In connection with this offering, we agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, we will not
offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for any shares of our Class A common stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Santander US Capital Markets LLC for a period of 60 days
after the date of this prospectus supplement.
We, our officers and directors and the Selling Stockholder have agreed not to offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our Class A common stock, enter into a transaction that
would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our Class A common stock, whether any of these transactions are to be settled
by delivery of our Class A common stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without,
in each case, the prior written consent of Santander US Capital Markets LLC for a period of 60 days after the date of this prospectus supplement.
Santander US Capital Markets LLC, in its sole discretion, may release the common stock and other securities subject to the lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time. When determining whether or not to release the common stock and other securities from lock-up agreements,
Santander US Capital Markets LLC will consider, among other factors, the holders reasons for requesting the release and the number of shares of common stock or other securities for which the release is being requested.
We and the Selling Stockholder have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to
payments that the underwriters may be required to make in that respect.
Our Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE under the
symbol SEI.
The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various
activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the underwriters and
their respective affiliates have from time to time performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for us and for our affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which
they have received and would receive customary compensation.
In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the
underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and
for the accounts of their customers, and such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of the issuer. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or
express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.
In connection with the offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions, penalty bids and
passive market making in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
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Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not
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Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the Class A common stock in the open market after the
distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the
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