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* Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation changed its name to Inspirato Incorporated on February 11, 2022 upon the closing of the Business Combination (as defined herein). The trading symbols “TVAC” and “TVACW” became “ISPO” and “ISPOW,” respectively, upon the closing of the Business Combination. Upon the closing of the Business Combination, “TVACU” no longer exists.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” “Inspirato” and the “Company” refer to Inspirato Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware Corporation), and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Closing (as defined below). Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Thayer” refer to Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, prior to the Closing. All references herein to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of the Company.
Terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) but not defined herein, or for which definitions are not otherwise incorporated by reference herein, shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined below) in the section titled “Certain Defined Terms” beginning on page 2 thereof, and such definitions are incorporated herein by reference.
Business Combination Transaction
As previously announced, Thayer, a Delaware corporation, entered into an a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2021 (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Thayer, Passport Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (“Blocker Merger Sub 1”), Passport Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (“Blocker Merger Sub 2”), Passport Merger Sub III Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (“Blocker Merger Sub 3” and together with Blocker Merger Sub 1 and Blocker Merger Sub 2, and any blocker merger sub that becomes party to the Business Combination Agreement by executing a joinder thereto, the “Blocker Merger Subs”, and together with the Company Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), KPCB Investment I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“KPCB Blocker”), Inspirato Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“IVP Blocker”), W Capital Partners III IBC, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“W Capital Blocker”, and together with KPCB Blocker and the IVP Blocker and any Non-Party Blocker, the “Blockers”), Passport Company Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Company Merger Sub”), and Inspirato LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Inspirato LLC”).
On February 8, 2022, Thayer held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), at which Thayer’s stockholders voted to approve the proposals outlined in the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement, dated January 18, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including, among other things, the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement. On February 11, 2022, as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Proposal No. 1— The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 129 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Thayer consummated the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, whereby, (i) KPCB Blocker merged with and into Blocker Merger Sub 1, with Blocker Merger Sub 1 as the surviving company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (the “KPCB Blocker Merger”), (ii) IVP Blocker merged with and into Blocker Merger Sub 2, with Blocker Merger Sub 2 as the surviving company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (the “IVP Blocker Merger”), (iii) W Capital Blocker merged with and into Blocker Merger Sub 3, with Blocker Merger Sub 3 as the surviving company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thayer (the “W Capital Blocker Merger,” and together with the KPCB Blocker Merger and the IVP Blocker Merger and the mergers involving the Non-Party Blockers, the “Blocker Mergers”) and (iv) immediately following the Blocker Mergers, Company Merger Sub merged with and into Inspirato LLC, with Inspirato LLC as the surviving company, resulting in Inspirato LLC becoming a subsidiary of Thayer (together with the Blocker Mergers and the other transactions related thereto, the “Business Combination”).
In connection with the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), among other things, (i) Thayer changed its name to “Inspirato Incorporated” (ii) each of the then issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Thayer (the “Thayer Class A Common Stock”), converted automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Inspirato (“Inspirato Class A Common Stock”), (iii) each of the then issued and outstanding shares Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Thayer (the “Thayer Class B Common Stock”), converted automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, (iv) each of the then issued and outstanding private placement warrants of Thayer (the “Thayer Private Warrants”) converted automatically into a redeemable warrant to purchase one share of Inspirato Class A Common Stock (the “Inspirato Warrants”) pursuant to the Assignment, Assumption and
Amendment Agreement among the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as warrant agent, in respect of the Warrant Agreement, dated December 10, 2020, by and between Thayer and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Warrant Agreement”), (v) each of the then issued and outstanding redeemable warrants of Thayer issued in connection with Thayer’s IPO (the “Thayer Public Warrants”) converted automatically into an Inspirato Warrant pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, and (vi) each of the then issued and outstanding units of Thayer that had not been previously separated into the underlying Thayer Class A Common Stock and Thayer Public Warrant upon the request of the holder thereof (the “Thayer Units”), were cancelled and entitled the holder thereof to one share of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Inspirato Warrant. No fractional Inspirato Warrants were issued upon separation of the Thayer Units.
Also in connection with the Closing, (i) the equity interests of each Blocker were cancelled and converted into the right to receive (A) a number of shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock equal to approximately 37.2275 (the “Exchange Ratio”) for each unit of Inspirato LLC owned by such Blocker (adjusted upward for cash and cash equivalents of such Blocker and adjusted downward for debt and transaction expenses of such Blocker) plus (B) certain rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement; (ii) each outstanding unit of Inspirato (other than any units held by Thayer or any of its subsidiaries following the Blocker Mergers) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive (A) a number of New Common Units of Inspirato LLC equal to the Exchange Ratio, (B) an equal number of shares of Class V common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Inspirato (the “Inspirato Class V Common Stock”, and together with the Inspirato Class A Common Stock, the “Inspirato Common Stock”), which has no economic value, but entitles the holder thereof to one vote per share, and (C) certain rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement; and (iii) each option to purchase Inspirato units converted into an option to purchase Inspirato Class A Common Stock.
The foregoing description of the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
PIPE Investment
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Thayer entered into subscription agreements (as amended, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, in the aggregate, approximately 8.8 million shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock (which became Inspirato Class A Common Stock upon the effectiveness of the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below)) at $10.00 per share (the “PIPE Shares”) for an aggregate commitment amount of approximately $88.5 million. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, Inspirato agreed to provide the PIPE Investors with certain registration rights with respect to the PIPE Shares. The PIPE investment was consummated substantially concurrently with the Closing.
A description of the Subscription Agreements is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1: The Business Combination Proposal—Certain Agreements Related to The Business Combinations—Subscription Agreements” beginning on page 167 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
A&R Company LLCA
On February 11, 2022, in connection with the Closing, Inspirato and the other holders of the New Common Units entered into the A&R Inspirato LLCA. The operations of Inspirato LLC, and the rights and obligations of the holders of the New Common Units, are set forth in the A&R Inspirato LLCA. New Common Units converted from Inspirato LLC profit interests are subject to substantially the same terms and conditions (including any vesting requirements) applicable to such Inspirato LLC profit interests prior to the Effective Time, and consequently certain New Common Units are subject to vesting requirements. Under the A&R Inspirato LLCA, Inspirato LLC is managed by a seven-person board of managers designated by Inspirato and the other members holding outstanding vested New Common Units.
Inspirato Exchange Rights
Under the A&R Inspirato LLCA, the holders of the New Common Units (other than Inspirato) will have the right to require Inspirato LLC to redeem all or a portion of such New Common Units, together with the cancellation of an equal number of shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock, for, at Inspirato’s election, an equal number of shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, or a corresponding amount of cash, in each case contributed to Inspirato LLC by Inspirato, provided that Inspirato may elect to effect a direct exchange of such cash or Inspirato Class A Common Stock for such New Common Units in lieu of any such redemption, all in accordance with the terms and subject to certain restrictions set forth in the A&R Inspirato LLCA. In addition, Inspirato generally will have the right to require, upon a change of control of Inspirato, each holder of the New Common Units (other than Inspirato) to exercise its exchange right with respect to some or all of its New Common Units. As holders of the New Common Units cause their New Common Units to be redeemed or exchanged, holding other assumptions constant, Inspirato’s membership interest in Inspirato LLC will correspondingly increase, the number of shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock outstanding will increase, and the number of shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock will decrease.
Distributions and Allocations
Under the A&R Inspirato LLCA, subject to the obligations of Inspirato LLC to make tax distributions and to reimburse Inspirato for its corporate and other overhead expenses, Inspirato will have the right to determine when distributions will be made to the holders of New Common Units and the amount of any such distributions. If Inspirato authorizes a distribution, such distribution will be made to the holders of New Common Units on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective percentage ownership of New Common Units.
Holders of New Common Units, including Inspirato, will generally incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their share of any net taxable income of Inspirato LLC. Net income and losses of Inspirato LLC generally will be allocated to the holders of New Common Units on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective percentage ownership of New Common Units, subject to requirements under U.S. federal income tax law that certain items of income, gain, loss, or deduction be allocated disproportionately in certain circumstances. To the extent the funds of Inspirato LLC are legally available for distribution, and subject to any restrictions contained in any credit agreement to which Inspirato LLC or its subsidiaries may be bound, the A&R Inspirato LLCA will require Inspirato LLC to make pro rata cash distributions to the holders of New Common Units, including Inspirato, in an amount generally intended to allow the holders of New Common Units to satisfy their respective income tax liabilities with respect to their allocable share of the income of Inspirato LLC, based on certain assumptions and conventions and increased to the extent necessary, if any, to ensure that the amount distributed to Inspirato is sufficient to enable Inspirato to pay its actual tax liabilities. In addition, the A&R Inspirato LLCA will require Inspirato LLC to reimburse Inspirato for its corporate and other overhead expenses.
Issuance of Equity
The A&R Inspirato LLCA will provide that, except in certain specified circumstances, at any time Inspirato issues a share of Inspirato A Common Stock or any other equity security, the net proceeds received by Inspirato with respect to such issuance, if any, shall be concurrently contributed to Inspirato LLC, and Inspirato LLC shall issue to Inspirato one New Common Unit or other economically equivalent equity interest. Conversely, if at any time, any shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired, Inspirato LLC shall redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire an equal number of New Common Units held by Inspirato, upon the same terms and for the same price, as the shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired.
A description of the A&R Inspirato LLCA is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1: The Business Combination Proposal—Certain Agreements Related to The Business Combinations—A&R Inspirato LLCA” beginning on page 164 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description of the A&R Inspirato LLCA is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of A&R Inspirato LLCA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Tax Receivable Agreement
On February 11, 2022, in connection with the Closing, Inspirato entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement with the Blocker Sellers and the Flow-Through Sellers pursuant to which Inspirato will be required to pay to the Flow-Through Sellers and/or the Blocker Sellers, as applicable, 85% of the tax savings that Inspirato realizes as a result of increases in tax basis in Inspirato’s assets resulting from the sale of New Common Units for the consideration paid pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and future exchange of New Common Units for shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock (or cash) pursuant to the A&R Inspirato LLCA, certain pre-existing tax attributes of the Blockers and certain other tax benefits related to entering into the Tax Receivable Agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The term of the Tax Receivable Agreement will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired unless Inspirato exercises its right to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement for an amount representing the present value of anticipated future tax benefits under the Tax Receivable Agreement or certain other acceleration events occur.
A description of the Tax Receivable Agreement is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1: The Business Combination Proposal—Certain Agreements Related to The Business Combinations— Tax Receivable Agreement” beginning on page 165 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of the Tax Receivable Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-Up
On February 11, 2022, in connection with the Closing, Inspirato adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Inspirato Bylaws”), which included lock-up provisions applicable to holders of shares of Inspirato Common Stock issued in connection with the Business Combination (excluding the PIPE Shares), holders of shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the exchange of New Common Units pursuant to the A&R Inspirato LLCA, and shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock issued to directors, officers and employees of Inspirato LLC or its subsidiaries upon the exercise of Assumed Inspirato Options (collectively, the “Lock-Up Shares”). The holders of the Lock-Up Shares will be subject to a 180-day lock-up period as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Share Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Ups— Bylaws” beginning on page 303 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description of the lock-up provisions is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of the Inspirato Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
On February 11, 2022, in connection with the Closing, Inspirato, the Sponsor, Thayer’s directors, certain equity holders of Inspirato, and the other parties thereto entered into the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). A description of the Registration Rights Agreement is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1: The Business Combination Proposal—Certain Agreements Related to The Business Combinations—Registration Rights Agreement” beginning on page 167 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the full text and form of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification Agreements
On February 11, 2022, in connection with the Closing, Inspirato entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These indemnification agreements require Inspirato to indemnify its directors and executive officers for certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of their services as one of the Inspirato’s directors or executive officers or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services the Inspirato’s request.
The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Director Indemnification Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01 of this Report. The material terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1— The Business Combination Proposal— The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 246 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
Prior to and in connection with the Special Meeting, holders of 16,993,592 out of 17,250,000 shares of the Thayer’s Class A Common Stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $173.3 million, which was paid out of the Trust Account following the Closing.
Immediately after the Closing and following the redemptions described above and the issuance of the PIPE Shares, Inspirato had the following outstanding securities:
• | 46,931,885 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, of which 256,408 are held by the Public Stockholders, 2,747,500 are held by the Sponsor and its affiliates, 8,850,384 are held by the PIPE Investors and 35,077,593 are held by the Blocker Sellers; |
• | 69,780,665 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock, all of which are held by the Flow-Through Sellers; and |
• | 15,800,000 Inspirato Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Inspirato Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, of which 8,625,000 were originally Thayer Public Warrants and 7,175,000 were originally Thayer Private Warrants. |
FORM 10 INFORMATION
Prior to the Closing, Thayer was a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) with no operations and was formed as a vehicle to effect a business combination with one or more operating businesses. Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the registrant was a shell company, as Thayer was immediately before the Closing, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly,
Inspirato is providing below the information that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to Inspirato after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Report, or some of the information incorporated herein by reference, contains statements that are forward-looking and as such are not historical facts. This includes, without limitation, statements regarding the financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations of Inspirato. These statements constitute projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of performance. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. When used in this Report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “propose,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “strive,” “target,” “will,” “ will be,” “will continue,” “would,” “will likely result” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. When Inspirato discusses its strategies or plans, it is making projections, forecasts or forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the beliefs of, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to, Inspirato’s management. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond Inspirato’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of Inspirato’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
• | The COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of actions to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic have materially adversely impacted and will continue to materially adversely impact Inspirato’s business, results of operations, and financial condition. |
• | Inspirato has a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability. |
• | If Inspirato fails to retain existing subscribers or add new subscribers, its business, results of operations, and financial condition would be materially adversely affected. |
• | Inspirato’s revenue growth rate has slowed, and it may not increase at the rates Inspirato anticipates in the future or at all. |
• | The hospitality market is highly competitive, and Inspirato may be unable to compete successfully with its current or future competitors. |
• | Inspirato may be unable to effectively manage its growth. |
• | Inspirato’s subscriber support function is critical to the success of Inspirato’s business, and any failure to provide high-quality service could affect its ability to retain its existing subscribers and attract new subscribers. |
• | Inspirato may not be able to obtain sufficient new and recurring supply of luxury accommodations and experiences or to renew its existing supply of luxury accommodations and experiences. |
• | Inspirato has limited experience with its pricing models, particularly for Inspirato Pass, and may not accurately predict the long-term rate of subscriber adoption or renewal or the impact these will have on its revenue or results of operations. |
• | Inspirato depends on its key personnel and other highly skilled personnel, and if Inspirato fails to attract, retain, motivate or integrate its personnel, its business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. |
• | Inspirato’s business depends on its reputation and the strength of its brand, and any deterioration could adversely impact its business, financial condition, or results of operations. |
• | As a result of recognizing revenue in accordance with GAAP, Inspirato’s financial statements may not immediately reflect changes in customer bookings, cancellations and other operating activities. |
• | The failure to successfully execute and integrate acquisitions could materially adversely affect Inspirato’s business, results of operations, and financial condition. |
• | Inspirato relies on consumer discretionary spending and any decline or disruption in the travel or hospitality industries or economic downturn would materially adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition. |
• | The subscription travel market and the market for Inspirato’s subscription offerings is still relatively new, and if it does not continue to grow, grows more slowly than expected or fails to grow as large as expected, Inspirato’s business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. |
• | If Inspirato is unable to manage the risks presented by its international business model, its business, results of operations, and financial condition would be materially adversely affected. |
• | Inspirato may experience significant fluctuations in its results of operations, which make it difficult to forecast its future results. |
• | The hospitality industry is subject to seasonal and cyclical volatility, which may contribute to fluctuations in Inspirato’s results of operations and financial condition. |
• | Inspirato’s management has identified material weaknesses in their internal control over financial reporting and may identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, which may result in material misstatements of its financial statements or cause it to fail to meet its periodic reporting obligations. |
• | Inspirato faces risks related to Inspirato’s intellectual property. |
• | Inspirato’s processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal data exposes it to risks of internal or external security breaches and could give rise to liabilities and/or damage to reputation. |
• | The ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, and our ability to manage our growth and expand our business operations effectively following the consummation of the Business Combination. |
• | The volatility of the market price and liquidity of Inspirato Common Stock and other securities of the Company. |
• | Unfavorable changes in government regulation or taxation of the evolving hospitality, internet and e-commerce industries could harm Inspirato’s results. |
• | Other factors detailed under the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 55 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference |
The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the other documents filed by Inspirato from time to time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this Report and in any document incorporated by reference are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on Inspirato. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Inspirato will be those that it has anticipated. Inspirato undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Business
Inspirato LLC’s business prior to the Business Combination is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About Inspirato” beginning on page 207 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Risk Factors
The risks associated with the Company’s business are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 55 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and are incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Information
The unaudited financial statements of Inspirato LLC prior to the Business Combination as of September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the audited financial statements of Inspirato LLC prior to the Business Combination as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-1 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 246 in the section titled “Inspirato’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Reference is made to the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 262 in the section titled “Inspirato’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Properties
The Company’s facilities and office space are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 229 in the section titled “Information About Inspirato—Facilities and Office Space,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth beneficial ownership of Inspirato Common Stock as of the Closing Date (the “Ownership Date”), after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination and PIPE Investment and actual redemptions from the Trust Account:
• | each person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding Inspirato Common Stock; |
• | each of the Company’s named executive officers and directors; and |
• | all current executive officers and directors of the Company as a group. |
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the Ownership Date.
The beneficial ownership of Inspirato Common Stock is based on 46,931,885 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 69,780,665 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock outstanding as of the Ownership Date.
This table is based upon information supplied by officers, directors and principal stockholders and Schedules 13G or 13D filed with the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated, Inspirato believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the voting securities beneficially owned by them.
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
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5% or More Holders: |
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Revolution Portico Holdings LLC(2) |
500,000 | 1.1 | % | 18,893,491 | 27.1 | % | 19,393,491 | 16.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
KPCB Investment I, Inc.(3) |
11,890,097 | 25.3 | % | — | — | 11,890,097 | 10.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Inspirato Group, Inc. (IVP)(4) |
10,716,458 | 22.8 | % | — | — | 10,716,458 | 9.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC(5) |
9,797,500 | 18.1 | % | — | — | 9,797,500 | 7.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
W Capital Partners III IBC, Inc.(6) |
7,686,590 | 16.4 | % | — | — | 7,686,590 | 6.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Directors and Executive Officers of PubCo |
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Brent Handler(7) |
1,000,000 | 2.1 | % | 27,766,065 | 39.8 | % | 28,766,065 | 24.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
Brad Handler(8) |
395,000 | * | 902,646 | 1.3 | % | 1,297,646 | 1.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
David Kallery(9) |
25,000 | * | 5,782,001 | 8.3 | % | 5,807,001 | 5.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Web Neighbor |
— | — | 2,206,711 | 3.2 | % | 2,206,711 | 1.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Michael Armstrong |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Scot Sellers(10) |
952,275 | 2.0 | % | 1,534,703 | 2.2 | % | 2,486,978 | 2.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
Ann Payne |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Eric Grosse |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
All executive officers and directors as a group (8 persons) |
2,372,275 | 5.0 | % | 37,917,203 | 54.3 | % | 40,289,478 | 34.7 | % |
* | Represents beneficial ownership or voting power of less than one percent. |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of those listed in the table above is 1544 Wazee Street Denver, CO 80202. |
(2) | Consists of (i) 17,768,474 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Revolution Portico Holdings LLC and (ii) 500,000 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 1,125,017 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Exclusive Resorts LLC. Revolution Management Company LLC is the sole manager of Revolution Portico Holdings LLC and Exclusive Resorts LLC. Revolution is the sole manager of Exclusive Resorts LLC. Stephen M. Case may be deemed to have voting and dispositive control over the shares held by Revolution Management Company LLC. The principal business address of each of the entities and individuals identified in this footnote is 1717 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036. |
(3) | Consists of 11,278,847 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock held by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers XIV, LLC (“KPCB XIV”) and 611,250 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock KPCB XIV Founders Fund, LLC (“XIV FF”). KPCB XIV and XIV FF are the sole stockholders of KPCB Investment I, Inc. The managing member of KPCB XIV and KPCB XIV FF is KPCB XIV Associates, LLC (“KPCB XIV Associates”). L. John Doerr, Brook Byers, Theodore E. Schlein and William “Bing” Gordon, the managing members of KPCB XIV Associates, exercise shared voting and dispositive control over the shares held by KPCB XIV and KPCB XIV FF. The managing members disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by KPCB Investment I, Inc. except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of Kleiner Perkins is c/o Kleiner Perkins, 2750 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. |
(4) | Consists of 10,146,458 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock held by Institutional Venture Partners XIII, L.P. (“IVP XIII”). IVP XIII is the sole stockholder of Inspirato Group, Inc. Institutional Venture Management XIII LLC (“IVM XIII”) is the general partner of IVP XIII. Todd C. Chaffee, Norman A. Fogelsong, Stephen J. Harrick, J. Sanford Miller and Dennis B. Phelps, Jr. as the managing directors of IVM XIII, may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive control over the shares held by Inspirato Group, Inc. Each of IVP XIII, IVM XIII and the managing directors disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares described in this footnote, except to the extent of its or his respective pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of each of the entities and individuals identified in this footnote is 3000 Sand Hill Road, Building 2, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA 94025. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 2,622,500 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and (ii) 7,175,000 Inspirato Warrants exercisable for shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock. Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC is the record holder of such shares. Messrs. Farrell and Hemmeter are each a manager of Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC, and as such, each has voting and investment control with respect to the Founder Shares held of record by Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held directly by Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC. |
(6) | Robert Migliorino, David Wachter and Stephen Wertheimer, the managing members of W Capital Partners III, LP, exercise shared voting and dispositive control over such shares. The managing members disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by W Capital Partners III, LP except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The principal business address of each of the entities and individuals identified in this footnote is c/o W Capital Partners, 400 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022. |
(7) | Consists of (i) 1,032,639 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Mr. Handler in his individual capacity, (ii) 24,860,704 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by BRM Ventures, LLC, (iii) 1,000,000 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 646,936 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the Brent L. Handler Revocable Trust, (iv) 950,863 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the HFIN 2020 Trust, and (v) 274,923 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the SLH 2012 Descendants Trust. Mr. Handler is the Manager of BRM Ventures, LLC, and thus has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by BRM Ventures, LLC. Mr. Handler is the grantor of the Brent L. Handler Revocable Trust, and thus has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by the Brent L. Handler Revocable Trust. Mr. Handler is the designated investment advisor of the HFIN 2020 Trust, and in such capacity has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by HFIN 2020 Trust. Brent Handler and Brad Handler are the trustees of the SLH Descendant’s Trust, and each shares voting and dispositive control over the shares held by the SLH Descendant’s Trust. |
(8) | Consists of (i) 395,000 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 315,050 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Mr. Handler in his individual capacity, (ii) 312,673 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the Handler Children’s Remainder Trust, (iii) 274,923 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the SLH 2012 Descendants Trust. Mr. Handler is the trustee of the Handler Children’s Remainder Trust and thus has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by the Handler Children’s Remainder Trust. Brent Handler and Brad Handler are the trustees of the SLH Descendant’s Trust, and each shares voting and dispositive control over the shares held by the SLH Descendant’s Trust. |
(9) | Consists of (i) 25,000 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 1,838,113 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Mr, Kallery in his individual capacity, (ii) 2,312,781 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Patricia Kallery, Mr. Kallery’s spouse, and (iii) 1,631,107 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by the David S. Kallery 2021 Trust dated 12/22/21 fbo Patricia K. Kallery for which Patricia Kallery serves as trustee. |
(10) | Consists of (i) 84,431 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock held by Elk Sierra, LLC, (ii) 1,150,776 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Elk Sierra, LLC, (iii) 383,927 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock held by Mr. Sellers in his individual capacity, and (iv) 867,844 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days of the Ownership Date. As the sole member and manager of Elk Sierra, LLC, Mr. Sellers has sole voting and dispositive control over the shares held by Elk Sierra, LLC. The principal business address of Elk Sierra, LLC and Mr. Sellers is 11757 Magnolia Park Court, Las Vegas, NV 89141. |
Directors and Executive Officers
The directors and executive officers of the Company after the Closing is described in the Thayer’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-262472 initially filed with the SEC on February 2, 2022 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), in the section titled “Management” beginning on page 119 of the Registration Statement and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Director Independence
Reference is made to the disclosures contained in the Registration Statement beginning on page 121 in the section titled “Management —Director Independence,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Executive Compensation
The executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2021, is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Inspirato’s Executive Compensation” beginning on page 230 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Director Compensation
The compensation of Inspirato LLC’s managers is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation” beginning on page 239 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Certain relationships and related party transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Certain Inspirato Relationships and Related Person Transactions” and “Certain Thayer Relationships and Related Party Transactions” beginning on page 241 and 278, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Information About Inspirato—Legal Proceedings” beginning on page 229 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The information set forth in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Market Price and Dividend Information” beginning on page 119 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference. Additional information regarding holders of the Company’s securities is set forth below in the section of this Report titled “Description of the Registrant’s Securities.”
On February 11, 2022, Inspirato Class A Common Stock and Inspirato Warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “ISPO” and “ISPOW,” respectively.
In connection with the Closing, each Thayer Unit was separated into its components, which consisted of one share of Thayer Class A Common Stock and one-half of one redeemable Thayer Public Warrant, and such Thayer Units no longer exist. As of the date of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus there was one holder of record of Thayer Class A Common Stock, six holders of record of Thayer Class B Common Stock, one holder of record of Thayer Units and two holders of record of Warrants.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Report concerning the issuance and sale by Inspirato of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of Registrant’s Securities
The description of the Company’s securities is contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Description of Thayer Securities” and “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” beginning on page 289 and 302, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 of this Report under the section titled “Indemnification Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information set forth in Item 9.01 of this Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
The information set forth in Item 4.01 of this Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
The information set forth in Item 9.01 of this Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above with respect to the PIPE Investment is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The Company issued the foregoing shares of common stock in transactions not involving an underwriter and not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
At the Special Meeting, the Thayer shareholders considered and approved, among other things, the proposals set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “The Charter Proposal” and “The Governance Proposals” beginning on page 179 and 185, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which are incorporated by reference herein. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Inspirato (the “Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation”), which became effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 2022, includes the amendments proposed by the Charter Proposal and the Governance Proposals.
On February 11, 2022, the Board approved and adopted the Inspirato Bylaws, which became effective as of the Effective Time. The description of the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the general effect of the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the Inspirato Bylaws upon the rights of holders of Inspirato’s capital stock are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections titled “The Charter Proposal,” “The Governance Proposals,” and “Description of Thayer’s Securities” beginning on pages 179, 185 and 289, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which are incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosures set forth under the “Introductory Note” and in Item 2.01 of this Report are also incorporated herein by reference. Copies of the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the Inspirato Bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm.
On February 11, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Board dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), Thayer’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Business Combination, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective upon the completion of their review of the financial statements of Thayer as of and for the periods ended December 31, 2021.
The report of Withum on Thayer’s, the Company’s legal predecessor, balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 and the statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles. During the period from July 31, 2020 (Thayer’s inception) to December 31, 2021 and subsequent interim period through February 11, 2022, there were no disagreements between Thayer and Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on Thayer’s financial statements for such period.
During the period from July 31, 2020 (Thayer’s inception) to December 31, 2021 and subsequent interim period through February 11, 2022, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
The Company provided Withum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested that Withum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Withum’s letter, dated February 14, 2022, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
(b) Disclosures regarding the new independent auditor.
On February 11, 2022, the Board approved the engagement of BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) and appointed BDO as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022. BDO served as independent registered public accounting firm of Inspirato LLC prior to the Business Combination. During the period from July 31, 2021 (Thayer’s inception) to December 31, 2021 and subsequent interim period through February 11, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with BDO with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that BDO concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (each as defined above).
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.
The information set forth in the section titled “Introductory Note” and in the section titled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in Item 2.01 of this Report is incorporated by reference herein. The information set forth in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 129 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
As a result of the completion of the Business Combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, a change of control of Thayer has occurred. Immediately following the Closing, the Public Stockholders owned 256,408 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, representing approximately 0.22% of the total shares outstanding and 0.22% of the voting power of Inspirato, (ii) the Sponsor and its affiliates and advisors owned
2,747,500 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, representing approximately 2.35% of the total shares outstanding, and 2.35% of the voting power of Inspirato (iii) the PIPE Subscribers owned 8,850,384 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, representing approximately 7.58% of the total shares outstanding and 7.58% of the voting power of Inspirato, and (iv) the Blocker Sellers and Flow-Through Sellers owned 35,077,593 shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock and 69,780,665 shares of Inspirato Class V Common Stock, respectively, representing approximately 89.84% of the total shares outstanding and 89.84% of the voting power of Inspirato.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Upon the Closing, each executive officer of Thayer ceased serving in such capacities, and Christopher Hemmeter, Mark E. Farrell, H. Charles Floyd, Ren Riley, Lawrence Kutscher, Caroline Shin and R. David Edelman ceased serving on Thayer’s board of directors.
The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Report in the sections titled “Directors and Executive Officers,” “Executive Compensation,” “Director Compensation” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” are incorporated herein by reference.
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
At the Special Meeting, the Thayer stockholders considered and approved the Inspirato Incorporated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 EIP”). The 2021 EIP was previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, by Thayer’s board of directors on January 17, 2022. The 2021 EIP became effective upon the Closing.
A summary of the terms of the 2021 EIP is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 4 — Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 189 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such summary and the foregoing description are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2021 EIP, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8 and incorporated herein by reference.
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
At the Special Meeting, the Thayer stockholders considered and approved the Inspirato Incorporated 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”). The 2021 ESPP was previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, by Thayer’s board of directors on January 17, 2022. The 2021 ESPP became effective upon the Closing.
A summary of the terms of the 2021 ESPP is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 5 — The ESPP Proposal” herein by reference. Such summary and the foregoing description are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2021 ESPP, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.10 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The disclosure set forth in Item 3.03 of this Report is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
In connection with the Closing, on February 11, 2022, the Board approved and adopted the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) applicable to all employees, officers and directors of Inspirato. The foregoing description of the Code of Ethics is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Code of Ethics, which is available on the investor relations page of the Company’s website.
Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.
As a result of the Business Combination, the Company ceased being a shell company. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 129, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further, the information set forth in the “Introductory Note” and under Item 2.01 of this Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On February 8, 2022, Thayer held the Special Meeting in connection with the Business Combination.
At the close of business on December 21, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were an aggregate of 21,562,500 shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 4,312,500 shares of Thayer Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding, each of which were entitled to one vote with respect to each proposal. At the opening of the Special Meeting, there were at least 12,001,476 shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock present in virtually or by proxy, which represented 69.6% of the shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock entitled to vote, and all outstanding shares of Thayer Class B Common Stock present in virtually or by proxy. Collectively, this constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. The proposals listed below are described in more detail in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A summary of the voting results at the Special Meeting is set forth below:
Proposal 1: A proposal to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement. Upon Closing Thayer changed its name to Inspirato Incorporated.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
16,057,080 | 256,882 | 14 |
Proposal 2: A proposal to approve the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation, which become effective upon the Closing.
Class |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | |||
Class A Stock | 11,744,580 | 256,882 | 14 | |||
Class B Stock | 4,312,500 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 16,057,080 | 256,882 | 14 |
Proposal 3: A series of proposals to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain governance provisions in the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the Inspirato Bylaws that became effective upon the Closing, presented separately in accordance with SEC requirements. A tabulation of the votes with respect to each subpart of this proposal, which were each approved by Thayer’s stockholders, follow the descriptions of each such subpart.
Proposal 3A: To change Thayer’s name to “Inspirato Incorporated”.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,807,580 | 506,382 | 14 |
Proposal 3B: To increase the number of authorized shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock, to authorize a new class of common stock called Inspirato Class V Common Stock, and to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s “blank check” preferred stock.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,806,811 | 507,151 | 14 |
Proposal 3C: To require that stockholders only act at annual and special meeting of the corporation and not by written consent.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
14,861,067 | 1,452,875 | 34 |
Proposal 3D: To eliminate the limitations in place on the corporate opportunity doctrine.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,806,961 | 506,796 | 519 |
Proposal 3E: To increase the required vote thresholds for stockholders approving amendments to the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the Inspirato Bylaws to 66 2/3%.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,675,013 | 638,949 | 14 |
Proposal 3F: To provide that the Board be divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class serving a three-year term.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
14,728,651 | 1,584,806 | 519 |
Proposal 3G: To approve all other changes in connection with the replacement of the Existing Thayer Certificate of Incorporation and the Existing Thayer Bylaws with the Inspirato Certificate of Incorporation and the Inspirato Bylaws, including adopting Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain shareholder litigation.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,807,355 | 506,607 | 14 |
Proposal 4: A proposal to approve the 2021 EIP, including the authorization of the initial share reserve under such plan.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
15,807,709 | 505,830 | 437 |
Proposal 5: A proposal to approve the 2021 ESPP, including the authorization of the initial share reserve under the 2021 ES PP.
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
16,056,710 | 257,027 | 239 |
Proposal 6: A series of proposals to approve, for purposes of complying with applicable listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the issuance of more than 20% of the number of shares of Inspirato Common Stock outstanding prior to the Business Combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement. A tabulation of the votes with respect to each subpart of this proposal, which were each approved by Thayer’s stockholders, follow the descriptions of each such subpart.
Proposal 6A: A proposal to issue Inspirato Common Stock in connection with the transactions pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | ||
16,057,355 | 256,607 | 14 |
Proposal 6B: A proposal to issue PIPE Shares to the PIPE Investors.
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | ||
16,057,341 | 256,621 | 14 |
A vote regarding adjournment of the Special Meeting (Proposal 7) was deemed not necessary or appropriate because there were sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve each of the foregoing matters.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 11, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Business Combination, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the registrant under the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information contained in this Item 7.01.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Holders of 16,993,592 shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock exercised their right to have their shares redeemed for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, totaling approximately $173.3 million. As a result, upon Closing, Inspirato received approximately $91.1 in gross cash proceeds, consisting of approximately $2.6 million from the Company’s trust account and approximately $88.5 million from the PIPE.
Pursuant to the Sponsor Subscription Agreement, dated February 10, 2022, by and among Thayer, the Sponsor and Inspirato LLC (the “Sponsor Subscription Agreement”), Inspirato LLC agreed to waive Thayer’s obligation to satisfy the $140 million minimum cash condition contained in the Business Combination Agreement. In consideration for this waiver, the Sponsor agreed to (i) forfeit an additional 65,000 shares of Thayer Class B Common Stock at the Closing and (ii) purchase 490,197 shares of
Inspirato Class A Stock for $10.20 per share, for aggregate proceeds of approximately $5.0 million, in a private placement prior to the 60th day following the Closing. In connection with the private placement, the Sponsor agreed to subject an additional 1.0 million shares of Thayer Class B Stock (which became 1.0 million shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock upon the Closing) to forfeiture in the event the purchase and sale does not occur within the 60-day period. The foregoing description of the Sponsor Subscription Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Sponsor Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and incorporated herein by reference.
Thayer agreed to waive its right to appoint a director to the Board. As a result, Chris Hemmeter will not serve on the Board.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Inspirato LLC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-1 of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Inspirato LLC as of for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-21 of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Thayer as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and as of and for the period from July 31, 2020 (Thayer’s inception) to December 31, 2020 and the related notes are included in the Registration Statement beginning on page F-34 of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Thayer as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-58 of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
Incorporated by reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit No. |
Description |
Form | File No. | Exhibit No. |
Filing Date | |||||||
2.1† | Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated June 30, 2021, by and among Thayer, Merger Sub and Inspirato | 8-K | 001-39791 | 2.1 | June 30, 2021 | |||||||
2.2 | Amendment to Business Combination Agreement, dated September 15, 2021, by and between Thayer and Inspirato | 8-K | 001-39791 | 1.1 | September 15, 2021 | |||||||
3.1 | * | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company | ||||||||||
3.2 | * | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company | ||||||||||
4.2 | Form of Specimen Warrant Certificate | S-1 | 333-249390 | 4.3 | October 8, 2020 |
Incorporated by reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit No. |
Description |
Form | File No. | Exhibi tNo. |
Filing Date | |||||||
99.1 | * | Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements for the Company as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||
99.2 | Press Release dated February 11, 2021 | |||||||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL (included within the Exhibit 101 attachments). |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
INSPIRATO INCORPORATED | ||||||
Dated: February 14, 2022 | ||||||
By: | /s/ R. Webster Neighbor | |||||
Name: R. Webster Neighbor | ||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THAYER VENTURES ACQUISITION CORPORATION
Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Corporation), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
1. The name of the Corporation is Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 31, 2020 (the Original Certificate).
2. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 27, 2020 (the First Amended and Restated Certificate).
3. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Amended and Restated Certificate), which restates and integrates and further amends the Original Certificate, was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the DGCL).
4. This Amended and Restated Certificate shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Effective Time).
5. The text of the First Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby restated and amended in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is Inspirato Incorporated (the Corporation).
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE III
REGISTERED AGENT
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of the Corporations registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITALIZATION
Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,600,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 1,500,000,000 shares of common stock (the Common Stock), including (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock (the Class A Common Stock) and (ii) 500,000,000 shares of Class V common stock (the Class V Common Stock), and (b) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the Preferred Stock). The number of authorized shares of either Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of such class then outstanding or, in the case of Common Stock, then necessary for issuance in connection with the exchange of Common Units of Inspirato LLC (the Common Units) pursuant to Section 4.6 (an
Exchange) of that certain Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Inspirato LLC (the LLC Agreement) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a separate vote is required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined below).
Upon the Effective Time, each share of Class B Common Stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be reclassified and changed into one issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock, without any action required on the part of the Corporation or the holders thereof. Any stock certificate or book-entry position that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of the Corporations Class B Common Stock shall from and after the Effective Time be deemed to represent an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, without the need for surrender or exchange thereof.
The term Business Combination, as used in this Amended and Restated Certificate, shall mean a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Corporation and one or more businesses. The term Offering as used in this Amended and Restated Certificate shall mean the Corporations initial public offering of securities.
Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. Subject to Article IX of this Amended and Restated Certificate, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board) is hereby expressly authorized to provide out of the unissued shares of the Preferred Stock for one or more series of Preferred Stock and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional, special and other rights, if any, of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series and included in a certificate of designation (a Preferred Stock Designation) filed pursuant to the DGCL, and the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority to the full extent provided by law, now or hereafter, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions.
Section 4.3 Common Stock.
(a) Voting.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate or as required by applicable law, each holder of record of Class A Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record as of the applicable record date by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate or as required by applicable law, each holder of record of Class V Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class V Common Stock held of record as of the applicable record date by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally or holders of Class V Common Stock as a separate class are entitled to vote (whether voting separately as a class or together with one or more classes of the Corporations capital stock).
(iii) Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate or required by applicable law, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, holders of the Class A Common Stock and holders of the Class V Common Stock shall vote together as a single class (or, if the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with holders of the Class A Common Stock and holders of the Class V Common Stock, as a single class with the holders of such other series of Preferred Stock) on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders having voting rights generally, and, subject to the terms of any Preferred Stock, shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), holders of shares of any series of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding
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series of Preferred Stock or other series of Common Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, are entitled exclusively, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or the DGCL.
(b) Dividends and Distributions.
(i) Class A Common Stock. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions in cash, stock of any corporation or property of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably, taken together as a single class, in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder such dividends and other distributions as may from time to time be declared by the Board in its discretion out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board in its discretion shall determine.
(ii) Class V Common Stock. Dividends and other distributions shall not be declared or paid on the Class V Common Stock.
(c) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up; Deemed Liquidation Events. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, or any Liquidation Event, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock having a preference over the Class V Common Stock as to distributions upon dissolution, liquidation, winding up or a Deemed Liquidation Event, the holders of shares of Class V Common Stock shall be entitled to receive $0.0001 per share, and upon receiving such amount, such holders of shares of Class V Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any other assets or funds of the Corporation. Thereafter, the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder. For purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate, Deemed Liquidation Event shall mean (i) 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 4.3(c), 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; (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 Corporations 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; or (C) a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.
(d) Cancellation of Class V Common Stock. In the event that any outstanding share of Class V Common Stock shall cease to be held directly or indirectly by a holder of a Common Unit, as set forth in the books and records of Inspirato LLC (including pursuant to an Exchange), such share shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of Class V Common Stock be transferred to the Corporation and cancelled for no consideration. The Corporation shall not issue additional shares of Class V Common Stock after the Effective Time other than in connection with the valid issuance of Common Units in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.3 of the LLC Agreement, such that after such issuance of Class V Common Stock such holder of Common Units holds an identical number of Common Units and shares of Class V Common Stock.
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(e) Reservation of Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock an amount equal to the number of then-outstanding Common Units subject to Exchange from time to time.
(f) Splits. If the Corporation at any time combines or subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amendment of this Amended and Restated Certificate, scheme, arrangement or otherwise (each, a Split)) any series of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares, the shares of each other series of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such combination or subdivision shall be proportionately similarly combined or subdivided such that the ratio of shares of Class V Common Stock to shares of outstanding Class A Common Stock immediately prior to such combination or subdivision shall be maintained immediately after such combination or subdivision; provided, that such actions with respect to the Class V Common Stock shall be subject to Section 4.1(i) and the last sentence of Section 3.1 of the LLC Agreement. Any adjustment described in this Section 4.3(f) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the combination or subdivision becomes effective.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 5.1 Board Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board.
Section 5.2 Number, Election and Term.
(a) The number of directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock voting separately by class or series, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors.
(b) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible and designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III. The term of the initial Class I Directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time, the term of the initial Class II Directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time and the term of the initial Class III Directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, beginning with the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time, each of the successors elected to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term or until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, if the number of directors that constitutes the Board is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(c) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, a director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such directors earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
(d) Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time (the Bylaws) shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors.
Section 5.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled solely and exclusively by a majority vote of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum or by a sole remaining director (and not by
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stockholders), and any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors to which the new directorship was added or in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such directors earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Section 5.4 Removal. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Section 5.5 Preferred StockDirectors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of the Preferred Stock as set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article V unless expressly provided by such terms.
Section 5.6 Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business by the directors shall be set forth in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power and is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required herein (including any Preferred Stock Designation), by the Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66.7% of the total 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 in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of Article II, Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.4, Section 3.11, Article VIII, Section 9.5 or Article X of the Bylaws of the Corporation, or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith and, with respect to any other provision of the Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total 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 in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any such provision of the Bylaws, or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.
ARTICLE VII
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
Section 7.1 Meetings. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairperson of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors, and the ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting is hereby specifically denied. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, special meetings of stockholders may not be called by another person or persons.
Section 7.2 Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.
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Section 7.3 Action by Written Consent. Except (i) for the rights of the holders of the Class V Common Stock to vote separately as a class as specifically set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate or (ii) as may be otherwise provided for pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation, 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 such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITED LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Limitation of Director Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification, elimination or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification, elimination or repeal.
Section 8.2 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 8.2 or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Section 8.2 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2(a), except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
(b) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Section 8.2 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Amended and Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
(c) Any elimination, repeal of or amendment to this Section 8.2 by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Section 8.2, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such elimination, repeal of or amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish, eliminate, impair or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such elimination, repeal of, amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to such elimination, repeal of or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.
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(d) This Section 8.2 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.
ARTICLE IX
BUSINESS COMBINATION REQUIREMENTS; EXISTENCE
Section 9.1 General.
(a) The provisions of this Article IX shall apply during the period commencing upon the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate and terminating upon the consummation of the Corporations initial Business Combination and no amendment to this Article IX shall be effective prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination unless approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of all then outstanding shares of the Common Stock.
(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporations registration statement on Form S-1, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on October 8, 2020, as amended (the Registration Statement), shall be deposited in a trust account (the Trust Account), established for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below) pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Offering and (iii) the redemption of the Offering Shares in connection with a vote seeking to amend such provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate as described in Section 9.7. Holders of shares of Common Stock included as part of the units sold in the Offering (the Offering Shares) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are the Sponsor or officers or directors of the Corporation, or affiliates of any of the foregoing) are referred to herein as Public Stockholders.
Section 9.2 Redemption Rights.
(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(c) (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the Redemption Rights) hereof for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 9.2(b) hereof (the Redemption Price); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not redeem Offering Shares in an amount that would cause the Corporation to have net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (such limitation hereinafter called the Redemption Limitation). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering.
(b) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares other than in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) (or any successor rules or regulations) and filing proxy materials with the SEC, the Corporation shall offer to redeem the Offering Shares upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.2(a) hereof pursuant to a tender offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule or regulation) (such rules and regulations hereinafter called the Tender Offer Rules) which it shall commence prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination and shall file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination that contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial Business Combination and the Redemption Rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule or regulation) (such rules and regulations hereinafter called the Proxy Solicitation Rules), even if such information is not required under the
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Tender Offer Rules; provided, however, that if a stockholder vote is required by law to approve the proposed initial Business Combination, or the Corporation decides to submit the proposed initial Business Combination to the stockholders for their approval for business or other legal reasons, the Corporation shall offer to redeem the Offering Shares, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.2(a) hereof in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the Proxy Solicitation Rules (and not the Tender Offer Rules) at a price per share equal to the Redemption Price calculated in accordance with the following provisions of this Section 9.2(b). In the event that the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares pursuant to a tender offer in accordance with the Tender Offer Rules, the Redemption Price per share of the Common Stock payable to holders of the Offering Shares tendering their Offering Shares pursuant to such tender offer shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing: (i) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, by (ii) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares. If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the proposed initial Business Combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation, the Redemption Price per share of the Common Stock payable to holders of the Offering Shares exercising their Redemption Rights (irrespective of whether they voted in favor or against the Business Combination) shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing: (x) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, by (y) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares.
(c) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation, a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a group (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), shall be restricted from seeking Redemption Rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Offering Shares without the prior consent of the Corporation.
(d) In the event that the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Offering, the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the Offering Shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), by (B) the total number of then outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish rights of the Public Stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Corporations obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on an initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if (i) such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination and (ii) the Redemption Limitation is not exceeded.
(f) If the Corporation conducts a tender offer pursuant to Section 9.2(b), the Corporation shall consummate the proposed initial Business Combination only if the Redemption Limitation is not exceeded.
Section 9.3 Distributions from the Trust Account.
(a) A Public Stockholder shall be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only as provided in Sections 9.2(a), 9.2(b), 9.2(d) or 9.7 hereof. In no other circumstances shall a Public Stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in or to distributions from the Trust Account, and no stockholder other than a Public Stockholder shall have any interest in or to the Trust Account.
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(b) Each Public Stockholder that does not exercise its Redemption Rights shall retain its interest in the Corporation and shall be deemed to have given its consent to the release of the remaining funds in the Trust Account to the Corporation, and following payment to any Public Stockholders exercising their Redemption Rights, the remaining funds in the Trust Account shall be released to the Corporation.
(c) The exercise by a Public Stockholder of the Redemption Rights shall be conditioned on such Public Stockholder following the specific procedures for redemptions set forth by the Corporation in any applicable tender offer or proxy materials sent to the Public Stockholders relating to the proposed initial Business Combination, including the requirement that any Public Stockholder holder that holds Offering Shares beneficially through a nominee must identify itself to the Corporation in connection with any redemption election in order to validly redeem such Offering Shares. Holders of Offering Shares seeking to exercise their Redemption Rights may be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to the Corporations transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Companys DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holders option, in each case up to two business days prior to the originally scheduled vote on the proposal to approve a Business Combination. Payment of the amounts necessary to satisfy the Redemption Rights properly exercised shall be made as promptly as practical after the consummation of the initial Business Combination.
Section 9.4 Share Issuances. Prior to the consummation of the Corporations initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall not issue any additional shares of capital stock of the Corporation that would entitle the holders thereof to receive funds from the Trust Account or vote as a class with the Class A Common Stock on: (a) any initial Business Combination; (b) on any pre-Business Combination activity; (c) any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate to modify the substance or timing of the Corporations obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the date of the closing of the Offering; or (d) on any amendment to this Article IX.
Section 9.5 Transactions with Affiliates. In the event the Corporation enters into an initial Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with the Sponsor, or the directors or officers of the Corporation, the Corporation, or a committee of the independent directors of the Corporation, shall obtain an opinion from an independent accounting firm or an independent investment banking firm that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that such Business Combination is fair to the Corporation from a financial point of view.
Section 9.6 No Transactions with Other Blank Check Companies. The Corporation shall not enter into an initial Business Combination with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations.
Section 9.7 Additional Redemption Rights. If, in accordance with Section 9.1(a), any amendment is made to this Amended and Restated Certificate (a) to modify the substance or timing of the Corporations obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the date of the closing of the Offering or (b) with respect to any other provisions relating to stockholders rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest not previously released to the Corporation to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Offering Shares; provided, however, that any such amendment will be voided, and this Article IX will remain unchanged, if any stockholders who wish to redeem are unable to redeem due to the Redemption Limitation.
Section 9.8 Minimum Value of Initial Business Combination. The Corporations initial Business Combination must be comprised of one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time the Corporation signs a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination.
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ARTICLE X
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter in which the Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC, any officer, director, partner or employee of the Sponsor or, and any portfolio company in which such entities or persons have an equity interest (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) (each, a Specified Party) participates or desires or seeks to participate even if the opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so and each such Specified Party shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such Specified Party pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, does not hereby renounce any interest or expectancy it or its subsidiaries may have in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter that is offered in writing solely to (1) a director or officer of the Corporation or its subsidiaries who is not also a Specified Party, or (2) a Specified Party who is a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and who is offered such opportunity solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Corporation. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force that may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Amended and Restated Certificate and the DGCL. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate to the contrary, in addition to any vote required by applicable law, the following provisions in this Amended and Restated Certificate may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total voting power of all the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class: Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article VIII, Article XII and this Article XI. Except as expressly provided in the foregoing sentence and the remainder of this Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), including Section 9.1, this Amended and Restated Certificate may be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of all the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Except as set forth in Article VIII, all rights, preferences and privileges of whatever nature herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article XI.
ARTICLE XII
SEVERABILITY
If any provision or provisions (or any part thereof) of this Amended and Restated Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (ii) the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their service or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer on this 11th day of February, 2022.
THAYER VENTURES ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark E. Farrell | |||
Name: | Mark E. Farrell | |||
Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
INSPIRATO INCORPORATED
(adopted on February 11, 2022)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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 |
2 | ||||
2.5 |
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
8 | ||||
2.6 |
QUORUM |
8 | ||||
2.7 |
ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE |
8 | ||||
2.8 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
9 | ||||
2.9 |
VOTING |
9 | ||||
2.10 |
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
10 | ||||
2.11 |
RECORD DATES |
10 | ||||
2.12 |
PROXIES |
10 | ||||
2.13 |
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE |
11 | ||||
2.14 |
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION |
11 | ||||
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS | 12 | |||||
3.1 |
POWERS |
12 | ||||
3.2 |
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS |
12 | ||||
3.3 |
ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS |
12 | ||||
3.4 |
RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES |
12 | ||||
3.5 |
PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE |
12 | ||||
3.6 |
REGULAR MEETINGS |
13 | ||||
3.7 |
SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE |
13 | ||||
3.8 |
QUORUM; VOTING |
13 | ||||
3.9 |
BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
14 | ||||
3.10 |
FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS |
14 | ||||
3.11 |
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS |
14 | ||||
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES | 14 | |||||
4.1 |
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS |
14 | ||||
4.2 |
COMMITTEE MINUTES |
15 | ||||
4.3 |
MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES |
15 | ||||
4.4 |
SUBCOMMITTEES |
15 | ||||
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS | 16 | |||||
5.1 |
OFFICERS |
16 | ||||
5.2 |
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS |
16 | ||||
5.3 |
SUBORDINATE OFFICERS |
16 |
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(continued)
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5.4 |
REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS |
16 | ||||
5.5 |
VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
16 | ||||
5.6 |
REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES |
17 | ||||
5.7 |
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
17 | ||||
ARTICLE VI - STOCK | 17 | |||||
6.1 |
STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES |
17 | ||||
6.2 |
SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES |
17 | ||||
6.3 |
LOST CERTIFICATES |
18 | ||||
6.4 |
DIVIDENDS |
18 | ||||
6.5 |
TRANSFER OF STOCK |
18 | ||||
6.6 |
STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS |
18 | ||||
6.7 |
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS |
19 | ||||
6.8 |
LOCK-UP |
19 | ||||
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER | 21 | |||||
7.1 |
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
21 | ||||
7.2 |
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS |
21 | ||||
7.3 |
NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL |
22 | ||||
7.4 |
WAIVER OF NOTICE |
22 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION | 22 | |||||
8.1 |
RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION |
22 | ||||
8.2 |
RIGHT TO ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES |
23 | ||||
8.3 |
RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT |
23 | ||||
8.4 |
NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
23 | ||||
8.5 |
INSURANCE |
24 | ||||
8.6 |
INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHER PERSONS |
24 | ||||
8.7 |
AMENDMENTS |
24 | ||||
8.8 |
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
24 | ||||
8.9 |
CONTRACT RIGHTS |
24 | ||||
8.10 |
SEVERABILITY |
25 | ||||
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS | 25 | |||||
9.1 |
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS |
25 | ||||
9.2 |
FISCAL YEAR |
25 | ||||
9.3 |
SEAL |
25 | ||||
9.4 |
CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS |
25 | ||||
9.5 |
FORUM SELECTION |
25 | ||||
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS | 26 |
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BYLAWS OF INSPIRATO INCORPORATED
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 | REGISTERED OFFICE |
The registered office of Inspirato Incorporated (the Company) shall be fixed in the Companys certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.
1.2 | OTHER OFFICES |
The Company may at any time establish other offices.
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 | PLACE OF MEETINGS |
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at a place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware, determined by the board of directors of the Company (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). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders meetings shall be held at the Companys principal executive office.
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, directors shall be elected and any other proper business, brought in accordance with Section 2.4 of these bylaws, 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 the purposes of these bylaws, the term Whole Board shall mean the total number of authorized directorships whether or not there exist any vacancies or other unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.
2.3 | SPECIAL MEETING |
(a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock of the Corporation (Preferred Stock), and to the requirements of applicable law, a special meeting of the stockholders, other than as required by statute, may be called at any time by (i) the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, (ii) the chairperson of the Board of Directors or (iii) the chief executive officer, but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. 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.
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(b) The notice of a special meeting shall include the purpose for which the meeting is called. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of a majority of the Whole Board, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3(b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
2.4 | ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES |
(a) | Annual Meetings of Stockholders. |
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of other business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (1) pursuant to the Companys notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto); (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; (3) as may be provided in the certificate of designations for any class or series of preferred stock; or (4) by any stockholder of the Company who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice contemplated by Section 2.4(a)(ii); (B) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting; (C) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting; (D) is a stockholder of record at the time of the annual meeting; and (E) complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(a).
(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to clause (4) of Section 2.4(a)(i), the stockholder must have given timely notice in writing to the secretary and any such nomination or proposed business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day and no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 90th day prior to the day of the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders. However, if no annual meeting of stockholders was held in the preceding year, or if the date of the applicable annual meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, then to be timely such notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day prior to the day of the annual meeting and no later than the later of (x) 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was first made by the Company. In no event will the adjournment, rescheduling or postponement of any annual meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. If 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 of Directors at least 10 days before the last day that a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination pursuant to the foregoing provisions, then a stockholders notice required by this Section 2.4(a)(ii) will also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made. Public announcement means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news
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service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended and inclusive of rules and regulations thereunder, the 1934 Act).
(iii) A stockholders notice to the secretary must set forth:
(1) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director:
(A) such persons name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment; the class and number of shares of the Company that are held of record or are beneficially owned by such person and a description of any Derivative Instruments (defined below) held or beneficially owned thereby or 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 such person; and all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the contested election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Section 14 of the 1934 Act;
(B) such persons written consent to being named in such stockholders proxy statement as a nominee of such stockholder and to serving as a director of the Company if elected;
(C) a reasonably detailed description of any direct or indirect compensatory, payment, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding that such person has, or has had within the past three years, with any person or entity other than the Company (including the amount of any payment or payments received or receivable thereunder), in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the Company (a Third-Party Compensation Arrangement); and
(D) a description of any other material relationships between such person and such persons respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them, on the one hand, and such stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them, on the other hand;
(2) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting;
(B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if applicable, the text of any proposed amendment to these bylaws or the Companys certificate of incorporation);
(C) the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting;
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(D) any material interest in such business of such stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them; and
(E) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and
(3) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:
(A) the name and address of such stockholder (as they appear on the Companys books), of such beneficial owner and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;
(B) for each class or series, the number of shares of stock of the Company that are, directly or indirectly, held of record or are beneficially owned by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;
(C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, and any other person or persons (including, in each case, their names) in connection with the proposal of such nomination or other business;
(D) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, with respect to the Companys securities (any of the foregoing, a Derivative Instrument), or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made the effect or intent of which is to create or mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for or increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, with respect to the Companys securities;
(E) any rights to dividends on the Companys securities owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, that are separated or separable from the underlying security;
(F) any proportionate interest in the Companys securities or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership;
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(G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with, them is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of the Companys securities or Derivative Instruments, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of the immediate family of such persons sharing the same household;
(H) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments in any principal competitor of the Company that are held by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;
(I) any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, in any contract with the Company, any affiliate of the Company or any principal competitor of the Company (in each case, including any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement);
(J) a representation and undertaking that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company as of the date of submission of the stockholders notice and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting;
(K) a representation and undertaking that such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends, or is part of a group that intends, to (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Companys then-outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee; or (y) otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination;
(L) any other information relating to such stockholder, such beneficial owner, or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, or director nominee or proposed business that, in each case, would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies in support of such nominee (in a contested election of directors) or proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act; and
(M) such other information relating to any proposed item of business as the Company may reasonably require to determine whether such proposed item of business is a proper matter for stockholder action.
(iv) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4, to be timely, a stockholders notice (and any additional information submitted to the Company in connection therewith) must further be updated and supplemented (1) if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice is true and correct as of the record date(s) for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof and (2) to provide any additional information that the Company may reasonably request. Such update and supplement or additional information, if applicable, must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company, in the case of a request for additional information, promptly following a request therefor, which response must be delivered not later than such reasonable time as is specified in any such request from the Company or, in the case of any other update or supplement of any information, not later than five business days after the record date(s) for
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the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date(s)), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof). The failure to timely provide such update, supplement or additional information shall result in the nomination or proposal no longer being eligible for consideration at the meeting.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Except to the extent required by the DGCL, and subject to Section 2.3(a), special meetings of stockholders may be called only in accordance with the Companys certificate of incorporation and these bylaws. Only such business will be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as has been brought before the special meeting pursuant to the Companys notice of meeting. If the election of directors is included as business to be brought before a special meeting in the Companys notice of meeting, then nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at such special meeting may be made by any stockholder who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice contemplated by this Section 2.4(b); (ii) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the special meeting; (iii) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting; (iv) is a stockholder of record at the time of the special meeting; and (v) complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(b). For nominations to be properly brought by a stockholder before a special meeting pursuant to this Section 2.4(b), the stockholders notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day prior to the day of the special meeting and no later than the later of (x) 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting was first made. In no event will any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice. A stockholders notice to the Secretary must comply with the applicable notice requirements of Section 2.4(a)(iii).
(c) | Other Requirements. |
(i) To be eligible to be a nominee by any stockholder for election as a director of the Company, the proposed nominee must provide to the secretary, in accordance with the applicable time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.4(a)(ii) or Section 2.4(b):
(1) a signed and completed written questionnaire (in the form provided by the secretary at the written request of the nominating stockholder, which form will be provided by the secretary within 10 days of receiving such request) containing information regarding such nominees background and qualifications and such other information as may reasonably be required by the Company to determine the eligibility of such nominee to serve as a director of the Company or to serve as an independent director of the Company;
(2) a written representation and undertaking that, unless previously disclosed to the Company, such nominee is not, and will not become, a party to any voting agreement, arrangement, commitment, assurance or understanding with any person or entity as to how such nominee, if elected as a director, will vote on any issue;
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(3) a written representation and undertaking that, unless previously disclosed to the Company, such nominee is not, and will not become, a party to any Third-Party Compensation Arrangement;
(4) a written representation and undertaking that, if elected as a director, such nominee would be in compliance, and will continue to comply, with the Companys corporate governance guidelines as disclosed on the Companys website, as amended from time to time; and
(5) a written representation and undertaking that such nominee, if elected, intends to serve a full term on the Board of Directors.
(ii) At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director must furnish to the secretary the information that is required to be set forth in a stockholders notice of nomination that pertains to such nominee.
(iii) No person will be eligible to be nominated by a stockholder for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4. No business proposed by a stockholder will be conducted at a stockholder meeting except in accordance with this Section 2.4.
(iv) The chairperson of the applicable meeting of stockholders will, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws or that business was not properly brought before the meeting. If the chairperson of the meeting should so determine, then the chairperson of the meeting will so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination will be disregarded or such business will not be transacted, as the case may be.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear in person at the meeting to present a nomination or other proposed business, such nomination will be disregarded or such proposed business will not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination or business may have been received by the Company and counted for purposes of determining a quorum. For purposes of this Section 2.4, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting, and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting.
(vi) Without limiting this Section 2.4, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.4, it being understood that (1) any references in these bylaws to the 1934 Act are not intended to, and will not, limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.4; and (2) compliance with clause (4) of Section 2.4(a)(i) and with Section 2.4(b) are the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in Section 2.4(c)(vii)).
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(vii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, the notice requirements set forth in these bylaws with respect to the proposal of any business pursuant to this Section 2.4 will be deemed to be satisfied by a stockholder if (1) such stockholder has submitted a proposal to the Company in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act; and (2) such stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Company to solicit proxies for the meeting of stockholders. Subject to Rule 14a-8 and other applicable rules and regulations under the 1934 Act, nothing in these bylaws will be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Companys proxy statement any nomination of a director or any other business proposal.
2.5 | NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a 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 capital stock of the Company 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. 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 (a) the chairperson of the meeting, or (b) 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 Company 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
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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.
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 be designated by the Board of Directors; in the absence of such designation, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or the chief executive officer (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors) or the president (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the Company, shall serve as chairperson of the stockholder meeting. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time, whether or not a quorum is present. The secretary of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be the Secretary or another person designated by the chairperson of the meeting to act as secretary of the meeting.
the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the 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 may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder as of the applicable record date.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of the stock exchange on which the Companys securities are listed, 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 outstanding 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 the stock exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed.
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2.10 | STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
Subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
2.11 | RECORD DATES |
In order that the Company 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 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 Company 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, or such stockholders authorized officer, director, employee or agent, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by a document 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.
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2.13 | LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE |
The Company 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 Company 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: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the Companys principal place of business. In the event that the Company determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Company may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Company. 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 Company shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. The Company may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.
Such inspectors shall:
(a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each;
(b) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots;
(c) count all votes and ballots;
(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and
(e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots.
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. Each report of an inspector shall be in writing, and 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 Company 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 of a majority of the Whole Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that directors 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 directors successor is elected and qualified or until such directors 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 Company. 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, 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.
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Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors 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.
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 Whole Board.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
(a) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
(b) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
(c) sent by facsimile;
(d) sent by electronic mail; or
(e) otherwise given by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 232 of the DGCL),
directed to each director at that directors 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 Companys 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 Companys 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.
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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.
If the certificate of incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein or therein and denoted with the phrase notwithstanding the final paragraph of Section 3.8 of the bylaws or language to similar effect, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.
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 thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. 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 and to provide for the reimbursement of such directors expenses, if any, in connection with their service on the Board of Directors.
3.11 | REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS |
Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office by stockholders of the Company in the manner specified in the certificate of incorporation and applicable law. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such directors 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 Company. 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
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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 Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) 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 (b) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Company.
4.2 | COMMITTEE MINUTES |
Each committee and subcommittee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings.
4.3 | MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES |
Meetings and actions of committees and subcommittees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:
(a) Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);
(b) Section 3.6 (regular meetings);
(c) Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);
(d) Section 3.8 (quorum; voting);
(e) Section 3.9 (action without a meeting); and
(f) Section 7.4 (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 and place of regular meetings of committees or 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 or subcommittees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors or the committee or the subcommittee; and (iii) notice of special meetings of committees and subcommittees shall also be given to all alternate members 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 applicable 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.
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ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
5.1 | OFFICERS |
The officers of the Company shall be a president and a secretary. The Company 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.
5.2 | APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS |
The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Company, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 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 may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, to appoint, such other officers as the business of the Company 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, for the avoidance of doubt, any duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof or by any officer who has been conferred such power of removal.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, to the Company. 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 Company under any contract to which the officer is a party.
5.5 | VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board of Directors or as provided in Section 5.3.
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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 Company 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 Company all rights incident to any and all shares or other securities of any other entity or entities, and all rights incident to any management authority conferred on the Company in accordance with the governing documents of any entity or entities, standing in the name of this Company, 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 Company shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Company 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 Company 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 Company. 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 Company by any two officers of the Company representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the 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 Company with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Company shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
The Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 Company 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
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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 Company 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 Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Company 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 Company 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 Company and cancelled at the same time. The Company 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 Company may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners 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 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 Companys capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Companys 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 Company 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 Company 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 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 Company 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 Company to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Company of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
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6.7 | REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS |
The Company:
(a) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and notices and to vote as such owner; and
(b) 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.
6.8 | LOCK-UP |
(a) Subject to Section 6.8(b), the holders (the Current Lock-Up Holders) of (i) shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company issued as the Per Unit Unitholder Merger Consideration pursuant to the Company Merger, each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, entered into on June 30, 2021, by and among (1) Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (2) Passport Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Buyer, (3) Passport Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Buyer, (4) Passport Merger Sub III Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Buyer, (5) KPCB Investment I, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (6) Inspirato Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (7) W Capital Partners III IBC, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (8) Passport Company Merger Sub, LLC a Delaware limited liability company, and (9) Inspirato LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (as amended, the Business Combination Agreement)); (ii) all shares of Class V Common Stock of the Company; (iii) shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company issued in connection with the exchange of Common Units of Inspirato LLC pursuant to Section 4.6 of that certain Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Inspirato LLC; and (iv) shares of Class A Common Stock issued to directors, officers and employees of the Company or its subsidiaries upon the exercise of Rollover Options (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) outstanding as of immediately following the closing of the Company Merger, which holders include, for the avoidance of doubt, the Current Lock-Up Holders Permitted Transferees and direct or indirect Permitted Transferees of any such holders (collectively, the Additional Lock-Up Holders, and together with the Current Lock-Up Holders, the Lock-Up Holders) may not Transfer any Lock-Up Shares until the end of the Lock-Up Period (the Lock-Up). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing or elsewhere herein, the term Lock-Up Holder shall not include any lender (or its successors or assigns) to whom shares of Class A Common Stock or Class V Common Stock are pledged pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 6.8 (collectively, the Pledged Shares) upon transfer of such Pledged Shares to such entity or person following a foreclosure or exercise of other remedies by such lender under the applicable loan or other agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 6.8(a), the Lock-Up Holders may Transfer the Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period (i) as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (ii) to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of such Lock-Up Holder or any other person with whom such Lock-Up Holder has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote
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than first cousin; (iii) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the Lock-Up Holder; (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement; (v) if such Lock-Up Holder is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Lock-Up Holder, or (B) to partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the Lock-Up Holder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Lock-Up Holder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership; (vi) if such Lock-Up Holder is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (vii) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under subsections (i) through (vi) of this Section 6.8(b); (viii) as a pledge of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class V Common Stock of the Company to any lender as security or collateral in connection with any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by such Lock-Up Holder; provided, however, that such borrowing or incurrence of indebtedness is part of a bona fide loan or similar agreement in connection with the purchase of shares of the Companys Class A Common Stock in the PIPE Investment (as referenced in the Business Combination Agreement); (ix) pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction, each involving a change in control of the Company; (x) to the Company in connection with the repurchase of such Lock-Up Holders shares in connection with the termination of the Lock-Up Holders employment with the Company pursuant to contractual agreements with the Company; (xi) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company or the vesting of Company stock-based awards; or (xii) in payment on a net exercise or cashless basis of the exercise or purchase price with respect to the exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 6.8(a), the Lock-Up Holders may also establish a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period; provided, however, that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period.
(c) | For purpose of this Section 6.8: |
(i) the term Lock-Up Period means the period beginning on the closing date of the Company Merger and ending on the earliest of (a) the date that is 180 days after the closing date of the Company Merger; and (b) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Companys stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company for cash, securities or other property; (c) the date, if any, on which the closing price of the Class A Common Stock has equaled or exceeded $12.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 Trading Days within any 30 Trading Day period commencing at least 150 days after the closing date of the Company Merger; provided that, if (i) at least 120 days have elapsed since the closing date of the Company Merger and (ii) the Lock-Up Period is scheduled to end during a Blackout Period (as defined below) or within five Trading Days (as defined below) prior to a Blackout Period, the Lock-Up Period shall end 10 Trading Days prior to the commencement of the Blackout Period (the Blackout-Related Release); provided further, that (i) promptly upon the Companys determination of the date of the Blackout-Related Release and in any event at least two Trading Days in advance of the Blackout-Related Release, the Company shall announce the date of the Blackout-Related Release through a major news service, or on a Form 8-K, and (ii) the Blackout-Related Release shall not occur unless the Company shall have publicly released its earnings results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
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(ii) the term Lock-Up Shares means shares of Common Stock of the Company beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)), by a Current Lock-Up Holder or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock of the Company immediately following the closing of the Company Merger (other than shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company acquired in the public market or pursuant to a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a subscription agreement where the issuance of Class A Common Stock of the Company occurs on or after the closing of the Company Merger); provided, that, for clarity, shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company issued in connection with the PIPE Investment shall not constitute Lock-Up Shares;
(iii) the term Permitted Transferees means, prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, any person or entity to whom such Lock-Up Holder is permitted to Transfer Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to Section 6.8(b);
(iv) the term Transfer means, with respect to a Lock-Up Share, to, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Lock-Up Shares or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of the Lock-Up Shares, in cash or otherwise;
(v) the term Trading Day is a day on which the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market are open for the buying and selling of securities; and
(vi) the term Blackout Period shall mean a broadly applicable period during which trading in the Companys securities would not be permitted under the Companys insider trading policy.
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
7.1 | NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner set forth in the DGCL.
7.2 | 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 Company 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 Company. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Company, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Company of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. This Section 7.2 shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
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7.3 | 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 Company 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.
7.4 | 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 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 | RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION |
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an Indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
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8.2 | RIGHT TO ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES |
In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1, an Indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees) incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an advancement of expenses); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon the Corporations receipt of an undertaking (hereinafter an undertaking), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.
8.3 | RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT |
If a claim under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a final adjudication) that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, shall be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
8.4 | NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
The rights provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right, which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, an agreement, a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
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8.5 | INSURANCE |
The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
8.6 | INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHER PERSONS |
This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any other person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Indemnitees under this Article VIII.
8.7 | AMENDMENTS |
Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VIII, will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights to Indemnitees on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision; provided however, that amendments or repeals of this Article VIII shall require the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least 66.7% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
8.8 | CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
For purposes of this Article VIII, (a) references to other enterprise shall include any employee benefit plan; (b) references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (c) references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and (d) 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 interest of the Corporation for purposes of Section 145 of the DGCL.
8.9 | CONTRACT RIGHTS |
The rights provided to Indemnitees pursuant to this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, agent or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators.
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8.10 | SEVERABILITY |
If any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
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 Company; 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 Company by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
9.2 | FISCAL YEAR |
The fiscal year of the Company shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.
9.3 | SEAL |
The Company may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Company 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 a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and a natural person. Any reference in these bylaws to a section of the DGCL shall be deemed to refer to such section as amended from time to time and any successor provisions thereto.
9.5 | FORUM SELECTION |
Unless the Company 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, another State court in Delaware or the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on
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behalf of the Company, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, stockholder, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Companys stockholders, (c) 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 (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, except for, as to each of (a) through (d) 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 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 Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 9.5. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 9.5 shall apply to any action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the 1934 Act or any successor thereto.
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 66.7% of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Company to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any bylaw inconsistent with, the following provisions of these bylaws: Article II, Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.4, Section 3.11, Article VIII, Section 9.5 or this Article X (including, without limitation, any such Article or Section as renumbered as a result of any amendment, alteration, change, repeal, or adoption of any other bylaw). The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws; provided, however, that 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.
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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION AND STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION AND STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of February 11, 2022, is made and entered into by and among Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor), and the undersigned parties listed on the signature page hereto under Holders (each such party, together with the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement, a Holder and collectively the Holders).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2020, the Company and the Sponsor entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement (the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase 7,175,000 private placement warrants (the Private Placement Warrants) in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Companys initial public offering;
WHEREAS, in order to finance the Companys transaction costs in connection with its search for and consummation of an initial Business Combination (as defined below), the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Companys officers and directors may loan to the Company funds as the Company may require, of which up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent warrants (Working Capital Warrants) at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2021 (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the BCA), by and among the Company, the Blocker Merger Subs (as defined in the BCA), each wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, the Company Merger Sub (as defined in the BCA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, the Blockers (as defined in the BCA), Inspirato LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Operating Company), and the other parties thereto, in connection with the business combination of the Company and the Operating Company (the Business Combination) and other transactions contemplated therein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the BCA, at the Closing, among other things (i) the Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Operating Company and the Operating Company will become a subsidiary of the Company whereby the Company will acquire a certain number of common units in the Operating Company (Common Units) and (ii) (A) the holders of equity securities of the Operating Company (excluding the Blockers) immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the BCA), will each receive (1) a certain number of Common Units and the same number of shares of Class V Common Stock and (B) the equityholders of the Blockers, immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the BCA), will each receive a certain number of shares of Class A Common Stock, in each case in accordance with the terms of the BCA;
WHEREAS, upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company and the other persons holding Common Units entered into that certain ninth amended and restated operating agreement of the Operating Company (as it may be further amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement, the LLC Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the LLC Agreement, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the LLC Agreement, the Company will issue to the holders of such Common Units an additional number of shares of Class V Common Stock such that each such holder holds the same number of Common Units and shares of Class V Common Stock;
WHEREAS, each of the equityholders holding Common Units has the right to exchange such Common Units, along with the cancelation of an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock, for shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Sponsor and certain of the Holders entered into that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2020 (the Original RRA);
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WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor and such Holders desire to terminate the Original RRA and replace it with this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, effective as of the Closing, the Parties desire to set forth their agreement with respect to governance, registration rights and certain other matters, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:
Adverse Disclosure shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or principal financial officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise.
Agreement shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
BCA has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Block Trade means any non-marketed underwritten offering taking the form of a block trade to a financial institution, qualified institutional buyer or institutional accredited investor, bought deal, over-night deal or similar transaction that does not include the filing of a Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission, road show presentations to potential investors requiring substantial marketing effort from management, the issuance of a comfort letter by the Companys auditors or the issuance of legal opinions by the Companys legal counsel.
Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Business Combination has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the State of New York.
Class A Common Stock means, as applicable, (a) the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving the Company, any shares or other securities of the Company or any other Person that are issued or issuable in consideration for the Class A common stock or into which the Class A common stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
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Class B Common Stock means, prior to the Closing the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Class V Common Stock means, as applicable, (a) the Class V common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving the Company, any shares or other securities of the Company or any other Person that are issued or issuable in consideration for the Class V common stock or into which the Class V common stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
Closing has the meaning given to such term in the BCA.
Closing Date has the meaning given to such term in the BCA.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock means shares of the Class A Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock, including any shares of the Class A Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any warrant or other right to acquire shares of the Class A Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock.
Common Units has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Company shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms controlled and controlling have meanings correlative thereto.
Demanding Holder shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
Family Member means with respect to any Person, a spouse, lineal descendant (whether natural or adopted) or spouse of a lineal descendant of such Person or any trust created for the benefit of such Person or of which any of the foregoing is a beneficiary.
Form S-1 Shelf shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
Form S-3 Shelf shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
Founder Holder shall mean Brent Handler or Brad Handler and their respective Affiliates.
Founder Shares shall mean Registrable Securities held by any Founder Holder.
Holders shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Insider Letter shall mean that certain letter agreement, dated as of December 10, 2020, 2020, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and each of the Companys officers and directors.
LLC Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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Major Investors means (i) KPCB Holdings, Inc., (ii) Institutional Ventures Partners XIII, L.P., (iii) Revolution Portico Holdings LLC, (iv) Exclusive Resorts LLC, (v) Millennium Technology Value Partners II-A, L.P., (vi) Millennium Technology Value Partners II, L.P. and (vii) W Capital Partners III IBC, Inc.
Maximum Number of Securities shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.5.
Minimum Takedown Threshold shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
Misstatement shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement not misleading or, in the case of a Prospectus, not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made.
Operating Company has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Original RRA has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Participation Conditions shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
Permitted Transferees shall mean any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of a lock-up period under the Insider Letter, the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and any other applicable agreement between such Holder and the Company, and to any transferee thereafter.
Person means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental agency or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.
Piggyback Registration shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.
PIPE Investors means the purchasers in the private placement of up to 8,850,384 shares of the Companys Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA, for gross proceeds to the Company in an aggregate amount of approximately $88.5 million.
Potential Takedown Participant shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
Private Placement Lock-up Period shall mean, with respect to Private Placement Warrants that are held by the initial purchasers of such Private Placement Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, the Private Placement Warrants and shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or conversion of the Private Placement Warrants, and that are held by the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, the period ending 30 days after the Closing.
Private Placement Warrants shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Registrable Security shall mean (a) any shares of Class A Common Stock held by a Holder as of the date hereof, including Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the LLC Agreement upon exchange of Common Units held by a Holder as of the date hereof (along with the cancelation of an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock); (b) any warrants outstanding as of the date hereof or any shares of Class A Common Stock issued
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or issuable upon the exercise thereof; (c) any Class A Common Stock issuable to an Affiliate of the Company upon exercise of any Rollover Options (as defined in the BCA); and (d) any equity securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that may be issued or distributed or be issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (a) or (b) by way of conversion, dividend, stock split or other distribution, merger, consolidation, exchange, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction, in each case held by a Holder, other than any security received pursuant to an incentive plan adopted by the Company on or after the Closing Date; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities to the extent (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, (iii) such Registrable Securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction or (iv) that at any time after the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing all Registrable Securities held by a Holder are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 during any 90 day period.
Registration shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
Registration Expenses shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including an Underwritten Offering, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with the Companys other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not any Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation, the following:
(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed;
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);
(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration;
(F) the fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration; and
(G) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering
Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Shelf shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
Shelf Takedown Notice shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.
Shelf Takedown Request shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
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Special Holder means each of the Sponsor, the Founder Holders and the Major Investors, at such times as such Party is a Holder.
Sponsor shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Sponsor Representative means the Sponsor.
Subsequent Shelf Registration shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Transfer means, with respect to a TVAC Share or TVAC Warrant, to, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, such TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of the Companys capital stock, in cash or otherwise;
TVAC Holder means a holder of TVAC Shares.
TVAC Lock-up Period shall mean, (i) with respect to the TVAC Shares, the period ending on the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the Closing and (B) subsequent to the Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Companys initial Business Combination (provided that the TVAC Lock-up Period shall not terminate earlier than 180 days following the Closing by reason of this clause (x)) or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Companys stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property or (ii) with respect to the TVAC Warrants, 30 days following the Closing.
TVAC Shares 2,812,500 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and shall be deemed to include the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof.
TVAC Warrants shall mean 7,175,000 warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock having an exercise price of $11.50 per share held by the Sponsor together with the shares of Class A Common Stock underlying such warrants.
Underwriter shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealers market-making activities.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
Well-Known Seasoned Issuer has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act.
Withdrawal Notice shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.6.
1.2 Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires:
1.2.1 the meanings of defined terms are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
1.2.2 the words hereof, herein, hereunder and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
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1.2.3 references in this Agreement to any law shall be deemed also to refer to such law, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.2.4 whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall mean without limitation.
1.2.5 the captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
1.2.6 pronouns of any gender or neuter or, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATIONS
2.1 Shelf Registration.
2.1.1 Filing. The Company shall file, within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Closing Date, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the Form S-3 Shelf), or if the Company is ineligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf, a Registration Statement for a shelf registration on Form S-1 (the Form S-1 Shelf, and together with the Form S-3 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration), the Shelf), in each case, covering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the initial filing thereof. The Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Special Holder. The Company shall maintain the Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep such Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form S-1 Shelf, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration) to a Form S-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use Form S-3.
2.1.2 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while there are any Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including obtaining the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional Registration Statement as a shelf registration (a Subsequent Shelf Registration) registering the resale of all outstanding Registrable Securities from time to time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Special Holder. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer at the time of filing) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form. In the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon request of a Holder, shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Companys option, the Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or a Subsequent Shelf Registration and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be subject to the terms hereof.
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2.1.3 Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. At any time and from time to time after the Shelf has been declared effective by the SEC, the Special Holders may request (each, a Shelf Takedown Request) to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown); provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering (i) shall include securities with a total offering price (exclusive of piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $20.0 million (the Minimum Takedown Threshold) or (ii) shall be made with respect to all of the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holder, provided that any request for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to this clause (ii) made by the Sponsor Representative as representative of the TVAC Holders, shall apply to all Registrable Securities then held by the TVAC Holders. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the expected price range of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Subject to Section 2.4.4, the Special Holders that requested such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the Demanding Holders) shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally or regionally recognized investment banks), and to agree to the pricing and other terms of such offering; provided that such selection shall be subject to the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall any Special Holder or any Transferee thereof request an Underwritten Shelf Takedown during the TVAC Lock-up Period, Private Placement Lock-up Period or any other lock-up period, as the case may be. There shall be no limit to the number of Underwritten Shelf Takedowns that may be requested by any Special Holder, subject to the proviso in the first sentence of this Section 2.1.3.
2.1.4 Shelf Takedown Participation. Promptly upon receipt of a Shelf Takedown Request (but in no event more than two (2) Business Days thereafter for any Underwritten Shelf Takedown (other than a Block Trade for which this Section 2.1.4 will not apply), the Company shall deliver a notice (a Shelf Takedown Notice) to each other Special Holder with Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement (each, a Potential Takedown Participant). The Shelf Takedown Notice shall offer each such Potential Takedown Participant the opportunity to include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown such number of Registrable Securities as each such Potential Takedown Participant may request in writing. The Company shall include in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three (3) Business Days after the date that the Shelf Takedown Notice has been delivered. Any Potential Takedown Participants request to participate in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall be binding on the Potential Takedown Participant; provided that each such Potential Takedown Participant that elects to participate may condition its participation on the Underwritten Shelf Takedown being completed within ten (10) Business Days of its acceptance at a price per share (after giving effect to any underwriters discounts or commissions) to such Potential Takedown Participant of not less than a percentage of the closing price for the shares on their principal trading market on the Business Day immediately prior to such Potential Takedown Participants election to participate, as specified in such Potential Takedown Participants request to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the Participation Conditions). Notwithstanding the delivery of any Shelf Takedown Notice, but subject to the Participation Conditions (to the extent applicable), all determinations as to whether to complete any Underwritten Shelf Takedown and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Underwritten Shelf Takedown contemplated by this Section 2.1.4 shall be determined by the Demanding Holder.
2.1.5 Reduction of Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advise the Company, the Demanding Holders and the other participating Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the other participating Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggyback registration rights held by any other stockholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the Maximum Number of Securities), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: at all times (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the other participating Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and each other participating Holder (if any) has requested be
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included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Common Stock or other equity securities of other Persons that the Company is obligated to include in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
2.1.6 Withdrawal. Any of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a Withdrawal Notice) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of such Demanding Holders intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, prior to the public announcement of the Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the Company; provided that a Special Holder may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied or if the Underwritten Shelf Takedown would be made with respect to all of the Registrable Securities of such Special Holder. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Special Holders that had elected to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Underwritten Shelf Takedown prior to delivery of a Withdrawal Notice under this Section 2.1.6.
2.1.7 Long-Form Demands. Upon the expiration of the TVAC Lock-up Period, Private Placement Lock-up Period or any other lock-up period, as the case may be and during such times as no Shelf is effective, each Special Holder may demand that the Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the purpose of conducting an Underwritten Offering of any or all of such Special Holders Registrable Securities. The Company shall file such Registration Statement within thirty (30) days of receipt of such demand and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to be declared effective within sixty (60) days of filing. The provisions of Sections 2.1.3-2.1.6 shall apply to this Section 2.1.7 as if a demand under this Section 2.1.7 were an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, provided that in order to withdraw a demand under this Section 2.1.7, such withdrawal must be received by the Company prior to the Company having publicly filed a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.1.7.
2.2 Piggyback Registration.
2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.4.3, if, at any time on or after the Closing, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Companys existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a Piggyback Registration). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.
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2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:
(a) If the Registration is undertaken for the Companys account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that such Holder has requested be included in such Registration), which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Class A Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;
(b) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Class A Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Class A Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Class A Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.
2.3 Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (A) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Companys good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated Registration and provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (B) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (C) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and
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the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement. In such event, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no TVAC Shares shall be sold pursuant to any Registration prior to the expiration of the TVAC Lock-up Period.
2.4 Block Trades.
2.4.1 Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission and effective, if a Demanding Holder or Demanding Holders wishes to engage in a Block Trade, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, either (x) $10,000,000 or (y) all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then notwithstanding the time periods provided for in Section 2.1.4, such Demanding Holder need only to notify the Company of the Block Trade at least two (2) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall as expeditiously as is practical use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade.
2.4.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable red herring prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a block trade prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.4.2.
2.4.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Sections 2.1.4 and 2.2 hereof shall not apply to a Block Trade initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.
2.4.4 The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such Block Trade (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).
2.5 TVAC Holders Lock-Up.
2.5.1 Subject to Section 2.5.2, each TVAC Holder, which holders include, for the avoidance of doubt, the TVAC Holders Permitted Transferees and direct or indirect Permitted Transferees of any such holders (collectively, the Additional Lock-Up Holders, and together with the TVAC Holders, the Lock-Up Holders) agrees not to Transfer any TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants until the end of the TVAC Lock-Up Period.
2.5.2 Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 2.5.1, the TVAC Holders may Transfer the TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants during the TVAC Lock-Up Period (i) as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (ii) to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of such TVAC Holder or any other person with whom such TVAC Holder has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; (iii) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the TVAC Holder; (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement; (v) if such TVAC Holder is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the TVAC Holder, or (B) to partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the TVAC Holder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the TVAC Holder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership; (vi) if such TVAC Holder is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (vii) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under subsections (i) through (vi) of this
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Section 2.5.2; (viii) as a pledge of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company as security or collateral in connection with any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by such TVAC Holder; provided, however, that such borrowing or incurrence of indebtedness is either (A) secured by a portfolio of assets or equity interests issued by multiple issuers or (B) part of a transaction otherwise consented to by the Company; (ix) pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction, each involving a change in control of the Company; (x) in transactions relating to Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the effective time of the Business Combination, provided that no such transaction is required to be, or is, publicly announced (whether on Form 4, Form 5 or otherwise, other than a required filing on Schedule 13F, 13G or 13G/A) during the TVAC Lock-Up Period; or (xi) in payment on a net exercise or cashless basis of the exercise or purchase price with respect to the exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 2.5.1, the TVAC Holders may also establish a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act during the TVAC Lock-Up Period; provided, however, that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants during the TVAC Lock-Up Period.
In the event that any party is discretionarily released from a lock-up arrangement entered into or that has become applicable in connection with the Closing, then the same proportion of TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants held by the TVAC Holders as held by such released party shall be immediately and fully released on the same terms from the applicable prohibition(s) set forth herein. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (i) the release or waiver is granted to a holder of Common Stock in connection with a follow-on public offering of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC, whether or not such offering or sale is wholly or partially a secondary offering of Common Stock, and the TVAC Holders, only to the extent the undersigned has a contractual right to demand or require the registration of the TVAC Holders TVAC Shares or TVAC Warrants or piggyback on a registration statement filed by the Company for the offer and sale of its Common Stock, has been given an opportunity to participate on a basis consistent with such contractual rights in such follow-on offering, (ii)(a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer, (iii) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock affected by such releases or waivers (whether in one or multiple releases or waivers) with respect to any particular beneficial or record holder of shares of Common Stock is less than or equal to 1% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock then-outstanding (on a fully-diluted basis, calculated as of the date of such release or waiver), or (iv) the Company determines in its sole discretion that a release or waiver should be granted to a record or beneficial holder of shares of Common Stock due to circumstances of emergency or hardship. For the avoidance of doubt, the expiration of any lock-up arrangement in accordance with its terms, including pursuant to any price-based or blackout-related early release provision, shall not constitute a discretionary release for purposes of this paragraph. In the event that the Company changes, amends, modifies or waives (other than to correct a typographical error) any particular provision of any other lock-up arrangement entered into or that became applicable in connection with the closing of the Merger, then the TVAC Holders shall be offered the option (but not the requirement) to make a corresponding change, amendment, modification or waiver to this Agreement.
2.5.3 This Agreement replaces Section 8 of that certain Letter Agreement, dated December 10, 2020, among the Company, the Sponsor, and certain of the Companys officers and directors, which Section 8 shall be terminated and, to the extent previously applicable to the Sponsor, of no further effect with respect to the Sponsor upon the Closing of the Merger, and constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.5.4 Notwithstanding the other provisions set forth in this Section 5 or any other provision contained herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine to waive, amend, or repeal the obligations set forth in this Section 5, whether in whole or in part.
2.6 Term. This ARTICLE II shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities.
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2.7 Termination of the Original RRA. Upon the Closing, the Company, the Sponsor and the Holders party thereto hereby agree that the Original RRA and all of the respective rights and obligations of the parties thereunder are hereby terminated in their entirety and shall be of no further force or effect.
2.8 Adjustments. If there are any changes in the Class A Common Stock as a result of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other similar event, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Class A Common Stock as so changed.
ARTICLE III
COMPANY PROCEDURES
3.1 General Procedures. On or after the date of the Closing, or any other time the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until the earlier of such time as (i) all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; (ii) all Registrable Securities previously included in such Registration Statement are eligible for resale without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 during any 90 day period; or (iii) at any time after the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing, all Registrable Securities previously included in such Registration Statement are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 during any 90 day period.
3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earlier of such time as (i) all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; (ii) all Registrable Securities previously included in such Registration Statement are eligible for resale without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 during any 90 day period; or (iii) at any time after the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing, all Registrable Securities previously included in such Registration Statement are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 during any 90 day period.
3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;
3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
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3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities and its counsel, including, without limitation, providing copies promptly upon receipt of any comment letters received with respect to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus;
3.1.9 notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;
3.1.10 obtain a cold comfort letter from the Companys independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration which the participating Holders may rely on, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;
3.1.11 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;
3.1.12 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;
3.1.13 file with the Commission, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Companys first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);
3.1.14 in accordance with customary practice, make available for inspection by representatives of any Underwriters and any counsel or accountant retained by such Underwriters (the Underwriter Representatives) all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause appropriate officers, managers, employees, outside counsel and accountants of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Underwriter or Underwriter Representative in connection with their due diligence exercise, including through in-person meetings, but subject to customary privilege constraints;
3.1.15 if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary road show presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering; and
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3.1.16 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.
3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to pay greater than $20,000 of Registration Expenses in respect of any Block Trade. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of Registration Expenses, all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.
3.3 Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such persons securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Companys control, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.
3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
4.1 Indemnification.
4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors, partners, members, and each person who controls such Holder (within
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the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.
4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.
4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any persons right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified partys reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (plus local counsel) for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Companys or such Holders indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the
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indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying partys and indemnified partys relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5.1 Composition of the Board. At the Closing, the Company and each of the Holders who are then serving on the Board as a director shall take all necessary action to cause the Board to be comprised of seven directors divided into three classes consisting of two Class I directors to serve a term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company; two Class II directors to serve a term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company; and three Class III directors to serve a term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.
5.2 Sponsor Director. Until the earlier to occur of (a) the expiration of the initial term of Chris Hemmeter as a Class II Director pursuant to Section 5.1 and (b) the TVAC Holders ceasing to collectively beneficially own (as defined in Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock (not including Class A Common Stock) beneficially owned by the TVAC Holders as of immediately after the Closing, the Company and each of the Holders who are then serving on the Board as a director shall take all necessary action to cause one (1) individual designated by Sponsor, who shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority of the other members of the Board then serving, to be nominated for election to the Board as a Class II director (the Sponsor Director). Chris Hemmeter shall serve as the initial Sponsor Director.
5.3 Chairman. At the Closing, the Holders who are then serving on the Board as a director shall designate Brad Handler as Chairman of the Board.
5.4 Removal; Vacancy. For so long as the Sponsor remains entitled to designate the Sponsor Director for nomination pursuant to Section 5.2.1, (a) the Sponsor Director hereby agrees to resign from the Board promptly upon the receipt of a notice from the Sponsor directing him or her to resign, and (b) the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right to designate the Sponsor Director for nomination to the Board to fill vacancies created by reason of death, removal or resignation of a Sponsor Director. No Holder (other than the Sponsor) shall take any action to remove the Sponsor Director unless such removal is for cause or if the Sponsor is no longer entitled to nominate such director pursuant to Section 5.2.1. At such time as the Sponsor is no longer entitled to nominate a director to the Board pursuant to Section 5.2.1, the Sponsor shall take all necessary action to cause the Sponsor Director to tender his or her resignation.
5.5 Committees. In accordance with Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws of the Company, (a) the Board shall establish and maintain committees of the Board for Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance, and (b) the Board may from time to time by resolution establish and maintain other committees of the Board. Subject to applicable laws and stock exchange regulations, and subject to requisite independence requirements applicable to such committee, for so long as the Sponsor remains entitled to nominate a Sponsor Director pursuant to Section 5.2.1, the Sponsor Director will have the option of serving on each committee of the Board and the Company and each Holder then serving as a director shall take all necessary action to have the Sponsor Director appointed to each committee of the Board on which the Sponsor Director so elects to serve.
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5.6 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the members of the Board for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Board and any committees thereof in accordance with the Companys internal policies, as amended from time to time.
5.7 Indemnification. For so long as any Board member serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall not amend, alter or repeal any right to indemnification or exculpation covering or benefiting such director as and to the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Company and any indemnification agreements with such director (whether such right is contained in the organizational documents of the Company or another document), except to the extent such amendment or alteration permits the Company to provide broader indemnification or exculpation rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto.
5.8 Review of Nominees. Any director nominee shall be subject to the Companys customary due diligence process, including its review of a completed questionnaire and a background check. Based on the foregoing, the Company may reasonably object to any such nominee within fifteen (15) days of receiving such completed questionnaire and background check authorization, (a) provided it does so in good faith and (b) solely to the extent such objection is based upon any generally applicable corporate governance policy of the Company. In the event the Board reasonably finds any such nominee to be unsuitable based upon such generally applicable corporate guidelines, the Holder that nominated such nominee shall be entitled to propose a different nominee to the Board within thirty (30) days of the Companys notice to such party of its objection to such nominee and such replacement nominee shall be subject to the review process outlined in this Section 5.8.
5.9 Sharing Information. To the extent permitted by antitrust, competition or any other applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Regulation FD, each of the Company and the Holders agree and acknowledge that the Sponsor Director may share confidential, non-public information about the Company and its subsidiaries (Confidential Information) with the Sponsor, as applicable. Each of the Holders recognizes that it, or its affiliates and representatives, has acquired or will acquire Confidential Information the use or disclosure of which could cause the Company substantial loss and damages that could not be readily calculated and for which no remedy at law would be adequate. Accordingly, each of the Holders covenants and agrees with the Company that it will not (and will cause its respective affiliates and representatives not to) at any time, except with the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, disclose any Confidential Information known to it to any third party, unless (a) such information becomes known to the public through no fault of such party, (b) disclosure is required by applicable law (including any filing following the Closing Date with the Commission pursuant to applicable securities laws) or court of competent jurisdiction or requested by a governmental authority; provided that (other than in the case of any required filing following the Closing Date with the Commission or in connection with any routine audit or examination as described below) such party promptly notifies the Company of such requirement or request and takes commercially reasonable steps, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure, (c) such information was available or becomes available to such party before, on or after the date of this Agreement, without restriction, from a source (other than the Company) without any breach of duty to the Company or (d) such information was independently developed by such party or its representatives without the use of the Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit any of the Holders from disclosing Confidential Information (i) to any affiliate, representative, limited partner, member or shareholder of such party; provided that such person shall be bound by an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Confidential Information and such party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6.10 by any such person or (ii) if such disclosure is made to a governmental authority with jurisdiction over such party in connection with a routine audit or examination that is not specifically directed at the Company or the Confidential Information; provided that such party shall request that confidential treatment be accorded to any information so disclosed. No Confidential Information shall be deemed to be provided to any person, including any affiliate of a Holder, unless such Confidential Information is actually provided to such person.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail, telecopy, telegram or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: 25852 McBean Parkway, Suite 508, Valencia, CA 91355, and, if to any Holder, at such Holders address or contact information as set forth in the Companys books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 6.1.
6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
6.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.
6.2.2 Prior to the expiration of the TVAC Lock-up Period, the Private Placement Lock-up Period or any other applicable lock-up period, as the case may be, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holders rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee but only if such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
6.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.
6.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and this Section 6.2.
6.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such partys rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 6.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 6.2 shall be null and void.
6.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.
6.4 Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT (I) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION AND (II) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6.5 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment
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hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.
6.6 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities or the PIPE Investors, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its equity securities that is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders set forth in this Agreement and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
6.7 Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)) or (B) the Holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act with no volume or other restrictions or limitations. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: THAYER VENTURES ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Farrell | |
Name: Mark Farrell | ||
Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 10.2
INSPIRATO INCORPORATED
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of [insert date], and is between Inspirato Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and [insert name] (Indemnitee).
RECITALS
A. Indemnitees service to the Company substantially benefits the Company.
B. Individuals are reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations or in certain other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of such service.
C. Indemnitee does not regard the protection currently provided by applicable law, the Companys governing documents and any insurance as adequate under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as a director or officer without additional protection.
D. In order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide services to the Company, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to contractually obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, Indemnitee as permitted by applicable law.
E. This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Companys certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and this Agreement shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor shall this Agreement be deemed to limit, diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
The parties therefore agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) A Change in Control shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities;
(ii) Change in Board Composition. During any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Companys board of directors, and any new directors (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 1(a)(i), 1(a)(iii) or 1(a)(iv)) whose election by the board of directors or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Companys board of directors;
(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets; and
(v) Other Events. Any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement, except the completion of the Companys initial public offering shall not be considered a Change in Control.
For purposes of this Section 1(a), the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Person shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.
(2) Beneficial Owner shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of (i) the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity or (ii) the Companys board of directors approving a sale of securities by the Company to such Person.
(b) Corporate Status describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise.
(c) DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(d) Disinterested Director means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(e) Enterprise means the Company and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(f) Expenses include all reasonable and actually incurred attorneys fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and costs of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond or other appeal bond or their equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 12(d), Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitees rights under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
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(g) Independent Counsel means a law firm, or a partner or member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than as Independent Counsel with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitees rights under this Agreement.
(h) Proceeding means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other proceeding (including without limitation, stockholder claims, actions, demands, suits, proceedings, investigations and arbitrations), whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative nature whether formal or informal, including any appeal therefrom and including without limitation any such Proceeding pending as of the date of this Agreement, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, a potential party, a non-party witness or otherwise by reason of (i) the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, (ii) any action taken by Indemnitee or any action or inaction on Indemnitees part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or (iii) the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.
(i) Reference to other enterprises shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to serving at the request of the Company shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company as referred to in this Agreement.
2. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 2, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
3. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
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he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
4. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. To the extent that Indemnitee is a party to or a participant in and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf in connection therewith. For purposes of this section, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness in Response to a Subpoena. To the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party or receives a subpoena or similar order in any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf in connection therewith.
6. Additional Indemnification.
(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 2, 3 or 4, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with the Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein.
(b) For purposes of Section 6(a), the meaning of the phrase to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL; and
(ii) the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.
7. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):
(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid, subject to any subrogation rights set forth in Section 15;
(b) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);
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(c) for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);
(d) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Companys board of directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise authorized in Section 12(d) or (iv) otherwise required by applicable law; or
(e) if prohibited by applicable law.
8. Advances of Expenses. The Company shall advance the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding prior to its final disposition, and such advancement shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 60 days, after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditure made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be included with the invoice). Advances shall be unsecured and interest free and made without regard to Indemnitees ability to repay such advances. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company, and no other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 8 shall not apply to the extent advancement is prohibited by law and shall not apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) for which indemnity is not permitted under this Agreement, but shall apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 7(b) or 7(c) prior to a determination that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
9. Procedures for Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include, in reasonable detail, a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights, except to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.
(b) If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a Proceeding pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors and officers liability insurance in effect that may be applicable to the Proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of the Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Company shall thereafter take all commercially-reasonable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
(c) In the event the Company may be obligated to make any indemnity in connection with a Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel approved
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by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee for any fees or expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding. Notwithstanding the Companys assumption of the defense of any such Proceeding, the Company shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of Indemnitees separate counsel to the extent (i) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee is authorized by the Company, (ii) counsel for the Company or Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense such that Indemnitee needs to be separately represented, (iii) the Company is not financially or legally able to perform its indemnification obligations or (iv) the Company shall not have retained, or shall not continue to retain, counsel to defend such Proceeding. Regardless of any provision in this Agreement, Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in any Proceeding at Indemnitees personal expense. The Company shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.
(d) Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation in connection with the Proceeding as may be reasonably appropriate.
(e) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee for any settlement of any Proceeding (or any part thereof) without the Companys prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(f) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (or any part thereof) in a manner that imposes any penalty or liability on Indemnitee without Indemnitees prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
10. Procedures upon Application for Indemnification.
(a) To obtain indemnification, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and as is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Proceeding. The Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of such request for indemnification, advise the board of directors that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Any delay in providing the request will not relieve the Company from its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure is prejudicial.
(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a), a determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Companys board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Companys board of directors, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Companys board of directors, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Companys board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Companys board of directors, by the stockholders of the Company. If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within thirty days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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(c) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(b), the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 10(c). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Companys board of directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Companys board of directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of Independent Counsel as defined in Section 1 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after the later of (i) submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding, the parties have not agreed upon an Independent Counsel, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court of Chancery for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the others selection of Independent Counsel and for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 10(b) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(d) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any Independent Counsel.
11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption by clear and convincing evidence.
(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(c) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith to the extent Indemnitee relied in good faith on (i) the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, (ii) information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, (iii) the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or its board of directors
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or counsel selected by any committee of the board of directors or (iv) information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant, an appraiser, investment banker or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise or its board of directors or any committee of the board of directors. The provisions of this Section 11(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met any applicable standard of conduct.
(d) Neither the knowledge, actions nor failure to act of any other director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.
12. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) Subject to Section 12(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 or 12(d) of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement within 90 days after the later of the receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification or the final disposition of the Proceeding, (iv) payment of indemnification pursuant to this Agreement is not made (A) within thirty days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or (B) with respect to indemnification pursuant to Sections 4, 5 and 12(d) of this Agreement, within thirty days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) the Company or any other person or entity takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court of Chancery of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration with respect to his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses, to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a). The Company shall not oppose Indemnitees right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) Neither (i) the failure of the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders to have made a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, by clear and convincing evidence.
(c) To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration
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commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statements not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) To the extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to the extent Indemnitee is successful in such action, and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 90 days, after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance such Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
13. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amounts incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Expenses, judgments, fines or amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the events and transactions giving rise to such Proceeding; and (ii) the relative fault of Indemnitee and the Company (and its other directors, officers, employees and agents) in connection with such events and transactions.
14. Non-exclusivity. The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Companys certificate of incorporation and bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change, subject to the restrictions expressly set forth herein or therein. Except as expressly set forth herein, no right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Except as expressly set forth herein, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
15. Primary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges that, to the extent Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by a venture capital fund or entity and/or certain of its affiliates (collectively, the Secondary Indemnitors), the Company agrees that, as between the Company and the Secondary Indemnitors, the Company is primarily responsible for amounts required to be indemnified or advanced under the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws or this Agreement and any obligation of the Secondary Indemnitors to provide indemnification or advancement for the same amounts is secondary to those Company obligations. To the extent not in contravention of any insurance policy or policies providing liability or other insurance for the Company or any director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise, the Company waives any right of contribution or subrogation against the Secondary Indemnitors with respect to the liabilities for which the Company is primarily responsible under this Section 15. In the event of any payment by the Secondary Indemnitors of amounts otherwise required to be indemnified or advanced by the Company under the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws or this Agreement, the Secondary Indemnitors shall be
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subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of expenses under the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws or this Agreement or, to the extent such subrogation is unavailable and contribution is found to be the applicable remedy, shall have a right of contribution with respect to the amounts paid; provided, however, that the foregoing sentence will be deemed void if and to the extent that it would violate any applicable insurance policy. The Secondary Indemnitors are express third-party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 15.
16. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment for such amounts under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise, subject to any subrogation right set forth in Section 15.
17. Insurance. To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, trustees, general partners, managing members, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company or any other Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies to the same extent as the most favorably-insured persons under such policy or policies in a comparable position.
18. Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
19. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company or, at the request of the Company, as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another Enterprise, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is removed from such position. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that any employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) is at will, and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, except as may be otherwise expressly provided in any executed, written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), any existing formal severance policies adopted by the Companys board of directors or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the DGCL. No such document shall be subject to any oral modification thereof.
20. Duration. This Agreement shall continue in effect until the later of (a) ten years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or an officer of the Company or as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any other Enterprise, as applicable, or (b) for as long as Indemnitee may be subject to any Proceeding, even after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any other Enterprise, as applicable.
21. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, including any direct or indirect successor, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
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22. Severability. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation of applicable law. The Companys inability, pursuant to court order or other applicable law, to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (ii) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (iii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
23. Enforcement. The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.
24. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Companys certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable law.
25. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement shall adversely affect any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
26. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by electronic mail or otherwise delivered by hand, messenger or courier service addressed:
(a) if to Indemnitee, to Indemnitees address or electronic mail address as shown on the signature page of this Agreement or in the Companys records, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof; or
(b) if to the Company, to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company at 1544 Wazee Street, Denver, CO, 80202, or at such other current address as the Company shall have furnished to Indemnitee.
Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as effective or having been given (i) if delivered by hand, messenger or courier service, when delivered (or if sent via a nationally-recognized overnight courier service, freight prepaid, specifying next-business-day delivery, one business day after deposit with the courier), (ii) if sent via mail, at the earlier of its receipt or five days after the same has been deposited in a regularly-maintained receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail,
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addressed and mailed as aforesaid, or (iii) if sent via electronic mail, upon confirmation of delivery when directed to the relevant electronic mail address, if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, or if not sent during normal business hours of the recipient, then on the recipients next business day.
27. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations described herein among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, Incorporating Services, Ltd., 3500 South DuPont Highway, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, Delaware 19901 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such partys agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
28. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
29. Captions. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
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The parties are signing this Indemnification Agreement as of the date stated in the introductory sentence.
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Exhibit 10.3
NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
INSPIRATO LLC
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2022
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS IN INSPIRATO LLC HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, AND HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH INTERESTS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND (III) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THEREFORE, PURCHASERS AND OTHER TRANSFEREES OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
3 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 3 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Interpretive Provisions | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY |
21 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Formation | 21 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Filing | 21 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Name | 21 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Registered Office: Registered Agent | 21 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Principal Place of Business | 21 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Purpose; Powers | 21 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Term | 21 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Intent | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE III CLOSING TRANSACTIONS |
22 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Transactions Occurring Prior to the Business Combination Agreement Transactions | 22 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Business Combination Agreement Transactions | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE IV OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS |
23 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Authorized Units; General Provisions with Respect to Units | 23 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Capital Contributions | 27 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Issuance of Additional Units | 28 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Capital Accounts | 28 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
Other Matters Regarding Capital Contributions | 29 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
Exchange of Common Units | 29 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Representations and Warranties of the Members | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES |
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Section 5.1 |
Profits and Losses | 37 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Special Allocations | 38 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Allocations for Tax Purposes in General | 40 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Other Allocation Rules | 41 | ||||
ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 6.1 |
Distributions | 42 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Tax-Related Distributions | 43 |
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Section 6.3 |
Distribution Upon Withdrawal | 44 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Special Distributions to Facilitate Acquisitions | 44 | ||||
ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT |
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Section 7.1 |
Board Rights; Member and Officer Duties | 45 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Election of Board | 47 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Resignation or Removal of Managers; Vacancy | 47 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Role of Officers | 47 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Warranted Reliance by Officers on Others | 48 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Indemnification | 48 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Reclassification Events of PubCo | 51 | ||||
Section 7.8 |
Transactions between Company and PubCo | 51 | ||||
Section 7.9 |
Certain Costs and Expenses | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII ROLE OF MEMBERS |
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Section 8.1 |
Rights or Powers | 52 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Voting | 52 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Various Capacities | 52 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
Investment Opportunities | 52 | ||||
ARTICLE IX TRANSFERS OF UNITS |
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Section 9.1 |
Restrictions on Transfer | 53 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Notice of Transfer | 55 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Transferee Members | 55 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Legend | 56 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Transfer | 56 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Assignees Rights | 56 | ||||
Section 9.7 |
Assignors Rights and Obligations | 57 | ||||
ARTICLE X ACCOUNTING |
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Section 10.1 |
Books of Account | 57 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Tax Elections | 57 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Tax Returns; Information | 57 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Company Representative | 58 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations | 61 | ||||
ARTICLE XI DISSOLUTION |
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Section 11.1 |
Liquidating Events | 62 | ||||
Section 11.2 |
Bankruptcy | 62 | ||||
Section 11.3 |
Procedure | 63 | ||||
Section 11.4 |
Rights of Members | 64 | ||||
Section 11.5 |
Notices of Dissolution | 64 | ||||
Section 11.6 |
Reasonable Time for Winding Up | 64 |
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Section 11.7 |
No Deficit Restoration | 64 | ||||
ARTICLE XII GENERAL |
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Section 12.1 |
Amendments; Waivers | 64 | ||||
Section 12.2 |
Further Assurances | 65 | ||||
Section 12.3 |
Successors and Assigns | 65 | ||||
Section 12.4 |
Entire Agreement | 65 | ||||
Section 12.5 |
Rights of Members Independent | 66 | ||||
Section 12.6 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction | 66 | ||||
Section 12.7 |
Headings | 66 | ||||
Section 12.8 |
Counterparts; Electronic Delivery | 66 | ||||
Section 12.9 |
Notices | 67 | ||||
Section 12.10 |
Representation by Counsel; Interpretation | 68 | ||||
Section 12.11 |
Severability | 68 | ||||
Section 12.12 |
Expenses | 68 | ||||
Section 12.13 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries | 68 | ||||
Section 12.14 |
Confidentiality | 68 | ||||
Section 12.15 |
No Recourse | 69 |
Exhibits
Exhibit A-1: Capitalization
Exhibit A: Post-Merger Capitalization
Exhibit B: Exchange Notice
Exhibit C: Officers
Exhibit D: Joinder
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NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
INSPIRATO LLC
This NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this LLC Agreement) of Inspirato LLC (f/k/a BH Ventures, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), is entered into as of February 11, 2022 and made effective as of the LLCA Effective Time (as defined below), by and among Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (PubCo) and certain wholly owned Subsidiaries of PubCo, as Members as of the date hereof, the Members set forth on Exhibit A-1 hereto (the Existing Members) and each other Person who is or at any time becomes a Member in accordance with the terms of this LLC Agreement and the Act. Capitalized terms used in this LLC Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company was incorporated as a Delaware corporation under the name BH Ventures, Inc. pursuant to a Certificate of Incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 12, 2010, and converted into a Delaware limited liability company under the name BH Ventures, LLC pursuant to a Certificate of Conversion to Limited Liability Company and Certificate of Formation of the Company filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 12, 2010, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 25, 2011 (as so amended, and as amended from time to time, the Certificate of Formation) and upon the effectiveness of the Certificate of Formation was governed by the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of March 31, 2011 (the Initial LLC Agreement);
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of October 11, 2011 (the Second A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Initial LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of January 13, 2012 (the Third A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Second A&R LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of June 12, 2012 (the Fourth A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Third A&R LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of December 16, 2013 (the Fifth A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Fourth A&R LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 11, 2014 (the Sixth A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Fifth A&R LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 3, 2017 (the Seventh A&R LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Sixth LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Existing Members entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2020 (the Existing LLC Agreement), which amended and restated the Seventh A&R LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the LLCA Effective Time, the Company was wholly owned by the Existing Members;
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2021, the Company, PubCo, Passport Company Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Company Merger Sub), and the other parties thereto entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, as amended by the Amendment to Business Combination Agreement dated as of September 15, 2021 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the Business Combination Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things, as of the Effective Time, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a Subsidiary of PubCo, and each member of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will receive the number of Common Units set forth next to such Members name on Exhibit A hereto, in accordance with Section 3.1(c) of the Business Combination Agreement (each such Member receiving Common Units at the Effective Time, a Continuing Member);
WHEREAS, the Business Combination Agreement provides for the amendment and restatement of the Existing LLC Agreement in the form of this LLC Agreement to reflect: (a) the redemption of the limited liability company interests in the Company held by certain Existing Members prior to the Blocker Effective Time; (b) the recapitalization of the limited liability company interests of the Company into a single class of units prior to the Blocker Effective Time; (c) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement), including the conversion of units pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(ii) of the Business Combination Agreement, (d) admission of PubCo as a Member at the Effective Time, and (e) the rights and obligations of the Members and other terms and provisions, in each case as set forth in this LLC Agreement; and
WHEREAS, following the Effective Time, each Common Unit (other than any Common Unit held by PubCo and its wholly owned Subsidiaries) may be exchanged, at the election of the holder of such Common Unit (together with the surrender and delivery by such holder of one (1) share of Class V Common Stock of PubCo), for one (1) share of Class A Common Stock of PubCo, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this LLC Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, the Existing LLC Agreement and Section 18-302(e) of the Act and in consideration of the mutual
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covenants and agreements contained in this LLC Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Existing LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as of the LLCA Effective Time as set forth herein and the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this LLC Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits attached to this LLC Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
Act means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq.
Action means any action, suit, charge, litigation, arbitration, notice of violation or citation received, or other proceeding at law or in equity (whether civil, criminal or administrative) by or before any Governmental Entity.
Adjusted Basis has the meaning given to such term in Section 1011 of the Code.
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit means the deficit balance, if any, in such Members Capital Account at the end of any Taxable Year or other taxable period, with the following adjustments:
(a) credit to such Capital Account any amount that such Member is obligated to restore under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), as well as any addition thereto pursuant to the next to last sentences of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) after taking into account thereunder any changes during such year in Company Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain; and
(b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
Admission Date is defined in Section 9.7.
Advancement of Expenses is defined in Section 7.6(b).
Affiliate of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, where control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, its capacity as a sole or managing member or manager or otherwise. For purposes of this LLC Agreement, no Member shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any other Member solely as a result of membership in the Company.
Affiliated Group is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.
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Appraiser FMV means the fair market value of any Equity Security as determined by an independent appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Board and the relevant Transferor, whose determination shall be final and binding for those purposes for which Appraiser FMV is used in this LLC Agreement. Appraiser FMV shall be the fair market value determined without regard to any discounts for minority interest, illiquidity or other discounts. The cost of any independent appraisal in connection with the determination of Appraiser FMV in accordance with this LLC Agreement shall be borne by the Company.
Assumed Rate means the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate (including, if applicable, under Section 1411 of the Code) applicable to an individual or corporate resident in California (whichever is higher), in each case taking into account all jurisdictions in which the Company is required to file income tax returns and the relevant apportionment information, in effect for the applicable Taxable Year, and taking into account: (a) the character of any income, gains, deductions, losses or credits, and the deductibility of state income taxes, and (b) available deductions under Code Section 199A, as applicable. The Assumed Rate shall be the same for all Members regardless of the actual combined income tax rate of the Member or its direct or indirect owners.
Audit is defined in Section 10.4(b).
Automatic Redemption is defined in Section 4.1(h)(i).
BBA Rules means Code Sections 6221 through 6241, as in effect for taxable years of the Company beginning after December 31, 2017, together with any Treasury Regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder, and any similar state or local legislation, regulations or guidance.
beneficially own and beneficial owner shall be as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Blackout Period means a broadly applicable period during which trading in PubCos Equity Securities would not be permitted under PubCos insider trading policy.
Blocker Effective Time is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.
Board is defined in Section 7.1(a).
Business Combination Agreement is defined in the recitals to this LLC Agreement.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the State of New York.
Business Opportunities Exempt Party is defined in Section 8.4.
Capital Account means, with respect to any Member, the capital account maintained for such Member in accordance with Section 4.4. The initial Capital Account balance of each Continuing Member as of the Effective Time (the Closing Date Capital Account Balance) is set forth next to such Continuing Members name on Exhibit A hereto.
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Capital Contribution means, with respect to any Member, the amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of any property (other than cash) contributed to the Company by such Member, net of any liabilities assumed by the Company for such Member in connection with such contribution, as set forth from time to time in the books and records of the Company. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Member will include any Capital Contributions made by a predecessor holder of such Members Units to the extent that such Capital Contribution was made in respect of Units Transferred to such Member. As of the Effective Time, each Continuing Member shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions equal to the Closing Date Capital Account Balance of such Continuing Member set forth next to such Continuing Members name on Exhibit A hereto.
Cash Available for Tax Distributions is defined in Section 6.2.
Cash Exchange Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)(ii).
Cash Exchange Payment means with respect to a particular Exchange for which PubCo has elected to make a Cash Exchange Payment in accordance with Section 4.6(a)(ii):
(i) if the Class A Common Stock trades on a National Securities Exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, an amount of cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been received by the Exchanging Member in the Exchange for that portion of the Common Units subject to the Exchange set forth in the Cash Exchange Notice if PubCo had paid the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to such number of Common Units, and (y) the Class A 5-Day VWAP; or
(ii) if the Class A Common Stock is not then traded on a National Securities Exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, as applicable, an amount of cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been received by the Exchanging Member in the Exchange for that portion of the Common Units subject to the Exchange set forth in the Cash Exchange Notice if PubCo had paid the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to such number of Common Units, for which PubCo has elected to make a Cash Exchange Payment and (y) the Appraiser FMV of one (1) share of Class A Common Stock that would be obtained in an arms-length transaction between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to buy or sell, respectively, and without regard to the particular circumstances of the buyer or seller.
Certificate Delivery means, in the case of any shares of Class V Common Stock to be transferred and surrendered by an Exchanging Member in connection with an Exchange which are represented by a certificate or certificates, the process by which the Exchanging Member shall also present and surrender such certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class V Common Stock during normal business hours at the principal executive offices of PubCo, or if any agent for the registration or transfer of shares of Class V Common Stock is then duly appointed and acting, at the office of such transfer agent, along with any instruments of transfer reasonably required by PubCo or such transfer agent, as applicable, duly executed by the Exchanging Member or the Exchanging Members duly authorized representative.
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Certificate of Formation is defined in the recitals to this LLC Agreement.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any transaction or series of related transactions in which: (a) any Person or any group of Persons (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) acting together that would constitute a group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of PubCo or the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of PubCos or the Companys, as applicable, then outstanding voting securities (excluding a transaction or series of related transactions described in clause (b) that would not constitute a Change of Control), (b) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of PubCo or the Company with any other Person, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the outstanding voting securities of PubCo or the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if PubCo or the Company, as applicable (or its successor) is a Subsidiary of such Person, the ultimate parent thereof, or (c) there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or transfer, directly or indirectly, by PubCo of all or substantially all of PubCos and its Subsidiaries assets (including the Company). 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 related transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of PubCo immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the assets of PubCo immediately following such transaction or series of related transactions.
Class A 5-Day VWAP means, on any relevant measurement date, the VWAP for five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on such date.
Class A Common Stock means, as applicable, (a) the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person that become payable in consideration for the Class A Common Stock or into which the Class A Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
Class V Common Stock means, as applicable, (a) the Class V Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo or (b) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving PubCo, any shares or other securities of PubCo or any other Person that become payable in consideration for the Class V Common Stock or into which the Class V Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.
Closing Date Capital Account Balance has the meaning set forth in the definition of Capital Account.
COC Exchange is defined in Section 4.6(a)(v).
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COC Exchange Date is defined in Section 4.6(a)(v).
COC Notice is defined in Section 4.6(a)(v).
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any Governmental Entity succeeding to the functions thereof.
Common Units means the common units of limited liability company interests issued under this LLC Agreement, including by way of dividend or other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger, rollup transaction, consolidation, conversion or reorganization.
Company is defined in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.
Company Merger has the meaning given to it in the Business Combination Agreement.
Company Minimum Gain has the meaning of partnership minimum gain set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
Company Representative shall mean the Person designated under this LLC Agreement in its capacity as the partnership representative (as such term is defined under the BBA Rules and any analogous provision of state or local tax Law) of the Company and as the tax matters partner (to the extent applicable for state and local tax purposes and for U.S. federal income tax purposes for Taxable Years beginning on or before December 31, 2017) of the Company, including, as the context requires, any designated individual through whom the Company Representative is permitted by applicable Law to act in accordance with the terms hereof, which Person shall be, as of the LLCA Effective Time, PubCo.
Confidential Information means any and all confidential or proprietary information obtained by a Member from the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, including from their representatives, which information includes ideas, financial information, products, services, business strategies, innovations, recipes and materials, all aspects of the Companys business plan, proposed operation and products, corporate structure, board minutes and materials, 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 Companys business. With respect to any Member, Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) is in the possession of such Member on a non-confidential basis at the time of disclosure by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (b) before or after it has been disclosed to such Member by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of such Member (other than PubCo or one of its Subsidiaries) in violation of this LLC Agreement; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Board and the PubCo Board; (d) is disclosed to such Member or its representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of such Member or such representative, respectively, in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to such information; or (e) is or becomes independently developed by such Member or its representatives without use or reference to the Confidential Information.
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Continuing Member COC means a Change of Control in which the acquiring Person or Persons in the relevant transaction or series of related transactions are not (a) a Continuing Member or (b) an Affiliate of a Continuing Member.
Continuing Member Representative means Brent Handler or any Affiliate of Brent Handler designated in writing by Brent Handler to PubCo, the Company and each of the Continuing Members after the Effective Date.
Continuing Members is defined in the recitals to this LLC Agreement.
Debt Securities means, with respect to PubCo, any and all debt instruments or debt securities that are not convertible or exchangeable into Equity Securities of PubCo.
Depreciation means, for each Taxable Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to an asset for such Taxable Year or other taxable period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the remedial method pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Taxable Year or other taxable period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Taxable Year or other taxable period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other taxable period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Taxable Year or other taxable period bears to such beginning Adjusted Basis; provided, however, for purposes of clause (b) of this definition, that if the Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other taxable period is zero, Depreciation with respect to such asset shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Board.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Disinterested Majority means (a) with respect to the PubCo Board, a majority of the directors of the PubCo Board who are disinterested as determined by the PubCo Board in accordance with the DGCL and other applicable Delaware Law with respect to the matter being considered by the PubCo Board; provided that to the extent a matter being considered by the PubCo Board is required to be considered by disinterested directors under the rules of the National Securities Exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such rules with respect to the definition of disinterested director shall apply solely with respect to such matter and (b) with respect to the Board, a majority of the Managers who are disinterested as determined by the Board in accordance with applicable Delaware Law with respect to the matter being considered by the Board.
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Distributable Cash means, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Board regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 6.1(a), the amount of cash reasonably determined by the Board to be available for any such distribution.
Distributed Cash Amount is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.
Effective Time has the meaning given to such term in the Business Combination Agreement.
Equity Merger Consideration is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.
Equity Securities means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock or preferred interests or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or equity of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, including convertible debt securities, or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares or equity (or such other interests), restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, equity appreciation rights, phantom equity rights, profit participation and all of the other ownership or profit interests of such Person (including partnership or member interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974.
Exchange means (a) the exchange by the Company of Common Units held by a Member (together with the surrender and cancellation of the same number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock held by such Member) for either (i) a Stock Exchange Payment or (ii) a Cash Exchange Payment or (b) the direct purchase by PubCo of Common Units and shares of Class V Common Stock held by a Member in accordance with a PubCo Call Right, in each case in accordance with Section 4.6.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Exchange Blackout Period means (i) any Blackout Period to which the applicable Exchanging Member is subject (or will be subject at such time as it owns Class A Common Stock), which period restricts the ability of such Exchanging Member to immediately resell shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Exchanging Member in connection with a Stock Exchange Payment and (ii) the period of time commencing on (x) the date of the declaration of a dividend by PubCo and ending on the first day following (y) the record date determined by the PubCo Board with respect to such dividend declared pursuant to clause (x), which period of time shall be no longer than 10 Business Days; provided that in no event shall an Exchange Blackout Period which respect to clause (ii) of the definition hereof occur more than four (4) times per calendar year.
Exchange Conditions means any of the following conditions: (a) any Registration Statement pursuant to which the resale of the Class A Common Stock to be registered for such Exchanging Member at or immediately following the consummation of the Exchange shall have ceased to be effective pursuant to any action or inaction by the Commission or no such resale
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Registration Statement has yet become effective, (b) PubCo shall have failed to cause any related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement necessary to effect such Exchange, (c) PubCo 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 Exchanging Member to have its Class A Common Stock registered at or immediately following the consummation of the Exchange, (d) any stop order relating to the Registration Statement pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock was to be registered by such Exchanging Member at or immediately following the Exchange shall have been issued by the Commission, (e) 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 Exchange, or (f) PubCo shall have failed to comply in any material respect with its obligations under the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement to the extent related to the resale of the Class A Common Stock of an Exchanging Member, and such failure shall have adversely affected the ability of such Exchanging Member to consummate the resale of Class A Common Stock to be received upon such Exchange pursuant to an effective Registration Statement.
Exchange Date means the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Exchange Notice Date is given; provided, that if an Exchanging Member delays the consummation of an Exchange by delivering an Exchange Delay Notice, the Exchange Date shall occur on the date that is three (3) Business Days following the date on which the conditions giving rise to such delay cease to exist which shall in no event be prior to the date otherwise determined pursuant to this definition (or such earlier day as the Board and such Exchanging Member may agree in writing); provided, further, that if the Exchange Date for any Exchange with respect to which PubCo elects to make a Stock Exchange Payment would otherwise fall within any Exchange Blackout Period, then the Exchange Date shall occur on the next Business Day following the end of such Exchange Blackout Period; provided further, that to the extent an Exchange is made in connection with an Exchanging Members proper exercise of its rights to participate in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement, the Exchange Date shall be the date on which the offering with respect to such Piggyback Registration is completed; provided further, that to the extent an Exchange is made in connection with a PubCo Offer, the Exchange Date may be such other date or time as the Board determines to be necessary or advisable to enable and permit the holders of Common Units to participate in such PubCo Offer and to ensure that such Exchange is contingent upon such PubCo Offer and not effective if such PubCo Offer is not consummated.
Exchange Delay Notice is defined in Section 4.6(a)(iii).
Exchange Notice means a written election of Exchange in the form of Exhibit B, duly executed by the Exchanging Member.
Exchange Notice Date means, with respect to any Exchange Notice, the date such Exchange Notice is given to the Company in accordance with Section 12.9.
Exchanged Units means, with respect to any Exchange, the Common Units being exchanged pursuant to a relevant Exchange Notice, and an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock held by the relevant Exchanging Member; provided, that, such amount of Common Units shall in no event be less than the Minimum Exchange Amount.
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Exchanging Member means, after the Effective Date, any Member holding Common Units (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) whose Common Units are subject to an Exchange.
Existing LLC Agreement is defined in the recitals to this LLC Agreement.
Existing Member is defined in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.
Fair Market Value means the fair market value of any property as determined in the good faith reasonable discretion of the Board after taking into account such factors as the Board shall reasonably deem appropriate.
Family Member means with respect to any Person, a spouse, lineal ascendant or descendant (whether natural or adopted) or spouse of a lineal ascendant or descendant of such Person or any trust created for the benefit of such Person or of which any of the foregoing is a beneficiary.
Final Adjudication is defined in Section 7.6(b).
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Company, which shall end on the last day of February of each calendar year, unless the fiscal year is otherwise modified by the Board.
Fully Diluted Number is defined in the Business Combination Agreement.
GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles at the time.
Governmental Entity means any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any court, arbitrator (public or private) or other body or administrative, regulatory or quasi-judicial authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality of any federal, state, local or foreign jurisdiction.
Gross Asset Value means, with respect to any asset, the assets Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of such contribution;
(b) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values (taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (h), except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of a Unit (or additional Units) by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution to the Company; (ii) the grant of a Unit (other than a de minimis interest in the Company) as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Company by an existing Member acting in a member capacity, or by a new Member acting in a member capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Member of the Company (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)); (iii) the distribution by the Company to a
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Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets; (iv) the liquidation of the Company (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)(1)); (v) the acquisition of a Unit by any new or existing Member upon the exercise of a noncompensatory option in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s), and (vi) any other event to the extent determined by the Board to be permitted and necessary or appropriate to properly reflect Gross Asset Values in accordance with the standards set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) above shall be made only if the Board reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;
(c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the gross Fair Market Value of such asset on the date of such distribution;
(d) the Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the Adjusted Basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and clause (f) in the definition of Profits or Losses below or Section 5.2(h); provided, however, that the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset shall not be adjusted pursuant to this clause to the extent the Board determines that an adjustment pursuant to clause (b) of this definition is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this clause (d); and
(e) if the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (d) of this definition of Gross Asset Value, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits, Losses and other items allocated pursuant to Article V.
Imputed Tax Underpayments is defined in Section 10.4(c).
Indebtedness means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt instrument or debt security, and (c) all capitalized lease obligations or obligations required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
Indemnifiable Losses is defined in Section 7.6(a).
Indemnitee is defined in Section 7.6(a).
Initial LLC Agreement is defined in the recitals to this LLC Agreement.
IRS means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Law means all laws, acts, statutes, constitutions, treaties, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and rulings of a Governmental Entity, including common law. All references to Laws shall be deemed to include any amendments thereto, and any successor Law, unless the context otherwise requires.
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Liability means any debt, liability or obligation, whether accrued or fixed, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable.
Liquidating Event is defined in Section 11.1.
Liquidity Limitations is defined in Section 6.2.
LLC Agreement is defined in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.
LLCA Effective Time is defined in Section 3.1.
Lock-Up Period means the period beginning on the closing date of the Company Merger (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and ending on the earliest of (a) the date that is 180 days after the closing date of the Company Merger; and (b) the date on which PubCo completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of PubCos stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, securities or other property; (c) the date, if any, on which the closing price of the Class A Common Stock has equaled or exceeded $12.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 Trading Days within any 30 Trading Day period commencing at least 150 days after the closing date of the Company Merger; provided that, if (i) at least 120 days have elapsed since the closing date of the Company Merger and (ii) the Lock-Up Period is scheduled to end during a Blackout Period or within five Trading Days prior to a Blackout Period, the Lock-Up Period shall end 10 Trading Days prior to the commencement of the Blackout Period (the Blackout-Related Release); provided further, that (i) promptly upon PubCos determination of the date of the Blackout-Related Release and in any event at least two Trading Days in advance of the Blackout-Related Release, PubCo shall announce the date of the Blackout-Related Release through a major news service, or on a Form 8-K, and (ii) the Blackout-Related Release shall not occur unless PubCo shall have publicly released its earnings results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
Manager is defined in Section 7.1(b).
M&A Distribution is defined in Section 6.4.
Member means any Person that executes this LLC Agreement as a Member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an additional or substituted Member, that has not made a disposition of all of such Persons Units or otherwise ceased to be a member of the Company, each in such Persons capacity as a member of the Company.
Member Minimum Gain has the meaning ascribed to partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). It is further understood that the determination of Member Minimum Gain and the net increase or decrease in Member Minimum Gain shall be made in the same manner as required for such determination of Company Minimum Gain under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and 1.704-2(g)(3), as set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
Member Nonrecourse Debt has the meaning of partner nonrecourse debt set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
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Member Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning of partner nonrecourse deductions set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2).
Minimum Exchange Amount means a number of Common Units held by an Exchanging Member equal to (x) if such Exchanging Member holds more than 100,000 Common Units as of the Effective Time, the lesser of (1) 100,000 Common Units and (2) all of the Common Units then held by the applicable Exchanging Member or (y) to the extent such Exchanging Member holds 100,000 Common Units or less as of the Effective Time, the lesser of (1) fifty percent (50%) of the Common Units held by the applicable Exchanging Member as of the Effective Time and (2) all of the Common Units then held by the applicable Exchanging Member.
National Securities Exchange means a securities exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
Non-Party Affiliate is defined in Section 12.15.
Non-PubCo Manager is defined in Section 7.1(b)(ii).
Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning assigned that term in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b) and 1.704-2(c).
Nonrecourse Liability is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2 (b)(3).
Officer means each Person appointed as an officer of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.4. The initial Officers are listed on Exhibit C attached hereto.
Other Agreements is defined in Section 9.5.
Party and Parties means, individually or collectively, each Member and the Company.
Per Unit Unitholder Merger Consideration means an amount in cash equal to the sum obtained by adding (i) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Equity Merger Consideration by (B) the Fully Diluted Number plus (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Distributed Cash Amount divided by (ii) the number of Company Units (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Blocker Effective Time, and after giving effect to this LLC Agreement.
Percentage Interest means such Members percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing such Members Units by the total Units of all Members at such time. The Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the 4th decimal place.
Permitted Exchange Event means, following the Effective Time, any of the following events, which has occurred or is occurring, or is otherwise satisfied, as of the Exchange Date:
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(a) The Exchange is part of one or more Exchanges 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,
(b) The Exchange is in connection with a Pubco Offer; provided that any such Exchange 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) Subject to PubCos rights under Section 4.6(h), the Exchange is permitted by the Board, in its sole discretion, in connection with circumstances not otherwise set forth herein, if the Board 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 Exchange.
Permitted Transfer is defined in Section 9.1(b).
Permitted Transferee means, with respect to any Member, (i) any Family Member of such Member and (ii) any Affiliate of such Member (including any partner, shareholder or member controlling or under common control with such Member and Affiliated investment fund or vehicle of such Member), but excluding any Affiliate under this clause (ii) who operates or engages in a business which competes with the business of PubCo or the Company.
Person means any natural person, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, entity or Governmental Entity.
Piggyback Registration is defined in the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement.
Plan Asset Regulations means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Private Placement Safe Harbor means the private placement safe harbor set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1).
Profits or Losses means, for each Taxable Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the Companys taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):
(a) any income or gain of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
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(c) in the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of the definition of Gross Asset Value above, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall, except to the extent allocated pursuant to Section 5.2, be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company assets with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be computed with reference to the Gross Asset Value of the asset disposed of notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(e) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such period;
(f) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Account balances as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Members interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and
(g) any items of income, gain, loss or deduction which are specifically allocated pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses for any Taxable Year, but such items available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in clauses (a) through (f) above.
PubCo is defined in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.
PubCo Board means the board of directors of PubCo, as constituted at any given time.
PubCo Call Notice is defined in Section 4.6(f).
PubCo Call Right means PubCos election, in accordance with Section 4.6(a)(ii) or Section 4.6(f), to directly purchase Exchanged Units described in an Exchange Notice given by an Exchanging Member.
PubCo Common Stock means all classes of common stock of PubCo, including the Class A Common Stock and the Class V Common Stock.
PubCo Manager is defined in Section 7.1(b)(i).
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PubCo Offer is defined in Section 4.1(h).
PubCo Warrants has the meaning given to Buyer Warrants in the Business Combination Agreement.
Push-Out Election is defined in Section 10.4(d).
Quarterly Exchange Date means, either (x) for each fiscal quarter, the first (1st) Business Day occurring after the sixtieth (60th) day after the expiration of the applicable Quarterly Exchange Notice Period or (y) such other date as the Board 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 (3rd) 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 PubCo that may be applicable to a Member (or such other date within such quarter as the Board shall determine in its sole discretion) and ending five (5) Business Days thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board 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 PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) 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 Exchange Rights pursuant to this Agreement.
Reclassification Event means any of the following: (a) any reclassification or recapitalization of PubCo Common Stock, a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 4.1(h)), (b) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving PubCo or (c) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of PubCo to any other Person, in each of clauses (a), (b) or (c), as a result of which holders of PubCo Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of PubCo Common Stock.
Redemption Agreement(s) means the redemption agreement(s), dated on or prior to, and effective as of, the LLCA Effective Time, between the Company and certain Existing Members, if any.
Redemption Member is defined in Section 4.1(h)(i).
Redemption Time is defined in Section 4.1(h)(i).
Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement means the Amended and Restated Registration and Stockholder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among PubCo, Thayer
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Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC, certain of the Continuing Members and the other parties thereto (together with any other parties that become a party thereto from time to time upon execution of a joinder in accordance with the terms thereof by any successor or assign to any party to such Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement).
Registration Statement means any registration statement that PubCo is required to file pursuant to the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement.
Regulatory Allocations is defined in Section 5.2(i).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
Specified Audit is defined in Section 10.4(d).
Stock Exchange Payment means, with respect to any Exchange of Common Units for which a Stock Exchange Payment is elected by the Board, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units so exchanged.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power or equity is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person, or one (1) or more of the Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof.
Tax Advances is defined in Section 10.5(a).
Tax Amount means, with respect to a Taxable Year commencing after the Effective Time (or, in the case of a Taxable Year that includes the Effective Time, the portion thereof after the Effective Time), the excess, if any, of (a) the product of (i) an amount, if positive, equal to the product of (A) the taxable income of the Company allocable to a Member pursuant to this LLC Agreement (taking into account corrective allocations made pursuant to Section 5.3(e)) with respect to the relevant Taxable Year (or portion thereof) (determined based upon a good faith estimate by the Board and updated to reflect the final Company tax returns filed for such Taxable Year, and, for purposes of this definition, (w) including adjustments to taxable income in respect of Section 704(c) of the Code, (x) excluding adjustments to taxable income in respect of Section 734 or 743(b) of the Code, (y) calculated as if allocations of such taxable income were, for such Taxable Year (or portion thereof), the sole source of income and loss for such Member, (or, as appropriate, of its direct or indirect partners or members), and (z) taking into account the carryover of items of loss, deduction and expense, including the utilization of any excess business interest expense under Code Section 163(j), previously allocated to such Member for a Taxable Year (or portion thereof) that begins after the Effective Time to the extent not previously taken into account for purposes of determining the Tax Amount for a Taxable Year (or portion thereof), times (B) one-fourth (1/4) in the case of the first quarter, one-half (1/2) in the case of the second quarter, three-fourths (3/4) in the case of the third quarter, and one (1) in the case of the fourth quarter times (ii) the Assumed Rate with respect to such Taxable Year (or portion thereof), over (b) the amount of distributions previously made to such Member pursuant to Section 6.2 with respect to such Taxable Year (or portion thereof) after the Effective Time.
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Tax Distribution Date means April 10, June 10, September 10, and December 10 of each calendar year, which shall be adjusted by the Board as reasonably necessary to take into account changes in estimated tax payment due dates for U.S. federal income taxes under applicable Law (but in no event shall the Board make adjustments such that there are more than four (4) Tax Distribution Dates in any calendar year); provided, however, that if a Tax Distribution Date in a given calendar year is not a Business Day, such Tax Distribution Date shall be the Business Day immediately prior to such date.
Tax Distributions is defined in Section 6.2.
Tax Receivable Agreement means that certain tax receivable agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among PubCo, the Company, and the other parties thereto.
Taxable Year means the Companys taxable year for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which shall end on December 31 of each calendar year unless otherwise required by applicable Law.
Trading Day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed, quoted or admitted to trading and is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).
Transfer means, when used as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, transfer, sale, pledge, hedge, encumbrance, or hypothecation or other disposition, or legally binding agreement to undertake any of the foregoing, by the Transferor (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and, when used as a verb, the Transferor voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, transfers, sells, pledges, hedges, encumbers or hypothecates or otherwise disposes of (whether by operation of law or otherwise), or agrees (in a legally binding manner) to do any of the foregoing, including, in each case, (a) the establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to, or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security or (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another Person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise; provided that any such indirect pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation that does not provide the counterparty thereto the right to take direct possession, as the holder of record, of any Units shall not be considered a Transfer for purposes of this Agreement. The terms Transferee, Transferor, Transferred, and other forms of the word Transfer shall have the correlative meanings.
Treasury Regulations means pronouncements, as amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which are designated as Treasury Regulations by the United States Department of the Treasury.
Undertaking is defined in Section 7.6(b).
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Units means the Common Units, any other Equity Securities of the Company, and any rights to payments as a holder of any of the foregoing, but excluding any rights under any court-authorized charging order.
VWAP means the daily per share volume-weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock, with respect to measurement periods (or portions thereof) following the Effective Time, on the New York Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the shares of Class A Common Stock, as applicable, are listed, quoted or admitted to trading, as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on the Bloomberg page designated for the Class A Common Stock (or the equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on such Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, (a) the per share volume-weighted average price of a share of Class A Common Stock on such Trading Day (determined without regard to afterhours trading or any other trading outside the regular trading session or trading hours), or (b) if such determination is not feasible, the market price per share of Class A Common Stock as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained in good faith for this purpose by PubCo); provided, however, that if at any time for purposes of the Class A 5-Day VWAP, shares of Class A Common Stock are not then listed, quoted or traded on a principal United States securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, then the VWAP shall mean the per share Appraiser FMV of one (1) share of Class A Common Stock (or such other Equity Security into which the Class A Common Stock was converted or exchanged).
Section 1.2 Interpretive Provisions. For all purposes of this LLC Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in Section 1.1 are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined in this LLC Agreement has the meaning assigned to it under GAAP;
(c) all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth in this LLC Agreement shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments under this LLC Agreement shall be made in United States dollars;
(d) when a reference is made in this LLC Agreement to an Article, Section, clause, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article, Section or clause of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this LLC Agreement unless otherwise indicated;
(e) whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this LLC Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation;
(f) or is not exclusive;
(g) pronouns of any gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms;
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(h) references in this LLC Agreement to any Law shall be deemed also to refer to such Law, any amendments thereto, any successor provisions thereof, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(i) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in this LLC Agreement, refer to this LLC Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this LLC Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Section 2.1 Formation. The Company shall continue its existence as a limited liability company subject to the provisions of the Act upon the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this LLC Agreement.
Section 2.2 Filing. The Companys certificate of formation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware by an authorized person of the Company in accordance with the Act. Each Manager is hereby designated as an authorized person of the Company within the meaning of the Act. The Members shall execute such further documents (including amendments to such Certificate of Formation) and take such further action as is appropriate to comply with the requirements of Law for the operation of a limited liability company in all states and counties in which the Company may conduct business.
Section 2.3 Name. The name of the Company is Inspirato LLC and all business of the Company shall be conducted in such name or, in the discretion of the Board, under any other name.
Section 2.4 Registered Office: Registered Agent. The location of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Companys Certificate of Formation, or at such other place as the Board may select from time to time in accordance with Act. The name and address for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware shall be the registered agent named in the Companys Certificate of Formation, or such other qualified Person and address as the Board may designate from time to time in accordance with the Act.
Section 2.5 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company shall be located in such place as is determined by the Board from time to time.
Section 2.6 Purpose; Powers. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act. The Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions and engage in any and all activities necessary, appropriate, desirable, advisable, ancillary or incidental to the accomplishment of the foregoing purpose.
Section 2.7 Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the certificate of formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act and shall continue indefinitely. The Company may be dissolved and its affairs wound up only in accordance with Article XI.
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Section 2.8 Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a partnership for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income and franchise tax purposes. The Company and each Member shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax, financial and other reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment. Neither the Company nor any Member shall take any action inconsistent with the intent of the Parties set forth in this Section 2.8. No election (including an entity classification election for the Company) contrary to the intent of the Parties as set forth in this Section 2.8 shall be made by the Company or any Member, and the Company shall not convert into or merge into (with the Company not being the surviving entity in such merger) an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal or applicable state and local income or franchise tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.8, this Section 2.8 shall not prevent the Company from entering into or consummating any transaction which constitutes a Change of Control to the extent such transaction is duly authorized by the Board in accordance with this LLC Agreement, subject to the rights set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement, if any, applicable to such transaction.
ARTICLE III
CLOSING TRANSACTIONS
Section 3.1 Transactions Occurring Prior to the Business Combination Agreement Transactions. Immediately upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by certain of the Existing Members and PubCo (the LLCA Effective Time), and in any event, prior to the Blocker Effective Time, the following transactions are hereby consummated in the order set forth below: (a) at the LLCA Effective Time, the admission of PubCo as a Member, pursuant to the terms of this LLC Agreement, (b) at the LLCA Effective Time, the conversion of each Unit (as defined in the Existing LLC Agreement) held by the Existing Members into the number of Common Units listed opposite such Existing Members name on Exhibit A-1; and (c) immediately following the effectiveness of (a) and (b) above, the redemption of Common Units held by certain Existing Members pursuant to Section 4.1(h).
Section 3.2 Business Combination Agreement Transactions. Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and for the consideration set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, as of the Effective Time, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a Subsidiary of PubCo. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, at the Effective Time, PubCo and each of its wholly owned Subsidiaries is hereby issued the number of Common Units set forth next to its name on Exhibit A hereto under the heading Effective Time Common Units and each such wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo is hereby admitted as a Member, the Common Units held by each Continuing Member as of immediately prior to the Effective Time are hereby cancelled pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and each Continuing Member is hereby issued the number of Common Units, as applicable, set forth next to each such Members name on Exhibit A hereto under the heading Effective Time Common Units in exchange for the limited liability company interests in the Company held by such Continuing Members immediately prior to the Effective Time, each such Continuing Member hereby continues as a member of the Company, all without the action of any other Person. The total number of Common Units held by the Continuing Members, PubCo and each of PubCos wholly owned Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time, including following
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the consummation of the transactions contemplated by Section 3.1, is set forth next to each such Members name on Exhibit A hereto. The number of shares of Class V Common Stock held by each Continuing Member shall equal the number of Common Units held by such Continuing Member after the Effective Time.
ARTICLE IV
OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Section 4.1 Authorized Units; General Provisions with Respect to Units.
(a) Units. Subject to the provisions of this LLC Agreement, the Company shall be authorized to issue from time to time such number of Common Units and other Equity Securities as the Board shall determine in accordance with and subject to the restrictions in this Section 4.1 and Section 4.3. Subject to this Section 4.1 and Section 4.3, each authorized Unit may be issued pursuant to such agreements as the Board shall approve, including pursuant to warrants, options, or other rights or property to acquire Units or that may be converted into Units. The Company may reissue any Units that have been repurchased or acquired by the Company; provided that any such issuance, and the admission of any Person as a Member in connection therewith, is otherwise made in accordance with and subject to the restrictions in this LLC Agreement. The Units shall be uncertificated. The Company shall not, and the Board shall not cause the Company to, issue any Units if such issuance would violate the provisions of Section 9.1(c), mutatis mutandis, if the Company were Transferor and the recipient of such Units were transferee.
(b) Outstanding Units. Each Existing Member previously was admitted as a Member and shall continue as a Member of the Company at the LLCA Effective Time. At the LLCA Effective Time and upon its execution and delivery of this Agreement, PubCo is hereby admitted as a Member; provided that, as of the LLCA Effective Time, PubCo shall not own any Units. Each Continuing Member shall remain a Member of the Company at the Effective Time. Immediately after the LLCA Effective Time, the Units will comprise a single class of Common Units. Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, each outstanding Common Unit shall be identical to each other Common Unit.
(c) Schedule of Members. From and after the Effective Time, the Company shall maintain a schedule, appended hereto as Exhibit A (as updated and amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this LLC Agreement and current as of the date set forth therein), which shall include: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of and type of Units issued and outstanding and held by each Member; and (iii) each Members Capital Contributions following the Effective Time.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) New PubCo Issuances.
(i) Subject to Section 4.6 and Section 4.1(e)(ii), if, at any time after the Effective Time, PubCo issues shares of its Class A Common Stock or any other Equity Security of PubCo (other than shares of Class V Common Stock), (x) the Company shall concurrently issue to PubCo an equal number of Common Units (if PubCo issues shares of Class A Common Stock), or an equal number of such other Equity Security of the Company
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corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by PubCo (if PubCo issues Equity Securities other than Class A Common Stock), and with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo so issued and (y) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds or other property received by PubCo, if any, for such shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.1(e)(i) or Section 4.1(e)(iii), this Section 4.1(e) shall not apply to (x) the issuance and distribution to holders of shares of PubCo Common Stock of rights to purchase Equity Securities of PubCo under a poison pill or similar shareholder rights plan (and upon exchange of Common Units for Class A Common Stock, such Class A Common Stock shall be issued together with a corresponding right under such plan) or (y) the issuance under PubCos employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance based award or other rights to acquire Equity Securities of PubCo or rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity Securities of PubCo, but shall in each of the foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of PubCo in connection with the exercise or settlement of such warrants, options, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, performance based awards or the vesting of restricted stock (including as set forth in clause (iii) below, as applicable).
(iii) In the event any outstanding Equity Security of PubCo is exercised or otherwise converted and, as a result, any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of PubCo are issued (including as a result of the exercise of PubCo Warrants), (x) the corresponding Equity Security outstanding at the Company, if any, shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted, if applicable, (y) an equivalent number of Common Units or equivalent Equity Securities of the Company shall be issued to PubCo as required by the first sentence of Section 4.1(e)(i), and (z) PubCo shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo from any such exercise or conversion.
(f) PubCo Debt Issuance. If at any time PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) issues Debt Securities, PubCo or such Subsidiary shall transfer to the Company the net proceeds received by PubCo or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that directly or indirectly burdens the Company with the repayment of the Debt Securities.
(g) New Company Issuances. Except pursuant to Section 4.6, (x) the Company may not issue any additional Units to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or transfers an equal number of newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock (or relevant Equity Security of such Subsidiary) to another Person or Persons, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 4.1(e), and (y) the Company may not issue any other Equity Securities of the Company to PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless (i) substantially simultaneously therewith PubCo or such Subsidiary issues or transfers, to another Person or Persons, an equal number of newly-issued shares of Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company, and (ii) such issuance is in accordance with Section 4.1(e).
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(h) Repurchases and Redemptions.
(i) Immediately following the LLCA Effective Time, and in any event prior to the Blocker Effective Time (the Redemption Time), subject to assets of the Company being legally available therefor, all outstanding Common Units held by any Member who holds Common Units with an aggregate fair value, determined based on the Per Unit Unitholder Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Common Units held by such Member, equal to or less than $1.00 that has not executed and delivered a Redemption Agreement (each, a Redemption Member) shall automatically be redeemed by the Company (the Automatic Redemption), and such Member shall be entitled to receive a cash payment in an amount equal to the Per Unit Unitholder Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Common Units redeemed (with respect to each such Member, such Members Redemption Payment). As soon as practicable after the Automatic Redemption, the Company will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Redemption Member the Redemption Payment to which such Redemption Member is entitled in exchange for such redeemed Common Units, without interest. As of the Redemption Time, each Redemption Member shall (w) automatically cease to be a Member of the Company, (x) have no further rights as a Member under this LLC Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement, (y) have no rights under (and no rights to become a party to) the Tax Receivable Agreement and (z) have only the right to receive the Redemption Payment for which such Redemption Members Common Units were redeemed, without interest. From and after the Automatic Redemption, the Company shall be entitled to treat any certificates and book-entry interests representing the Common Units to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 4.1(h)(i) as redeemed and cancelled, notwithstanding the failure of the holder thereof to surrender such certificates or book-entry interests and without any further action by or on behalf of the Company or such holder.
(ii) Subject to Section 4.1(h)(iii), following the Effective Time, PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (A) shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) and, substantially simultaneously therewith, the Company shall redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of Common Units for the same price per security, if any, or (B) any other Equity Securities of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) and, substantially simultaneously therewith, the Company shall redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire from PubCo or such Subsidiary an equal number of the corresponding class or series of Equity Securities of the Company with the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary for the same price per security, if any.
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(iii) In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, or take-over bid or similar transaction with respect to Class A Common Stock (a PubCo Offer) is proposed by PubCo or is proposed to PubCo or its stockholders at any time following the Effective Time, the holders of Common Units shall be permitted to participate in such PubCo Offer by delivery of an Exchange Notice (which Exchange Notice shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of such PubCo Offer or such other time or upon the happening of such event as may be specified therein (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 PubCo, PubCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit the holders of Common Units 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 an Exchange at any time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), the Board shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that such holders of Common Units may participate in such PubCo Offer without being required to Exchange their Common Units and cancel their shares of Class V Common Stock, as the case may be, (or, if so required, to ensure that any such Exchange and cancelation shall be effective only upon or immediately prior to, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the PubCo Offer). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the holders of Common Units be entitled to receive in such PubCo Offer aggregate consideration for each Common Unit and share of Class V Common Stock, taken together, that is greater than or less than the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock in connection with such PubCo Offer (it being understood that payments under or in respect of the Tax Receivable Agreement shall not be considered part of any such consideration).
(iv) Following the Effective Time, the Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (x) any Common Units from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock for the same price per security from holders thereof or (y) any other Equity Securities of the Company from PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) unless substantially simultaneously PubCo or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires pursuant to a PubCo Board approved repurchase plan or program (or otherwise in connection with a transaction approved by the PubCo Board) for the same price per security an equal number of Equity Securities of PubCo (or such Subsidiary) of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of PubCo or such Subsidiary.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), to the extent that any consideration payable by PubCo in connection with the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of PubCo
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or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) consists (in whole or in part) of shares of Class A Common Stock or such other Equity Securities (including in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant (or other convertible right or security)) other than under PubCos employee benefit plans for which there is no corresponding Common Units or other Equity Securities of the Company, then the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of the corresponding Common Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent manner.
(i) Equity Subdivisions and Combinations.
(i) From and after the Effective Time, the Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Units unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding PubCo Common Stock or other related class or series of Equity Security of PubCo, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible Equity Securities of the Company and PubCo.
(ii) Except in accordance with Section 4.6(c), PubCo shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding PubCo Common Stock or any other class or series of Equity Security of PubCo, unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units or other related class or series of Equity Security of the Company, with corresponding changes made with respect to any applicable exchangeable or convertible Equity Securities of the Company and PubCo.
(j) General Authority. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Sections 4.1(a), (e), (g), (h) and (i) and Section 4.3, after the Effective Time, the Company (and the Board on behalf of the Company) and PubCo shall be permitted to undertake all actions, including an issuance, redemption, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Common Units, to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between (i) the number of Common Units owned by PubCo, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock held by any Person (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) and the number of Common Units held by such Person disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratios in clauses (i) and (ii), (A) options, rights or securities of PubCo issued under any plan involving the issuance of any Equity Securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, (B) treasury stock, or (C) preferred stock or other debt or equity securities (including warrants, options or rights) issued by PubCo that are convertible or into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (but in each case prior to such conversion or exchange).
Section 4.2 Capital Contributions. Except as otherwise set forth in this LLC Agreement, no Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to the Company.
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Section 4.3 Issuance of Additional Units. Subject to the terms and conditions of this LLC Agreement (including Section 4.1 and this Section 4.3), the Board shall have the right to authorize and cause the Company to issue on such terms (including price) as may be determined by the Board (a) additional Common Units or Equity Securities in the Company having such rights, preferences and privileges as determined by the Board, which rights, preferences and privileges may be senior to the Units, and (b) obligations, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable for Units or other Equity Securities in the Company; provided that at any time following the date hereof, in each case the Company shall not issue Equity Securities in the Company to any Person other than PubCo or then-existing Members unless such Person shall have executed a counterpart to this LLC Agreement and all other documents, agreements or instruments deemed necessary or desirable as determined in good faith by the Board. Upon any such issuance and execution, (a) such Person shall be admitted as a Member of the Company, and (b) the Board or the Officers shall update the Companys books and records and amend Exhibit A to reflect such issuance. Subject to Section 4.1, this Section 4.3 and Section 12.1, the Board is hereby authorized to amend this LLC Agreement to set forth the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such additional Common Units or other Equity Securities in the Company authorized or issued pursuant to this Section 4.3.
Section 4.4 Capital Accounts. A Capital Account shall be maintained by the Company for each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and, to the extent consistent with such regulations, the other provisions of this LLC Agreement. Each Continuing Members Capital Account balance as of the Effective Time shall be equal to the amount of its respective Closing Date Capital Account Balance set forth opposite such Members name on Exhibit A. Thereafter, each Members Capital Account shall be (a) increased by (i) allocations to such Member of Profits pursuant to Section 5.1 and any other items of income or gain allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the amount of cash or the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Company and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) contributed to the Company by such Member, and (iii) any other increases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and (b) decreased by (i) allocations to such Member of Losses pursuant to Section 5.1 and any other items of deduction or loss allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2, (ii) the amount of any cash or the Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Member and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) distributed to such Member, and (iii) any other decreases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). In the event of a Transfer of Units made in accordance with this LLC Agreement (including a deemed Transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes as described in Section 4.6(i)), the Capital Account of the Transferor that is attributable to the Transferred Units shall carry over to the Transferee Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(l). This Section 4.4 and other provisions of this LLC Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(b), including Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations. In determining the amount of any Liability for purposes of calculating Capital Accounts, there shall be taken into account Section 752(c) of the Code and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Treasury Regulations. The Members Capital Accounts will normally be adjusted on an annual or other periodic basis as determined by the Board, but the Capital Accounts may be adjusted more often if a new Member is admitted to the Company or if circumstances otherwise make it advisable in the judgment of the Board.
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Section 4.5 Other Matters Regarding Capital Contributions.
(a) The Company shall not be obligated to repay any Capital Contributions of any Member. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contributions, no Member has the right to receive property other than cash.
(b) No Member shall receive any interest, salary, compensation or reimbursement with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital Account, or for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or otherwise in its capacity as a Member, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.9 or other provisions of this LLC Agreement.
(c) A Member shall not be required to restore a deficit balance in such Members Capital Account, to lend any funds to the Company or to make any additional contributions or payments to the Company.
Section 4.6 Exchange of Common Units.
(a) Exchange Procedures.
(i) Until the end of the Lock-Up Period, each Member (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem (an Exchange) 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 Exchange Right) from time to time following the waiver or expiration of any contractual lock-up period relating to the shares of PubCo that may be applicable to such Member. A Member desiring to exercise its Exchange Right (each, an Exchanging Member) shall exercise such right by giving written notice (the Exchange Notice) to the Company, with a copy to PubCo, which Exchange Notice shall be in the form set forth on Exhibit B, shall include all information required to be included therein, and may be submitted on any Business Day that is not during an Exchange Blackout Period (if applicable to such Exchanging Member), if (A) the applicable Exchange is in connection with a Permitted Exchange Event or (B) the Company meets the requirements of the Private Placement Safe Harbor (each of (A) and (B), an Unrestricted Exchange), or, in any case other than an Unrestricted Exchange, during the Quarterly Exchange Notice Period preceding the desired Exchange Date. In the event that an Exchange is being exercised in order to participate in a Piggyback Registration, the Exchange Notice Date shall be prior to the expiration of the time period in which a holder of securities is required to notify PubCo that it wishes to participate in such Piggyback Registration in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement. The Exchange Notice shall specify the number of Common Units (subject, in the case of an Exchange that is not an Unrestricted Exchange, to the Minimum Exchange Amount, it being understood that a Member may specify in its Exchange Notice a number of Common Units in excess of the Minimum Exchange Amount) (the Exchanged Units) that the Exchanging Member
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intends to have the Company redeem and either (X) with respect to any Unrestricted Exchange, a date not less than three (3) Business Days nor more than ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of such Exchange Notice (unless, and to the extent, that the Board 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 Exchange Right shall be completed (as applicable, the Exchange Date); provided, that solely with respect to Unrestricted Exchanges, the Company, PubCo and the Exchanging Member may change the number of Exchanged Units and/or the Exchange Date specified in such Exchange Notice to another number and/or date by mutual agreement signed in writing by each of them; provided, further, that the Company and PubCo shall not be required to comply with an Exchange Notice delivered in connection with an Exchange that is not an Unrestricted Exchange if such Exchange Notice does not comply with the Minimum Exchange Amount (and such Exchange Notice shall be deemed null and void ab initio and ineffective with respect to the Exchange specified therein); provided, further, that any Exchange that is an Unrestricted Exchange may be conditioned (including as to timing) by the Exchanging Member (in the Exchanging Members sole discretion) on (i) PubCo and/or the Exchanging 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 Exchange (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 PubCo or the Exchanging 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 Exchange 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 Exchange; provided, further, that if PubCo closes an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the Members (other than, or in addition to, PubCo) were entitled to resell shares of Class A Common Stock in connection therewith (by the exercise by such Members of the Exchange Right for the applicable Stock Exchange Payment 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 Exchange Right or deliver a Quarterly Exchange Date Notice with respect to a redemption that is not an Unrestricted Exchange in respect of such Quarterly Exchange Date); provided, further, however, that the next Quarterly Exchange Date in the Taxable Year ending December 31, 2021 shall not automatically be cancelled if there have been, in the aggregate, no more than two Quarterly Exchange Dates and Secondary Offerings in such Taxable Year; provided, further that the Company may effect an Exchange if the Board determines (in its sole discretion, but subject to PubCos rights under Section 4.6(h)), after consultation with its legal counsel and tax advisors, that such Exchange, together with any other Exchanges 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 and Stockholder Rights Agreement, (a)
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for so long as the Company does not meet the requirements of the Private Placement Safe Harbor, any such Secondary Offering (other than pursuant to which all Exchanges are Unrestricted Exchanges) shall only be undertaken if, during the applicable Taxable Year, the total number of Quarterly Exchange Dates and prior Secondary offerings (other than any pursuant to which all Exchanges are Unrestricted Exchanges) on which Exchanges occur is three (3) or fewer and (b) the Company and PubCo shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with their respective obligations under the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement if a Secondary Offering cannot be undertaken due to the restriction set forth in the preceding clause (a). Subject to Section 4.6(f) and unless the Exchanging Member timely has retracted or delayed an Exchange as provided in Section 4.6(a)(iii) or Section 4.6(a)(iv), on the Exchange Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Exchange Date):
(A) the Exchanging Member shall transfer and surrender, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (x) the Exchanged Units to the Company, and (y) a number of shares of Class V Common Stock equal to the number of Exchanged Units to PubCo to the extent applicable;
(B) the Company shall (x) cancel the Exchanged Units, (y) transfer to the Exchanging Member the consideration to which the Exchanging Member is entitled under Section 4.6(b), and (z) if the Units are certificated, issue to the Exchanging 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 Exchanging Member pursuant to clause (A) of this Section 4.6(a)(i) and the Exchanged Units; and
(C) PubCo shall cancel for no consideration the shares of Class V Common Stock (and PubCo shall take all actions necessary to retire such shares transferred to PubCo and such shares shall not be re-issued by PubCo) upon a transfer of such shares of Class V Common Stock that were Transferred pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(i)(A)(y), above.
(ii) Within three (3) Business Days of the giving of an Exchange Notice, the Board may elect to settle all or a portion of the Exchange in cash in an amount equal to the Cash Exchange Payment (in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock), exercisable by giving written notice of such election to the Exchanging Member within such three (3) Business Day period (such notice, the Cash Exchange Notice). The Cash Exchange Notice shall set forth the portion of the Common Units subject to the Exchange which shall be exchanged for cash in lieu of Class A Common Stock. To the extent such Exchange relates to the exercise of the Exchanging Members registration rights under Article II of the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement, PubCo and the Company shall cooperate in good faith with such Exchanging Member to exercise such Exchange in a manner which preserves such Exchanging Members rights thereunder. At any time following the giving of a Cash Exchange Notice and prior to the Exchange Date, the Board may elect (exercisable by giving written notice of such election to the Exchanging Member) to revoke the Cash Exchange Notice with respect to all or any portion of the Exchanged Units and make the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to any such Exchanged Units on the Exchange Date.
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(iii) In the event the Board does not timely give a Cash Exchange Notice (or revokes a Cash Exchange Notice in accordance with the foregoing clause (ii)) in connection with an exchange that is an Unrestricted Exchange, the Exchanging Member may, if and only if any Exchange Condition exists, elect to (x) retract its Exchange Notice or (y) delay the consummation of an Exchange, in each case, exercisable by giving written notice of such election to the Company within two (2) Business Days of the occurrence of an Exchange Condition and in any event no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Exchange Date (such notice under clause (y), an Exchange Delay Notice); provided that any such notice must specify the particular Exchange Condition giving rise to such election. The giving of any notice pursuant to clause (x) shall terminate all of the Exchanging Members and Companys rights and obligations under this Section 4.6 arising from such retracted Exchange Notice, but shall not count against the maximum number of Exchanges that an Exchanging Member may effect in a calendar quarter.
(iv) Subject to the last two sentences of this Section 4.6(a)(iv), if, in the case of an Exchange that is not an Unrestricted Exchange, an Exchanging Member desires to revoke its Exchange Notice, such Exchanging Member shall give written notice of such election to the Board no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Exchange Date. Such notice of revocation may be accepted or refused in the sole discretion of the Board. If such notice of revocation is delivered timely and accepted by the Board, such notice under this Section 4.6(a)(iv) shall terminate all of the Exchanging Members, Companys and PubCos rights and obligations under this Section 4.6 arising from the Exchange Notice. An Exchanging Member may only revoke an Exchange under this Section 4.6(a)(iv) once in every twelve (12)-month period (and any additional notice purporting to revoke an Exchange shall be deemed null and void ab initio, without any action by or on behalf of the Company or the Board, and ineffective with respect to the revocation of the Exchange specified therein). An Exchanging Member who successfully revoked an Exchange under this Section 4.6(a)(iv) may not participate in the Exchange to occur on the next Quarterly Exchange Date immediately following the Quarterly Exchange Date with respect to which such notice of revocation pertains.
(v) In the event of a Continuing Member COC, the Board may elect, pursuant to a written notice given to the Members (other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) at least thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of a Continuing Member COC (a COC Notice), to require each such Member to effect an Exchange with respect to any portion of such Members Common Units (together with the surrender and cancellation of the corresponding number of outstanding shares of Class V Common Stock held by such Member) (any such exchange, a COC Exchange) which shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of the Continuing Member COC (but such Exchange shall be conditioned on the consummation of such Continuing Member COC, and shall not be effective if such Continuing Member COC is not consummated) (the COC Exchange Date). In connection with a COC Exchange, such Exchange shall be settled (including, if PubCo elects by delivery of a COC Notice, directly by PubCo) (x) with the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to the Common Units subject to the COC
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Exchange or (y) in cash or property, so long as in each case each such Member receives the identical consideration, on a per Unit basis, that the holder of a share of Class A Common Stock would receive in connection with such Continuing Member COC.
(vi) For purposes of this Section 4.6 (and defined terms and provisions related thereto), all decisions, determinations, elections and other actions to be taken by the Board or PubCo shall require the approval of the Disinterested Majority.
(b) Exchange Payment. The Exchange shall be consummated on the Exchange Date. Unless PubCo has exercised its PubCo Call Right pursuant to Section 4.6(f), on the Exchange Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Exchange Date or such other time prior to the Exchange Date as PubCo may reasonably determine) (i) PubCo shall contribute to the Company for delivery to the Exchanging Member (x) the Stock Exchange Payment with respect to any Exchanged Units not subject to a Cash Exchange Notice and (y) the Cash Exchange Payment with respect to any Exchanged Units subject to a Cash Exchange Notice, (ii) the Exchanging Member shall transfer and surrender the Exchanged Units to the Company, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (iii) the Company shall issue to PubCo a number of Common Units equal to the number of Common Units surrendered pursuant to clause (ii), (iv) solely to the extent necessary in connection with an Exchange, PubCo shall undertake all actions, including an issuance, reclassification, distribution, division or recapitalization, with respect to the Class A Common Stock to maintain a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by PubCo, directly or indirectly, and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, taking into account the issuance in clause (iii), any Stock Exchange Payment, and any other action taken in connection with this Section 4.6, (v) the Company shall (x) cancel the redeemed Common Units which were Exchanged Units held by the Exchanging Member and (y) transfer to the Exchanging Member the Cash Exchange Payment and/or the Stock Exchange Payment, as applicable, and (vi) PubCo shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class V Common Stock. On or prior to the Exchange Date, and as a condition to the Exchange, the Exchanging Member shall make any applicable Certificate Delivery. Upon the Exchange of all of a Members Units, such Member shall cease to be a Member of the Company.
(c) Splits, Distributions and Reclassifications. If there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, this Section 4.6 shall continue to be applicable, mutatis mutandis, with respect to such security or other property. This Section 4.6(c) is intended to preserve the intended economic effect of Section 4.1 and this Section 4.6 and to put each Member in the same economic position, to the greatest extent possible, with respect to Exchanges as if such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction had not occurred and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent.
(d) PubCo Covenants. PubCo shall at all times keep available, solely for the purpose of issuance upon an Exchange, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon the Exchange of all outstanding Common Units (other than those Common Units held by PubCo or any Subsidiary of PubCo); provided that nothing contained in this LLC Agreement shall be construed to preclude PubCo from satisfying its obligations with respect to an Exchange by delivery of a Cash Exchange
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Payment or shares of Class A Common Stock that are held in treasury of PubCo. PubCo covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issued upon an Exchange shall, upon issuance thereof, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances. In addition, for so long as the shares of Class A Common Stock are listed on a stock exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, PubCo shall cause all shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon an Exchange to be listed on such stock exchange or automated or electronic quotation system at the time of such issuance. For purposes of this Section 4.6(d), references to the Class A Common Stock shall be deemed to include any Equity Securities issued or issuable as a result of any reclassification, combination, subdivision or similar transaction of the Class A Common Stock that any Member would be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4.6(c).
(e) Exchange Taxes. The issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon an Exchange shall be made without charge to the Exchanging Member for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of such issuance; provided, however, that if any such shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that of the Exchanging Member (subject to the restrictions in Article IX), then the Person or Persons in whose name the shares are to be issued shall pay to PubCo the amount of any additional tax that may be payable in respect of any Transfer involved in such issuance in excess of the amount otherwise due if such shares were issued in the name of the Exchanging Member or shall establish to the satisfaction of PubCo that such additional tax has been paid or is not payable.
(f) PubCo Call Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.6, with respect to any Exchange Notice or COC Notice, an Exchanging Member shall be deemed to have offered to sell its Exchanged Units as described in any Exchange Notice directly to PubCo (rather than to the Company), and PubCo may, by delivery of a written notice to the Exchanging Member no later than three (3) Business Days following the giving of an Exchange Notice, in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this Section 4.6(f) (such notice, a PubCo Call Notice), elect to purchase directly and acquire such Exchanged Units on the Exchange Date by paying to the Exchanging Member (or such other Person specified in the Exchange Notice) the Stock Exchange Payment and/or the Cash Exchange Payment, whereupon PubCo shall acquire the Exchanged Units on the Exchange Date and be treated for all purposes of this LLC Agreement as the owner of such Common Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.6(f), an exercise of the PubCo Call Right shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe and in the same manner as the relevant Exchange would have been consummated if PubCo had not given a PubCo Call Notice, in each case as relevant, including that Section 4.6(a)(ii) shall apply mutatis mutandis and that clauses (iv) and (vi) of Section 4.6(b) shall apply (notwithstanding that the other clauses thereof do not apply).
(g) Distribution Rights. No Exchange shall impair the right of the Exchanging Member to receive any distributions payable on the Common Units redeemed pursuant to such Exchange in respect of a record date that occurs prior to the Exchange Date for such Exchange. No Exchanging Member, or a Person designated by an Exchanging Member to receive shares of Class A Common Stock, shall be entitled to receive, with respect to such record date, distributions or dividends both on Common Units redeemed by the Company from such Exchanging Member and on shares of Class A Common Stock received by such Exchanging Member, or other Person so designated, if applicable, in such Exchange.
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(h) Exchange Restrictions. The Board may, or upon PubCos written request to the Board in accordance with this Section 4.6(h) the Board shall, impose additional limitations and restrictions on Exchanges (including limiting Exchanges or creating priority procedures for Exchanges) to the extent that the Board or PubCo, as applicable, reasonably determines in good faith that such limitations and restrictions are necessary to avoid the Company being classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code.
(i) Tax Matters. In connection with any Exchange or COC Notice, the Exchanging Member shall, to the extent it is legally able to do so, deliver to PubCo or the Company, as applicable, a certificate, dated as of the Exchange Date and sworn under penalties of perjury, in a form reasonably acceptable to PubCo or the Company, as applicable, certifying as to such Exchanging Members taxpayer identification number and that such Exchanging Member is a not a foreign person for purposes of Section 1445 and Section 1446(f) of the Code (which certificate may be an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 if then sufficient for such purposes under applicable Law) (such certificate a Non-Foreign Person Certificate). If an Exchanging Member is unable to provide a Non-Foreign Person Certificate in connection with an Exchange, then the Company shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to PubCo such certificates as the Board determines to permit the Company and PubCo to comply with Sections 1445 and 1446(f) of the Code, and PubCo or the Company, as applicable, shall be permitted to withhold on the amount realized by such Exchanging Partner in respect of such Exchange as provided in Section 1445 and/or Section 1446(f) of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder and consistent with the certificate provided pursuant to this sentence, as applicable. For U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes, each of the Exchanging Member, the Company and PubCo agree to treat each Exchange as a sale by the Exchanging Member of the Exchanging Members Common Units (together with an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock, which shares will be allocated par value) to PubCo in exchange for the payment by PubCo of (A) the Stock Exchange Payment, the Cash Exchange Payment, or other applicable consideration to the Exchanging Member and (B) corresponding payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
(j) Representations and Warranties. In connection with any Exchange or exercise of a PubCo Call Right, (i) upon the acceptance of the Class A Common Stock or an amount of cash equal to the Cash Exchange Payment, the Exchanging Member shall represent and warrant that the Exchanging Member is the owner of the number of Common Units that the Exchanging Member is electing to Exchange and that such Common Units are not subject to any liens or restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions imposed by this LLC Agreement, the charter and governing documents of PubCo and applicable Law), and (ii) if the Board elects a Stock Exchange Payment, the Company shall represent that (A) the shares of Class A Common Stock issued to the Exchanging Member in settlement of the Stock Exchange Payment are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable securities laws, and (B) the issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock issued to the Exchanging Member in settlement of the Stock Exchange Payment does not conflict with or result in any breach of the organizational documents of PubCo.
Section 4.7 Representations and Warranties of the Members. Each Member who acquires Units after the Effective Time severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company and each other Member as of the date of such Members admittance to the Company
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and as of each subsequent date that such Member acquires any additional Units (other than, in the case of acquisition of additional Units, Section 4.7(b) to the extent any conflict under Section 4.7(b) is related to the occurrence of a Change of Control resulting from such acquisition) that:
(a) | Organization; Authority. |
(i) To the extent it is not a natural person, (x) it is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and if required by Law is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in the jurisdiction of its principal place of business (if not formed in such jurisdiction), and (y) has full corporate, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other applicable power and authority to execute and deliver this LLC Agreement and to perform its obligations under this LLC Agreement and all necessary actions by the board of directors, shareholders, managers, members, partners, trustees, beneficiaries or other Persons necessary for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this LLC Agreement by that Member have been duly taken.
(ii) It has duly executed and delivered this LLC Agreement, and this LLC Agreement is enforceable against such Member in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency and other Laws generally affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding in a court of law or equity).
(b) | Non-Contravention. |
(i) Its authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this LLC Agreement does not breach or conflict with or constitute a default under (x) such Members charter or other governing documents to the extent it is not a natural person, (y) any material obligation under any other material agreement to which that Member is a party or by which it is bound or (z) applicable Law.
(ii) No governmental, administrative or other material third party consents or approvals are required or necessary on the part of it in connection with its admittance as a Member or its ownership of its Units.
(c) | Due Inquiry. |
(i) It has had, prior to the execution and delivery of this LLC Agreement, the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from representatives of the Company concerning an investment in the Company, as well as the finances, operations, business and prospects of the Company, and the opportunity to obtain additional information to verify the accuracy of all information so obtained, and received all such information about the Company and the Units as it has requested.
(ii) In determining whether to enter into this LLC Agreement in respect of its Units, it has relied solely on its own knowledge and understanding of the Company and its business based upon its own due diligence investigation and the information furnished pursuant to this clause (c) and it has not relied on any other representations or information in making its investment decision, whether written or oral, relating to the Company, its operations and/or prospects;
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(d) Purpose of Investment. It is acquiring and holding its Units solely for investment purposes, for its own account and not for the account or benefit of any other Person and not with a view towards the distribution or dissemination thereof, did not decide to enter into this LLC Agreement as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and acknowledges and understands that no United States federal or state agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the offering of any Units;
(e) Transfer Restrictions. To the extent applicable, it understands the Units are being Transferred in a transaction not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Units will comprise restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act which shall not be sold, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise Transferred except in accordance with the terms of this LLC Agreement and applicable Law. It agrees that, if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise Transfer any portion of its Units, such Units may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise Transferred only pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration and/or qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws, and as a condition precedent to any such Transfer, it may be required to deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, and agrees, absent registration or an exemption with respect to its Units, not to resell any such Units.
(f) Investor Status. It (i) has adequate means of providing for its current needs and possible contingencies, is able to bear the economic risks of its investment for an indefinite period of time and has a sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of its entire investment in the Company in the event such loss should occur, (ii) is sophisticated in financial matters and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Company, (iii) is, or is controlled by, an accredited investor, as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, promulgated under the Securities Act, and acknowledges the issuance of Units under this LLC Agreement is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption to accredited investors within the meaning of Section 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or similar exemptions under federal and state Law, and (iv) is treated as a single partner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES
Section 5.1 Profits and Losses. After giving effect to the allocations under Section 5.2 and subject to Section 5.2 and Section 5.4, Profits and Losses (and, to the extent reasonably determined by the Board to be necessary and appropriate to achieve the resulting Capital Account balances described below, any allocable items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit includable in the computation of Profits and Losses) for each Taxable Year or other taxable period shall be allocated among the Members during such Taxable Year or other taxable period in a manner such that, after giving effect to all distributions through the end of such Taxable Year or
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other taxable period, the Capital Account balance of each Member, immediately after making such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal to (a) the amount such Member would receive pursuant to Section 11.3(b)(ii) if all assets of the Company on hand at the end of such Taxable Year or other taxable period were sold for cash equal to their Gross Asset Values, all liabilities of the Company were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Gross Asset Value of the assets securing such liability), and all remaining or resulting cash was distributed, in accordance with Section 11.3(b)(ii), to the Members immediately after making such allocation, minus (b) such Members share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets, and (without duplication) the amount any such Member is treated as obligated to contribute to the Company, computed immediately after the hypothetical sale of assets.
Section 5.2 Special Allocations.
(a) Nonrecourse Deductions for any Taxable Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Common Units owned by each Member. The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Taxable Year or other taxable period shall equal the excess, if any, of the net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain during that Taxable Year or other taxable period over the aggregate amount of any distributions during that Taxable Year or other taxable period of proceeds of a Nonrecourse Liability that are allocable to an increase in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
(b) Any Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any Taxable Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Member who bears economic risk of loss with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). If more than one (1) Member bears the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt, the Member Nonrecourse Deductions attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated among the Members according to the ratio in which they bear the economic risk of loss. This Section 5.2(b) is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement to the contrary, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year or other taxable period (or if there was a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain for a prior Taxable Year or other taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 5.2(c)), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year or other taxable period in an amount equal to such Members share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during such year (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2)). This Section 5.2(c) is intended to constitute a minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement except Section 5.2(c), if there is a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year or other taxable period (or if there was a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain for a prior Taxable Year or other
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taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 5.2 (d)), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year in an amount equal to such Members share of the net decrease in Member Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)). This Section 5.2(d) is intended to constitute a partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(b), no Losses or other items of loss or expense shall be allocated to any Member to the extent that such allocation would cause such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit) at the end of such Taxable Year or other taxable period. All Losses and other items of loss and expense in excess of the limitation set forth in this Section 5.2(e) shall be allocated to the Members who do not have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in proportion to their relative positive Capital Accounts but only to the extent that such Losses and other items of loss and expense do not cause any such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.
(f) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 5.2(c) and Section 5.2(d), in the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in paragraph (4), (5) or (6) of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items of income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of income, including gross income, and gain for the Taxable Year or other taxable period) shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate any Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of that Member as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.2(f) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided for in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.2(f) were not in this LLC Agreement. This Section 5.2(f) is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(g) If any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Taxable Year or other taxable period that is in excess of the amount that the Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and (i)(5), that Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.2(g) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 have been made as if Section 5.2(f) and this Section 5.2(g) were not in this LLC Agreement.
(h) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1 (b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution to any Member in complete or partial liquidation of such Members Units in the Company, 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
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adjustment decreases such basis) and such item of gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) if such Section applies or to the Member to whom such distribution was made if Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
(i) The allocations set forth in Sections 5.2(a) through 5.2(h) (the Regulatory Allocations) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations (and anticipated future Regulatory Allocations) shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocation of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member should be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred. In general, the Members anticipate that this shall be accomplished by specially allocating other Profits and Loss among the Members so that the net amount of Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is zero. This Section 5.2(i) is intended to minimize to the extent possible and to the extent necessary any economic distortions that may result from application of the Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
Section 5.3 Allocations for Tax Purposes in General.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.3, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such item is allocated under Sections 5.1 and 5.2.
(b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (including the Treasury Regulations applying the principles of Code Section 704(c) to changes in Gross Asset Values), items of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any Company property having a Gross Asset Value that differs from such propertys adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis shall, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated among the Members to account for any such difference using (i) with respect to any such differences that exist at the Effective Time, the traditional method without curative allocations under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) and (ii) with respect to any other such differences, any other permissible method or methods determined by the Board to be appropriate and in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations.
(c) Any (i) recapture of depreciation or any other item of deduction shall be allocated, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1254-5, to the Members who received the benefit of such deductions and (ii) tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members according to their interests in such items as reasonably determined by the Board taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii), 1.704-1(b)(3)(iv), and 1.704-1(b)(4)(viii).
(d) Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.3 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in computing any Members Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this LLC Agreement.
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(e) If, as a result of an exercise of a non-compensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).
(f) Any adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of Company property pursuant to Code Section 743(b) resulting from a transfer of Units shall be handled in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(j).
Section 5.4 Other Allocation Rules.
(a) The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article V and the economic impact of the allocations on the amounts receivable by them under this LLC Agreement. The Members hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article V in reporting their share of Company income and loss for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.
(b) The provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance for each Member of a Capital Account as provided by Section 4.4 and the allocations set forth in Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 are intended to comply with the Treasury Regulations and to reflect the intended economic entitlement of the Members. If the Board reasonably determines that the application of the provisions in Sections 4.4, 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 would result in non-compliance with the Treasury Regulations or would be inconsistent with the intended economic entitlement of the Members, the Board is authorized to make any appropriate adjustments to such provisions to the extent permitted by applicable Law, including to allocate properly items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to those Members who bear the economic burden or benefit associated therewith, or to otherwise cause the Members to achieve the economic objectives underlying this LLC Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement. The Board also shall (i) make any adjustments that it reasonably determines are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Members and the amount of Company capital reflected on the Companys balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(iv)(g) and (ii) make any reasonable and appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events would reasonably be expected to otherwise cause this LLC Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b).
(c) With regard to PubCos acquisition of the Common Units, Profits or Losses shall be allocated to the Members of the Company so as to take into account the varying interests of the Members in the Company using an interim closing of the books method in a manner that complies with the provisions of Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. If during any Taxable Year there is any other change in any Members Units in the Company, the Board shall allocate the Profits or Losses to the Members of the Company so as to take into account the varying interests of the Members in the Company using an interim closing of the books method in a manner that complies with the provisions of Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder; provided, however, that such allocations may instead be made in another manner that complies with the provisions of Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and that is selected by the Board in its reasonable good faith discretion.
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(d) Solely for purposes of determining a Members proportionate share of the excess nonrecourse liabilities of the Company, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), the Board shall allocate such liabilities in such manner that complies with the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and that the Board reasonably determines, in a manner intended to minimize any gain of the Members to the greatest extent possible under Section 731 of the Code.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions.
(a) Distributions.
(i) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, distributions to Members may be declared by the Board out of Distributable Cash in such amounts, at such time and on such terms (including the payment dates of such distributions) as the Board shall determine using such record date as the Board may designate. All distributions made under this Section 6.1(a) shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis (except that, for the avoidance of doubt, repurchases or redemptions made in accordance with Section 4.1(h) or payments made in accordance with Section 7.6 or Section 7.9 need not be on a pro rata basis, as long as such payments are otherwise made in accordance with the terms of this LLC Agreement) in accordance with each Members percentage interest in the Company as of the close of business on such record date; provided, that the Board shall have the obligation to make distributions as set forth in Section 6.2 and Section 11.3(b)(ii); 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 Act. For purposes of this Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.2, insolvent means the inability of the Company to meet its payment obligations when due.
(ii) Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a distribution pursuant to this Section 6.1(a), the Company shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the distribution and the payment date thereof.
(b) Successors. For purposes of determining the amount of distributions (including Tax Distributions), each Member shall be treated as having made the Capital Contributions made by, been allocated the net taxable income of the Company (in accordance with the definition of Tax Amount) allocated to, and received the distributions made to or received by its predecessors in respect of any of such Members Units.
(c) Distributions In-Kind. Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, any distributions may be made in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, as reasonably determined by the Board. In the event of any distribution of (i) property in kind or (ii) both cash and property in kind, each Member shall be distributed its proportionate share of any such cash so distributed and its proportionate share of any such property so distributed in kind (based on the
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Fair Market Value of such property). To the extent that the Company distributes property in-kind to the Members, the Company shall be treated as making a distribution equal to the Fair Market Value of such property for purposes of Section 6.1(a) and such property shall be treated as if it were sold for an amount equal to its Fair Market Value; provided that none of the following shall be a distribution for purposes of this LLC Agreement: (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. Any resulting gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members Capital Accounts in accordance with Section 5.1 and Section 5.2.
Section 6.2 Tax-Related Distributions. Effective upon the Effective Time, prior to making any other distributions under this LLC Agreement, on each Tax Distribution Date, unless prohibited by applicable Law, the Board shall cause the Company, from available cash, available borrowings and other funds legally available therefor, including legally made distributions from available cash of the Companys Subsidiaries (taking into account any restrictions applicable to tax distributions contained in the Companys or its Subsidiaries then applicable bank financing agreements by which the Company or its Subsidiaries are bound) (collectively, Cash Available For Tax Distributions) to make distributions of cash (each, a Tax Distribution) to the Members holding Common Units, pro rata in proportion to their respective number of Common Units in an amount such that the Member with the highest Tax Amount per Common Unit receives an amount equal to such Members Tax Amount; provided, that if the amount of Tax Distributions actually made with respect to a quarter or a Taxable Year is greater than or less than the Tax Distributions that would have been made under this Section 6.2 for such period based on subsequent tax information and assuming no limitations based on prohibitions under applicable Law, Cash Available For Tax Distributions, or insolvency under this Section 6.2 (such limitations, the Liquidity Limitations) (e.g., because the estimated Tax Distributions for a Taxable Year were greater than or less than the amount calculated based on actual taxable income for such Taxable Year or because such Tax Distribution would have rendered the Company insolvent (as defined in Section 6.1(a))), then, on subsequent Tax Distribution Dates, starting with the next Tax Distribution Date, and prior to any additional distributions pursuant to Section 6.1, the Board shall, subject to the Liquidity Limitations, cause the Company to adjust the next Tax Distribution and subsequent Tax Distributions downward (but not below zero) or upward (but in any event pro rata in proportion to the Members respective number of Common Units) to reflect such excess or shortfall; and provided, further, that notwithstanding any other provision in this LLC Agreement to the contrary, (A) Tax Distributions shall not be required to the extent any such distribution would violate the Act or render the Company insolvent (as defined in Section 6.1(a)), and (B) the Board shall not be required to cause the Company to make any Tax Distributions on any date other than a Tax Distribution Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, (a) the Board shall make, in its reasonable discretion, equitable adjustments (downward (but not below zero) or upward) to the Members Tax Distributions (but in any event pro rata in proportion to the Members respective number of Common Units) to take into account increases or decreases in the number of Common Units held by each Member during the relevant period; provided that no such adjustments shall be made that would have a material adverse effect on the Continuing Members without the Continuing Member Representatives prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed),
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and (b) no Tax Distributions (or downward (but not below zero) or upward adjustment to any Tax Distributions) shall be made other than on a pro rata basis in proportion to the Members respective number of Common Units.
Section 6.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal. No resigning Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution or the value of such Members Units in the Company as a result of resignation from the Company prior to the liquidation of the Company, except as provided in this LLC Agreement.
Section 6.4 Special Distributions to Facilitate Acquisitions. The Board shall be permitted to cause a distribution, loan or other transfer of cash by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries to be made solely to PubCo (or one of its Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (such distribution, loan or other transfer satisfying the following proviso, an M&A Distribution); provided, however, that (i) each such distribution, loan or other transfer is (A) made at or following such time as the Board reasonably determines that a specific acquisition is reasonably likely to be consummated and (B) used solely to facilitate the consummation of an acquisition by PubCo or its Subsidiary (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) within the time reasonably specified therefor by the Board at the time of such M&A Distribution (with any interest accrued thereon for the benefit of the Company), and (ii) PubCo or such Subsidiary (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (x) contributes (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), (y) transfers in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or (z) sells solely in exchange for the applicable previously made M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan, or causes to be contributed (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), transferred in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or sold solely in exchange for the applicable previously made M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan, as soon as practicable thereafter, to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company the assets directly or indirectly acquired with such distribution, loan or other transfer, as directed by the Board. If the M&A Distribution is not used solely to facilitate the consummation of an acquisition in accordance with the foregoing clause (i) within the time specified therefor by the Board, PubCo (or its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) will contribute (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), transfer in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or retransfer (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan) the full amount of such M&A Distribution and any interest accrued thereon to the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company at or prior to 5:00 pm New York time on the applicable date. During any time period between the time of the M&A Distribution and the contribution, repayment or sale contemplated by the foregoing clause (ii) of the immediately foregoing sentence, PubCo (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) shall hold such cash, and operate any acquired assets, for the benefit of the Company. The number of Common Units held by PubCo and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) in the aggregate shall not change as a result of any M&A Distribution or the re-contribution, repayment or retransfer of such M&A Distribution (together with any interest accrued thereon) or contribution, repayment or sale of any assets directly or indirectly acquired with such M&A Distribution, in each case as described in this Section 6.4. For purposes of this Agreement, the amount of any M&A Distribution that has not been repaid to the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company (including, to the extent an acquisition has been consummated with the proceeds of such M&A Distribution but the assets so acquired have not yet been contributed, repaid or sold to the Company or the applicable
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Subsidiaries of the Company as required hereby, the value of the assets so acquired) shall be treated as an asset owned by the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company and not by PubCo or its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries). To the extent that any fees, costs and expenses are incurred in connection with the pursuit of an acquisition described in this Section 6.4, such fees, costs and expenses will be subject to the reimbursement provisions in Section 7.9.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
Section 7.1 Board Rights; Member and Officer Duties.
(a) The Company shall be managed by a board of managers (the Board). Except as otherwise required by Law or for matters in which the vote or approval of any Member is specifically required under this LLC Agreement, (i) the Board shall have full and complete charge of all affairs of the Company, (ii) the management and control of the Companys business activities and operations shall rest exclusively with the Board, and the Board shall make all decisions regarding the business, activities and operations of the Company (including the incurrence of costs and expenses) without the consent of any Member, and (iii) the Members (in their capacity as such) shall not participate in the control, management, direction or operation of the activities or affairs of the Company and shall have no power to act for or bind the Company.
(b) The size of the Board shall initially be fixed at seven (7) Persons (each a Manager and collectively, the Managers). Each Manager shall be a manager within the meaning of the Act. As of the LLCA Effective Date, the Managers shall be as follows:
(i) Four (4) Persons shall be individuals designated by PubCo (each a PubCo Manager). The initial PubCo Managers shall be Brent Handler, Brad Handler, Chris Hemmeter, and Scot Sellers.
(ii) Three (3) Persons shall be individuals designated by the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Units held by Members other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries (each, a Non-PubCo Manager). The initial Non-PubCo Managers shall be Michael Armstrong, Eric Grosse, and Ann Payne.
From time to time following the date hereof, PubCo, without the consent of any other Member, shall be entitled to increase or decrease (i) the size of the Board and/or (ii) the number of PubCo Managers and Non-PubCo Managers on such Board, in order to reflect as closely as reasonably practicable the relative ownership of the Company held by PubCo on the one hand and the Members other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries on the other hand. Following any such adjustment, the Members shall be obligated to remove any Managers and to elect (i) the applicable number of the PubCo Managers as designated by PubCo and (ii) the applicable number of the Non-PubCo Managers as designated by the holders of a majority of the Units then outstanding held by Members other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries in accordance with such adjusted Board membership requirements.
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(c) In connection with the performance of their duties as members of the Board, the Managers acknowledge that they will owe to the Members the same fiduciary duties as they would owe to the stockholders of a Delaware corporation under the DGCL if they were members of the board of directors of such a corporation and the Members were stockholders of such corporation.
(d) Meetings of the Board may be called by any Manager. Notice of any meeting shall be given pursuant to Section 12.9 below to all Managers not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting. A majority of Managers then serving on the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board; provided, however, that if there are four (4) or fewer Managers then serving on the Board, all Managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the approval of a majority of the Managers present at any duly constituted meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be required for the Board to take any action; provided, however, that if there are four (4) or fewer Managers then serving on the Board, approval by all Managers shall be required for the Board to take any action. A notice need not specify the purpose of any meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Manager who signs a waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting the lack of notice prior to the commencement of the meeting. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the Companys records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Managers may participate in any meeting of the Managers by means of conference telephones or other means of electronic communication so long as all Managers participating can hear or communicate with one another. A Manager so participating is deemed to be present at the meeting.
(e) Any action that is permitted or required to be taken by the Board may be taken or ratified by written consent setting forth the specific action to be taken, which written consent is signed by all of the Managers then serving on the Board. Any consent or approval of the Board required or permitted by this Agreement to be written may also be made by the use of electronic transmission.
(f) Except as otherwise required by the Act, no current or former Member or any current or former Manager of the Company or Officer shall be obligated personally for any Liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member or manager of the Company, or, with respect to an Officer, acting in his or her capacity as an Officer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, 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 LLC Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Managers or the Members for liabilities of the Company.
(g) To the extent that, at Law or in equity, any Subsidiary of the Company or any manager, director (or equivalent), officer, employee or agent of any Subsidiary of the Company has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to a Member or to any Person who acquires Units, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby limited solely to those expressly set forth in this LLC Agreement (if any), to the fullest extent permitted by Law. The limitation of duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, each Member and any Person who acquires Units set forth in the preceding sentence is approved by the Company, each Member and any Person who acquires Units.
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Section 7.2 Election of Board. Following the LLCA Effective Time, the Board shall be elected annually by the Members in accordance with this Section 7.2, and the Managers so elected to the Board shall serve as the Managers until a successor has been duly elected to the Board in accordance with this Section 7.2. Not more than one year after the later of (a) the LLCA Effective Time and (b) the last meeting of the Members or action by written consent of the Members at which or pursuant to which the Managers were elected in accordance with this Section 7.2, the Board at such time (or the Members if the Board shall fail to take such action) shall either (i) call and hold a meeting of the Members for purposes of electing the Managers or (ii) seek written consents from the requisite Members to elect the Managers pursuant to Section 8.2(d). A Person shall be elected as a Manager if the election of such Manager is approved by Members holding a majority of the outstanding Common Units by vote at a meeting held for such purpose or by action by written consent; provided, however, that if the Person so elected as a Manager was not a Manager immediately prior to such election, such election shall not be effective, and such Person shall not become a Manager, unless and until such Person has executed and delivered to the Company the written agreement of such Person to be bound by the terms of this LLC Agreement applicable to the Managers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managers serving immediately prior to such election or to the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Common Units. Each Member hereby irrevocably agrees, in connection with each such meeting of the Members or written consent contemplated by this Section 7.2, to vote for such Managers as follows: (i) with respect to the PubCo Managers (as determined pursuant to Section 7.1(b)), as designated by PubCo prior to such meeting or written consent and (ii) with respect to the Non-PubCo Managers (as determined pursuant to Section 7.1(b)), the applicable number of the Non-PubCo Managers as designated by the holders of a majority of the Units then outstanding held by Members other than PubCo and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.
Section 7.3 Resignation or Removal of Managers; Vacancy. A Manager may resign as a Manager at any time and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Members entitled to designate such Manager(s) pursuant to Section 7.1(b). Any vacancy on the Board may be filled by PubCo until the next annual meeting or vote of the Members contemplated by Section 8.2.
Section 7.4 Role of Officers.
(a) The Board may appoint, employ or otherwise contract with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Company or the performance of services for or on behalf of the Company, and the Board may delegate to any such Persons such authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Board may from time to time deem appropriate.
(b) The Officers of the Company as of the LLCA Effective Time are set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto.
(c) The Board shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer who will be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Chief Executive Officer will report to the Board and have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation organized under the DGCL, subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement and as may be prescribed by the Board, and will have such other powers and duties as may be reasonably prescribed by the Board or set forth in this
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LLC Agreement. The Chief Executive Officer will have the power to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Company, except where required or permitted by Law to be otherwise signed and executed, and except where the signing and execution thereof is delegated by the Board to some other Officer or agent of the Company.
(d) Except as set forth in this LLC Agreement, the Board may appoint Officers at any time, and the Officers may include, in addition to the Chief Executive Officer, a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, one or more assistant secretaries, a chief financial officer, a general counsel, a treasurer, one or more assistant treasurers, a chief operating officer, an executive chairman, and any other officers that the Board deems appropriate. Except as set forth in this LLC Agreement, the Officers will serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to all rights, if any, of such Officer under any contract of employment. Any individual may hold any number of offices, and an Officer may, but need not, be a Member of the Company. The Officers will exercise such powers and perform such duties as specified in this LLC Agreement or as reasonably determined from time to time by the Board.
(e) Subject to this LLC Agreement and to the rights, if any, of an Officer under a contract of employment, any Officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board. Any Officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board. Any resignation will take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation will not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the Officer is a party. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause will be filled in the manner prescribed in this LLC Agreement for regular appointments to that office.
Section 7.5 Warranted Reliance by Officers on Others. In exercising their authority and performing their duties under this LLC Agreement, the Officers shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements of the following Persons or groups unless they have actual knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted:
(a) one or more employees or other agents of the Company or its Subsidiaries whom the Officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; and
(b) any attorney, public accountant, or other Person as to matters which the Officer reasonably believes to be within such Persons professional or expert competence.
Section 7.6 Indemnification.
(a) Right to Indemnification. Each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise subject to or involved in any Action, by reason of the fact that he, she or it is or was a Member or Manager, is or was serving as the Company Representative (including any designated individual) or the Continuing Member Representative or an officer, manager or director (or equivalent) or, at the discretion of the Board, any employee or agent, of PubCo, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or is or was an officer, manager or director (or equivalent) or, at the discretion of the Board, any employee or agent, of PubCo, the Company or
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any of its Subsidiaries serving at the request of the Board or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an officer, manager or director (or equivalent) or, at the discretion of the Board, any employee or agent, of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other entity or which relates to or arises out of the property, business or affairs of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an Indemnitee), whether the basis of such Action is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as an officer, manager, director, employee or agent, shall be indemnified by the Company against all expense, Liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith (Indemnifiable Losses); provided, however, that, such Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification if such Indemnitees conduct constituted fraud or a knowing violation of Law; provided, further, however, except as provided in Section 7.6(d) with respect to Actions to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify any such Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 7.6 in connection with an Action (or part thereof but excluding any compulsory counterclaim) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such Action (or part thereof but excluding any compulsory counterclaim) was authorized by the Board.
(b) Right to Advancement of Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.6(a) shall include the right to advancement by the Company of any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in participating in or defending any such Action in advance of its final disposition (an Advancement of Expenses); provided, however, that an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee shall be made pursuant to this Section 7.6(b) only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking (an Undertaking), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay, without interest, all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a Final Adjudication) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 7.6(b). An Indemnitees right to an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to this Section 7.6(b) is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct and is not conditioned upon any prior determination that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Section 7.6(a) with respect to the related Action or the absence of any prior determination to the contrary.
(c) Contract Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Section 7.6 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, manager, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitees heirs, estate, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The rights to indemnification and to Advancement of Expenses conferred in this LLC Agreement shall not be eliminated or impaired by the amendment or repeal of this Section 7.6, nor the adoption of any provision of this LLC Agreement inconsistent with this Section 7.6, after the occurrence of the conduct that is the subject of the Action for which indemnification or Advancement of Expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such conduct explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such conduct has occurred.
(d) Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Sections 7.6(a) or (b) is not paid in full by the Company within sixty (60) calendar days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) calendar days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter
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bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification under this LLC Agreement (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses, without interest, upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in this LLC Agreement or the Act. Neither the failure of the Company (including the Board or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Act, nor an actual determination by the Company (including the Board or independent legal counsel) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses under this LLC Agreement, or brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses under this LLC Agreement pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, shall be on the Company.
(e) Appearance as a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7.6, the Company shall pay or reimburse out of pocket expenses incurred by any Person entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 7.6 in connection with such Persons appearance as a witness or other participation in an Action at a time when such Person is not a named defendant or respondent in the Action.
(f) Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Section 7.6 shall not be exclusive of any other right which a Person may have or hereafter acquire under any Law, this LLC Agreement, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Nothing contained in this Section 7.6 shall limit or otherwise affect any such other right or the Companys power to confer any such other right.
(g) No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 7.6 to make any payment to an Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnifiable Losses to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (net of any expenses incurred in connection therewith and any repayment by the Indemnitee made with respect thereto) under any insurance policy or from any other source in respect of such Indemnifiable Losses.
(h) Maintenance of Insurance. The Company or PubCo shall maintain directors and officers insurance from a financially sound and reputable insurer (at a minimum, in such amounts as are standard in the industry) to protect managers, directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries against Indemnifiable Losses of such Indemnitee, whether or not the Company has the authority to indemnify such Indemnitee against such Indemnifiable Losses under this Section 7.6, in each case to the extent available under the directors and officers insurance policy of PubCo.
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Section 7.7 Reclassification Events of PubCo. If a Reclassification Event occurs, the Board shall, as and to the extent necessary, amend this LLC Agreement in compliance with Section 12.1, and cause the Company to enter into any necessary supplementary or additional agreements, to ensure that, following the effective date of the Reclassification Event: (a) the exchange rights of holders of Units set forth in Section 4.6 provide that each Common Unit (together with the surrender and delivery of one (1) share of Class V Common Stock) is exchangeable for the same amount and same type of property, securities or cash (or combination thereof) that one (1) share of Class A Common Stock becomes exchangeable for or converted into as a result of the Reclassification Event and (b) PubCo or the successor to PubCo as a result of such Reclassification Event, as applicable, is obligated to deliver such property, securities or cash upon such exchange. PubCo shall not consummate or agree to consummate any Reclassification Event unless the successor Person as a result of such Reclassification Event, if any, becomes obligated to comply with the obligations of PubCo (in whatever capacity) under this LLC Agreement.
Section 7.8 Transactions between Company and PubCo. The Board may cause the Company to contract and deal with PubCo, or any Affiliate of PubCo; provided 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 arms length or are approved by the Members or are otherwise approved by the Disinterested Majority of the Board and the PubCo Board.
Section 7.9 Certain Costs and Expenses. No Manager shall be compensated for his or her services as a Manager of the Company. The Company shall (a) pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals and the compensation of all personnel providing services to the Company) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of the Company and (b) upon the good faith determination of the Board, reimburse each Manager for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by such Manager in connection with serving as a Manager. To the extent that the Board determines in good faith that such expenses are related to the business and affairs of PubCo that are conducted through the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (including expenses that relate to the business and affairs of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities of PubCo), the Board shall cause the Company to pay or bear such expenses of such Manager, including costs of securities offerings not borne directly by Members, PubCo Board compensation and meeting costs, costs of periodic reports to PubCos stockholders, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs; provided that, subject to Section 6.2, the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations owed by PubCo or the cost of any Tax Benefit Payment (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) or any amounts owed by PubCo under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
ROLE OF MEMBERS
Section 8.1 Rights or Powers. The Members, acting in their capacity as Members, shall not have any right or power to take part in the operation, management or control of the Company or its business and affairs, transact any business in the Companys name or to act for or bind the Company in any way and shall not have any voting rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Members have all the rights and powers set forth in this LLC Agreement and, to the extent not inconsistent with this LLC Agreement, in the Act. Any Member, its Affiliates and its and their employees, managers, owners, agents, directors and officers may also be an employee or be retained as an agent of the Company. Nothing in this Article VIII shall in any way limit any Members rights pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Section 8.2 Voting.
(a) Meetings of the Members may be called upon the written request of the Board or Members holding at least 50% of the outstanding Units. Such request shall state the location of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting. Written notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Members not less than two Business Days and not more than 30 days prior to the date of such meeting. Members may vote in person, by proxy or by telephone at any meeting of the Members and may waive advance notice of such meeting. Whenever the vote or consent of Members is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of the Members or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section 8.2. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Units shall constitute the act of the Members.
(b) Each Member may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which such Member is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by such Member or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.
(c) Each meeting of Members shall be conducted by the Board or such individual Person as the Board deems appropriate.
(d) Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members may be taken without a meeting if the requisite Members whose approval is necessary consent thereto in writing (including the election of the Managers pursuant to Section 7.2). Any consent or approval of the Members required or permitted by this Agreement to be written may also be made by the use of electronic transmission.
Section 8.3 Various Capacities. The Members acknowledge and agree that the Members or their Affiliates will from time to time act in various capacities, including as a Member or, in the case of PubCo, the Company Representative, or, in the case of Brent Handler or an Affiliate thereof, the Continuing Member Representative.
Section 8.4 Investment Opportunities.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to (i) any Member (other than Members
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who are managers, directors, officers or employees of the Company, PubCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in which case solely acting in their capacity as such), (ii) any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (iii) any of the respective officers, agents, shareholders, members, and partners of any of the foregoing, including any such Person acting as a director of PubCo at the request of such Member (each, a Business Opportunities Exempt Party). The Company and each of the Members, on its own behalf and on behalf of their respective Affiliates and equityholders, hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any Business Opportunities Exempt Party and irrevocably waives any right to require any Business Opportunity Exempt Party to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 8.4. No Business Opportunities Exempt Party who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company and none of PubCo, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or equityholders will acquire or be entitled to any interest or participation in any such transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter or opportunity as a result of participation therein by a Business Opportunity Exempt Party. This Section 8.4 shall not apply to, and no interest or expectancy of the Company is renounced with respect to, any opportunity offered to any director or officer of PubCo if such opportunity is expressly offered or presented to, or acquired or developed by, such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of PubCo.
(b) No amendment or repeal of this Section 8.4 shall apply to or have any effect on the Liability or alleged Liability of any Business Opportunities Exempt Party for or with respect to any opportunities of which any such Person becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any Units shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 8.4. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Section 8.4, nor the adoption of any provision of this LLC Agreement inconsistent with this Section 8.4, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 8.4 in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of Action that, but for this Section 8.4, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement or in any agreement contemplated herein or applicable provisions of Law or equity or otherwise, no action or inaction taken by any Business Opportunities Exempt Party in a manner consistent with this Section 8.4 shall be deemed to be a violation of any fiduciary or other duty owed to any Person.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS OF UNITS
Section 9.1 Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) No Member shall Transfer any interest in all or any portion of its Units, except Transfers (i) that constitute a Permitted Transfer, (ii) approved in writing by the Board, in the case of Transfers by any Member other than PubCo, (iii) in the case of Transfers by PubCo or any successor to PubCo in its capacity as a Member, to any member of the Affiliated Group of Pubco or (iv) in the case of transfers by any such member of such Affiliated Group, to any other member
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of such Affiliated Group. 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 deemed sale of assets by, or a deemed 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 Units of such trust that is a Member). If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.1(a), all or any portion of a Members Units are Transferred by such Member in violation of this Section 9.1(a), involuntarily, by operation of Law or otherwise, then without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the other Parties under this LLC Agreement, the Transferee of such Units (or portion thereof) shall not be admitted to the Company as a Member nor be entitled to any rights as a Member under this LLC Agreement, and the Transferor will continue to be bound by all obligations under this LLC Agreement. Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Members Units in violation of this Section 9.1(a) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect whatsoever. Subject to the restrictions set forth herein, (i) no shares of Class V Common Stock may be Transferred by a Member unless an equal number of Common Units are Transferred therewith in accordance with this LLC Agreement (including in respect of those Transfers permitted by Section 9.1(b)), and (ii) no Common Units may be Transferred by a Member holding Class V Common Stock unless an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock are Transferred therewith in accordance with this LLC Agreement (including in respect of those Transfers permitted by Section 9.1(b)).
(b) The restrictions contained in Section 9.1(a) shall not apply to any Transfer (each, a Permitted Transfer): (i) in connection with an Exchange made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.6, (ii) by a Member to PubCo or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (iii) by a Member to any of such Members Permitted Transferees; provided, however, if a Transfer pursuant to clause (iii) would result in a Change of Control, such Member must provide the Company with written notice of such Transfer at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the consummation of such Transfer, (iv) pursuant to the Laws of descent and distribution, (v) any Transfer as shall be necessary to effectuate the Blocker Mergers (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or (vi) as a pledge of Common Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class V Common Stock) as security or collateral in connection with any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by a Member; provided, however, that such borrowing or incurrence of indebtedness is part of a bona fide margin agreement in connection with the purchase of shares of the Class A Common Stock in the PIPE Investment (as referenced in the Business Combination Agreement); provided further, that the restrictions contained in this LLC Agreement will continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units and, in the case of the foregoing clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), the Transferees of the Units so Transferred shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this LLC Agreement. In the case of a Permitted Transfer of any Common Units by a Continuing Member, such Transferring Member shall be required to Transfer an equal number of shares of Class V Common Stock corresponding to the number of such Members Common Units that were Transferred in the transaction to such Transferee. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 9.1(c).
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(c) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Article IX, in no event may any Transfer or assignment of Units by any Member be made (i) to any Person who is not legally competent, who has not achieved his or her majority of age under applicable Law (excluding trusts for the benefit of minors), or who otherwise lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own Units; (ii) if such Transfer would (A) be considered to be effected on or through an established securities market or a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, (B) if the Company has one hundred (100) or fewer partners immediately prior to such Transfer, cause the number of partners to exceed one hundred (100), in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h) (determined taking into account the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3)), or, if the number of partners exceeds one hundred (100) immediately 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, (C) cause the Company to be treated as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or successor provision of the Code or to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation pursuant to the Code, or (D) cause the Company to have a withholding obligation under Section 1446(f) of the Code; (iii) if such Transfer would cause the Company to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a party-in-interest (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA) or a disqualified person (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code); (iv) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, cause any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise cause the Company to be subject to regulation under ERISA; (v) if such Transfer would result in the violation of the Securities Act, or any other applicable federal, state or foreign Laws, including if such Transfer requires the registration of any equity securities issued upon any exchange of such Units, pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities Laws, and no registration statement covering such securities is then in effect; or (vi) if such Transfer subjects the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 or causes an assignment thereunder. Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Members Units in violation of this Section 9.1(c) shall be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect whatsoever.
Section 9.2 Notice of Transfer. Other than in connection with Transfers made pursuant to Section 4.6, each Member shall, after complying with the provisions of this LLC Agreement, but prior to any Transfer of Units, give written notice to the Company and the other Members of such proposed Transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the Transfer and include a representation from the Transferring Member that such Transfer was made in accordance with applicable securities Laws.
Section 9.3 Transferee Members. A Transferee of Units pursuant to this Article IX shall be admitted as a Member only if (a) the requirements of this Article IX are met, (b) such Transferee executes a joinder in the form attached to this LLC Agreement as Exhibit D, and (c) if such Transferee or his or her spouse is a resident of a community property jurisdiction, then such Transferees spouse shall also execute an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Board agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this LLC Agreement to the extent of his or her community property or quasi-community property interest, if any, in such Members Units. Unless agreed to in writing by the Board, the admission of a Member shall not result in the release of the Transferor from any Liability as of the date of transfer that the Transferor may have to each
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remaining Member or to the Company under this LLC Agreement or any other contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Transferor, on the other hand. Written notice of the admission of a Member shall be sent promptly by the Company to each remaining Member.
Section 9.4 Legend. The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this LLC Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available. Each certificate representing a Unit, if any, will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT. THE TRANSFER AND VOTING OF THESE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF INSPIRATO LLC, DATED AS OF February 11 , 2022, AMONG THE MEMBERS LISTED THEREIN, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND/OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH AGREEMENT (COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY MEMBER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR), AND NO TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES WILL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED.
Section 9.5 Transfer. Prior to Transferring any Units, the Transferring holder of Units shall cause the prospective Permitted Transferee to be bound by this LLC 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 LLC Agreement and any applicable Other Agreements.
Section 9.6 Assignees Rights.
(a) The Transfer of Units in accordance with this LLC 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 Board. 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 this ARTICLE IX, the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under
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applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this LLC Agreement; provided, however, that, without relieving the Transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 9.7, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein by which a Member would be bound on account of the Assignees ownership of Units (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such ownership).
Section 9.7 Assignors Rights and Obligations.
Any Member who shall Transfer any Units in a manner in accordance with this LLC Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in this Section 9.7, duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Section 7.6 shall continue to inure to such Persons benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Member in accordance with the provisions of this ARTICLE IX (the Admission Date), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units, and (ii) the Board may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Units that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the 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.
ARTICLE X
ACCOUNTING
Section 10.1 Books of Account. The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain true books and records of account in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and shall set aside on its books all such proper accruals and reserves as shall be required under GAAP.
Section 10.2 Tax Elections. The Board shall cause the Company and any eligible Subsidiary to make an election (or continue a previously made election) pursuant to Section 754 of the Code (and any analogous provision of any applicable state, local or non-U.S. Law) for the Taxable Year that includes the date hereof and for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs, and shall not thereafter revoke any such election. Except as otherwise provided herein and in the Business Combination Agreement, the Board shall determine whether to make any other available election pursuant to the Code.
Section 10.3 Tax Returns; Information.
(a) The Board shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all income and other tax and informational returns of the Company. The Company shall prepare and deliver (or cause
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to be prepared and delivered) to each Person who was a Member at any time during the relevant quarter of the relevant Taxable Year an estimated K-1, including reasonable quarterly estimates of such Members state tax apportionment information and the allocations to such Member of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions or credits for such Taxable Year for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax reporting purposes at least ten (10) days prior to the individual or corporate quarterly estimate payment deadline for U.S. federal income taxes for calendar year filers (whichever is earlier). As promptly as reasonably practicable following the end of each Taxable Year, the Company shall prepare and deliver (or cause to be prepared and delivered) to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Taxable Year (i) an estimated IRS Schedule K-1 (and any similar form prescribed for applicable state and local income tax purposes) or similar documents with such information of the Company and all relevant information regarding the Company reasonably necessary for the Members to estimate their taxable income for such Taxable Year, and (ii) in no event later than forty-five (45) days prior to the individual or corporate filing deadline (with extensions) for U.S. federal income taxes for calendar year filers (whichever is earlier), a final IRS Schedule K-1 (and any similar form prescribed for applicable state and local income tax purposes) and all relevant information regarding the Company reasonably necessary for the Members to file their tax returns on a timely basis (including extensions) for such Taxable Year. Each Member and former Member shall furnish to the Company all pertinent information in its possession that is reasonably necessary to enable the Companys tax returns to be prepared and filed. Each Member further agrees (including with respect to the Taxable Year that such Member becomes a former Member) that such Member shall notify the Company and consult with the Company regarding a position on its tax return in the event such Member intends to file its tax returns in a manner that is inconsistent with the Schedule K-1 or other statements furnished by the Company to such Member for purposes of preparing tax returns.
(b) In addition to each Members rights to information pursuant to and in accordance with Section 18-305 of the Act, each Member shall be entitled to examine, either directly or through its representatives, 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 Board shall reasonably approve during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Members interest as a Member of the Company with the information to which such Member shall be entitled about the Company or any of its Subsidiaries being the same information to which a stockholder of a Delaware corporation would have with respect to such corporation; provided that, in any event, the Board has a right to keep confidential from the Members certain information in accordance with Section 18-305 of the Act.
Section 10.4 Company Representative.
(a) PubCo is hereby designated as the Company Representative. In addition, PubCo is hereby authorized to designate or remove any other Person selected by PubCo as the Company Representative; provided that all actions taken by the Company Representative pursuant to this Section 10.4 shall be subject to the overall oversight and authority of the PubCo Board. For each Taxable Year in which the Company Representative is an entity, the Company shall appoint the designated individual identified by the Company Representative and approved by the PubCo Board to act on its behalf in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations or analogous provisions of state or local Law. Each Member hereby expressly consents to such designations and agrees to take, and that the Board and PubCo Board are authorized to take (or cause the
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Company and PubCo to take), such other actions as may be necessary or advisable pursuant to Treasury Regulations or other Internal Revenue Service or Treasury guidance or state or local Law to cause such designations or evidence such Members consent to such designations, including removing any Person designated as the Company Representative (including any designated individual) prior to the date of this LLC Agreement.
(b) Subject to this Section 10.4 and Section 10.1 of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company Representative shall have the sole authority to act on behalf of the Company in connection with, make all relevant decisions regarding application of, and to exercise the rights and powers provided for in the BBA Rules, including making any elections under the BBA Rules or any decisions to settle, compromise, challenge, litigate or otherwise alter the defense of any Action, audit or examination before the Internal Revenue Service or any other tax authority (each an Audit), and to reasonably expend Company funds for professional services and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.4(d), the Company Representative will have sole discretion to determine whether the Company (either on its own behalf or on behalf of the Members) will contest or continue to contest any tax deficiencies assessed or proposed to be assessed by any tax authority.
(c) Subject to Section 10.1(h) of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company Representative is authorized, to the extent permissible under applicable Law, to cause the Company to pay any imputed underpayment of taxes and any related interest, penalties and additions to tax determined in accordance with Code Section 6225 that may from time to time be required to be made under Code Section 6232 and to pay any similar amounts arising under state, local, or foreign tax Laws (together, Imputed Tax Underpayments). Imputed Tax Underpayments also shall include any imputed underpayment within the meaning of Code Section 6225 (any similar amounts arising under state, local, or foreign tax Laws) paid (or payable) by any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which the Company holds (or has held) a direct or indirect interest other than through entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent that the Company bears the economic burden of such amounts, whether by Law or contract. To the extent permissible under applicable Law, the Company Representative may cause the Company to allocate the amount of any Imputed Tax Underpayment among the Members (including any former Members) in an equitable manner, taking into account, among other factors, the magnitude of the Imputed Tax Underpayment, the nature of the tax items that are the subject of the adjustment giving rise to the Imputed Tax Underpayment, the classification of the Members for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Persons who received (and the proportions in which they received) the benefits of the activities that gave rise to that Imputed Tax Underpayment. To the extent that the Company Representative elects to cause the Company to pay an Imputed Tax Underpayment, the Company Representative shall use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue available procedures under applicable Law to reduce such Imputed Tax Underpayment on account of its Members (or any of the Members direct or indirect beneficial owners) tax status, with any corresponding reduction being credited to the applicable Member for purposes of allocating such Imputed Tax Underpayment among the relevant Members or former Members to the extent relevant.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.4, the Company Representative shall timely make, or cause to be timely made, the election provided for in Section 6226 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Laws) (a Push-Out
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Election) with respect to any Audit of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) for which a Push-Out Election is available. In any case in which the Company Representative causes the Company to make a Push-Out Election, each Member who was a Member of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the reviewed year (within the meaning of Code Section 6225(d)(1) or similar concept under applicable state, local, or non-U.S. Law), shall take any adjustment to income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or otherwise (as determined in the notice of final partnership adjustment or similar concept under applicable state, local, or non-U.S. Law) into account as provided for in Code Section 6226(b) (or similar concept under applicable state, local, or non-U.S. Law).
(e) Promptly following the written request of the Company Representative, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, reimburse and indemnify the Company Representative (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any designated individual) for all reasonable expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, claims, liabilities, losses and damages incurred by the Company Representative in connection with the exercise of its rights and fulfillment of its duties under this Section 10.4. Nothing in this LLC Agreement will be construed to restrict the Company or the Company Representative from engaging an accounting firm or legal counsel to assist the Company Representative in discharging its duties under this LLC Agreement.
(f) Each Member agrees to cooperate in good faith with the Company Representative and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company Representative with respect to this Section 10.4, including timely providing any information reasonably necessary or advisable for the Company Representative to comply with its obligations under Section 10.4(c), that is or are reasonably necessary or advisable to reduce the amount of any tax, interest, penalties or similar amounts the cost of which is (or would otherwise be) borne by the Company (directly or indirectly) or to make any election permitted by this LLC Agreement and the Code or other relevant tax Law unless such Member is restricted from providing such information under any applicable Law or contract. Each Member acknowledges that any action taken by the Company Representative in its capacity as such may be binding upon such Members and that such Member shall not independently act with respect to Audits affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, no provision of this LLC Agreement shall require, or give any Person the right to require, PubCo or the Continuing Members to file any amended tax return.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, in the event of any conflict between Section 10.1 of the Business Combination Agreement and this LLC Agreement, Section 10.1 of the Business Combination Agreement shall control. The Company, the Company Representative, PubCo, and the Members hereby acknowledge and agree to the foregoing sentence and expressly agree to be bound by the terms of Section 10.1 of the Business Combination Agreement, including that with respect to any Audit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any taxable period ending before or including the date of the Effective Time and for which a Push-Out Election is available, all such available elections shall be made in accordance with applicable Laws.
(h) This Section 10.4 shall be interpreted to apply to Members and former Members and shall survive the Transfer of a Members Units and the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company and, for this purpose to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence.
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Section 10.5 Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations.
(a) If the Company or any other Person in which the Company holds an interest is required by Law to withhold or to make tax payments on behalf of or with respect to any Member, or the Company is subjected to tax itself (including any amounts withheld from amounts directly or indirectly payable to the Company or to any other Person in which the Company holds an interest) by reason of the status of any Member as such or that is specifically attributable to a Member (including federal, state, local or foreign withholding, personal property, unincorporated business or other taxes, the amount of any Imputed Tax Underpayments allocated to a Member in accordance with Section 10.4, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, and expenses related to any such amounts) (Tax Advances), the Company may withhold such amounts and make such tax payments as so required, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company to do so. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Member shall be repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding Tax Distribution or Tax Distributions and, if applicable, the proceeds of liquidation that would otherwise have been made to such Member under this LLC Agreement; provided, that if a Tax Advance is made on behalf of a former Member, then such former Member shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company for the entire amount of such Tax Advance. For all purposes of this LLC Agreement, such Member shall be treated as having received the amount of the distribution, if applicable, that is equal to the Tax Advance at the time of such Tax Advance and (if applicable) as having paid such Tax Advance to the relevant taxing jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Tax Advances for any period made on behalf of a Member exceeds the actual Tax Distributions that would have otherwise been made to such Member during the fifteen (15) months following such Tax Advances, then such Member shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company for the entire amount of such excess (which has not offset Tax Distributions pursuant to this Section 10.5); provided, that such indemnification obligation shall be the several obligation of such Member and shall not be treated as Capital Contributions. For the avoidance of doubt, any income taxes, penalties, additions to tax and interest payable by the Company or any fiscally transparent entity in which the Company owns an interest shall be treated as specifically attributable to the Members and shall be allocated among the Members such that the burden of (or any diminution in distributable proceeds resulting from) any such amounts is borne by those Members to whom such amounts are specifically attributable (whether as a result of their status, actions, inactions or otherwise, including pursuant to an allocation made under Section 10.4(c)), in each case as reasonably determined by the Board.
(b) This Section 10.5 shall be interpreted to apply to Members and former Members and shall survive the Transfer of a Members Units and the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company and, for this purpose, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence.
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ARTICLE XI
DISSOLUTION
Section 11.1 Liquidating Events. The Company shall dissolve and commence winding up and liquidating upon the first to occur of the following (each, a Liquidating Event):
(a) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(b) the determination of the Board with the consent of PubCo, and with the consent of the Continuing Member Representative for so long as the Continuing Members hold Common Units;
(c) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining Member of the Company or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining Member in the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner permitted by this LLC Agreement or the Act; and
(d) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.
The Members hereby agree that the Company shall not dissolve prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event. In the event of a dissolution pursuant to Section 11.1, the relative economic rights of each class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 11.3 in connection with such dissolution, subject to compliance with applicable Laws, unless, with respect to any class of Units, (x) for so long as the Continuing Members hold Common Units, the Continuing Member Representative and (y) holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Units of such class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above. The bankruptcy (within the meaning of the Act) of a Member will not cause such Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.
Section 11.2 Bankruptcy. For purposes of this LLC Agreement, the bankruptcy of a Member shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (a) (i) any Governmental Entity shall take possession of any substantial part of the property of that Member or shall assume control over the affairs or operations thereof, or (ii) a receiver or trustee shall be appointed, or a writ, order, attachment or garnishment shall be issued with respect to any substantial part thereof, and such possession, assumption of control, appointment, writ or order shall continue for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days, (b) a Member shall (i) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts when due, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) apply for or consent to the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar officer or for all or any substantial part of its property or (iii) institute (by petition, application, answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debts, dissolution, liquidation, or similar proceeding under the Laws of any jurisdiction or (c) a receiver, trustee or similar officer shall be appointed for such Member or with respect to all or any substantial part of its property without the application or consent of that Member, and such appointment shall continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceedings shall be instituted (by petition, application or otherwise) against that Member and shall remain undismissed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days.
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Section 11.3 Procedure.
(a) In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the Board or any Person designated by the Board (in such capacity, the Liquidator) shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Company and, subject to Section 11.4(a), the Board or the Liquidator, as applicable, shall have full right to determine in good faith the time, manner and terms of any sale or sales of the property or other assets pursuant to such liquidation, having due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. The Members shall continue to share Profits and Losses during the period of liquidation in the same manner and proportion as immediately prior to the Liquidating Event. The Company shall engage in no further business except as may be necessary to preserve the value of the Companys assets during the period of winding up and liquidation.
(b) Following the allocation of all Profits and Losses as provided in Article V, the net proceeds of the liquidation and any other funds of the Company shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
(i) First, to the payment and discharge of all expenses of liquidation and discharge of all of the Companys Liabilities to creditors (whether third parties or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Members) to set up such cash reserves which the Board or the Liquidator reasonably deems necessary for contingent, conditional or unmatured Liabilities or future payments described in this Section 11.3(b) (which reserves when they become unnecessary shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of clause (ii), below), in the order of priority as provided by Law, except any obligations to the Members in respect of their Capital Accounts or liabilities under 18-601 or 18-604 of the Act; and
(ii) Second, the balance to the Members in accordance with Section 6.1(a).
(c) Except as provided in Section 11.4(b), no Member shall have any right to demand or receive property other than cash upon dissolution and termination of the Company.
(d) Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Company and the distribution of all Company funds, the Company shall terminate and the Liquidator or any Officer shall have the authority to execute and record a certificate of cancellation of the Company, as well as any and all other documents required to effectuate the termination of the Company.
(e) Prior to the distribution of the proceeds of the liquidation and any other funds of the Company in liquidation, a proper accounting shall be made from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of dissolution, and a final allocation of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit in accordance with Article V shall be made in such a manner that, immediately before distribution of assets pursuant to Section 11.3(b)(ii), the positive balance of the Capital Account of each Member shall, to the greatest extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would so be distributed to such Member (and any non-cash assets to be distributed will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating hypothetical gain or loss (if any), which resulting hypothetical gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members Capital Accounts in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) and other applicable provisions of the Code and this LLC Agreement).
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Section 11.4 Rights of Members.
(a) Each Member irrevocably waives any right that it may have to maintain an action for partition with respect to the property of the Company.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, (i) each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of its Capital Contributions, and (ii) no Member shall have priority over any other Member as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations. The right to a return of Capital Contributions shall be solely to the extent set forth in this LLC Agreement.
Section 11.5 Notices of Dissolution. In the event a Liquidating Event occurs, the Company shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, (a) provide written notice thereof to each of the Members and to all other parties with whom the Company regularly conducts business (as reasonably determined by the Board), and (b) comply, in a timely manner, with all filing and notice requirements under the Act or any other applicable Law.
Section 11.6 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 in order to minimize any losses that might otherwise result from such winding up.
Section 11.7 No Deficit Restoration. No Member shall be personally liable for a deficit Capital Account balance of that Member, it being expressly understood that the distribution of liquidation proceeds shall be made solely from existing Company assets.
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL
Section 12.1 Amendments; Waivers.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, the terms and provisions of this LLC Agreement may be altered, modified or amended (including by means of merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Company is a party) only with the approval of the Board and PubCo; provided, that no alteration, modification or amendment shall be effective until written notice has been provided to the Members, and, for the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Effective Time, any Member shall have the right to file an Exchange Notice prior to the effectiveness of such alteration, modification or amendment with respect to all of such Members remaining Common Units; provided, further, that no amendment to this LLC Agreement may (w) disproportionately and adversely affect a Member or remove a right or privilege granted to a Member, without such Members prior written consent (provided that the creation or issuance of any new Unit or Equity Security of the Company permitted pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.3 and any amendments or modifications to this LLC Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect such creation or issuance shall not be deemed to disproportionately and adversely affect a Member or remove a right or privilege specifically granted to a Member in any event); or (x) modify the limited liability of any Member, or increase the Liabilities of any
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Member, in each case, without the prior written consent of each such affected Member; or (y) alter or change any rights, preferences or privileges of any Units in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other Units in the same class of Units, without the prior written consent of each such affected Member; or (z) modify the requirement that any action, election, decision or determination that is required to be approved or made by the Disinterested Majority of the PubCo Board (including in respect of Section 4.6) be so approved or made by the Disinterested Majority of the PubCo Board, without the prior written approval of the Disinterested Majority serving on the PubCo Board at such time as such modification is proposed to be made.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), from and after the Effective Time, any Officer, acting alone, may amend this LLC Agreement, including Exhibit A, (i) to reflect the admission of new Members, Transfers of Units, the issuance of additional Units, in each case in accordance with the terms of this LLC Agreement, and, subject to Section 12.1(a), subdivisions or combinations of Units made in accordance with Section 4.1(h) and (ii) as necessary as determined by the Board, and solely to the extent necessary, based on the reasonable written advice of legal counsel or a qualified tax advisor (including any nationally recognized accounting firm) to the Company, to avoid the Company being classified as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code.
(c) No waiver of any provision or default under, nor consent to any exception to, the terms of this LLC Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Party to be bound and then only to the specific purpose, extent and instance so provided.
Section 12.2 Further Assurances. Each Party agrees that it will from time to time, upon the reasonable request of another Party, execute such documents and instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions of this LLC Agreement. The consummation of Transfers, Exchanges and issuances of Equity Securities pursuant to this LLC Agreement shall be subject to, and conditioned on, the completion of any required regulatory filings with any applicable Governmental Entity (or the termination or expiration of any waiting period in connection therewith), including the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, to the extent required in connection with such Transfer, Exchange or issuance. The Members shall reasonably cooperate in connection with any such filing.
Section 12.3 Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this LLC Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, but shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of any Member only to the extent that they are permitted successors and assigns pursuant to the terms of this LLC Agreement. No Party may assign its rights under this LLC Agreement except as permitted pursuant to this LLC Agreement, including assignment of such rights to a Permitted Transferee and a Transferee of Units pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9.3.
Section 12.4 Entire Agreement. This LLC Agreement, together with all Exhibits and Schedules to this LLC Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, and all other Ancillary Agreements (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement), constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and discussions, whether
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oral or written, relating to such subject matter in any way and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with such subject matter except as set forth in this LLC Agreement and therein.
Section 12.5 Rights of Members Independent. The rights available to the Members under this LLC Agreement and at Law shall be deemed to be several and not dependent on each other and each such right accordingly shall be construed as complete in itself and not by reference to any other such right. Any one or more and/or any combination of such rights may be exercised by a Member and/or the Company from time to time and no such exercise shall exhaust the rights or preclude another Member from exercising any one or more of such rights or combination thereof from time to time thereafter or simultaneously.
Section 12.6 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction. The Law of the State of Delaware shall govern (a) all Actions, claims or matters related to or arising from this LLC Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability of this LLC Agreement, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this LLC Agreement, in each case 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 Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. EACH PARTY TO THIS LLC AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS LLC AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS LLC AGREEMENT AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER THIS LLC AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. Each of the Parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any other State court in Delaware having jurisdiction, in any Action arising out of or relating to this LLC Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this LLC Agreement in any other courts. Nothing in this Section 12.6, however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law or at equity. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law or at equity.
Section 12.7 Headings. The descriptive headings of the Articles, Sections and clauses of this LLC Agreement are for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this LLC Agreement.
Section 12.8 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery. This LLC Agreement and any amendment hereto or any other agreements delivered pursuant to this LLC Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts and by fax, email or other electronic
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transmission, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement. No Party shall raise the use of a fax machine or email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a fax machine or email as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each Party forever waives any such defense.
Section 12.9 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered under this LLC Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or received by email (with confirmation of transmission) prior to 5:00 p.m. eastern time on a Business Day and, if otherwise, on the next Business Day, (b) one (1) Business Day following sending by reputable overnight express courier (charges prepaid) or (c) three (3) calendar days following mailing by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this Section 12.9, notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the addresses indicated below:
If to the Company or the Managers:
Inspirato Incorporated
1544 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Legal Department
Email: legal@inspirato.com
and
Inspirato LLC
1544 Wazee Street,
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Legal Department
Email: legal@inspirato.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
Attention: Tony Jeffries and Adam Bloom
Email: tjeffries@wsgr.com and abloom@wsgr.com
and
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 3300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: Ethan Lutske
E-mail: elutske@wsgr.com
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If to any Existing Member, to the address for such Existing Member set forth on Exhibit A-1.
If to any Continuing Member, to the address for such Continuing Member set forth on Exhibit A.
Section 12.10 Representation by Counsel; Interpretation. The Parties acknowledge that each Party to this LLC Agreement has been represented by counsel in connection with this LLC Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this LLC Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of Law, or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this LLC Agreement against the Party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.
Section 12.11 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this LLC Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this LLC Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this LLC Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible.
Section 12.12 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement (or as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement with respect to expenses incurred in connection with the entry into this LLC Agreement), each Party shall bear its own expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this LLC Agreement.
Section 12.13 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Section 7.6 and Section 10.3(a), this LLC Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give any Person, other than the Parties and such permitted assigns, any legal or equitable rights under this LLC Agreement.
Section 12.14 Confidentiality. Except as required by applicable Law, each Member agrees to hold the Companys Confidential Information in confidence and shall not, unless authorized in writing by the Board, (a) disclose any Confidential Information to any third party or (b) use such information except in furtherance of the business of the Company; provided, however, that (i) each Member may disclose Confidential Information to such Members Affiliates, attorneys, accountants, consultants and other advisors who are bound by an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Confidential Information; provided such Member will be responsible for any violation by any of its Affiliates, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other advisors of the confidentiality provisions in this Section 12.14, (ii) each Member may disclose Confidential Information as required in response to any summons, subpoena or other legal requirement, provided that such Member shall promptly notify the Company in writing so the Company may seek a protective order or appropriate remedy, (iii) each Member may disclose Confidential Information to a proposed Transferee if such disclosure is reasonably required in
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connection with any proposed Transfer of Units to such Transferee pursuant to the terms of this LLC Agreement, and (iv) each Member may disclose Confidential Information to the extent necessary for such Member to prepare and file its tax returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding such tax returns from any taxing authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any taxing authority with respect to such tax returns. In addition, each of the Continuing Members that is private equity, venture capital or other investment firm or similarly regulated entity (x) may disclose Confidential Information in connection with routine supervisory audit or regulatory examinations (including by regulatory or self-regulatory bodies) to which they are subject in the course of their respective businesses without liability hereunder and (y) shall not be required to provide notice to any party in the course of any such routine supervisory audit or regulatory examination, provided that such routine audit or examination does not specifically target PubCo, any of its subsidiaries or the Confidential Information, and (z) may provide information about the subject matter of this Agreement to prospective and existing investors in connection with fund raising, marketing, informational, transactional or reporting activities. Each Member and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the certain of the Continuing Members and their respective Affiliates may currently be invested in, may invest in, or may consider investments in companies that compete either directly or indirectly with PubCo and its Subsidiaries, or operate in the same or similar business as PubCo and its Subsidiaries, and that nothing herein shall be in any way construed to prohibit or such Continuing Members or their respective Affiliates ability to maintain, make or consider such other investments; provided, however, that no Confidential Information is used or disclosed in connection with such activities.
Section 12.15 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this LLC Agreement (except in the case of the immediately succeeding sentence and Section 7.6) or any document, agreement, or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that any Party may be a partnership or limited liability company, each Party hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this LLC Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the Parties shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents, agreements, or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, general partner, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or employee of any Party (or any of their successors or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any Party (or any of their successors or permitted assignees) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the Parties (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the Parties, a Non-Party Affiliate), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such Party against the Non-Party Affiliates, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any Action, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal Liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Party Affiliate, as such, for any obligations of the applicable Party under this LLC Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this LLC Agreement, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in
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respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Non-Party Affiliate may have obligations under any documents, agreements or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or otherwise required by this LLC Agreement if such Non-Party Affiliate is party to such document, agreement or instrument. Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in, and subject in all cases to the terms and conditions of and limitations herein, this LLC Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action of any kind based upon, arising out of, or related to this LLC Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this LLC Agreement, may only be brought against the Persons that are expressly named as Parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Party. Each Non-Party Affiliate is expressly intended as a third party beneficiary of this Section 12.15.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties hereto has caused this Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANY: | ||
INSPIRATO LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Web Neghbor | |
Name: Web Neighbor | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Inspirato LLC]
Exhibit 10.4
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
among
INSPIRATO, INC.
and
THE PERSONS NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of February 11, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |||||||
SECTION 1.1 | Definitions | 2 | ||||||
Article II DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT | 12 | |||||||
SECTION 2.1 | Basis Schedule | 12 | ||||||
SECTION 2.2 | Tax Benefit Schedule | 12 | ||||||
SECTION 2.3 | Procedures, Amendments | 13 | ||||||
SECTION 2.4 | Section 754 Election | 15 | ||||||
Article III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS | 15 | |||||||
SECTION 3.1 | Payments | 15 | ||||||
SECTION 3.2 | No Duplicative Payments | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 3.3 | Pro Rata Payments | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 3.4 | Payment Ordering | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 3.5 | Overpayments | 16 | ||||||
Article IV TERMINATION | 16 | |||||||
SECTION 4.1 | Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement | 16 | ||||||
SECTION 4.2 | Early Termination Notice | 19 | ||||||
SECTION 4.3 | Payment upon Early Termination | 20 | ||||||
Article V SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS | 21 | |||||||
SECTION 5.1 | Subordination | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 5.2 | Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer | 21 | ||||||
Article VI NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION | 21 | |||||||
SECTION 6.1 | Participation in the Corporate Taxpayers and OpCos Tax Matters | 21 | ||||||
SECTION 6.2 | Consistency | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 6.3 | Cooperation | 22 | ||||||
Article VII MISCELLANEOUS | 22 | |||||||
SECTION 7.1 | Notices | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.2 | Counterparts | 22 | ||||||
SECTION 7.3 | Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries | 23 |
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SECTION 7.4 | Governing Law | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.5 | Severability | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.6 | Right of First Refusal; Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers | 23 | ||||||
SECTION 7.7 | Interpretation | 25 | ||||||
SECTION 7.8 | Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction | 26 | ||||||
SECTION 7.9 | Reconciliation | 27 | ||||||
SECTION 7.10 | Withholding | 27 | ||||||
SECTION 7.11 | Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets | 28 | ||||||
SECTION 7.12 | Confidentiality | 29 | ||||||
SECTION 7.13 | TRA Party Representative | 30 | ||||||
SECTION 7.14 | Partnership Agreement | 31 |
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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this TRA Agreement), is dated as of February 11, 2022 among Inspirato Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Corporate Taxpayer), Inspirato, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (OpCo), the TRA Parties, the TRA Party Representative, and each of the other Persons from time to time that become a party to this TRA Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the TRA Parties directly or indirectly hold Common Units in OpCo, which is classified as a partnership for United States federal income Tax purposes, or held Blocker Stock immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers;
WHEREAS, the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo, Passport Company Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (OpCo Merger Sub), the Blocker Merger Subs, the Blockers and the other parties thereto entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2021 (the Business Combination Agreement), pursuant to which, among other things (a) each Blocker merged with and into a Blocker Merger Sub (the Blocker Mergers), with the applicable Blocker Merger Sub surviving, and (b) OpCo Merger Sub merged with and into OpCo, with OpCo surviving as an entity partly owned by the Corporate Taxpayer (the Company Merger);
WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Blocker Mergers, each Blocker was taxable as a corporation for United States federal income Tax purposes;
WHEREAS, following the Company Merger, the Corporate Taxpayer is a member of OpCo and holds, directly and indirectly, Common Units that were (a) received in connection with the Blocker Mergers, each of which is intended to constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (the Reorganization), (b) received in exchange for the Corporate Taxpayers contribution of the Buyer Contribution Amount to OpCo in a transaction described under Section 721 of the Code, or (c) treated as purchased from the Company Equityholders as a result of the Company Merger in taxable transactions under Section 741 of the Code (the acquisition of the Common Units described in this clause (c), the Purchase);
WHEREAS, OpCo 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 for each Taxable Year that includes the Closing Date and for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs;
WHEREAS, each Common Unit held by a TRA Party may be Exchanged, together with the surrender and delivery by such holder of one (1) share of Class V Common Stock of the Corporate Taxpayer, for one (1) share of Class A Common Stock or, at the election of the board of managers of OpCo, for cash in accordance with and subject to the conditions and limitations in the LLC Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a result of the Closing and future Exchanges, the income, gain, loss, deduction, expense and other Tax items of the Corporate Taxpayer may be affected by the (i) Basis Adjustments; (ii) Blocker NOLs; and (iii) any deduction attributable to any payment (including amounts attributable to Imputed Interest) made under this TRA Agreement (collectively, the Tax Attributes); and
WHEREAS, the parties to this TRA Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Tax Attributes on the liability for Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth in this TRA Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. As used in this TRA Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings.
Actual Tax Liability means, with respect to any Taxable Year, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (i) the actual liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer for such Taxable Year and, if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination or Amended Schedule (including interest imposed in respect thereof under applicable law), and (ii) the product of (A) the actual amount of taxable income of the Corporate Taxpayer for U.S. federal income Tax purposes for such Taxable Year and, if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination or Amended Schedule and (B) the Blended Rate for such Taxable Year.
Affiliate of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, where control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, its capacity as a sole or managing member or otherwise, including any private equity fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person. For purposes of this TRA Agreement, no TRA Party shall be considered to be an Affiliate of the Corporate Taxpayer or OpCo.
Agreed Rate means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points.
Amended Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
Ancillary Agreements has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
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Attributable means the portion of any Tax Attribute of the Corporate Taxpayer that is attributable to a TRA Party and shall be determined by reference to the Tax Attributes, under the following principles:
(i) any Purchase Basis Adjustments shall be determined separately with respect to each TRA Party and are Attributable to each TRA Party in an amount equal to the Purchase Basis Adjustments relating to the Units Purchased from such TRA Party;
(ii) any Exchange Basis Adjustments shall be determined separately with respect to each Exchanging Member and are Attributable to each Exchanging Member in an amount equal to the total Exchange Basis Adjustments relating to such Common Units Exchanged by such Exchanging Member;
(iii) any Blocker NOLs shall be determined separately with respect to each TRA Party and are Attributable to each TRA Party in an amount equal to the Blocker NOLs relating to the Blocker Stock acquired (via merger) from such TRA Party; and
(iv) any deduction to the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to a Taxable Year in respect of any payment (including amounts attributable to Imputed Interest) made under this TRA Agreement is Attributable to the Person that is required to include the Imputed Interest or other payment in income (without regard to whether such Person is actually subject to Tax thereon).
Bankruptcy Rejection has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c)(i).
Basis Adjustment means a Purchase Basis Adjustment or an Exchange Basis Adjustment.
Basis Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Blended Rate means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the sum of the apportionment-weighted maximum effective rates of Tax imposed on the aggregate net income of the Corporate Taxpayer in each U.S. state or local jurisdiction in which the Corporate Taxpayer files Tax Returns for such Taxable Year, with the maximum effective rate in any state or local jurisdiction being equal to the product of (i) the apportionment factor on the income or franchise Corporate Taxpayer Return in such jurisdiction for such Taxable Year and (ii) the maximum applicable corporate income Tax rate in effect in such jurisdiction in such Taxable Year. As an illustration of the calculation of Blended Rate for a Taxable Year, if the Corporate Taxpayer solely files Tax Returns in State 1 and State 2 in a Taxable Year, the maximum applicable corporate income Tax rates in effect in such states in such Taxable Year are 6.5% and 5.5%, respectively, and the apportionment factors for such states in such Taxable Year are 55% and 45%, respectively, then the Blended Rate for such Taxable Year is equal to 6.05% (i.e., the sum of (a) 6.5% multiplied by 55%, plus (b) 5.5% multiplied by 45%).
Blocker means any of (i) KPCB Investment I, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (ii) Inspirato Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (iii) W Capital Partners III IBC, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (iv) TVP II-A Finance Co XI, Ltd, a Delaware corporation; (v) DAG-INSP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (vi) Access Inspirato Inc. and (vii) FRC Inspirato III, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Blocker Merger Sub means any of (i) Passport Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation; (ii) Passport Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation; (iii) Passport Merger Sub III Inc., a Delaware corporation; (iv) Passport Merger Sub IV Inc., a Delaware corporation; (v)
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Passport Merger Sub V Inc., a Delaware corporation; (vi) Passport Merger Sub VI Inc., a Delaware corporation; and (vii) Passport Merger Sub VII Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Blocker NOLs means the net operating losses, capital losses, disallowed interest expense carryforwards under Section 163(j) of the Code and credit carryforwards of any Blocker relating to taxable periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date that the Corporate Taxpayer is entitled to utilize as a result of the Blockers participation in the Reorganization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Blocker NOLs shall not include any Tax attribute of a Blocker that is used to offset Taxes of such Blocker (including in the calculation of Blocker Indebtedness pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), if such offset Taxes are attributable to taxable periods ending on or prior to the date of the Reorganization.
Blocker Stock means, with respect to any Blocker, the membership interests or stock of such Blocker, as applicable, outstanding immediately prior to the Purchase.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporate Taxpayer.
Breach Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
Business Combination Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the State of New York.
Buyer Contribution Amount has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
Cash Exchange Payment has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Change of Control means a Continuing Member COC as defined in the LLC Agreement.
Class A Common Stock has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Closing has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
Common Unit has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Company Equityholders has the meaning set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
Corporate Taxpayer has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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Corporate Taxpayer Return means the United States federal and/or state and/or local Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporate Taxpayer filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year.
Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporate Taxpayer, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same such Taxable Years. 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; provided that the computation of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit shall be adjusted to reflect any applicable Determination with respect to any Realized Tax Benefits and/or Realized Tax Detriments.
Default Rate means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points.
Determination shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of state, foreign or local 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.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Early Termination Date means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.
Early Termination Effective Date means the date on which an Early Termination Schedule becomes binding pursuant to Section 4.2.
Early Termination Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
Early Termination Payment has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).
Early Termination Rate means (a) in respect of Tax Benefit Payments resulting solely from the application of clause (6) of the Valuation Assumptions, a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 200 basis points and (b) in respect of all Tax Benefit Payments not described in the foregoing clause (a), a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 350 basis points.
Early Termination Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
Exchange has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement, and Exchanged has a correlative meaning.
Exchange Act has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Exchange Basis Adjustment means the adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset under Sections 732, 734(b) and/or 1012 of the Code (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, OpCo becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for United States federal income Tax purposes) or under Sections 734(b), 743(b), 754 and/or 755 of
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the Code (in situations where, following an Exchange, OpCo remains in existence as an entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income Tax purposes) and, in each case, analogous sections of United States state and local Tax laws, as a result of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this TRA Agreement in respect of such Exchange. The amount of any Exchange Basis Adjustment shall be determined using the Market Value with respect to such Exchange, except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise required by a Determination. For the avoidance of doubt, payments made under this TRA Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in an Exchange Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are treated as Imputed Interest.
Exchange Date means the date of any Exchange.
Exchanging Member has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Exercise Period has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(ii).
Expert has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.
Final Payment Date means, with respect to any payment required to be made pursuant to this TRA Agreement, the last date on which such payment may be made within the applicable time period prescribed for such payment under this TRA Agreement (i.e., the date on which such payment is due under this TRA Agreement). For example, the Final Payment Date in respect of a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a).
Future TRAs has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
Hypothetical Tax Liability means, with respect to any Taxable Year, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (i) the hypothetical liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer for such Taxable Year and (ii) the product of (A) the hypothetical amount of taxable income of the Corporate Taxpayer for U.S. federal income Tax purposes for such Taxable Year and (B) the Blended Rate for such Taxable Year, in each case determined using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporate Taxpayer Return (taking into account any modifications required by an applicable Determination or Amended Schedule), but (a) calculating depreciation, amortization or similar deductions and income, gain or loss using the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as reflected on the Schedules, including amendments thereto for such Taxable Year; (b) without taking into account any Blocker NOLs; and (c) excluding any deduction attributable to any payment (including amounts attributable to Imputed Interest) made under this TRA Agreement for such Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to a Tax Attribute, as applicable.
ICC has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.
Imputed Interest in respect of a TRA Party shall mean any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of state and local Tax law with respect to the Corporate Taxpayers payment obligations in respect of such TRA Party under this TRA Agreement.
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Interest Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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 Corporate Taxpayer as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (an Alternate Source), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such period or, if such period is longer than one year, the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars having a maturity of one year (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Corporate Taxpayer at such time, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided that at no time shall LIBOR be less than 0%. If the Corporate Taxpayer has made the determination (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that LIBOR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall, subject to the prior written consent of the TRA Party Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, establish a replacement interest rate (the Replacement Rate), after giving due consideration to any evolving or then prevailing conventions for similar loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars for such alternative benchmark, and including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then prevailing convention for similar loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars for such benchmark, which adjustment, method for calculating such adjustment and benchmark shall be published on an information service as selected from time to time by the Corporate Taxpayer. The Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace LIBOR for all purposes under this TRA Agreement. In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this TRA Agreement shall be amended, with the consent of the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo, as necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporate Taxpayer, to replace the definition of LIBOR and otherwise to effect the provisions of this definition. The Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that, in each case, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Corporate Taxpayer, such Replacement Rate shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporate Taxpayer.
Liquidity Exceptions has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
LLC Agreement means the Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, dated the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement.
Mandatory Assignment has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(d).
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Market Value means, with respect to a Common Unit (a) Exchanged for a Stock Exchange Payment or that is subject to a deemed Exchange under this TRA Agreement, the Stock Value on the Exchange Date or the date of the applicable deemed Exchange, as applicable, or (b) Exchanged for a Cash Exchange Payment, the amount of the Cash Exchange Payment paid in respect of such Common Unit.
Material Objection Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
National Securities Exchange has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Net Tax Benefit has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
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.
Non-Payment Default has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
Offered Price has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(i).
Offered TRA Interests has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(i).
Objection Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
OpCo has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
OpCo Merger Sub has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Payment Default has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
Permitted Transferee has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Person means any natural person, sole proprietorship, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, entity or governmental entity.
Proposed Transferee has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(i).
Purchase has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and Purchased has a correlative meaning.
Purchase Basis Adjustment means the adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset under Sections 734(b), 743(b), 754 and/or 755 of the Code and, in each case, analogous sections of United States state and local Tax laws, as a result of (a) the Purchase and (b) the payments made pursuant to this TRA Agreement in respect of such Purchase. For the avoidance of doubt, payments made under this TRA Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Purchase Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are treated as Imputed Interest.
Realized Tax Benefit means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding 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.
Realized Tax Detriment means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment, unless and until there has been a Determination.
Reconciliation Dispute has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9.
Reconciliation Procedures has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
Reference Asset means an asset that is held by OpCo, or by any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (but only if such indirect Subsidiaries are held only through Subsidiaries treated as partnerships or disregarded entities) for purposes of the applicable Tax, at the time of the Purchase or an Exchange. A Reference Asset also includes any asset the Tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, for purposes of the applicable Tax, by reference to the Tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, any asset that is substituted basis property under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset.
Right of First Refusal means the right of first refusal provided to the Corporate Taxpayer in Section 7.6(a).
Right of First Refusal Closing has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(iv).
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.
Securities Act has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Seller has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).
Senior Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
Stock Exchange Payment has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Stock Value means, on any date, (a) if the Class A Common Stock trades on a National Securities Exchange (as defined in the LLC Agreement) or automated or electronic quotation system, the arithmetic average of the high trading price on such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day (as used in this definition, as defined in the LLC Agreement), the immediately preceding Trading Day) and the low trading price on such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day) or (b) if the Class A Common Stock is not then traded on a National Securities Exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, as applicable, the Appraiser FMV (as defined in the LLC Agreement) on such date of one (1) share of Class A Common Stock that would be obtained in an arms-length transaction between an informed and
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willing buyer and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to buy or sell, respectively, and without regard to the particular circumstances of the buyer or seller.
Subsidiaries means, of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power or equity is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person, or one (1) or more of the Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof.
Tax Attributes has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Tax Benefit Payment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
Tax Benefit Schedule has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Tax Return means any return, declaration, report, information returns, claims for refund, disclosures or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to or in connection with Taxes (including any related or supporting schedules, attachments, statements or information filed or required to be filed with respect thereto), including any amendments thereof and declarations of estimated Tax.
Taxable Year means a taxable year of the Corporate Taxpayer as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state or local Tax law, as applicable (and which may include a period of more or less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the Closing Date.
Taxes means any and all United States federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits (including franchise taxes that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits), and any interest related to such Tax.
Taxing Authority means any domestic, federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, in each case, exercising any taxing authority or any other authority or jurisdiction of any kind in relation to Tax matters.
TRA Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
TRA Disinterested Majority means a majority of the directors of the Board who are disinterested as determined by the Board in accordance with the DGCL with respect to the matter being considered by the Board; provided that to the extent a matter being considered by the Board is required to be considered by disinterested directors under the rules of the National Securities Exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such rules with respect to the definition of disinterested director shall apply solely with respect to such matter.
TRA Interests has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a).
TRA Party means the parties set forth on Schedule A hereto.
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TRA Party Representative means, initially, Brent Handler and thereafter, that TRA Party or committee of TRA Parties determined from time to time by a plurality vote of the TRA Parties ratably in accordance with their right to receive Early Termination Payments under this TRA Agreement determined as if all TRA Parties directly holding Common Units had fully Exchanged their Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock or other consideration and the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange.
Transfer has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement and the terms Transferee, Transferor, Transferred, and other forms of the word Transfer shall have the correlative meanings.
Transfer Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a)(i).
Treasury Regulations means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
Units has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
Valuation Assumptions shall mean, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, (1) the Corporate Taxpayer will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the Tax items, including deductions arising from the Tax Attributes (other than any items addressed in clause (2) below) during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including deductions and other Tax items arising from Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from the applicable future payments made under this TRA Agreement that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions, further assuming that such applicable future payments would be paid on the due date (including extensions) for filing the Corporate Taxpayer Return for the applicable Taxable Year) in which such deductions or other Tax items would become available, (2) any Blocker NOLs and loss carryovers generated by deductions arising from any Tax Attributes, which Blocker NOLs and/or loss carryovers are available in the Taxable Year that includes such Early Termination Date, will be used by the Corporate Taxpayer on a pro rata basis from such Early Termination Date through (A) the scheduled expiration date of such Blocker NOLs and/or loss carryovers (if any) or (B) if there is no such scheduled expiration, then the fifteen (15) year anniversary of the Early Termination Date, (3) the United States federal, state and local 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 Date and the Blended Rate will be calculated based on such rates and the apportionment factors applicable in the most recently ended Taxable Year, except to the extent any change to such Tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into law, (4) except as described in clause (5) below, any non-amortizable, non-depreciable Reference Assets will be disposed of on the later of (i) the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the applicable Exchange (in the case of Exchange Basis Adjustments) or the Closing Date (in the case of Purchase Basis Adjustments) or (ii) the Early Termination Date, and any cash equivalents will be disposed of twelve (12) months following the Early Termination Date; provided that in the event of a Change of Control, such non-amortizable, non-depreciable assets shall be deemed disposed of at the time of sale (if applicable) of the relevant asset in the Change
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of Control (if earlier than the applicable fifteenth (15th) anniversary), (5) the stock of or other interests in Subsidiaries that are treated as C corporations for U.S. federal income Tax purposes will never be disposed of, and (6) if, on the Early Termination Date, there are Common Units that have not been Exchanged, then each such Common Unit shall be deemed Exchanged for the Market Value (as determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition thereof) that would be transferred if the Exchange occurred on the Early Termination Date.
Article II
DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
SECTION 2.1 Basis Schedule. Within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after the due date (including extensions) of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to each TRA Party a schedule (the Basis Schedule) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by this TRA Agreement, (i) the actual Tax basis and the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of the Closing Date and the date of each Exchange made during such Taxable Year, (ii) the Exchange Basis Adjustments Attributable to such TRA Party with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of such Exchanges effected by such TRA Party in such Taxable Year, (iii) the Purchase Basis Adjustments Attributable to such TRA Party for the Taxable Year of the Closing, (iv) the Blocker NOLs Attributable to such TRA Party for the Taxable Year of the Closing, and (v) the period (or periods) over which such Basis Adjustments in the Reference Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable, in each case, calculated in the aggregate for all TRA Parties and solely with respect to the TRA Party to which such Basis Schedule is delivered. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the provision and preparation of the Basis Schedules and Tax Benefit Schedules for each TRA Party in compliance with this TRA Agreement, as well as the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b), if applicable, shall be borne by OpCo. Each Basis Schedule shall become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b)).
SECTION 2.2 Tax Benefit Schedule.
(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after the due date (including extensions) of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or a Realized Tax Detriment Attributable to a TRA Party, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide to such TRA Party a schedule showing, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by this TRA Agreement, the calculation of the Tax Benefit Payment (and any Realized Tax Benefit) or the lack of a Tax Benefit Payment (and any Realized Tax Detriment), as applicable, Attributable to such TRA Party for such Taxable Year (a Tax Benefit Schedule). Each Tax Benefit Schedule shall become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b)).
(b) Applicable Principles. Subject to Section 3.3, the Realized Tax Benefit (or the Realized Tax Detriment) for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease (or increase) in the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer for such Taxable Year attributable to the Tax Attributes, determined using a with and without methodology. Carryovers or carrybacks
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of any Tax item attributable to any of the Tax Attributes shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of United States state and local income and franchise Tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to any Tax Attribute (TRA Portion) and another portion that is not (Non-TRA Portion), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the with and without methodology so that the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized, to the extent available, prior to the amount of any TRA Portion, to the extent available (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3). The parties agree that (A) the payments made pursuant to this TRA Agreement in respect of (i) the Purchase and (ii) Blocker Mergers (in each case, to the extent permitted by applicable law and other than amounts accounted for as Imputed Interest) are intended to be treated and shall be reported for all purposes, including Tax purposes, as additional contingent consideration to the applicable TRA Parties for the conversion of Company Units or Blocker Stock (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) contemplated by Sections 3.1(c)(ii) and (a) of the Business Combination Agreement, respectively, at the Closing that has the effect of, in the case of the Company Units, creating additional Purchase Basis Adjustments and the payments made pursuant to this TRA Agreement in respect of an Exchange are intended to be treated and shall be reported for all purposes, including Tax purposes, as additional contingent consideration to the applicable Exchanging Member for such Exchange that has the effect of creating additional Exchange Basis Adjustments, in each case, to the Reference Assets for the Corporate Taxpayer in the Taxable Year of payment, (B) as a result, such additional Purchase Basis Adjustments and Exchange Basis Adjustments shall be incorporated into the calculation for the Taxable Year of the applicable payment and into the calculations for subsequent Taxable Years, as appropriate, (C) the Actual Tax Liability shall take into account the deduction of the portion of the Tax Benefit Payment that must be accounted for as Imputed Interest under applicable law, and (D) the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer and the amount of taxable income of the Corporate Taxpayer for U.S. federal income Tax purposes as determined for purposes of calculating the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall include, without duplication, such liability for U.S. federal income Taxes and such U.S. federal taxable income that is economically borne by or allocated to the Corporate Taxpayer as a result of the provisions of Section 10.4 and Section 10.5 of the LLC Agreement; provided, however, that such liability for Taxes and such taxable income shall be included in the Hypothetical Tax Liability and the Actual Tax Liability subject to the adjustments and assumptions set forth in the definitions thereof and, to the extent any such amount is taken into account on an Amended Schedule, such amount shall adjust a Tax Benefit Payment, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.3(b).
SECTION 2.3 Procedures, Amendments.
(a) Procedure. Every time the Corporate Taxpayer delivers to a TRA Party an applicable Schedule under this TRA Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.3(b), and any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule, the Corporate Taxpayer shall also (x) deliver to such TRA Party supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by such TRA Party, providing reasonable detail regarding data and calculations that were relevant for purposes of preparing the Schedule, and (y) allow the TRA Party Representative and its advisors reasonable access to the appropriate representatives of the Corporate Taxpayer, as determined by
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the Corporate Taxpayer or as reasonably requested by the TRA Party Representative. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporate Taxpayer shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule or Early Termination Schedule that is delivered to a TRA Party, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculation of the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability 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 all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which all relevant TRA Parties have been given the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto under Section 7.1, unless the TRA Party Representative (i) within thirty (30) calendar days from such date gives the Corporate Taxpayer written notice of a material objection to such Schedule or amendment thereto made in good faith (Objection Notice), or (ii) provides a written waiver of its right to give an Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto shall become binding on the date such waiver is received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in the Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of such Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall employ the reconciliation procedures described in Section 7.9 (the Reconciliation Procedures), in which case such Schedule or Amended Schedule shall become binding in accordance with Section 7.9. The TRA Party Representative will represent the interests of each of the TRA Parties and shall raise and pursue, in accordance with this Section 2.3(a), any objection to a Schedule or amendment thereto timely given in writing to the TRA Party Representative by a TRA Party.
(b) Amended Schedule. The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporate Taxpayer (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in the Schedule, including those identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was provided to a TRA Party, (iii) to comply with an Experts determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit, or the 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 the Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year or (vi) to adjust an applicable TRA Partys Basis Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this TRA Agreement (any such Schedule, an Amended Schedule). If applicable, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide an Amended Schedule to each TRA Party when the Corporate Taxpayer delivers the Basis Schedule for the following Taxable Year. In the event a Schedule is amended after such Schedule becomes final pursuant to Section 2.3(a) or, if applicable, Section 7.9, (A) the Amended Schedule shall not be taken into account in calculating any Tax Benefit Payment in the Taxable Year to which the amendment relates but instead shall be taken into account in calculating the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit for the Taxable Year in which the amendment actually occurs, and (B) as a result of the foregoing, any increase of the Net Tax Benefit attributable to an Amended Schedule shall not accrue the Interest Amount (or any other interest hereunder) until after the due date (without extensions) for filing IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to Taxes for the Taxable Year in which the amendment actually occurs.
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SECTION 2.4 Section 754 Election.
For the Taxable Year that includes the date hereof and for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs and with respect to which the Corporate Taxpayer has obligations under this TRA Agreement, OpCo shall (i) ensure that OpCo will, and (ii) ensure that each of OpCos direct and indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes will, in each case, have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (and under any similar provisions of applicable U.S. state or local law) for each such Taxable Year.
Article III
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
SECTION 3.1 Payments.
(a) Payments. Within five (5) Business Days after a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to a TRA Party becomes final in accordance with Section 2.3(a) or, if applicable, Section 7.9, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay such TRA Party for such Taxable Year the Tax Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) that is Attributable to the relevant TRA Party. Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by such TRA Party to the Corporate Taxpayer (or if no such bank account has been designated by such TRA Party, by check to such TRA Partys address last known to the Corporate Taxpayer) or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Party. The payments provided for pursuant to the above sentence shall be computed separately for each TRA Party. Without limiting the Corporate Taxpayers ability to make offsets against Tax Benefit Payments to the extent permitted by Section 3.5, no TRA Party shall be required to make a payment or return a payment to the Corporate Taxpayer in respect of any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously paid by the Corporate Taxpayer to such TRA Party (including any portion of any Early Termination Payment).
(b) A Tax Benefit Payment in respect of a TRA Party for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (i) the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Party and (ii) the Interest Amount with respect thereto. Subject to Section 3.3, the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of eighty-five percent (85%) of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year, over the total amount of payments previously made under the first sentence of Section 3.1(a) (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts); provided that if there is no such excess (or if a deficit exists), no TRA Party shall be required to make a payment (or return a payment) to the Corporate Taxpayer in respect of any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously paid by the Corporate Taxpayer to such TRA Party. The Interest Amount shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to Taxes for the applicable Taxable Year until the payment date under Section 3.1(a); provided that such interest shall not accrue on the amount of any Net Tax Benefit after the date on which such amount is actually paid to the applicable TRA Party, regardless of whether such payment is made prior to the due date for such payment under Section 3.1(a) and regardless of whether the amount of any unpaid Net Tax Benefit has yet become final in accordance with Section 2.3(a) or, if applicable, Section 7.9.
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SECTION 3.2 No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this TRA Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this TRA Agreement, including that the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts) for any Taxable Year shall not exceed the Net Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year. For purposes of this TRA Agreement, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be based on estimated Tax payments, including United States federal estimated income Tax payments. The provisions of this TRA Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner to ensure such intentions are realized.
SECTION 3.3 Pro Rata Payments. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, to the extent that the aggregate Realized Tax Benefit of the Corporate Taxpayer with respect to the Tax Attributes is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient taxable income, the Net Tax Benefit for the Corporate Taxpayer shall be allocated among all parties eligible for Tax Benefit Payments under this TRA Agreement in proportion to the amounts of Net Tax Benefit, respectively, that would have been Attributable to each TRA Party if the Corporate Taxpayer had sufficient taxable income so that there were no such limitation.
SECTION 3.4 Payment Ordering. If for any reason the Corporate Taxpayer does not fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due under this TRA Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Parties agree that (i) Tax Benefit Payments for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to all parties eligible for Tax Benefit Payments under this TRA Agreement in proportion to the amounts of Net Tax Benefit, respectively, that would have been Attributable to each TRA Party if the Corporate Taxpayer had sufficient cash available to make such Tax Benefit Payments and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payments shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments to all TRA Parties in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.
SECTION 3.5 Overpayments. To the extent the Corporate Taxpayer makes a payment to a TRA Party in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to such TRA Party in respect of such Taxable Year (taking into account Section 3.3 and Section 3.4) under the terms of this TRA Agreement, then such TRA Party shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until such TRA Party has foregone an amount of payments equal to such excess and, for the avoidance of doubt, such TRA Party shall not be entitled to any additional payments (including any additional payments attributable to Interest Amounts) under this TRA Agreement in respect of such foregone amounts. For clarity, the operation of this Section 3.5 with respect to any particular TRA Party shall not affect the rights or obligations of any other TRA Party under this TRA Agreement.
Article IV
TERMINATION
SECTION 4.1 Early Termination of Agreement; Breach of Agreement.
(a) Corporate Taxpayers Early Termination Right. The Corporate Taxpayer may, with the prior written consent of the TRA Disinterested Majority, terminate this TRA Agreement
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(including with respect to all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence) at any time by paying to each TRA Party the entire Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this TRA Agreement shall terminate only upon the receipt by each TRA Party of its respective entire Early Termination Payment and payments described in the next sentence, if any, and provided further that the Corporate Taxpayer 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 in its entirety. Upon payment of the entire Early Termination Payment by the Corporate Taxpayer to all of the TRA Parties, none of the TRA Parties or the Corporate Taxpayer shall have any further payment rights or obligations under this TRA Agreement, other than with respect to any (i) any Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Date (which Tax Benefit Payments shall not be included in the Early Termination Payments) and as of the date of payment of the Early Termination Payment and (ii) any Tax Benefit Payments due for the Taxable Year ending immediately prior to or including the Early Termination Date (except to the extent that the amounts described in this clause (ii) are included in the calculation of the Early Termination Payments (at the option of the Corporate Taxpayer) or are included in clause (i)); provided that upon payment in full of all amounts to all TRA Parties, to the extent applicable and without duplication, described in this Section 4.1(a), this TRA Agreement shall terminate. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer has made all of the required Early Termination Payments described herein, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this TRA Agreement with respect to such Exchange.
(b) Acceleration Upon Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide at least 20 days prior written notice of such Change of Control to the TRA Parties, and the TRA Party Representative shall have the option, upon written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer, to cause the acceleration of the unpaid payment obligations as calculated in accordance with this Section 4.1(b), and such payment obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and shall include, without duplication: (i) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such TRA Parties as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control; (ii) any Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control (which Tax Benefit Payments shall not be included in the Early Termination Payments described in clause (i)); and (iii) any Tax Benefit Payments due for the Taxable Year ending immediately prior to or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent that the amounts described in this clause (iii) are included in the calculation of Early Termination Payments described in clause (i) (at the option of the Corporate Taxpayer) or are included in clause (ii)); provided that the procedures of Section 4.2 (and Section 2.3, to the extent applicable) and Section 4.3 shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence and the payment thereof, except that such amount shall not be due and payable until five (5) Business Days after such amount has become final pursuant to Section 4.2 or, if applicable, Section 7.9. In the event of an acceleration following a Change of Control, any Early Termination Payment described in the preceding sentence shall be calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, substituting in each case the terms date of a Change of Control for an Early Termination Date, and if an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all such required Early Termination Payments in their entirety and
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other payments described in this Section 4.1(b), the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this TRA Agreement with respect to such Exchange.
(c) Acceleration Upon Material Breach of TRA Agreement.
(i) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer materially breaches any of its material obligations under this TRA Agreement, whether as a result of (1) a failure to make a payment required to be made pursuant to this TRA Agreement by the Final Payment Date therefor (except for all or a portion of such payment that is being validly disputed in good faith under this TRA Agreement, and then only with respect to the amount in dispute) (a Payment Default) or (2) any material breach of any of its material obligations under this TRA Agreement (other than a Payment Default) (a Non-Payment Default), which failure or breach, (A) in the case of a Payment Default, continues without payment in full until the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of written notice of such Payment Default from the TRA Party Representative following such Payment Default, or (B) in the case of a Non-Payment Default, continues without cure for a period of thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of written notice of such Non-Payment Default from the TRA Party Representative following such Non-Payment Default (such written notice delivered under clause (A) or (B), a Breach Notice), except in each case to the extent otherwise set forth in Section 4.1(c)(iii) or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this TRA Agreement in a case commenced under bankruptcy laws (such rejection, a Bankruptcy Rejection), then, the unpaid payment obligations as calculated in accordance with Section 4.1(c)(ii) shall (I) in the case of a Payment Default, automatically accelerate and become immediately due and payable upon expiration of the applicable period in clause (A) above (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no such acceleration shall occur earlier than thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of a Breach Notice with respect to such Payment Default, and receipt of a Breach Notice shall be a condition precedent to any such acceleration), or (II) in the case of a Non-Payment Default, accelerate and become immediately due and payable upon written notice of acceleration from the TRA Party Representative to the Corporate Taxpayer at any time after the expiration of the applicable period in clause (B) above (provided that in the case of any Bankruptcy Rejection, such acceleration shall be automatic without any such written notice, unless such acceleration is waived in writing by the TRA Party Representative, which waiver may be retroactive).
(ii) The unpaid payment obligations specified in Section 4.1(c)(i) shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Breach Notice (or, in the case of any Bankruptcy Rejection, on the date of such Bankruptcy Rejection) and shall include, without duplication: (i) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such TRA Parties as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Breach Notice or such Bankruptcy Rejection, as applicable; (ii) any Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the date of such Breach Notice or such Bankruptcy Rejection, as applicable (which Tax Benefit Payments shall not be included in the Early Termination Payments described in clause (i)); and (iii) any Tax Benefit Payments due for the Taxable Year ending immediately prior to or including the date of such Breach Notice or such Bankruptcy Rejection, as applicable (except to the extent that the amounts described in this clause (iii) are included in the calculation of Early Termination Payments described in clause (i) (at the option of the Corporate Taxpayer) or are included in clause (ii)); provided that the procedures of Section 4.2 (and Section 2.3, to the extent applicable) and Section 4.3 shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to the determination of the amount payable
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by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence and the payment thereof, except that such amount shall not be due and payable until five (5) Business Days after such amount has become final pursuant to Section 4.2 or, if applicable, Section 7.9. In the event of an acceleration described in this Section 4.1(c), any Early Termination Payment described in the preceding sentence shall be calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, substituting in each case the terms date of a Breach Notice or date of a Bankruptcy Rejection, as applicable, for an Early Termination Date, and if an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all such required Early Termination Payments in their entirety and other payments described in this Section 4.1(c), the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this TRA Agreement with respect to such Exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this TRA Agreement and such breach is not a material breach of a material obligation under this TRA Agreement, a TRA Party shall still be entitled to enforce all of its rights otherwise available under this TRA Agreement, but shall not be entitled to an acceleration of amounts payable under this Section 4.1(c).
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this TRA Agreement to the contrary, except in the case of an Early Termination Payment or any payment made in connection with a Change of Control, it shall not be a Payment Default or Non-Payment Default (and no Breach Notice may be delivered) under this TRA Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any payment due pursuant to this TRA Agreement (other than an Early Termination Payment or any payment made in connection with a Change of Control) to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer (w) has insufficient funds, or cannot make such payment as a result of obligations imposed in connection with any Senior Obligations, and cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain sufficient funds, to make such payment or (x) would become insolvent as a result of making such payment (in each case, as determined by the Board in good faith) (clauses (w) and (x) together, the Liquidity Exceptions); provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by, or payment obligations under, any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate); provided further that any such payment obligation shall nonetheless accrue for the benefit of the TRA Parties and the Corporate Taxpayer shall make such payment at the first opportunity that the Liquidity Exceptions do not apply; provided, further, however, that if the Liquidity Exceptions apply and the Corporate Taxpayer declares or pays any dividend of cash to its shareholders while any such Tax Benefit Payment is due and payable and remains unpaid more than thirty (30) days following the relevant Final Payment Date, then the Liquidity Exceptions shall no longer apply and a Breach Notice may be immediately delivered.
(d) Any Tax Attributes attributable to the Closing or to Exchanges (or deemed Exchanges) with respect to which a payment has been made under Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(c) shall be excluded in calculating any future Tax Benefit Payments or Early Termination Payments, and in such case, this TRA Agreement shall have no further application to such payments.
SECTION 4.2 Early Termination Notice. If the Corporate Taxpayer chooses to exercise its right of early termination in accordance with Section 4.1 above, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to each TRA Party written notice of such decision to exercise such right (Early Termination Notice) and a schedule (the Early Termination Schedule) specifying the Corporate Taxpayers decision to exercise such right and showing in reasonable detail the
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calculation of the Early Termination Payment(s) due to each TRA Party. Each Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the first date on which all TRA Parties have been given such Schedule or amendment thereto under Section 7.1, unless the TRA Party Representative (i) within thirty (30) calendar days after such date gives the Corporate Taxpayer written notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (Material Objection Notice) or (ii) provides a written waiver of its right to give a Material Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule shall become binding on the date such waiver is received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such Material Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures in which case such Schedule shall become binding in accordance with Section 7.9. The TRA Party Representative will represent the interests of each of the TRA Parties and shall raise and pursue, in accordance with this Section 4.2, any objection to an Early Termination Schedule or amendment thereto timely given in writing to the TRA Party Representative by a TRA Party.
SECTION 4.3 Payment upon Early Termination.
(a) Within five (5) Business Days after an Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay to each TRA Party an amount equal to the entire Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such TRA Party or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Party or, in the absence of such designation or agreement, by check mailed to the last mailing address provided by such TRA Party to the Corporate Taxpayer.
(b) Early Termination Payment in respect of a TRA Party shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of and starting from the applicable Early Termination Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments (excluding the Interest Amount, unless such amount was previously due and owing hereunder and not previously paid) in respect of such TRA Party that would be required to be paid by the Corporate Taxpayer beginning from the Early Termination Date (but which have not been previously paid as of such date), and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions in respect of such TRA Party are applied and that each such Tax Benefit Payment for each relevant Taxable Year would be paid on the due date (including extensions) under applicable law as of the Early Termination Date for filing of IRS Form 1120 (or any successor form) of the Corporate Taxpayer for each such Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, an entire Early Termination Payment shall be made to each applicable TRA Party regardless of whether such TRA Party has exchanged all of its Common Units as of the Early Termination Date.
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Article V
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS
SECTION 5.1 Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this TRA Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment required to be made by the Corporate Taxpayer to any TRA Party under this TRA 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 in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money (whether secured or unsecured, senior or subordinated and/or however evidenced, including by bonds, notes or other debt instruments) of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Subsidiaries (the Senior Obligations) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer that are not Senior Obligations. To the extent that any payment under this TRA 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 agreements governing Senior Obligations, such payment obligation nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of TRA Parties and the Corporate Taxpayer 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this TRA Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates enters into future Tax receivable or other similar agreements (Future TRAs), the Corporate Taxpayer shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the terms of any such Future TRA shall provide that the Tax Attributes subject to this TRA Agreement are senior in priority in all respects to any Tax attributes subject to any such Future TRA for purposes of calculating the amount and timing of payments under any such Future TRA.
SECTION 5.2 Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer. The amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment not made to the TRA Parties when due under the terms of this TRA Agreement, whether as a result of Section 5.1 or otherwise, shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate (in place of the Agreed Rate, if applicable) commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment was first due and payable until the date of actual payment; provided, that if the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make the payment as a result of limitations imposed by, or payment obligations in respect of, any Senior Obligations, interest shall instead be computed at the Agreed Rate.
Article VI
NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
SECTION 6.1 Participation in the Corporate Taxpayers and OpCos Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided in this TRA Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the LLC Agreement, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo, including the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the TRA Party Representative in writing of the commencement of, and keep the TRA Party Representative reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo or any of OpCos Subsidiaries by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially affect the rights and obligations of a TRA Party under this TRA Agreement, including the Tax Benefit Payments payable to TRA Parties, and shall provide to the TRA Party Representative reasonable opportunity (at the cost and expense of the TRA Party Representative, on behalf of the TRA Parties) to participate in or provide information and other input to the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and its Subsidiaries and their respective advisors concerning the
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conduct of any such portion of such audit; provided, however, that the Corporate Taxpayer and OpCo (and its Subsidiaries) shall not be required to take any action that is inconsistent with any provision of the LLC Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement.
SECTION 6.2 Consistency. The Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Parties agree to report and cause their respective Affiliates to report for all purposes, including United States federal, state and local Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including the Basis Adjustments and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that set forth in this TRA Agreement or specified by the Corporate Taxpayer in any Schedule, or Amended Schedule, provided by or on behalf of the Corporate Taxpayer under this TRA Agreement that is final and binding on the parties, unless otherwise required by applicable law. The Corporate Taxpayer shall and OpCo shall (and OpCo shall cause its Subsidiaries to) use commercially reasonable efforts to (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account the interests and entitlements of all TRA Parties under this TRA Agreement) defend the Tax treatment contemplated by this TRA Agreement and any Schedule (or Amended Schedule, as applicable) in any audit, contest or similar proceeding with any Taxing Authority.
SECTION 6.3 Cooperation. Each of the TRA Parties shall (a) furnish to the Corporate Taxpayer in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporate Taxpayer may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this TRA Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself available to the Corporate Taxpayer and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporate Taxpayer or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter. OpCo shall reimburse the TRA Parties for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.3.
Article VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, instructions, claims, consents, waivers and other communications to be given or delivered under this TRA Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or received by e-mail, (b) one (1) Business Day following sending by reputable overnight express courier (charges prepaid) or (c) three (3) calendar days following mailing by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.1, notices, demands and communications shall be sent to the addresses indicated below (or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing):
SECTION 7.2 Counterparts. This TRA Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts and by e-mail, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement. No party shall raise the use of e-mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
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communicated through the use of e-mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each party forever waives any such defense.
SECTION 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This TRA Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, together with all Exhibits and Schedules to this TRA Agreement, contain the entire agreement and understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and discussions, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter in any way. This TRA Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties and their permitted assigns and nothing herein expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give any Person, other than the parties and such permitted assigns, any legal or equitable rights hereunder.
SECTION 7.4 Governing Law. The law of the State of Delaware shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this TRA Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability of this TRA Agreement, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this TRA Agreement, in each case 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 law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
SECTION 7.5 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable law in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part hereof a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible.
SECTION 7.6 Right of First Refusal; Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers.
(a) Before a TRA Party (such TRA Party, the Seller) may Transfer any interest in this TRA Agreement, including the right to receive any Tax Benefit Payments under this TRA Agreement (collectively, TRA Interests), to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee), in addition to any other requirements set forth in this TRA Agreement (including as set forth in Section 7.6(b)), Seller must comply with the following:
(i) Prior to Seller Transferring any of its TRA Interests to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee), Seller shall deliver to the Corporate Taxpayer a written notice (the Transfer Notice) stating: (A) Sellers 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 Sellers 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).
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(ii) 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 Corporate Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer 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 Corporate Taxpayer 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 Corporate Taxpayer shall be deemed to have elected not to purchase the Offered TRA Interests.
(iii) The purchase price for the Offered TRA Interests to be purchased by the Corporate Taxpayer exercising its Right of First Refusal under this TRA 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 equivalent value of the non-cash consideration will be determined by the Board in good faith, which determination will be binding upon the Corporate Taxpayer and the Seller, absent fraud or manifest error.
(iv) Subject to compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws, the Corporate Taxpayer 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 Corporate Taxpayer at least 3 days prior to the Right of First Refusal Closing. At such Right of First Refusal Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Corporate Taxpayer, among other things, such documents and instruments of conveyance as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Corporate Taxpayer to effect the Transfer of such Offered TRA Interests.
(v) If any of the Offered TRA Interests remain available after the exercise, if any, of the Corporate Taxpayers 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 TRA Agreement.
(b) No TRA Party may Transfer any TRA Interests to any Person (other than the Corporate Taxpayer or a Permitted Transferee) without the prior written consent of the Corporate Taxpayer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that such TRA Party may Transfer a TRA Interest if such TRA Party shall have complied with Section 7.6(a) of this TRA Agreement; provided, further that such TRA Party may transfer a TRA interest if such TRA Party is transferring such interest to the Corporate Taxpayer; and provided, further that such Person (other than the Corporate Taxpayer, but including any Permitted Transferee) shall execute and deliver a joinder to this TRA Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such TRA Partys interest in this TRA Agreement and to become a party for all purposes of this TRA Agreement. If a TRA Party Transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement but does not assign to the Transferee of such Units its rights and obligations under this TRA Agreement with respect to such
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Transferred Units, (i) such TRA Party shall remain a TRA Party under this TRA Agreement for all purposes, including with respect to the receipt of Tax Benefit Payments to the extent payable hereunder (including any Tax Benefit Payments in respect of the Exchanges of such Transferred Units by such Transferee), and (ii) the Transferee of such Units shall not be a TRA Party. The Corporate Taxpayer may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this TRA Agreement to any Person (other than in connection with a Mandatory Assignment) without the prior written consent of the TRA Party Representative (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any purported assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 7.6 shall be null and void.
(c) No provision of this TRA Agreement may be amended, unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Corporate Taxpayer and by the TRA Parties who would be entitled to receive at least 50% of the total amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Parties under this TRA Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Party pursuant to this TRA Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange); provided that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment will have a disproportionate effect on the payments one or more TRA Parties will be entitled to receive under this TRA Agreement unless such amendment is consented to in writing by such TRA Parties disproportionately affected. No provision of this TRA Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(d) All of the terms and provisions of this TRA Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporate Taxpayer 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 Corporate Taxpayer, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this TRA Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporate Taxpayer would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place (any such assignment, a Mandatory Assignment).
SECTION 7.7 Interpretation. The headings and captions used in this TRA Agreement and the table of contents to this TRA Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this TRA Agreement. Any capitalized terms used in any Schedule or Exhibit attached hereto and not otherwise defined therein shall have the meanings set forth in this TRA Agreement. The use of the word including herein shall mean including without limitation. The words hereof, herein, and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in this TRA Agreement, shall refer to this TRA Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this TRA Agreement. References herein to the Preamble or to a specific Section, Subsection, Recital, Clause, Schedule or Exhibit shall refer, respectively, to the Preamble, Sections, Subsections, Recitals, Clauses, Schedules or Exhibits of this TRA Agreement. Terms defined in the singular shall have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa. References herein to any gender shall include each other gender. The word or shall not be exclusive unless the context clearly requires the selection of one (1) (but not more than one (1)) of a number of items. References to written or in writing include in electronic
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form. References herein to any Person shall include such Persons heirs, executors, personal representatives, administrators, successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 7.7 is intended to authorize any assignment or transfer not otherwise permitted by this TRA Agreement. References herein to a Person in a particular capacity or capacities shall exclude such Person in any other capacity. Any reference to days shall mean calendar days unless Business Days are specified; provided that if any action is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter. References herein to any contract or agreement (including this TRA Agreement) mean such contract or agreement as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. With respect to the determination of any period of time, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each means to but excluding. References herein to any law shall be deemed also to refer to such law, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The word extent in the phrase to the extent (or similar phrases) shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply if. Except where otherwise expressly provided, all amounts in this TRA Agreement are stated and shall be paid in United States dollars. The parties to this TRA Agreement and their respective counsel have reviewed and negotiated this TRA Agreement as the joint agreement and understanding of such parties, and the language used in this TRA Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by such parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Person.
SECTION 7.8 Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction.
(a) EACH PARTY TO THIS TRA AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS TRA AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS TRA AGREEMENT AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES HEREUNDER. THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
(b) Subject to Section 7.9, each of the parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware, in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this TRA Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of such action, suit or proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this TRA Agreement in any other courts. Nothing in this Section 7.8, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any action, suit or proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity.
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SECTION 7.9 Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the calculation of amounts owed pursuant to Sections 2.3, 4.1 and 4.2 within the relevant period designated in this TRA Agreement (Reconciliation Dispute), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement, acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator (the Expert), mutually acceptable to the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative. The Expert shall be a partner or principal of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, KPMG, BDO USA, LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, Alvarez & Marsal, or RSM US LLP, and unless the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative agree in writing otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with any party to this TRA Agreement, any Affiliate of any such parties, or any other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, then the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative shall cause the Expert to be selected by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise (the ICC) in accordance with the criteria set forth above in this Section 7.9. 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, in each case, as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case 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 TRA Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporate Taxpayer, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The sum of (a) the costs and expenses relating to (i) the engagement (and, if applicable, selection by the ICC) of such Expert and (ii) if applicable, amending any Tax Return in connection with the decision of such Expert and (b) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative incurred in the conduct of such proceeding shall be allocated between the Corporate Taxpayer, on the one hand, and the TRA Party Representative (on behalf of the TRA Parties), on the other hand, in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of the disputed items so submitted to the Expert that is unsuccessfully disputed by each such party (as finally determined by the Expert) bears to the total amount of such disputed items so submitted, and each such party shall promptly reimburse the other party for the excess that such other party has paid in respect of such costs and expenses over the amount it has been so allocated. The Corporate Taxpayer may withhold payments under this TRA Agreement to collect amounts due under the preceding sentence. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.9 shall be decided by the Expert. 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 Corporate Taxpayer and each of the TRA Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.10 Withholding. The Corporate Taxpayer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this TRA Agreement such amounts as the Corporate Taxpayer is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local, foreign or other Tax law; provided, however, that
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the Corporate Taxpayer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify and shall reasonably cooperate with the TRA Party Representative prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than any deduction or withholding required by reason of such TRA Partys failure to comply with the last sentence of this Section 7.10) are required under applicable law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable law, such deduction and withholding. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporate Taxpayer, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this TRA Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such withholding was made. To the extent that any payment pursuant to this TRA 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 TRA Party shall promptly provide the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo 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 and shall promptly provide an update of any such Tax form or certificate previously delivered if the same has become incorrect or has expired.
SECTION 7.11 Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.
(a) If the Corporate Taxpayer is or becomes a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of corporations that files a consolidated, combined or unitary income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state or local Tax law, then: (i) the provisions of this TRA 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, combined or unitary taxable income of the group as a whole.
(b) If the Corporate Taxpayer (or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) transfers or is deemed to transfer any Unit or any Reference Asset to a transferee that is treated as a corporation for United States federal income Tax purposes (other than a member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) in a transaction in which the transferees basis in the property acquired is determined in whole or in part by reference to such transferors basis in such property, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall cause such transferee to assume the obligation to make payments hereunder with respect to the applicable Tax Attributes associated with any Reference Asset or interest therein acquired (directly or indirectly) in such transfer (taking into account any gain recognized in the transaction) in a manner consistent with the terms of this TRA Agreement as the transferee (or one of its Affiliates) actually realizes Tax benefits from the Tax Attributes.
(c) If OpCo transfers (or is deemed to transfer for United States federal income Tax purposes) any Reference Asset to a transferee that is treated as a corporation for United States federal income Tax purposes (other than a member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) in a transaction in which the transferees basis in the property acquired is determined in whole or in part by reference to such transferors basis in such property, OpCo shall be treated as having disposed of the Reference Asset in a wholly taxable transaction in which income, gain or loss is allocated to the Corporate Taxpayer in accordance with the LLC Agreement. The consideration
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deemed to be received by OpCo in a transaction contemplated in the prior sentence shall be equal to the fair market value of the deemed transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest. The transactions described in this Section 7.11(c) and Section 7.11(e) below shall be taken into account in determining the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, as applicable, for such Taxable Year based on the income, gain or loss deemed allocated to the Corporate Taxpayer using the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets in calculating its Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year and using the actual Tax basis of the Reference Assets in calculating its Actual Tax Liability, determined using the with and without methodology. Thus, for example, in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporate Taxpayer, the taxable income of the Corporate Taxpayer shall be determined by treating OpCo as having sold the applicable Reference Asset for its fair market value, recovering any basis applicable to such Reference Asset (using the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis), while the Actual Tax Liability of the Corporate Taxpayer would be determined by recovering the actual Tax basis of the Reference Asset that reflects any Basis Adjustments.
(d) If any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a) that owns any Unit deconsolidates from the group (or the Corporate Taxpayer deconsolidates from the group), then the Corporate Taxpayer shall cause such member (or the parent of the consolidated group in a case where the Corporate Taxpayer deconsolidates from the group) to assume the obligation to make payments hereunder with respect to the applicable Tax Attributes associated with any Reference Asset it owns (directly or indirectly) in a manner consistent with the terms of this TRA Agreement as the member (or one of its Affiliates) actually realizes Tax benefits. If a transferee or a member of a group described in Section 7.11(a) assumes an obligation to make payments pursuant to this Section 7.11(d), then the initial obligor is relieved of the obligation assumed.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 7.11(d), if the Corporate Taxpayer (or any member of a group described in Section 7.11(a)) transfers (or is deemed to transfer for United States federal income Tax purposes) any Unit in a transaction that is wholly or partially taxable, then for purposes of calculating payments under this TRA Agreement, OpCo shall be treated as having disposed of the portion of any Reference Asset (determined based on a pro rata share of an undivided interest in each Reference Asset) that is indirectly transferred by the Corporate Taxpayer or other entity described above (i.e., taking into account the number of Units transferred) in a wholly or partially taxable transaction, as applicable, in which all income, gain or loss is allocated to the Corporate Taxpayer in accordance with the LLC Agreement. The consideration deemed to be received by OpCo shall be equal to the fair market value of the deemed transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest.
SECTION 7.12 Confidentiality.
(a) Subject to Section 6.3, each TRA Party acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporate Taxpayer is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this TRA Agreement, such person shall keep and retain in confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters of the Corporate Taxpayer and
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its Affiliates and successors or concerning OpCo and its Affiliates and successors learned by the TRA Party pursuant to this TRA Agreement. This Section 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of the TRA Party in violation of this TRA Agreement) or is generally known and (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for the TRA Party to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this TRA Agreement, to the extent required by applicable law or to the extent reasonably necessary for the TRA Party to comply with any applicable reportable transaction requirements under applicable law, each TRA Party (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Party, as applicable) may disclose the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Corporate Taxpayer, OpCo and their Affiliates, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Party relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.
(b) If a TRA Party breaches any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have the right to seek to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive relief 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 shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporate Taxpayer 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.
(c) In no event shall this Section 7.12 limit any obligation of any party under the LLC Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement.
SECTION 7.13 TRA Party Representative. By executing this TRA Agreement, each of the TRA Parties shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the TRA Party Representative as 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 TRA Parties which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate any matters under this TRA Agreement, including: (i) execution of the documents and certificates required pursuant to this TRA Agreement; (ii) except to the extent provided in this TRA Agreement, receipt and forwarding of notices and communications pursuant to this TRA Agreement; (iii) administration of the provisions of this TRA Agreement; (iv) any and all consents, waivers, amendments or modifications deemed by the TRA Party Representative to be necessary or appropriate under this TRA Agreement and the execution or delivery of any documents that may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith; (v) taking actions the TRA Party Representative is authorized to take pursuant to the other provisions of this TRA Agreement; (vi) negotiating and compromising, on behalf of such TRA Parties, any dispute that may arise under, and exercising or refraining from exercising any remedies available under, this TRA Agreement and executing, on behalf of such TRA Parties, any settlement agreement, release or other document with respect to such dispute or remedy; and (vii) engaging attorneys, accountants, agents or consultants on behalf of such TRA Parties in connection with this TRA Agreement and paying any fees related thereto on behalf of such TRA Parties, subject to reimbursement by such TRA Parties. The TRA Party Representative may resign upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer.
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SECTION 7.14 Partnership Agreement. This TRA Agreement shall be treated as part of the partnership agreement of OpCo 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; provided, however, that the TRA Parties that held Blocker Stock prior to the Blocker Mergers shall not be treated as partners of OpCo for Tax purposes or for purposes of this Agreement.
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Exhibit 10.6
Execution Version
SPONSOR SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this Subscription Agreement) is entered into as of February 10, 2022, by and between Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company; which term shall refer to Inspirato Incorporated following the Closing), Inspirato LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Inspirato), and Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC (Subscriber). Defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Business Combination Agreement, dated June 30, 2021, by and among, inter alia, the Company and Inspirato (as amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time in accordance with its terms, the Business Combination Agreement).
WHEREAS, in consideration of the waiver of certain conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement by Inspirato, Subscriber desires to, among other things, (i) subscribe for and purchase from the Company a number of shares of Buyer Class A Common Stock as set forth in this Subscription Agreement for $5,000,000 in cash, within the time periods and collateralized as set forth in this Subscription Agreement, and (ii) forfeit, at no cost, 65,000 shares of Buyer Class B Common Stock currently held by Subscriber (which number shall be in addition to the 1,500,000 shares of Buyer Class B Common Stock to be forfeited by Subscriber pursuant to the Sponsor Side Letter).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and subject to the covenants and conditions herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. | Subscription. |
1.1 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, 490,197 shares of Buyer Class A Common Stock at a per share price of $10.20 per share (the Shares), for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,009.40 (the Purchase Price). The purchase and sale of the Shares shall occur by the sixtieth (60th) day following the Closing (or if such sixtieth day is not a Business Day, by the next occurring Business Day) (the Outside Date) (the Subscription Closing Date), following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, at the offices of Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, or such other place as shall be determined by agreement between the Company and Subscriber.
1.2 On the Subscription Closing Date, (i) the Company shall issue the Shares to Subscriber and cause the Shares to be registered in book-entry form in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with Subscribers delivery instructions) on the Companys share register maintained by its registrar and transfer agent, and (ii) Subscriber shall deliver to the Company payment of the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by the Company prior to the Subscription Closing Date.
1.3 If any change in the Companys capitalization shall occur between the date hereof and immediately prior to the Subscription Closing Date by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including reverse stock split) or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend, the number and type of Shares issued to Subscriber shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.
1.4 The parties hereby agree that the Shares shall constitute Registrable Securities, and for the avoidance of doubt shall not constitute TVAC Shares, under that certain Amended and Restated Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, Subscriber and certain stockholders of the Company and unitholders of Inspirato, to be dated as of the Closing (the Registration Rights Agreement), as if held by Subscriber as of the date of the Registration Rights Agreement.
2. | Collateral. |
2.1 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Subscriber hereby agrees that, from the date hereof through the earlier of (i) the payment in full by Subscriber of the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 1 hereof and (ii) the close of business on the Outside Date, 1,000,000 shares of Buyer Class A Common Stock (received upon conversion of Buyer Class B Common Stock at the Closing) held by Subscriber (the Collateral Shares) will be subject to restrictions on transfer, sale, lending, pledge or other disposition, subject to the provisions of this Section 2. Subscriber hereby agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer or disposition of the Collateral Shares as may be requested or instructed by the Company and shall execute such other instruments, stock powers, instruction letters or other documents as the Company may reasonably request to enforce the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.1. Subscriber agrees that the Collateral Shares will be registered on the books and records of the Company held by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc. (together, the Transfer Agent) in the name of Inspirato Incorporated for the benefit of Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC.
2.2 If the Purchase Price is paid in full by Subscriber prior to 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on the Outside Date, then all restrictions set forth in Section 2.1 will immediately lapse and terminate with respect to the Collateral Shares, and the Company shall promptly cause any stop transfer instructions or restrictive legends to be removed from the Collateral Shares (other than any legends or instructions relating to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and cause the Transfer Agent to update the books and records of the Company so the shares are held directly by Thayer Ventures Acquisition Holdings LLC, including delivering any necessary instruction letters, opinions or other documents to the Transfer Agent.
2.3 If the Purchase Price has not been paid in full by Subscriber as of 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on the Outside Date, then Subscriber hereby automatically forfeits, without any further action required by any party, all the Collateral Shares. The parties agree that such forfeiture shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for failure of Subscriber to perform its obligations under Section 1 hereof, and upon such forfeiture, Subscriber will have no further obligations under Section 1 hereof.
3. Forfeiture. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, effective as of immediately prior to the Closing, Subscriber hereby automatically forfeits, without any further action required by any party, 65,000 shares of Buyer Class B Common Stock held by Subscriber (the Forfeited Shares) (which number shall be in addition to the 1,500,000 shares of Buyer Class B Common
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Stock to be forfeited by Subscriber pursuant to the Sponsor Side Letter), and such Forfeited Shares shall be cancelled, cease to exist and shall no longer be outstanding, and following the Closing, Subscriber shall have no right, title or interest to such Forfeited Shares.
4. | Waiver. In consideration for the foregoing: |
4.1 Subscriber hereby irrevocably waives, on behalf of itself and any TVAC Holder (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the covenants set forth in Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4 of the Registration Rights Agreement, to be effective as of the date of this Subscription Agreement.
4.2 Inspirato hereby irrevocably waives, on behalf of itself and the Blockers, the condition set forth in Section 11.3(c) of the Business Combination Agreement, to be effective as of the date of this Subscription Agreement.
5. Condition. The parties respective obligations under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Subscription Agreement are subject to the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement and the effectiveness of the waivers set forth in Section 4 hereof.
6. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of (i) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms or (ii) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement.
7. | Miscellaneous. |
7.1 Each of Subscriber, Inspirato and the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement on the terms and conditions described herein.
7.2 Expenses. Each of the parties hereto shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.
7.3 Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) Business Days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:
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(i) if to the Company (prior to the Closing) or Subscriber:
Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation
25852 McBean Parkway, Suite 508
Valencia, CA 91355
Attention: Mark Farrell
Email: mark@thayerventures.com
with a required copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Cooley LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004
Attention: Daniel Peale
John McKenna
Email: dpeale@cooley.com
jmckenna@cooley.com
(ii) if to the Company (following the Closing) or Inspirato, to:
Inspirato LLC
1544 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Brent Handler
Brad Handler
James Hnat
Email: brent@inspirato.com
brad@inspirato.com
jhnat@inspirato.com
with a required copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attention: Tony Jeffries
Email: tjeffries@wsgr.com
7.4 Entire Agreement. This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
7.5 Modifications and Amendments. This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification or supplement is sought.
7.6 Waivers and Consents. The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions. No such waiver
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or consent shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver or consent with respect to any other terms or provisions of this Subscription Agreement, whether or not similar. Each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given, and shall not constitute a continuing waiver or consent.
7.7 Assignment. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights, interests or obligations that may accrue to any party hereunder may be transferred or assigned without the written consent of the other parties hereto.
7.8 Benefit. This Subscription 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, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. This Subscription Agreement shall not confer rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
7.9 Governing Law. This Subscription Agreement, and any claim or cause of action hereunder based upon, arising out of or related to this Subscription Agreement (whether based on law, in equity, in contract, in tort or any other theory) or the negotiation, execution, performance or enforcement of this Subscription Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
7.10 Severability. If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
7.11 No Waiver of Rights, Powers and Remedies. No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.
7.12 Headings and Captions. The headings and captions of the various subdivisions of this Subscription Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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7.13 Counterparts. This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or any other form of electronic delivery, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company, Inspirato (on behalf of itself and the Company following the Closing) and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.
THAYER VENTURES ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Ferrell | |
Name: | Mark Farrell | |
Title: | Co-CEO |
INSPIRATO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ R. Webster Neighbor | |
Name: |
R. Webster Neighbor | |
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
THAYER VENTURES ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Ferrell | |
Name: | Mark Farrell | |
Title: | Managing Member |
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Exhibit 16.1
February 14, 2022
Office of the Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have read Inspirato LLC s (formerly known as Thayer Venture Acquisition Corporation) statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated February 14, 2022. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm under Item 4.01, in which we were informed of our dismissal on February 11, 2022. We are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements contained therein.
Very truly yours,
WithumSmith+Brown, PC
New York, New York
WithumSmith+Brown, PC 1411 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10018-3496 T (212) 751 9100 F (212) 750 3262 withum.com
AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF HLB - THE GLOBAL ADVISORY AND ACCOUNTING NETWORK
Exhibit 99.1
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X and presents the combination of the historical financial information of Thayer and Inspirato adjusted to give effect to the Business Combination, PIPE Investment and the other related events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the Transactions). Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to the Combined Company refer to Inspirato and its consolidated subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions. Defined terms included below shall have the same meaning as terms defined and included elsewhere in this Report.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 gives pro forma effect to the Transactions as if they were consummated on September 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 give pro forma effect to the Transactions as if they were consummated on January 1, 2020.
The assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited adjustments to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are described in the accompanying notes, which should be read in conjunction with, the following:
| Thayers unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in the prospectus. |
| Inspiratos unaudited financial statements and related notes as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in the prospectus. |
| Thayers audited financial statements and related notes as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 31, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 included in the prospectus. |
| Inspiratos audited financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the prospectus. |
| Thayers Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in the prospectus. |
| Inspiratos Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in the prospectus. |
Certain direct and incremental costs related to the Business Combination will be recorded as a reduction against additional-paid-in-capital, consistent with the accounting for reverse recapitalizations. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies or cost savings that may be associated with the Business Combination.
The unaudited condensed combined pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination and related transactions are based on certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are based on information available as of the dates of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and may be revised as additional information becomes available. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material.
The following describes the above entities:
Thayer
Thayer is a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on July 31, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, or initial business combination. Thayer has generated no operating revenues to date and does not expect to generate operating revenues until the consummation of an initial business combination.
Inspirato
Inspirato is a subscription-based luxury travel company that provides unique solutions for (i) affluent travelers seeking superior service and certainty across a wide variety of accommodations and experiences and (ii) hospitality suppliers who want to solve pain points that include monetizing excess inventory and efficiently outsourcing the hassle involved in managing rental properties.
For travelers, Inspirato offers access to a diverse portfolio of curated luxury vacation options that, as of December 31, 2021, included over 425 private luxury vacation homes available exclusively to its subscribers, and accommodations at over 420 luxury hotel and resort partners in more than 230 destinations around the world. Inspiratos portfolio also includes Inspirato Only, featuring one-of-a-kind luxury safaris, cruises, and other experiences, and Bespoke, which offers custom-designed bucket list itineraries. Every Inspirato trip comes with Inspiratos personalized service envelope including pre-trip planning, on-site concierge, and daily housekeeping designed to meet the needs of affluent travelers and drive exceptional customer satisfaction.
Description of the Business Combination
On June 30, 2021, Thayer, Merger Subs, Blockers and Inspirato entered into the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which Thayer will acquire certain of the outstanding equity interests of Inspirato. The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were unanimously approved by Thayers board of directors, Inspiratos board of managers, and the governing bodies of each of the Merger Subs.
Prior to the Closing, the units representing equity interests in Inspirato are held by (i) Blockers, which are corporations (or entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal tax purposes) that are affiliated with certain institutional investors, and (ii) other Members of Inspirato, which consist of entities and individuals, including members of management and other employees of Inspirato or its subsidiaries. The Members of Inspirato prior to the Closing, other than the Blockers, are referred to in this prospectus as the Flow-Through Sellers.
The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the following:
| each Blocker will merge with and into a Blocker Merger Sub (including any Non-Party Blocker, if any, that signs a joinder to the Business Combination Agreement with the consent of Inspirato) with the respective Blocker Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Thayer (collectively, the Blocker Mergers), resulting in the equity interests of each Blocker being cancelled and converted into the right to receive (i) shares of Combined Company Class A Common Stock based on such Blockers pro rata ownership of Inspirato (adjusted upward for cash and cash equivalents of such Blocker and adjusted downward for debt and transaction expenses of such Blocker), plus (ii) cash, if any, based on such Blockers pro rata ownership, plus (iii) certain rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement; |
| immediately following the Blocker Mergers, the Company Merger Sub will merge with and into Inspirato, with Inspirato continuing as the surviving company and subsidiary of Thayer, resulting in (i) each outstanding Inspirato Unit (other than any units held by the Combined Company or any of its subsidiaries following the Blocker Mergers) being cancelled and converted into a right to receive (A) New Common Units of Inspirato, (B) cash, if any, (C) shares of Combined Company Class V Common Stock and (D) certain rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement; and (ii) each outstanding Inspirato Option being automatically converted into an Assumed Inspirato Option; and |
| the limited liability company agreement of Inspirato will be amended and restated to, among other things, reflect the Company Merger and create a seven-person board of managers designated by PubCo and the other members holding outstanding vested New Common Units. |
Following the completion of the Business Combination, as described above, our organizational structure will be what is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership corporation (or UP-C) structure, which is often used by entities classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such as Inspirato, undertaking an initial public offering, an initial business combination with a SPAC or other going-public transactions. This UP-C structure will allow the Flow-Through Sellers to retain their equity ownership in Inspirato in the form of New Common Units issued pursuant to the Business Combination. Each Flow-Through Seller will also hold a number of shares of Combined Company Class V Common Stock equal to the number of New Common Units held by such Flow-Through Seller, which will have no economic rights, but which will entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote per share at any meeting of the stockholders of PubCo. Those institutional investors in Inspirato who, prior to the Business Combination, held Inspirato Units through a Blocker will, by contrast, hold their equity ownership in PubCo in the form of Combined Company Class A Common Stock.
Accounting Treatment of the Business Combination
The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Thayer will be treated as the acquired company for accounting purposes. This determination is primarily based on the fact that subsequent to the Business Combination, the unitholders of Inspirato will have a majority of the voting power of the Combined Company, Inspiratos operations will comprise all of the ongoing operations of the Combined Company, and Inspirato will comprise a majority of the governing body of the Combined Company. Following the Transaction, Inspirato will be managed by a seven-person board of managers designated by PubCo and the other members holding outstanding vested New Common Units. Accordingly, the financial statements will reflect the net assets of Thayer and Inspirato at historical cost with no goodwill or other intangible assets recognized.
Basis of Pro Forma Presentation
In accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, pro forma adjustments to the combined historical financial information of Thayer and Inspirato give effect to transaction accounting adjustments that (1) depict in the pro forma condensed combined balance sheet, the accounting for the Transactions required by GAAP, and (2) depict in the pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, the effects of the pro forma balance sheet adjustments, assuming those adjustments were made as of the beginning of the fiscal year presented. The pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any management adjustments or any synergies, operating efficiencies, or other benefits that may result from consummation of the Transactions. In addition, as (i) Thayer and Inspirato have not had any historical relationship prior to the Transactions and (ii) there is no historical activity with respect to Merger Subs, preparation of the accompanying pro forma financial information did not require any adjustments with respect to such activities.
Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments based on information available as of the date of this prospectus. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented as additional information becomes available. Management considers this basis of presentation to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented to provide relevant information necessary for an understanding of the Combined Company subsequent to completion of the Transactions. Accordingly, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information includes, among other things, pro forma adjustments to reflect the completion of the Business Combination, the PIPE Investment, the settlement of transaction costs that have been reported in the companies historical financial statements or will be incurred upon consummation of the Business Combination, and the impact of certain other associated pro forma adjustments necessary to give full effect to the Transactions.
Pursuant to the Thayer Certificate of Incorporation, Thayer provided the holders of shares of Thayer Class A Common Stock originally sold as part of the Thayer Units issued in Thayers IPO with the opportunity to redeem, upon the Closing, the Public Shares then held by them for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit as of two business days prior to the Closing, in the Trust Account that holds the proceeds (including interest not previously released to Thayer to pay its income taxes or any other taxes payable) from the Thayer IPO. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on actual redemptions of Thayer Class A Common Stock.
The following table provides a pro forma summary of the shares of the Combined Companys common stock as of closing on February 10, 2022 (in thousands):
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Thayer public shareholders |
256 | 0 | % | |||||
Thayer Class B |
2,748 | 3 | % | |||||
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3,004 | 3 | % | |||||
PIPE |
8,850 | 8 | % | |||||
Inspirato LLC unitholders |
95,579 | 89 | % | |||||
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Total Shares at Closing |
107,433 | 100 | % | |||||
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
As of September 30, 2021
(in thousands except per share amounts)
Thayer (Historical) |
Inspirato LLC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 396 | $ | 78,855 | $ | 2,564 | 2a | $ |
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88,500 | 2b | |||||||||||||||||||
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Restricted cash |
| 2,960 | | 2,960 | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
| 3,140 | | 3,140 | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses |
258 | 6,335 | | 6,593 | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid subscriber travel |
| 15,660 | | 15,660 | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, related parties |
| 762 | | 762 | ||||||||||||||||
Other current assets |
| 832 | | 832 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total current assets |
654 | 108,544 | 58,665 | 167,863 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account |
175,988 | | (175,988 | ) | 2a | | ||||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net |
| 8,490 | | 8,490 | ||||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| 21,233 | | 21,233 | ||||||||||||||||
Other long-term, assets |
| 1,073 | | 1,073 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total assets |
$ | 176,642 | $ |
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198,659 |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 509 | $ | 28,390 | $ | 28,899 | ||||||||||||||
Accrued liabilities |
72 | 5,330 | 5,402 | |||||||||||||||||
Franchise tax payable |
174 | | 174 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue |
| 155,488 | 155,488 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred rent |
| 900 | 900 | |||||||||||||||||
Debt |
| 13,267 | 13,267 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
755 | 203,375 | | 204,130 | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred underwriting fee payable |
6,900 | | (6,900 | ) | 2d | | ||||||||||||||
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Deferred revenue |
| 17,847 | 17,847 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred rent |
| 7,828 | 7,828 | |||||||||||||||||
Warrants |
18,170 | 548 | 18,718 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
25,825 | 229,598 | (6,900 | ) | 248,523 |
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Series A-1 |
$ | 13,108 | (13,108 | ) | 2f | $ | | |||||||||||||
Series A-2 |
5,489 | (5,489 | ) | 2f | | |||||||||||||||
Series B |
19,860 | (19,860 | ) | 2f | | |||||||||||||||
Series B-1 |
15,282 | (15,282 | ) | 2f | | |||||||||||||||
Series D |
20,125 | (20,125 | ) | 2f | | |||||||||||||||
Series E |
9,916 | (9,916 | ) | 2f | | |||||||||||||||
Thayer Class A Common stock: 17,250,000 shares subject to possible redemption at $10.20 per share |
175,950 | | (175,950 | ) | 2a | | ||||||||||||||
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Total temporary equity |
175,950 | 83,780 | (259,730 | ) | | |||||||||||||||
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Noncontrolling interest |
| | (28,081 | ) | 2i | (28,081 | ) | |||||||||||||
Combined Company Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 2,595,148 issued and outstanding on a historical basis; 112,540,368 issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis. |
| | 11 | 2e | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 4,312,500 issued and outstanding on a historical basis; none issued or outstanding on a pro forma basis. |
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| 21,477 | (21,477 | ) | 2f | | ||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
| | 2,526 | 2a | 173,721 | |||||||||||||||
88,500 | 2b | |||||||||||||||||||
(25,133 | ) | 2c | ||||||||||||||||||
(25,499 | ) | 2d | ||||||||||||||||||
(11 | ) | 2e | ||||||||||||||||||
105,257 | 2f | |||||||||||||||||||
28,081 | 2i | |||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(25,133 | ) | (195,515 | ) | 25,133 | 2c | (195,515 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total shareholders equity |
(25,133 | ) | (174,038 | ) | 149,307 | (49,864 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 176,642 | $ | 139,340 | $ | (117,323 | ) | $ | 198,659 | |||||||||||
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021
(in thousands except per share data)
Thayer (Historical) |
Inspirato, LLC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Combined Pro Forma |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 166,390 | $ | | $ | 166,390 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| 110,106 | | $ | 110,106 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
1,253 | 37,188 | | $ | 38,441 | |||||||||||||||
Franchise Tax expenses |
148 | | | $ | 148 | |||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing |
| 19,105 | | $ | 19,105 | |||||||||||||||
Operations |
| 17,336 | | $ | 17,336 | |||||||||||||||
Technology and development |
| 2,957 | | $ | 2,957 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 1,876 | | $ | 1,876 | |||||||||||||||
Interest, net |
(37 | ) | 483 | 37 | 3b | $ | 483 | |||||||||||||
Warrant fair value losses |
2,298 | 456 | | $ | 2,754 | |||||||||||||||
Gain on forgiveness of debt |
| (9,518 | ) | $ | (9,518 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Income (loss) before income taxes |
(3,662 | ) | (13,599 | ) | (37 | ) | $ | (17,298 | ) | |||||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| | (4,325 | ) | 3c | $ | (4,325 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) |
(3,662 | ) | (13,599 | ) | 4,288 | $ | (12,973 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest |
| | (7,306 | ) | 3d | $ | (7,306 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) attributable to Inspirato Incorporated |
$ | (3,662 | ) | $ | (13,599 | ) | $ | 11,594 | $ | (5,667 | ) | |||||||||
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Basic and diluted weighted average shares |
1,166 | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted loss per share |
$ | (11.66 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock |
4,313 | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A and Class B |
$ | (0.17 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A redeemable common stock |
17,250 | 107,433 | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A |
$ | (0.17 | ) | $ | (0.05 | ) |
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the year ended December 31, 2020
(in thousands except per share data)
Thayer (Historical) |
Inspirato, LLC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Combined Pro Forma |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 165,590 | $ | | $ | 165,590 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| $ | 100,599 | | 100,599 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
109 | $ | 25,940 | 3,243 | 3a | 29,292 | ||||||||||||||
Franchise tax expenses |
84 | $ | | | 84 | |||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing |
| $ | 14,764 | | 14,764 | |||||||||||||||
Operations |
| $ | 18,814 | | 18,814 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| $ | 2,898 | | 2,898 | |||||||||||||||
Technology and development |
| $ | 2,787 | | 2,787 | |||||||||||||||
Interest, net |
(1 | ) | $ | 542 | 1 | 3b | 542 | |||||||||||||
Financing costsderivative warrant liabilities |
411 | $ | | | 411 | |||||||||||||||
Warrant fair value (gains) losses |
2,356 | $ | (214 | ) | | 2,142 | ||||||||||||||
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Loss before income taxes |
(2,959 | ) | (540 | ) | (3,244 | ) | (6,743 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Income tax benefit |
| | (1,686 | ) | 3c | (1,686 | ) | |||||||||||||
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(2,959 | ) | (540 | ) | (1,558 | ) | (5,057 | ) | ||||||||||||
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$ | (2,959 | ) | $ | (540 | ) | $ | 1,290 | $ | (2,209 | ) | |||||||||
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Basic and diluted weighted average shares |
1,166 | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted loss per share |
$ | (0.46 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock |
3,818 | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A and Class B |
$ | (0.77 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A redeemable common stock |
2,080 | 107,433 | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A |
$ | (0.50 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) |
Note 1. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation
The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Thayer will be treated as the acquired company for accounting purposes. This determination is primarily based on the fact that subsequent to the Business Combination, the unitholders of Inspirato will have a majority of the voting power of the Combined Company, Inspiratos operations will comprise all of the ongoing operations of the Combined Company, and Inspirato will comprise a majority of the governing body of the Combined Company. Following the Transaction, Inspirato LLC will be governed by a board of managers consisting of three managers designated by Inspirato Incorporated. Accordingly, the financial statements will reflect the net assets of Thayer and Inspirato at historical cost with no goodwill or other intangible assets recognized. Operations prior to the Business Combination will be those of Inspirato.
The pro forma adjustments have been prepared as if the Business Combination had been consummated on September 30, 2021 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared assuming the following methods of accounting in accordance with GAAP.
One-time direct and incremental transaction costs incurred prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation are reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as a direct reduction to the Combined Company additional paid-in capital and are assumed to be cash settled.
The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that Thayer believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Thayer believes that these assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Business Combination based on information available to management at the time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements have been prepared for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Business Combination and related transactions taken place on the dates indicated, nor do they purport to project the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Combined Company. They should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Thayer and Inspirato.
The assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited adjustments to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are described in the accompanying notes, which should be read in conjunction with, the following:
| Thayers unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in the prospectus. |
| Inspiratos unaudited financial statements and related notes as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in the prospectus. |
| Thayers audited financial statements and related notes as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 31, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 included in the prospectus. |
| Inspiratos audited financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the prospectus. |
Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments based on information available as of the date of this report. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented as additional information becomes available. Management considers this basis of presentation to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings, or cost savings that may be associated with the Business Combination.
There were no significant intercompany balances or transactions between Thayer and Inspirato as of the date and for the periods of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.
The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had Thayer and Inspirato filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.
The pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share amounts presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are based upon the number of Thayers shares outstanding, assuming the Business Combination and related transactions occurred at January 1, 2020.
Note 2. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet Adjustments
The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:
a) | Reflects the reclassification of $176 million of cash and cash equivalents held in Thayers trust account that becomes available for transaction consideration, transaction expenses, redemption of public shares and the operating activities following the Business Combination. Approximately $173.3 million of cash and cash equivalents held in Thayers trust account were utilized to satisfy redemptions of Thayer Class A common stock. |
b) | Reflects the gross cash proceeds from PIPE financing of 8.85 million shares of Thayer Class A common stock for $88.5 million from private investors. |
c) | Reflects the elimination of Thayers accumulated deficit. |
d) | Reflects the payment of Thayer and Inspiratos transaction costs of $32.4 million, including deferred underwriting fees, incurred in connection with the closing of the business combination, of which $3.2 million will be expensed. |
e) | Reflects the issuance of 107 million shares to seller at $0.0001 par value as consideration for the Business Combination. |
f) | Reflects the recapitalization of Inspirato including the reclassification of temporary and permanent members equity to common stock and additional paid in capital. This presentation does not account for the Sponsors agreement to purchase 490,197 shares of Inspirato Class A Stock for $10.20 per share by the Sponsor for aggregate proceeds of approximately $5.0 million, in a private placement or the potential forfeiture of an additional 1.0 million shares of Thayer Class B Stock (which became 1.0 million shares of Inspirato Class A Common Stock upon the Closing) in the event such private placement does not occur within the 60-day period following the Closing pursuant to Inspirato LLCs waiver of the minimum cash condition contained in the Business Combination Agreement. |
g) | Represents adjustments to reflect applicable deferred tax assets. The Combined Companys deferred tax assets are not more likely than not expected to be realized in accordance with ASC 740Income Taxes. As such, the Combined Company has reduced the full carrying amount of the deferred tax assets with a valuation allowance. The deferred taxes are primarily related to the tax basis step up of the Combined Companys investment in Inspirato LLC, and the Combined Companies net loss tax effected at a constant federal income tax rate of 21.0% and a state tax rate of 4%. |
h) | Upon the completion of the Transaction, the Combined Company will be a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Combined Company will be required to pay to certain parties to the agreement 85% of the tax savings that it is deemed to realize in certain circumstances as a result of certain tax attributes that exist following the Transaction and that are created thereafter, including as a result of payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Combined Company does not expect to record net deferred tax assets related to the tax basis adjustments associated with the exchange of Units in Inspirato as those deferred tax assets are not more likely than not expected to be realized in accordance with ASC 740Income Taxes. Accordingly, the Combined Company has not recorded a liability related to the Tax Receivable Agreement as of September 30, 2021, as the liability is not considered to be probable in accordance with ASC 450Contingencies. |
i) | Noncontrolling interest ownership of 56.3% represents ownership of Inspirato LLC to be held by Flow-Through Sellers. |
Note 3. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations Adjustments
The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:
a) | Reflects Thayers and Inspiratos transaction costs to be expensed of $3.2 million in 2020. |
b) | Represents the elimination of $37 thousand of interest income on Thayers trust account for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $1 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2020. |
c) | Following the transaction, PubCo will be subject to U.S. federal income taxes as well as state and local taxes, estimated at 25%. |
d) | Represents net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest ownership of 56.3%. |
e) | There is not expected to be a material change to the aforementioned tax benefit nor liability related to the Tax Receivable Agreement. |
Note 4. Net loss per share
Pro Forma Weighted Average Shares (Basic and Diluted)
The following pro forma weighted average shares calculations have been performed for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020. The unaudited condensed combined pro forma net loss per share, basic and diluted, are computed by dividing loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
Prior to the Business Combination, Thayer had two classes of shares: Class A shares and Class B shares. The Class B shares are held by the Sponsor. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, each currently issued and outstanding share of Thayer Class B common stock not forfeited, was automatically converted on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Thayer Class A common stock. Immediately thereafter, each currently issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock was automatically converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of the Combined Company.
Thayer has 8.6 million outstanding public warrants sold during the initial public offering and 7.2 million warrants sold in a private placement to purchase an aggregate of 0.9 million Class A shares simultaneous to the initial public offering. The warrants are exercisable at $11.50 per share amounts which exceeds the current market price of Thayers Class A common stock. These warrants are considered anti-dilutive and excluded from the earnings per share calculation when the exercise price exceeds the average market value of the common stock price during the applicable period. Inspirato Options and Inspirato Profits Interests are anti-dilutive.
As a result, pro forma diluted net loss per share is the same as pro forma basic net loss per share for the periods presented.
For the year ended December 31, 2020 |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 |
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Pro forma net loss attributable to Inspirato Incorporated |
$ | (2,209 | ) | $ | (5,667 | ) | ||
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
107,433 | 107,433 | ||||||
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$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.05 | ) | ||
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256 | 256 | ||||||
Thayer class B |
2,748 | 2,748 | ||||||
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Inspirato LLC unitholders |
95,579 | 95,579 | ||||||
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107,433 | 107,433 |
Exhibit 99.2
INSPIRATO, THE INNOVATIVE LUXURY TRAVEL SUBSCRIPTION BRAND,
CLOSES TRANSACTION TO BECOME PUBLICLY TRADED
- WILL BEGIN TRADING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 ON NASDAQ AS ISPO -
Denver, Colorado February 11, 2022 Inspirato LLC, the innovative luxury travel subscription brand, announced today that it has completed its previously announced business combination (the Business Combination) with Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: TVAC, TVACU, TVACW) (Thayer Ventures).
The Business Combination was approved at a special meeting of Thayer Ventures shareholders on February 8, 2022 and the combined company changed its name to Inspirato Incorporated (Inspirato or the Company). Beginning on Monday, February 14, 2022, Inspiratos Class A common stock and warrants will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbols ISPO and ISPOW, respectively.
Inspirato is led by Brent Handler, Co-Founder and CEO, and Brad Handler, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman. The Board of Directors will initially consist of Brent Handler, Brad Handler, Michael Armstrong, Eric Grosse, Ann Payne, and Scot Sellers.
We are thrilled to begin the next chapter of growth for Inspirato as a public company, said Brent Handler, Co-Founder and CEO of Inspirato. With this milestone accomplished, we are well positioned to accelerate our mission of revolutionizing luxury travel with our proprietary next-generation travel subscription platform. None of this would have been possible without our loyal subscribers, investors, and employees, all of whom helped us grow into the one-of-a-kind luxury brand we are today. As a public company, we look forward to expanding our portfolio of luxury vacation options and introducing the benefits of Inspirato to more and more travelers throughout the world.
Inspirato continues to show all the hallmarks of a disruptive leader in the luxury travel space, said Chris Hemmeter, former Co-CEO of Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation. With its network-effect subscription business model, relentless focus on subscriber satisfaction, and growing supply-side momentum, it is custom-designed to help travelers make the most of their valuable time in a post-pandemic world. We look forward to supporting Inspiratos future growth.
Advisors
UBS Securities LLC (UBS) acted as lead financial advisor and capital markets advisor to Inspirato, and co-lead placement agent for institutional investors to Thayer. Piper Sandler & Company also acted as financial advisor to Inspirato. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Inc., Northland Securities Inc., and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., also acted as capital market advisors to Inspirato.
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Evercore Group L.L.C. (Evercore) acted as lead financial advisor to Thayer and co-lead placement agent for institutional investors to Thayer. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (Stifel) acted as lead capital markets advisor to Thayer and placement agent for institutional investors to Thayer.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati acted as legal advisor to Inspirato. Cooley acted as legal advisor to Thayer. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal advisor to UBS, Evercore, and Stifel in their role as placement agents for institutional investors to Thayer.
About Inspirato, Inc.
Launched in 2011, Inspirato is the innovative luxury travel subscription brand that provides affluent travelers access to a managed and controlled portfolio of hand-selected vacation options, delivered through a subscription model to ensure the service and certainty that affluent customers demand. The Inspirato portfolio includes branded luxury vacation homes available exclusively to subscribers and guests, accommodations at five-star hotel and resort partners, and custom travel experiences. In 2019, Inspirato improved travel by introducing Inspirato Pass, the worlds first luxury travel subscription that includes all nightly rates, taxes, and fees. For more information, visit www.inspirato.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain a number of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning Inspiratos possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, debt levels, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of regulation, including whether this Business Combination will generate returns for shareholders. These forward-looking statements are based on Inspiratos managements current expectations, estimates, projections and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this press release, the words estimates, projected, expects, anticipates, forecasts, plans, intends, believes, seeks, may, will, should, future, propose and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Inspiratos managements control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors include, but are not limited to: (a) the risk of delays in admitting Inspirato to trading on Nasdaq; (b) the ability to meet Nasdaqs listing standards; (c) costs related to listing on Nasdaq; (d) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the Business Combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (e) the risk of downturns in the travel and hospitality industry, including residual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; (f) the possibility that Inspirato may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (g) changes in applicable laws or regulations, including legal or regulatory developments (such as changes in local laws affecting hotels, apartments and other accommodation and regulatory developments related to special purpose acquisition companies); (h) the possibility that
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Inspirato may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors and (i) other risks and uncertainties identified in Thayer Ventures registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-259570) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), which was declared effective on January 18, 2022, with respect to Inspiratos securities issued in connection with the Business Combination, and in other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Inspirato and available at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section of the registration statement on Form S-4 referenced above and other documents previously filed by Thayer Ventures with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
Except as required by law, Inspirato does not undertake any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
Contacts
Media Relations:
communications@inspirato.com
Investor Relations:
ir@inspirato.com
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