s part constituting (x) a felony conviction or plea of nolo contendere under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (y) a misdemeanor charge involving moral turpitude, (D) Executive’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in connection with Executive’s employment duties which causes substantial injury to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or (E) Executive’s breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6 (other than any action taken in good faith and in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and which is promptly remedied by Executive upon notice by the Board); provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Cause unless Executive fails to cure such event and remedy any adverse or injurious consequences arising from such events within 10 days after receipt from the Company of written notice of the event which constitutes Cause (except that no cure or remedy period shall be provided if the event or such consequences are not capable of being cured and remedied).
(iii)If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or this Agreement expires after the third anniversary of the Commencement Date following the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(A)no later than ten (10) days following the date of termination, the Base Salary through the date of termination;
(B)reimbursement, within sixty (60) days following receipt by the Company of Executive’s claim for such reimbursement (including appropriate supporting documentation), for any unreimbursed business expenses properly
incurred by Executive in accordance with Company policy prior to Executive’s termination; provided that such claims for such reimbursement are submitted to the Company within 90 days following the date of Executive’s termination of employment; and
(C)such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the tax qualified employee benefit plans of the Company, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such tax qualified employee benefit plans (the amounts described in clauses (A) through (C) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued Rights”).
Following such termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause (or termination in connection with non-renewal by the Company following the third anniversary of the Commencement Date) , except as set forth in this Section 5(b)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(a)Resignation by Executive without Good Reason. If Executive resigns without Good Reason, provided that Executive will be required to give the Company at least sixty (60) days advance written notice of such resignation of Executive’s employment, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(i) the Accrued Rights;
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(ii)the Prior Year Bonus (as defined below); and
(iii)any Retention Bonus earned due to the passage of the Retention Date, but unpaid, as of the date of termination, paid in accordance with Section 3(c) (the “Prior Retention Bonus”) (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the Company, in which case such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deferred compensation arrangement).
Following such resignation by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 5(c), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. The Company may elect to accelerate the termination date without changing the characteristic of such termination of employment as a resignation without Good Reason.
(b)Disability or Death.
(i)Disability. During any period that Executive fails to perform his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury (the “Disability Period”), Executive shall continue to receive his full Base Salary set forth in Section 3(a) until Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 5(a). The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated immediately by the Company due to Executive’s Disability and will terminate immediately upon Executive’s death. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, Executive’s duties under this Agreement due to a physical or mental illness or injury for a period of six consecutive months or for an aggregate of twelve (12) months in any consecutive twenty-four (24)-month period. Any question as to the existence of the Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall
select a third physician who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.
(ii)Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate, survivors or beneficiaries (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive:
(A)the Accrued Rights;
(B)any Annual Bonus earned, but unpaid, as of the date of termination for the immediately preceding fiscal year, paid in accordance with Section 3(b) (the “Prior Year Bonus”) (except to the extent payment is otherwise deferred pursuant to any applicable deferred compensation arrangement with the Company, in which case such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deferred compensation arrangement);
(C)no later than ten (10) days following the date of termination, a pro rata portion of the Annual Target Bonus payable for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs, based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the fiscal year up to and including the date of termination of Executive’s employment and the denominator of which is the number of days in such fiscal year (the “Pro-Rated Bonus”);
(D)any Prior Retention Bonus; and
(E)death or disability benefits under any applicable plans and programs of the Company in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans and programs.
(c)By the Company Without Cause (Other Than by Reason of Death or Disability), Expiration following Company Notice of Non-Renewal of Employment Term on or before the Third Anniversary of the Commencement Date or Resignation by Executive with Good Reason.
(i)“Good Reason” shall be deemed to exist upon the occurrence of (A) a reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or Annual Target Bonus; (B) a material diminution in Executive’s title or Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities (including Executive being required to report to anyone other than directly and solely to the CEO or Board of Directors) that materially decreases the overall scope of Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities; (C) the relocation of Executive’s primary office location to a location that is more than 50 miles from Executive’s primary office location, in each case without Executive’s prior written consent; or (D) the Company’s material breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other material agreement to which Executive is party with the Company; provided that none of the foregoing events shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company fails to cure such event within 30 days after receipt from Executive of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason and Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period (otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as Good Reason shall be deemed irrevocably waived by Executive); and provided, further, that “Good Reason” shall cease to exist for an event on the 60th day following Executive’s knowledge of its occurrence, unless Executive has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such date.
(ii)If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or expires on or before the third anniversary of the Commencement Date following the Company’s notice of non-renewal under Section 1 or if Executive resigns with Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive:
(D)the Accrued Rights;
(E)the Pro-Rated Bonus;
(F)the Prior Retention Bonus;
(G)subject to Executive’s continued compliance with Section 6 and material compliance with Section 7 hereof, and the execution and non- revocation of the Release (as defined below), a lump-sum cash payment within 55 days after such termination and effectiveness of the Release equal to the sum of (x) 150% of Executive’s Base Salary as of the date immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment and (y) 150% of the actual Annual Bonus paid in respect of the immediately preceding fiscal year (or, if such termination occurs prior to the first date on which an Annual Bonus would have been paid had any payment been due, the Annual Target Bonus for the immediately preceding fiscal year), and (z) the monthly COBRA costs of providing health and welfare benefits for Executive and Executive’s dependents under the plans in which Executive was participating on the date of the applicable “COBRA qualifying event,” at the time of such event, times eighteen (18).
(c)Release. Amounts payable to Executive under Section 5(c)(ii) or 5(c)(iii) or Sections 5(d)(i)(B), 5(d)(i)(C) and 5(d)(i)(D) (collectively, the “Conditioned Benefits”) are subject to (i) Executive’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Release”), within 60 days of the date of termination and (ii) the expiration of any revocation period contained in such Release. Further, to the extent that any of the Conditioned Benefits constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any payment of any amount or provision of any benefit otherwise scheduled to occur prior to the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of Executive’s termination of employment hereunder, but for the condition on executing the Release as set forth herein, shall not be made until the first regularly scheduled payroll date following such sixtieth (60th) day, after which any remaining Conditioned Benefits shall thereafter be provided to Executive according to the applicable schedule set forth herein.
(d)Expiration of Employment Term. Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, continuation of Executive’s employment with the Company following the expiration of the Employment Term (including any renewal term) shall be deemed an employment at-will and shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and Executive’s employment may thereafter be terminated at will by either Executive or the Company; provided that the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of employment hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in this provision is intended to release the Company of its obligations to Executive as expressly stated in the Agreement with respect to a non-renewal by the Company on or prior to the third anniversary of the Commencement Date.
(e)Notice of Termination; Board/Committee Resignation. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated. Upon termination of
Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to the extent applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the Board of Directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s affiliates (except to the extent Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement to continue to serve as a member of the Board).
6.Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
(f)Non-Competition.
(iii)During Executive’s employment hereunder and, for a period of 18 months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company (the “Restricted Period”), Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise whatsoever (“Person”), directly or indirectly, solicit or assist in soliciting in competition with the Restricted Group in the Business, the business of any then current or prospective client or customer with whom Executive (or Executive’s direct reports) had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company during the one-year period preceding Executive’s termination of employment directly or indirectly.
(iv)During the Restricted Period, Executive will not directly or indirectly:
(A)engage in the Business anywhere in the United States, or in any geographical area that is within 100 miles of any geographical area where the Restricted Group engages in the Business, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by entering into the employment of or rendering any services to a Core Competitor, except where such employment or services do not relate in any manner to the Business;
(B)acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any Person engaged in the Business, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or
(C)intentionally and adversely interfere with, or attempt to adversely interfere with, business relationships between the members of the Restricted Group and any of their clients, customers, suppliers, partners, members or investors.
(i)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Executive may, directly or indirectly own, solely as an investment, securities of any Person engaged in a Business (including, without limitation, a Core Competitor) which are publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if Executive (i) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such person and (ii) does not, directly or indirectly, own 2% or more of any class of securities of such Person.
(g)Non-Solicitation. During Executive’s employment hereunder and the Restricted Period, Executive will not, whether on Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly:
(i)solicit or encourage any employee of the Restricted Group to leave the employment of the Restricted Group;
(ii)hire any executive-level employee who was employed by the Restricted Group as of the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company or who left the employment of the Restricted Group coincident with, or within one year prior to or one year after, the date of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company; or
(iii)encourage any material consultant of the Restricted Group to cease working with the Restricted Group.
(iv)For purposes of this Agreement:
(A)“Business” shall mean (1) origination, installation, or monitoring services related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management, cloud storage or smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, (2) installation or servicing of residential or commercial solar panels or sale of electricity generated by solar panels, (3) design, engineering or manufacturing of technology or products related to residential or commercial security, life-safety, energy management or cloud storage, smart home automation services, including cloud enabled software solutions related thereto, and/or (4) the sale or marketing of home, auto or other home-related insurance products.
(B)“Core Competitor” shall mean (i) ADT Inc.; Alarm.com Inc.; Arlo; Resideo Technologies, Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Ring, LLC; Control4; Enium Capital; Honeywell International Inc.; SimpliSafe, Inc.; Monitronics International, Inc. (d/b/a Brinks Home Security); SmartThings, Inc.; Wink Labs, Inc.; Ecobee, Inc.; Protect America, Inc.; Stanley Security Solutions, Inc.; Vector Security, Inc.; Slomins, Inc.; Life Alert; Titanium LLC; Northstar Alarm Services; Alder Holdings, LLC; SafeStreets USA; Alert Alarm Hawaii; EVO Automation, LLC; CPI Security Systems, Inc.; Safe Home Security, Inc.; Guardian Protection Services; SAFE Security; Cove Smart, LLC; Aptive Environmental, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers, as well as the home security, automation and solar affiliates, divisions or departments for Tesla, Inc., Rogers Communications; Amazon; Google; Microsoft; Apple; Cox Communications Inc. and Telus Corporation; (ii) Sungevity, Inc.; RPS; Sunrun, Inc.; SunPower Corporation; Corbin Solar Solutions LLC; Spruce Finance; Galkos Construction, Inc.; Sunova Capital; Sunder Energy; Freedom Forever, LLC; LGCY Power, LLC; Vivint Solar, Inc.; Titan Solar; TriSMART Solar; Suntuity; Lumio, Inc.; Rise Energy; Atlantic Key Energy (aka AKE Solar); Kayo Energy; Lift Energy; Deca Solar; Aptive Solar, LLC and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers; and (iii) Hippo Insurance Company and Lemonade Insurance Company and any of their respective affiliates or current and future dealers. The Company maintains the right, in its reasonable discretion, to amend the list of Core Competitors on prior notice to the Participant.
(C)“Restricted Group” shall mean, collectively, the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the extent engaged in the Business, their respective affiliates.
(a)During the Restricted Period, Executive agrees not to make, or cause any other person to make, any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, the Company or any of its affiliates, agents or advisors, or any of its or their respective employees, officers or directors (it being understood that comments made in Executive’s good faith performance of his duties hereunder shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement). During the Restricted Period, the Company shall instruct its executive officers and directors to refrain from intentionally making any communication that is intended to criticize or disparage, or has the effect of criticizing or disparaging, Executive (it being understood that comments made in the good faith performance of their ordinary course duties to the Company or its affiliates shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this Agreement), and the Company agrees not to make any official communication, press release or other public statement that criticizes or disparages Executive. Nothing set forth herein shall be interpreted to prohibit either party from responding truthfully to incorrect public statements, making truthful statements when reasonably appropriate in connection with any litigation Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates or required by law, subpoena or court order and/or from responding to any inquiry by any regulatory or investigatory organization.
(b)It is expressly understood and agreed that although Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 6 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Section 6 is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Section 6 is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.
(c)The period of time during which the provisions of this Section 6 shall be in effect shall be extended by the length of time during which Executive is in breach of the terms hereof as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction on the Company’s application for injunctive relief.
(d)The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, including but not limited to, any termination other than for Cause.
7.Confidentiality; Intellectual Property.
(a)Confidentiality.
(i)Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executive’s employment with the Company), (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Executive or any other Person; or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company (other than Executive’s professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations or otherwise in performance of Executive’s duties under Executive’s employment and pursuant to customary industry practice), any non-public, proprietary or confidential information – including, without limitation, trade secrets, know-how, research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals – concerning the past, current or future business
activities and operations of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of same to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates on a confidential basis (“Confidential Information”) without the prior written authorization of the Board.
(ii)“Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is
(a)generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Executive’s breach of this covenant; (b) made legitimately available to Executive by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation of which Executive has knowledge; or (c) required by law to be disclosed; provided that with respect to subsection (c) Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
(iii)Except as required by law, Executive will not disclose to anyone, other than Executive’s family (it being understood that, in this Agreement, the term “family” refers to Executive, Executive’s spouse, children, parents and spouse’s parents) and advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that Executive may disclose to any prospective future employer the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. This Section 7(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Company publicly discloses a copy of this Agreement (or, if the Company publicly discloses summaries or excerpts of this Agreement, to the extent so disclosed).
(iv)Upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall (A) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; and (B) immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Executive’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Executive’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Information, except that Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain any Confidential Information.
(v)Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
(e)Intellectual Property.
(vi)If Executive creates, invents, designs, develops, contributes to or improves any works of authorship, inventions, intellectual property, materials, documents or other work product (including without limitation, research, reports, software, databases, systems, applications, presentations, textual works, content, or audiovisual materials) (“Works”), either alone or with third parties, at any time during Executive’s employment by the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and within the scope of such employment and/or with the use of any of the Company resources (such Works, “Company Works”), Executive shall promptly and fully disclose same to the Company and hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all of Executive’s right, title, and interest therein (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, other intellectual property laws, and related laws) to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally in the Company. If Executive creates any written records (in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, or any other tangible form or media) of any Company Works, Executive will keep and maintain same. The records will be available to and remain the sole property and intellectual property of the Company at all times.
(vii)Executive shall take all requested actions and execute all requested documents (including any licenses or assignments required by a government contract) at the Company’s expense (but without further remuneration) to assist the Company in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of the Company’s rights in the Company Works.
(viii)Executive shall not improperly use for the benefit of, bring to any premises of, divulge, disclose, communicate, reveal, transfer or provide access to, or share with the Company any confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property relating to a former employer or other third party without the prior written permission of such third party. Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and guidelines of the Company that are from time to time previously disclosed to Executive, including regarding the protection of Confidential Information and intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest.
(ix)The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
8.Specific Performance. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 6 and Section 7 of this Agreement would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedy available at law or equity, to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy
which may then be available. In addition, upon any breach of Section 6 or any material breach of Section 7 of this Agreement, Executive shall promptly return to the Company upon request all cash payments made to Executive pursuant to Section 5 (if any), less any amounts paid by Executive as taxes in respect of such payments (unless such taxes are actually recovered by Executive from the relevant governmental authority, in which case such tax amounts also shall be returned to the Company). Any determination under this Section 8 of whether Executive is in compliance with Section 6 hereof and material compliance with Section 7 hereof shall be determined based solely on the contractual provisions provided therein and the facts and circumstances of Executive’s actions without regard to whether the Company could obtain an injunction or other relief under the law of any particular jurisdiction.
9.Miscellaneous.
(a)Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. The Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless for all acts and omissions occurring during his employment with the Company or service as a member of the Board to the extent provided under the Company’s charter, by-laws and applicable law, and shall promptly advance to Executive or Executive’s heirs or representatives all damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “Expenses”) as a result of any claim, demand, request, investigation, dispute, controversy, threat, discovery request or request for testimony or information (collectively, a “Claim”) or any proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), or any threatened Claim or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), against Executive that arises out of or relates to Executive’s service as an officer, director or employee, as the case may be, of the Company, or Executive’s service in any such capacity or similar capacity with an affiliate of the Company or other entity at the request of the Company, upon receipt by the Company of a written request with appropriate documentation of such Expenses, and an undertaking by Executive to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Executive is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses. During the Employment Term and for a term of six years thereafter, the Company, or any successor to the Company, shall purchase and maintain, at its own expense, directors and officers liability insurance providing coverage for Executive in the same amount as for members of the Board.
(b)Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
(c)Jurisdiction; Venue. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8 in connection with equitable remedies, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the State of Utah over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and each of the parties agrees that any action relating in any way to this Agreement must be commenced only in the courts of the State of Utah, federal or state. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted or not prohibited by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding by sending the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by recognized overnight courier service, to the address of such party set forth in Section 9(j).
(d)Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) contains the entire understanding of the
parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company and/or its current or former affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with the Company and/or its current or former affiliates, including the Original Employment Agreement. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto) may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.
(e)No Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
(f)Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
(g)Assignment. This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive (other than amounts owed to Executive which are payable to his Estate or beneficiaries following death). Any purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement shall be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or successor person or entity.
(h)Set Off; No Mitigation. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment, and such payments shall not be reduced by any compensation or benefits received from any subsequent employer or other endeavor. Any amounts due under Section 5 of this Agreement are considered reasonable by the Company and are not in the nature of a penalty.
(i)Compliance with Code Section 409A.
(i)The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. If any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Code Section 409A, the Company shall, after consulting with and receiving the approval of Executive, reform such provision in a manner intended to avoid the incurrence by Executive of any such additional tax or interest.
(ii)A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred for proposes
of this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
(iii)Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of Executive’s separation from service, the Company determines that Executive is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then to the extent any payment or benefit that Executive becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of such separation from service would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, such payment or benefit shall be paid or provided at the date which is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one day after such separation from service and
(ii)the date of Executive’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and benefits delayed pursuant to this Section 9(i) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall be paid or provided to Executive in a lump-sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.
(i)Any reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including that (A) in no event shall any fees, expenses or other amounts eligible to be reimbursed by the Company under this Agreement be paid later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the applicable fees, expenses or other amounts were incurred; (B) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any given calendar year shall not affect the expenses that the Company is obligated to reimburse, or the in- kind benefits that the Company is obligated to pay or provide, in any other calendar year, provided that the foregoing clause (B) shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect; and (C) Executive’s right to have the Company pay or provide such reimbursements and in- kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.
(ii)For purposes of Code Section 409A, Executive’s right to receive any installment payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (for example, “payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company. In no event may Executive, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under this Agreement, to the extent such payment is subject to Code Section 409A.
(j)Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
If to the Company:
Vivint Smart Home, Inc.
4931 North 300 West
Provo, Utah 84604
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017 Attention: Gregory T. Grogan
If to Executive:
To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.
(k)Executive Representation. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach of the terms of any employment agreement or other agreement or written policy to which Executive is a party or otherwise bound. Except as disclosed to Company, Executive hereby further represents that he is not subject to any restrictions on his ability to solicit, hire or engage any employee or other service-provider. Executive agrees that the Company is relying on the foregoing representations in entering into this Agreement and related equity-based award agreements. Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that Executive’s commencement of employment with the Company and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are subject to the Board’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, of the completion of a background check.
(l)Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
(m)Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
(n)Section 280G. If any payment or benefit Executive will or may receive from the Company under this Agreement or otherwise would (a) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (a “280G Payment”) and, (b) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Company shall cause to be determined, before any amounts of the 280G Payment are paid to Executive, which of the following two amounts would maximize Executive’s after-tax proceeds: (i) payment in full of the entire amount of the 280G Payment (a “Full Payment”), or (ii) payment of only a part of the 280G Payment, so that Executive receives the largest payment possible without the imposition of the Excise Tax (a “Reduced Payment”), whichever amount results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the 280G Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the 280G Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. For purposes of determining whether to make a Full Payment or a Reduced Payment, the Company shall cause to be taken into account all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from a deduction of such state and local taxes). If a Reduced Payment is made, (A) the 280G Payment shall be paid only to the extent permitted under the Reduced Payment alternative, and Executive shall have no rights to any additional payments and/or benefits constituting the 280G
Payment, and (B) reduction in payments and/or benefits shall occur in the manner that results in the greatest economic benefit for Executive, as determined in the Company’s reasonable good faith discretion. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9(n), including whether an Excise Tax would otherwise be imposed, whether the Payments shall be reduced, the amount of any such reduction and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations not expressly provided for herein, shall be made in a manner determined by the Company. Any determination by the Company shall be binding upon Executive, absent manifest error. For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the payments will be subject to the Excise Tax: (i) no portion of the payments shall be taken into account which does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including, without limitation, by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and (ii) in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such payments shall be taken into account which constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (as set forth in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) that is allocable to such reasonable compensation.
(o)Legal Fees. The Company shall pay directly or reimburse Executive within 30 days following receipt of an invoice for Executive’s legal fees reasonably incurred in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.
[Signatures Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
VIVINT SMART HOME, INC.
/s/ David H. Bywater
By: David H. Bywater
Title: Chief Executive Officer
EXECUTIVE
/s/ Rasesh Patel
Rasesh Patel
Exhibit I
RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS
This Release and Waiver of Claims (“Release”) is entered into and delivered to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) as of this [●] day of , 202[_], by Rasesh Patel (the “Executive”). The Executive agrees as follows:
1.The employment relationship between the Executive and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, terminated on the [●] day of , 202[_] (the “Termination Date”) pursuant to Section [ ] of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Executive dated June 14, 2022 (“Employment Agreement”).
2.In consideration of the payments, rights and benefits provided for in Section 5(c) or Sections 5(d)(i)(B), 5(d)(i)(C) and 5(d)(i)(D) of the Employment Agreement (collectively, as applicable, the “Separation Terms”) and this Release, the sufficiency of which the Executive hereby acknowledges, the Executive, on behalf of himself and his agents, representatives, attorneys, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (collectively, the “Employee Releasing Parties”), hereby releases and forever discharges the Company Released Parties (as defined below), from all claims, charges, causes of action, obligations, expenses, damages of any kind (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred) or demands, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which may have existed or which may now exist from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, arising from or relating to Executive’s employment or termination from employment with the Company or otherwise, including a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Fair Labor Standards Act; any other federal, state or local laws against discrimination; or any other federal, state, or local statute, regulation or common law relating to employment, wages, hours, or any other terms and conditions of employment. This includes a release by the Executive of any and all claims or rights arising under contract (whether written or oral, express or implied), covenant, public policy, tort or otherwise. For purposes hereof, “Company Released Parties” shall mean the Company, and any of its shareholders, divisions, parents, members, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employee benefit plans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any holder of 10% or more of the beneficial ownership of the Company (and such shareholders’ affiliates, including the Blackstone Inc. and its affiliates) and its and their respective past or present employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, administrators, officials, directors, and the sponsors, fiduciaries, or administrators of its and their respective employee benefit plans.
3.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive is waiving and releasing rights that the Executive may have under the ADEA and other federal, state and local statutes contract and the common law and that this Release is knowing and voluntary. The Executive and the Company agree that this Release does not apply to any rights or claims that may arise after the date of execution by Executive of this Release. The Executive acknowledges that the consideration given for this Release is in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is already entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the Executive has been advised by this writing that: (i) the Executive should consult with an attorney prior to executing this Release; (ii) the Executive has up to twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Release, although the Executive may, at the Executive’s discretion, sign and return this Release at an earlier time, in which case the Executive waives all rights to the balance of this twenty-one (21) day review
period; and (iii) for a period of seven (7) days following the execution of this Release in duplicate originals, the Executive may revoke this Release in a writing delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and this Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired.
4.This Release does not release the Company Released Parties from (i) any obligations due to the Executive under the Separation Terms, (ii) any rights Executive has to indemnification by the Company and to directors and officers liability insurance coverage, (iii) any vested rights the Executive has under the Company’s employee pension benefit and group healthcare benefit plans as a result of Executive’s actual service with the Company, (iv) any fully vested and nonforfeitable rights of the Executive as a shareholder or member of the Company or its affiliates, (v) any rights of the Executive pursuant to any equity or incentive award agreement with the Company, or (vi) any rights which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law.
5.Nothing in this Release shall prohibit or impede Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Executive understands and acknowledges that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (a) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (b) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Executive understands and acknowledges further that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets, without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure or activity described in this paragraph.
6.The Executive represents and warrants that he has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance, arbitration or similar proceeding against the Company Released Parties.
7.This Release is not an admission by the Company Released Parties or the Employee Releasing Parties of any wrongdoing, liability or violation of law.
8.The Executive shall continue to be bound by the restrictive covenants contained in the Employment Agreement which are incorporated herein by reference.
9.This Release shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws.
10.Each of the sections contained in this Release shall be enforceable independently of every other section in this Release, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any section shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other section contained in this Release.
11.The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has carefully read and understands this Release, that the Executive has the right to consult an attorney with respect to its provisions and that this Release has been entered into knowingly and voluntarily. The Executive acknowledges that no representation, statement, promise, inducement, threat or suggestion has been made by any of the Company Released Parties to influence the Executive to sign this Release except such statements as are expressly set forth herein or in the Employment Agreement.
Executive has executed this Release as of the day and year first written above.
SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED CONSUMER FINANCING SERVICES AGREEMENT
Effective Date: March 11, 2022
WHEREAS, APX Group, Inc. (“Vivint” or “Company”) and Citizens Bank, N.A. (“Citizens” or “Supplier”, and together with Vivint, the “Parties”) entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Consumer Financing Services Agreement dated as of May 31, 2017 (as amended, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for valid and adequate consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.Change of Reference Dates. Each of the five references to “February 15, 2022” in Sections 2.4.2, 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following new reference: “March 15, 2022 (or, if such 15th day of the month is not feasible due to cycle time, then on the next Business Day)”.
2.Except as explicitly set forth in this Sixth Amendment, the Agreement is not amended or modified hereby. Section references used herein are to sections of the Agreement. Defined terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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APX GROUP, INC. | | CITIZENS BANK, N.A. |
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/s/ Dale R. Gerard | | /s/ Andrew Rostami |
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Name: Dale R. Gerard | | Name: Andrew Rostami |
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Title: CFO | | Title: President, Citizens Pay |
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CERTAIN INFORMATION, IDENTIFIED BY, AND REPLACED WITH, A MARK OF “[*]” HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
SEVENTH AMENDMENT
TO SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED CONSUMER FINANCING SERVICES AGREEMENT
Effective Date: June 15, 2022
This SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSUMER FINANCING AGREEMENT (“Seventh Amendment”) is entered into by and between APX Group, Inc. (“Vivint” or “Company”) and Citizens Bank, N.A. (“Citizens” or “Supplier”, and together with Vivint, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Parties previously entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Consumer Financing Services Agreement dated as of May 31, 2017 (as previously amended, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement pursuant to this Seventh Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valid and adequate consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.LOC Pricing Change. For the period beginning [*], and ending on [*] (the “Six-Month Period”), the “LOC Pricing” chart set forth on Annex 2 to the Third Amendment to the Agreement is hereby amended by changing the “Initial Upfront Merchant Fee” for the sixty-month repayment term products to be as set forth in the “Initial Upfront Merchant Fee” column below:
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Loan Term | Program | Payment | THESE COLUMNS ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY | Initial Upfront Merchant Fee |
May 2022 Adjusted Fee | Six Month Period Fee Reduction |
60M | A | Credit | [*]% | [*]% | [*]% |
60M | A | Debit | [*]% | [*]% | [*]% |
60M | B | Credit | [*]% | [*]% | [*]% |
60M | B | Debit | [*]% | [*]% | [*]% |
For the avoidance of doubt, the monthly adjustment exercise contemplated by the definition of “Swap Curve” in the Third Amendment to the Agreement to reflect reference rate fluctuations shall continue in effect without change or modification; provided, however, that no downward adjustment shall be made for the period beginning [*] and ending [*]. For the further avoidance of doubt, immediately upon expiration of the Six-Month Period, the changes set forth in this Seventh Amendment shall automatically end and have no further force or effect, without the need for any further action by any party, and the “Initial Upfront Merchant Fee” that would have been in effect but for this Seventh Amendment shall then be in effect, inclusive of all monthly adjustments contemplated by the definition of Swap Curve; provided, however, that the Parties shall continue to discuss any such other changes as the Parties may
mutually agree are appropriate or necessary to account for material developments in the interest rate landscape.
2.Except as explicitly set forth in this Seventh Amendment, the Agreement is not amended or modified hereby. Section references used herein are to sections of the Agreement. Defined terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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APX GROUP, INC. | | CITIZENS BANK, N.A. |
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/s/ Dana Russell | | /s/ Christine Roberts |
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Name: Dana Russell | | Name: Christine Roberts |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer | | Title: Head of Citizens Pay |
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, David Bywater, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 of Vivint Smart Home, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f), for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: August 8, 2022 | | |
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/s/ David Bywater |
David Bywater |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Dana Russell, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 of Vivint Smart Home, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f), for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: August 8, 2022
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/s/ Dana Russell |
Dana Russell |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David Bywater, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
•The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
•The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods presented therein.
Date: August 8, 2022
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/s/ David Bywater |
David Bywater |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dana Russell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
•The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
•The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods presented therein.
Date: August 8, 2022
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/s/ Dana Russell |
Dana Russell |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |