UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
 
(Mark One)

ý      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

Or

☐     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: 001-38498

PLURALSIGHT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
 
82-3605465
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

182 North Union Avenue
Farmington, Utah 84025
(Address of principle executive offices, including zip code)

(801) 784-9007
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
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 ☐ No ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post 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.
Large accelerated filer
 
 
 
 
Accelerated filer
  
Non-accelerated filer
 
ý
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emerging growth company
  
ý
 
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 July 31, 2018, the registrant had 135,075,370 shares of common stock outstanding, consisting of 62,915,660 shares of Class A common stock, 58,111,572 shares of Class B common stock, and 14,048,138 shares of Class C common stock.

 
 
 




PLURALSIGHT, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
 
 
 
 
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 6.
 
 
 






SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to "Pluralsight," "we," "us," "our," "the Company," and similar references refer to Pluralsight, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, or Pluralsight Holdings.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” or the negative version of these words and other comparable terminology that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, intentions, or projections. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:  
our ability to attract new customers and retain and expand our relationships with existing customers;
our ability to expand our course library and develop new platform features;
our future financial performance, including trends in billings, revenue, costs of revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and free cash flow;
the demand for, and market acceptance of, our platform or for cloud-based technology learning solutions in general;
our ability to compete successfully in competitive markets;
our ability to respond to rapid technological changes;
our expectations and management of future growth;
our ability to enter new markets and manage our expansion efforts, particularly internationally;
our ability to attract and retain key employees and qualified technical and sales personnel;
our ability to effectively and efficiently protect our brand;
our ability to timely scale and adapt our infrastructure;
our ability to maintain, protect, and enhance our intellectual property and not infringe upon others’ intellectual property;
our ability to successfully identify, acquire, and integrate companies and assets; and
the amount and timing of any payments we make under the fourth amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Pluralsight Holdings, or the Fourth LLC Agreement, and our Tax Receivable Agreement, or TRA, with the members of Pluralsight Holdings.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described in the section titled "Risk Factors" in our prospectus dated May 16, 2018 (File No. 333-224301) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Prospectus. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all 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 we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, included in the Prospectus.


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Assets
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
213,645

 
$
28,267

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $2,178 and $1,552 as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively
 
36,268

 
38,229

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
8,907

 
5,125

Total current assets
 
258,820

 
71,621

Property and equipment, net
 
22,683

 
22,457

Content library, net
 
8,093

 
13,441

Intangible assets, net
 
2,111

 
2,854

Goodwill
 
123,119

 
123,119

Other assets
 
1,396

 
2,928

Total assets
 
$
416,222

 
$
236,420

Liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred units, and stockholders' equity/members’ deficit
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
6,836

 
$
6,029

Accrued expenses
 
24,208

 
26,514

Accrued author fees
 
8,496

 
7,879

Deferred revenue
 
121,978

 
103,107

Total current liabilities
 
161,518

 
143,529

Deferred revenue, net of current portion
 
6,555

 
8,194

Long-term debt
 

 
116,037

Facility financing obligation
 
7,505

 
7,513

Other liabilities
 
779

 
458

Total liabilities
 
176,357

 
275,731

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
 

 

Redeemable convertible preferred units:
 
 
 
 
Redeemable convertible preferred units, no par value; 48,447,880 units authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017
 

 
405,766

Stockholders' equity/members’ deficit:
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018
 

 

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 62,915,660 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018; 1,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017
 
6

 

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 58,111,572 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018
 
6

 

Class C common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 14,048,138 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018
 
1

 

Additional paid-in capital
 
436,177

 

Members’ capital
 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(16
)
 
25

Accumulated deficit
 
(321,704
)
 
(445,102
)
Total stockholders' equity attributable to Pluralsight, Inc./members' deficit
 
114,470

 
(445,077
)
Non-controlling interests
 
125,395

 

Total stockholders' equity/members' deficit
 
239,865

 
(445,077
)
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred units, and stockholders' equity/members’ deficit
 
$
416,222

 
$
236,420


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements .

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PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue
 
$
53,572

 
$
38,891

 
$
103,216

 
$
76,130

Cost of revenue
 
15,890

 
11,887

 
30,776

 
23,096

Gross profit
 
37,682

 
27,004

 
72,440

 
53,034

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and marketing
 
38,933

 
23,018

 
68,400

 
40,844

Technology and content
 
16,493

 
11,326

 
29,818

 
21,531

General and administrative
 
19,448

 
9,412

 
30,740

 
15,679

Total operating expenses
 
74,874

 
43,756

 
128,958

 
78,054

Loss from operations
 
(37,192
)
 
(16,752
)
 
(56,518
)
 
(25,020
)
Other (expense) income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
(2,424
)
 
(3,597
)
 
(6,134
)
 
(5,124
)
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
Other income, net
 
48

 
21

 
35

 
69

Loss before income taxes
 
(43,653
)
 
(22,210
)
 
(66,702
)
 
(31,957
)
Provision for income taxes
 
(143
)
 
(68
)
 
(252
)
 
(126
)
Net loss
 
$
(43,796
)
 
$
(22,278
)
 
$
(66,954
)
 
$
(32,083
)
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(12,706
)
 

 
(12,706
)
 

Net loss attributable to Pluralsight, Inc.
 
$
(31,090
)
 
$
(22,278
)
 
$
(54,248
)
 
$
(32,083
)
Less: Accretion of Series A redeemable convertible preferred units
 
(156,750
)
 
(21,175
)
 
(176,275
)
 
(22,825
)
Net loss attributable to common shares
 
$
(187,840
)
 
$
(43,453
)
 
$
(230,523
)
 
$
(54,908
)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted (1)
 
$
(0.19
)
 


 
$
(0.19
)
 


Weighted-average common shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share (1)
 
62,252

 


 
62,252

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Represents net loss per share of Class A common stock and weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding for the period from May 16, 2018 through June 30, 2018, the period following the reorganization transactions and Pluralsight, Inc.'s initial public offering described in Note 1—Organization and Description of Business. See Note 13—Net Loss Per Share for additional details.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Net loss
 
$
(43,796
)
 
$
(22,278
)
 
$
(66,954
)
 
$
(32,083
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation (losses) gains, net
 
(63
)
 
9

 
(58
)
 
18

Comprehensive loss
 
$
(43,859
)
 
$
(22,269
)
 
$
(67,012
)
 
$
(32,065
)
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(12,727
)
 

 
(12,727
)
 

Comprehensive loss attributable to Pluralsight, Inc.
 
$
(31,132
)
 
$
(22,269
)
 
$
(54,285
)
 
$
(32,065
)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Units, Members’ Deficit, and Stockholders' Equity
(in thousands, except share/unit amounts)
(unaudited)
 
 
Redeemable
Convertible
Preferred Units
 
 
Members’ Capital
 
Class A Common Stock
 
Class B Common Stock
 
Class C Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Non-Controlling Interests
 
Total
 
 
Units
 
Amount
 
 
Units
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
 
48,447,880

 
$
405,766

 
 
48,407,645

 
$

 

 
$

 

 
$

 

 
$

 
$

 
$
25

 
$
(445,102
)
 
$

 
$
(445,077
)
Activity prior to the reorganization transactions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of warrants to purchase shares of Class A common units
 

 

 
 

 
984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
984

Equity-based compensation
 

 

 
 

 
13,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
13,155

Accretion of Series A redeemable convertible preferred units
 

 
176,275

 
 

 
(14,139
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(162,136
)
 

 
(176,275
)
Foreign currency translation losses, net
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(18
)
 

 

 
(18
)
Net loss
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(42,660
)
 

 
(42,660
)
Effect of the reorganization transactions and initial public offering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effect of the reorganization transactions
 
(48,447,880
)
 
(582,041
)
 
 
(48,407,645
)
 

 
39,110,660

 
4

 
58,111,572

 
6

 
14,048,138

 
1

 
581,952

 

 

 

 
581,963

Initial public offering, net of offering costs
 

 

 
 

 

 
23,805,000

 
2

 

 

 

 

 
324,677

 

 

 

 
324,679

Allocation of equity to non-controlling interests
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(474,007
)
 
(4
)
 
339,782

 
134,229

 

Activity subsequent to the reorganization transactions and initial public offering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Settlement of equity appreciation rights
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(325
)
 

 

 

 
(325
)
Equity-based compensation
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
7,773

 

 

 

 
7,773

Adjustments to non-controlling interests
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(3,893
)
 

 

 
3,893

 

Foreign currency translation losses, net
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(19
)
 

 
(21
)
 
(40
)
Net loss
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(11,588
)
 
(12,706
)
 
(24,294
)
Balance at June 30, 2018
 

 
$

 
 

 
$

 
62,915,660

 
$
6

 
58,111,572

 
$
6

 
14,048,138

 
$
1

 
$
436,177

 
$
(16
)
 
$
(321,704
)
 
$
125,395

 
$
239,865


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
Operating activities
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(66,954
)
 
$
(32,083
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation of property and equipment
 
4,358

 
2,626

Amortization of acquired intangible assets
 
6,665

 
4,012

Amortization of course creation costs
 
930

 
671

Equity-based compensation
 
20,928

 
6,091

Provision for doubtful accounts
 
358

 
188

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs
 
1,215

 
306

Debt extinguishment costs
 
4,180

 
931

Deferred tax benefit
 
(64
)
 

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
1,335

 
1,833

Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
(3,858
)
 
(3,215
)
Accounts payable
 
(588
)
 
1,328

Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
(2,839
)
 
3,641

Accrued author fees
 
617

 
939

Deferred revenue
 
17,500

 
8,782

Net cash used in operating activities
 
(16,217
)
 
(3,950
)
Investing activities
 
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
 
(4,574
)
 
(3,025
)
Purchases of content library
 
(1,504
)
 
(1,229
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(6,078
)
 
(4,254
)
Financing activities
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
 
332,080

 

Payments of costs related to initial public offering
 
(3,085
)
 

Borrowings of long-term debt
 
20,000

 
115,000

Repayments of long-term debt
 
(137,710
)
 
(85,000
)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs
 
(2,162
)
 

Payments of debt issuance costs
 
(450
)
 
(809
)
Payments to settle equity appreciation rights
 
(325
)
 

Taxes paid related to net share settlement
 
(78
)
 

Proceeds from the issuance of common units
 

 
22

Payments of facility financing obligation
 
(8
)
 
(8
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
208,262

 
29,205

Effect of exchange rate change on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
(86
)
 
24

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
185,881

 
21,025

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period
 
28,477

 
19,397

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
 
$
214,358

 
$
40,422

Supplemental cash flow disclosure:
 
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
 
$
4,271

 
$
2,572

Cash paid for income taxes, net
 
$
172

 
$
142

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred units
 
$
582,041

 
$

Redeemable convertible preferred unit accretion
 
$
176,275

 
$
22,825

Unpaid capital expenditures
 
$
568

 
$
196

Costs related to initial public offering, accrued but not yet paid
 
$
4,009

 
$

Issuance of warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock
 
$
984

 
$

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
213,645

 
$
40,212

Restricted cash included in other assets
 
713

 
210

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
$
214,358

 
$
40,422

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
Note 1. Organization and Description of Business
Pluralsight, Inc. was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on December 4, 2017 as a holding company for the purpose of facilitating an initial public offering (“IPO”) and other related transactions in order to carry on the business of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC ("Pluralsight Holdings") and its subsidiaries (together with Pluralsight, Inc., the “Company” or "Pluralsight"). Pluralsight Holdings is a limited liability company (“LLC”) and was organized on August 29, 2014 in the state of Delaware and is the parent company of Pluralsight, LLC, and its directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries. Pluralsight, LLC was organized on June 17, 2004 in the state of Nevada. Pluralsight operates a cloud-based technology learning platform that provides a broad range of tools for businesses and individuals, including skill assessments, a curated library of courses, learning paths, and business analytics. As the sole managing member of Pluralsight Holdings, Pluralsight, Inc. operates and controls all the business operations and affairs of Pluralsight.
Initial Public Offering
In May 2018, Pluralsight, Inc. completed an IPO, in which it sold  23,805,000 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of  $15.00  per share for net proceeds of  $332.1 million , after deducting underwriters' discounts and commissions, which Pluralsight, Inc. used to purchase newly-issued common limited liability company units ("LLC Units") from Pluralsight Holdings. As of June 30, 2018 , the Company has reclassified  $7.4 million  of offering costs into stockholders’ equity as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO.
Reorganization Transactions
In connection with the IPO, the Company completed the following transactions ("Reorganization Transactions"):
The amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Pluralsight Holdings ("LLC Agreement") was amended and restated to, among other things: (i) appoint Pluralsight, Inc. as its sole managing member and (ii) effectuate the conversion of all outstanding redeemable convertible preferred limited liability company units, incentive units, and Class B incentive units into a single class of common units. See Note 9—Stockholders' Equity for additional details.
Certain members of Pluralsight Holdings that were corporations merged with and into Pluralsight, Inc. and certain members of Pluralsight Holdings contributed certain of their LLC Units to Pluralsight, Inc., in each case in exchange for shares of Class A common stock.
The certificate of incorporation of Pluralsight, Inc. was amended and restated to authorize three classes of common stock, Class A common stock, Class B common stock, Class C common stock, and one class of preferred stock. Class B and Class C common stock were issued on a one -for-one basis to the members of Pluralsight Holdings who retained LLC Units ("Continuing Members"). Class B and Class C common stock have voting rights but no economic rights. See Note 9—Stockholders' Equity for additional details.
As the sole managing member of Pluralsight Holdings, Pluralsight, Inc. has the sole voting interest in Pluralsight Holdings and controls all of the business operations, affairs, and management of Pluralsight Holdings. Accordingly, Pluralsight, Inc. consolidates the financial results of Pluralsight Holdings and reports the non-controlling interests of the Continuing Members' LLC Units on its consolidated financial statements. As of June 30, 2018 , Pluralsight, Inc. owned 47.7% of Pluralsight Holdings and the Continuing Members owned the remaining 52.3% of Pluralsight Holdings.
As the Reorganization Transactions are considered transactions between entities under common control, the financial statements for periods prior to the IPO and Reorganization Transactions have been adjusted to combine the previously separate entities for presentation purposes. Prior to the Reorganization Transactions, Pluralsight, Inc. had no operations.
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") and the applicable regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in the prospectus dated May 16, 2018 (File No. 333-224301), as filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Prospectus").

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These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Pluralsight, Inc. and its directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
As discussed in Note 1—Organization and Description of Business, Pluralsight, Inc. consolidates the financial results of Pluralsight Holdings as a Variable Interest Entity ("VIE"). The Company periodically evaluates entities for consolidation either through ownership of a majority voting interest, or through means other than a voting interest, in accordance with the VIE accounting model. A VIE is an entity in which the equity investors as a group, if any, lack the power through voting or similar rights to direct the activities of such entity that most significantly impact such entity's economic performance or the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity's activities without additional subordinated financial support.
Interim Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2018 , the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , the interim condensed consolidated statements of redeemable convertible preferred units, members' deficit, and stockholders' equity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , and the interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are unaudited. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with the annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to state fairly the Company's financial position, its operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results, and the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other period.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses for the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to the determination of fair value of equity awards, the fair value of warrants to purchase common units, useful lives of property and equipment, content library and intangible assets, provisions for doubtful accounts receivable and deferred revenue, accounting for business combinations, impairment of long-lived and intangible assets, including goodwill, and certain accrued expenses, including author fees. These estimates and assumptions are based on the Company’s historical results and management’s future expectations. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in "Note 1—Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to these policies that have had a material impact on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 , except as noted below.
Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs are capitalized and consist of legal, accounting, printing, and other costs that are directly attributable to the IPO. As of  December 31, 2017 , the balance of deferred offering costs was  $2.0 million  and included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2018 , the Company reclassified  $7.4 million  of offering costs into stockholders’ equity as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO.
Advertising Costs
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recorded advertising costs of $3.2 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $5.8 million and $6.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively.
Equity-Based Compensation
In connection with the IPO, the Company granted Class A common stock options to certain employees. Equity-based compensation expense for Class A common stock options granted to employees is recognized based on the fair value of the awards granted, determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Equity-based compensation expense is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
Equity-based compensation expense related to purchase rights issued under the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") is based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model fair value of the estimated number of awards as of the beginning of the offering period. Equity-based compensation expense is recognized following the straight-line attribution method over the offering period.

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The Black-Scholes option pricing model is affected by the share price and a number of assumptions, including the award’s expected life, risk-free interest rate, the expected volatility of the underlying stock, and expected dividends. The assumptions used in the Black Scholes pricing model are estimated as follows:
Fair Value of Common Stock: Prior to the IPO, the fair value of the common units underlying equity awards was determined considering numerous objective and subjective factors and required judgment to determine the fair value as of each grant date. Subsequent to the IPO, the Company determines the fair value of common stock as of each grant date using the market closing price of Pluralsight, Inc.'s Class A common stock on the date of grant.
Risk-free Interest Rate: The risk-free interest rate is derived from the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term of the options.
Expected Term: The expected term is estimated using the simplified method due to a lack of historical exercise activity for the Company. The simplified method calculates the expected term as the mid-point between the vesting date and the contractual expiration date of the award. For the ESPP, the Company uses the period from the beginning of the offering period to the end of each purchase period.
Volatility: The price volatility factor is based on the historical volatilities of comparable companies as the Company does not have sufficient trading history for its common stock. To determine comparable companies, the Company considers public enterprise cloud-based application providers and selects those that are similar in size, stage of life cycle, and financial leverage. The Company will continue to use this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding volatility becomes available, or until circumstances change such that the identified companies are no longer relevant, in which case, more suitable companies whose share prices are publicly available would be utilized in the calculation.
Dividend Yield: The Company has not and does not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
Non-Controlling Interests
The non-controlling interests balance represents the economic interests of LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings held by Continuing Members, based on the portion of LLC Units owned by Continuing Members. Income or loss is attributed to the non-controlling interests based on the weighted-average LLC Units outstanding during the period, excluding LLC Units that are subject to time-based vesting requirements. As of June 30, 2018 , the non-controlling interests owned 52.3% of the vested LLC Units outstanding. The non-controlling interests' ownership percentage can fluctuate over time as LLC Units vest and as Continuing Members elect to exchange LLC Units for Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to Pluralsight, Inc. for the period following the Reorganization Transactions by the weighted-average number of shares of Class A common shares outstanding during the same period after giving effect to weighted-average shares of Class A common stock that remain subject to time-based vesting requirements.
Diluted net loss per share is computed giving effect to all potential weighted-average dilutive shares for the period following the Reorganization Transactions including LLC Units held by Continuing Members that are convertible into Class A common stock, stock options, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), warrants to purchase Class A common stock, and shares issuable under the ESPP for the period after the Reorganization Transactions. The dilutive effect of outstanding awards, if any, is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method or if-converted method, as applicable.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), the Company meets the definition of an emerging growth company. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the Company is no longer an emerging growth company or until the Company affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended transition period. As a result, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments . This update clarifies how certain cash flows should be classified with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. This update is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December

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15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this ASU should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. Among other provisions, the ASU requires that cash payments for certain debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs be classified as cash outflows for financing activities. The Company early adopted the standard during the second quarter of 2018. As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded $2.2 million in payments of debt extinguishment costs within financing activities on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 . The retrospective adoption had no material effect on any prior periods.
In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash . This update clarifies that transfers between cash and restricted cash are not part of the entity’s operating, investing, and financing activities, and details of those transfers are not reported as cash flow activities in the statements of cash flows. For public business entities, this update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, this update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption for all entities is permitted. The amendments in this update should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Company early adopted this standard during the year ended December 31, 2017, and retroactively adjusted the consolidated statements of cash flows for all periods presented. The retrospective adoption had no material effect on any prior periods.
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting , which provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in the ASU. The ASU is effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company adopted the ASU prospectively. The adoption of the ASU had no material effect on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment , which eliminates the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment charge. For public business entities that are SEC filers, the ASU is effective for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. For public business entities that are not SEC filers, the ASU is effective for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. For all other entities, the ASU is effective for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The guidance will apply to the Company’s reporting requirements in performing goodwill impairment testing; however, the Company does not anticipate the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business , which clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The new guidance is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods. For all other entities, the ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The impact to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements will depend on the facts and circumstances of any specific future transactions.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) . Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date. For public business entities, the ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2018. For all other entities, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. As the Company has elected to use the extended transition period available to emerging growth companies, the Company does not anticipate adopting the standard until the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the potential changes from this ASU to its future financial reporting and disclosures. As part of its preliminary assessment, the Company expects to record right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for its operating leases as a result of adopting the standard. While the Company continues to assess all potential impacts under the new standard, including the areas described above, the Company does not know or cannot reasonably estimate quantitative information related to the impact of the adoption of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements at this time.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Other Assets and Deferred Costs—Contracts with Customers (Subtopic 340-40) , which will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance. The core principle behind ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for delivering those goods and services. To achieve this core principle, the ASU provides a model, which involves a five-step process that includes identifying the contract with the customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction prices to the performance obligations in the contract, and recognizing revenue

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when (or as) the entity satisfies the performance obligations. The standard also provides guidance on the recognition of costs related to obtaining customer contracts.
The ASU permits adoption either by using a full retrospective approach, in which all comparative periods are presented in accordance with the new standard, or a modified retrospective approach with the cumulative effect of initially applying the new standard recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures. For public business entities, the standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. For all other entities, the standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. As the Company has elected to use the extend transition period available to emerging growth companies, the Company anticipates adopting the standard for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The Company is currently evaluating adoption methods.
The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of the new standard on its accounting policies, processes, and system requirements. The Company has assigned internal resources to assist in the evaluation. Furthermore, the Company has made and will continue to make investments in systems to enable timely and accurate reporting under the new standard. While the Company continues to assess all potential impacts under the new standard, there is potential the standard could have an impact on the timing of recognition of revenue and contract acquisition costs. Under the current revenue recognition guidance, the Company limits the amount of revenue recognition for delivered elements to the amount that is not contingent on the delivery of future services. Under the new standard, the concept of contingent revenue no longer exists. Depending on the outcome of the Company’s evaluation, the timing of when revenue is recognized could change for multi-year subscription agreements.
As part of its preliminary evaluation, the Company has also considered the impact of the standard’s requirements with respect to the capitalization and amortization of incremental costs of obtaining a contract. Under the Company’s current accounting policy, incremental costs of obtaining a contract are expensed as incurred. The new standard requires the capitalization of all incremental costs that are incurred to obtain a contract with a customer that would not have been incurred if the contract had not been obtained, provided the Company expects to recover those costs. As a result of this standard, the Company expects to capitalize incremental contract costs. The period over which these costs are expected to be recognized is still being evaluated by the Company.
While the Company continues to assess all potential impacts under the new standard, including the areas described above, the Company does not know or cannot reasonably estimate quantitative information related to the impact of the adoption of the new standard on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements at this time.
Note 3. Fair Value Measurements
The Company measures and records certain financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is based on the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
The Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of money market funds. The following three levels of inputs are used to measure the fair value of financial instruments:
Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.
The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments were as follows (in thousands):

 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Cash and cash equivalents:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
 
$
206,996

 
$

 
$

 
$
206,996

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Cash and cash equivalents:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
 
$
25,146

 
$

 
$

 
$
25,146


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Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of the Company’s accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short maturities of these assets and liabilities.
Note 4. Balance Sheet Components
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Prepaid expenses
 
$
8,694

 
$
4,586

Other current assets
 
213

 
539

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$
8,907

 
$
5,125

Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Accrued compensation
 
$
12,976

 
$
18,568

Accrued income and other taxes payable
 
4,139

 
3,492

Accrued other current liabilities
 
7,093

 
4,454

Accrued expenses
 
$
24,208

 
$
26,514

Note 5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Computer equipment
 
$
8,789

 
$
7,482

Software
 
2,026

 
1,982

Capitalized internal-use software costs
 
11,016

 
8,631

Furniture and fixtures
 
5,452

 
5,234

Buildings
 
11,251

 
11,251

Leasehold improvements
 
1,941

 
1,324

Construction in progress
 
594

 
587

Total property and equipment
 
41,069

 
36,491

Less: Accumulated depreciation
 
(18,386
)
 
(14,034
)
Property and equipment, net
 
$
22,683

 
$
22,457

Depreciation expense totaled $2.2 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $4.4 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively.
In September 2017, the Company committed to a plan to expand operations in Utah and, as a result, consolidate certain offices of subsidiaries of the Company. In connection with the plan, the Company disposed of certain furniture, leasehold improvements, and computer equipment at the respective office cease-use dates. Accordingly, the useful lives of assets with a net book value of $1.8 million were shortened. The revised useful lives resulted in an increase in depreciation expense of $ 0.2 million and $ 0.5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 , respectively.

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Note 6. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, net are summarized as follows (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
Content library:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired content library
 
$
32,835

 
$
30,566

 
$
2,269

Course creation costs
 
12,145

 
6,321

 
5,824

Total
 
$
44,980

 
$
36,887

 
$
8,093

Intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technology
 
$
4,500

 
$
2,434

 
$
2,066

Trademarks
 
162

 
162

 

Noncompetition agreements
 
390

 
390

 

Customer relationships
 
2,750

 
2,750

 

Database
 
40

 
40

 

Domain names
 
45

 

 
45

Total
 
$
7,887

 
$
5,776

 
$
2,111

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Book
Value
Content library:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired content library
 
$
32,835

 
$
24,643

 
$
8,192

Course creation costs
 
10,640

 
5,391

 
5,249

Total
 
$
43,475

 
$
30,034

 
$
13,441

Intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technology
 
$
4,500

 
$
2,080

 
$
2,420

Trademarks
 
1,162

 
773

 
389

Noncompetition agreements
 
390

 
390

 

Customer relationships
 
2,750

 
2,750

 

Database
 
40

 
40

 

Domain names
 
45

 

 
45

Total
 
$
8,887

 
$
6,033

 
$
2,854

Intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. Amortization expense of acquired intangible assets was $3.3 million and $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , and 2017 , respectively, and $6.7 million and $4.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. Amortization expense of course creation costs was $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , and 2017 , respectively, and $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively.
In December 2017, the Company committed to a plan to retire the website of an acquired subsidiary in order to provide a more unified user experience on the Pluralsight platform. Accordingly, the estimated useful lives of certain content library and trademark assets were adjusted. The revised useful lives resulted in an increase in amortization expense of $ 1.5 million and $3.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 , respectively. The fully-amortized assets were disposed of in June 2018.



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Note 7. Credit Facilities
Silicon Valley Bank Credit Agreement
On November 17, 2014, the Company entered into the amended and restated credit agreement (“Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with a lending syndicate, which was led by Silicon Valley Bank. The agreement provided for a total term loan of $100.0 million and a revolving line of credit of up to $10.0 million , which was used to finance the acquisitions of Code School LLC and Smarterer, Inc.
Under the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company was required to maintain compliance with certain negative and affirmative covenants, including financial covenants and covenants relating to the incurrence of other indebtedness, the occurrence of a material adverse change, the maintenance of depository accounts, the disposition of assets, mergers, acquisitions, investments, the granting of liens, and the payment of dividends. On March 1, 2017, the Company entered into a waiver and amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with its lenders, which provided a waiver on certain events of default that occurred in fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2016, for failure to comply with the consolidated total leverage ratio covenant. The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was secured with a lien against substantially all of the assets of the Company.
The outstanding borrowings under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of $82.5 million were repaid in full in June 2017. The repayment of the borrowings resulted in a loss on extinguishment of $1.9 million .
Guggenheim Credit Agreement
In June 2017, the Company entered into a long-term debt facility with Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC pursuant to a credit agreement (“Guggenheim Credit Agreement”), consisting of a term loan facility of $115.0 million and a revolving credit facility of $5.0 million from Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC. Upon signing the Guggenheim Credit Agreement, the Company borrowed the $115.0 million term loan capacity available and used the majority of the proceeds to repay the full outstanding borrowings of $82.5 million under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.
In February 2018, the Company amended the Guggenheim Credit Agreement and increased its term loan facility and its borrowings thereunder by an additional $20.0 million . In connection with the amendment, the Company issued warrants to the lenders to purchase 424,242 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $8.25 per share. See Note 9—Stockholders' Equity for additional details. The warrants were measured at the estimated fair value of $1.0 million on the date of issuance and were recorded as debt issuance costs.
Under the terms of the Guggenheim Credit Agreement, the Company was required to maintain compliance with certain negative and affirmative covenants, including financial covenants and covenants relating to the incurrence of other indebtedness, the occurrence of a material adverse change, the disposition of assets, mergers, acquisitions and investments, the granting of liens, and the payment of dividends. In addition, on a quarterly basis, the Company was required to maintain a maximum ratio of indebtedness to total recurring revenue for the most recent trailing twelve-month period ranging from 0.55 to 1 to 0.65 to 1. The Company was also required to maintain $10.0 million in liquidity, including amounts available under revolving loan commitments as of the last day of any calendar month. The Guggenheim Credit Agreement was secured with a lien against substantially all of the assets of the Company.
Interest accrued under the credit agreement at an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 8.50% . Adjusted LIBOR was defined as greater LIBOR rate in effect for each interest period divided by 1 minus the Statutory Reserves (if any) for such Eurodollar borrowing for such interest period, and with respect to the term loan only, a minimum LIBOR floor of 1.00% . Under these borrowings, the Company elected to pay 2.50% of the interest due on each interest payment date in-kind rather than in cash.
A portion of the net proceeds from the IPO were used to repay the outstanding principal balance of $137.7 million and extinguish the Guggenheim Credit Agreement in May 2018. The Company incurred a loss on debt extinguishment of $4.1 million in connection with the repayment.
The Company’s debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
December 31, 2017
Principal borrowings outstanding
$
116,620

Less: Debt issuance costs, net of amortization
(583
)
Net carrying amount
$
116,037


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Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies
Letters of Credit
As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , the Company had a total of $0.7 million and $0.2 million , respectively, in letters of credit outstanding. These outstanding letters of credit were issued for purposes of securing the Company’s obligations under facility leases. The letters of credit are collateralized by a portion of the Company’s cash, which is reflected as restricted cash and classified within other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Lease Commitments
The Company is committed under certain operating leases with third parties for office space. These leases expire at various times through 2024 . The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease period. Payments made under the Company’s lease for its corporate headquarters in Farmington, Utah are not recorded as rent expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. These payments are effectively recorded as repayments of the financing obligation and interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as the Company did not qualify for sale-leaseback accounting upon completion of the facilities build out and is considered to be the owner of the buildings for accounting purposes.
At June 30, 2018 , future minimum lease payments, including lease payments for the Company’s facilities in Farmington, Utah, were as follows (in thousands):
Years Ending December 31,
 
2018 (remaining six months)
$
2,672

2019
4,885

2020
2,867

2021
1,912

2022
1,745

Thereafter
2,370

Total future minimum lease payments
$
16,451

Rent expense under operating leases was $1.1 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $2.2 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively.
Other Commitments
The Company has also entered into certain non-cancellable agreements primarily related to cloud infrastructure and software subscriptions in the ordinary course of business. There have been no material changes in the Company's commitments and contingencies, as disclosed in the Prospectus.
Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in legal proceedings from time to time arising in the normal course of business. Management believes that the outcome of these proceedings will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or liquidity.
Warranties and Indemnification
The performance of the Company’s cloud-based technology learning platform is typically warranted to perform in a manner consistent with general industry standards that are reasonably applicable. The Company’s contractual arrangements generally include certain provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if its products or services infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such obligations and has not accrued any material liabilities related to such obligations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The Company has also agreed to indemnify its directors and executive officers for costs associated with any fees, expenses, judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any of these persons in any action or proceeding to which any of those persons is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of the person’s service as a director or officer, including any action by the Company, arising out of that person’s services as the Company’s director or officer or that person’s services provided to any other company or enterprise at the Company’s request. The Company maintains director and officer insurance coverage that would generally enable the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. The Company may also be subject to indemnification obligations by law with respect to the actions of its employees under certain circumstances and in certain jurisdictions.

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Note 9. Stockholders' Equity
Amendment and Restatement of Certificate of Incorporation
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, the certificate of incorporation of Pluralsight, Inc. was amended and restated to, among other things, provide for the (i) authorization of 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share; (ii) authorization of 200,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share; (iii) authorization of 50,000,000 shares of Class C common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share; (iv) authorization of 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock that may be issued from time to time; and (v) establishment of a classified board of directors, divided into three classes, each of whose members will serve for staggered three -year terms.
Holders of Class A and Class B common stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of Class C common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and Class C common stock vote together as a single class on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. Holders of Class B and Class C common stock are not entitled to receive dividends and will not be entitled to receive any distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Shares of Class B and Class C common stock may only be issued to the extent necessary to maintain the one -to-one ratio between the number of LLC Units held by the Continuing Members and the number of Class B or Class C common shares held by the Continuing Members. Shares of Class B and Class C common stock are transferable only together with an equal number of LLC Units. Subject to certain limitations and exceptions, Continuing Members may exchange or redeem LLC Units and shares of Class B or Class C common stock, as applicable, for, at the option of Pluralsight, Inc., cash or shares of Class A common stock, on a one -for-one basis.
Pluralsight, Inc. must at all times maintain a ratio of one LLC Unit for each share of Class A common stock issued, and Pluralsight Holdings must at all times maintain a one -to-one ratio between the number of shares of Class B or Class C common stock owned by the Continuing Members and the number of LLC Units owned by the Continuing Members.
Recapitalization of Pluralsight Holdings
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions and the amendment and restatement of the LLC Agreement, all membership interests in Pluralsight Holdings were converted into a single-class of common LLC Units and certain holders of LLC Units elected to exchange LLC Units for Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. The following is a summary of the shares converted or exchanged in connection with the Reorganization Transactions:
48,407,645 common units of Pluralsight Holdings outstanding prior to the Reorganization Transactions were converted on a one -for-one basis into LLC Units.
48,447,880 redeemable convertible preferred units of Pluralsight Holdings outstanding prior to the Reorganization Transactions were converted on a one -for-one basis into LLC Units.
15,783,689 incentive units of Pluralsight Holdings outstanding prior to the Reorganization Transactions were converted into 12,667,778 LLC Units after giving effect to the threshold price and catch-up price per unit.
3,000,000 Class B incentive units of Pluralsight Holdings outstanding prior to the Reorganization Transactions were converted into 1,747,067 LLC Units after giving effect to the threshold price and catch-up price per unit.
In connection with the recapitalization, a total of 39,110,660 LLC Units were exchanged for shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. In addition, the Company issued 58,111,572 shares of Class B common stock and 14,048,138 shares of Class C common stock to the Continuing Members on a one -for-one basis to the corresponding LLC Units held by the Continuing Members.
The amended and restated LLC Agreement requires that Pluralsight Holdings at all times maintain (i) a one -to-one ratio between the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. and the number of LLC Units and (ii) a one -to-one ratio between the number of shares of Class B or Class C common stock owned by the Continuing Members and the number of LLC Units held by the Continuing Members.
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Units Conversion
As described in Note 1—Organization and Description of Business, in connection with the Reorganization Transactions, the LLC Agreement of Pluralsight Holdings was amended and restated to, among other things, effectuate the conversion of 48,447,880 redeemable convertible preferred units into LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings. Prior to the Reorganization Transactions, Series A redeemable convertible preferred units were redeemable at the option of the holder at an amount equal to the greater of the original issuance price or the aggregate fair value of the Series A redeemable convertible preferred units. Accordingly, prior to the Reorganization Transactions, the Series A redeemable convertible preferred units were accreted to the fair value on the date of conversion of the IPO price of $15.00 per share, or $412.5 million .

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As the redeemable convertible preferred units were converted into common LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings, and are no longer redeemable at the option of the holder, the Company reclassified the carrying value of the redeemable convertible preferred units of $582.0 million on the date of the Reorganization Transactions to stockholders' equity.
Initial Public Offering
As described in Note 1—Organization and Description of Business, in May 2018 , Pluralsight, Inc. completed an IPO of 23,805,000 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share. Pluralsight, Inc. received proceeds of $332.1 million , net of underwriting discounts and commissions, which Pluralsight, Inc. used to purchase newly-issued LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings at a price per unit equal to the IPO price per share.
Warrants to Purchase Shares of Class A Common Stock
In connection with the first amendment of the Guggenheim Credit Agreement, the Company issued warrants to the lenders to purchase 424,242 shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. at an exercise price of $8.25 per share. See Note 7—Credit Facilities for additional details. The warrants are fully vested and exercisable, in whole or in part, prior to their expiration. The warrants will expire at the earlier of (i) the acquisition of the Company by another entity or (ii) six months after the effectiveness of the IPO. The warrants were measured at the fair value on the date of issuance, which was determined to be $1.0 million using a Black-Scholes option pricing model and a probability-weighted expected return methodology. As the warrants are exercisable for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, the Company recorded the warrants within stockholders’ equity.
Note 10. Non-Controlling Interests
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, Pluralsight, Inc. became the sole managing member of Pluralsight Holdings and as a result consolidates the results of operations of Pluralsight Holdings. The non-controlling interests balance represents the LLC Units held by Continuing Members, based on the portion of LLC Units owned by Continuing Members. Following the Reorganization Transactions, the total adjustments to the non-controlling interests were $3.8 million and were primarily related to equity-based compensation and the settlement of equity-based awards. Income or loss is attributed to the non-controlling interests based on the weighted-average ownership percentages of LLC Units outstanding during the period, excluding LLC Units that are subject to time-based vesting requirements. As of  June 30, 2018 , the non-controlling interests of Pluralsight Holdings owned  52.3%  of the outstanding LLC Units, with the remaining  47.7%  owned by Pluralsight, Inc. The ownership of the LLC Units is summarized as follows:
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
 
Units
 
Ownership %
Pluralsight, Inc.'s ownership of LLC Units (1)
 
62,326,654

 
47.7
%
LLC Units owned by the Continuing Members (2)
 
68,275,082

 
52.3
%
 
 
130,601,736

 
100.0
%
(1) Excludes 589,006 LLC Units still subject to time-based vesting requirements.
(2) Excludes 3,884,628 LLC Units still subject to time-based vesting requirements.
Note 11. Equity-Based Compensation
Incentive Unit Plan
Certain employees and directors were granted incentive units in Pluralsight Holdings, pursuant to the Incentive Unit Plan ("2013 Plan"). In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, all outstanding incentive units were converted into LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings and certain holders of incentive units elected to exchange LLC Units for shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. Shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units issued as a result of the exchange or conversion of unvested incentive units remain subject to the same time-based vesting requirements that existed prior to the Reorganization Transactions. In connection with the IPO, the 2013 Plan was terminated.
The shares of unvested Class A common stock following the exchange of unvested incentive units are summarized as follows:
 
 
Unvested Shares
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested Class A common shares outstanding following the Reorganization Transactions
 
605,390

 
$
6.55

Vested
 
(16,384
)
 
4.96

Unvested Class A common shares outstanding—June 30, 2018
 
589,006

 
$
6.59


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The shares of unvested LLC Units following the conversion of unvested incentive units are summarized as follows:
 
 
Unvested Units
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested LLC Units outstanding following the Reorganization Transactions
 
3,942,674

 
$
7.73

Vested
 
(58,046
)
 
5.37

Unvested LLC Units outstanding—June 30, 2018
 
3,884,628

 
$
7.77

The Company evaluated the conversion and exchange of incentive units as part of the Reorganization Transactions and concluded the conversion and exchange was not a modification of the original incentive units. Accordingly, the Company will continue to recognize equity-based compensation using the grant date fair value as measured on the original grant date of the incentive units. As of June 30, 2018 , total unrecognized equity-based compensation related to all unvested Class A common shares and unvested LLC Units was $28.3 million , which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years. The total fair value of Class A common shares and LLC Units vested during the period from the date of the Reorganization Transactions to June 30, 2018 was $1.6 million . If a forfeiture of an unvested LLC Unit occurs, the associated shares of Class B common stock or Class C common stock, as applicable, are also forfeited.
Equity Incentive Plans
In June 2017, Pluralsight Holdings adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan ("2017 Plan") and issued RSUs to employees. In May 2018, Pluralsight, Inc. adopted the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan ("2018 Plan"). The 2018 Plan provides for the grant of nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance units, and performance shares to employees, directors, and consultants of the Company. A total of 22,149,995 shares of Class A common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under the 2018 Plan also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning in 2019, equal to the lesser of: (i) 14,900,000 shares, (ii) 5.0% of the outstanding shares of capital stock as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) a lower number of shares determined by the 2018 Plan's administrator.
In connection with the IPO, the 2017 Plan was terminated. At the time the 2017 Plan was terminated, a total of 4,508,835 RSUs granted under the 2017 Plan remained outstanding. With the establishment of the 2018 Plan, the Company no longer grants equity-based awards under the 2017 Plan and any shares that expire, terminate, are forfeited or repurchased by the Company, or are withheld by the Company to cover tax withholding obligations, under the 2017 Plan, will automatically be transferred to the 2018 Plan up to 4,508,835 shares.
Stock Options
In connection with the IPO, the Company granted to employees stock options under the 2018 Plan to purchase shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price equal to the IPO price of $15.00 per share. The stock options will vest ratably in equal  six -month periods over a period of two years from the IPO date.
The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 :
 
 
Stock Options Outstanding
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2017
 

 

 
 
 
 
Granted
 
5,236,155

 
$
15.00

 
 
 
 
Forfeited or cancelled
 
(3,979
)
 
15.00

 
 
 
 
Balance as of June 30, 2018
 
5,232,176

 
$
15.00

 
9.9
 
$
49.4

As of June 30, 2018 , no options were vested or exercisable. The total unrecognized equity-based compensation related to the stock options was $39.0 million , which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

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The grant date fair value of the stock options was determined using the Black Scholes model with the following assumptions:
Dividend yield
 
None
Volatility
 
55.0%
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.97%
Expected term (years)
 
5.63
RSUs
The Company has granted RSUs to employees under the 2018 Plan and previously under the 2017 Plan. RSUs represent the right to receive shares of Pluralsight Inc.’s Class A common stock at a specified future date. RSUs under the 2017 Plan are generally subject to both a service condition and a liquidity condition. RSUs under the 2018 Plan are generally subject to a service condition. The service condition is generally satisfied over four years , whereby 25% of the share units satisfy this condition on the first anniversary of the grant date and then ratably on a quarterly basis thereafter through the end of the vesting period. The liquidity condition is satisfied upon the occurrence of a qualifying event, which is defined as a change of control transaction or upon expiration of a lock-up period following the IPO. Prior to the IPO, the Company had not recorded any equity-based compensation expense associated with the RSUs as the liquidity condition was not deemed probable. Following the completion of the IPO, the Company recorded a cumulative adjustment to equity-based compensation expense totaling $7.8 million . The remaining unrecognized equity-based compensation expense related to RSUs will be recognized over the remaining requisite service period, using the straight-line attribution method.
Under the 2017 Plan, all RSUs granted were initially RSUs of Pluralsight Holdings. In connection with the IPO, all RSUs were converted into RSUs of Pluralsight, Inc., except for Class B RSUs, which remain RSUs of Pluralsight Holdings, and represent the right to receive LLC Units and corresponding shares of Class C common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. upon vesting.
The activity for RSUs for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:
 
 
Number of RSUs
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value
RSUs of Pluralsight, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
 
2,178,450

 
$
7.06

Granted
 
3,059,010

 
10.22

Forfeited or cancelled
 
(167,675
)
 
7.28

Balance at June 30, 2018
 
5,069,785

 
$
8.96

RSUs of Pluralsight Holdings
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2018
 
3,000,000

 
$
8.24

As of June 30, 2018 , unrecognized compensation cost related to the RSUs, including RSUs of Pluralsight Holdings, was $59.6 million , which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.2 years.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In May 2018, Pluralsight Inc.'s board of directors adopted the ESPP. A total of 2,970,000 shares of Class A common stock were initially reserved for issuance under the ESPP. The number of shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the ESPP will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning in 2019 equal to the lesser of: (i)  2,970,000  shares of Class A common stock, (ii)  1.5% of the outstanding shares of all classes of common stock of the Company on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) an amount determined by the plan administrator.
The ESPP generally provides for consecutive overlapping 24 -month offering periods comprised of four six -month purchase periods. The offering periods are scheduled to start on the first trading day on or after May 31 and November 30 of each year. The first offering period commenced on the IPO date and is scheduled to end on the first trading day on or after May 31, 2020.
The ESPP permits participants to elect to purchase shares of Class A common stock through fixed contributions from eligible compensation paid during each purchase period during an offering period, provided that this fixed contribution amount will not exceed 75.0% of the eligible compensation a participant receives during a purchase period or $12,500 (increased to $25,000 for purposes of the first purchase period under the ESPP). A participant may purchase a maximum of 5,000 shares during each purchase period. Amounts deducted and accumulated by the participant will be used to purchase shares of Class A common stock at the end of each purchase period. The purchase price of the shares will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of Class A common stock on the first trading day of each offering period or on the purchase date, except for the first offering period, during which the purchase price of the shares will be 85% of the lower of (i) the IPO price or (ii) the fair market value of common stock on the

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purchase date. If the fair market value of the common stock on any purchase date within an offering period is lower than the stock price as of the beginning of the offering period, the offering period will immediately reset after the purchase of shares on such purchase date and participants will automatically be re-enrolled in a new offering period. Participants may end their participation at any time during an offering period and will be paid their accrued contributions that have not yet been used to purchase shares of common stock. Participation ends automatically upon termination of employment.
The initial offering period began on the IPO date. As of  June 30, 2018 , a total of 2,876,788 shares were issuable to employees based on contribution elections made under the ESPP and no shares had yet been purchased. As of   June 30, 2018 , total unrecognized equity-based compensation was $15.6 million , which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.
The fair value of the purchase right for the ESPP is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions:
Dividend yield
 
None
Volatility
 
55.0%
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.05%—2.50%
Expected term (years)
 
0.5—2.0
Equity Appreciation Rights
In connection with the IPO, the Company elected to settle all vested equity appreciation rights ("EARs") for a cash payment of $0.3 million . The EARs vest upon satisfaction of both time and a liquidity condition, which was satisfied upon completion of the IPO. The remaining unvested EARs were cancelled on the date of the IPO. Prior to the IPO, the vesting of EARs was not probable and no equity-based compensation related to the EARs had been recognized. The Company recognized $0.1 million in compensation cost on the date of the IPO measured using the grant date fair value of the award using a Black-Scholes model.
Equity-Based Compensation Expense
Equity-based compensation expense was classified as follows in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Cost of revenue
 
$
46

 
$
5

 
$
46

 
$
10

Sales and marketing
 
4,432

 
715

 
4,971

 
1,379

Technology and content
 
2,668

 
526

 
3,049

 
990

General and administrative
 
10,409

 
3,133

 
12,862

 
3,712

Total equity-based compensation
 
$
17,555

 
$
4,379

 
$
20,928

 
$
6,091

Note 12. Income Taxes
As a result of the Reorganization Transactions, Pluralsight, Inc. became the sole managing member of Pluralsight Holdings, which is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, Pluralsight Holdings is not subject to U.S. federal and certain state and local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss generated by Pluralsight Holdings is passed through to and included in the taxable income or loss of its members, including Pluralsight, Inc. following the Reorganization Transactions, on a pro rata basis. Pluralsight, Inc. is subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local income taxes with respect to its allocable share of any taxable income of Pluralsight Holdings following the Reorganization Transactions. The Company is also subject to taxes in foreign jurisdictions.
The tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the Company's annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that arise during the period. Each quarter, the Company updates its estimate of its annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated annual effective tax rate changes, the Company makes a cumulative adjustment in such period. The quarterly tax provision, and estimate of the Company's annual effective tax rate, are subject to variation due to several factors, including variability in pre-tax income (or loss), the mix of jurisdictions to which such income relates, changes in how the Company conducts business, and tax law developments.
For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 the Company's estimated effective tax rate was (0.5)% and (0.3)% , respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , the Company's estimated effective tax rate was (0.5)% and (0.4)% , respectively. The variations between the Company's estimated effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate are primarily due to the portion of the Company's earnings (or loss) attributable to non-controlling interests following the Reorganization Transactions and the full domestic valuation allowance.

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The Company is subject to income tax in the U.S. as well as other tax jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes and withholding taxes in foreign jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business. The Company's U.S. operations have resulted in losses, and as such, the Company maintains a full valuation allowance against its U.S. deferred tax assets, including the deferred tax assets acquired in connection with the Reorganization Transactions as described below. While the Company believes its current valuation allowance is appropriate, the Company assesses the need for an adjustment to the valuation allowance on a quarterly basis. The assessment is based on estimates of future sources of taxable income for the jurisdictions in which the Company operates and the periods over which deferred tax assets will be realizable. In the event the Company determines that it will be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax assets in the future, all or part of the valuation allowance will be reversed in the period in which the Company makes such determination. The release of all or part of the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets may cause greater volatility in the effective tax rate in the periods in which it is reversed.
Tax Receivable Agreement and Reorganization Transactions
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, certain members of Pluralsight Holdings ("Former Members") exchanged LLC Units for shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. As a result of this exchange, the Company acquired certain tax attributes held by the Former Members. Additionally, the Company could obtain future increases in its tax basis of the assets of Pluralsight Holdings when LLC Units are redeemed or exchanged by the Continuing Members. This increase in tax basis may have the effect of reducing the amounts paid in the future to various tax authorities. The increase in tax basis may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain capital assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those capital assets.
On the date of the IPO, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement ("TRA") with Continuing Members that provides for a payment to the Continuing Members of 85% of the amount of tax benefits, if any, that Pluralsight, Inc. realizes, or is deemed to realize as a result of redemptions or exchanges of LLC Units.
The Company maintains a full valuation allowance against deferred tax assets related to the tax attributes generated as a result of redemptions of LLC Units or exchanges described above until it is determined that the benefits are more-likely-than-not to be realized. As of June 30, 2018 , no members of the TRA had exchanged LLC Units for Class A common shares and therefore the Company had not recorded any liabilities under the TRA.
Tax Reform Legislation
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("Tax Act") was enacted in the United States resulting in a reduction of the corporate income tax rate to 21%. In addition, the Tax Act limits the deductibility of interest expense, implements a modified territorial tax system, and imposes a one-time repatriation tax on deemed repatriated untaxed earnings and profits of U.S.-owned foreign subsidiaries ("Toll Charge").
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company recorded a provisional Toll Charge and remeasured its deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the lower corporate income tax rate. The amounts were computed based on information available to the Company; however, there is still uncertainty as to the application of the Tax Act. As of June, 30, 2018, the Company had not yet completed its analysis of the effects of the Tax Act, including the Toll Charge computation. The analysis is expected to be completed within one year of the enactment date of the Tax Act. Because the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance in the United States, changes to the reported impact of the Tax Act based on additional guidance or further analysis are not expected to materially affect the effective tax rate in future periods. No adjustments to the provisional amounts recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017 had been made as of June 30, 2018.
As a result of the Toll Charge, all previously unremitted earnings have now been subject to federal tax in the United States; however, the Company plans to, and has the ability to, indefinitely reinvest such earnings in their respective foreign jurisdictions; therefore, no additional tax liability such as state or withholding tax has been provided for on such earnings.
The Company continues to analyze the effects of new taxes due on certain foreign income, such as GILTI (global intangible low-taxed income), BEAT (base-erosion anti-abuse tax), FDII (foreign-derived intangible income) and limitations on interest expense deductions (if certain conditions apply) that became effective starting January 1, 2018, and other provisions of the Tax Act. The Company has delayed finalizing its GILTI policy election under SAB 118 until it has the necessary information available to analyze and make an informed policy decision. Because the Company is still evaluating the GILTI provisions and the future taxable income that is subject to GILTI, the Company has included GILTI related to current-year operations only in its estimated annual effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and has not provided additional GILTI on deferred items.

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Note 13. Net Loss Per Share
The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share for the periods following the Reorganization Transactions (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
 
May 16, 2018 through June 30, 2018
 
 
Numerator:
 
 
Net Loss
 
$
(24,294
)
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(12,706
)
Net loss attributable to Pluralsight, Inc.
 
$
(11,588
)
Denominator:
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
 
62,847

Less: Weighted-average common shares subject to time-based vesting
 
(595
)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
 
62,252

Net loss per share, basic and diluted
 
$
(0.19
)
During the period from May 16, 2018 through June 30, 2018, the Company incurred net losses and, therefore, the effect of the Company’s potentially dilutive securities were not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive. The following table contains share/unit totals with a potentially dilutive impact (in thousands):
 
 
As of June 30, 2018
LLC Units held by Continuing Members
 
72,160

Stock options
 
5,232

RSUs of Pluralsight, Inc.
 
5,070

RSUs of Pluralsight Holdings
 
3,000

Shares issuable under ESPP
 
2,877

Unvested Class A common shares
 
589

Warrants to purchase Class A common shares
 
424

Total
 
89,352

Note 14. Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates in a single operating segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision makers, who in the Company’s case are the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The chief operating decision makers evaluate the Company’s financial information and resources and assess the performance of these resources on a consolidated basis. Since the Company operates in one operating segment, all required financial segment information can be found in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenue by geographic region, based on the physical location of the customer, was as follows (dollars in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
United States
$
33,955

 
$
25,109

 
$
65,533

 
$
48,720

United Kingdom
5,756

 
4,254

 
11,088

 
8,453

Other foreign locations
13,861

 
9,528

 
26,595

 
18,957

Total revenue
$
53,572

 
$
38,891

 
$
103,216

 
$
76,130

Percentage of revenue generated outside of the United States
37
%
 
35
%
 
37
%
 
36
%
With the exception of the United Kingdom, no other foreign country accounted for 10% or more of revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , and the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 .

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Note 15. Subsequent Events
In July 2018, the Company entered into a new non-cancellable operating lease agreement to rent office space in Dublin, Ireland for a period of one year. Total minimum lease payments under the lease agreement are approximately $1.3 million .

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and financial statements included in the Prospectus. As discussed in the section titled "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Prospectus.
Overview
We are a leading provider of technology skill development solutions for businesses and individuals. We enable businesses to innovate in an era of rapid technological change and digital transformation by equipping their employees with the latest technology skills. We provide businesses with visibility into the technical strengths of their workforce, allowing them to better align resources, provide targeted skill development in line with company goals, and advance the skills of individuals and teams.
We started operations in 2004 and focused initially on in-person instructor-led training. Anticipating the increasing demand for online solutions, we began offering online courses in 2008 and shifted entirely to an online delivery model in 2011. Since 2011, we have extended our offering to include new content areas and additional features that have enabled us to expand our addressable market, attract new users, and deepen our foothold within businesses. We have expanded our platform both organically through internal initiatives and through acquisitions, which have all been focused on adding capabilities to our offerings. All of our features and content areas are fully integrated into our platform, allowing a seamless and unified experience for our customers.
Our additions and improvements to our product offering have allowed us to accelerate our revenue growth and enabled us to strengthen our relationships with our business customers. We derive substantially all of our revenue from the sale of subscriptions to our platform. We sell subscriptions to our platform primarily to business customers through our direct sales team, as well as through our website. We also sell subscriptions to our platform to individual customers directly through our website. In addition, small teams often represent the “top of the funnel” for larger deployments, bringing our technology into their workplaces and proliferating usage of our platform within their companies.
We are focused on attracting businesses, particularly large enterprises, to our platform and expanding their use of our platform over time. We believe that there exists a significant opportunity to drive sales to large enterprises, including expanding relationships with existing customers and attracting new customers. Our ability to attract large enterprises to our platform and to expand their use of our platform will be important for the success of our business and our results of operations.
In May 2018, we completed our initial public offering, or IPO, in which we issued and sold 23,805,000 shares of Class A common stock. The price per share to the public was $15.00 . We received net proceeds of $332.1 million , after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions.
Key Business Metrics
We monitor billings and certain related key business metrics to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Billings
 
$
65,297

 
$
46,029

 
$
120,716

 
$
84,912

Billings from business customers
 
$
54,623

 
$
35,845

 
$
99,875

 
$
65,172

% of billings from business customers
 
84
%
 
78
%
 
83
%
 
77
%
Billings
We use billings to measure and monitor our ability to provide our business with the working capital generated by upfront payments from our customers and our ability to sell subscriptions to our platform to both existing and new customers. Billings represent our total revenue plus the change in deferred revenue in the period, as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Billings in any particular period represent amounts invoiced to our customers and reflect subscription renewals and upsells to existing customers plus sales to new customers. Our pricing and subscription periods vary for business customers and individual customers. Subscription periods for our business customers generally range from one to three years, with a majority being one year. We typically invoice our business customers in advance in annual installments. Subscription periods for our individual customers range from one month to one year and we typically invoice them in advance in monthly or annual installments.

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We use billings from business customers and our percentage of billings from business customers to measure and monitor our ability to sell subscriptions to our platform to business customers. We believe that billings from business customers will be a significant source of future revenue growth and a key factor affecting our long-term performance. We expect our billings from business customers to continue to increase as a percentage of billings over the long term.
As our billings continue to grow in absolute terms, we expect our billings growth rate to decline over the long term as we achieve scale in our business. As we recognize revenue from subscription fees ratably over the term of the contract, due to the difference in timing of billings received and when we recognize revenue, changes to our billings and billings growth rates are not immediately reflected in our revenue and revenue growth rates.
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
We derive substantially all of our revenue from the sale of subscriptions to our platform. A small portion of our revenue is derived from providing professional services, which generally consist of content creation or other consulting services. Amounts that have been invoiced are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are recognized ratably as revenue over the subscription period. Subscription terms generally range from one year to three years for business customers and one month to one year for individual customers, and begin on the date access to our platform is made available to the customer. Nearly all of our subscriptions to business customers are billed in annual installments even if customers are contractually committed to multi-year agreements.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Cost of revenue includes certain direct costs associated with delivering our platform and includes costs for author fees, amortization of our content library, hosting and delivery fees, merchant processing fees, depreciation of capitalized software development costs for internal-use software, employee-related costs, including equity-based compensation expense associated with our customer support organization, and third-party transcription costs.
Gross profit, or revenue less cost of revenue, and gross margin, or gross profit as a percentage of revenue, has been and will continue to be affected by various factors, including the mix of subscriptions we sell, the costs of author fees and costs associated with third-party hosting services, and the extent to which we expand our customer support and professional services organizations. We expect our gross margin to increase over the long term primarily due to a decrease in author fees as a percentage of revenue, although our gross margin may fluctuate from period to period depending on the interplay of the factors described above.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses are classified as sales and marketing, technology and content, and general and administrative. For each of these categories, the largest component is employee-related costs, which include salaries and bonuses, equity-based compensation expense, and employee benefit costs. We allocate shared overhead costs such as information technology infrastructure and facility-related costs based on headcount in that category.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee compensation costs of our sales and marketing employees, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, commissions, equity-based compensation expense, and allocated overhead costs. Commissions earned by our sales force are expensed as incurred. Other sales and marketing costs include user events, search engine and email marketing, content syndication, lead generation, and online banner and video advertising. We expect that our sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future and, in the near term, may increase as a percentage of our revenue as we hire additional sales and marketing personnel, increase our marketing activities, and grow our domestic and international operations. Additionally, our sales and marketing expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period depending on the timing of expenditures. However, we expect sales and marketing expenses to decrease as a percentage of revenue over the long term.
Technology and Content
Technology costs consist principally of research and development activities including personnel costs, consulting services, other costs associated with platform development efforts, and allocated overhead costs. Content costs consist principally of personnel costs and other activities associated with content development, course production, curriculum direction, and allocated overhead costs. Technology and content costs are expensed as incurred, except for certain costs relating to the development of internal-use software, including software used to upgrade and enhance our platform and applications supporting our business, which are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful lives of one to three years. We expect that our technology and content expenses will increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future and, in the near term, may increase as a percentage of our revenue as we continue to increase the functionality of and enhance our platform and develop new content and features. Additionally, our technology and content expense may fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period depending on the timing of expenditures. However, we expect technology and content expenses to decrease as a percentage of revenue over the long term.

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General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs and related expenses for executive, finance, legal, people operations, and administrative personnel, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and equity-based compensation expense; professional fees for external legal, accounting, recruiting, and other consulting services; and allocated overhead costs. We are incurring additional general and administrative expenses as a result of operating as a public company and our UP-C structure, including additional expenses related to compliance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities, and professional services. In addition, we expect to increase the size of our general and administrative function to support our increased compliance requirements and the growth of our business. As a result, we expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future and, in the near term, may increase as a percentage of our revenue. Additionally, our general and administrative expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our revenue from period to period depending on the timing of expenditures. However, we expect general and administrative expenses to decrease as a percentage of revenue over the long term.
Other (Expense) Income
Other (expense) income consists primarily of interest expense on long-term debt, gains or losses on foreign currency transactions, and interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents. We repaid our long-term debt following the completion of the IPO, and as a result, we expect interest expense to decrease.
Results of Operations
The following tables set forth selected unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations data and such data as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods indicated:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Revenue
 
$
53,572

 
$
38,891

 
$
103,216

 
$
76,130

Cost of revenue (1)(2)
 
15,890

 
11,887

 
30,776

 
23,096

Gross profit
 
37,682

 
27,004

 
72,440

 
53,034

Operating expenses (1)(2) :
 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing
 
38,933

 
23,018

 
68,400

 
40,844

Technology and content
 
16,493

 
11,326

 
29,818

 
21,531

General and administrative
 
19,448

 
9,412

 
30,740

 
15,679

Total operating expenses
 
74,874

 
43,756

 
128,958

 
78,054

Loss from operations
 
(37,192
)
 
(16,752
)
 
(56,518
)
 
(25,020
)
Other (expense) income:
 

 

 

 

Interest expense
 
(2,424
)
 
(3,597
)
 
(6,134
)
 
(5,124
)
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
Other income, net
 
48

 
21

 
35

 
69

Loss before income taxes
 
(43,653
)
 
(22,210
)
 
(66,702
)
 
(31,957
)
Provision for income taxes
 
(143
)
 
(68
)
 
(252
)
 
(126
)
Net loss
 
$
(43,796
)
 
$
(22,278
)
 
$
(66,954
)
 
$
(32,083
)

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(1)
Includes equity-based compensation expense as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Cost of revenue
 
$
46

 
$
5

 
$
46

 
$
10

Sales and marketing
 
4,432

 
715

 
4,971

 
1,379

Technology and content
 
2,668

 
526

 
3,049

 
990

General and administrative
 
10,409

 
3,133

 
12,862

 
3,712

Total equity-based compensation
 
$
17,555

 
$
4,379

 
$
20,928

 
$
6,091

(2)
Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Cost of revenue
 
$
2,961

 
$
1,642

 
$
5,923

 
$
3,284

Sales and marketing
 
194

 
161

 
389

 
322

Technology and content
 
177

 
176

 
353

 
352

General and administrative
 

 
27

 

 
54

Total amortization of acquired intangible assets
 
$
3,332

 
$
2,006

 
$
6,665

 
$
4,012

 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue
 
100
 %
 
100
 %
 
100
 %
 
100
 %
Cost of revenue
 
30

 
31

 
30

 
30

Gross profit
 
70

 
69

 
70

 
70

Operating expenses:
 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing
 
73

 
59

 
66

 
54

Technology and content
 
31

 
29

 
29

 
28

General and administrative
 
36

 
24

 
30

 
21

Total operating expenses
 
140

 
112

 
125

 
103

Loss from operations
 
(70
)
 
(43
)
 
(55
)
 
(33
)
Other (expense) income:
 

 

 

 

Interest expense
 
(5
)
 
(9
)
 
(6
)
 
(7
)
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
(8
)
 
(5
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
Other income, net
 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes
 
(83
)
 
(57
)
 
(65
)
 
(42
)
Provision for income taxes
 

 

 

 

Net loss
 
(83
)%
 
(57
)%
 
(65
)%
 
(42
)%
Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
Revenue
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Revenue
 
$
53,572

 
$
38,891

 
$
14,681

 
38
%

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Revenue was $ 53.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 38.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 14.7 million, or 38 %. The increase in revenue was primarily due to a $ 14.2 million, or 49% , increase in revenue from business customers, driven by an increase of 2,293 business customers from 13,214 business customers as of June 30, 2017 to 15,507 business customers as of June 30, 2018 , as well as increased sales to our existing business customers. In addition, there was an increase of $ 0.5 million in revenue from individual customers.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Cost of revenue
 
$
15,890

 
$
11,887

 
$
4,003

 
34
%
Gross profit
 
37,682

 
27,004

 
10,678

 
40
%
Cost of revenue was $ 15.9  million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 11.9  million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 4.0  million, or 34 %. The increase in cost of revenue was primarily due to an increase of $ 1.8  million in author fees, an increase of $ 1.5 million in amortization of acquired intangible assets and course creation costs, and an increase of $ 0.3  million in depreciation of capitalized software development costs.
Gross profit was $ 37.7  million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 27.0  million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 10.7  million, or 40 %. The increase in gross profit was the result of the increase in our revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2018 . Gross margin increased from 69% for the three months ended June 30, 2017 to 70% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 .
Operating Expenses
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Sales and marketing
 
$
38,933

 
$
23,018

 
$
15,915

 
69
%
Technology and content
 
16,493

 
11,326

 
5,167

 
46
%
General and administrative
 
19,448

 
9,412

 
10,036

 
107
%
Total operating expenses
 
$
74,874

 
$
43,756

 

 

Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses were $ 38.9  million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 23.0  million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 15.9  million, or 69 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 13.3  million in employee compensation costs, including an additional $ 3.7 million in equity-based compensation expense, as we added headcount to support our growth. Of the total increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $1.6 million was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $ 0.9 million related to allocated overhead costs primarily driven by our headcount growth, and an increase of $ 0.6 million due to additional travel expenses related to additional headcount.
Technology and Content
Technology and content expenses were $ 16.5  million for three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 11.3  million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 5.2  million, or 46 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 4.6  million in employee compensation costs, including an additional $ 2.1 million in equity-based compensation, as we added headcount to support our growth. Of the total increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $0.9 million was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $ 0.5 million related to allocated overhead costs primarily driven by our headcount growth.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses were $ 19.4  million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 9.4  million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 10.0  million, or 107 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 8.8 million in employee compensation costs, including an additional $ 7.3  million in equity-based compensation expense, as we added headcount to support our growth. Of the total increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $5.3 million

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was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $ 1.0  million related to allocated overhead costs primarily driven by our headcount growth.
Other (Expense) Income
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Interest expense
 
$
(2,424
)
 
$
(3,597
)
 
$
1,173

 
(33
)%
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
 
(2,203
)
 
117
 %
Other income, net
 
48

 
21

 
27

 
129
 %
Interest expense decreased primarily as a result of our repayment of long-term debt in May 2018. In connection with the repayment, we incurred a loss on debt extinguishment of $4.1 million .
Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
Revenue
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Revenue
 
$
103,216

 
$
76,130

 
$
27,086

 
36
%
Revenue was $ 103.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 76.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 27.1 million, or 36 %. The increase in revenue was primarily due to a $ 26.1 million, or 47% , increase in revenue from business customers, driven by an increase of 2,293 business customers from 13,214 business customers as of June 30, 2017 to 15,507 business customers as of June 30, 2018 , as well as increased sales to our existing business customers. In addition, there was an increase of $ 1.0  million in revenue from individual customers.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Cost of revenue
 
$
30,776

 
$
23,096

 
$
7,680

 
33
%
Gross profit
 
72,440

 
53,034

 
19,406

 
37
%
Cost of revenue was $ 30.8  million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 23.1  million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 7.7  million, or 33 %. The increase in cost of revenue was primarily due to an increase of $ 3.2  million in author fees, an increase of $ 2.9 in amortization of acquired intangible assets and course creation costs, an increase of $ 0.5  million in depreciation of capitalized software development costs primarily due to an increase in amounts capitalized for internal-use software related to features added to our platform, and an increase of $ 0.3 million in hosting and delivery fees to accommodate our growing customer base.
Gross profit was $ 72.4  million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 53.0  million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 19.4  million, or 37 %. The increase in gross profit was the result of the increase in our revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2018 . Gross margin remained consistent at 70% for each of the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2018 .

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Operating Expenses
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Sales and marketing
 
$
68,400

 
$
40,844

 
$
27,556

 
67
%
Technology and content
 
29,818

 
21,531

 
8,287

 
38
%
General and administrative
 
30,740

 
15,679

 
15,061

 
96
%
Total operating expenses
 
$
128,958

 
$
78,054

 

 

Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses were $ 68.4  million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 40.8  million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 27.6  million, or 67 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 22.2  million in employee compensation costs, including an increase in equity-based compensation expense of $ 3.6  million, as we added headcount to support our growth. Of the increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $1.6 million was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $ 1.8 million related to allocated overhead costs driven by our headcount growth, an increase of $ 1.1 million due to additional travel expenses related to additional headcount, and an increase of $ 1.0 million in marketing and event costs, including for Pluralsight LIVE, our annual user conference.
Technology and Content
Technology and content expenses were $ 29.8  million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $ 21.5  million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 8.3  million, or 38 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 7.2  million in employee compensation costs, including an increase in equity-based compensation expense of $ 2.1  million, as we added headcount to support our growth. Of the total increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $0.9 million was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $ 0.9 million related to allocated overhead costs primarily driven by our headcount growth.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses were $30.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $15.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 , an increase of $ 15.1  million, or 96 %. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $ 12.2 million in employee compensation costs, including an additional $ 9.1 million in equity-based compensation expense, primarily due to additional headcount to support our growth. Of the total increase in equity-based compensation expense, approximately $5.3 million was related to a cumulative catch-up adjustment recorded upon completion of the IPO. In addition, there was an increase of $2.0 million related to allocated overhead costs primarily driven by our headcount growth, an increase of $ 0.3  million for professional services, and an increase of $ 0.3 million due to additional travel expenses related to increased headcount.
Other (Expense) Income
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Change
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
Amount
 
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Interest expense
 
$
(6,134
)
 
$
(5,124
)
 
$
(1,010
)
 
20
 %
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
(4,085
)
 
(1,882
)
 
(2,203
)
 
117
 %
Other income, net
 
35

 
69

 
(34
)
 
(49
)%
Interest expense increased primarily as a result of increased borrowings of long-term debt and higher interest rates. The interest rate on the long-term debt outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2017 was Adjusted LIBOR plus an applicable margin of up to 4.50%, whereas the interest rate on the long-term outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2018 , until the date of repayment in May 2018, was Adjusted LIBOR plus 8.50% . We also incurred a loss on debt extinguishment resulting from the repayment of our long-term debt in May 2018. This loss is primarily the result of a prepayment premium and unamortized debt issuance costs on the date of extinguishment.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Non-GAAP gross profit
 
$
40,689

 
$
28,651

 
$
78,409

 
$
56,328

Non-GAAP gross margin
 
76
%
 
74
%
 
76
%
 
74
%
Non-GAAP operating loss
 
$
(16,305
)
 
$
(10,367
)
 
$
(28,925
)
 
$
(14,917
)
Free cash flow
 
$
(9,234
)
 
$
(10,967
)
 
$
(22,295
)
 
$
(8,204
)
Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin
Non-GAAP gross profit is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as gross profit plus equity-based compensation and amortization related to acquired intangible assets. We define non-GAAP gross margin as our non-GAAP gross profit divided by our revenue. We believe non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin are useful to investors as they eliminate the impact of certain non-cash expenses and allow a direct comparison of these measures between periods without the impact of non-cash expenses. We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry, as these metrics generally eliminate the effects of certain non-cash items that may vary from company to company for reasons unrelated to overall profitability.
See the section below titled “—Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding the limitations of using our non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin as a financial measure and for a reconciliation of our non-GAAP gross profit to gross profit, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP Operating Loss
Non-GAAP operating loss is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as loss from operations plus equity-based compensation and amortization related to acquired intangible assets. We believe non-GAAP operating loss provides investors with useful information on period-to-period performance as evaluated by management and comparison with our past financial performance. We believe non-GAAP operating loss is useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry, as this metric generally eliminates the effects of certain items that may vary from company to company for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
See the section below titled “—Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding the limitations of using our non-GAAP operating loss as a financial measure and for a reconciliation of our non-GAAP operating loss to loss from operations, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Free Cash Flow
We define free cash flow as net cash used in operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and purchases of our content library and other intangible assets. We consider free cash flow to be an important measure because it measures the amount of cash we spend or generate and reflects changes in our working capital. For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , and for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , our free cash flow included cash paid for interest on our long-term debt of $ 1.8 million, $ 1.4 million, $ 4.3 million, and $ 2.6 million, respectively. We repaid all amounts outstanding under our credit facilities in May 2018, and therefore have eliminated cash paid for interest on our long-term debt. For each of the periods presented, our free cash flow was negative as a result of our continued investments to support the growth of our business. We expect our free cash flow to improve as we experience greater scale in our business and improve operational efficiency. We expect to generate positive free cash flow over the long term.
See the section below titled “—Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding the limitations of using free cash flow as a financial measure and for a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash used in operations, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, and free cash flow in conjunction with traditional GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Thus, our non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, and free cash flow should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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We compensate for these limitations by providing a reconciliation of non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating loss, and free cash flow to the related GAAP financial measures, gross profit, loss from operations, and net cash used in operating activities, respectively. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, and free cash flow in conjunction with their respective related GAAP financial measures.
The following table provides a reconciliation of gross profit to non-GAAP gross profit:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Gross profit
 
$
37,682

 
$
27,004

 
$
72,440

 
$
53,034

Equity-based compensation
 
46

 
5

 
46

 
10

Amortization of acquired intangible assets
 
2,961

 
1,642

 
5,923

 
3,284

Non-GAAP gross profit
 
$
40,689

 
$
28,651

 
$
78,409

 
$
56,328

Gross margin
 
70
%
 
69
%
 
70
%
 
70
%
Non-GAAP gross margin
 
76
%
 
74
%
 
76
%
 
74
%
The following table provides a reconciliation of loss from operations to non-GAAP operating loss:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Loss from operations
 
$
(37,192
)
 
$
(16,752
)
 
$
(56,518
)
 
$
(25,020
)
Equity-based compensation
 
17,555

 
4,379

 
20,928

 
6,091

Amortization of acquired intangible assets
 
3,332

 
2,006

 
6,665

 
4,012

Non-GAAP operating loss
 
$
(16,305
)
 
$
(10,367
)
 
$
(28,925
)
 
$
(14,917
)
The following table provides a reconciliation of net cash used in operating activities to free cash flow:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities
 
$
(5,793
)
 
$
(8,904
)
 
$
(16,217
)
 
$
(3,950
)
Less: Purchases of property and equipment
 
(2,706
)
 
(1,457
)
 
(4,574
)
 
(3,025
)
Less: Purchases of content library
 
(735
)
 
(606
)
 
(1,504
)
 
(1,229
)
Free cash flow
 
$
(9,234
)
 
$
(10,967
)
 
$
(22,295
)
 
$
(8,204
)

Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2018 , our principal sources of liquidity were cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaling $214.4 million , which were held for working capital purposes. Our cash equivalents are comprised primarily of money market funds. Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through private sales of equity securities, long-term debt facilities, and our net cash provided by operating activities. In May 2018, we completed our IPO, in which we issued and sold 23,805,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $15.00 per share. We received net proceeds of $332.1 million , after underwriting discounts and commissions.
Following the IPO, we repaid our outstanding long-term debt of $137.7 million and incurred a loss on debt extinguishment of $4.1 million in connection with the repayment.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 , our free cash flow was negative as a result of our continued investments to support the growth of our business. We expect our free cash flow to improve as we experience greater scale in our business and improve operational efficiency, as well as eliminate cash paid for interest as a result of the debt repayment in May 2018. We expect to generate positive free cash flow over the long term.

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We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our pace of growth, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spend to support the expansion of sales and marketing activities, technology and content efforts, and the continuing market acceptance of our platform. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, results of operations, and financial condition would be adversely affected.
In connection with the IPO and our UP-C structure, we entered into the TRA with members of Pluralsight Holdings who did not exchange their limited liability company units of Pluralsight Holdings in the reorganization transactions entered into in connection with the IPO, or the TRA Members. As a result of the TRA, we will be obligated to pass along some of these tax benefits and cash flows by making future payments to the TRA Members. Although the actual timing and amount of any payments we make to the TRA Members under the TRA will vary, such payments may be significant. Any payments we make to TRA Members under the TRA will generally reduce the amount of overall cash flow that might have otherwise been available to us and, to the extent that we are unable to make payments under the TRA for any reason, the unpaid amounts generally will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid by us.
The following table shows cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 :
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities
 
$
(16,217
)
 
$
(3,950
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(6,078
)
 
(4,254
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
208,262

 
29,205

Effect of exchange rate change on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
(86
)
 
24

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
 
$
185,881

 
$
21,025

Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 of $ 16.2  million was primarily due to a net loss of $67.0 million , partially offset by equity-based compensation of $20.9 million , a favorable change in operating assets and liabilities of $12.2 million , amortization of acquired intangible assets of $6.7 million , amortization of course creation costs of $0.9 million , and depreciation of property and equipment of $4.4 million . The net change in operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a favorable change in the deferred revenue balance of $17.5 million and a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.3 million , partially offset by an increase in prepaid expenses of $3.9 million and a decrease in accrued expenses of $2.8 million .
Cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 of $ 4.0  million was primarily due to a net loss of $32.1 million , partially offset by equity-based compensation of $6.1 million , amortization of acquired intangible assets of $4.0 million , amortization of course creation costs of $0.7 million , a favorable change in operating assets and liabilities of $13.3 million , and depreciation of property and equipment of $2.6 million . The net changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted from an increase in the deferred revenue balance of $8.8 million , accrued expenses and other liabilities of $3.6 million , and accounts payable of $1.3 million , and a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.8 million , partially offset by prepaid expenses of $3.2 million .
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 of $ 6.1  million related to purchases of property and equipment of $4.6 million and purchases of our content library of $1.5 million .
Cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 of $ 4.3  million was related to purchases of property and equipment of $3.0 million and purchases of our content library of $1.2 million .
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 of $ 208.3  million was due to $332.1 million in net proceeds from the IPO, $20.0 million in borrowings of long-term debt, partially offset by repayments of long-term debt of $137.7 million , payments of offering costs related to the IPO of $3.1 million , and payments of debt extinguishment costs of $2.2 million .
Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 of $ 29.2  million was due to $115.0 million in borrowings of long-term debt, partially offset by repayments of long-term debt of $85.0 million and payments of debt issuance costs of $0.8 million .

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Commitments and Contractual Obligations
A portion of the net proceeds from the IPO were used to repay the outstanding principal balance of $137.7 million under our credit agreement with Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC, or the Guggenheim Credit Agreement, and extinguish the debt in May 2018. The Company incurred a loss on debt extinguishment of $4.1 million in connection with the repayment. Outside of the repayment of the debt outstanding under the Guggenheim Credit Agreement and routine transactions made in the ordinary course of business, there have been no material changes to the contractual obligations as disclosed in the Prospectus.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Through June 30, 2018 , we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported revenue generated and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Critical accounting policies and estimates are those that we consider critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.
The Company's significant accounting policies are discussed in "Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements—Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to these policies for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , except as noted in "Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
JOBS Act Accounting Election
We meet the definition of an emerging growth company under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, which permits us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period until we are no longer an emerging growth company or until we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See "Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We have operations in the United States and internationally, and we are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of business.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the British Pound Sterling, Euro, Swedish Krona, Australian Dollar, Singapore Dollar, and Indian Rupee. Due to the relative size of our international operations to date, our foreign currency exposure has been fairly limited and thus we have not instituted a hedging program. We expect our international operations to continue to grow in the near term and we are continually monitoring our foreign currency exposure to determine when we should begin a hedging program. Today, our international contracts are denominated in U.S. dollars, while our international operating expenses are often denominated in local currencies. In the future, we plan to begin denominating certain of our international contracts in local currencies, and over time, an increasing portion of our international contracts may be denominated in local currencies. Additionally, as we expand our international operations a larger portion of our operating expenses will be denominated in local currencies. Therefore, fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may affect our results of operations when translated into U.S. dollars. The effect of a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates applicable to our business would not have a material impact on our historical condensed consolidated financial statements for any of the periods presented.

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Interest Rate Sensitivity
We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily include interest rate sensitivities. As of June 30, 2018 , we had cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash of $214.4 million , which consisted primarily of bank deposits and money market funds. Such interest-earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk; however, historical fluctuations of interest income have not been significant.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a–15(e) and Rule 15d–15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of  June 30, 2018 . Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of  June 30, 2018 , our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and are effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost–effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are, from time to time, subject to legal proceedings and claims arising from the normal course of business activities, and an unfavorable resolution of any of these matters could materially affect our future business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
Future litigation may be necessary, among other things, to defend ourselves or our users by determining the scope, enforceability, and validity of third-party proprietary rights or to establish our proprietary rights. The results of any current or future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
For a discussion of potential risks and uncertainties, see the information in the section titled "Risk Factors" in the Prospectus.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
In connection with the Reorganization Transactions and the IPO, Pluralsight, Inc. issued 58,111,572 shares of Class B common stock and 14,048,138 shares of Class C common stock to members of Pluralsight Holdings who retained common limited liability company units of Pluralsight Holdings, or LLC Units. In addition, a total of 39,110,660 shares of Class A common stock were issued to shareholders of certain members of Pluralsight Holdings that were corporations that merged into Pluralsight, Inc. and certain members of Pluralsight Holdings who exchanged their LLC Units for shares of Class A common stock of Pluralsight, Inc. None of the foregoing transactions involved any underwriters. The issuances of shares of Class A and Class B common stock described in this paragraph were made in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The members of Pluralsight Holdings who retained LLC Units have the right, from time to time and subject to the terms of the exchange agreement, to exchange their LLC Units, along with a corresponding number of shares of our Class B or Class C common stock, as applicable, for shares of Pluralsight, Inc.'s Class A common stock on a one-for-on basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and similar transactions.
From April 1, 2018 through May 17, 2018 (the filing date of our registration statement of Form S-8), we issued 1,824,575 RSUs to employees under the 2017 Plan. The issuance of the foregoing securities did not involve any underwriters or underwriting discounts or commissions and the securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act.
Use of Proceeds from Public Offering of Common Stock
On May 21, 2018, we closed the IPO, in which we sold 23,805,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share, including shares sold in connection with the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares. The offer and sale of all of the shares in the IPO were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-224301), which was declared effective by the SEC on May 16, 2018. The shares were sold for an aggregate offering price of approximately $357.1 million. We raised $332.1 million in net proceeds after deducting $25.0 million in underwriters' discounts and commissions but before deducting offering costs. As of June 30, 2018 , we have reclassified approximately $7.4 million in offering costs into stockholders' equity as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO. The managing underwriters of our IPO were Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. No payments were made by us to directors, officers, or persons owning ten percent or more of our common stock or to their associates, or to our affiliates, other than payments in the ordinary course of business to officers for salaries.
Pluralsight Inc. used all of the net proceeds to make a capital contribution to Pluralsight Holdings in exchange for 23,805,000 LLC Units of Pluralsight Holdings. As its sole managing member, Pluralsight, Inc. caused Pluralsight Holdings to use the net proceeds it received from Pluralsight Inc. to repay all of the $137.7 million of outstanding long-term debt under the Guggenheim Credit Agreement and a prepayment premium of $2.1 million . In addition, Pluralsight Inc. caused Pluralsight Holdings to settle outstanding equity appreciation rights for $0.3 million and pay costs of $7.4 million associated with the offering.

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Item 6. Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Filed or Furnished Herewith
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
Form
 
File No.
 
Exhibit Number
 
Filing Date
with SEC
 
3.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
3.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
4.1
 
 
S-1/A
 
333-224301
 
4.1
 
May 7, 2018
 
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
10.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
10.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
31.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
31.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
32.1*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
32.2*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X

*The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 and 32.2 accompanying this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are deemed furnished and not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Pluralsight, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.





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.
 
PLURALSIGHT ,   INC .
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Aaron Skonnard
August 1, 2018
 
Aaron Skonnard
Chief Executive Officer

 
PLURALSIGHT ,   INC .
 
 
 
By:
/s/ James Budge
August 1, 2018
 
James Budge
Chief Financial Officer




Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby certifies that:
1. The name of the corporation is Pluralsight, Inc. and the original Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 4, 2017.
2.    This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by this reference, and which restates, integrates and further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation as heretofore amended and/or restated, has been duly adopted by the corporation’s Board of Directors and by the stockholder of the corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, with the approval of the corporation’s stockholder having been given by written consent without a meeting in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer and the foregoing facts stated herein are true and correct.
Dated: May 16, 2018         PLURALSIGHT, INC.
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard
Name: Aaron Skonnard    
Title: Chief Executive Officer    






EXHIBIT A
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Pluralsight, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”).
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, in the city of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent at such address is the Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time (the “ DGCL ”).
ARTICLE IV
This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock and Preferred Stock . The total number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is 1,250,000,000, 1,000,000,000 shares of which are designated Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), 200,000,000 shares of which are designated Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ”), and 50,000,000 shares of which are designated Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class C Common Stock ”). The total number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued is 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share.
ARTICLE V
The rights, powers, preferences, privileges, restrictions and other matters relating to the Common Stock are as follows:
1.     Definitions . For purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate, the following definitions apply:
a.    “ Acquisition ” means (A) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, other than any such consolidation, merger or reorganization in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization continue to represent a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity (or, if the surviving entity is a wholly owned subsidiary, its Parent) immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization; provided, that , for the purpose of this Section V.1(a), all stock, options, warrants, purchase rights or other securities exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall be deemed to be outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation and, if applicable, converted or exchanged in such merger or consolidation on the same terms as the actual outstanding shares of capital stock are converted or exchanged; or (B) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Corporation is a party in which shares of the Corporation are transferred such that in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Corporation’s voting power is transferred; provided , that , an Acquisition shall not include any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes in which cash is





received by the Corporation or any successor or indebtedness of the Corporation is cancelled or converted or a combination thereof.
b.     Affiliate means, any Person who or which directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another Person. A Person shall be deemed to control an entity if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
c.    “ Amended and Restated Certificate ” means this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended.
d.    “ Asset Transfer ” means a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.
e.    “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
f.    “ Cause ” means, with respect to an individual: (a) such individual’s willful conduct that is materially injurious to the Corporation or any of its affiliates (whether monetary or otherwise) or the commission of any other material act or omission involving dishonesty with respect to the Corporation; (b) such individual’s conviction of a felony or of any misdemeanor involving a crime of moral turpitude; (c) such individual’s fraud, misappropriation of money, assets, or other property of the Corporation, embezzlement, or the like; (d) such individual’s insubordination or other willful refusal to comply with any lawful request of the Board, including without limitation failure to cooperate in any investigation conducted and/or undertaken by the Corporation that has reasonable and legitimate objectives; or (e) such individual’s material breach of any of his or her obligations, duties, or agreements to the Corporation, which breach cannot be cured or, if capable of being cured, is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of the need to cure.
g.    “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
h.    “ Designated Proxy Holder ” means, with respect to a holder of shares of Class C Common Stock, or any trust receiving or holding a holder’s shares of Class C Common Stock, a person or persons, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, selected by the members of the entire Board acting by majority vote to act as such holder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact.
i.    “ Disability ” means with respect to an individual, any physical or mental incapacitation that results in such individual’s inability to perform substantially all of his or her duties and responsibilities for the Corporation for a total of ninety (90) consecutive working days, as determined in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, or an aggregate of one hundred eighty (180) working days during any twelve-month period, as determined by the Board in its good faith judgment.
j.    “ Exempt Trusts ” means, collectively, the True Nord Trust dated December 5, 2014 and the Aaron and Monica Skonnard Legacy Trust dated December 5, 2014.
k.    “ Family Group ” means, as to any Person, (i) an individual, his or her parents, spouses and descendants and the spouses of such descendants (collectively, the “ Individual Group ”); (ii) all trusts, the primary beneficiaries of which are one or more members of the Individual Group (“ Family Trusts ”); and (iii) all entities which are wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more members of the Individual Group and/or Family Trusts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, the Family Trusts of the Founder shall include the Aaron & Monica Skonnard Revocable Trust, any Skonnard GRAT and the Exempt Trusts.
l.    “ Founder ” means Aaron Skonnard.





m.    “ IPO Date ” means the first date that shares of a class of the Corporation’s capital stock have been listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or NASDAQ Global Market or any successor markets or exchanges.
n.    “ Liquidation Event ” means any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any Acquisition or Asset Transfer.
o.    “ Listing Standards ” means (i) the requirements of any national stock exchange under which the Corporation’s equity securities are listed for trading that are generally applicable to companies with common equity securities listed thereon or (ii) if the Corporation’s equity securities are not listed for trading on a national stock exchange, the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market generally applicable to companies with equity securities listed thereon.
p.    “ LLC Agreement ” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
q.    “ LLC Unit ” means a limited liability company interest in Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, authorized and issued under the LLC Agreement, and constituting a “Common Unit” as defined in the LLC Agreement.
r.    “ Parent ” of an entity means any entity that directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the voting power of the voting securities of such entity.
s.    “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.
t.    “ Skonnard GRAT ” means any grantor-retained annuity trust over which Aaron Skonnard serves as the sole trustee, including the Skonnard Family GRAT 2018 and the Skonnard Family GRAT 2021.
u.    “ Transfer ” means with respect to any share of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, the direct or indirect sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, gift, bequest, devise, levy, execution, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition by a Person of all or any portion of his, her or its shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in any manner whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary; provided , however , that the entry into a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with a broker or other nominee shall not constitute a “Transfer”; provided , further , that a sale of such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock pursuant to such trading plan shall constitute a “Transfer” at the time of such sale; provided , further , that entry into a support, voting, tender or similar agreement or understanding (with or without granting a proxy) in connection with an Acquisition or Asset Transfer approved by the Board shall not constitute a “Transfer”; provided , further , that a sale of such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in connection with an Acquisition or Asset Transfer shall constitute a “Transfer” at the time of such sale (unless otherwise determined by the Board); provided, further , that the tender of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in connection with an Acquisition or Asset Transfer approved by the Board shall not be deemed a “Transfer” unless and until the Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock is accepted for payment, and paid for, in such Acquisition or Asset Transfer; provided , further , that granting a proxy to a Designated Proxy Holder or designating a Designated Proxy Holder as an attorney-in-fact shall not constitute a “Transfer”; provided, further, that granting a revocable proxy to officers or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or in connection with any action by written consent of the stockholders solicited by the Board shall not constitute a “Transfer.”
v.    “ Whole Board ” means the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies or unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.
2.     Voting Rights.
a.     Common Stock . Except as otherwise required by applicable law,





(a) Class A Common Stock . Each share of Class A Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.
(b) Class B Common Stock . Each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section V.6(c) below.
(c) Class C Common Stock. Each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to ten (10) votes per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class C Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section V.6(c) below.
b.     General . Except as otherwise expressly required in this Amended and Restated Certificate or as required by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock shall vote together as a single class (or, if the holders of more than one series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, together as a single class with the holders of such other series of Preferred Stock) on all matters submitted to the vote of stockholders generally.
c.     Authorized Shares .  The number of authorized shares of any or all of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Common Stock or, in the case of a class or series of Common Stock, such class or series, then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto); provided , that , the number of authorized shares of Class C Common Stock shall not be increased without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock, voting as a separate class.
3.     Issuance of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock . No shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, may be issued except to a holder of LLC Units (other than the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation that is a holder of LLC Units), such that after such issuance of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, such holder of LLC Units holds an identical number of LLC Units and shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable. Except as provided in Section V.6, no shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock may be Transferred by the holder thereof. Any stock certificates representing shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, shall include a legend referencing the transfer restrictions set forth herein.
4.     Liquidation Rights . In the event of a Liquidation Event, after payment or provision of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the distribution of the assets in the Liquidation Event, the holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by such stockholder; provided , that the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to receive $0.0001 per share, and upon receiving such amount, such holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any other assets or funds of the Corporation.
5.     Dividends . Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid ratably on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board





in its discretion shall determine. Dividends and other distributions shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock or the Class C Common Stock.
6.     Transfer of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock.
a.    For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, may surrender such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, to the Corporation for no consideration at any time. Following the surrender of any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock to the Corporation, the Corporation will take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares will not be reissued by the Corporation.
b.    Except as set forth in Section V.6(a), a holder of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock may Transfer or assign shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable (or any legal or beneficial interest in such shares), to any transferee or assignee only to the extent permitted by the LLC Agreement (a “ Permitted Transfer ” and a holder of such Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, a “ Permitted Transferee ”) and only if such holder also simultaneously Transfers an equal number of such holder’s LLC Units to such transferee in compliance with the LLC Agreement. The transfer restrictions described in this Section V.6 are referred to as the “ Restrictions .”
c.    Any purported Transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions shall be null and void. If, notwithstanding the Restrictions, a Person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become, the purported owner (the “ Purported Owner ”) of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in and to such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”), and the purported Transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Corporation, the Corporation’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) or the Secretary of the Corporation, as determined by the Board, and each Restricted Share shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, the holder thereof, or any other party, lose all voting rights as set forth herein and become a non-voting share.
d.    Upon a determination by the Board that a Person has attempted or may attempt to transfer or acquire Restricted Shares in violation of the Restrictions, the Board may take such actions as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Corporation, including without limitation to cause the Transfer Agent or the Secretary of the Corporation, as applicable, to not record the Purported Owner as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin or rescind any such transfer or acquisition.
e.    The Board may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend, or rescind by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section V.6. Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Corporation and with its Transfer Agent and shall be made available for inspection by any prospective transferee and, upon written request, shall be mailed to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable.
f.    The Board shall have all powers necessary to implement the Restrictions, including without limitation the power to prohibit the transfer and acquisition of any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, on the books and records of the Corporation in violation thereof.
g.    Transfers of Class C Common Stock are further subject to the provisions set forth in Section V.7.
7.     Conversion of the Class C Common Stock . With respect to any holder of Class C Common Stock, each share of Class C Common Stock held by such holder will automatically be converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock, as follows:





a.    on the affirmative written election of such holder or, if later, at the time or the happening of a future event specified in such written election (which election may be revoked by such holder prior to the date on which the automatic conversion would otherwise occur unless otherwise specified by such holder);
b.    except in the event of the death or Disability of the Founder, in which case this Section V.7(b) shall not apply, any Transfer of such share of Class C Common Stock by any such holder of Class C Common Stock, except for (A) Transfers made by a holder of Class C Common Stock for estate planning or tax planning purposes to a Family Trust (or other Affiliate of such holder of Class C Common Stock) where the Founder maintains, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument), with respect to the Class C Common Stock held by such Family Trust (or other Affiliate of such holder of Class C Common Stock); provided such Transfer does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration (other than an interest in such Family Trust or other Affiliate); and, provided , further , that in the event that the Founder no longer has, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument), with respect to Class C Common Stock held by such Family Trust (other than the shares of Class C Common Stock held by the Exempt Trusts from time to time) or other Affiliate, each share of Class C Common Stock then held by such Family Trust (other than the shares of Class C Common Stock held by the Exempt Trusts from time to time) or other Affiliate shall automatically be, and be deemed to be, converted into one (1) share of Class B Common Stock; (B) Transfers to a trust under the terms of which the Founder has retained, directly or indirectly, a “qualified interest” within the meaning of Section 2702(b)(1) of the Code and/or a reversionary interest so long as the Founder has, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument) with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock held by such trust; provided , however , that in the event the Founder no longer has, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument) with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock then held by such trust, each share of Class C Common Stock then held by such trust (other than the shares of Class C Common Stock held by the Exempt Trusts from time to time) shall automatically be, and be deemed to be, converted into one (1) share of Class B Common Stock; (C) Transfers to an Individual Retirement Account (as defined in Section 408(a) of the Code), or a pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other type of plan or trust of which the Founder is, directly or indirectly, a participant or beneficiary and which satisfies the requirements for qualification under Section 401 of the Code; provided , that in each case the Founder has, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument) with respect to such shares of Class C Common Stock held in such account, plan or trust, and provided , further , that in the event the Founder no longer has, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument) with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock then held by such account, plan or trust, each share of Class C Common Stock held by such account, plan or trust shall automatically be, and be deemed to be, converted into one (1) share of Class B Common Stock; (D) Transfers from a Skonnard GRAT to either an Exempt Trust or another Family Trust of the Founder; (E) Transfers from one Exempt Trust to another Exempt Trust; and (F) Transfers to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in which the Founder directly, or indirectly through one or more Permitted Transferees, owns shares, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, with sufficient voting power in the corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Founder retains, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument), with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership or limited liability company; provided, that in the event the Founder no longer owns, directly or indirectly, sufficient shares, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, or no longer has sufficient legally enforceable rights to ensure that the Founder retains, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or other similar agreement or instrument), with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, each share of Class C Common Stock then held by such corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, shall automatically be, and be deemed to be, converted into one (1) share of Class B Common Stock;
c.    upon either (A) the death or Disability of the Founder, if the Designated Proxy Holder does not hold exclusive voting control over such shares of Class C Common Stock immediately following the death or Disability of the Founder, or (B) if the Designated Proxy Holder does hold exclusive voting control over such shares of Class C Common Stock immediately following the death or Disability of the Founder, the date that is the earlier of (i) nine (9) months after the death or Disability of the Founder and (ii) the date upon which the Designated Proxy Holder ceases to hold exclusive voting control of such shares of Class C Common Stock;





d.    upon termination for Cause by the Corporation, Pluralsight Holdings, LLC or any subsidiary thereof, of the employment of the Founder with the Corporation, Pluralsight Holdings, LLC or any subsidiary thereof;
e.    upon the date that is seven (7) years following the IPO Date;
f.    upon the date that is one (1) year after the Founder resigns from his position as the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and is no longer serving as chairman of the Board; and
g.    upon the date when the Founder, his Family Group and their respective Affiliates over whom the Founder maintains, directly or indirectly, sole voting power (including by means of voting agreement, proxy or similar agreement or instrument) with respect to the shares of Class C Common Stock held by them no longer beneficially own, in the aggregate, a number of shares of Class C Common Stock equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of Class C Common Stock held by the Founder, his Family Group and their respective Affiliates as of the date hereof.
8.     Procedures . The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the conversion of the Class C Common Stock into Class B Common Stock and the general administration of this dual class stock structure, including the issuance of stock certificates with respect thereto, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may from time to time request that holders of shares of Class C Common Stock furnish certifications, affidavits or other proof to the Corporation as it deems necessary to verify the ownership of Class C Common Stock and to confirm that a conversion to Class B Common Stock has not occurred. A determination by the Corporation as to whether or not a Transfer has occurred, or whether a Transfer complied with Section V.6, and results in a conversion from Class C Common Stock to Class B Common Stock, or the consequences set forth in Section V.6, shall be conclusive and binding.
9.     Immediate Effect . In the event of and upon a conversion of shares of Class C Common Stock to Class B Common Stock pursuant to Section V.7, such conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the time that the Transfer of shares, death or Disability or other applicable event occurred, subject in all cases to any transition periods specifically provided for in this Amended and Restated Certificate. Upon any conversion of shares of Class C Common Stock to Class B Common Stock in accordance with this Amended and Restated Certificate, all rights of the holder of such shares of Class C Common Stock shall cease with respect to such shares and the person or persons in whose names or names the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class B Stock to be issued shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder or holders of such shares of Class B Common Stock.
10.     Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class C Common Stock, such number of its shares of Class B Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock will not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock the Corporation will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock to such number of shares as will be sufficient for such purpose.
11.     LLC Units and Common Stock Ratio . The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, undertake all actions, including, without limitation, a reclassification, dividend, division or recapitalization, with respect to:
a.    the shares of Class A Common Stock necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of LLC Units owned by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation that is a holder of LLC Units and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratio, (i) shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Corporation’s 2018 Incentive Award Plan (as may be amended, supplemented or modified, the “ 2018 Incentive Award Plan ”), and any other stock incentive plan adopted by the Corporation from time to time, that have not vested thereunder and have not settled in, or been exercised for, Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) treasury stock, or (iii) Preferred Stock or other debt or equity securities (including, without limitation, warrants, options, and rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible





or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent such securities have been converted, exercised or exchanged for Class A Common Stock and the net proceeds from such other securities, including without limitation, any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, have been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC); and
b.    the shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, as applicable, necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of outstanding LLC Units (other than LLC Units held by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation that is a holder of LLC Units) and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, as applicable.
12.     LLC Units and Common Stock Ratio upon a Stock Split . The Corporation shall not undertake or authorize any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) of (i) the Class B Common Stock that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination (by any such events listed above in this Section V.12) of the LLC Units to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of outstanding LLC Units and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, unless such action is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of outstanding LLC Units and the number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock; or (ii) the Class C Common Stock that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination (by any such events listed above in this Section V.12) of the LLC Units to maintain at all times, subject to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate, a one-to-one ratio between the number of LLC Units owned by all holders of Class C Common Stock and the number of outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock, unless such action is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of LLC Units owned by all holders of Class C Common Stock and the number of outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock.
13.     LLC Units and Class A Common Stock Ratio upon a Sale or Repurchase; Preferred Stock . The Corporation shall not issue, transfer or deliver from treasury stock or repurchase shares of Class A Common Stock unless in connection with any such issuance, transfer, delivery or repurchase the Corporation takes or authorizes all requisite action such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries or repurchases, the number of LLC Units owned by the Corporation will equal on a one-for-one basis the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratio, (i) shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the 2018 Incentive Award Plan, and any other stock incentive plan adopted by the Corporation from time to time, that have not vested thereunder and have not settled in, or been exercised for, Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) treasury stock, or (iii) Preferred Stock or other debt or equity securities (including, without limitation, warrants, options and rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible or exercisable, or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent such securities have been converted, exercised, or exchanged for Class A Common Stock and the net proceeds from such other securities, including, without limitation, any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion, exercise, or exchange thereof, have been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC). The Corporation shall not issue, transfer or deliver from treasury stock or repurchase or redeem shares of Preferred Stock unless in connection with any such issuance, transfer, delivery, repurchase, or redemption the Corporation takes all requisite action such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, repurchases, or redemptions, the Corporation holds (in the case of any issuance, transfer or delivery) or ceases to hold (in the case of any repurchase or redemption) equity interests in Pluralsight Holdings, LLC which (in the good faith determination by the Board) are in the aggregate substantially equivalent in all respects to the outstanding Preferred Stock so issued, transferred, delivered, repurchased, or redeemed.
14.     LLC Units and Class A Common Stock Ratio upon a Merger . Unless otherwise consented to in writing by the holders of a majority of the voting power of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock (voting together), the Corporation shall not consolidate, merge, combine, or consummate any other transaction (other than an action or transaction for which an adjustment is provided in any of Sections V.3, V.11, V.12 or V.13) in which shares of Class A Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock or securities, or the right to receive cash and/or any other property (a “ Transaction ”), unless in connection with any such Transaction, each LLC Unit that is redeemable by the holder thereof pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement for, at the option of the Corporation, a share of Class A Common Stock or a cash payment, shall be entitled to be exchanged for or converted into (without duplication of any corresponding share





of Class A Common Stock which the Corporation may elect to issue upon a redemption of such LLC Unit by the holder thereof) the same kind and amount of stock or securities, cash, and/or other property, as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Class A Common Stock is exchanged or converted (such stock or securities, cash, and/or other property shall be referred to herein as the “ Consideration ”), to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (x) the Consideration issuable in such Transaction in exchange for or conversion of one share of Class A Common Stock and (y) the Consideration issuable in such Transaction in redemption of, exchange for or conversion of one LLC Unit.
15.     No Reissuance of Class B Common Stock . No share or shares of Class B Common Stock acquired by the Corporation by reason of redemption, purchase, conversion or otherwise shall be reissued, and all such shares shall be cancelled, retired, and eliminated from the shares that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue.
16.     No Reissuance of Class C Common Stock . No share or shares of Class C Common Stock acquired by the Corporation by reason of redemption, purchase, conversion or otherwise shall be reissued, and all such shares shall be cancelled, retired, and eliminated from the shares that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue.
17.     Preemptive Rights . No stockholder of the Corporation shall have a right to purchase shares of capital stock of the Corporation sold or issued by the Corporation except to the extent that such a right may from time to time be set forth in a written agreement between the Corporation and a stockholder.
ARTICLE VI
1.     Rights of Preferred Stock . The Board is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law but to the fullest extent possible permitted by law, to provide, by resolution of the Board (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board), for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers (which may include, without limitation, full, limited or no voting power), preferences, and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.
2.      Vote to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares . The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto).
ARTICLE VII
1.     Board Size . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors that constitutes the entire Board shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of the Corporation shall be elected to hold office until the expiration of the term for which they are elected and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; except that if any such election shall not be so held, such election shall take place at a stockholders’ meeting called and held in accordance with the DGCL.
2.     Board Structure . Effective upon the IPO Date, the directors, other than any who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock under specified circumstances, shall be divided into three (3) classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II, and Class III. The Board may assign members of the Board already in office to such classes, such assignment to become effective on the IPO Date. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders following the IPO Date, the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the IPO Date, and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders following the IPO Date. At each annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO Date, successors shall be elected to the





directors of a Class whose term expired at such annual meeting and shall hold office until either the third succeeding annual meeting and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s death, resignation, or removal.
From and after the IPO Date, if the number of directors is thereafter changed, any newly created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as is practicable. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Whole Board, whether before or after the IPO Date, shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
3.     Removal; Vacancies . Subject to any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock then outstanding, following the IPO Date any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the Corporation only for cause, at a meeting called for that purpose. Vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board, and not by the stockholders. A person elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
ARTICLE VIII
The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
1.     Board Power . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred by statute or by this Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.
2.     Written Ballot . Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
3.     Amendment of Bylaws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the DGCL, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
4.     Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by (i) the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board; (ii) the chairman of the Board; or (iii) the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
5.     Availability of Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by stockholders of the Corporation, provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as one or more series or separately as a class, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock. 
6.     No Cumulative Voting . No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.
ARTICLE IX





To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Without limiting the effect of the preceding sentence, if the DGCL is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of such an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE X
If any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate becomes or is declared on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Amended and Restated Certificate, and the court will replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporation’s intent, in order to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or unenforceable provision. The balance of this Amended and Restated Certificate shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
Except as provided in Article IX above, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation;  provided however , that, except in the case of the adoption of a Preferred Stock Designation, notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Amended and Restated Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate or adopt any new provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate; provided , that any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate that gives holders of the Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (i) any rights to receive dividends or any other kind of distribution, (ii) any right to convert into or be exchanged for Class A Common Stock or (iii) any other economic rights shall, in addition to the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, be effective only upon the affirmative vote of a majority of shares of Class A Common Stock voting separately as a class; provided , further , if shares of Class C Common Stock are outstanding, then the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Class C Common Stock shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with, Sections V.2 and V.7, any of the terms defined in Section V.1 and used in such Sections V.2 or V.7, or this Article X.





Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
Pluralsight, Inc.
(as amended on May 3, 2018 effective as of the
closing of the corporation’s initial public offering)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Page
 
 
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1.1
 
REGISTERED OFFICE
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1.2
 
OTHER OFFICES
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.1
 
PLACE OF MEETINGS
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
2.2
 
ANNUAL MEETING
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
2.3
 
SPECIAL MEETING
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
2.4
 
ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
2.5
 
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2.6
 
QUORUM
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2.7
 
ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2.8
 
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
 
 
5
 
 
 
 
2.9
 
VOTING
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
2.10
 
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
2.11
 
RECORD DATES
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
2.12
 
PROXIES
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
2.13
 
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
2.14
 
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.1
 
POWERS
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.2
 
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.3
 
ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.4
 
RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.5
 
PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.6
 
REGULAR MEETINGS
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
3.7
 
SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
 
 
9
 
 

    



 
 
3.8
 
QUORUM; VOTING
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
3.9
 
BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
3.10
 
FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
3.11
 
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.1
 
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
4.2
 
COMMITTEE MINUTES
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
4.3
 
MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
4.4
 
SUBCOMMITTEES
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.1
 
OFFICERS
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
5.2
 
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
5.3
 
SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
5.4
 
REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
5.5
 
VACANCIES IN OFFICES
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
5.6
 
REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
5.7
 
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VI - STOCK
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.1
 
STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
6.2
 
SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
6.3
 
LOST CERTIFICATES
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
6.4
 
DIVIDENDS
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
6.5
 
TRANSFER OF STOCK
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
6.6
 
STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
6.7
 
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.1
 
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
7.2
 
NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
7.3
 
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
7.4
 
NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
7.5
 
WAIVER OF NOTICE
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8.1
 
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
8.2
 
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
8.3
 
SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
8.4
 
INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
8.5
 
ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
 
 
16
 
 

    



 
 
8.6
 
LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
8.7
 
DETERMINATION; CLAIM
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
8.8
 
NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
8.9
 
INSURANCE
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
8.10
 
SURVIVAL
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
8.11
 
EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
8.12
 
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9.1
 
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
9.2
 
FISCAL YEAR
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
9.3
 
SEAL
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
9.4
 
CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XI - EXCLUSIVE FORUM
 
 
19
 
 

BYLAWS OF PLURALSIGHT, INC.

ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1    REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of Pluralsight, Inc. shall be fixed in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.
1.2    OTHER OFFICES
The corporation may at any time establish other offices at any place or places.
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1    PLACE OF MEETINGS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”).
2.2    ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year. The board of directors shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, elections of directors nominated in accordance with Section 2.4(ii) and business brought in accordance with Section 2.4(i) may be transacted. The board of directors, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders. For purposes of these bylaws, the term “ Whole Board ” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies or unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.
2.3    SPECIAL MEETING
(i)    A special meeting of the stockholders may be called as provided in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation. The board of directors, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders.
(ii)    Only such business or elections shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors, chairperson of the board of directors or chief executive officer
2.4    ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES
(i)     Advance Notice of Stockholder Business. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be brought: (A) pursuant to the corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such

    



meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (C) by a stockholder of the corporation who (1) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.4(i), on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has timely complied in proper written form with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(i). In addition, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to these bylaws and applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (C) above shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring business (other than business included in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto (the “ 1934 Act ”)) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(a)    To comply with clause (C) of Section 2.4(i) above, a stockholder’s notice must set forth all information required under this Section 2.4(i) and must be timely received by the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the 45th day nor earlier than the 75th day before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s annual meeting, then, for notice by the stockholder to be timely, it must be so received by the secretary not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting, or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the date of such annual meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.4(i)(a). “ Public Announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
(b)    To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth as to each matter of business the stockholder intends to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a brief description of the business intended to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposed business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), (3) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (4) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, (5) any material interest of the stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person in such business, and (6) a statement whether either such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (1) through (6), a “ Business Solicitation Statement ”). In addition, to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must be supplemented not later than ten days following the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting to disclose the information contained in clauses (3) and (4) above as of such record date. For purposes of this Section 2.4, a “ Stockholder Associated Person ” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as the case may be, is being made, or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).

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(c)    Without exception, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.4(i) and, if applicable, Section 2.4(ii). In addition, business proposed to be brought by a stockholder may not be brought before the annual meeting if such stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business or if the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that proposed business was not properly brought before the annual meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.4(i), and, if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting that any such defective proposal shall be disregarded.
(ii)     Advance Notice of Director Nominations at Annual Meetings. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(ii) shall be eligible for election or re-election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation shall be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (B) by a stockholder of the corporation who (1) was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.4(ii), on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(ii). In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the corporation.
(a)    To comply with clause (B) of Section 2.4(ii) above, a nomination to be made by a stockholder must set forth all information required under this Section 2.4(ii) and must be received by the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation at the time set forth in, and in accordance with, the final three sentences of Section 2.4(i)(a) above; provided, however, that in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors is increased and there is no Public Announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased board made by the corporation at least ten (10) days before the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination pursuant to the foregoing provisions, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.4(ii) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such Public Announcement is first made by the corporation.
(b)    To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth:
(1)    as to each person (a “ nominee ”) whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee, (D) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of the nominee, (E) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among the stockholder, any nominee or any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, including a description of any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding involving the nominee and of any compensation or other payment received by or on behalf of the nominee, in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the corporation, (F) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging and representing that the nominee intends to serve a full term on the board of directors if elected and that, as a director of the corporation, the nominee will owe a fiduciary duty under Delaware law with respect to the corporation and its stockholders, and (G) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed about such nominee if proxies

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were being solicited for the election of the nominee as a director, or that is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation the nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and
(2)    as to such stockholder giving notice, (A) the information required to be provided pursuant to clauses (2) through (5) of Section 2.4(i)(b) above, and the supplement referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.4(i)(b) above (except that the references to “business” in such clauses shall instead refer to nominations of directors for purposes of this paragraph), and (B) a statement whether either such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a number of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person to be necessary to elect such nominee(s) (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (A) and (B) above, a “ Nominee Solicitation Statement ”).
(c)    At the request of the board of directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director must furnish to the secretary of the corporation (1) that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination of such person as a director as of a date subsequent to the date on which the notice of such person’s nomination was given and (2) such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee; in the absence of the furnishing of such information if requested, such stockholder’s nomination shall not be considered in proper form pursuant to this Section 2.4(ii).
(d)    Without exception, no person shall be eligible for election or re-election as a director of the corporation at an annual meeting of stockholders unless nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.4(ii). In addition, a nominee shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or in any other notice to the corporation or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or any other relevant notice contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that a proposed nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions prescribed by these bylaws, and if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
(iii)     Advance Notice of Director Nominations for Special Meetings.
(a)    For a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to Section 2.3, nominations of persons for election to the board of directors shall be made only (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (2) by any stockholder of the corporation who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.4(iii), on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the special meeting and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting and (B) delivers a timely written notice of the nomination to the secretary of the corporation that includes the information set forth in Sections 2.4(ii)(b) and (ii)(c) above. To be timely, such notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (ii) by a stockholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(iii). In addition, a nominee shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or in any other notice to the corporation or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or any other relevant notice contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

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(b)    The chairperson of the special meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination or business was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws, and if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.
(iv)     Other Requirements and Rights. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.4, including, with respect to business such stockholder intends to bring before the annual meeting that involves a proposal that such stockholder requests to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement, the requirements of Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act. Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect any right of the corporation to omit a proposal from the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act.
2.5    NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
2.6    QUORUM
The holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting, or (ii) the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.7    ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the board of directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 2.11 of these bylaws, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

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2.8    CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business and discussion as seem to the chairperson in order. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall be designated by the board of directors; in the absence of such designation, the chairperson of the board, if any, or the chief executive officer (in the absence of the chairperson of the board), or the president (in the absence of the chairperson of the board and the chief executive officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the corporation, shall serve as chairperson of the stockholder meeting.
2.9    VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange.
2.10    STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Subject to the rights of the holders of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of stock or series thereof having a preference over the Common Stock as dividend or upon liquidation any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
2.11    RECORD DATES
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the board of directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the board of directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.
If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however , that the board of directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for

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determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL and this Section 2.11 at the adjourned meeting.
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
2.12    PROXIES
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.
A written proxy may be in the form of an electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or in any other form permitted by law.
2.13    LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The corporation shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the corporation’s principal place of business. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
2.14    INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. The corporation may designate one (1) or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. Such inspectors shall take all actions as contemplated under Section 231 of the DGCL or any successor provision thereto.
The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are multiple inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

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ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
3.1    POWERS
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation.
3.2    NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the number of directors, the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.
3.3    ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. The certificate of incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
3.4    RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the chairperson of the board of directors (or, if none, to the chief executive officer of the corporation) or to the secretary of the corporation. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director may provide that it is irrevocable. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, when one or more directors resign from the board of directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws or permitted in the specific case by resolution of the board of directors, and subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by stockholders. If the directors are divided into classes as provided by the certificate of incorporation, a person so chosen to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
3.5    PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
The board of directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors or any subcommittee, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any such committee or subcommittee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

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3.6    REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors.
3.7    SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or a majority of the authorized number of directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
(i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
(ii) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
(iii) sent by facsimile;
(iv) sent by electronic mail; or
(v) otherwise given by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 7.2),
directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address or other contact for notice by electronic transmission, as the case may be, as shown on the corporation’s records.
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile, (iii) sent by electronic mail, or (iv) otherwise given by electronic transmission, it shall be delivered, sent or otherwise directed to each director, as applicable, at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting, unless required by statute.
3.8    QUORUM; VOTING
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
3.9    BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee or subcommittee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board of directors or committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee or subcommittee. Such filing shall be in paper

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form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given for purposes of this Section 3.9 at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.
3.10    FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.
3.11    REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, for so long as the directors are divided into classes, any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the corporation only for cause.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
4.1    COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the corporation.
4.2    COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee and subcommittee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors, or the committee, when required.
4.3    MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
A majority of the directors then serving on a committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the committee or subcommittee, unless the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or a resolution of a committee that created the subcommittee requires a greater or lesser number, provided that in no case shall a quorum be less than 1/3 of the directors then serving on the committee or subcommittee. The vote of the majority of the members of a committee or subcommittee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee or subcommittee, unless the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or a resolution of a committee that created the subcommittee requires

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a greater number. Meetings and actions of committees and subcommittees shall otherwise be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:
(i) Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);
(ii) Section 3.6 (regular meetings);
(iii) Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);
(iv) Section 3.8 (quorum; voting);
(v) Section 3.9 (action without a meeting); and
(vi) Section 7.5 (waiver of notice)
with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee or subcommittee and its members for the board of directors and its members. However :
(i)    the time of regular meetings of committees and subcommittees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee or subcommittee;
(ii)    special meetings of committees and subcommittees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors or the committee or subcommittee; and
(iii)    notice of special meetings of committees and subcommittees shall also be given to all alternate members, as applicable, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee or subcommittee. The board of directors, or, in the absence of any such action by the board of directors, the committee or subcommittee, may adopt rules for the government of any committee or subcommittee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
Any provision in the certificate of incorporation providing that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter shall apply to voting in any committee or subcommittee, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
4.4    SUBCOMMITTEES
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions of the board of directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
5.1    OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall be a president and a secretary. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chairperson of the board of directors, a vice chairperson of the board of directors, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer or treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
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The board of directors shall appoint the officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3    SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors or the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, may appoint such other officers as the business of the corporation may require. Each of such officers shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
5.4    REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors unless as otherwise provided by resolution of the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
5.5    VACANCIES IN OFFICES
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled as provided in Sections 5.2 and 5.3.
5.6    REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
The chairperson of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or other securities of any other entity or entities standing in the name of this corporation, including the right to act by written consent. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
5.7    AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
All officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the board of directors.
ARTICLE VI - STOCK
6.1    STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by any two officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the

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certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly-paid shares, or upon the books and records of the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly-paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully-paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly-paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
6.2    SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 6.2 or Sections 156, 202(a), 218(a), or 364 of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 6.2 a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
6.3    LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 6.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
6.4    DIVIDENDS
The board of directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. The board of directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
6.5    TRANSFER OF STOCK
Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate

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or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.
6.6    STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
6.7    REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
The corporation:
(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and
(ii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
7.1    NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
Notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the corporation’s records. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
7.2    NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:
(i) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with such consent; and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice.
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Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given as provided under Section 232 of the DGCL. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
An “ electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312, or 324 of the DGCL.
7.3    NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS
Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. This Section 7.3 shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312, or 324 of the DGCL.
7.4    NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL
Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
7.5    WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, or the board of directors or a committee thereof, as the case may be, need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
8.1    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made

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a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”) (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.
8.2    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
8.3    SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE
To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
8.4    INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents to the extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The board of directors shall have the power to delegate to any person or persons identified in subsections (1) through (4) of Section 145(d) of the DGCL the determination of whether employees or agents shall be indemnified.
8.5    ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of a written request therefor (together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or the DGCL; provided, that advancement of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by former directors and officers or other current or former employees and agents of the corporation or by persons currently or formerly serving at the request of the corporation

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as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. The right to advancement (i) shall not apply to expenses for which indemnification is unavailable pursuant to these bylaws and (ii) shall apply to expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 8.6(ii) or 8.6(iii) only prior to a determination that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
8.6    LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION
Subject to the requirements in Section 8.3 and the DGCL, the corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to this Article VIII in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):
(i)    for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;
(ii)    for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);
(iii)    for any reimbursement of the corporation by such person of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by such person from the sale of securities of the corporation, as required in each case under the 1934 Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), or the payment to the corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);
(iv)    initiated by such person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by such person against the corporation or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (a) the board of directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (b) the corporation provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under applicable law, (c) otherwise required to be made under Section 8.7 or (d) otherwise required by applicable law; or
(v)    if prohibited by applicable law.
8.7    DETERMINATION; CLAIM
If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within 60 days after receipt by the corporation of the written request therefor, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. The corporation shall indemnify such person against any and all expenses that are actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of expenses from the corporation under this Article VIII, to the extent such person is successful in such action, and to the extent not prohibited by law. In any such suit, the corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses.
8.8    NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.

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8.9    INSURANCE
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
8.10    SURVIVAL
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article VIII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
8.11    EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION
A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.
8.12    CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “ corporation ” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “ other enterprises ” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “ fines ” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “ serving at the request of the corporation ” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “ not opposed to the best interests of the corporation ” as referred to in this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS
9.1    EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

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9.2    FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
9.3    SEAL
The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the board of directors. The corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
9.4    CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “ person ” includes both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however , that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the corporation to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of these bylaws. However, the corporation may, in its certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
A bylaw amendment adopted by stockholders which specifies the votes that shall be necessary for the election of directors shall not be further amended or repealed by the board of directors.
ARTICLE XI - EXCLUSIVE FORUM
Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, except for, as to each of (i) through (iv) above, any claim as to which such court determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of such court (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of such court within ten (10) days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than such court, or for which such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.


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Exhibit 10.1
 
 
 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
by and among
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC
the several MEMBERS (as defined herein)
REPRESENTATIVE (as defined herein) and
OTHER MEMBERS OF PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
Dated as of May 15, 2018
 
 
 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
Article I. Definitions
 
 
 
 
 
Section 1.1 Definitions
 
 
 
Section 1.2 Rules of Construction
 
 
 
 
 
Article II. Determination of Realized Tax Benefit
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.1 Basis Adjustments; the LLC 754 Election
 
 
 
Section 2.2 Basis Schedules
 
 
 
Section 2.3 Tax Benefit Schedules
 
 
 
Section 2.4 Procedures; Amendments
 
 
 
 
 
Article III. Tax Benefit Payments
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.1 Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments
 
 
 
Section 3.2 No Duplicative Payments
 
 
 
Section 3.3 Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members
 
 
 
Section 3.4 Optional Estimated Tax Benefit Payment Procedure
 
 
 




Section 3.5 Changes; Reserves; Suspension of Payments
 
 
 
 
 
Article IV. TERMINATION
 
 
 
 
 
Section 4.1 Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement
 
 
 
Section 4.2 Early Termination Notice
 
 
 
Section 4.3 Payment Upon Early Termination
 
 
 
 
 
Article V. Subordination and Late Payments
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.1 Subordination
 
 
 
Section 5.2 Late Payments by the Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
Article VI. Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.1 Participation in the Corporation’s and the LLC’s Tax Matters
 
 
 
Section 6.2 Consistency
 
 
 
Section 6.3 Cooperation
 
 
 
 
 
Article VII. Miscellaneous
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.1 Notices
 
 
 
Section 7.2 Counterparts
 
 
 
Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries
 
 
 
Section 7.4 Governing Law
 
 
 
Section 7.5 Severability
 
 
 
Section 7.6 Right of First Refusal; Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver
 
 
 
Section 7.7 Titles and Subtitles
 
 
 
Section 7.8 Resolution of Disputes
 
 
 
Section 7.9 Reconciliation
 
 
 
Section 7.10 Withholding
 
 
 
Section 7.11 Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets
 
 
 
Section 7.12 Arm’s Length Transactions
 
 
 
Section 7.13 Confidentiality
 
 
 
Section 7.14 Change in Law
 
 
 
Section 7.15 Interest Rate Limitation
 
 
 
Section 7.16 Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations
 
 
 
Section 7.17 LLC Agreement
 
 
 
Section 7.18 Representative
 
 
 
Exhibits
Exhibit A – Form of Joinder Agreement






TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 16, 2018, is hereby entered into by and among Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ LLC ”), each of the Members from time to time party hereto, and the Representative. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.01.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the LLC is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, each of the members of the LLC other than the Corporation and the Blockers (as defined in the LLC Agreement) (such members who are parties hereto, and each other Person who becomes party hereto by satisfying the Joinder Requirement, the “ Members ”) owns (or, in the case of such other Persons, will own) limited liability company interests in the LLC (the “ Units ”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation will become the managing member of the LLC;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof and exclusive of the Over-Allotment Option, the Corporation issued 20,700,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), to certain purchasers in an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “ IPO ”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation used substantially all of the net proceeds from the IPO to purchase newly-issued Units directly from the LLC, which proceeds will be used, in part, to repay or prepay certain indebtedness of the LLC and its Subsidiaries and for general company purposes;
WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, the Corporation may issue additional Class A Common Stock in connection with the IPO as a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option (the “ Over-Allotment Option ”) and, if the Over-Allotment Option is in fact exercised in whole or in part, any additional net proceeds received by the Corporation will be used by the Corporation to acquire additional newly-issued Units directly from the LLC, which proceeds may be used to repay certain indebtedness of the LLC and its Subsidiaries and for general company purposes;
WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, pursuant to the LLC Agreement, each Member has the right from time to time to require the LLC to redeem (a “ Redemption ”) all or a portion of such Member’s Units for cash or, at the Corporation’s election, Class A Common Stock (in each case, contributed to the LLC by the Corporation); provided that, at the election of the Corporation in its sole discretion, the Corporation may effect a direct exchange (a “ Direct Exchange ”) of such cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Units;
WHEREAS, the LLC and any direct subsidiary or indirect subsidiary (owned through a chain of pass-through entities) of the LLC that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (together with the LLC and any direct or indirect subsidiary (owned through a chain of pass-through entities) of the LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the “ the LLC Group ”) will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code for the Taxable Year in which any Exchange occurs, which election should result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s share of the tax basis of the assets owned by the LLC Group as of the date of the Exchange, with a consequent result on the taxable income subsequently derived therefrom; and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Exchanges and the receipt of payments under this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1     Definitions .  As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both (i) the singular and plural and (ii) the active and passive forms of the terms defined).
Actual Interest Amount ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vii) of this Agreement.
Advisory Firm ” means PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other accounting firm that is nationally recognized as being an expert in Covered Tax matters and is not an Affiliate of the Corporation.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.
Agreed Rate ” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.
Amended Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.4(b) of this Agreement.
Assumed State and Local Tax Rate ” means the tax rate equal to the sum of the products of (x) the Corporation’s income tax apportionment rate(s) for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income or franchise tax returns for the relevant Taxable Year and (y) the highest corporate income and franchise tax rate(s) for each such state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income tax returns for each relevant Taxable Year.
Attributable ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i) of this Agreement.
Audit Committee ” means the audit committee of the Board.
Basis Adjustment ” means the increase or decrease to the tax basis of, or the Corporation’s share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets (i) under Section 734(b), 743(b) and 754 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, following an Exchange, the LLC remains in existence as an entity for tax purposes) and (ii) under Sections 732, 734(b) and 1012 of the Code and, in each case, the comparable sections of U.S. state and local tax law (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, the LLC becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for tax purposes), in each case, as a result of any Exchange and any payments made under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.
Basis Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.
Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, with respect to such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Business Day ” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in New York are closed.
Change Notice ” is defined in Section 3.5(a) of this Agreement.

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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto (the “ Exchange Act ”), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Transferees) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote;
(2) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the LLC);
(3) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or
(4) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of the LLC.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
Class B Common Stock ” means shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
Class C Common Stock ” means shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Control ” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or other agreement.
Corporation ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Covered Person ” is defined in Section 7.17 of this Agreement.
Covered Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.3(a) of this Agreement.
Covered Taxes ” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign Taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest related thereto, including without limitation any franchise Taxes.
Credit Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii) of this Agreement.

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Default Rate ” means LIBOR plus 600 basis points; provided however , that the Default Rate shall be the Agreed Rate during any period in which the Corporation’s failure to timely pay is the result of obligations or restrictions imposed in connection with the Senior Obligations or under applicable law, and the Corporation cannot obtain sufficient funds to make such payments by taking commercially reasonable actions.
Default Rate Interest ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ix) of this Agreement.
Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of U.S. state tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.
Direct Exchange ” is defined in the recitals to this agreement.
Dispute ” is defined in Section 7.8(a) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Effective Date ” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.
Early Termination Notice ” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
Early Termination Payment ” is defined in Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Rate ” means the lesser of (i) 6.00% per annum, compounded annually, and (ii) LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
Early Termination Reference Date ” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
Early Termination Schedule ” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
Estimated Tax Benefit Payment ” is defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
Exchange ” means any Direct Exchange or Redemption.
Exchange Date ” means the date of any Exchange.
Exercise Period ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
Expert ” is defined in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.
Extension Rate Interest ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(viii) of this Agreement.
Final Payment Date ” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Final Payment Date in respect of a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement.
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however , that if the Corporation notifies the Members that the Corporation requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP or in the application thereof occurring after the date of this Agreement (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (the “ IFRS ”)), on the operation of such provision (or if the Members notify the Corporation that they request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of IFRS), then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied

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immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
Hypothetical Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the actual relevant Tax Returns of the Corporation but (i) calculating depreciation, amortization, or other similar deductions, or otherwise calculating any items of income, gain, or loss, using the Corporation’s share of the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto for the Taxable Year and (ii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts or Default Rate Interest for the Taxable Year; provided , that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability, the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local Covered Taxes (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, federal Covered Taxes) shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any tax item attributable to Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, Default Rate Interest or a Basis Adjustment (or portions thereof); and (ii) the calculation of the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall take into account the federal benefit, if any, received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit taking into account the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year, the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, and the deductibility, if any, of state and local jurisdiction income taxes).
Imputed Interest ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi) of this Agreement.
Independent Directors ” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards set forth in Rule 10A-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and the corresponding rules of the applicable exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.
Initial Due Date ” means, for a Taxable Year, the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year.
IPO ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Joinder ” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.
Joinder Requirement ” is defined in Section 7.6(b) of this Agreement.
LIBOR ” means during any period, the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Corporation as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (a “ Alternate Source ”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any LIBOR Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Corporation at such time, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided , that at no time shall LIBOR be less than 0%. If the Corporation has made the determination (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) LIBOR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars or (ii) the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of LIBOR has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, then the Corporation shall (as determined by the Corporation to be consistent with market practice generally), establish a replacement interest rate (the “ Replacement Rate ”), in which case, the Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace LIBOR for all purposes under this Agreement.  In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this Agreement shall be amended solely with the consent of the Corporation and the

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LLC, as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation, to effect the provisions of this section.  The Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that, in each case, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Corporation, such Replacement Rate shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporation.
LLC ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
LLC Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the LLC, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
Market Value ” means the Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the LLC Agreement, determined as of an Early Termination Date.
Members ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Net Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii) of this Agreement.
Non-Adjusted Tax Basis ” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.
Objection Notice ” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(i) of this Agreement.
Offered Price ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(i) of this Agreement.
Offered TRA Interests ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(i) of this Agreement.
Over-Allotment Option ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Parties ” means the parties named on the signature pages to this agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.
Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.
Permitted Transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Permitted Transferee ” means any Person to whom a Permitted Transfer could be made pursuant to the LLC Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement a Permitted Tranferee of a TRA Interest need not own or hold any Units such that a TRA Interest may be transferred to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement even if there has been no Transfer of Units to such Person.
Pre-Exchange Transfer ” means any transfer of one or more Units (including upon the death of a Member) (i) that occurs after the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies.
Proposed Transferee ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(i) of this Agreement.
Realized Tax Benefit ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
Realized Tax Detriment ” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v) of this Agreement.
Reconciliation Dispute ” is defined in Section 7.9 of this Agreement.

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Reconciliation Procedures ” is defined in Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement.
Redemption ” has the meaning in the recitals to this Agreement.
Reference Asset ” means any tangible or intangible asset of the LLC or any of its successors or assigns, and whether held directly by the LLC or indirectly by the LLC through any entity in which the LLC now holds or may subsequently hold an ownership interest (but only if such entity is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for purposes of the applicable tax), at the time of an Exchange. A Reference Asset also includes any asset the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.
Representative ” is defined in Section 7.18 of this Agreement.
Right of First Refusal” means the right of first refusal provided to the Corporation in Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.
Right of First Refusal Closing ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(iv) of this Agreement.
Schedule ” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, or (iii) the Early Termination Schedule, and, in each case, any amendments thereto.
Seller ” is defined in Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.
Senior Obligations ” is defined in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person and as of the date of any determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests, or the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such Person.
Subsidiary Stock ” means any stock or other equity interest in any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means (i) all forms of taxation or duties imposed, or required to be collected or withheld, including, without limitation, charges, together with any related interest, penalties or other additional amounts, (ii) liability for the payment of any amount of the type described in the preceding clause (i) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, and (iii) liability for the payment of any amounts as a result of being party to any tax sharing agreement (other than this Agreement) or as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person with respect to the payment of any amount described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (ii) (other than an obligation to indemnify under this Agreement).
Tax Benefit Payment ” is defined in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
Tax Benefit Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.
Taxable Year ” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the closing date of the IPO.

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Taxing Authority ” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal, or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.
Termination Objection Notice ” is defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
TRA Interests ” are defined in Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.
Transfer ” is defined in Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.
Transfer Notice ” is defined in Section 7.6(a)(i) of this Agreement.
Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary, and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
True-Up ” is defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
U.S. ” means the United States of America.
Units ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
Valuation Assumptions ” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:
(1) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;
(2) the U.S. federal income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into law and the combined U.S. state and local income tax rates (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, federal income tax rates) for each such Taxable Year shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for the Taxable Year that includes the Early Termination Effective Date;
(3) all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period; provided , that the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local income taxes (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, federal income tax) shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, and, for the avoidance of doubt, the applicable calculations shall take into account the federal benefit received, if any, by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit taking into account the Corporation’s applicable marginal U.S. federal income tax rate, the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, and the deductibility, if any, of state and local jurisdiction income taxes);
(4) any loss carryovers or carrybacks generated by any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (including such Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments under this Agreement) and available as of the Early Termination Effective Date will be used by the Corporation on a pro rata basis from the date of the Early Termination Effective Date through the scheduled expiration date of such loss carryovers or carrybacks (or, if there is no such scheduled expiration date, the next five year period);

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(5) any non-amortizable assets (other than Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of on the earlier of the fifteenth anniversary of (i) the applicable Basis Adjustment and (ii) the Early Termination Effective Date, but in no event earlier than the Early Termination Effective Date;
(6) any Subsidiary Stock will be deemed never to be disposed of except if Subsidiary Stock is directly disposed of in the Change of Control;
(7) if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, any Member has Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value that would be received by such Member if such Units had been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date, and such Member shall be deemed to receive the amount of cash such Member would have been entitled to pursuant to Section 4.3(a) had such Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date;
(8) any proposed adjustment to a tax item of a Party that has given rise to a Change Notice, and any reserve or contingent liability associated with a tax position that has given rise to a Reserve Notice, shall be deemed to have been favorably resolved such that the proposed adjustment or reserve or contingent liability associated with such tax position shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment due to a Member; and
(9) any payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions.
Section 1.2     Rules of Construction .  Unless otherwise specified herein:
(a)    The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b)    For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:
(i)    The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii)    References in this Agreement to a Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer to the appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or subclause in, this Agreement.
(iii)    References in this Agreement to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America.
(iv)    The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(v)    The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c)    In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(d)    Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
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subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby; and (b) references to any law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such law.

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ARTICLE II.
DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
Section 2.1     Basis Adjustments; the LLC 754 Election
(a)     Basis Adjustments . The Parties acknowledge and agree that (A) each Direct Exchange shall give rise to Basis Adjustments and (B) each Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from the applicable Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code that shall give rise to Basis Adjustments. In connection with the Direct Exchange or Redemption, the Parties acknowledge and agree that pursuant to applicable law the Corporation’s share of the basis in the Reference Assets shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by the difference between (A) the sum of (x) the fair market value of Class A Common Stock or the cash transferred to a Member pursuant to an Exchange as payment for the Units, (y) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange and (z) the amount of liabilities allocated to the Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange, over (B) the Corporation’s share of the basis of the Reference Assets immediately after the Exchange attributable to the Units exchanged, determined as if each member of the LLC Group remains in existence as an entity for tax purposes and no member of the LLC Group made the election provided by Section 754 of the Code.
For the avoidance of doubt, payments made under this Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent that such payments are treated as Imputed Interest or are Actual Interest Amounts or Default Rate Interest.
(b)     Section 754 Election . In its capacity as the sole managing member of the LLC, the Corporation will ensure that, on and after the date hereof and continuing throughout the term of this Agreement, the LLC and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (and under any similar provisions of applicable U.S. state or local law).
Section 2.2     Basis Schedules .  Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the Representative a schedule (the “ Basis Schedule ”) that shows, in reasonable detail as necessary in order to understand the calculations performed under this Agreement: (a) the Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the relevant Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year, (b) the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis with respect to the Reference Assets and (c) the period (or periods) over which each Basis Adjustment and Reference Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable. The Basis Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Section 2.3     Tax Benefit Schedules
(a)     Tax Benefit Schedule . Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the Representative a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit, if any, the Realized Tax Detriment, if any, and the Tax Benefit Payment, if any, for such Taxable Year (a “ Tax Benefit Schedule ”). The Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a), and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).
(b)     Applicable Principles . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustments, Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, and Default Rate Interest as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a) (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account the first three sentences of Section 7.11(b)). Carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to any Basis Adjustment, Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, and Default Rate Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type.

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If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to a Basis Adjustment, Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, and Default Rate Interest (a “ TRA Portion ”) and another portion that is not (a “ Non-TRA Portion ”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that: (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)); and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year. The Parties agree that (i) all Tax Benefit Payments (other than Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts and Default Rate Interest) attributable to an Exchange will to the extent permitted by applicable law (A) be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation and (B) have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments for the Corporation in the year of payment, and (ii) as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into the current Taxable Year continuing until any incremental current Taxable Year benefits equal an immaterial amount.
Section 2.4     Procedures; Amendments
(a)     Procedures . Each time the Corporation delivers an applicable Schedule to the Representative under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.4(b), but excluding any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule delivered pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, the Corporation shall also: (x) deliver supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the Representative, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding the data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Schedule; (y) consult with the Advisory Firm (to the extent necessary in the Corporation’s determination) with respect to such Schedule; and (z) allow the Representative and his or her advisors to have reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the Representative, at the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Schedule. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to the Representative along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculation of the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes (the “with” calculation) and the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation (the “without” calculation), and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on the Parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which the Representative first received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto unless:
(i)    the Representative, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the Corporation with written notice of a material objection to such Schedule that is made in good faith and that sets forth in reasonable detail the Representative’s, as applicable, material objection (an “ Objection Notice ”) or
(ii)    the Representative, provides a written waiver of its right to deliver an Objection Notice within the time period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date the waiver from the Representative, is received by the Corporation.
In the event that the Representative, timely delivers an Objection Notice pursuant to clause (i) above, and if the Parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and / or the Representative, as applicable, shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.9 of this Agreement (the “ Reconciliation Procedures ”).
(b)     Amended Schedule . The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporation: (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule; (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was originally provided to the Representative; (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures applicable to this Agreement; (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year; (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an

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amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year; or (vi) to adjust a Basis Schedule to take into account any Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule, an “ Amended Schedule ”). The Corporation shall provide an Amended Schedule to the Representative within 60 calendar days of the occurrence of an event referenced in clauses (i) through (vi) of the preceding sentence.
ARTICLE III.
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Section 3.1     Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments
(a)     Timing of Payments . Except as provided in Sections 3.4 and 3.5, and subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3, within five (5) Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule that is required to be delivered by the Corporation to the Representative pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement, the Corporation shall pay to each relevant Member the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by such Members or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such Members. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members shall not be required under any circumstances to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously paid by the Corporation to the Members (including any portion of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment or any Early Termination Payment).
(b)     Amount of Payments . For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Tax Benefit Payment ” with respect to any Member means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of: (i) the portion of the Net Tax Benefit attributable to such Member (including Imputed Interest calculated in respect of such amount); and (ii) the Actual Interest Amount with respect to the Net Tax Benefit described in (i).
(i)     Attributable . The Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit is “ Attributable ” to a Member to the extent that it is derived from any Basis Adjustment, Imputed Interest, or Actual Interest Amount that is attributable to an Exchange undertaken by or with respect to such Member.
(ii)     Net Tax Benefit . The “ Net Tax Benefit attributable to a Member ” for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (x) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to a Member as of the end of such Taxable Year over (y) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member under this Section 3.1. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to a Member as of the end of any Taxable Year is less than the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member, the Member shall not be required to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously made by the Corporation to such Member.
(iii)     Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit . The “ Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.
(iv)     Realized Tax Benefit . The “ Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes; provided , that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability and actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes, the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining such liabilities for all state and local Covered Taxes. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hypothetical Tax Liability and the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes shall take into account the federal benefit, if any, received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit taking into account the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year, the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, and the deductibility, if any, of state and local jurisdiction income taxes). If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Covered Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any

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Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.
(v)     Realized Tax Detriment . The “ Realized Tax Detriment ” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year; provided , that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability and actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes, the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining such liabilities for all state and local Covered Taxes. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hypothetical Tax Liability and the actual liability of the Corporation for Covered Taxes shall take into account the federal benefit, if any, received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit taking into account the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year, the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, and the deductibility, if any, of state and local jurisdiction income taxes). If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Covered Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.
(vi)     Imputed Interest . The parties acknowledge that the principles of Sections 1272, 1274, or 483 of the Code, as applicable, and the principles of any similar provision of U.S. state and local law, will, as applicable, apply to cause a portion of any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member under this Agreement to be treated as imputed interest (“ Imputed Interest ”). For the avoidance of doubt, the deduction for the amount of Imputed Interest as determined with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be excluded in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.
(vii)     Actual Interest Amount . The “ Actual Interest Amount ” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year will equal the amount of any Extension Rate Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any deduction for any Actual Interest Amount as determined with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be excluded in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.
(viii)     Extension Rate Interest . Subject to Section 3.4, the amount of “ Extension Rate Interest ” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit (including previously accrued Imputed Interest) for a Taxable Year will equal interest calculated at the Agreed Rate from the Initial Due Date until the date on which the Corporation makes a timely Tax Benefit Payment to the Member on or before the Final Payment Date as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a).
(ix)     Default Rate Interest . In the event that the Corporation does not make timely payment of all or any portion of a Tax Benefit Payment to a Member on or before the Final Payment Date as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the amount of “ Default Rate Interest ” calculated in respect of the Net Tax Benefit (including previously accrued Imputed Interest and Extension Rate Interest) for a Taxable Year will equal interest calculated at the Default Rate from the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) until the date on which the Corporation makes such Tax Benefit Payment to such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, any deduction for any Default Rate Interest with respect to any Net Tax Benefit payable by the Corporation to a Member shall be excluded in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation for purposes of calculating Realized Tax Benefits and Realized Tax Detriments pursuant to this Agreement.
(x)    The Corporation and the Members hereby acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. federal income or other applicable tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless a Member notifies the Corporation otherwise on or prior to the date of the Exchange, or specifies a different stated maximum selling price, including, in each case, in connection with its Exchange notice, the stated maximum selling price (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 15A.453-1(c)(2)) with respect to any Exchange by such Member shall not exceed 150% of

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the amount of the initial consideration received in connection with such Exchange (which initial consideration, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the amount of any cash and the fair market value of any Class A Common Stock received in such Exchange and shall exclude the fair market value of any Tax Benefit Payments) and the amount of the initial consideration received in connection with such Exchange and the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments to such Member in respect of such Exchange (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed such stated maximum selling price.
(c)     Interest . The provisions of Section 3.1(b) are intended to operate so that interest will effectively accrue in respect of the Net Tax Benefit for any Taxable Year as follows:
(i)    first, at the applicable rate used to determine the amount of Imputed Interest under the Code (from the relevant Exchange Date until the Initial Due Date and, if required under applicable law, through the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a));
(ii)    second, at the Agreed Rate in respect of any Extension Rate Interest (from the Initial Due Date until the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a)); and
(iii)    third, at the Default Rate in respect of any Default Rate Interest (from the Final Payment Date for a Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) until the date on which the Corporation makes the relevant Tax Benefit Payment to a Member).
Section 3.2     No Duplicative Payments .  It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent. For purposes of this Agreement, and also for the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be required to be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, any estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.
Section 3.3     Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members
(a)     Insufficient Taxable Income . Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b) to the contrary, if the aggregate potential depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions in respect of the Basis Adjustments, Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, and Default Rate Interest for purposes of determining the Corporation’s liability for Covered Taxes (the “Covered Tax Benefit”) is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax Benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payment that would have been payable if the Corporation had in fact had sufficient taxable income so that there had been no such limitation. As an illustration of the intended operation of this Section 3.3(a), if the Corporation would have had $160 of aggregate potential Covered Tax Benefits (as a result of, for illustrative purposes, having $640 of taxable income) in a particular Taxable Year (with $40 of such Covered Tax Benefits being attributable to Member 1 and $120 of such Covered Tax Benefits being attributable to Member 2), such that Member 1 would have potentially been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $34 (i.e. 85% of $40) and Member 2 would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $102, and if instead the Corporation only had $320 of actual taxable income in such Taxable Year (corresponding to $80 of aggregate Covered Tax Benefits), then $20 of the aggregate $80 Covered Tax Benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to Member 1 and $60 of the aggregate $80 Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation would be allocated to Member 2, such that Member 1 would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $17 and Member 2 would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $51.
(b)     Late Payments . If for any reason the Corporation is not able to timely and fully satisfy its payment obligations under this Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then Default Rate Interest will begin to accrue pursuant to Section 5.2 and the Corporation and other Parties agree that (i) the Corporation shall pay the Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of such Taxable Year to each Member pro rata in proportion to the amount of such Tax Benefit Payments, without favoring one obligation over the other, and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments to all Members in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

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Section 3.4     Optional Estimated Tax Benefit Payment Procedure .  As long as the Corporation is current in respect of its payment obligations owed to each Member pursuant to this Agreement and there are no delinquent Tax Benefit Payments outstanding in respect of prior Taxable Years for any Member, the Corporation may, at its option, in its sole discretion, make one or more estimated payments to the Members in respect of any anticipated amounts to be owed with respect to a Taxable Year to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement at any time on or after the Initial Due Date with respect to such Taxable Year (any such estimated payments referred to as an “ Estimated Tax Benefit Payment ”); provided that any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made to a Member pursuant to this is matched by a proportionately equal Estimated Tax Benefit Payment to all other Members then entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment. Any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made under this Section 3.4 shall be paid by the Corporation to the Members and applied against the final amount of any Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1. The payment of an Estimated Tax Benefit Payment by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall also terminate the obligation of the Corporation to make payment of any Extension Rate Interest that might have otherwise accrued with respect to the proportionate amount of the Tax Benefit Payment that is being paid in advance of the applicable Tax Benefit Schedule being finalized pursuant to Section 2.4. Upon the making of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment pursuant to this Section 3.4, the amount of such Estimated Tax Benefit Payment shall first be applied to any estimated Extension Rate Interest, then to Imputed Interest, and then applied to the remaining residual amount of the Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1. In determining the final amount of any Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1, and for purposes of finalizing the Tax Benefit Schedule pursuant to Section 2.4, the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments that may have been made with respect to the Taxable Year shall be increased, if the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment for a Taxable Year exceeds the Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made for such Taxable Year, with such increase being paid by the Corporation to the Members along with an appropriate amount of Extension Rate Interest in respect of the amount of such increase (a “ True-Up ”). If the Estimated Tax Benefit Payment for a Taxable Year exceeds the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year, such excess, shall be applied to reduce the amount of any subsequent future Tax Benefit Payments (including Estimated Tax Benefit Payments, if any) to be paid by the Corporation to such Member. As of the date on which any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments are made, and as of the date on which any True-Up is made, all such payments shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as otherwise contemplated by Section 3.1 and all other applicable terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, as is the case with Tax Benefit Payments made by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1, the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Section 3.4 that are attributable to an Exchange shall also be treated, in part, as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to Basis Adjustments in the Taxable Year of payment to the extent permitted by applicable law and as of the date on which such payments are made (to the extent of the estimated Net Tax Benefit associated with such Estimated Tax Benefit Payment, less any Imputed Interest, and exclusive of any Extension Rate Interest).
Section 3.5     Changes; Reserves; Suspension of Payments
(a)     Receipt of Change Notice . If any Party, or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of any Party, receives a 30-day letter, a final audit report, a statutory notice of deficiency, or similar written notice from any Taxing Authority that proposes an adjustment to a tax item of a Party that would reduce the Tax Benefit Payments that may be payable by the Corporation to the Members (a “ Change Notice ”), prompt written notification and a copy of the relevant Change Notice shall be delivered by the Party, or its Affiliate or Subsidiary, that received such Change Notice to the Corporation and the Representative.
(b)     Receipt of Reserve Notice . Prior to the delivery of any Tax Benefit Schedule or other Schedule by the Corporation to the Representative, management of the Corporation shall consult with the auditors for the Corporation and, if necessary, the Advisory Firm or other legal or accounting advisors to the Corporation regarding the substantive tax issues and related conclusions that underlie the calculations related to the determination of the Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement. If, following such consultation, the management for the Corporation shall reasonably determine that a tax reserve or contingent liability needs to be established by the Corporation for financial accounting purposes (as determined in accordance with GAAP) in relation to any past or future tax position that affects the amount of any past or future Tax Benefit Payments that have been made or that may be made under this Agreement, then the Representative shall be notified of such determination (a “ Reserve Notice ”).
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Corporation to a national bank mutually agreeable to the Parties to act as escrow agent to hold such funds in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement until a Determination in respect of the applicable Change Notice is received. For purposes of the preceding sentence and for purposes of the determination of the amount to be placed in escrow pending a Determination, the Corporation shall suspend all future Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement until the amount of such suspended future Tax Benefit Payments equals the aggregate amount of Tax Benefit Payments that the Corporation reasonably determines would not be payable if such Change Notice results in an adverse Determination. For the avoidance of doubt, such suspended amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence to be placed in escrow shall include (i) any Actual Interest Amount that has accrued on the underlying Net Tax Benefit from the Initial Due Date through the date such Tax Benefit Payment is placed in escrow (provided that to the extent the amount was not placed in escrow on or before the Final Payment Date, such amount placed in escrow shall also include any Default Rate Interest that accrued from the Final Payment Date until such amount is placed in escrow) and (ii) any additional amounts required to be placed in escrow pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) over time. From and after the date on which a Reserve Notice is issued, to the extent that the tax position that gives rise to a tax reserve or contingent liability would have the effect of reducing the Tax Benefit Payments required to be made under this Agreement, the Tax Benefit Payments required to be made under this Agreement shall, to the extent determined reasonably necessary by the Audit Committee, be paid by the Corporation to a national bank mutually agreeable to the Parties to act as escrow agent to hold such funds in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement until the relevant reserve is released or the relevant contingent liability is eliminated or it is otherwise determined that the tax position is not reasonably expected to have the effect of reducing the Tax Benefit Payments. For purposes of the preceding sentence and for purposes of the Audit Committee’s determination of the amount to be placed in escrow pending the release of the reserve or the elimination of the contingent liability, the Corporation shall be entitled to suspend all future Tax Benefit Payments required under this Agreement until the amount of such suspended future Tax Benefit Payments equals the aggregate amount of Tax Benefit Payments that the Corporation reasonably determines would not be payable if the tax position giving rise to the reserve is sustained. For the avoidance of doubt, such suspended amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence to be placed in escrow shall include (i) any Actual Interest Amount that has accrued on the underlying Net Tax Benefit from the Initial Due Date through the date such Tax Benefit Payment is placed in escrow (provided that to the extent the amount was not placed in escrow on or before the Final Payment Date, such amount placed in escrow shall also include any Default Rate Interest that from Final Payment Date until such amount is placed in escrow) and (ii) any additional amounts required to be placed in escrow pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) over time. Any amounts to be placed in escrow pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) shall be held in an interest-bearing escrow account. The date on which the Corporation pays any such Tax Benefit Payments to the escrow agent shall not be considered the date on which such Tax Benefit Payments are paid to the Members. To the extent any Tax Benefit Payments placed in escrow pursuant to this Section 3.5(c) are ultimately released to a Member pursuant to Section 3.5(d), the Corporation shall pay to the Member (either directly or from the escrow), and the Member will be entitled to receive, in addition to the Tax Benefit Payment released from escrow, the greater of (i) the interest income accrued on such Tax Benefit Amount in the escrow net of expenses and taxes as set forth in Section 3.5(d) and (ii) an amount equal to the Actual Interest Amount that accrued on such Tax Benefit Payment since the date such amounts were placed in Escrow. In connection with the immediately preceding sentence, if, at the end of each calendar quarter, the interest earned on the amounts in escrow, net of (1) expenses incurred by the Corporation or the LLC in administering the escrow and (2) any taxes imposed on the corporation or the LLC with respect to any income earned on the investment on such escrowed funds, is less than the Actual Interest Amount that has accrued on the Tax Benefit Payments placed in escrow since the date such amounts were placed in escrow, the Corporation shall deposit additional amounts in escrow so that the amount in escrow (net of expenses and taxes described in Section 3.5(c)) is no less than the amount of the Tax Benefit Payment initially placed in escrow plus the Actual Interest Amount thereon. The effect on the Members of a suspension of payments made pursuant to this Agreement under this Section 3.5(c) shall be borne by the Members in the same manner as that set forth in Section 3.3. In addition, to the extent the Corporation enters into or succeeds or takes subject to one or more other “tax receivable agreements” or similar agreements in which the Corporation is obligated to pay a third party for the use of tax benefits attributable to Basis Adjustments subsequent to this Agreement and such other agreement does not have a substantially similar provision as this Section 3.5(c), this Section 3.5(c) and Section 3.5(d) shall be of no further force or effect and all amounts in escrow shall be released to the Parties (after the funding by the Corporation of any additional deposits that may be required pursuant to the second preceding sentence) as if there was a Determination that resulted in no adjustment of any Tax Benefit Payment and all reserves have been released and contingent liabilities eliminated, as applicable.

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(d)     Release of Escrowed Funds . As of the date on which a reserve is released or contingent liability is eliminated (in the case of a Reserve Notice), and provided that no Change Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Reserve Notice, the relevant escrowed funds (along with any additional amounts required to be paid directly by the Corporation or released from escrow to the Members pursuant to Section 3.5(c)) shall be distributed to the relevant Members. The portion of any interest earned on the escrowed funds equivalent to (1) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Corporation or the LLC in administrating the escrow and (2) any taxes imposed on the Corporation or the LLC with respect to any income earned on the investment of such funds shall be distributed to the Corporation or the LLC, as applicable. If a Determination is received (in the case of a Change Notice), and if such Determination results in no adjustment in any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement, and provided that no Reserve Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Change Notice, then the relevant escrowed funds (along with any additional amounts required to be paid directly by the Corporation or released from escrow to the Members pursuant to Section 3.5(c)) shall be distributed to the relevant Members. If a Determination is received (in the case of a Change Notice), and if such Determination results in an adjustment in any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement, and provided that no Reserve Notice has previously been issued and is still outstanding in relation to the same tax position that was the subject of the Change Notice, then the relevant escrowed funds (along with any additional amounts required to be paid directly by the Corporation or released from escrow to the Members pursuant to Section 3.5(c)) shall be distributed among the Parties as follows: (i) first, to the Corporation or the LLC in an amount equal to (1) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Corporation or the LLC in administering the escrow and in contesting the Determination and (2) any taxes imposed on the Corporation or the LLC with respect to any income earned on the investment of such funds; and (ii) second, to the relevant Parties (which, for the avoidance of doubt and depending on the nature of the adjustments, may include the Corporation or the relevant Members, or some combination thereof) in accordance with the relevant Amended Schedule prepared pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Agreement and as required pursuant to Section 3.5(c).
(e)     Early Termination . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event of an Early Termination Notice prior to release of the escrow pursuant to Section 3.5(d), the escrowed funds shall be released to the Corporation, and any Early Termination Payment payable by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to Section 4.3 shall be computed without regard to any proposed adjustment to a tax item of a Party that has given rise to a Change Notice or any tax position that has given rise to a Reserve Notice.
ARTICLE IV.
TERMINATION
Section 4.1     Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement
(a)     Corporation’s Early Termination Right . With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may completely terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, with respect to all amounts payable to the Members pursuant to this Agreement by paying to the Members the Early Termination Payment; provided that Early Termination Payments may be made pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) only if made to all Members that are entitled to such a payment simultaneously, and provided further , that the Corporation may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon the Corporation’s payment of the Early Termination Payment, the Corporation shall not have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than with respect to any: (i) prior Tax Benefit Payments that are due and payable under this Agreement but that still remain unpaid as of the date of the Early Termination Notice; and (ii) current Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending on or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (ii) is included in the calculation of the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, if an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Units for which the Corporation has exercised its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a), the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.
(b)     Acceleration Upon Change of Control . In the event of a Change of Control, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated pursuant to this Article IV as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting

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the phrase “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Effective Date” appears. Such obligations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payments agreed to by the Corporation and the Members as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (3) any Tax Benefit Payments due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the closing date of a Change of Control (except to the extent that any amounts described in clauses (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutadis mutandi.
(c)     Acceleration Upon Breach of Agreement . In the event that the Corporation materially breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder, or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and become immediately due and payable upon notice of acceleration from a Member ( provided that in the case of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency statute, such acceleration shall be automatic without any such notice), and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such notice of acceleration (or, in the case of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency statute, on the date of such breach) and shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such acceleration; (ii) any prior Tax Benefit Payments that are due and payable under this Agreement but that still remain unpaid as of the date of such acceleration; and (iii) any current Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of such acceleration (except to the extent included in the Early Termination Payment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches this Agreement and such breach is not a material breach of a material obligation, a Member shall still be entitled to enforce all of its rights otherwise available under this Agreement, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, seeking an acceleration of amounts payable under this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 4.1(c), and subject to the following sentence, the Parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within ninety (90) calendar days of the relevant Final Payment Date shall be deemed to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within ninety (90) calendar days of the relevant Final Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, a suspension of payments pursuant to Section 3.5 will not be considered to be a failure to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement, provided that the Corporation complies with the provisions of Section 3.5(c) that require the Corporation to pay the Tax Benefit Payments to an escrow. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a material breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment within ninety (90) calendar days of the relevant Final Payment Date to the extent that the Corporation has insufficient funds or cannot make such payment as a result of obligations imposed in connection with the Senior Obligations (including any Credit Agreements) or under applicable law, and cannot obtain sufficient funds despite using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain funds to make such payment (including by causing Subsidiaries to distribute or lend funds for such payment and access any sources of available credit to fund such payment); provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment; and further provided that such payment obligation shall nonetheless accrue for the benefit of the Members and the Corporation shall make such payment at the first opportunity that it has sufficient funds and is otherwise able to make such payment.
(d)     Limitation . Payments under this Section 4.1 are subject to Section 5.1.
Section 4.2     Early Termination Notice .  If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1 above, the Corporation shall deliver to the Representative a notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right (an “ Early Termination Notice ”) and a schedule (the “ Early Termination Schedule ”) showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment. The Corporation shall also (x) deliver to the Representative supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the Representative, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding the data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Early Termination Schedule; (y) consult with the Advisory Firm (to the extent necessary in the Corporation’s determination) with respect to such Early Termination Schedule; and (z) allow and the Representative and their advisors to have reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the Representative, at the Corporation and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Early Termination Schedule.

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The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on each Party thirty (30) calendar days from the first date on which the Representative received such Early Termination Schedule unless:
(i)    the Representative within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule, provides the Corporation with (A) notice of a material objection to such Early Termination Schedule made in good faith and setting forth in reasonable detail the Representative’s, as applicable, material objection (a “ Termination Objection Notice ”) and (B) a letter from an Advisory Firm (that is different from the Advisory Firm that was consulted by the Corporation with respect to the Early Termination Schedule) in support of such Termination Objection Notice; or
(ii)    the Representative provides a written waiver of such right of a Termination Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Early Termination Schedule becomes binding on the date the waiver from the Representative is received by the Corporation.
In the event that the Representative timely delivers a Termination Objection Notice pursuant to clause (i) above, and if the Parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Termination Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Termination Objection Notice, the Corporation or the Representative, as applicable, shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the expense of preparing and obtaining the letter from an Advisory Firm referenced in clause (i) above shall be borne solely by the Representative, as applicable, and the Corporation shall have no liability with respect to such letter or any of the expenses associated with its preparation and delivery, provided, however, that all Members shall reimburse the Representative for such expenses in an amount that is pro rata with respect to their rights to Early Termination Payments. The date on which the Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with this Section 4.2 shall be the “ Early Termination Reference Date .”
Section 4.3     Payment Upon Early Termination
(a)     Timing of Payment . Within ten (10) calendar days after the Early Termination Reference Date, the Corporation shall pay to each Member an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment for such Member. Such Early Termination Payment shall be made by the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the Members or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the Members.
(b)     Amount of Payment . The “ Early Termination Payment ” payable to a Member pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such Member, whether payable with respect to Units that were Exchanged prior to the Early Termination Effective Date or on or after the Early Termination Effective Date, beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, neither (i) any proposed adjustment to a tax item of a Party that has given rise to a Change Notice, nor (ii) any reserve or contingent liability associated with a tax position that has given rise to a Reserve Notice, shall be taken into account in determining the amount of any Early Termination Payment, which shall be computed as if the adjustment or tax item giving rise to the Change Notice or Reserve Notice has been resolved in a manner that does not result in a reduction of any Tax Benefit Payment payable under this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE V.
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS
Section 5.1     Subordination .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation to the Members under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest, or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of secured or unsecured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, obligations in respect of any Credit Agreement (“ Senior

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Obligations ”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations; provided, however, that to the extent the Corporation enters into or succeeds or takes subject to one or more other “tax receivable agreements” or similar agreement in which the Corporation is obligated to pay a third party for the use of tax benefits attributable to Basis Adjustments subsequent to this Agreement and the Covered Tax Benefit would be limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income after accounting for any Basis Adjustments (or corresponding term in such other agreement) or interest deductions that are the subject matter of such other agreement, then the Tax Benefit Payment (and the components thereof, including the Hypothetical Tax Liability, Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit) shall be calculated without regard to such other agreement and without giving effect to any Basis Adjustments (or corresponding term in such other agreement) or interest deductions that are the subject matter of such other agreement. To the extent that any payment under this Agreement is not permitted to be made at the time payment is due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of any agreement governing any Senior Obligations (in each case, whether money is currently borrowed under such agreement or available to be borrowed under such agreement), such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of the Members and the Corporation shall make such payments at the first opportunity that such payments are permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations.
Section 5.2     Late Payments by the Corporation .  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment not made to the Members when due under the terms of this Agreement, whether as a result of Section 5.1 and the terms of the Senior Obligations or otherwise, shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the Final Payment Date on which such Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment was first due and payable to the date of actual payment.
ARTICLE VI.
TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
Section 6.1     Participation in the Corporation’s and the LLC’s Tax Matters .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation and the LLC, including without limitation the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes. The Corporation shall notify the Representative of, and keep him or her reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any tax audit of the Corporation or the LLC, or any of the LLC’s Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect the Tax Benefit Payments payable to any Members under this Agreement, and the Representative, shall have the right to provide information and input at its own expense relating to but, for the avoidance of doubt, may not control, any such portion of any such Tax audit. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the LLC Agreement as it relates to tax matters concerning Covered Taxes and the Corporation and the LLC, including preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes, this Agreement shall control; provided, however , that to the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and Sections 5.05 and 9.02 of the LLC Agreement, Sections 5.05 and 9.02 of the LLC Agreement shall control.
Section 6.2     Consistency .  Except as otherwise required by law, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including, without limitation, any Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies or positions taken by the Corporation and the LLC on their respective Tax Returns. Each Member shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner that is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and any related calculations or determinations that are made hereunder, including, without limitation, the terms of Section 2.1 of this Agreement and the Schedules provided to the Members under this Agreement. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm, such replacement Advisory Firm shall perform its services under this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by law or unless the Corporation and all of the Members agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.
Section 6.3     Cooperation
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necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above, and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.
(b)    The Corporation shall reimburse the Members for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a).
ARTICLE VII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1     Notices .  All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by fax, by electronic mail (delivery receipt requested) or by certified or registered mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be as specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1). All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice:
If to the Corporation, to:
Pluralsight, Inc.
182 North Union Avenue
Farmington, Utah 84025
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Allison Spinner
If to the Representative (on behalf of the Members):
c/o Insight Venture Partners
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 36 th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Ryan Hinkle

    
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
620 Eighth Avenue,
New York, New York 10018
Attention: Paul N. Cicero



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Any Party may change its address, fax number or e-mail address by giving each of the other Parties written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.
Section 7.2     Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 7.3     Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 7.4     Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
Section 7.5     Severability .  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
Section 7.6     Right of First Refusal; Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver .
(a)     Right of First Refusal . Before a Member (such Member, a “ Seller ”) may assign, sell, pledge, or otherwise alienate or transfer (collectively, “ Transfer ”) any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement (collectively, “ TRA Interests ”), to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee), in addition to any other requirements set forth in this Agreement (including as set forth in Section 7.6(b)), Seller must comply with the following:
(i)     Notice of Proposed Transfer . Prior to Seller Transferring any of its TRA Interests to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee), Seller shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice (the “ Transfer Notice ”) stating: (A) Seller’s bona fide intention to Transfer such TRA Interests; (B) the name, address and phone number of each proposed purchaser or other transferee (each, a “ Proposed Transferee ”); (C) a description of Seller’s TRA Interests (or portion thereof) proposed to be Transferred to each Proposed Transferee (the “ Offered TRA Interests ”); and (D) the bona fide cash price or, in reasonable detail, other consideration for which Seller proposes to Transfer the Offered TRA Interests (the “ Offered Price ”).
(ii)     Exercise by the Corporation . For a period of 30 days (the “ Exercise Period ”) after the date on which the Transfer Notice is, pursuant to Section 7.1, deemed to have been delivered to the Corporation, the Corporation shall have the right to purchase all or any portion of the Offered TRA Interests on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 7.6(a). In order to exercise its right hereunder, the Corporation must deliver written notice to elect to purchase to Seller within the Exercise Period. If no such written notice is given within the Exercise Period, the Corporation shall be deemed to have elected not to purchase the Offered TRA Interests.
(iii)     Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Offered TRA Interests to be purchased by the Corporation exercising its Right of First Refusal under this Agreement will be the Offered Price, and will be payable as set forth in Section 7.6(a)(iv). If the Offered Price includes consideration other than cash, the cash

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equivalent value of the non-cash consideration will be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith, which determination will be binding upon the Corporation and the Seller, absent fraud or manifest error.
(iv)     Closing; Payment . Subject to compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws, the Corporation and Seller shall effect the purchase and sale of all or any portion of the Offered TRA Interests, including the payment of the purchase price, within ten days after the expiration of the Exercise Period or as promptly as otherwise practicable thereafter (the “ Right of First Refusal Closing ”). Payment of the purchase price will be made by wire transfer to a bank account designated by Seller in writing to the Corporation at least 3 days prior to the Right of First Refusal Closing. At such Right of First Refusal Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Corporation, among other things, such documents and instruments of conveyance as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Corporation to effect the Transfer of such Offered TRA Interests.
(v)     Transfer by Seller . If any of the Offered TRA Interests remain available after the exercise, if any, of the Corporation’s Right of First Refusal, then the Seller shall be free to transfer, subject to the general conditions to transfer set forth in Section 7.6(b), any such remaining Offered TRA Interests to the Proposed Transferee at the Offered Price set forth in the Transfer Notice; provided, however , that if the Offered TRA Interests are not so transferred during the 90-day period following the delivery of the Transfer Notice, then the Seller may not Transfer any of such remaining Offered TRA Interests without complying again in full with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b)     Assignment . No Member may Transfer any TRA Interests to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee) without the prior written consent of the Corporation (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided , however, that such Member may Transfer a TRA Interest if the Member shall have complied with Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement; and provided, further that such Person (including any Permitted Transferee) shall execute and deliver a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such Member’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “ Joinder Requirement ”). For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such Member shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Units (and any such transferred Units shall be separately identified, so as to facilitate the determination of Tax Benefit Payments hereunder). The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person (other than any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation) without the prior written consent of each of the Members (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).
(c)     Amendments . No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of a majority of the Independent Directors and the Representative, in which case such amendment shall be permitted. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(d)     Successors . Except as provided in Section 7.6(b), all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
(e)     Waiver . No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement, or condition.

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Section 7.7     Titles and Subtitles .  The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
Section 7.8     Resolution of Disputes
(a)    Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.9, any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) (each a “ Dispute ”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Administered Arbitration (the “ Rules ”) by three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall appoint one arbitrator and the Members party to such Dispute shall appoint one arbitrator in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Rule 5.4. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of the arbitration shall be Farmington, Utah.
(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.8 to any such action or proceeding, and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.8 shall not apply to Reconciliation Disputes to be settled in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.9.
(c)    Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d)    WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
(e)    In the event the parties are unable to agree whether a dispute between them is a Reconciliation Dispute subject to the dispute resolution procedure set forth in Section 7.9 or a Dispute subject to the dispute resolution procedure set forth in this Section 7.8, such disagreement shall be decided and resolved in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Section 7.8.
Section 7.9     Reconciliation .  In the event that the Corporation and any Member are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4, or with respect to an Early Termination Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “ Reconciliation Dispute ”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “ Expert ”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both Parties. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and such Member agree otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Member or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the Parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.8 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Member or other actual or potential conflict of interest. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the Basis Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case

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after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporation and the Members shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the Member’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the Member for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding (including for the avoidance of doubt any costs and expenses incurred by the Member relating to the engagement of the Expert or amending any applicable Tax Return), or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the Member shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding (including for the avoidance of doubt costs and expenses incurred by the Corporation relating to the engagement of the Expert or amending any applicable Tax Return). The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be binding on the Corporation and the Members and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction.
Section 7.10     Withholding .  The Corporation, the LLC and their affiliates and representatives shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any Member pursuant to this Agreement such amounts may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the recipient of the payments in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. To the extent that any payment pursuant to this Agreement is not reduced by such deductions or withholdings, such recipient shall indemnify the applicable withholding agent for any amounts imposed by any taxing authority together with any costs and expenses related thereto. Each Member shall promptly provide the Corporation, LLC or other applicable withholding agent with any applicable tax forms and certifications (including IRS Form W-9 or the applicable version of IRS Form W-8) reasonably requested, in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required under the Code or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign tax law.
Section 7.11     Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets
(a)    If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 or other applicable Sections of the Code governing affiliated or consolidated groups, or any corresponding provisions of U.S. state or local law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments, and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.
(b)    If the Corporation, its successor in interest or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a) transfers one or more assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. income tax purposes) with which the Corporation or its successor in interest does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code, such entity, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the contributed asset as determined by the Advisory Firm or a valuation expert selected by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 7.11, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Corporation, its successor in interest or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a), transfers its assets pursuant to a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” (within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code) in which such entity does not survive or pursuant to any other transaction to which Section 381(a) of the Code applies (other than any such reorganization or any such other transaction, in each case, pursuant to which such entity transfers assets to a corporation with which the Corporation or its successor in interest does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), the transfer will not cause such entity to be treated as having transferred any assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. income tax purposes) pursuant to this Section 7.11(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries determines to (a) cause the LLC to be taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (b) otherwise causes

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the LLC or any of its subsidiaries to contribute substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly held by the LLC that are not already held by an entity taxed as a corporation to an entity taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each of (a) and (b), a (“Corporate Conversion”)), the Corporation shall provide the Members with advance notice of such determination to allow them to make a Redemption request in accordance with the LLC Agreement prior to the effectiveness of such Corporate Conversion.
Section 7.12     Arm’s Length Transactions . Each of the Corporation and LLC shall not, and each shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, (i) enter into transactions or agreements with Affiliates that are not on arm’s length terms to the extent such transactions or agreements would reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the amount or timing of any payments under this Agreement or (ii) engage in any transaction or enter into any agreement the principal purpose of which is to reduce the amount or timing of any payments under this Agreement.
Section 7.13     Confidentiality .  Each Member and its assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation and its Affiliates and successors, learned by any Member heretofore or hereafter. This Section 7.13 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any Member in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement, and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Member to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. If a Member or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.13, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.13 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.
Section 7.14     Change in Law .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, as a result of or, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, a Member reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such Member (or direct or indirect equity holders in such Member) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such Member or any direct or indirect owner of such Member, then at the written election of such Member in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such Member and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such Member, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange with respect to such Member occurring after a date specified by such Member, or may be amended by in a manner reasonably determined by such Member, provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the Corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.
Section 7.15     Interest Rate Limitation .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any Member hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “ Maximum Rate ”). If any Member shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the Tax Benefit Payment, Estimated Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment, as applicable (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by any Member exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Member may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by

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the Corporation to such Member hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws.
Section 7.16     Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations .  The rights and obligations of each Member hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A Member shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a Member have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than the Corporation). The obligations of a Member hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Member pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Members acting as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Members are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Corporation acknowledges that the Members are not acting in concert or as a group and will not assert any such claim with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 7.17     LLC Agreement .  This Agreement shall be treated as part of the LLC Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.
Section 7.18     Representative .  By executing this Agreement, each of the Members shall be deemed to have irrevocably constituted and appointed IVP CIF II (PS Splitter), L.P. (in the capacity described in this Section 7.18 and each successor as provided below, the “ Representative ”) as his, her or its agent and attorney in fact with full power of substitution to act from and after the date hereof and to do any and all things and execute any and all documents on behalf of such Members which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate any matters under this Agreement, including but not limited to: (i) execution of the documents and certificates required pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) except to the extent specifically provided in this Agreement receipt and forwarding of notices and communications pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) administration of the provisions of this Agreement; (v) any and all consents, waivers, amendments or modifications deemed by the Representative, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the execution or delivery of any documents that may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith; (vi) amending this Agreement or any of the instruments to be delivered to the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) taking actions Representative is expressly authorized to take pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement; (viii) negotiating and compromising, on behalf of such Members, any dispute that may arise under, and exercising or refraining from exercising any remedies available under, this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby and executing, on behalf of such Members, any settlement agreement, release or other document with respect to such dispute or remedy; and (ix) engaging attorneys, accountants, agents or consultants on behalf of such Members in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby and paying any fees related thereto. The Representative may resign upon 30 days’ written notice to the Corporation. If the Representative is unable or unwilling to so serve, then the Members, as applicable, holding a majority of the common units owned by such Members outstanding on the date hereof, shall elect a new Representative. All reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Representative in its capacity as such shall be promptly reimbursed by the Corporation upon invoice and reasonable support therefor by the Representative. To the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Representative, any of its Affiliates, or any of the Representative’s or Affiliate’s directors, officers, employees or other agents (each a “ Covered Person ”) shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to any Member, the LLC or the Corporation for damages arising from any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Representative or any other Person with respect to the LLC or the Corporation, except in the case of any action or omission which constitutes, with respect to such Person, willful misconduct or fraud. Each of the Covered Persons may consult with legal counsel, accountants, and other experts selected by it, and any act or omission suffered or taken by it on behalf of the LLC or the Corporation or in furtherance of the interests of the LLC or the Corporation in good faith in reliance upon and in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants, or other experts shall create a rebuttable presumption of the good faith and due care of such Covered Person with respect to such act or omission; provided that such counsel, accountants, or other experts were selected with reasonable care. Each of the Covered Persons may rely in good faith upon, and shall have no liability to the LLC, the Corporation or the Members for acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
CORPORATION:
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard_____________________
Name:    Aaron Skonnard
Title:    Chief Executive Officer
THE LLC:
PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS LLC
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard_____________________
Name:    Aaron Skonnard
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

















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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
REPRESENTATIVE
IVP CIF II (PS SPLITTER), L.P.__________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Blair Flicker________________________
( Signature )

Name: Blair Flicker___________________________
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Title: Authorized Signatory____________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Acadia Family Trust____________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Brett Barlow________________________
( Signature )

Name: Brett Barlow___________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Anita Grantham________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
James Bartley Grantham & Anita Marie Grantham Joint Revocable Living Trust______________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Anita Grantham______________________
( Signature )

Name: Anita Grantham_________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
David L Balter 2015 Trust_______________
( Name of Member )
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( Signature )

Name: Dave Balter___________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Brandon Warburton____________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
David Adsit__________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Stan Hansen__________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Benson Metcalf________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
ONSTARTUPS LLC____________________
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Name: Dharmesh Shah_________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Brandon Peay__________________________
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By: /s/ Brandon Peay________________________
( Signature )

Name: Brandon Peay___________________________
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Title: Not Applicable__________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Jody Bailey____________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Aaron Patterson________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Chad Sollis____________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Amber Van Horn________________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Leslie Pfrang___________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Leslie Pfrang_________________________
( Signature )


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Ed Roman_____________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Ed Roman___________________________
( Signature )


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
IVP CIF II (PS SPLITTER), L.P.___________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Blair Flicker_________________________
( Signature )

Name: Blair Flicker____________________________
( Print name of signatory, if signing for an entity )
    
Title: Authorized Signatory_____________________
( Print title of signatory, if signing for entity )

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
SKONNARD CONSULTING, INC.:
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard______________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard_________________________
Title: Chief Executive Officer___________________
    

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
SKONNARD FAMILY GRAT 2018         
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard______________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard_________________________
Title: Trustee________________________________
    

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
SKONNARD FAMILY GRAT 2021         
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard______________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard_________________________
Title: Trustee________________________________
    

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
AARON & MONICA SKONNARD REVOCABLE TRUST         
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard______________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard_________________________
Title: Trustee________________________________

By: /s/ Monica Skonnard______________________
Name: Monica I. Skonnard________________________
Title: Trustee__________________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
AARON SKONNARD         
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard______________________


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
ARNE DUNCAN     
By: /s/ Arne Duncan______________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Brad Rencher     
By: /s/ Brad Rencher______________________


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
CENTERPINE LLC     
By: /s/ Brad Rencher________________________
    
Name: Brad Rencher___________________________
Title: Manager_______________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Nathan S. Burt__________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Nathan S. Burt________________________
( Signature )


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Gary Crittenden     
By: /s/ Gary Crittenden____________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
BEAR MOUNTAIN RANCH ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC     
By: /s/ Gary Crittenden______________________
    
Name: Gary Crittenden_________________________
Title: Managing Manager______________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
BUDGE FAMILY TRUST     
By: /s/ James Budge________________________
    
Name: James Budge___________________________
Title: Trustee________________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
James Budge     
By: /s/ James Budge______________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Timothy I. Maudlin     
By: /s/ Timothy Maudlin______________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
JANICE K. MAUDLIN REVOCABLE TRUST         
By: /s/ Timothy Maudlin____________________
Name: Timothy I. Maudlin_____________________
Title: Trustee_______________________________

By: /s/ Janice Maudlin______________________
Name: Janice K. Maudlin_______________________
Title: Trustee________________________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
TIMOTHY I. MAUDLIN REVOCABLE TRUST         
By: /s/ Timothy Maudlin____________________
Name: Timothy I. Maudlin_____________________
Title: Trustee_______________________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
KAREN A. TERRELL LIVING TRUST     
By: /s/ Karenann Terrell____________________
Name: Karenann Terrell_______________________
Title: Trustee_______________________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Shikhar Ghosh__________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Shikhar Ghosh________________________
( Signature )


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Karenann Terrell     
By: /s/ Karenann Terrell____________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
ISP Main Fund PS LLC___________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Kevin Foster_________________________
( Signature )

Name: Kevin Foster____________________________
( Print name of signatory, if signing for an entity )
    
Title: Authorized Signatory_____________________
( Print title of signatory, if signing for entity )

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
ICONIQ STRATEGIC PARTNERS CO-INVEST, L.P. (SERIES PS)     
By: ICONIQ Strategic Partners GP, L.P., its General Partner
By: ICONIQ Strategic Partners TT GP, Ltd., its General Partner
By: /s/ Kevin Foster_______________________
Name: Kevin Foster__________________________
Title: Authorized Signatory___________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Mark Hansen___________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Mark Hansen_________________________
( Signature )



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
The Ross Irrevocable Trust________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Jeffrey Ross /s/ Tayn Ross______________
( Signature )

Name: Jeffrey Ross Tayn Ross__________________
( Print name of signatory, if signing for an entity )
    
Title: Investment Trustees_______________________
( Print title of signatory, if signing for entity )

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Shane Johnson__________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Shane Johnson________________________
( Signature )



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Joe DiBartolomeo     
By: /s/ Joseph DiBartolomeo_________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Nate Walkingshaw     
By: /s/ Nate Walkingshaw_________________

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
TRUE NORTH TRUST     
By: /s/ Stephan Sargent____________________

Name: Stephen M. Sargent____________________
Title: Trustee______________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Peter Lehrman__________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Peter Lehrman________________________
( Signature )


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
ONION CONSULTING, INC.     
By: /s/ Frederick Onion____________________

Name: Frederick Onion_______________________
Title: President_____________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
FREDERICK A. ONION REVOCABLE TRUST     
By: /s/ Frederick Onion____________________

Name: Frederick Onion_______________________
Title: Trustee______________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
AREO VENTURES, LLC     
By: /s/ Scott Dorsey_______________________

Name: Scott Dorsey_________________________
Title: Manager_____________________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
SCOTT DORSEY     
By: /s/ Scott Dorsey_______________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
James M Cooper________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ James M Cooper______________________
( Signature )


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
The Woodward Irrevocable Trust___________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Bruce G Woodward___________________
( Signature )

Name: Bruce G Woodward______________________
( Print name of signatory, if signing for an entity )
    
Title: Trustee_________________________________
( Print title of signatory, if signing for entity )

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Michael Featherstone_____________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Michael Featherstone___________________
( Signature )


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Adam Patch____________________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Adam Patch__________________________
( Signature )


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Steven R. Woolley_______________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Steven R Woolley_____________________
( Signature )



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
MEMBER
Heather Zynczak_______________________
( Name of Member )
By: /s/ Heather Zynczak_____________________
( Signature )


[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT]



Exhibit A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of __________, 20__ (this “ Joinder ”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [__________] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Tax Receivable Agreement ”) by and among Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ the LLC ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.
1.
Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement . Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the Tax Receivable Agreement and a Party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.
2.
Incorporation by Reference . All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.
3.
Address . All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:
[Name]
[Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Attn:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW PARTY]
By:         
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and agreed
as of the date first set forth above:
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
By:     
Name:
Title:




Exhibit 10.2
 
 
 

PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC
FORM OF FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 16, 2018
 
 


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








TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.01
 
Formation of Company
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.02
 
This Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.03
 
Name
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.04
 
Purpose
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.05
 
Principal Office; Registered Office
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.06
 
Term
 
 
 
 
 
Section 2.07
 
No State-Law Partnership
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE III. MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.01
 
Members
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.02
 
Units
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.03
 
Recapitalization; the Corporation’s Capital Contribution; the Corporation’s Purchase of Common Units; Member Distribution
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.04
 
Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.05
 
Repurchase, Redemption or Forfeiture of shares of Class A Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.06
 
Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.07
 
Negative Capital Accounts
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.08
 
No Withdrawal
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.09
 
Loans From Members
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.10
 
Corporate Stock Option Plans and Equity Plans
 
 
 
 
 
Section 3.11
 
Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 4.01
 
Distributions
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE V. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.01
 
Capital Accounts
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.02
 
Allocations
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.03
 
Regulatory Allocations
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.04
 
Final Allocations
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.05
 
Tax Allocations
 
 
 
 
 
Section 5.06
 
Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VI. MANAGEMENT
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.01
 
Authority of Manager
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.02
 
Actions of the Manager
 
 
 

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Section 6.03
 
Resignation; No Removal
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.04
 
Vacancies
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.05
 
Transactions Between Company and Manager
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.06
 
Reimbursement for Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.07
 
Delegation of Authority
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.08
 
Limitation of Liability of Manager
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.09
 
Investment Company Act
 
 
 
 
 
Section 6.10
 
Outside Activities of the Manager
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.01
 
Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.02
 
Lack of Authority
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.03
 
No Right of Partition
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.04
 
Indemnification
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.05
 
Members Right to Act
 
 
 
 
 
Section 7.06
 
Inspection Rights
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VIII. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 8.01
 
Records and Accounting
 
 
 
 
 
Section 8.02
 
Fiscal Year
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE IX. TAX MATTERS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 9.01
 
Preparation of Tax Returns
 
 
 
 
 
Section 9.02
 
Tax Elections
 
 
 
 
 
Section 9.03
 
Composite Returns
 
 
 
 
 
Section 9.04
 
Foreign Filings
 
 
 
 
 
Section 9.05
 
Tax Controversies
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE X. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS; PUBCO OFFER
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.01
 
Transfers by Members
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.02
 
Permitted Transfers
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.03
 
Restricted Units Legend
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.04
 
Transfer
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.05
 
Assignee’s Rights
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.06
 
Assignor’s Rights and Obligations
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.07
 
Overriding Provisions
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.08
 
Spousal Consent
 
 
 
 
 
Section 10.09
 
Tender Offers and Other Events with respect to the Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 11.01
 
Redemption Right of a Member
 
 
 
 
 
Section 11.02
 
Election and Contribution of the Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
Section 11.03
 
Exchange Right of the Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
Section 11.04
 
Reservation of shares of Class A Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation
 
 
 

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Section 11.05
 
Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Exchange Right
 
 
 
 
 
Section 11.06
 
Tax Treatment
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XII. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
 
 
 
 
 
Section 12.01
 
Substituted Members
 
 
 
 
 
Section 12.02
 
Additional Members
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XIII. RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS
 
 
 
 
Section 13.01
 
Resignation of Members
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XIV. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
 
 
 
 
Section 14.01
 
Dissolution
 
 
 
 
Section 14.02
 
Winding up and Termination
 
 
 
 
Section 14.03
 
Deferment; Distribution in Kind
 
 
 
 
Section 14.04
 
Cancellation of Certificate
 
 
 
 
Section 14.05
 
Reasonable Time for Winding Up
 
 
 
 
Section 14.06
 
Return of Capital
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XV. VALUATION
 
 
 
 
Section 15.01
 
Determination
 
 
 
 
Section 15.02
 
Dispute Resolution
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE XVI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
 
 
 
Section 16.01
 
Power of Attorney
 
 
 
 
Section 16.02
 
Confidentiality
 
 
 
 
Section 16.03
 
Amendments
 
 
 
 
Section 16.04
 
Title to Company Assets
 
 
 
 
Section 16.05
 
Addresses and Notices
 
 
 
 
Section 16.06
 
Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries
 
 
 
 
Section 16.07
 
Creditors
 
 
 
 
Section 16.08
 
Waiver
 
 
 
 
Section 16.09
 
Counterparts
 
 
 
 
Section 16.10
 
Applicable Law
 
 
 
 
Section 16.11
 
Severability
 
 
 
 
Section 16.12
 
Further Action
 
 
 
 
Section 16.13
 
Delivery by Electronic Transmission
 
 
 
 
Section 16.14
 
Right of Offset
 
 
 
 
Section 16.15
 
Entire Agreement
 
 
 
 
Section 16.16
 
Remedies
 
 
 
 
Section 16.17
 
Descriptive Headings; Interpretation
 
 
 
 
Section 16.18
 
Approval of Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
 
Schedules
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Schedule 1
 
– Schedule of Pre-IPO Members
 
 
 
 
 
Schedule 2
 
– Schedule of Members
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit A
 
– Form of Joinder Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit B-1
 
– Form of Agreement and Consent of Spouse
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit B-2
 
– Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property
 
 
 
 


iv


PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), dated as of May 16, 2018 (the “ Effective Time ”), is entered into by and among the Members (as defined herein).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.1 ;
WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Act by the filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-201 of the Delaware Act on August 28, 2014 and the execution of that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated September 18, 2014 (the “ Initial LLC Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Company is currently governed by that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 12, 2017 (as heretofore amended, the “ Current LLC Agreement ”), by the members of the Company party thereto (the “ Pre-IPO Members ”);
WHEREAS, the Pre-IPO Members, prior to the Effective Time, hold (i) various classes of Units (as defined in the Current LLC Agreement) of the Company, including, Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units, Class A Incentive Units, Class B Incentive Units, Series A Convertible Preferred Units, Series B Convertible Preferred Units and Series C Convertible Preferred Units (each as defined in the Current LLC Agreement, and collectively, the “ Original Units ”) and/or (ii) Class B RSUs (as defined in the Current LLC Agreement, collectively, the “ Original RSUs ”);
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Effective Time, certain of the Pre-IPO Members contributed to the Corporation (as defined below) all or a portion of the Units (as defined in the Current LLC Agreement) held by such Pre-IPO Members to the Corporation, in exchange for shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below) (the “ Pre-IPO Exchanges ”), in each case, as set forth and more fully described in Section 2.1(b)(i) of the Reorganization Agreement;
WHEREAS, immediately following the Pre-IPO Exchanges, among other things, (i) (A) certain of the Pre-IPO Members will each merge with and into a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, with such Pre-IPO Member as the surviving entity of such merger, and as consideration for such merger, the stockholder(s) of such Pre-IPO Member shall receive, in the aggregate, newly issued Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Units (as defined in the Current LLC Agreement) held by such Pre-IPO Member prior to such merger and (B) such Pre-IPO Member shall merge with and into the Corporation, in each case, with the Corporation as the surviving entity and (i) a certain Pre-IPO Member will merge with and into the Corporation, with the Corporation as the surviving entity (the transactions describe above, collectively, the “ Blocker Mergers ”), in each case, as set forth in and more fully described in Section 2.1(b)(ii) and Section 2.1(b)(iii) of the Reorganization Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Pre-IPO Members desire to have Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), effect an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), and in connection therewith, to amend and restate the Current LLC Agreement as of the Effective Time to reflect (a) a recapitalization of the Company (the “ Recapitalization ”), (b) the admission of the Corporation as an additional Member in the Company and its designation as sole Manager of the Company, and (c) the rights and obligations of the Members that are enumerated and agreed upon in the terms of

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this Agreement effective as of the Effective Time, at which time the Current LLC Agreement shall be superseded entirely by this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Recapitalization and as of the Effective Time, (i) the Original Units will be converted into Common Units as set forth herein, and (ii) the Original RSUs will be converted into Skonnard RSUs as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the parties listed on the Schedule of Members attached hereto as Schedule 2 are the Members as of the Effective Time and after giving effect to the Recapitalization and completion of the Blocker Mergers (as defined below) and Pre-IPO Exchanges (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Corporation will sell shares of its Class A Common Stock to public investors in the IPO and will use the net proceeds received from the IPO (the “ IPO Net Proceeds ”) to purchase newly issued Common Units from the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) of the Reorganization Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Corporation may issue additional shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the IPO as a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option (the “ Over-Allotment Option ”) and, if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in whole or in part, any additional net proceeds (the “ Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds ”) shall be used by the Corporation to purchase additional newly issued Common Units from the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) of the Reorganization Agreement; and
WHEREAS, promptly following the Effective Time, the Company will purchase from the Corporation shares of Class B Common Stock (as defined below) and shares of Class C Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to the Stock Subscription Agreement, which Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock will be distributed to certain of the Members as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members, intending to be legally bound, hereby amend and restate the Current LLC Agreement in its entirety and otherwise agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.
Additional Member ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02 .
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:
(a)    reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and
(b)    increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i) (relating to minimum gain).
Admission Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06 .
Affiliate ” (and, with a correlative meaning, “ Affiliated ”) means, with respect to a specified Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative

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meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or other agreement).
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Company Interest has been transferred but who has not been admitted as a Member pursuant to Article XII .
Assumed Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Member, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the product of (A) the Distribution Tax Rate multiplied by (B)  the estimated or actual cumulative taxable income or gain of the Company, as determined for federal income tax purposes, allocated to such Member for full or partial Fiscal Years commencing on or after the closing date of the IPO, less prior losses of the Company allocated to such Member for full or partial Fiscal Years commencing on or after the closing date of the IPO, in each case, as determined by the Manager over (ii)  the cumulative Tax Distributions made to such Member after the closing date of the IPO pursuant to Sections 4.01(b)(i) , 4.01(b)(ii) and 4.01(b)(iii) ; provided that, such Assumed Tax Liability (x) shall be computed without regard to any adjustments to the tax basis of the Company’s property pursuant to Section 743(b) of the Code and (y) in the case of the Corporation, shall in no event be less than an amount that will enable the Corporation to meet both its tax obligations and its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement for the relevant Taxable Year; provided further that, in the case of each Member, such Assumed Tax Liability shall take into account any Code Section 704(c) allocations (including “reverse” 704(c) allocations) to the Member; and provided , further , that no Member’s calculation of the amount described in clause (B) above shall take into account any guaranteed payment, salary, bonus or other compensation for services paid to such Member.
Base Rate ” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.
Black-Out Period ” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeeming Member is subject (or will be subject at such time as it owns Class A Common Stock), which period restricts the ability of such Redeeming Member to immediately resell shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeeming Member in connection with a Share Settlement.
Blocker Mergers ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Book Value ” means, with respect to any Company property, the Company’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.
Capital Account ” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01 .
Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member (or such Member’s predecessor) contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.
Cash Settlement ” means immediately available funds in U.S. dollars in an amount equal to the Redeemed Units Equivalent.
Certificate ” means the Company’s Certificate of Formation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

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Class A Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Class A Stock Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(a) of this Agreement.
Class B Common Stock ” means the shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
Class C Common Stock ” means the shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Common Unit ” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of the Members and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.
Common Unit Redemption Price ” means the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average prices for a share of Class A Common Stock (or any class of stock into which it has been converted) on the principal U.S. securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system on which the Class A Common Stock trades, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P., or its successor, for each of the five (5) consecutive full Trading Days ending on and including the last full Trading Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date, subject to appropriate and equitable adjustment for any stock splits, reverse splits, stock dividends or similar events affecting the Class A Common Stock. If the Class A Common Stock no longer trades on a securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, then the Manager (through its board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors (within the meaning of the rules of the Stock Exchange)) shall determine the Common Unit Redemption Price in good faith.
Common Unitholder ” means a Member who is the registered holder of Common Units.
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Company Interest ” means the limited liability company interest of a Member, including its interests in Profits, Losses and Distributions.
Contribution Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b) .
Corporate Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Corporate Incentive Award Plan ” means the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan of the Corporation, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Corporation ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
Credit Agreements ” means any promissory note, mortgage, loan agreement, indenture or similar instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a borrower, as such instruments or agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancing or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, for as long as the payee or creditor to whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company, including the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
Current LLC Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Delaware Act ” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq. , as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

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Direct Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(a) .
Distributable Cash ” means, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a) , the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with the Credit Agreements (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of any of the Credit Agreements).
Distribution ” (and, with a correlative meaning, “ Distribute ”) means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided, however , that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any recapitalization that does not result in the distribution of cash or property to Members or any exchange of securities of the Company, and any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units or (b) any other payment made by the Company to a Member that is not properly treated as a “distribution” for purposes of Sections 731, 732, or 733 or other applicable provisions of the Code.
Distribution Tax Rate ” means a rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined federal, state and local income tax rate for a Fiscal Year applicable to corporate or individual taxpayers that may potentially apply to any Member for such Fiscal Year, taking into account the character of the relevant tax items ( e.g. , ordinary or capital), the deductibility of state and local income taxes for federal income tax purposes (but only to the extent such taxes are deductible under the Code) and including deductions pursuant to Section 199A of the Code, as reasonably determined by the Manager. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall use the same Distribution Tax Rate for determining the Assumed Tax Liability for each Member with respect to any particular item of income or gain, regardless of whether the Member is a corporation, individual, partnership, trust, estate or other juridical entity.
Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Equity Plan ” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or the Corporation.
Equity Securities ” means (a) Units or other equity interests in the Company (including other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (c) Skonnard RSUs, and (d) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
Event of Withdrawal ” means the expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company. “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, (i) a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, (ii) a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Code Sections 336 or 338, or (iii) merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member) but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).
Exchange Election Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(b) .
Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset, its fair market value determined according to Article XV .

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Fiscal Period ” means any interim accounting period within a Taxable Year established by the Manager and which is permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code.
Fiscal Year means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02 .
Governmental Entity ” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.
Indemnified Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a) .
Initial LLC Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Investment Company Act ” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
IPO Common Unit Purchase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b) .
IPO Net Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Joinder means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.
Law ” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the United States, any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.
liquidator has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02 .
LLC Employee ” means a current or former employee of, or other service provider (including, without limitation, any management member whether or not treated as an employee for the purposes of U.S. federal income tax) to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case acting in such capacity.
Losses means items of Company loss or deduction determined according to Section 5.01(b) .
Manager has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01 .
Market Price ” means, with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock as of a specified date, the last sale price per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in shares of Class A Common Stock selected by the Corporate Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for the shares of Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of Class A

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Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board, including a majority of its independent directors (within the meaning of the rules of the Stock Exchange).
Member ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each of the members named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII , but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as the owner of one or more Units, each in its capacity as a member of the Company. The Members shall constitute a single class or group of members for purposes of the Delaware Act.
Minimum Gain ” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).
Minimum Exchange Requirement ” means, with respect to a Member, the lesser of (a) 100 Common Units and (b) the total number of Common Units then held by such Member.
Net Loss ” means, with respect to a Fiscal Year, the excess if any, of Losses for such Fiscal Year over Profits for such Fiscal Year (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 ).
Net Profit ” means, with respect to a Fiscal Year, the excess if any, of Profits for such Fiscal Year over Losses for such Fiscal Year (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 ).
Officer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b) .
Optionee ” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Equity Plan.
Original RSUs ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Original Units ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Other Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04 .
Over-Allotment Option ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Partnership Representative ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(b) .
Percentage Interest ” means such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing such Member’s Units by the total Units of all Members at such time. The Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the 4 th decimal place.
Permitted Redemption Event ” means any of the following events, which has or is occurring, or is otherwise satisfied, as of the Redemption Date:
(a)    The Redemption is part of one or more Redemptions by a Member and any related persons (within the meaning of Section 267(b) or 707(b)(1) of the Code) during any 30 calendar day period representing in the aggregate more than 2% of all outstanding Common Units (excluding any Common Units held by the Corporation, so long as the Corporation is the Manager and owns more than 10% of all outstanding Common Units at any point during the taxable year during which such Redemption or Redemptions occurs or occur determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(k)(1)),

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(b)    The Redemption is in connection with a Pubco Offer; provided that any such Redemption pursuant to this clause (b) shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of the closing of the Pubco Offer (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be effective if such Pubco Offer is not consummated), or
(c)    The Redemption is permitted by the Manager, in its sole discretion, in connection with circumstances not otherwise set forth herein, if the Manager determines, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and tax advisor, that the Company would not be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code (or any successor or similar provision) as a result of or in connection with such Redemption.
Permitted Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02 .
Permitted Transferee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02 .
Person ” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.
Pre-IPO Exchanges ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement
Pre-IPO Members ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Private Placement Safe Harbor ” means the “private placement” safe harbor set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1).
Pro rata ,” “ pro rata portion ,” “ according to their interests ,” “ ratably ,” “ proportionately ,” “ proportional ,” “ in proportion to ,” “ based on the number of Units held ,” “ based upon the percentage of Units held ,” “ based upon the number of Units outstanding ,” and other terms with similar meanings, when used in the context of a number of Units of the Company relative to other Units, means as amongst an individual class of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units within such class of Units.
Profits ” means items of Company income and gain determined according to Section 5.01(b) .
Pubco Offer has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(a) .
Quarterly Exchange Date ” means, either (x) for each fiscal quarter, the first (1 st ) Business Day occurring after the sixtieth (60 th ) day after the expiration of the applicable Quarterly Exchange Notice Period or (y) such other date as the Manager shall determine in its sole discretion; provided that such date is at least sixty (60) days after the expiration of the Quarterly Exchange Notice Period.
Quarterly Exchange Notice Period ” means, for each fiscal quarter, the period commencing on the third (3 rd ) Business Day after the day on which the Company releases its earnings for the prior fiscal period, beginning with the first such date that falls on or after the waiver or expiration of any contractual lock-up period relating to the shares of the Corporation that may be applicable to a Member (or such other date within such quarter as the Manager shall determine in its sole discretion) and ending five (5) Business Days thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may change the definition of Quarterly Exchange Notice Period with respect to any Quarterly Exchange Notice Period scheduled to occur in a calendar quarter subsequent to the then-current calendar quarter if (x) the revised definition provides for a Quarterly Exchange Notice Period occurring at least once in each calendar quarter, (y) the first Quarterly Exchange Notice Period pursuant to the revised definition will occur no less than 10 Business Days from the date written notice of such change is sent to each Member (other than the Corporation) and (z) the revised definition, together with the revised Quarterly Exchange Date resulting therefrom, do not materially adversely affect the ability of the Members to exercise their Redemption Rights pursuant to this Agreement.

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Quarterly Tax Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i) .
Recapitalization ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Redeemed Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Redeemed Units Equivalent ” means the product of (a) the applicable number of Redeemed Units, times (b)   the Common Unit Redemption Price.
Redeeming Member ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Redemption Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Redemption Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and among the Corporation, certain of the Members as of the Effective Time and certain other persons whose signatures are affixed thereto (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
Reorganization Agreement ” means that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and between the Corporation, the Company and certain Members as specified therein.
Retraction Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c) .
Revised Partnership Audit Provisions ” means Section 1101 of Title XI (Revenue Provisions Related to Tax Compliance) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, H.R. 1314, Public Law Number 114-74.
Schedule of Members ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b) .
SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
Secondary Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a) .
Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.
Senior Secured Credit Facilities ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2017, by and among the LLC, Pluralsight, LLC (as borrower), the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, as amended by that First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2018, and as may be amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, or any replacement or refinancing thereof, as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
Share Settlement ” means a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units.
Skonnard Award Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Restricted Share Unit Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among Mr. Aaron Skonnard, the Company and the Corporation.

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Skonnard Entities ” means (a) Skonnard Consulting, Inc., (b) Skonnard Family GRAT 2018, (c) Skonnard Family GRAT 2021, (d) Aaron & Monica Skonnard Revocable Trust, (e) the True Nord Trust dated December 5, 2014 and (f) the Aaron and Monica Skonnard Legacy Trust dated December 5, 2014.
Skonnard RSUs ” means Restricted Share Units in the Company that are subject to the terms and conditions of the Skonnard Award Agreement.  
Sponsor Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(d) .
Stock Exchange ” means the NASDAQ.
Stock Subscription Agreement ” means that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and between the Corporation and the Company.
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.
Substituted Member ” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01 .
Tax Distributions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i) .
Tax Matters Partner ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(a) .
Tax Receivable Agreement ” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as the date of this Agreement, by and among the Corporation, on the one hand, and the Members as of the Effective Time, on the other hand (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
Taxable Year ” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02 .
Trading Day ” means a day on which the Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).
Transfer ” (and, with a correlative meaning, “ Transferring ”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, redemption, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member if substantially all of the assets of such Member consist solely of Units.
Treasury Regulations ” means the final and temporary tax regulations promulgated under the Code and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations.

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Underlying Class A Shares ” means all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon redemption of Common Units, assuming all such Common Units are redeemed for Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.
Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and among the Corporation, the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein.
Unit ” means a Company Interest of a Member or a permitted Assignee in the Company representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of all Members and Assignees as may be established by the Manager from time to time in accordance with Section 3.02 ; provided, however , that any class or group of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement, and the Company Interest represented by such class or group of Units shall be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers and duties.
Unitholder ” means a Common Unitholder and any Member who is the registered holder of any other class of Units, if any.
Unrestricted Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01 .
Value ” means (a) for any stock option granted under an Equity Plan, the Market Price for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under such Equity Plan and (b) for any other equity security granted under an Equity Plan, the Market Price for the Trading Day immediately preceding the Vesting Date
Vesting Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(c)(ii) .

ARTICLE II.
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.01      Formation of Company .  The Company was formed pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act by the execution of the Initial LLC Agreement and the execution and filing of the Certificate of Formation by an “authorized person” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware Act, such filing being hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.
Section 2.02      This Agreement .  The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06 the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. Neither any Member nor the Manager nor any other Person shall have appraisal rights with respect to any Company Interests (including any Units).
Section 2.03      Name .  The name of the Company shall be “Pluralsight Holdings, LLC” The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members and, to the extent practicable, to all of the holders of any Equity Securities then outstanding. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.
Section 2.04      Purpose .  The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such activities as are permitted under the Delaware Act and determined from time to time by the Manager in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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the State of Delaware and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware shall each be set forth in the Certificate, as the same may be amended from time to time by the Manager.
Section 2.06      Term .  The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue in existence until dissolution of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV .
Section 2.07      No State-Law Partnership .  The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07 , and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes, and that each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION
Section 3.01      Members
(a)    At the Effective Time and concurrently with the IPO Common Unit Purchase and completion of the Blocker Mergers and the Pre-IPO Exchanges, the Corporation shall be automatically admitted to the Company as a Member.
(b)    The Company shall maintain a schedule setting forth: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of outstanding Units and the number and class of Units held by each Member; (iii) the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that has been made by the Members with respect to their Units; and (iv) the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed by the Members with respect to their Units (including, if applicable, a description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which contributed property is subject) (such schedule, the “ Schedule of Members ”). The applicable Schedule of Members in effect as of the Effective Time (after the consummation of the IPO Common Unit Purchase) is set forth as Schedule 2 attached to this Agreement. The Schedule of Members shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit of the Company and all relevant information with respect to each Member. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on its records as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act.
(c)    No Member shall be required or, except as approved by the Manager pursuant to Section 6.01 and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, permitted to (i) loan any money or property to the Company, (ii) borrow any money or property from the Company or (iii) make any additional Capital Contributions.
Section 3.02      Units
(a)    Interests in the Company shall be represented by Units, or such other securities of the Company, in each case as the Manager may establish in its discretion in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions hereof. At the Effective Time, the Units will be comprised of a single class of Common Units.
(b)    Subject to Section 3.04(a) , the Manager may (i) issue additional Common Units at any time in its sole discretion and (ii) create one or more classes or series of Units or preferred Units solely to the extent such new class or series of Units or preferred Units are substantially equivalent to a class of common stock of the Corporation or class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation; provided, that as long as there are any Members

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(other than the Corporation) (i) no such new class or series of Units may deprive such Members of, or dilute or reduce, the allocations and distributions they would have received, and the other rights and benefits to which they would have been entitled, in respect of their Company Interest if such new class or series of Units had not been created and (ii) no such new class or series of Units may be issued, in each case, except to the extent (and solely to the extent) the Company actually receives cash in an aggregate amount, or other property with a Fair Market Value in an aggregate amount, equal to the aggregate distributions that would be made in respect of such new class or series of Units if the Company were liquidated immediately after the issuance of such new class or series of Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company has one hundred (100) or fewer “partners” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to restrict issuances of Units in an amount sufficient for the Company to be eligible for the Private Placement Safe Harbor (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h).
(c)    To the extent required pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or Section 3.10 , as applicable, the Manager may amend this Agreement, without the consent of any Member or any other Person, in connection with the creation and issuance of such classes or series of Units, subject to Section 16.03(b) and Section 16.03(d) hereof.
Section 3.03      Recapitalization; the Corporation’s Capital Contribution; the Corporation’s Purchase of Common Units; Member Distribution
(a)     Recapitalization . In connection with the Recapitalization, (i) the number of Original Units that were issued and outstanding and held by the Pre-IPO Members prior to the Effective Time as set forth opposite to the respective Pre-IPO Member in Schedule 1 are hereby converted, as of the Effective Time, into the number of Common Units set forth opposite the name of the respective Member on the Schedule of Members attached hereto as Schedule 2 , and such Common Units are hereby issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and the holders of such Common Units hereby continue as Members and (ii) the number of Original RSUs that were issued and outstanding and held by Mr. Aaron Skonnard prior to the Effective Time are hereby converted, as of the Effective Time, into the number of Skonnard RSUs set forth in the Skonnard Award Agreement, and such Skonnard RSUs are hereby issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time.
(b)     The Corporation’s Common Unit Agreement . Following the Recapitalization, the Corporation will acquire newly issued Common Units in exchange for a portion of the IPO Net Proceeds payable to the Company upon consummation of the IPO pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) of the Reorganization Agreement (the “ IPO Common Unit Purchase ”). The IPO Common Unit Purchase shall be reflected on the Schedule of Members. In addition, to the extent the underwriters in the IPO exercise the Over-Allotment Option in whole or in part, upon the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the Corporation will contribute the Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds to the Company in exchange for a number of newly issued Common Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued by the Corporation in such exercise of the Over-Allotment Option pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) of the Reorganization Agreement, and such issuance of additional Common Units shall be reflected on the Schedule of Members. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall be admitted as a Member with respect to all Common Units it holds from time to time.
Section 3.04      Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units
(a)    The Company shall undertake all actions, including, without limitation, an issuance, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Common Units, to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratio, (i) options, rights or securities of the Corporation authorized under the Company’s existing equity incentive plan that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent the net proceeds from such other securities, including any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, has been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of the Company), (ii) treasury stock or (iii) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including without limitation warrants, options or rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (except to the extent the net proceeds from such other securities, including any exercise or purchase price payable



upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, has been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of the Company). In the event the Corporation issues, transfers or delivers from treasury stock or repurchases Class A Common Stock in a transaction not contemplated in this Agreement, the Manager shall take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries or repurchases, the number of outstanding Common Units owned by the Corporation will equal on a one-for-one basis the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock. In the event the Corporation issues, transfers or delivers from treasury stock or repurchases or redeems the Corporation’s preferred stock in a transaction not contemplated in this Agreement, the Manager shall have the authority to take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the Corporation holds (in the case of any issuance, transfer or delivery) or ceases to hold (in the case of any repurchase or redemption) equity interests in the Company which (in the good faith determination by the Manager) are in the aggregate substantially equivalent to the outstanding preferred stock of the Corporation so issued, transferred, delivered, repurchased or redeemed. The Company shall not undertake any subdivision (by any Common Unit split, Common Unit distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse Common Unit split, reclassification, recapitalization or similar event) of the Common Units that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of Class A Common Stock to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, unless such action is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 3.04(a) .
(b)    The Company shall only be permitted to issue additional Common Units, and/or establish other classes of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company to the Persons and on the terms and conditions provided for in Section 3.02 , this Section 3.04 , Section 3.10, Section 3.11 and the Skonnard Award Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, the Manager may cause the Company to issue additional Common Units authorized under this Agreement and/or establish other classes of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company at such times and upon such terms as the Manager shall determine and the Manager shall amend this Agreement as necessary in connection with the issuance of additional Common Units and admission of additional Members under this Section 3.04 without the requirement of any consent or acknowledgement of any other Member.
Section 3.05      Repurchase, Redemption or Forfeiture of shares of Class A Common Stock .  If, at any time, any shares of Class A Common Stock are repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the Corporation for cash or are forfeited to the Corporation due to failure to vest, then the Manager shall cause the Company, immediately prior to such repurchase, redemption or forfeiture of Class A Common Stock, to redeem a corresponding number of Common Units held (directly or indirectly) by the Corporation, at an aggregate redemption price equal to the aggregate purchase or redemption price of the shares of Class A Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by, or forfeited to, the Corporation (plus any expenses related thereto) and upon such other terms as are the same for the shares of Class A Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by, or forfeited to, the Corporation. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any repurchase or redemption, and no shares of Class A Common Stock shall be forfeited to the Corporation, in all cases, if such action would violate any applicable Law.
Section 3.06      Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units
(a)    Units shall not be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Manager. If the Manager determines that one or more Units shall be certificated, each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or any other officer designated by the Manager, representing the number of Units held by such holder. Such certificate shall be in such form (and shall contain such legends) as the Manager may determine. Any or all of such signatures on any certificate representing one or more Units may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The Manager agrees that it shall not elect to treat any Unit as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code unless thereafter all Units then outstanding are represented by one or more certificates.



(b)    If Units are certificated, the Manager may direct that a new certificate representing one or more Units be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Manager of an affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such allegation. The Manager may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.
(c)    Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company, if any, of a certificate for one or more Units, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, in compliance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall issue a new certificate representing one or more Units to the Person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, Transfer and registration of Units.
Section 3.07      Negative Capital Accounts .  No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).
Section 3.08      No Withdrawal .  No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
Section 3.09      Loans From Members .  Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(c) , the amount of any such advances shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.
Section 3.10      Corporate Stock Option Plans and Equity Plans
(a)     Options Granted to Persons other than LLC Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a stock option granted with respect to shares of Class A Common Stock (a “ Class A Stock Option ”) to a Person other than an LLC Employee is duly exercised:
(i)    The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price paid to the Corporation by such exercising Person (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable) in connection with the exercise of such Class A Stock Option.
(ii)    Notwithstanding the amount of the Capital Contribution actually made pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(i) , the Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company as a Capital Contribution, in lieu of the Capital Contribution actually made and in consideration of additional Common Units, an amount equal to the Value of a share of Class A Common Stock as of the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock then being issued by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of such Class A Stock Option.
(iii)    The Corporation shall receive in exchange for such Capital Contributions (as deemed made under Section 3.10(a)(ii) ), a number of Common Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which such Class A Stock Option was exercised.
(b)     Options Granted to LLC Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a Class A Stock Option granted to an LLC Employee is duly exercised:



(i)    The Corporation shall sell to the Optionee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable), and the Optionee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable) shall purchase from the Corporation the number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the aggregate exercise price payable by the Optionee in connection with the exercise of such Class A Stock Option divided by (y) the Value of a share of Class A Common Stock. The purchase price per share of Class A Common Stock for such sale of shares of Class A Common Stock to the Corporation shall be the Value of a share of Class A Common Stock with respect to each share of Class A Common Stock being sold pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(ii)    The Corporation shall sell to the Company (or if the Optionee is or was an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Corporation shall sell to such Subsidiary), and the Company (or such Subsidiary, as applicable) shall purchase from the Corporation, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the excess of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock as to which such Class A Stock Option is being exercised over (y) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) hereof. The purchase price per share of Class A Common Stock for such sale of shares of Class A Common Stock to the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be the Value of a share of Class A Common Stock as of the date of exercise of such Class A Stock Option with respect to each shares of Class A Common Stock being sold pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(iii)    The Company shall transfer (or if the Optionee is or was an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Subsidiary shall transfer) to the Optionee at no additional cost to such Optionee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable) and as additional compensation (and not a distribution) to such Optionee, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock described in Section 3.10(b)(ii) .
(iv)    The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount equal to all proceeds received (from whatever source, but excluding any payment in respect of payroll taxes or other tax withholdings) by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of such Class A Stock Option, including any shares of Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) . The Corporation shall receive for such Capital Contribution, a number of Common Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which such Class A Common Stock Option was exercised. In the case where such Optionee is or was an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have contributed the amount of such Capital Contribution to the capital of the Subsidiary employing or receiving the services from such Optionee.
(c)     Stock Issued to LLC Employees . If, other than as contemplated by Section 3.10(a) or Section 3.10(b) at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, any shares of Class A Common Stock are issued to an LLC Employee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable) (and including any shares of Class A Common Stock that are subject to forfeiture in the event such LLC Employee terminates his or her employment or service with the Company or any Subsidiary) in consideration for services such LLC Employee performed for the Company or any Subsidiary:
(i)    The Corporation shall issue such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as are to be issued to such LLC Employee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable) in accordance with the applicable Equity Plan;
(ii)    On the date of issuance (such date, the “ Vesting Date ”) on or following the date that such shares vest and is no longer subject to a right of repurchase or a risk of forfeiture, the following events will be deemed to have occurred: (1) the Corporation shall be deemed to have sold such shares of Class A Common Stock to the Company (or if such LLC Employee is or was an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, to such Subsidiary employing or receiving services from the LLC Employee) for a purchase price equal to the Value of such shares of Class A Common Stock, (2) the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be deemed to have delivered such shares of Class A Common Stock to such LLC Employee (or his or her Permitted Transferee, if applicable), (3) the Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed the purchase price for such shares of Class A Common Stock (if any) to the Company as a Capital Contribution, and (4) in the case where such LLC Employee is



or was an employee of a Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have contributed such amount to the capital of the Subsidiary employing such LLC Employee; and
(iii)    The Company shall issue to the Corporation on the Vesting Date a number of Common Units (of any) equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued under Section 3.10(c)(i) in consideration for a Capital Contribution that the Corporation is deemed to make to the Company pursuant to clause (3) of Section 3.10(c)(ii) above.
(d)     Future Equity Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Corporation from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the Corporation, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates. The Members acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the Corporation, amendments to this Section 3.10 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent to any such amendments requested by the Corporation shall be deemed granted by the Manager and the Members, as applicable, without the requirement of any further consent or acknowledgement of any other Member.
(e)     Anti-dilution adjustments. For all purposes of this Section 3.10 , the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and the corresponding number of Common Units shall be determined after giving effect to all anti-dilution or similar adjustments that are applicable, as of the date of exercise or vesting, to the option, warrant, restricted stock or other equity interest that is being exercised or becomes vested under the applicable Equity Plan and applicable award or grant documentation.
Section 3.11      Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan .  Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article III , all amounts received or deemed received by the Corporation in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the Corporation to effect open market purchases of shares of Class A Common Stock, or (b) if the Corporation elects instead to issue new shares of Class A Common Stock with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the Corporation to the Company in exchange for additional Units. Upon such contribution, the Company will issue to the Corporation a number of Units equal to the number of new shares of Class A Common Stock so issued.
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.01      Distributions
(a)     Distributable Cash; Other Distributions . To the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, Distributions to Members may be declared by the Manager out of Distributable Cash or other funds or property legally available therefor (to the extent such distribution would not violate any applicable provisions of the Credit Agreements) in such amounts, at such time and on such terms (including the payment dates of such Distributions) as the Manager shall determine using such record date as the Manager may designate. All Distributions made under this Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(c) ) shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest as of the close of business on such record date; provided, however , that the Manager shall have the obligation to make Distributions as set forth in Sections 4.01(b) , 4.01(c) and 14.02 ; provided , further , that notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Distributions shall be made to any Member to the extent such Distribution would render the Company insolvent or violate the Delaware Act. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, insolvency means the inability of the Company to meet its payment obligations when due. Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a Distribution pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) , the Manager shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the Distribution and the payment date thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, it is intended that the Manager shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, have the right in its sole discretion to make Distributions pro rata to the Members pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) in such amounts as shall enable the Corporation to meet its obligations, including its obligations



pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement (to the extent such obligations are not otherwise able to be satisfied as a result of Tax Distributions required to be made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) ).
(b)     Tax Distributions .
(i)    With respect to each Fiscal Year, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, make cash distributions out of Distributable Cash (“ Tax Distributions ”) pro rata to the Members in an amount sufficient so that each Member receives Tax Distributions in an amount no less than the Member’s Assumed Tax Liability. Tax Distributions pursuant to this Section 4.01(b)(i) shall be estimated by the Company on a quarterly basis and, to the extent feasible, shall be distributed to the Members (together with a statement showing the calculation of such Tax Distribution and an estimate of the Company’s net taxable income allocable to each Member for such period) on a quarterly basis on April 15 th , June 15 th , September 15 th and January 15 th (of the succeeding year) (or such other dates for which individuals are required to make quarterly estimated tax payments for U.S. federal income tax purposes) (each, a “ Quarterly Tax Distribution ”); provided , that the foregoing shall not restrict the Company from making a Tax Distribution on any other date. Quarterly Tax Distributions shall take into account the estimated taxable income or loss of the Company for the Fiscal Year through the end of the relevant quarterly period. A final accounting for Tax Distributions shall be made for each Fiscal Year after the allocation of the Company’s actual net taxable income or loss has been determined and any shortfall in the amount of Tax Distributions a Member received for such Fiscal Year based on such final accounting shall promptly be distributed to such Member. For the avoidance of doubt, any excess Tax Distributions a Member receives with respect to any Fiscal Year shall reduce future Tax Distributions otherwise required to be made to such Member with respect to any subsequent Fiscal Year, provided, however, that this sentence shall nonetheless be subject to Section 4.01(b)(ii). For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Distribution shall be made with respect to any salary, bonuses, compensation for personal services or guaranteed payments made to any Member or in connection with the dissolution of the Company.
(ii)    To the extent a Member otherwise would be entitled to receive less than its Percentage Interest of the aggregate Tax Distributions to be paid pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 4.01(b)(iii)) on any given date, the Tax Distributions to such Member shall be increased to ensure that all Distributions made pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) are made pro rata in accordance with the Members’ respective Percentage Interests. If, on a Tax Distribution Date, there are insufficient funds on hand to distribute to the Members the full amount of the Tax Distributions to which such Members are otherwise entitled, Distributions pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) shall be made to the Members to the extent of available funds in accordance with their Percentage Interests and the Company shall make future Tax Distributions as soon as funds become available sufficient to pay the remaining portion of the Tax Distributions to which such Members are otherwise entitled.  
(iii)    In the event of any audit by, or similar event with, a taxing authority that affects the calculation of any Member’s Assumed Tax Liability for any taxable year (other than an audit conducted pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions for which no election is made pursuant to Section 6226 thereof), or in the event the Company files an amended tax return, each Member’s Assumed Tax Liability with respect to such year shall be recalculated by giving effect to such event (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account interest or penalties). In the event of any shortfall in the amount of Tax Distributions any Member or former Member received for the relevant taxable years based on such recalculated Assumed Tax Liability, the Company shall promptly make additional Tax Distributions pro rata until such Member or the successors of such former Member, as applicable, has received such shortfall, except, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent Distributions were made to such Members and former Members pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and this Section 4.01(b) in the relevant taxable years sufficient to cover such shortfall.
(iv)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tax Distributions pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) , if any, shall be made to a Member only to the extent all previous Tax Distributions to such Member pursuant to Section 4.01(b) with respect to the Fiscal Year are less than the Tax Distributions such Member otherwise would have been entitled to receive with respect to such Fiscal Year pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) .



(v)    For the avoidance of doubt, Tax Distributions shall not be treated as advances of other distributions and shall not reduce distributions pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement.
(c)     Distribution of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock . Immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, and the Manager shall cause the Company to:
(i)    Distribute to the Members (other than the Corporation, the Skonnard Entities and Mr. Aaron Skonnard) the Class B Common Stock purchased by the Corporation pursuant to the Stock Subscription Agreement, pro rata based on the number of Common Units held by such Members; and
(ii)    Distribute to the Skonnard Entities and Mr. Aaron Skonnard the Class C Common Stock purchased by the Corporation pursuant to the Stock Subscription Agreement, pro rata based on the number of Common Units held by the Skonnard Entities and Mr. Aaron Skonnard.
ARTICLE V.
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
Section 5.01      Capital Accounts
(a)    The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may (in the discretion of the Manager), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such Treasury Regulation and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of Company property.
(b)    For purposes of computing the amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated pursuant to this Article V and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose); provided, however , that:
(i)    The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall include those items described in Code Section 705(a)(l)(B) or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(ii)    If the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property.
(iii)    Items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of such property.
(iv)    Items of depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions with respect to Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the property’s Book Value in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g).
(v)    To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital



Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).
Section 5.02      Allocations .  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03 and Section 5.04 , Net Profits and Net Losses for any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
Section 5.03      Regulatory Allocations
(a)    Losses attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i). If there is a net decrease during a Taxable Year in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(3)), Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
(b)    Nonrecourse deductions (as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Taxable Year shall be allocated pro rata among the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03(a) , if there is a net decrease in the Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Member shall be allocated Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.03(b) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f), and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(c)    If any Member that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or Distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, computed after the application of Sections 5.03(a) and 5.03(b) but before the application of any other provision of this Article V , then Profits for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This Section 5.03(c) is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(d)    If the allocation of Net Losses to a Member as provided in Section 5.02 would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, there shall be allocated to such Member only that amount of Losses as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. The Net Losses that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Member shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to this Section 5.03(d) .
(e)    Profits and Losses described in Section 5.01(b)(v) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j), (k) and (m).
(f)    The allocations set forth in Section 5.03(a) through and including Section 5.03(e) (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations. The Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Members intend to allocate Profit and Loss of the Company or make Distributions. Accordingly, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V , but subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction and loss shall be reallocated among the Members so as to eliminate the effect of the Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the Members to be in the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would have been if Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations. In general, the Members anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) among the Members so that the net amount of the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is



zero. In addition, if in any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Period there is a decrease in partnership minimum gain, or in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain, and application of the minimum gain chargeback requirements set forth in Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(b) would cause a distortion in the economic arrangement among the Members, the Members may, if they do not expect that the Company will have sufficient other income to correct such distortion, request the Internal Revenue Service to waive either or both of such minimum gain chargeback requirements. If such request is granted, this Agreement shall be applied in such instance as if it did not contain such minimum gain chargeback requirement.
Section 5.04      Final Allocations .  Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement except Section 5.03 , the Manager shall make appropriate adjustments to allocations of Profits and Losses to (or, if necessary, allocate items of gross income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company among) the Members upon the liquidation of the Company (within the meaning of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Treasury Regulations), the transfer of substantially all the Units (whether by sale or exchange or merger) or sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, such that, to the maximum extent possible, the Capital Accounts of the Members are proportionate to their Percentage Interests. In each case, such adjustments or allocations shall occur, to the maximum extent possible, in the Fiscal Year of the event requiring such adjustments or allocations.
Section 5.05      Tax Allocations
(a)    The income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts; provided that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable Law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and credits will be allocated among the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.
(b)    Except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the affected Member (or, in the case of a “reverse 704(c) allocation,” all affected Members), items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Code Section 704(c) so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value using the traditional method (without curative allocations) set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b).
(c)    Except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the affected Member (or, in the case of a “reverse 704(c) allocation,” all affected Members), if the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.01(b) , including adjustments to the Book Value of any Company asset in connection with the execution of this Agreement, subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value using the traditional method (without curative allocations) set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b).
(d)    Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members as determined by the Manager taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
(e)    For purposes of determining a Member’s share of the Company’s “excess nonrecourse liabilities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Member’s interest in income and gain shall be determined based on their Percentage Interests.
(f)    Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.05 (other than Section 5.05(e) ) are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other Company items pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.



Section 5.06      Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member .  If the Company is obligated to pay any amount to a Governmental Entity (or otherwise makes a payment to a Governmental Entity) that is reasonably determined by the Manager to be specifically attributable to a Member or a Member’s status (including federal income taxes as a result of Company obligations pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, federal withholding taxes, state personal property taxes and state unincorporated business taxes, but excluding payments such as payroll taxes, withholding taxes, benefits or professional association fees and the like required to be made or made voluntarily by the Company on behalf of any Member based upon such Member’s status as an employee of the Company), then such Person shall indemnify the Company in full for the entire amount paid (including interest, penalties and related expenses). The Manager may offset Distributions to which a Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Person’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06 . In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Member agrees that any Cash Settlement such Member is entitled to receive pursuant to Article XI may be offset by an amount equal to such Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06 and that such Member shall be treated as receiving the full amount of such Cash Settlement and paying to the Company an amount equal to such obligation. A Member’s obligation to make payments to the Company under this Section 5.06 shall survive the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company. In the event that the Company has been terminated prior to the date such payment is due, such Member shall make such payment to the Manager (or its designee), which shall distribute such funds in accordance with this Agreement. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.06 , including instituting a lawsuit to collect such contribution with interest calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus 300 basis points (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by Law). Each Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Company such information and forms as required or reasonably requested in order to comply with any Laws and regulations governing withholding of tax or in order to claim any reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding to which the Member is legally entitled.
ARTICLE VI.
MANAGEMENT
Section 6.01      Authority of Manager
(a)    Except for situations in which the approval of any Member(s) is specifically required by this Agreement, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Corporation, as the sole managing member of the Company (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “ Manager ”) and (ii) the Manager shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company. The Manager shall be the “manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Delaware Act. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of all such powers and rights conferred on the Members by the Delaware Act with respect to the management and control of the Company. Any vacancies in the position of Manager shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.04 .
(b)    The day-to-day business and operations of the Company shall be overseen and implemented by officers of the Company (each, an “ Officer ” and collectively, the “ Officers ”), subject to the limitations imposed by the Manager. An Officer may, but need not, be a Member. Each Officer shall be appointed by the Manager and shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until his or her death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any one Person may hold more than one office. Subject to the other provisions in this Agreement (including in Section 6.07 below), the salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager. The authority and responsibility of the Officers shall include, but not be limited to, such duties as the Manager may, from time to time, delegate to them and the carrying out of the Company’s business and affairs on a day-to-day basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, unless the Manager decides otherwise, if the title of an Officer is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. The existing Officers of the Company as of the Effective Time shall remain in



their respective positions and shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Manager. All Officers shall be, and shall be deemed to be, officers and employees of the Company. An Officer may also perform one or more roles as an officer of the Manager. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Manager.
(c)    The Manager shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity, for the avoidance of doubt, without the prior consent of any Member or any other Person being required.
Section 6.02      Actions of the Manager .  The Manager may act through any Officer or through any other Person or Persons to whom authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to Section 6.07 .
Section 6.03      Resignation; No Removal .  The Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Members, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members have no right under this Agreement to remove or replace the Manager.
Section 6.04      Vacancies .  Vacancies in the position of Manager occurring for any reason shall be filled by the Corporation (or, if the Corporation has ceased to exist without any successor or assign, then by the holders of a majority in interest of the voting capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such cessation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Members have no right under this Agreement to fill any vacancy in the position of Manager.
Section 6.05      Transactions Between Company and Manager .  The Manager may cause the Company to contract and deal with the Manager, or any Affiliate of the Manager, provided , that such contracts and dealings (other than contracts and dealings between the Company and its Subsidiaries) are on terms comparable to and competitive with those available to the Company from others dealing at arm’s length or are approved by the Members and otherwise are permitted by the Credit Agreements. The Members hereby approve each of the contracts or agreements between or among the Manager, the Company and their respective Affiliates entered into on or prior to the date of this Agreement in accordance with the Current LLC Agreement or that the prior board of managers of the Company has approved in connection with the IPO as of the date of this Agreement, including the Reorganization Agreement and the Stock Subscription Agreement.
Section 6.06      Reimbursement for Expenses .  The Manager shall not be compensated for its services as Manager of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Members acknowledge and agree that, upon consummation of the IPO, the Manager’s Class A Common Stock will be publicly traded and therefore the Manager will have access to the public capital markets and that such status and the services performed by the Manager will inure to the benefit of the Company and all Members; therefore, the Manager shall be reimbursed by the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, including without limitation all fees, expenses and costs associated with the IPO and all fees, expenses and costs of being a public company (including without limitation public reporting obligations, proxy statements, stockholder meetings, stock exchange fees, transfer agent fees, legal fees, SEC and FINRA filing fees and offering expenses) and maintaining its corporate existence. For the avoidance of doubt, the Manager shall not be reimbursed for any federal, state or local taxes imposed on the Manager or any subsidiary of the Manager (other than taxes paid by the Manager on behalf of the Company and any subsidiary of the Company but only if the taxes paid were the legal liability of the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company). In the event that shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to underwriters in the IPO (or in any subsequent public offering) at a price per share that is lower than the price per share for which such shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to the public in the IPO (or in such subsequent public offering, as applicable) after taking into account underwriters’ discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions (such difference, the “ Discount ”) (i) the Manager shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company in exchange for newly issued Common Units the full amount for which such shares of Class A Common Stock were sold to the public and (ii) the Company shall be deemed to have paid the Discount as an expense. To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by the Manager on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid



by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the Manager or any of its Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.06 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Accounts.
Section 6.07      Delegation of Authority .  The Manager (a) may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons such authority and duties as the Manager may deem advisable, including to Officers, as described in Section 6.01(b) and (b) may assign titles (including, without limitation, chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, general counsel, senior vice president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer) and delegate certain authority and duties to such Persons as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of such agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager, subject to the other provisions in this Agreement.
Section 6.08      Limitation of Liability of Manager
(a)    Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager’s Affiliates or Manager’s officers, employees or other agents shall be liable to the Company, to any Member that is not the Manager or to any other Person bound by this Agreement for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Manager in its capacity as the sole managing member of the Company pursuant to authority granted to the Manager by this Agreement; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to the Manager’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or knowing violation of Law or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by the Manager or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. The Manager may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Manager shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, and any act of or failure to act by the Manager in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Manager to liability to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager.
(b)    Whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein provides that the Manager shall act in a manner which is, or provide terms which are, “fair and reasonable” to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager, the Manager shall determine such appropriate action or provide such terms considering, in each case, the relative interests of each party to such agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable United States generally accepted accounting practices or principles, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at Law or in equity.
(c)    Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion,” with “complete discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Manager shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at Law or in equity, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, other Members or any other Person.
(d)    Whenever in this Agreement the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or duty otherwise, existing at Law or in equity, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, so long as the Manager acts in good faith, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the



Manager shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or impose liability upon the Manager or any of the Manager’s Affiliates and shall be deemed approved by all Members.
Section 6.09      Investment Company Act .  The Manager shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.
Section 6.10      Outside Activities of the Manager .  The Manager shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business or operations, other than in connection with (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Common Units, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) the operation of the Manager as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and listed on a securities exchange, (d) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests of the Corporation or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (e) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Corporation or the Company, its Subsidiaries or their assets or activities, (f) treasury and treasury management, (g) stock repurchases, (h) the declaration and payment of distributions or dividends with respect to any class of securities and (i) such activities as are incidental to the foregoing; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided herein, the net proceeds of any financing raised by the Manager pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company, whether as Capital Contributions, loans or otherwise, as appropriate; provided , further , that the Manager may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as the Manager takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such assets are otherwise vested in the Company or its Subsidiaries, through assignment, mortgage, loan or otherwise or, if it is not commercially reasonable to vest such economic interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Members shall negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement to reflect such activities and the direct ownership of assets by the Manager. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Manager from executing any guarantee of indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VII.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER
Section 7.01      Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members
(a)    Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company and no Member (including without limitation, the Corporation in its capacity as a member of the Company) shall be obligated personally for any such debts, obligations, contracts or liabilities of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or the Manager. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members for liabilities of the Company.
(b)    In accordance with the Delaware Act and the laws of the State of Delaware, a Member may, under certain circumstances, be required to return amounts previously distributed to such Member. It is the intent of the Members that no Distribution to any Member pursuant to Articles IV or XIV shall be deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the Delaware Act. The payment of any such money or Distribution of any such property to a Member shall be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning of Section 18-502(b) of the Delaware Act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any Member receiving any such money or property shall not be required to return any such money or property to the Company or any other Person, unless such distribution was made by the Company to its Members in clerical error. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.



(c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (but subject, and without limitation, to Section 6.08 with respect to the Manager), to the extent that, at Law or in equity, any Member (other than the Corporation in its capacity as such) (or any Member’s Affiliate or any manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of any Member or of any Affiliate of a Member) has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to the Manager, to another Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby eliminated, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Delaware Act, and replaced with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate the duty to comply with the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The elimination of duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement and replacement thereof with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any, are approved by the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement.
Section 7.02      Lack of Authority .  No Member, other than the Corporation in its capacity as the Manager or a duly appointed Officer, in each case in its capacity as such, has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of the powers conferred on them by Law and this Agreement.
Section 7.03      No Right of Partition .  No Member, other than the Manager, shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of Law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.
Section 7.04      Indemnification
(a)    Subject to Section 5.06 , the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Person (each an “ Indemnified Person ”) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member or an Affiliate thereof (other than as a result of an ownership interest in the Corporation) or is or was serving as the Manager or a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Manager, or a director, manager, Officer, employee or other agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise; provided, however , that no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Indemnified Person’s or its Affiliates’ gross negligence, willful misconduct or knowing violation of Law or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Indemnified Person or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. Reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
(b)    The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 7.04 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, bylaw, action by the Manager or otherwise.
(c)    The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or substantially equivalent insurance, at its expense, to protect any Indemnified Person (and the investment funds, if any, they



represent) against any expense, liability or loss described in Section 7.04(a) whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Person against such expense, liability or loss under the provisions of this Section 7.04 . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain property, casualty and liability insurance in types and at levels customary for companies of similar size engaged in similar lines of business, as determined in good faith by the Manager, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including employment practices coverage) with a carrier and in an amount determined necessary or desirable as determined in good faith by the Manager.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including in this Section 7.04 ), the Company agrees that any indemnification and advancement of expenses available to any current or former Indemnified Person from any investment fund that is an Affiliate of the Company, who was appointed to serve as a director of the Company or served as a Member of the Company by virtue of such Person’s service as a member, director, partner or employee of any such fund prior to or following the Effective Time (any such Person, a “ Sponsor Person ”) shall be secondary to the indemnification and advancement of expenses to be provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.04 . Such indemnification and advancement of expenses shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only. No Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company. The Company (i) shall be the primary indemnitor of first resort for such Sponsor Person pursuant to this Section 7.04 and (ii) shall be fully responsible for the advancement of all expenses and the payment of all damages or liabilities with respect to such Sponsor Person which are addressed by this Section 7.04 .
(e)    If this Section 7.04 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 7.04 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 7.04 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
(f)    From the Effective Time through December 31, 2021, neither the Company nor the Manager shall, and shall not permit their respective Subsidiaries to, amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision in any such Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation or formation or bylaws or operating agreement relating to the exculpation or indemnification (including fee advancement) of any officers and/or directors (unless required by Law). The Company and the Manager shall cause each Subsidiary to honor and perform under all indemnification obligations owed to any of the individuals who were officers and/or directors of such Subsidiary prior to the Effective Time.
Section 7.05      Members Right to Act .  For matters that require the approval of the Members, the Members shall act through meetings and written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:
(a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, acts by the Members holding a majority of the Units, voting together as a single class, shall be the acts of the Members. Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members or to express consent or dissent to Company action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for it by proxy. An electronic mail, telegram, telex, cablegram or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 7.05(a) . No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and that the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or, if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.



(b)    The actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by the Manager or by the Members holding a majority of the Units entitled to vote on such matter on at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the other Members entitled to vote, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called. The actions taken by the Members entitled to vote or consent at any meeting (as opposed to by written consent), however called and noticed, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if (but not until), either before, at or after the meeting, the Members entitled to vote or consent as to whom it was improperly held signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The actions by the Members entitled to vote or consent may be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote or consent at a meeting or by written consent (without the requirement of prior notice), so long as such consent (x) is signed by Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (y) such request for consent in writing was distributed to all Members entitled to vote thereon simultaneously. Prompt notice of the action so taken, which shall state the purpose or purposes for which such consent is required and may be delivered via email, without a meeting shall be given to those Members entitled to vote or consent who have not consented in writing; provided, however , that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the validity of the action taken by such written consent. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.
Section 7.06      Inspection Rights .  The Company shall permit each Member and each of its designated representatives to examine the books and records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the principal office of the Company or such other location as the Manager shall reasonably approve during reasonable business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s Company Interest; provided , that Manager has a right to keep confidential from the Members certain information in accordance with Section 18-305 of the Delaware Act.
ARTICLE VIII.
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 8.01      Records and Accounting .  The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required pursuant to applicable Laws. Subject to Section 9.01, all matters concerning (a) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and Distributions among the Members pursuant to Articles IV and V and (b) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Manager, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error, gross negligence or bad faith.
Section 8.02      Fiscal Year .  The Fiscal Year of the Company shall be the Taxable Year or such other date as may be established by the Manager.
ARTICLE IX.
TAX MATTERS
Section 9.01      Preparation of Tax Returns .  The Manager shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company. On or before April 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each Fiscal Year, the Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during the prior quarter, an estimate of such Member’s state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for the prior quarter, which estimate shall have been reviewed by the Company’s outside tax accountants. In addition, no later than (i) sixty (60) days following the end of the prior Fiscal Year, the Company shall provide to each Person that was a Member at any time during such Fiscal Year a statement showing an estimate of such Member’s state tax apportionment information and such Member’s estimated allocations of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such Fiscal Year and (ii) two



hundred ten (210) days following the end of the prior Fiscal Year, the Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Fiscal Year, a statement showing such Member’s final state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such Fiscal Year and a completed IRS Schedule K-1. The Company shall notify the Members upon receipt of any notice of any material income tax examination of the Company by federal, state or local authorities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Corporation shall have the authority to prepare the tax returns of the Company using such permissible methods and elections as it determines in its reasonable discretion, including without limitation the use of any permissible method under Section 706 of the Code for purposes of determining the varying Company Interests of its Members.
Section 9.02      Tax Elections .  The Taxable Year shall end on December 31 of each year, except as otherwise required by applicable law, or such other date as may be established by the Manager and permitted by applicable law. The Company and any eligible Subsidiary shall have in effect an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code and shall not thereafter revoke such election. Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such elections.
Section 9.03      Composite Returns .  The Company shall (i) to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that compliance with this Section 9.03 does not create an unreasonable burden on the Company (as determined in good faith by the Manager), offer to prepare a composite tax return for all eligible Members (and their direct or indirect equityholders) in each state, local or other appropriate jurisdiction (as reasonably determined by the Company’s tax advisors) for each tax year in which taxable income is reported in such jurisdiction, (ii) deliver to each Member, simultaneously with the delivery of a Schedule K-1 pursuant to Section 9.02, a statement setting forth (A) each jurisdiction in which the Company intends to make available a composite return, and the amount of tax payments expected to be made by the Company with respect to such Member, and (B) each jurisdiction in which the Company intends to pay applicable withholding taxes, and the expected amount of such withholding taxes in each such jurisdiction, and (iii) cooperate with the Members to maximize the number of jurisdictions in which the Company files composite returns.
Section 9.04      Foreign Filings .  The Company shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that no Member has any tax filing obligation in any foreign jurisdiction, including, to the extent necessary or advisable (as reasonably determined by the Company tax advisors and consented to by the Pre-IPO Members representing a majority of all Units held by Pre-IPO Members), by forming foreign subsidiaries to hold any foreign assets or operations.
Section 9.05      Tax Controversies
(a)    With respect to any Tax Year beginning on or before December 31, 2017, the Corporation is hereby designated the Tax Matters Partner of the Company within the meaning given to such term in Section 6231 of the Code (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “ Tax Matters Partner ”) and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and the Corporation and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company and the Corporation with respect to this Section 9.05 and the conduct of the proceedings described herein. The Tax Matters Partner shall keep Members reasonably informed of the progress of any material income tax examinations, audits or other proceedings and all Members shall have the right to observe and participate at their sole expense in any such tax proceedings to the extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under Subchapter C, Chapter 63, Subtitle F of the Code (Code Sections 6221 et seq.).
(b)    With respect to the Tax Year that includes the date of the IPO and any subsequent Tax Year, pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, the Corporation shall be designated and may, on behalf of the Company, at any time, and without further notice to or consent from any Member, act as the “partnership representative” of the Company (within the meaning given to such term in Section 6223 of the Code) (the



Partnership Representative ”) for purposes of the Code. The Partnership Representative shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Partnership Representative and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. In the event of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service (or a state or local taxing authority, as applicable), unless otherwise approved by (i) for so long as Members other than the Corporation hold more than one third (1/3) of the Common Units, Members (other than the Corporation) holding a majority of the Common Units (calculated without taking into account the Common Units held by the Corporation), and (ii) if the Members other than the Corporation do not hold more than one third (1/3) of the Common Units, the Members holding a majority of the Common Units, the Partnership Representative shall make on a timely basis, to the extent permissible under applicable law, the election provided by Section 6226(a) of the Code (and, to the extent available, any corresponding provision of state or local law) to treat a “partnership adjustment” as an adjustment to be taken into account by each Member in accordance with Section 6226(b) of the Code (or a corresponding provision of state or local law, as applicable). If the election under Section 6226(a) of the Code (or a corresponding provision under state or local law, as applicable) is made, the Partnership Representative will furnish to each Member for the year under audit a statement reflecting such Member’s share of the adjusted items as determined in the notice of final partnership adjustment, and each such Member shall take such adjustment into account as required under Section 6226(b) of the Code (or such state or local law, as applicable) and shall be liable for any related tax, interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amounts. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Partnership Representative shall keep Members reasonably informed regarding any material income tax proceedings, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any such tax proceedings to the extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions.

ARTICLE X.
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS; PUBCO OFFER
Section 10.01      Transfers by Members .  No holder of Units shall Transfer any interest in any Units, except Transfers (a) pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 10.02 and 10.09 or (b) approved in writing by the Manager, in the case of Transfers by any Member other than the Corporation, or (c) in the case of Transfers by the Corporation or any successor to the Corporation in its capacity as a Member, to any Person who succeeds to the Manager in accordance with Section 6.04 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Transfer” shall not include an event that terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Code Sections 336 or 338, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state Law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).
Section 10.02      Permitted Transfers .  The restrictions contained in Section 10.01 shall not apply to any of the following (each, a “ Permitted Transfer ” and each transferee, a “ Permitted Transferee ”): (i)(A) a Transfer pursuant to a Redemption or Exchange in accordance with Article XI hereof or (B) a Transfer by a Member to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) a Transfer by any Member to such Member’s spouse, any lineal ascendants or descendants or trusts or other entities in which such Member or Member’s spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants hold (and continue to hold while such trusts or other entities hold Units) 50% or more of such entity’s beneficial interests, (iii) a Transfer pursuant to the Laws of descent and distribution, (iv) a Transfer to a partner, shareholder, member or Affiliated investment fund of such Member (which may include special purpose investment vehicles wholly owned by one or more Affiliated investment funds but shall not include portfolio companies), (v) any Transfer as shall be necessary to effectuate the Blocker Mergers and (vi) any Transfer as shall be necessary to effectuate the Pre-IPO Exchanges; provided, however , that (x) the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units, and (y) in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii), (iv),  (v) and (vi), the Permitted Transferees of the Units so Transferred shall agree in writing to be bound



by the provisions of this Agreement and, except with respect to the Transfers contemplated by the foregoing clauses (v) and (vi), the transferor will deliver a written notice to the Company and the Members, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed Permitted Transferee. In the case of a Permitted Transfer of any Common Units by any Member that is authorized to hold Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, in accordance with the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with this Section 10.02 , such Member (or any subsequent Permitted Transferee of such Member) shall be required to also transfer an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, corresponding to the proportion of such Member’s (or subsequent Permitted Transferee’s) Common Units that were transferred in the transaction to such Permitted Transferee. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 10.07(b) .
Section 10.03      Restricted Units Legend .  The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available. To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units (if such securities remain Units as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED ON May 16, 2018, AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC, AS MAY BE AMENDED AND MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.”
The Company shall imprint such legend on certificates (if any) evidencing Units. The legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates (if any) evidencing any units which cease to be Units in accordance with the definition thereof.
Section 10.04      Transfer .  Prior to Transferring any Units, the Transferring holder of Units shall cause the prospective Permitted Transferee to be bound by this Agreement and any other agreements executed by the holders of Units and relating to such Units in the aggregate to which the transferor was a party (collectively, the “ Other Agreements ”) by executing and delivering to the Company counterparts of this Agreement and any applicable Other Agreements.
Section 10.05      Assignee’s Rights
(a)    The Transfer of a Company Interest in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of its assignment (assuming compliance with all of the conditions to such Transfer set forth herein), and such Transfer shall be shown on the books and records of the Company. Profits, Losses and other Company items shall be allocated between the Transferor and the Assignee according to Code Section 706, using any permissible method as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Manager. Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the Transferor, and Distributions made on or after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.
(b)    Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article XII , the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however , that, without relieving the



Transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 10.06 , such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein that a Member would be bound on account of the Assignee’s Company Interest (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Company Interest).
Section 10.06      Assignor’s Rights and Obligations .  Any Member who shall Transfer any Company Interest in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in this Section 10.06 , duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Sections 6.08 and 7.04 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article XII (the “ Admission Date ”), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest, and (ii) the Manager may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or other interest for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or other interest in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Company Interest that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act or for any liability to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company.
Section 10.07      Overriding Provisions
(a)    Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of this Agreement (including any prohibited indirect Transfers) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, be null and void ab initio , and the provisions of Sections 10.05 and 10.06 shall not apply to any such Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom a Transfer is made or attempted in violation of this Agreement shall not become a Member, shall not be entitled to vote on any matters coming before the Members and shall not have any other rights in or with respect to any rights of a Member of the Company. The approval of any Transfer in any one or more instances shall not limit or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance. The Manager shall promptly amend the Schedule of Members to reflect any Permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article X .
(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 10.01 and Article XI and Article XII ), in no event shall any Member Transfer any Units to the extent such Transfer would:
(i)    result in the violation of the Securities Act, or any other applicable federal, state or foreign Laws;
(ii)    cause an assignment under the Investment Company Act;
(iii)    in the reasonable determination of the Manager, be a violation of or a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in an acceleration of any Credit Agreements which the Company or the Manager is a party; provided that (x) the payee or creditor to whom the Company or the Manager owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Manager and (y) such Credit Agreements, individually or in the aggregate, has an aggregate principal amount of loans or revolving commitments then outstanding that is equal to or greater than $20,000,000.00;
(iv)    be a Transfer to a Person who is not legally competent or who has not achieved his or her majority of age under applicable Law (excluding trusts for the benefit of minors);
(v)    cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” taxed as a corporation pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code or successor provision of the Code; or



(vi)    to the extent the Company has one hundred (100) or fewer “partners,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1), cause the number of partners to exceed one hundred (100), determined pursuant to the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3); or, if the number of partners exceeds one hundred (100) prior to such transfer, materially increase the possibility of the Company becoming a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code (it being understood that a transfer by a Member whose Percentage Interest prior to such transfer is 10% or greater that increases such excess by 2 or fewer shall be deemed not to materially increase such possibility).
Section 10.08      Spousal Consent .  In connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Member who is a natural person will deliver to the Company an executed consent from such Member’s spouse (if any) in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto or a Member’s spouse confirmation of separate property in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto. If, at any time subsequent to the date of this Agreement such Member becomes legally married (whether in the first instance or to a different spouse), such Member shall cause his or her spouse to execute and deliver to the Company a consent in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Such Member’s non-delivery to the Company of an executed consent in the form of Exhibit B at any time shall constitute such Member’s continuing representation and warranty that such Member is not legally married as of such date.
Section 10.09      Tender Offers and Other Events with respect to the Corporation
(a)    In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to Class A Common Stock (a “ Pubco Offer ”) is proposed by the Corporation or is proposed to the Corporation or its stockholders and approved by the Corporate Board or is otherwise effected or to be effected with the consent or approval of the Corporate Board, the Common Unitholders shall be permitted to participate in such Pubco Offer by delivery of a Redemption Notice (which Redemption Notice shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Pubco Offer (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be contingent upon such Pubco Offer and not be effective if such Pubco Offer is not consummated)). In the case of a Pubco Offer proposed by the Corporation, the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit the Common Unitholders to participate in such Pubco Offer to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock without discrimination; provided, that without limiting the generality of this sentence (and without limiting the ability of any Member holding Common Units to consummate a Redemption at any time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), the Manager will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to ensure that such Common Unitholders may participate in such Pubco Offer without being required to have their Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, redeemed (or, if so required, to ensure that any such redemption shall be effective only upon, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Pubco Offer). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Common Unitholders be entitled to receive in such Pubco Offer aggregate consideration for each Common Unit that is greater than the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock in connection with a Pubco Offer (it being understood that payments under or in respect of the Tax Receivable Agreement shall not be considered part of any such consideration).
(b)    The Corporation shall send written notice to the Company and the Common Unitholders at least thirty (30) days prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Pubco Offer notifying them of their rights pursuant to this Section 10.09 , and setting forth (i) a copy of the written proposal or agreement pursuant to which the Pubco Offer will be effected, (ii) the consideration payable in connection therewith, (iii) the terms and conditions of transfer and payment and (iv) the date and location of and procedures for selling Common Units. In the event that the information set forth in such notice changes from that set forth in the initial notice, a subsequent notice shall be delivered by the Corporation no less than seven (7) days prior to the closing of the Pubco Offer.
ARTICLE XI.
REDEMPTION AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS




Section 11.01      Redemption Right of a Member
(a)    Each Member (other than the Corporation) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem (a “ Redemption ”) its Common Units (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Common Units that are subject to vesting conditions or rights of repurchase or risk of forfeiture, or are subject to Transfer limitations pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement) in whole or in part (the “ Redemption Right ”) from time to time following the waiver or expiration of any contractual lock-up period relating to the shares of the Corporation that may be applicable to such Member. A Member desiring to exercise its Redemption Right (each, a “ Redeeming Member ”) shall exercise such right by giving written notice (the “ Redemption Notice ”) to the Company with a copy to the Corporation, which Redemption Notice may be submitted on any Business Day that is not during a Black-Out Period (if applicable to such Redeeming Member), if (A) the applicable Redemption is in connection with a Permitted Redemption Event or (B) the Company meets the requirements of the Private Placement Safe Harbor (each of (A) and (B), an “ Unrestricted Redemption ”), or, in any case other than an Unrestricted Redemption, during the Quarterly Exchange Notice Period preceding the desired Redemption Date. The Redemption Notice shall specify the number of Common Units (subject, in the case of a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption, to the Minimum Exchange Requirement, it being understood that a Member may specify in its Redemption Notice a number of Common Units in excess of the Minimum Exchange Requirement) (the “ Redeemed Units ”) that the Redeeming Member intends to have the Company redeem and either (X) with respect to any Unrestricted Redemption, a date not less than three (3) Business Days nor more than ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of such Redemption Notice (unless, and to the extent, that the Manager in its sole discretion agrees in writing to waive such time periods), or (Y) in any other case, the Quarterly Exchange Date, which date in each case shall be the date on which the exercise of the Redemption Right shall be completed (as applicable, the “ Redemption Date ”); provided, that solely with respect to Unrestricted Redemptions, the Company, the Corporation and the Redeeming Member may change the number of Redeemed Units and/or the Redemption Date specified in such Redemption Notice to another number and/or date by mutual agreement signed in writing by each of them; provided , further , that the Company and the Corporation shall not be required to comply with a Redemption Notice delivered in connection with a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption if such Redemption Notice does not comply with the Minimum Exchange Requirement (and such Redemption Notice shall be deemed null and void ab initio and ineffective with respect to the Redemption specified therein); provided, further , that any Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption may be conditioned (including as to timing) by the Redeeming Member (in the Redeeming Member’s sole discretion) on (i) the Corporation and/or the Redeeming Member having entered into a valid and binding agreement with a third party for the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption (whether in a tender or exchange offer, private sale or otherwise) and such agreement is subject to customary closing conditions for agreements of this kind and the delivery of the Class A Common Stock by the Corporation or the Redeeming Member, as applicable, to such third party, (ii) the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction or event in which the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption would be exchanged or converted or become exchangeable or convertible into cash or other securities or property and/or (iii) the closing of an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption; provided, further , that if the Corporation closes an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the Members (other than, or in addition to, the Corporation) were entitled to resell shares of Class A Common Stock in connection therewith (by the exercise by such Members of the Redemption Right in connection with a Share Settlement or otherwise) (a “ Secondary Offering ”), then, except as provided in the following proviso, the immediately succeeding Quarterly Exchange Date shall be automatically cancelled and of no force or effect (and no Member shall be entitled to exercise its Redemption Right or deliver a Quarterly Exchange Date Notice with respect to a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption in respect of such Quarterly Exchange Date); provided , further , however , that the next Quarterly Exchange Date in the Tax Year ending December 31, 2018 shall not automatically be cancelled if there have been, in the aggregate, no more than three Quarterly Exchange Dates and Secondary Offerings in such Tax Year; provided , further that the Company may effect a Redemption if the Manager determines (in its sole and absolute discretion), after consultation with its legal counsel and tax advisors, that such Redemption, together with any other Redemptions that have occurred or are expected to occur, would not be reasonably likely to result in the Company being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, (a) for so long as the Company does not meet the requirements of



the Private Placement Safe Harbor, any such Secondary Offering (other than that pursuant to which all Redemptions are Unrestricted Redemptions) shall only be undertaken if, during the applicable Tax Year, the total number of Quarterly Exchange Dates and prior Secondary Offerings (other than any pursuant to which all Redemptions are Unrestricted Redemptions) on which Redemptions occur is three (3) or fewer and (b) the Company and the Corporation shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with their respective obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement if a Secondary Offering cannot be undertaken due to the restriction set forth in the preceding clause (a). Subject to Section 11.03 and unless the Redeeming Member timely has delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(c) or Section 11.01(e) or has revoked or delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(d) , on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date):
(i)    the Redeeming Member shall transfer and surrender, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (x) the Redeemed Units to the Company, and (y) a number of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, equal to the number of Redeemed Units to the Corporation to the extent applicable;
(ii)    the Company shall (x) cancel the Redeemed Units, (y) transfer to the Redeeming Member the consideration to which the Redeeming Member is entitled under Section 11.01(b) , and (z) if the Units are certificated, issue to the Redeeming Member a certificate for a number of Common Units equal to the difference (if any) between the number of Common Units evidenced by the certificate surrendered by the Redeeming Member pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 11.01(a) and the Redeemed Units; and
(iii)    the Corporation shall cancel for no consideration the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be (and the Corporation shall take all actions necessary to retire such shares transferred to the Corporation and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation) upon a transfer of such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, that were Transferred pursuant to Section 11.01(a)(i)(y) above.
(b)    In exercising its Redemption Right, a Redeeming Member shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, be entitled to receive the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement; provided, that the Corporation shall have the option as provided in Section 11.02 and subject to Section 11.01(f) to select whether the redemption payment is made by means of a Share Settlement or a Cash Settlement. Within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Redemption Notice, the Corporation shall give written notice (the “ Contribution Notice ”) to the Company (with a copy to the Redeeming Member) of its intended settlement method; provided , that if the Corporation does not timely deliver a Contribution Notice, the Corporation shall be deemed to have elected the Share Settlement method (subject to the limitations set forth above).
(c)    In the event the Corporation elects the Cash Settlement in connection with a Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption, the Redeeming Member may retract its Redemption Notice with respect to such Redemption by giving written notice (the “ Retraction Notice ”) to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Contribution Notice. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice under this Section 11.01(c) shall terminate all of the Redeeming Member’s, Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.01 arising from the Redemption Notice.
(d)    In the event the Corporation elects a Share Settlement in connection with a Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption, a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to revoke its Redemption Notice by delivering a Retraction Notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) or delay the consummation of such Redemption by giving written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation), in either case, within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Contribution Notice (or, if the Corporation does not timely deliver a Contribution Notice, within three (3) Business Days after the delivery period therefor shall have lapsed), if any of the following conditions exists:
(i)    any registration statement pursuant to which the resale of the Class A Common Stock to be registered for such Redeeming Member at or immediately following the consummation of the



Redemption shall have ceased to be effective pursuant to any action or inaction by the SEC or no such resale registration statement has yet become effective;
(ii)    the Corporation shall have failed to cause any related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement necessary to effect such Redemption;
(iii)    the Corporation shall have exercised its right to defer, delay or suspend the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement and such deferral, delay or suspension shall affect the ability of such Redeeming Member to have its Class A Common Stock registered at or immediately following the consummation of the Redemption;
(iv)    the Corporation shall have disclosed in good faith to such Redeeming Member any material non-public information concerning the Corporation, the receipt of which results in such Redeeming Member being prohibited or restricted from selling Class A Common Stock at or immediately following the Redemption without disclosure of such information (and the Corporation does not permit disclosure);
(v)    any stop order relating to the registration statement pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock was to be registered by such Redeeming Member at or immediately following the Redemption shall have been issued by the SEC;
(vi)    there shall have occurred a material disruption in the securities markets generally or in the market or markets in which the Class A Common Stock is then traded;
(vii)    there shall be in effect an injunction, a restraining order or a decree of any nature of any Governmental Entity that restrains or prohibits the Redemption;
(viii)    the Corporation shall have failed to comply in all material respects with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, and such failure shall have affected the ability of such Redeeming Member to consummate the resale of Class A Common Stock to be received upon such redemption pursuant to an effective registration statement; or
(ix)    the Redemption Date would occur three (3) Business Days or less prior to, or during, a Black-Out Period;
If a Redeeming Member delays the consummation of a Redemption pursuant to this Section 11.01(d) , the Redemption Date shall occur on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day following the date on which the conditions giving rise to such delay cease to exist (or such earlier day as the Corporation, the Company and such Redeeming Member may agree in writing).
(e)    Subject to the last two sentences of this Section 11.01(e) , if, in the case of a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption, the Common Unit Redemption Price on a date (determined treating such date as Redemption Date) decreases by more than 10% following the delivery of a Redemption Notice by a Redeeming Member, such Redeeming Member may revoke its Redemption Notice by delivering a Retraction Notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice under this Section 11.01(e) shall terminate all of the Redeeming Member’s, Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.01 arising from the Redemption Notice. A Redeeming Member may only revoke a Redemption under this Section 11.01(e) once in every twelve (12)-month period (and any additional Retraction Notice delivered by a Redeeming Member within such twelve-month period shall be deemed null and void ab initio and ineffective with respect to the revocation of the Redemption specified therein). A Redeeming Member who revokes a Redemption under this Section 11.01(e) may not participate in the Redemption to occur on the next Quarterly Exchange Date immediately following the Quarterly Exchange Date with respect to which the Retraction Notice pertains.



(f)    The number of shares of Class A Common Stock or the Redeemed Units Equivalent that a Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b) (whether through a Share Settlement or Cash Settlement) shall not be adjusted on account of any Distributions previously made with respect to the Redeemed Units or dividends previously paid with respect to Class A Common Stock; provided, however , that if a Redeeming Member causes the Company to redeem Redeemed Units and the Redemption Date occurs subsequent to the record date for any Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units but prior to payment of such Distribution, the Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive such Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units on the date that it is made notwithstanding that the Redeeming Member transferred and surrendered the Redeemed Units to the Company prior to such date; provided , further , however , that a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive any and all Tax Distributions that such Redeeming Member otherwise would have received in respect of income allocated to such Member for the portion of any Fiscal Year irrespective of whether such Tax Distribution(s) are declared or made after the Redemption Date.
(g)    In the case of a Share Settlement, in the event of a reclassification or other similar transaction as a result of which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted into another security, then in exercising its Redemption Right a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security that the Redeeming Member would have received if such Redemption Right had been exercised and the Redemption Date had occurred immediately prior to the record date of such reclassification or other similar transaction.
Section 11.02      Election and Contribution of the Corporation .  In connection with the exercise of a Redeeming Member’s Redemption Rights under Section 11.01(a) , the Corporation shall contribute to the Company the consideration the Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b) . The Corporation, at its option, subject to the succeeding sentence and to the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b) , shall determine whether to contribute, pursuant to Section 11.01(b) , the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement. The Corporation’s election to contribute pursuant to the Cash Settlement shall be made by a majority of the Corporate Board, excluding Mr. Aaron Skonnard. Unless the Redeeming Member has timely delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(c) , (d) or (e) , or has delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(d) , on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date) (i) the Corporation shall make its Capital Contribution to the Company (in the form of the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement) required under this Section 11.02 , and (ii) in the event of a Share Settlement, the Company shall issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of Redeemed Units surrendered by the Redeeming Member. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Corporation elects a Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall only be obligated to contribute to the Company an amount in respect of such Cash Settlement equal to the net proceeds (after deduction of any Discounts) from the sale by the Corporation of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units to be redeemed with such Cash Settlement, which in no event shall exceed the amount paid by the Company to the Redeeming Member as Cash Settlement; provided , that (i) the Discount shall be an expense of the Company as described in Section 6.06 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, if the Cash Settlement to which the Redeeming Member is entitled exceeds the amount that is contributed to the Company by the Corporation, the Company shall still be required to pay the Redeeming Member the full amount of the Cash Settlement. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.02 arising from the Redemption Notice.
Section 11.03      Exchange Right of the Corporation
(a)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XI (save for the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b) regarding the option to select the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, and without limitation to the rights of the Members under Section 11.01 , including the right to revoke a Redemption Notice), the Corporation may, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to the limitations set forth on such discretion in Section 11.01(b) ), elect to effect on the Redemption Date the exchange of Redeemed Units for the Share Settlement or Cash Settlement, as the case may be, through a direct exchange of such Redeemed Units and such consideration between the Redeeming Member and the Corporation (a “ Direct Exchange ”). Upon such Direct Exchange pursuant to this Section 11.03(b) , the Corporation shall acquire the Redeemed Units and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Units.



(b)    The Corporation may, at any time prior to a Redemption Date, deliver written notice (an “ Exchange Election Notice ”) to the Company and the Redeeming Member setting forth its election to exercise its right to consummate a Direct Exchange; provided , that such election is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b) and does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date. An Exchange Election Notice may be revoked by the Corporation at any time; provided , that any such revocation does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date. The right to consummate a Direct Exchange in all events shall be exercisable for all the Redeemed Units that would have otherwise been subject to a Redemption.
(c)    Except as otherwise provided by this Section 11.03 , a Direct Exchange shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe as the relevant Redemption would have been consummated if the Corporation had not delivered an Exchange Election Notice and as follows:
(i)    the Redeeming Member shall transfer and surrender, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (x) the Redeemed Units, and (y) a number of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, equal to the number of Redeemed Units, to the extent applicable, in each case, to the Corporation;
(ii)    the Corporation shall (x) pay to the Redeeming Member the consideration to which the Redeeming Member is entitled under Section 11.01(b) , and (y) cancel for no consideration the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, (and the Corporation shall take all actions necessary to retire such shares transferred to the Corporation and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation) upon a transfer of such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, that were Transferred pursuant to Section 11.03(c)(i)(y) above; and
(iii)    the Company shall (x) register the Corporation as the owner of the Redeemed Units and (y) if the Units are certificated, issue to the Redeeming Member a certificate for a number of Common Units equal to the difference (if any) between the number of Common Units evidenced by the certificate surrendered by the Redeeming Member pursuant to Section 11.03(c)(i)(x) and the Redeemed Units, and issue to the Corporation a certificate for the number of Redeemed Units.
Section 11.04      Reservation of shares of Class A Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation .  At all times the Corporation shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon a Redemption or Direct Exchange, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall be issuable upon any such Redemption or Direct Exchange pursuant to Share Settlements; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such Redemption or Direct Exchange by delivery of purchased Class A Common Stock (which may or may not be held in the treasury of the Corporation) or the delivery of cash pursuant to a Cash Settlement. The Corporation shall deliver Class A Common Stock that has been registered under the Securities Act with respect to any Redemption or Direct Exchange to the extent a registration statement is effective and available for such shares. The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon any such Redemption or Direct Exchange prior to such delivery upon each national securities exchange upon which the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are listed at the time of such Redemption or Direct Exchange (it being understood that any such shares may be subject to transfer restrictions under applicable securities Laws). The Corporation covenants that all Class A Common Stock issued upon a Redemption or Direct Exchange will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The provisions of this Article XI shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the corresponding provisions of the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation.
Section 11.05      Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Exchange Right .  This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding the consummation of a Redemption or Direct Exchange and all governance or other rights set forth herein shall be exercised by the remaining Members and the Redeeming Member (to the extent of such Redeeming Member’s remaining interest in the Company). No Redemption or Direct Exchange shall relieve such Redeeming Member of any prior breach of this Agreement.



Section 11.06      Tax Treatment .  Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree a Redemption or a Direct Exchange, as the case may be, shall be treated as a direct exchange between the Corporation and the Redeeming Member for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.
ARTICLE XII.
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
Section 12.01      Substituted Members .  Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, in connection with the Permitted Transfer of a Company Interest hereunder, the Permitted Transferee shall be admitted as a Substituted Member on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.
Section 12.02      Additional Members .  Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, any Person that is not a Member as of the Effective Time may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member (any such Person, an “ Additional Member ”) only upon furnishing to the Manager (a) duly executed Joinder and counterparts to any applicable Other Agreements and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as may reasonably be requested by the Manager). Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Manager determines in its sole discretion that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.
ARTICLE XIII.
RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS
Section 13.01      Resignation of Members .  Except in the event of Transfers pursuant to Section 10.06 , no Member shall have the power or right to resign as a Member from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV . Any Member, however, that attempts to resign as a Member from the Company without the prior written consent of the Manager upon or following the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV , but prior to such Member receiving the full amount of Distributions from the Company to which such Member is entitled pursuant to Article XIV , shall be liable to the Company for all damages (including all lost profits and special, indirect and consequential damages) directly or indirectly caused by the resignation of such Member. Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 10.06 , such Member shall cease to be a Member.
ARTICLE XIV.
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 14.01      Dissolution .  The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted removal, dissolution, bankruptcy or resignation of a Member. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:
(a)    the decision of the Manager together with holders of a majority of the Common Units entitled to vote then outstanding to dissolve the Company (excluding for purposes of such calculation the Corporation and all Common Units held directly or indirectly by the Corporation);
(b)    such time that there are no members of the Company, unless the Company is continued in accordance with the Delaware Act; or



(c)    the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIV , the Company is intended to have perpetual existence. An Event of Withdrawal shall not in and of itself cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall continue in existence subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section 14.02      Winding up and Termination .  Subject to Section 14.05 , on dissolution of the Company, the Manager shall act as liquidating trustee or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidating trustee (each such Person, a “ liquidator ”). The liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the liquidators shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Manager. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidators are as follows:
(a)    as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidators shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;
(b)    the liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds, or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including, without limitation, the establishment of a cash fund for contingent, conditional and unmatured liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidators may reasonably determine) all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company; and
(c)    all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Article IV by the end of the Taxable Year during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (or, if later, by ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation).
The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.02 and Section 14.03 below constitutes a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions, a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all the Company’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.
Section 14.03      Deferment; Distribution in Kind .  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.02 , but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the liquidators determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves. Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 14.02 , the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (a) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c) , (b) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c) , undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (c) a combination of the foregoing. Any such Distributions in kind shall be subject to (y) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and (z) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V . The liquidators shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XV .
Section 14.04      Cancellation of Certificate .  On completion of the winding up of the Company as provided herein, the Manager (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to



terminate the Company. The Company shall continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 14.04 .
Section 14.05      Reasonable Time for Winding Up .  A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 14.02 and 14.03 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.
Section 14.06      Return of Capital .  The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).
ARTICLE XV.
VALUATION
Section 15.01      Determination .  “ Fair Market Value ” of a specific Company asset will mean the amount which the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02 , the liquidators) in its (or, if applicable, the liquidators) good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it (or, if applicable, the liquidators) deems to be pertinent.
Section 15.02      Dispute Resolution .  If any Member or Members dispute the accuracy of any determination of Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 15.01 , and the Manager and such Member(s) are unable to agree on the determination of the Fair Market Value of any asset of the Company, the Manager and such Member(s) shall each select a nationally recognized investment banking firm experienced in valuing securities of closely-held companies such as the Company in the Company’s industry (the “ Appraisers ”), who shall each determine the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 . The Appraisers shall be instructed to give written notice of their determination of the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of their appointment as Appraisers. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is higher than Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser by 10% or more, and the Manager and such Member (s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the original Appraisers shall designate a third Appraiser meeting the same criteria used to select the original two. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is within 10% of the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser (but not identical), and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the Manager shall select the Fair Market Value of one of the Appraisers. The fees and expenses of the Appraisers shall be borne by the Company.
ARTICLE XVI.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16.01      Power of Attorney
(a)    Each Member who is a natural person hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager (or the liquidator, if applicable) with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his or her name, place and stead, to:
(i)    execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) this Agreement, all certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereof which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own



property; (B) all instruments which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Manager deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a certificate of cancellation; and (D) all instruments relating to the admission, substitution or withdrawal of any Member pursuant to Article XII or XIII ; and
(ii)    sign, execute, swear to and acknowledge all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to evidence, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.
(b)    The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any Member and the transfer of all or any portion of his or her Company Interest and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.
Section 16.02      Confidentiality
(a)    Each of the Members agrees to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and may not disclose such information except as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager. “ Confidential Information ” as used herein includes all information concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries in the possession of or furnished to any Member, including but not limited to, ideas, financial product structuring, business strategies, innovations and materials, all aspects of the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code and system and product designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, the methods and means by which the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, tradenames and all intellectual property associated with the Company’s business. With respect to each Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (a) is rightfully in the possession of such Member at the time of disclosure by the Company; (b) before or after it has been disclosed to such Member by the Company, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of such Member in violation of this Agreement; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company or of the Corporation, or any other officer designated by the Manager; (d) is disclosed to such Member or their representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of such Member in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company with respect to such information; or (e) is or becomes independently developed by such Member or their respective representatives without use or reference to the Confidential Information.
(b)    Each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information to its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, managers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents, on the condition that such Persons keep the Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as such disclosing party is required to keep the Confidential Information confidential, solely to the extent it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations or to exercise its rights under this Agreement; provided , that the disclosing party shall remain liable with respect to any breach of this Section 16.02 by any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, managers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents.
(c)    Notwithstanding Section 16.02(a) or Section 16.02(b) , each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information (i) to the extent that such party is legally compelled (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information, (ii) for purposes of reporting to its stockholders and direct and indirect equity holders the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for purposes of including applicable information in its financial statements to the extent required by applicable Law or applicable accounting standards; (iii) to any bona fide prospective purchaser of the equity or assets of a Member, or the Common Units held by such Member, or a



prospective merger partner of such Member ( provided , that (i) such Persons will be informed by such Member of the confidential nature of such information and shall agree in writing to keep such information confidential in accordance with the contents of this Agreement and (ii) each Member will be liable for any breaches of this Section 16.02 by any such Persons), or (iv) to the extent required to be disclosed by applicable Law. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 16.02 will restrict in any manner the ability of the Corporation to comply with its disclosure obligations under Law, and the extent to which any Confidential Information is necessary or desirable to disclose.
Section 16.03      Amendments .  This Agreement may be amended or modified upon the consent of the Manager and, if the Corporation is not the sole Member of the Company, a majority of the Common Units entitled to vote then outstanding (excluding for purposes of such all Common Units held directly or indirectly by the Corporation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification:
(a)    to this Section 16.03 may be made without the prior written consent of the Manager and each of the Members;
(b)    to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which terms and conditions expressly require the approval or action of certain Persons may be made without obtaining the consent of the requisite number or specified percentage of such Persons who are entitled to approve or take action on such matter;
(c)    to any of the terms and conditions of Article VI (and related definitions as used directly or indirectly therein) may be made without the prior written consent of the Manager; and
(d)    to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which would (A) reduce the amounts distributable to a Member pursuant to Articles IV and XIV in a manner that is not pro rata with respect to all Members, (B) increase the liabilities of such Member hereunder, (C) otherwise materially and adversely affect a holder of Units in a manner materially different than any other holder of Units of the same class or series (other than amendments, modifications and waivers necessary to implement the provisions of Article XII ) or (D) materially and adversely affect the rights of any Member under Article XI , shall be effective against such affected Member or holder of Units, as the case may be, without the prior written consent of such Member or holder of Units, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Manager may make any amendment (i) of an administrative nature that is necessary in order to implement or effectuate the substantive provisions hereof (including, without limitation, the last proviso of the third to last sentence of Section 11.01(a) ), without the consent of any other Member; provided , that any such amendment does not adversely change the rights of the Members hereunder in any respect, or (ii) to reflect any changes to the Class A Common Stock.
Section 16.04      Title to Company Assets .  Company assets shall be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Company assets or any portion thereof. The Company shall hold title to all of its property in the name of the Company and not in the name of any Member. All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Company assets is held. The Company’s credit and assets shall be used solely for the benefit of the Company, and no asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for, or in payment of, any individual obligation of any Member.
Section 16.05      Addresses and Notices .  Any notice, request, demand or instruction specified or permitted by this Agreement will be in writing and will be either personally delivered, or received by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the Company or by electronic mail at the address set forth below and to any other recipient and to any Member at such address as indicated by the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when delivered personally or sent by telecopier ( provided confirmation of transmission is received), three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one (1) day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service or if sent by electronic mail,



upon confirmed receipt. Whenever any notice is required to be given by Law or this Agreement, a written waiver thereof signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated at which such notice is required to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
To the Company:
Pluralsight Holdings, LLC
182 North Union Avenue
Farmington, Utah 84025
Attn:
Aaron Skonnard and Matthew Forkner

with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
Attn:
Rezwan Pavri, Esq.
Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

Section 16.06      Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
Section 16.07      Creditors .  None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a secured creditor.
Section 16.08      Waiver .  No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
Section 16.09      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.
Section 16.10      Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any suit, dispute, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be heard in the state or federal courts of the State of Delaware, and the parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE SERVED ON ANY PARTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT (INCLUDING BY PREPAID CERTIFIED MAIL WITH A VALIDATED PROOF OF MAILING RECEIPT) AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF SERVED UPON SUCH PARTY PERSONALLY WITHIN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 16.05 (INCLUDING BY PREPAID CERTIFIED MAIL WITH A



VALIDATED PROOF OF MAILING RECEIPT), TOGETHER WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH SERVICE TO SUCH PARTY, SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH PARTY.
Section 16.11      Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
Section 16.12      Further Action .  The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 16.13      Delivery by Electronic Transmission .  This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
Section 16.14      Right of Offset .  Whenever the Company is to pay any sum (other than pursuant to Article IV ) to any Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company which are not the subject of a good faith dispute may be deducted from that sum before payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution of Units to the Corporation shall not be subject to this Section 16.14 .
Section 16.15      Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, those documents expressly referred to herein (including the Registration Rights Agreement and the Tax Receivable Agreement), any indemnity agreements entered into in connection with the Current LLC Agreement with any member of the board of directors at that time and other documents of even date herewith embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. For the avoidance of doubt, the Current LLC Agreement is superseded by this Agreement as of the Effective Time and shall be of no further force and effect thereafter.
Section 16.16      Remedies .  Each Member shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any Law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by Law.
Section 16.17      Descriptive Headings; Interpretation .  The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any agreement, document or instrument



that requires the consent of any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment or modification. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 16.18      Approval of Agreement . By signing below, each of the signatories to this Agreement (a) approves and authorizes this Agreement and agrees that the Current LLC Agreement is, and shall be deemed, amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in this Agreement, (b) approves, authorizes and consents to the issuance of (i) Class A Common Stock by the Corporation in the IPO, (ii) Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock by the Corporation to the Company and the Distribution thereof by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) Common Units to the Corporation pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement and (c) waives any preemptive rights arising under Section 8.2 of the Current LLC Agreement with respect to the issuance of any of the foregoing.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ACADIA FAMILY TRUST        
By:     /s/ Brett Barlow    
Name:     Brett Barlow    
Title:     Trustee    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ACADIA FAMILY TRUST        
By:     /s/ Mariah Barlow    
Name:     Mariah Barlow    
Title:     Trustee    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Anita Grantham        
By:     /s/ Anita Grantham    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

JAMES BARTLEY GRANTHAM & ANITA MARIE GRANTHEM JOINT REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST        
By:     /s/ James Bartley Grantham    
Name:     James Bartley Grantham    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

DAVID L BALTER 2015 TRUST        
By:     /s/ Dave Balter    
Name:     Dave Balter    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Brandon Warburton        
By:     /s/ Brandon Warburton    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

David Adsit        
By:     /s/ David Adsit    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Stan Hansen        
By:     /s/ Stan Hansen    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Benson Metcalf        
By:     /s/ Benson Metcalf    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ONSTARTUPS LLC        
By:     /s/ Dharmesh Shah    
Name:     Dharmesh Shah    
Title:     Managing Member    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Jody Bailey        
By:     /s/ Jody Bailey    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Aaron Patterson        
By:     /s/ Aaron Patterson    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Chad Sollis        
By:     /s/ Chad Sollis    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Amber Van Horn        
By:     /s/ Amber Van Horn    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Leslie Pfrang        
By:     /s/ Leslie Pfrang    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Ed Roman        
By:     /s/ Ed Roman    
    



[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

IVP CIF II (PS SPLITTER), LP        
By:     /s/ Blair Flicker    
Name:     Blair Flicker    
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Shikhar Ghosh        
By:     /s/ Shikhar Ghosh    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

SKONNARD CONSULTING, INC        
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard    
Name:     Aaron Skonnard    
Title:     Chief Executive Officer    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

SKONNARD FAMILY GRAT 2018        
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard    
Name:     Aaron Skonnard    
Title:     Trustee    

    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

SKONNARD FAMILY GRAT 2021        
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard    
Name:     Aaron Skonnard    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

AARON & MONICA SKONNARD RECOVABLE TRUST        
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard    
Name:     Aaron Skonnard    
Title:     Trustee    

By:     /s/ Monica Skonnard    
Name:     Monica Skonnard    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Aaron Skonnard        
By:     /s/ Aaron Skonnard    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Arne Duncan        
By:     /s/ Arne Duncan    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Brad Rencher        
By:     /s/ Brad Rencher    



[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

CENTERPRINE LLC        
By:     /s/ Brad Rencher    
Name:     Brad Rencher    
Title:     Manager    

    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Nathan S. Burt        
By:     /s/ Nathan S. Burt    
    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Gary Crittenden        
By:     /s/ Gary Crittenden    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

BEAR MOUNTAIN RANCH ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC        
By:     /s/ Gary Crittenden    
Name:     Gary Crittenden    
Title:     Managing Member    
    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Budge Family Trust        
By:     /s/ James Budge    
Name:     James Budge    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

James Budge        
By:     /s/ James Budge    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Timothy I. Maudlin        
By:     /s/ Timothy I. Maudlin    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

JANICE K. MAUDLIN REVOCABLE TRUST        
By:     /s/ Timothy I. Maudlin     
Name:     Timothy I. Maudlin    
Title:     Trustee    

By:     /s/ Janice K. Maudlin    
Name:     Janice K. Maudlin    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

TIMOTHY I. MAUDLIN REVOCABLE TRUST        
By:     /s/ Timothy I. Maudlin     
Name:     Timothy I. Maudlin    
Title:     Trustee    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

KAREN A. TERRELL LIVING TRUST        
By:     /s/ Karenann Terrell    
Name:     Karenann Terrell    
Title:     Chief Technology and Digital Officer GSK    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Karenann Terrell        
By:     /s/ Karenann Terrell    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Michael Featherstone        
By:     /s/ Michael Featherstone    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ISP MAIN FUND PS LLC        
By:     /s/ Kevin Foster    
Name:     Kevin Foster    
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ICONIQ STRATEGIC PARTNERS CO-INVEST, L.P (SERIES PS)
By:    ICONIQ Strategic Partners GP, L.P., its General Partner
By:
ICONIQ Strategic Partners TT GP, Ltd., its General Partner
By:     /s/ Kevin Foster    
Name:     Kevin Foster    
Title:     Authorized Signatory    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Mark Hansen        
By:     /s/ Mark Hansen    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

THE ROSS IRREVOCABLE TRUST        
By:     /s/ Jeffrey Ross    
Name:     Jeffrey Ross    
Title:     Investment Trustee    

By:     /s/ Taryn Ross    
Name:     Tarynn Ross    
Title:     Investment Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

AREO VENTURES, LLC        
By:     /s/ Scott Dorsey    
Name:     Scott Dorsey    
Title:     Manager    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Scott Dorsey        
By:     /s/ Scott Dorsey    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

James M. Cooper        
By:     /s/ James M. Cooper    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

THE WOODWARD IRRECOVABLE TRUST        
By:     /s/ Bruce G. Woodward    
Name:     Bruce G. Woodward    
Title:     Trustee    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Steven R. Woolley    
By:     /s/ Steven R. Woolley    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Nate Walkingshaw    
By:     /s/ Nate Walkingshaw    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

TRUE NORD TRUST
By:     /s/ Stephen M. Sargent    
Name:     Stephen M. Sargent    
Title:     Trustee    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Joe DiBartolomeo    
By:     /s/ Joe DiBartolomeo    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Peter Lehrman    
By:     /s/ Peter Lehrman    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

ONION CONSULTING, INC.
By:     /s/ Frederick Onion    
Name:     Frederick Onion    
Title:     President    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Heather Zynczak
By:     /s/ Heather Zynczak    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Shane Johnson
By:     /s/ Shane Johnson    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Brandon Peay
By:     /s/ Brandon Peay    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

Adam Patch
By:     /s/ Adam Patch    

[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

FREDERICK A. ONION REVOCABLE TRUST
By:     /s/ Frederick Onion    
Name:     Frederick Onion    
Title:     Trustee    


[Signature Page to 4th Amended and Restated LLCA]



Exhibit A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of __________, 20__ (this “ Joinder ”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of [•], 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ LLC Agreement ”) by and among Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the manager of the Company (“ Holdings ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.
1. Joinder to the LLC Agreement . Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to Holdings, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the LLC Agreement and a party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the LLC Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.
2.     Incorporation by Reference . All terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.
3.     Address . All notices under the LLC Agreement to the undersigned shall be directed to:
[Name]
[Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Attn:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW MEMBER]
By:         
Name:
Title:

A- 1



Acknowledged and agreed
as of the date first set forth above:
PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC
By: PLURALSIGHT, INC., its Manager
By:         
Name:
Title:



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Exhibit B‑1
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND CONSENT OF SPOUSE
The undersigned spouse of _____________ (the “ Member ”), a party to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of [•], 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”) of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), by and among Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the manager of the Company (“ Holdings ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement), acknowledges on her own behalf that:
I have read the Agreement and understand its contents. I acknowledge and understand that under the Agreement, any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in the Units owned by the Member is subject to the terms of the Agreement which include certain restrictions on transfer.
I hereby consent to and approve the Agreement. I agree that said Units and any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in such Units are subject to the provisions of the Agreement and that I will take no action at any time to hinder operation of the Agreement on said Units or any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in said Units.
I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of the Agreement have been explained fully to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Agreement and consent without any duress and of free will.
Dated:     
[NAME OF SPOUSE]
By:         
Name:


B-1


Exhibit B‑2
FORM OF SPOUSE’S CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY
The undersigned spouse of ____________ (the “ Member ”), a party to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of [•], 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”) of Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), by and among Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the manager of the Company (“ Holdings ”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement), acknowledges and confirms on his or her own behalf that the Units owned by said Member are the sole and separate property of said Member, and I hereby disclaim any interest in same.
I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of this Member’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property have been fully explained to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Member’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property without any duress and of free will.
Dated:     
[NAME OF SPOUSE]
By:         
Name:


C-1


Exhibit 10.3
 
 
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
May 16, 2018
among
Pluralsight, Inc.
and each of the other signatories hereto
 
 
 

















TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1.      Definitions
 
Section 2.      Required Registration
 
Section 3.      Piggyback Registration
 
Section 4.      Registrations on Form S-3
 
Section 5.      Preparation and Filing
 
Section 6.      Expenses
 
Section 7.      Indemnification
 
Section 8.      Underwriting Agreement
 
Section 9.      Information by Holder
 
Section 10.    Delay of Registration
 
Section 11.    Exchange Act Compliance
 
Section 12.    No Conflict of Rights; Future Rights
 
Section 13.    Termination
 
Section 14.    Benefits of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries
 
Section 15.    Assignment
 
Section 16.    Entire Agreement
 
Section 17.    Notices
 
Section 18.    Modifications; Amendments; Waivers
 
Section 19.    Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures
 
Section 20.    Headings
 
Section 21.    Governing Law
 
Section 22.    Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction
 
Section 23.    Severability
 
Section 24.    Acknowledgement
 






AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into as of May 16, 2018 (the “ Agreement ”) among (i) PLURALSIGHT, INC. , a Delaware corporation (and any successor Person, collectively, the “ Company ”) and (ii) the INVESTORS (as herein defined).
WHEREAS , pursuant to that certain Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated October ___, 2014, Pluralsight, LLC assigned to Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”) all of its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2012, among Pluralsight, LLC and the Investors (the “ Prior Agreement ”).
WHEREAS , in connection with the proposed IPO of the Company’s Class A common stock, the Company, Holdings, and certain other parties thereto are entering into various Reorganization Transactions (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement).
WHEREAS , the Company, Holdings, and the Investors deem it to be in their respective best interests to set forth their rights in connection with public offerings and to amend and restate the Prior Agreement into this Agreement in connection with the Reorganization Transactions contemplated by the IPO.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, each of the parties hereto hereby amends and restates the Prior Agreement in its entirety and otherwise agrees as follows:

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Section 1. Definitions .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings. Unless the context otherwise requires, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, and the word “or” shall be inclusive.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any (a) manager, director, officer, limited or general partner, member or stockholder holding 5% or more of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of such Person, (b) any spouse, parent, sibling or descendant of such Person (or a spouse, parent, sibling or descendant of a Person specified in clause (a) above relating to such Person) and (c) other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” includes, without limitation, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting interests, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
Common Stock ” means the Class A common stock of the Company (or any successor of the Company by combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other reorganization) and any stock into which any such Class A common stock shall have been changed or any stock resulting from any reclassification of any such Class A common stock.
Company ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
Demand Registration ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2(a).
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Excluded Registration ” means (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; or (iii) a registration in which the only Securities being registered are Securities issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Free Writing Prospectus ” means a free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Investors ” means holders of Registrable Shares identified under the heading “Investors” on Annex I hereto and includes any successor to, or assignee or transferee of, any such Person who or which agrees in writing to be treated as an Investor hereunder and to be bound by the terms and comply with all applicable provisions hereof
IPO ” shall mean the first commitment underwritten public offering and sale of equity securities of the Company pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 133 under the Securities Act.

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LLC Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdings, in effect as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented after the date hereof.
Members ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the LLC Agreement.
Organizational Documents ” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws.
Other Shares ” means at any time those shares of Common Stock which do not constitute Primary Shares or Registrable Shares hereunder.
Person ” shall be construed in the broadest sense and means and includes a natural person, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and any other entity and any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any private or public court or tribunal.
Primary Shares ” means at any time authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock.
Registrable Shares ” means (i) shares of Common Stock held by Investors including any Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of other securities of the Company or its subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with a Share Settlement (as defined, and subject to the limitations set forth in, the LLC Agreement)) and (ii) any equity securities of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) above by way of dividend, distribution, split or combination of securities, or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization; provided, however, that any particular Registrable Shares shall cease to be Registrable Shares when (x) they have been registered for sale under the Securities Act, the registration statement in connection therewith has been declared effective and they have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (y) they have been sold in compliance with Rule 144 following the consummation of the IPO, or (z) they are able to be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act (or any successor rule) in any and all three-month periods without volume limitations or other restrictions.
Reorganization Agreement ” means that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and between the Company, Holdings and certain Members as specified therein.
Requisite Investors ” means Investors holding at least a majority of all Registrable Shares then outstanding.
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto or any complementary rule thereto (such as Rule 144A).
Securities ” means, with respect to any Person, all equity interests of such Person, all securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity interests of such Person, and all options, warrants, and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire from such Person equity interests, including any equity appreciation or similar rights, contractual or otherwise.
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Units ” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.

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Section 2.     Required Registration .
(a)    If the Requisite Investors shall deliver to the Company a written request that the Company effect the registration of Registrable Shares under the Securities Act (a “ Demand Registration ”), the Company shall promptly use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of such Registrable Shares.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2 to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration under the Securities Act except in accordance with the following provisions:
(i)    The Company shall not be obligated to file and cause to become effective more than two (2) registration statements initiated pursuant to Section 2(a) above on Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor form thereto).
(ii)    The Company may delay the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement for a period of up to 60 days after the date of a request for registration pursuant to Section 2(a) if at the time of such request: (X) the Company is engaged, or has fixed plans to engage within 30 days of the time of such request, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering of Primary Shares in which the holders of Registrable Shares have been or will be permitted to include all the Registrable Shares so requested to be registered pursuant to Section 3 or (Y) the Board reasonably determines that such registration and offering would interfere with any material transaction involving the Company; provided , however , that the Company shall only be entitled to invoke its rights under this Section 2(b)(ii) one time per consecutive 12 month period the duration of this Agreement.
(iii)    With respect to any registration pursuant to this Section 2 , the Company shall give notice of such registration, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereunder, to the Investors who do not request registration hereunder and the Company may include in such registration any Registrable Shares, Primary Shares or Other Shares; provided , however , that if the managing underwriter advises the Company that the inclusion of all Registrable Shares, Primary Shares, and/or Other Shares proposed to be included in such registration would interfere with the successful marketing (including pricing) of the Registrable Shares proposed to be included in such registration, then the number of Registrable Shares, Primary Shares, and/or Other Shares proposed to be included in such registration shall be included in the following order:
(A)    first, the Registrable Shares (or, if necessary, such Registrable Shares pro rata among the holders thereof based upon the number of Registrable Shares requested to be registered by each such holder);
(B)    second, the Primary Shares; and
(C)    third, the Other Shares.
(iv)    If the Requisite Investors so elect, the offering of such Registrable Shares pursuant to such registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. The holders of Registrable Shares requesting such registration shall select one or more nationally recognized firms of investment bankers reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the lead managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with such offering.
(v)    At any time before the registration statement covering such Registrable Shares becomes effective, the Requisite Investors may request the Company to withdraw or not to file the registration statement. In that event, unless such request of withdrawal was caused by, or made in response to, (i) a material adverse effect or a similar event related to the business, properties, condition, or operations of the Company not known (without imputing the knowledge of any other Person to such holders) by the holders initiating such request at the time their request was made, (ii) due to pricing conditions which in the good faith judgment of the Requisite Investors are adverse, or (iii) other material facts not known to such holders at the time their request was made, the holders shall be deemed to have used their registration rights under Section 2(a) . In addition, in the event that the registration statement covering such Registrable Shares is not declared effective within

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120 days from the date of first filing with the Commission, the holders shall not be deemed to have used one of their registration rights pursuant to Section 2(a) .
(vi)    The Company shall use its best efforts to cause any registration effected in accordance with this Section 2 to remain effective for at least 60 days following the date upon which such registration becomes effective.
Section 3.     Piggyback Registration .
If the Company at any time proposes for any reason to register Primary Shares or Other Shares under the Securities Act (other than an Excluded Registration), it shall give written notice to the Investors of its intention to so register such Primary Shares or Other Shares at least 30 days before the initial filing of the registration statement related thereto and, upon the request, delivered to the Company within 15 days after delivery of any such notice by the Company, of the Investors to include in such registration Registrable Shares (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be included in such registration), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Shares to be included in such registration on the same terms and conditions as the securities otherwise being sold in such registration; provided , however , that if the managing underwriter advises the Company that the inclusion of all Registrable Shares requested to be included in such registration would interfere with the successful marketing (including pricing) of the Primary Shares or Other Shares proposed to be registered by the Company, then the number of Primary Shares, Registrable Shares, and Other Shares proposed to be included in such registration shall be included in the following order:
(A)    first, the Primary Shares;
(B)    second, the Registrable Shares (pro rata among the holders thereof based on the number of Registrable Shares requested to be registered by such holder); and
(C)    third, the Other Shares.
Section 4.     Registrations on Form S-3 .
Anything contained in Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, at such time as the Company shall have qualified for the use of Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor form thereto, the holders of Registrable Shares shall have the right to request up to one (1) registration per calendar year during the duration of this Agreement of Registrable Shares on Form S-3 (which may, at such holders’ request, be shelf registrations pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act) or its successor form, which request or requests shall (i) specify the number of Registrable Shares intended to be sold or disposed of and the holders thereof and (ii) relate to Registrable Shares having an aggregate offering price of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). A requested registration on Form S-3 (or its successor form) in compliance with this Section 4 shall not count as a registration statement initiated pursuant to Section 2(a) for purposes of the registration request limitation set forth under Section 2(a ), but shall otherwise be treated as a registration initiated pursuant to Section 2(b) and shall be subject to the provisions thereof (including Section 2(b)(iii)) .
Section 5.     Preparation and Filing .
(a)    If and whenever the Company is under an obligation pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Shares, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:
(i)    use its reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement that registers such Registrable Shares to become and remain effective until the first to occur of (A) the date upon which all of such Registrable Shares have been disposed of, and (B) the later of (x) ninety (90) days past the effective date of such registration statement or (y) to the extent that the applicable holder of such Registrable Shares is restricted or limited in its ability to sell all of its Registrable Shares within such ninety (90) day period under applicable securities laws, the date on which such restrictions or limitations are no longer applicable to such holder;

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(ii)    furnish, at least five business days before filing a registration statement that registers such Registrable Shares, a prospectus relating thereto or any amendments or supplements relating to such a registration statement or prospectus, to one counsel selected by the Requisite Investors (the “ Investors’ Counsel ”), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Investors whose Registrable Shares are to be covered by such registration statement may reasonably propose and shall not file any such document to which the Investors object in writing, unless in the judgment of the Company such filing is necessary to comply with applicable law;
(iii)    prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective during the period set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Shares;
(iv)    notify in writing the Investors’ Counsel (i) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any comments by the Commission with respect to such registration statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing thereof or for additional information with respect thereto, (ii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of such Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purposes;
(v)    use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Shares under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the holders of Registrable Shares reasonably request and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Investors to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Shares owned by the Investors; provided , however , that the Company will not be required to qualify to do business, subject itself to general taxation or consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to do so but for this Agreement;
(vi)    furnish to the Investors such number of copies of a summary prospectus, if any, or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such Investors may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of such Registrable Shares;
(vii)    notify the Investors holding such Registrable Shares on a timely basis at any time when a prospectus relating to such Registrable Shares or any document related thereto includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing and, at the request of the Investors prepare and furnish to such Investors a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the offerees of such shares, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
(viii)    make available upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, for inspection by any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the underwriter (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent documents, and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, managers, and employees to supply all information (together with the Records, the “ Information ”) reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration statement. Any of the Information which the Company determines to be confidential, and of which determination the

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Inspectors are so notified, shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (A) the disclosure of such Information is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in the registration statement, (B) the release of such Information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental agency or authority of competent jurisdiction, (C) such Information has been made generally available to the public through no breach of the nondisclosure obligations of the Inspectors or their Affiliates, or (D) such disclosure is required to be made under applicable law;
(ix)    use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of an order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, and if one is issued, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement at the earliest possible moment;
(x)    use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its independent certified public accountants “cold comfort” letters in customary form and at customary times and covering matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;
(xi)    use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its counsel an opinion or opinions in customary form;
(xii)    enter into such customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form, including customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities) and take such action as the underwriters may reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Shares;
(xiii)    provide a transfer agent and registrar (which may be the same entity and which may be the Company) for such Registrable Shares;
(xiv)    permit any selling equity holder that might reasonably be deemed a controlling Person of the Company to participate in the preparation of a registration statement;
(xv)    promptly issue to any underwriter to which the Investors holding such Registrable Shares may sell shares in such offering certificates evidencing such Registrable Shares;
(xvi)    in connection with an underwritten offering, participate, to the extent reasonably requested by the managing underwriter for the offering or the Investors selling Registrable Shares in the offering, in customary efforts to sell Registrable Shares being offered, and cause such steps to be taken to ensure good faith participation of senior management officers of the Company in due diligence meetings and “road shows” as is customary;
(xvii)    use its reasonable best efforts to qualify such Registrable Shares for inclusion on the automated quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or such other national securities exchange on which any shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted, use reasonable best efforts to list such Registrable Shares on a national securities exchange as the holders of a majority of such Registrable Shares shall reasonably request;
(xviii)    otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make available to its securityholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, earnings statements covering a period of 12 months beginning within three months after the effective date of the subject registration statement; and
(xix)    otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of such Registrable Shares contemplated hereby.
(b)    Each holder of the Registrable Shares, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of any event of the kind described in Section 5(a)(vii) hereof, shall forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Shares pursuant

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to the registration statement covering such Registrable Shares until such holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 5(a)(vii) hereof, and, if so directed by the Company, such holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares at the time of receipt of such notice.
(c)    The Company shall not permit any officer, director, manager, underwriter, broker or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company to use any Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the registration statement covering Registrable Shares, without the prior written consent of the Requisite Investors, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any consent to the use of a Free Writing Prospectus included in an underwriting agreement to which the Investors are parties shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement of such consent.
Section 6.     Expenses .
All expenses incurred by the Company and the Investors, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in complying with its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the registration and disposition of Registrable Shares, including, without limitation, (a) all registration and filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with any stock exchange, the Commission and FINRA (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel as may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA); (b) all fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters or the Investors in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Shares and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the managing underwriters may designate); (c) all printing and related messenger and delivery expenses (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Shares in a form eligible for deposit with The Depositary Trust Company) and of printing prospectuses, all fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance); (d) Securities Act liability insurance if the Company so desires or the underwriters so require; (e) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of Registrable Shares on any securities exchange and all rating agency fees; (f) all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the holders of Registrable Shares to represent such Persons in connection with such registration (including such fees and disbursements incurred in connection with any registration or qualification of Registrable Shares under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state); (g) all fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by an issuer, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, related to the disposition by the Investors of Registrable Shares; and (h) reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel and advisors to the Company, will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a registration statement becomes effective.
Section 7.     Indemnification .
(a)    To the extent permitted by law, in connection with any registration of any Registrable Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the holders of Registrable Shares, each of such holder’s officers, directors, employees, equityholders, members, partners, and advisors, and their respective Affiliates, each underwriter, broker or any other person acting on behalf of the holders of Registrable Shares and each other Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing Persons within the meaning of the Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or actions joint or several (or actions in respect thereof), to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement under which such Registrable Shares were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or final prospectus contained therein or otherwise filed with the Commission, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incident to registration or qualification of any Registrable Shares, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or, with respect to any prospectus, necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or state securities or blue sky laws applicable to the Company or relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection

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with such registration or qualification under such state securities or blue sky laws; and shall promptly reimburse such Persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action (including any legal or other expenses incurred) arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in said registration statement, preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, final prospectus, amendment, supplement or document incident to registration or qualification of any Registrable Shares in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the holders of Registrable Shares specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(b)    To the extent permitted by law, in connection with any registration of Registrable Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, each holder of Registrable Shares shall severally (based on the percentage of the securities included in such registration that were owned by such holder) and not jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 7(a)) the Company, each director or manager of the Company, each officer of the Company who shall sign such registration statement, each underwriter, broker or other person acting on behalf of the holders of Registrable Shares and each person who controls any of the foregoing persons within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any statement or omission from such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or otherwise filed with the Commission, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incident to registration or qualification of any Registrable Shares, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or such underwriter by such holder of Registrable Shares specifically for use in connection with the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, final prospectus, amendment, supplement or document; provided , however , that the maximum amount of liability in respect of such indemnification shall be limited, in the case of each holder of Registrable Shares, to an amount equal to the net proceeds actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Shares effected pursuant to such registration.
(c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action involving a claim referred to in this Section 7 , such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action. The failure of any indemnified party to notify an indemnifying party of any such action shall not (unless such failure shall have a material adverse effect on the indemnifying party) relieve the indemnifying party from any liability in respect of such action that it may have to such indemnified party hereunder. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof; provided , however , that if any indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified party which are additional to or conflict with those available to the indemnifying party, or that such claim or litigation involves or could have an effect upon matters beyond the scope of the indemnity agreement provided hereunder, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party (but shall have the right to participate therein with counsel of its choice) and such indemnifying party shall reimburse such indemnified party and any Person controlling such indemnified party for that portion of the fees and expenses of any counsel retained by the indemnified party which is reasonably related to the matters covered by the indemnity agreement provided hereunder. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding affected without its prior written consent. If the indemnifying party is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim, it will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel with respect to such claim.
(d)    If the indemnification provided for hereunder is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amounts paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on

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the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant hereto were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method or allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. No indemnifying party shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(d) if there has been a settlement of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent. No person guilty or liable of fraudulent misrepresentation shall be entitled to contribution from any person.
Section 8.     Underwriting Agreement .
(a)    Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that in connection with a proposed sale of Registrable Shares which have been registered with the Commission pursuant to this Agreement, the holders of Registrable Shares shall enter into an underwriting agreement or similar agreement that contains customary provisions covering one or more issues addressed in such Sections of this Agreement, the provisions contained in such Sections of this Agreement addressing such issue or issues shall be of no force or effect with respect to such registration, but this provision shall not apply to the Company if the Company is not a party to the underwriting agreement or similar agreement.
(b)    In connection with any proposed sale through an underwritten offering of Registrable Shares which have been registered with the Commission pursuant to this Agreement through an underwritten offering, the Company shall negotiate in good faith and enter into a reasonable and customary underwriting agreement with the underwriters thereof on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Investors. The Company shall be entitled to receive customary indemnities from lead underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar security industry professionals participating in the distribution, to the same extent as provided above with respect to the information so furnished in writing by such Persons specifically for inclusion in any prospectus or registration statement.
Section 9.     Information by Holder .
The Investors shall furnish to the Company such written information regarding the Investors and the distribution proposed by any Investors as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration referred to in this Agreement.
Section 10.     Delay of Registration .
No Investor shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.
Section 11.     Exchange Act Compliance .
The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to comply with all of the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to it and shall use reasonable best efforts to comply with all other public information reporting requirements of the Commission which are conditions to the availability of Rule 144. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors in supplying such information as may be necessary for the Investors to complete and file any information reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of Rule 144. In addition, the Company shall cooperate with the Investors in providing for the delivery of any legal opinions (including paying the reasonable legal costs of obtaining such opinion) or other documents necessary or otherwise requested of the Investors by the Company or its transfer agent in order to have legends removed or otherwise effect sales pursuant to Rule 144.

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Section 12.     No Conflict of Rights; Future Rights .
The Company shall not, after the date hereof, without the prior written consent of the Requisite Investors, grant any registration or other rights which conflict with, or are senior to or pari passu with, or impair the rights granted to the Investors hereby. If at any time following the date hereof, the Company shall grant to any present or future equityholder of the Company rights to in any manner cause or participate in any registration statement of the Company that, in the judgment of the Investors, are superior to or conflict with, or are senior to or pari passu with, the rights granted to the Investors hereby, such grant shall be null, void and ultra vires.
Section 13.     Termination .
This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect when each Investor no longer holds any Registrable Shares. Each Investor’s rights as set forth in this Agreement will terminate at such time as such Investor no longer holds any Registrable Shares.
Section 14.     Benefits of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries .
Except as provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Investors and subject to Section 15 , the respective successors and assigns of the Company and the Investors. Holdings is an intended third party beneficiary of the agreements of the parties contained in Section 24 .
Section 15.     Assignment .
Each Investor may assign its rights hereunder to any affiliate or third party to whom such Investor transfers Registrable Shares or Units in accordance with the Company’s Organizational Documents and the LLC Agreement; provided , however , that such purchaser or transferee shall, as a condition to the effectiveness of such assignment, be required to execute a counterpart to this Agreement agreeing to be treated as an Investor whereupon such third party shall have the benefits of, and shall be subject to the restrictions contained in, this Agreement as if such purchaser or transferee was originally included in the definition of an Investor herein and had originally been a party hereto. The Company may not assign any rights hereunder without the consent of the Investors.
Section 16.     Entire Agreement .
This Agreement, and the other writings referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto (including, without limitation, the LLC Agreement), contain the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect thereto.
Section 17.     Notices .
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by telecopy, nationally-recognized overnight courier or first class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:
(i)    if to the Company, to:
Pluralsight, Inc.
182 North Union Avenue
Farmington, Utah 84025
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
Attn:
Rezwan Pavri, Esq. and Allison B. Spinner, Esq.
Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

(ii)    if to the Investors, to their respective addresses set forth on Annex I hereto.
All such notices, requests, consents, and other communications shall be deemed to have been delivered (a) in the case of personal delivery or delivery by telecopy, on the date of such delivery, (b) in the case of dispatch by nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day following such dispatch, (c) in the case of mailing, on the third business day after the posting thereof, and (d) in the case of facsimile or email, on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 PM on a business day in the place of receipt.
Section 18.     Modifications; Amendments; Waivers .
The terms and provisions of this Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to a writing signed by the Company and Investors holding at least a majority of all Registrable Shares then outstanding. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement requested by any party hereto must be granted in advance, in writing by the party granting such waiver; provided , however , that the holders of a majority of all then outstanding Registrable Shares may grant a waiver on behalf of all Investors.
Section 19.     Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures .
This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.
Section 20.     Headings .
The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement.
Section 21.     Governing Law .
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
Section 22.     Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction .
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts located in the State of Delaware or the Delaware Court of Chancery for the purpose of adjudicating any dispute arising hereunder. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court any objection to such jurisdiction, whether on the grounds of hardship, inconvenient forum or otherwise. Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 17 shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 22 .

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Section 23.     Severability .
It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the event that any provision of this Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 24.     Acknowledgement .
By signing below, each of the signatories to this Agreement agrees that the Prior Agreement is, and shall be deemed, amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in this Agreement.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement on the date first written above.
COMPANY
PLURALSIGHT, INC.
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard__________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard____________________
Title: Chief Executive Officer______________

[Pluralsight, Inc. Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]



INVESTORS
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS VII, L.P.
By:
Insight Venture Associates VII, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:
Insight Venture Associates VII, Ltd.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Officer__________________

INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS VII
(CO-INVESTORS), L.P.
By:
Insight Venture Associates VII, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:
Insight Venture Associates VII, Ltd.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Officer__________________
IVP CIF II (AIP A), L.P.    
By:
Insight Venture Associates Coinvestment II, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:
Insight Holdings Group, LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Signatory_________________
IVP CIF II (AIP B), L.P.
By:
Insight Venture Associates Coinvestment II, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:
Insight Holdings Group, LLC,
its General Partner

[Pluralsight, Inc. Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Signatory_________________
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS (DELAWARE) VII, L.P.
By:     Insight Venture Associates VII, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:    Insight Venture Associates VII, Ltd.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Officer__________________
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS (CAYMAN) VII, L.P.
By:     Insight Venture Associates VII, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:    Insight Venture Associates VII, Ltd.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Officer__________________
IVP CIF II (PS SPLITTER), L.P.
By:     Insight Venture Associates Coinvestment II, L.P.,
its General Partner
By:    Insight Holdings Group, LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Blair M. Flicker___________________
Name: Blair M. Flicker___________________
Title: Authorized Signatory________________




[Pluralsight, Inc. Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]



ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
PLURALSIGHT HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Aaron Skonnard__________________
Name: Aaron Skonnard__________________
Title: Chief Executive Officer______________





[Pluralsight, Inc. Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Aaron Skonnard, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pluralsight, 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)) 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.
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
 
 
c.
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;
 
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 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
/s/ Aaron Skonnard
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaron Skonnard
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
( Principal Executive Officer )
 





Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, James Budge, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pluralsight, 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)) 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.
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
 
 
c.
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;
 
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 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
/s/ James Budge
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Budge
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
( Principal Financial and Accounting 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
I, Aaron Skonnard, Chief Executive Officer of Pluralsight, Inc. (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 to the best of my knowledge:
 
 
1.
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
 
2.
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: August 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
/s/ Aaron Skonnard
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaron Skonnard
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
( 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
I, James Budge, Chief Financial Officer of Pluralsight, Inc. (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 to the best of my knowledge:
 
 
1.
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
 
2.
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: August 1, 2018
 
 
 
 
/s/ James Budge
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Budge
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
( Principal Financial and Accounting Officer )