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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2024

 

 

WEWORK INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39419   85-1144904

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

71 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor  
New York, NY   10003
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(646) 389-3922

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (1)   WE (1)   (1) 
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock (2)   WE WS (2)   (2) 
Class A Common Stock Purchase Rights     (1) 

 

(1)

On November 22, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) filed a Form 25 to delist the Company’s Class A common stock and Class A common stock purchase rights and remove such securities from registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The delisting became effective 10 days after the filing of the Form 25. The deregistration of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class A common stock purchase rights under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act became effective 90 days after the Form 25 filing. Upon deregistration of the Company’s securities under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, the Company’s securities remain registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The Company’s Class A common stock began trading on the OTC Pink Marketplace on November 8, 2023, under the symbol “WEWKQ.”

(2) 

On August 22, 2023, the NYSE filed a Form 25 to delist the Company’s warrants and remove such securities from registration under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The delisting became effective 10 days after the filing of the Form 25. The deregistration of the Company’s warrants under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act became effective 90 days after the Form 25 filing. The Company’s warrants began trading on the OTC Pink Marketplace on August 23, 2023, under the symbol “WEWOW.”

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Introductory Note

As previously disclosed, on November 6, 2023, WeWork Inc. (the “Company” or “WeWork”) and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On May 30, 2024, the Debtors filed the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries (Further Technical Modifications) [Docket No. 2051] (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Plan”) in the Bankruptcy Court. On May 30, 2024, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order (I) Approving the Debtors’ Disclosure Statement and (II) Confirming the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 2060] (the “Confirmation Order”). Capitalized terms used but not specifically defined herein have the meanings specified for such terms in the Plan. The Plan became effective on June 11, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Stockholders Agreement

On the Effective Date, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Company entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) with its stockholders, pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to, among other things, certain board designation rights, governance rights, information rights, right of first refusal and co-sale rights, preemptive rights, drag-along rights and transfer restrictions. Pursuant to the Plan, each stockholder of the Company as of the Effective Date was deemed to be a party to, and bound by, the Stockholders Agreement, regardless of whether such stockholder executed a signature page thereto.

The foregoing description of the Stockholders Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

On the Effective Date, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain stockholders, pursuant to which the Company granted certain demand registration rights and piggyback rights to such stockholders with respect to the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), following the consummation of an initial public offering.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Exit Letter of Credit Facility

To effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Plan, the Company formed certain special purpose subsidiaries to enter into a new credit agreement on the Effective Date. The Company formed, and is the direct owner of, WW SPV Manager LLC (“Manager”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company, and Manager is the direct owner of WW SPV Blocker LLC (“Blocker”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company. Blocker is the direct owner of WW SPV Borrower I LLC (the “Borrower”) and WW SPV Borrower II LLC (together with the Borrower, the “Borrowers”). On the Effective Date, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Borrowers entered into a credit facility providing for (x) a senior secured limited recourse first priority “last out” term loan C facility, in an aggregate principal amount equal to $441,613,746.22 (the “Junior TLC Facility”) pursuant to which term C loans thereunder (the “Term Loans”) were made to each Borrower, and (y) a senior secured first priority cash collateralized “first out” letter of credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, in the case of Goldman Sachs International Bank (“Goldman Sachs”), $264,783,483.17 million and, in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), $185,216,516.83 million at any time outstanding (the “Senior LC Facility” and, together with the Junior TLC Facility, the “Facilities”), pursuant to a senior secured credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrowers, WW SPV Blocker LLC, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, each as an Issuing Bank, a Senior LC Facility administrative agent and an LC collateral agent, Softbank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. (“SVF II”), as the Junior TLC Facility Lender and as the Junior TLC Facility administrative agent, Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Junior TLC collateral agent, and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this section shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement attached as an exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.


The Letters of Credit under the Senior LC Facility will be used for purposes permitted by the Confirmation Order and the Credit Agreement, to support leases for the business of and other general corporate obligations of the WeWork Group Members, and the Term Loans will be used to cash fund LC Cash Collateral in an aggregate amount equal to the Junior TLC Facility Commitment to support the Senior LC Facility, which LC Cash Collateral will be used to reimburse any drawings on Letters of Credit issued under the Senior LC Facility.

The maturity date of the Junior TLC Facility will occur on the date (the “Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date”) that is the earliest of, among other triggering events, (i) June 11, 2030 (or such later date as the Junior TLC Facility Lender may agree in its sole discretion), (ii) the date on which the Term Loans have been voluntarily prepaid by the Borrowers pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Credit Agreement, (iii) the occurrence of certain changes of control, (iv) certain Events of Default, including with respect to the Senior LC Facility, and (v) the date on which both (a) the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has occurred and (b) the Credit Parties shall have determined in their reasonable discretion that neither they nor any of their Affiliates will require or desire the commitment and/or use of cash collateral provided by the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

The maturity date of the Senior LC Facility is the earliest of (i) June 11, 2028, unless earlier terminated pursuant to the Credit Agreement or otherwise extended pursuant to any Extension Amendment, (ii) the date of termination of any Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitments and the acceleration of any obligations under the Senior LC Facilities Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereunder, and (iii) the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date.

The Terms Loans will be mandatorily reduced or repaid in full from time to time solely through a release of certain surplus LC Cash Collateral and, in connection with drawings in respect of Letters of Credit, the transfer to SVF II of a number of shares of Common Stock, determined in accordance with a conversion price per share set forth in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement further provides that fees owed to the Junior TLC Facility Lender may, at the Borrowers’ option, be paid by with the transfer of a number of shares of Common Stock, determined in accordance with a conversion price per share set forth in the Credit Agreement.

Interest shall not be payable on any drawing paid under any Letter of Credit or any other Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations that is reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral on a timely basis. If a drawing paid under any Letter of Credit is not reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral on a timely basis as a result of there being an insufficient amount of LC Cash Collateral available or otherwise reimbursed when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), then interest will accrue on the reimbursement obligation at the ABR. The Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under the Credit Agreement will be subject to an additional 2.00% of interest per annum during the period in which any principal of, or interest on, any loan or reimbursement obligation or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower in respect of such Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations or Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations, as applicable, is not paid when due.

The Credit Agreement includes customary conditions precedent, representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default for financings of this type and size. The Borrowers’ obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Credit Parties and are secured by a security interest in, and lien on, certain property of the Credit Parties, including the LC Cash Collateral. The Credit Agreement also contains customary covenants that limit the ability of the Credit Parties to, among other things, incur additional Indebtedness, permit liens to exist on their assets and sell assets. These covenants are subject to exceptions and qualifications as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

The Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations and Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations are guaranteed by the Company on a limited recourse basis for certain “bad boy” acts by the Company or its subsidiaries.

The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Equity Interests

In accordance with the Plan, on the Effective Date, all shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Existing Common Stock”), warrants, each exercisable for shares of Existing Common

 

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Stock (the “Existing Warrants”) and any other equity-based instruments including employee equity awards (together with the Existing Common Stock and the Existing Warrants, the “Existing Equity”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, were deemed cancelled, discharged and of no further force or effect.

Prepetition Indebtedness

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the obligations of the Debtors under the following agreements were cancelled, subject to limitations as set forth in Article IV.H of the Plan:

 

   

Credit Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2019 (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among WeWork Companies U.S. LLC (as successor to WeWork Companies LLC), SVF II, as obligor, SVF II GP (Jersey Limited), acting in its capacity of general partner of SVF II, SB Global Advisors Limited, acting in its capacity as manager of SVF II, the several issuing creditors and letter of credit participants from time to time party thereto, Goldman Sachs, as senior tranche administrative agent and shared collateral agent, Kroll Agency Services Limited, as junior tranche administrative agent, and the other parties thereto from time to time;

 

   

Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2023 (as amended by the First Amendment to Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024), by and among WeWork Companies U.S. LLC, as Borrower, Goldman Sachs, as Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and Shared Collateral Agent, SVF II, as Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the other lender parties thereto;

 

   

First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among WeWork Companies U.S. LLC (as successor to WeWork Companies LLC) (the “Issuer”) and WW Co-Obligor Inc. (together with the Issuer, the “Issuers”), the guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as trustee and collateral agent, governing the 15.000% First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027, Series I, Series II and Series III;

 

   

Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank, as trustee and collateral agent, governing the 11.000% Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027;

 

   

Second Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, WeWork Inc., the guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank, as trustee and collateral agent, governing the 11.000% Second Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027;

 

   

Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and collateral agent, governing the 12.000% Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027;

 

   

Third Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, WeWork Inc., the guarantors from time to time party thereto and U.S. Bank, as trustee and collateral agent, governing the 12.000% Third Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027;

 

   

Amended and Restated Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of December 16, 2021 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, as trustee, governing the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025; and

 

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Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, as trustee, governing the 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025.

 

Item 1.03

Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On the Effective Date, the Plan became effective pursuant to its terms and the Debtors filed a Notice of Occurrence of Effective Date (the “Effective Date Notice”) with the Bankruptcy Court. A copy of the Effective Date Notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of the Effective Date Notice is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Effective Date Notice, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report under the heading “Exit Letter of Credit Facility” is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Pursuant to the Plan and following the cancellation of the Company’s Existing Equity, on the Effective Date, the Company issued certain shares of Common Stock to Holders of DIP New Money Exit Facility Claims, Allowed Drawn DIP TLC Claims, Allowed DIP TLC Fee Claims, Allowed Prepetition LC Facility Claims, Allowed 1L Notes Claims and Allowed 2L Notes Claims. The issuance of the Common Stock was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or other available exemptions from registration under the Securities Act.

Cautionary Note to Holders of Company’s Existing Common Stock

As of May 30, 2024, there were 52,758,760 shares of the Company’s Existing Common Stock and 25,276,251 Existing Warrants outstanding. On the Effective Date, all of the Company’s Existing Equity was cancelled, released, and extinguished without consideration and has no value. The Company’s Existing Equity may continue to be quoted on the OTC Pink Market, but under the terms of the Plan such Existing Equity has no underlying asset value and the Company’s Existing Equity holders should not view the trading activity of the Existing Equity on the OTC Pink Market or any other market or trading platform as indicating that there is any prospect that the Company’s Existing Equity holders might realize any value from the Existing Equity.

No shares of the Company’s Existing Common Stock will be reserved for future issuance in respect of Claims and Interests Filed and Allowed under the Plan or pursuant to the exercise of any rights, options or other obligations of the Company to issue its Existing Common Stock.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to the Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth under Item 1.02 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01

Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 1.03, Item 3.02 and Item 5.02 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Pursuant to the Plan and following the cancellation of the Company’s Existing Equity, on the Effective Date, the holders of DIP New Money Exit Facility Claims, Allowed Drawn DIP TLC Claims, Allowed DIP TLC Fee Claims, Allowed Prepetition LC Facility Claims, Allowed 1L Notes Claims and Allowed 2L Notes Claims received up to 71,246,391 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 100% of the voting securities of the Company.

As a result of the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy, the identity of the directors of the Company’s board of directors has changed as described in Item 5.02 below.

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On the Effective Date, David Tolley ceased to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. John C. Santora was appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of June 12, 2024.

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, Paul Keglevic, Paul Aronzon, Alex Clavel, Elizabeth LaPuma, Henry S. Miller, David Tolley and Vikas Parekh ceased to be directors of the Company and were replaced by Anant Yardi, Jason Yardi, Adnan Ahmad, Arnold Brier, Daniel Ehrmann and Jagannath Iyer. Upon his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, John C. Santora will join the board as a director.

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On the Effective Date, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended Certificate”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and became effective upon the filing thereof and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended Bylaws”) became effective in connection therewith.

The Amended Certificate and the Amended Bylaws are filed herewith as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 11, 2024, the Company issued two press releases in connection with a change in officers and the effectiveness of the Plan respectively. Copies of the press releases are attached to this Current Report as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, and are incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

In conjunction with its emergence from bankruptcy, the Company filed a Form 15 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister its securities under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

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Exhibit

Number

   Description
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WeWork Inc.
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of WeWork Inc.
10.1    Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, by and among WeWork Inc. and the stockholders bound thereto.
10.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, by and among WeWork Inc. and the stockholders party thereto.
10.3    Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, by and among WW SPV Borrower I LLC and WW SPV Borrower II LLC, as Borrowers, Goldman Sachs International Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, Issuing Banks and LC Collateral Agents, SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P., as Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Junior TLC Collateral Agent, and the other lender parties thereto.
99.1    Notice of Occurrence of Effective Date as to WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries
99.2    Press Release issued by WeWork Inc. on June 11, 2024.
99.3    Press Release issued by WeWork Inc. on June 11, 2024.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WEWORK INC.
Date: June 11, 2024     By:  

/s/ Pamela Swidler

    Name:  

Pamela Swidler

    Title:   Chief Legal Officer

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

WEWORK INC.

 

 

Pursuant to Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

WeWork Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as it now exists or may hereinafter be amended and supplemented, the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:

1. The name of the Corporation is WeWork Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name “BowX Acquisition Corp.” by the filing of its Certificate of Incorporation with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Secretary”) on May 19, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Certificate of Incorporation”).

2. On November 6, 2023, the Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”). This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted without the need for the approval of the board of directors or the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the DGCL pursuant to and in accordance with the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 2051], as confirmed on May 30, 2024 by order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases jointly administered under the caption In re: WeWork Inc., et al., Case No. 23-19865 (JKS). Provision for amending and restating the Corporation’s Original Certificate of Incorporation is contained in the order of the Bankruptcy Court having jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code for the reorganization of the Corporation.

3. The text of the Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I.

Name

The name of the corporation is WeWork Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II.

Offices and Records

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision of applicable law) outside of the State of Delaware at such place or places or in such manner or manners as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) or as provided in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Bylaws”).

 

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ARTICLE III.

Purpose

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented, the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV.

Capital Stock

(A) Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 250,000,000 shares of capital stock, which will be divided into the following classes: (i) 200,000,000 shares will be of a class designated Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 50,000,000 shares will be of a class designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

Except as otherwise provided in this Article IV, or any amendments thereto, all shares of Common Stock shall be identical and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges.

Subject to terms of Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below), the rights and preferences of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock may be set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Certificate of Incorporation”) or one or more certificates of designations filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware from time to time in accordance with the DGCL and this Certificate of Incorporation. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class or series shall be required therefor unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock).

(B) Common Stock. The voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions of Common Stock, in addition to those set forth elsewhere herein, in Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement, are as follows:

(1) Voting Rights. Each holder of shares of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the stockholders and to cast one vote for each outstanding share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise required by law, holders of shares of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock or the DGCL. There shall be no cumulative voting.

(2) Dividends and Distributions. Subject to applicable law and the preferences or prior rights of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding having a preference over or prior rights as to dividends or other distributions, the holders of shares of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board (subject to Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement), out of the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends and other distributions as may be declared from time to time by the Board and shall share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends and other distributions.

 

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(3) Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the Corporation’s debts and any other payments required by law, including without limitation the payment of expenses relating to any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and subject to the right, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock as to distributions upon dissolution or liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the funds and assets of the Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and to the other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of Part (B), Section (3) of this Article IV.

(C) Preferred Stock. Subject to the terms of Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement, the Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance from time to time of all or any authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to fix for each such series the voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, and relative, participating or optional rights or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series, including, without limitation, the authority to provide:

(1) the number of authorized shares in such series, and the distinctive designation of such series;

(2) the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) on the shares of such series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of such series;

(3) whether such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by applicable law, and, if so, the number of votes per share and the terms and conditions of such voting rights;

(4) whether such series shall have conversion privileges with respect to shares of any other class or classes of capital stock or any other series of any class of capital stock and, if so, the terms and conditions of conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate upon such events as the Board shall determine;

(5) whether the shares of such series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, of redemption, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(6) whether such series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of such series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

(7) the rights of the shares of such series in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of such series;

(8) the conditions or restrictions with respect to the issuance of, payment of dividends upon, or the making of other distributions to, or the acquisition or redemption of, shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock or to such series thereof with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation; and

(9) any other designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations, and restrictions of such series.

Subject to the provisions of this Article IV, Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement, shares of one or more series of Preferred Stock may be authorized or issued from time to time as shall be determined by and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board in an aggregate amount not exceeding the total number of shares of

 

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Preferred Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation. The powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series of Preferred Stock (including in any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), shares of Preferred Stock, regardless of series, which shall be issued and thereafter acquired by the Corporation through purchase, redemption, exchange, conversion or otherwise shall return to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series of Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall have the right to reissue such shares.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the AHG Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and for so long as the AHG Approval Right (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) is in effect, the shares of Preferred Stock shall not have the effect of eliminating or otherwise materially and adversely affecting the rights of the AHG Stockholders (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) under Section 2.2(e), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(ii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12, Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(b), Section 10.1(f), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) of the Stockholders Agreement (it being understood that the economic rights associated with the ownership of any shares of Preferred Stock (including the right to dividends and priority returns in the event of a liquidation) shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to have the effect of eliminating or otherwise materially and adversely affecting the rights of the AHG Stockholders under the foregoing Sections or Articles of the Stockholders Agreement).

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the SoftBank Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) is in effect, the shares of Preferred Stock shall not have the effect of eliminating or otherwise materially and adversely affecting the rights of SoftBank (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) under Section 2.2(f), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(iii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12, Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(c), Section 10.1(g), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) of the Stockholders Agreement (it being understood that the economic rights associated with the ownership of any shares of Preferred Stock (including the right to dividends and priority returns in the event of a liquidation) shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to have the effect of eliminating or otherwise materially and adversely affecting the rights of SoftBank under the foregoing Sections or Articles of the Stockholders Agreement).

(D) Limitation on Issuance of Non-Voting Equity Securities. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the Stockholders Agreement to the contrary, pursuant to Section 1123(a)(6) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 1123 (as in effect and as may be amended, supplemented or eliminated in accordance with applicable law from time to time, “Section 1123(a)(6)”), the Corporation shall not issue any nonvoting equity securities (which shall not be deemed to include any warrants or options or similar interests to purchase equity of the Corporation); provided, however, that the foregoing restriction (i) shall have no further force and effect beyond that required by Section 1123(a)(6), (ii) shall have such force and effect, if any, only for so long as such Section 1123(a)(6) is in effect and applicable to the Corporation and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time in effect. The prohibition on the issuance of nonvoting equity securities is included in this Certificate of Incorporation in compliance with Section 1123(a)(6).

(E) Transfers of Capital Stock. The Corporation shall not record upon its books any sale or other transfer, assignment or other disposition of shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other securities except in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement. Any purported sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other securities in violation of such provisions shall be void ab initio and shall not be recognized by the Corporation for any purpose.

 

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ARTICLE V.

Board of Directors

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board as provided in Article VII, the Bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as fixed by, or in the manner provided in, Article VII, the Bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement.

Each director shall be entitled to one vote on each matter presented to the Board; provided, however, that, so long as certain holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to designate a director pursuant to Article VII or the Stockholders Agreement, the affirmative vote of the designated directors, to the extent required by Article VII or the Stockholders Agreement, shall be required for the authorization by the Board of any of the matters set forth in Article VII or the Stockholders Agreement.

ARTICLE VI.

Stockholder Action

(A) Election of Directors. The holders of the shares of Common Stock shall have the right and power to elect all directors of the Corporation by vote of holders of a plurality of the votes cast of the shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present called for the purpose of electing directors. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the Bylaws.

(B) Advance Notice. Advance notice of nominations for the election of directors or proposals or other business to be considered by stockholders, which are made by any stockholder of the Corporation, shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the Bylaws.

(C) Stockholder Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected (i) at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or (ii) by written consent of such stockholders in lieu of a meeting of stockholders without prior notice and without a vote.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock.

ARTICLE VII.

Stockholders Agreement

(A) Stockholders Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each holder of shares of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock shall be subject to, shall be required to enter into, shall be deemed to have entered into, and shall be deemed to be bound by, that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated on or around June 11, 2024, by and among the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), regardless of whether any such holder has executed the Stockholders Agreement, and the Stockholders Agreement shall be deemed to be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of each such holder (including any obligation set forth therein to waive or refrain from exercising any appraisal, dissenters or similar rights), even if such holder has not actually executed and delivered a counterpart signature page to the Stockholders Agreement. Until such time as no longer required pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Common Stock (including on exercise of any purchase, exchange or conversion right in any option, warrant or other convertible security) to, and no stockholder of the Corporation shall transfer any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (whether by sale, gift, inheritance or other transfer or through the exercise or conversion of warrants, options or other convertible securities, by operation of law or otherwise) to, any person who does not as a precondition to such issuance or transfer execute and deliver a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement in compliance with the terms thereof (unless such person is already a party thereto), and any such proposed issuance or transfer in violation hereof or thereof shall be null and void ab initio. If any provisions of this Article VII or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of the provisions of this Article VII and the application of such provisions

 

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to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby and such provisions shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law. The Secretary of the Corporation shall maintain a copy of the Stockholder Agreement at the principal place of business of the Corporation and the Corporation will furnish without charge to each holder of record of shares of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock a copy of the Stockholders Agreement upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business.

(B) Actions Requiring Consent Under the Stockholders Agreement. In addition to any other vote of stockholders of the Corporation or Board approval that may be required by law or by the other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, so long as the Stockholders Agreement is in effect, whether or not specifically provided for in this Certificate of Incorporation, neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries nor the Board shall take any action that (i) under the terms of the Stockholders Agreement or Part (B) of this Article VII first requires a vote, consent or approval from one or more holders of shares of Common Stock and/or members of the Board to be obtained, without first obtaining such required vote, consent or approval or (ii) would violate the provisions of, or result in a breach of any covenant contained in, the Stockholders Agreement or Part (B) of this Article VII, in each case, except to the extent that such violation or breach is waived in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, references to “Sections” in Part (B) of this Article VII refer to sections of Part (B) of this Article VII and terms used but otherwise not defined in Part (B) of this Article VII shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholders Agreement.

1. Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the Board will be set and remain at seven (7) members.

2. Board Composition. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure at each annual or special meeting of the stockholders at which an election of directors is held, or pursuant to any written consent of the stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board:

(a) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar Grimmond LLC (“Cupar”) for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 21,862,089 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Jason Yardi;

(b) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 14,574,726 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Arnold Brier;

(c) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 7,287,363 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Adnan Ahmad;

(d) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 2,914,945 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Anant Yardi (each individual designated pursuant to Section 2(a) through to Section 2(d), as applicable, a “Cupar Director” and each such designation right, a “Cupar Designation Right”);

(e) one (1) individual designated from time to time by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders for so long as the AHG Stockholders and their respective Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 3,970,620 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Daniel Ehrmann (the “AHG Director” and such designation right, the “AHG Designation Right”);

 

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(f) one (1) individual designated from time to time by SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. (“SoftBank”) for so long as SoftBank and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,585,535 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Jagannath Iyer (the “SoftBank Director” and such designation right, the “SoftBank Designation Right”); and

(g) the individual then serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, if any (the “CEO Director”); provided, that, if for any reason the CEO Director shall cease to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, each of the Stockholders shall promptly vote their respective Shares (i) to remove the former Chief Executive Officer from the Board if such person has not resigned from the position of CEO Director and (ii) to elect the then-duly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to serve as the new CEO Director; provided, further, that for the purposes of this Section 2(g), the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall in no event be deemed to include (x) any interim Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Board, or (y) the President of the Corporation solely to the extent such President is acting as a chief executive officer due to a vacancy in the office of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of the Bylaws.

3. Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation from a Person or group of Persons with the right to designate a director as specified in Section 2 (each, a “Designating Stockholder”), the individual then serving in such director position shall be reelected if willing to serve unless such individual has been removed as provided herein, and otherwise such Board seat shall remain vacant until filled as provided in Part (B) of this Article VII.

4. Removal of Board Members. Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:

(a) a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2, or reelected pursuant to Section 3, shall be promptly removed from office upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the written request of any Designating Stockholder who would be entitled to designate a replacement for such director pursuant to Section 2 to remove such director; (ii) if such director is no longer entitled or eligible to occupy such Board seat pursuant to the applicable designation conditions of Section 2; or (iii) the written request of Stockholders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Shares to remove such director from office for Cause; and

(b) no director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2, or reelected pursuant to Section 3, may be removed from office unless such removal is made in accordance with Section 4(a).

If a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2, or reelected pursuant to Section 3, is removed from office pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii) or there exists a vacancy on the Board that is caused by the absence of any designation from a Designating Stockholder and, in either case, such Designating Stockholder is no longer entitled to designate such seat pursuant to the applicable designation conditions of Section 2, such vacancy on the Board shall be filled in accordance with the other terms of this Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The termination or reduction of any Designating Stockholder’s right to designate a director as specified in this Section 2 shall not affect any other designation rights of such Designating Stockholder or the designation rights of any other Designating Stockholder. For the avoidance of doubt, if a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2, or reelected pursuant to Section 3, is removed from office pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) or Section 4(a)(iii), such vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the Designating Stockholder who would be entitled to designate a replacement for such removed director pursuant to Section 2.

5. No Liability for Election of Designated or Approved Directors. No Stockholder, nor any Affiliate of any Stockholder, shall have any liability as a result of designating or approving a person for election as a director for any act or omission by such designated or approved person in such person’s capacity as a director of the Corporation, nor shall any Stockholder have any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in accordance with the provisions of Part B of this Article VII.

 

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6. No “Bad Actor” Designees. Each Designating Stockholder or other Person with the right to participate in the designation of a director as specified in Section 2 hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, to such Person’s knowledge, none of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) under the Securities Act (each, a “Disqualification Event”), is applicable to such Person’s initial designee named above except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable. Any director designee to whom any Disqualification Event is applicable, except for a Disqualification Event to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable, is hereinafter referred to as a “Disqualified Designee”. Each Designating Stockholder or other Person with the right to participate in the designation of a director as specified in Section 2 hereby covenants and agrees (a) not to designate or participate in the designation of any director designee who, to such Person’s knowledge, is a Disqualified Designee and (b) that in the event such Person becomes aware that any individual previously designated by any such Person is or has become a Disqualified Designee, such Person shall as promptly as practicable take such actions as are necessary to remove such Disqualified Designee from the Board and designate a replacement designee who is not a Disqualified Designee.

7. Board Matters.

(a) The Board shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule.

(b) The Corporation will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each member of the Board in connection with (i) attending the meetings of the Board or any committee thereof or (ii) attending any other meetings or performing any other activities at the request of the Board.

(c) If there exists a vacancy on the Board and an individual has been designated to fill such vacancy by a Designating Stockholder in accordance with Section 2, the Board shall, as the first order of business at the next meeting of the Board or in the next written consent of the Board, fill such vacancy in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the other terms of this Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws.

(d) For the purposes of Part B of this Article VII:

(i) The “Cupar Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) a Cupar Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) a Cupar Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that no Cupar Director is then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) a prior Cupar Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such Cupar Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 3 or removal pursuant to Section 4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) Cupar shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

(ii) The “AHG Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) the AHG Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) the AHG Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that the AHG Director is not then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) the prior AHG Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such AHG Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 3 or removal pursuant to Section 4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

(iii) The “SoftBank Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) the SoftBank Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) the SoftBank Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that the SoftBank Director is not then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) the prior SoftBank Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such SoftBank Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 3 or removal pursuant to Section 4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) SoftBank shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

 

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8. Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Bylaws or this Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors, including, to the extent each of the Cupar Approval Right, the AHG Approval Right and the SoftBank Approval Right is then in effect, a Cupar Director, the AHG Director and the SoftBank Director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8 to the contrary, at any meeting of the Board established and publicized or called pursuant to the terms of Section 3.6 or Section 3.7 of the Bylaws (a “Duly Called Board Meeting”) to consider any action or subject matter pertaining to the Corporation (a “Board Matter”) that immediately follows two (2) consecutive Duly Called Board Meetings with respect to the same Board Matter at which a lack of quorum was attributable, in each such case, to the non-attendance of a Cupar Director, the AHG Director, or the SoftBank Director (as the case may be, an “Absent Director”), the presence of such Absent Director shall not be required for the purpose of constituting a quorum at such third and subsequent Duly Called Board Meeting to consider the same Board Matter (the “Third Duly Called Board Meeting”); provided, that notice of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting (the “Third Meeting Notice”) was (a) provided to such Absent Director, if by mail, addressed to such Absent Director at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least five (5) days before the day on which such Third Duly Called Board Meeting was held, or (b) sent to such Absent Director at such place by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmissions, or delivered personally or by telephone, in each case at least five (5) days prior to the set time of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting; provided, further, that such Third Meeting Notice included information regarding the Board Matter to be considered at such Third Duly Called Board Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the Bylaws or this Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of any committee of the Board, a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of any Board committee, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If this Certificate of Incorporation provides that one (1) or more directors will have more or less than one (1) vote per director on any matter, every reference in this Section 8 to a majority or other proportion of the directors will refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.

9. Committees; Subsidiary Boards.

(a) The Board may, from time to time, create one or more committees. Each of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) shall be entitled in such Person’s discretion to be a member of each committee of the Board (unless the purpose of such committee is solely to allow the Corporation to avail itself of the approval of a conflict matter by a committee comprised solely of disinterested directors and the Board has reasonably determined in good faith, based on the opinion of the Corporation’s external legal counsel, that such Person is not disinterested for such purposes); provided, that, (i) the Board shall take reasonable steps in good faith to minimize any such exclusions, (ii) if any Person is proposed to be so excluded, then the Corporation shall inform such Person in writing of the purpose of such committee and explain the Board’s rationale for the decision to exclude such Person and (iii) any such Person shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity prior to the formation of such committee or following a material change in circumstances surrounding such committee to obviate the need to exclude such Person from such committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9(a) and any committee of the Board shall be subject to all other terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 therein).

(b) Subject to the requirements of the laws of any jurisdiction in which any Subsidiary of the Corporation is incorporated or organized, each of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval is in effect) shall be entitled in such Person’s discretion to be a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of any Subsidiary of the Corporation solely to the extent that any of a Cupar Director, the AHG Director or the SoftBank Director (or an Affiliate of any such director) is a member thereof.

 

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10. Significant Actions.

(a) During such time or times as (x) a Cupar Approval Right is in effect and (y) either the AHG Approval Right or the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include the approval of a Cupar Director and at least one of (1) the AHG Director and (2) the SoftBank Director), other than equipment leases, or trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 12:

(i) create or issue any debt security in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.00;

(ii) incur or refinance indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations and contingent obligations under guarantees, in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.00;

(iii) create any lien or security interest, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, that secure obligations in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000.00 (except for purchase money liens or statutory liens of landlords, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, warehousemen and other similar persons arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business); or

(iv) permit any Subsidiary to take any such action as set forth in Section 10(a)(i), Section 10(a)(ii) and Section 10(a)(iii).

(b) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include, other than in the case of a Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 12, the approval of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect)):

(i) permit any Subsidiary to create or issue, or obligate itself to create or issue, any shares of any class or series of capital stock other than shares of any class or series of capital stock issued to and held by the Corporation or any wholly owned Subsidiary (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the requirements of this Section 10(b)(i) apply to the issuance, offer or sale of any New Securities by the Corporation);

(ii) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the Corporation or any material Subsidiary thereof or consent to any of the foregoing;

(iii) increase the size of the Board to more than seven (7) members;

(iv) purchase or redeem, or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than (A) dividends or other distributions on any shares of capital stock solely in the form of cash and on a pro rata basis and (B) repurchases of any shares of capital stock from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Corporation or any Subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at no greater than the original purchase price thereof;

(v) issue, or authorize or permit the issuance of, any Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any compensation plan or agreement in excess of seven percent (7%) of the total Shares to be issued on or after the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan (subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like);

 

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(vi) reincorporate or convert the Corporation into any entity other than a corporation or redomicile the Corporation into any jurisdiction other than Delaware; or

(vii) make any change to the tax classification of the Corporation, including any election to not be treated as a “c corp” for US federal income tax purposes.

(c) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of each of the Major Stockholders, pay or declare any dividend, or make any distribution on, any shares of Common Stock on a non-pro rata basis.

11. Related Party Transactions. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not (and it shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to), without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include, other than in the case of any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 12, the approval of (i) a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), (ii) the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and (iii) the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect)), enter into, renew or amend any transaction, agreement or arrangement or series of related transactions, agreements or arrangements between the Corporation or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary (other than the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries), on the other hand (each, a “Related Party Transaction”); provided, that, this Section 11 shall not apply, in each case, to the Corporation or any Subsidiary entering into, renewing or amending:

(a) any Related Party Transaction that both (i) would reasonably be expected to, based on the good faith assessment of the Corporation’s management, result in cost savings for, or impose no additional costs on, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries after taking into account the aggregate increases and decreases to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ overall cost of services on an annualized net basis (calculated pro forma for such new or renewed Related Party Transaction or such amendment to a Related Party Transaction when compared to the arm’s-length commercial terms of the market alternatives available to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) results in new (with respect to new Related Party Transactions) or increased (with respect to renewed Related Party Transactions or amendments to Related Party Transactions) payments or other consideration payable by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (such new or increased payments and other consideration, calculated on an annualized basis, the “Related Party Transaction Costs”) in an aggregate amount that, when combined with all Related Party Transaction Costs of each of the other Related Party Transactions excluded from the approval requirements of Section 11 in reliance of this clause (a) as of immediately prior to such time of determination, does not exceed $15,000,000.00 per year (calculated on an annualized basis);

(b) (x) any customary director and officer indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance in the ordinary course of business or (y) any ordinary course officer and generally applicable director compensation arrangements (other than with respect to (i) Anant Yardi or any of his Affiliates (that is not a natural person) providing services to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries on his behalf, (ii) any Affiliates of any AHG Stockholder or (iii) any Affiliates of SoftBank);

(c) Shares (x) issued in exchange for claims as expressly provided for by the Plan or the Confirmation Order or (y) issued or distributed pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility;

(d) any Related Party Transaction incidental to, and reasonably necessary to implement, (i) a Sale Transaction or Qualified IPO pursuant to Section 12 or Article 8 of the Stockholders Agreement, (ii) a Transfer pursuant to Article 6 of the Stockholders Agreement or (iii) a subscription for New Securities pursuant to Article 7 of the Stockholders Agreement, in each case, in compliance with the terms thereof;

(e) pro rata cash dividends or distributions to Stockholders in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement (including Section 3.1 of the Stockholders Agreement); or

 

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(f) any membership agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and on terms comparable to those provided to unrelated third parties.

12. Strategic Alternatives.

(a) If the Corporation has not consummated a (i) Qualified IPO or (ii) Sale Transaction for at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Outstanding Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Drag-Along Right or otherwise, in each case, on or prior to the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Effective Date, then either (x) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders or (y) the AHG Director, if the AHG Approval Right is in effect, shall have the right to require (the “SRC Request”), by written notice delivered to Cupar and the Corporation at any time after the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Effective Date (the “SRC Notice”), that the Corporation and the Board establish a committee pursuant to Section 13 (the “Strategic Review Committee”), which Strategic Review Committee shall be delegated the authority to review, consider and control a process to consummate a Strategic Alternative and cause the Corporation to undertake one or more Strategic Alternatives approved by the Strategic Review Committee without further approval or other action by the Board (except where such approval or action is otherwise required under Delaware law).

(b) On and after the date upon which the Strategic Review Committee is established pursuant to Section 13, the Strategic Review Committee shall evaluate the merits of each Strategic Alternative and may decide to approve any such Strategic Alternative or decide to not proceed with any such Strategic Alternative. In the event that the Strategic Review Committee approves a Strategic Alternative:

(i) each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in favor of such Strategic Alternative or in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the provisions of Article 8 of the Stockholders Agreement shall apply to such Strategic Alternative; and

(ii) Cupar will agree to, if reasonably requested by the acquiror or acquirors in respect of a Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee and conditioned on the consummation of such Sale Transaction, (A) extend any commercial agreements or arrangements between the Corporation or any Subsidiary, on one hand, and Cupar or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand (each, a “Cupar Agreement”) for up to one (1) year on substantially similar terms, (B) reduce the remaining term of any Cupar Agreement to one (1) year following the consummation of such Sale Transaction or (C) terminate any Cupar Agreement.

(c) Unless otherwise agreed by the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect), no value associated with any Cupar Agreement shall be taken into account by the Strategic Review Committee in connection with the evaluation of any Strategic Alternative (including for purposes of evaluating and selecting an acquiror).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Part B of this Article VII, in the event that the Strategic Review Committee approves a Sale Transaction and the Stockholder Proceeds in respect of such Sale Transaction is reasonably expected to be less than the greater of (i) $1,000,000,000.00 and (ii) (A) (1) eleven (11) multiplied by (2) the sum of (x) the Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Sale Transaction was approved by the Strategic Review Committee less (y) $90,000,000.00, less (B) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period and plus (C) the sum of (x) the aggregate Cash of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period less (y) $100,000,000.00, then:

(i) Cupar and its Affiliates shall not be required under Part B of this Article VII to Transfer Shares in such Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee pursuant to this Section 12 to the extent the Transfer of such Shares would result in Cupar and its Affiliates holding less than forty nine percent (49%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction; provided that Cupar and its Affiliates (as applicable) shall have exercised this right not to fully participate in such Sale Transaction pursuant to this Section 12(d) within twenty (20) Business Days after (x) the delivery of the Drag-Along Notice or (y) if no Drag-Along Notice is delivered, the delivery of written notice of the Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee to Cupar and its Affiliates at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Sale Transaction; and

 

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(ii) Cupar and its Affiliates shall Transfer, in accordance with the terms of the Sale Transaction and on the same terms and conditions (including the amount of per Share consideration) as the other stockholders of the Corporation, that number of Shares that would result in the acquiror or acquirors in such Sale Transaction holding, in the aggregate, fifty one percent (51%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the acquiror(s) in such Sale Transaction shall be entitled to appoint a majority of the Board from and after the closing of such Sale Transaction.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall not enter into, modify or amend any agreements or arrangements that are designed or intended to, directly or indirectly, or that would reasonably be expected to, circumvent, impair or frustrate, or have the effect of circumventing, impairing or frustrating, the provisions of this Section 12 or Section 13, including, by entering into a contract pursuant to which the Corporation agrees not to undertake a Strategic Alternative otherwise approved by the Strategic Review Committee without the consent of a third party (it being understood that nothing in this Section 12(e) shall limit or restrict the Corporation from entering into, modifying or amending (i) any agreements or arrangements (including real property leases, joint venture agreements and franchise agreements) that are entered, modified or amended in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) the Exit LC Facility or (iii) any definitive documentation in respect of Indebtedness or other agreements or arrangements containing customary third party consent, termination or acceleration rights, in each case, that would give rise to termination, acceleration or other payments or obligations in connection with a Sale Transaction that are not designed or intended to, and would not reasonably be expected to, circumvent, impair or frustrate the provisions of this Section 3.3 or Section 3.5).

13. Strategic Review Committee.

(a) In the event that the SRC Request is made and the Cupar Call Right Holders do not exercise the Cupar Call Right during the thirty (30) day period beginning on the date that the SRC Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 12(a), the Corporation and the Board shall:

(i) establish the Strategic Review Committee and adopt a committee charter (A) containing only (x) the substantive rights, duties and obligations of the Strategic Review Committee as expressly set forth in this Section 13 and (y) such other ministerial language which do not circumvent, expand or otherwise modify such rights, duties and obligations or (B) otherwise in a form mutually agreed by a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) (the “SRC Charter”), which SRC Charter shall:

(A) authorize and empower the Strategic Review Committee to (1) retain legal and financial advisors, (2) undertake the marketing of a sale of the Corporation or all or substantially all of the business, assets, operations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to potential third-party acquirors, (3) commence the identification of potential acquirors and the preparation of an offering memorandum and other marketing materials, (4) control and administer such transaction processes, (5) authorize and approve any Strategic Alternative; and (6) exercise (or permit the AHG Stockholders to exercise) the Drag-Along Right in order to implement any Strategic Alternative;

(B) provide that any amendment to the SRC Charter (other than ministerial changes which do not circumvent, expand or otherwise modify the substantive rights, duties and obligations of the Strategic Review Committee as expressly set forth in this Section 13) will require the consent of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the consent of the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the consent of the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect), in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; and

 

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(C) provide that any action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, authorizing and approving any Strategic Alternative or exercising (or authorizing the exercise of) the Drag-Along Right to implement any Strategic Alternative) approved by a majority of the members of the Strategic Review Committee shall represent valid action of the Strategic Review Committee; provided, that, if the SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, then any action of the Strategic Review Committee (including, for the avoidance of doubt, authorizing and approving any Strategic Alternative or exercising (or authorizing the exercise of) the Drag-Along Right to implement any Strategic Alternative) shall only require the approval of the AHG Director then serving on the Strategic Review Committee.

(ii) cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Strategic Review Committee, including by (A) making customary diligence materials available to prospective acquirors on a reasonable basis and subject to appropriate confidentiality restrictions, (B) making available to prospective acquirors, the management, accountants and such other representatives of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by prospective acquirors, (C) arranging for such other diligence matters with prospective acquirors, such as inquiries with appropriate business relationships of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as are reasonably requested by prospective acquirors, (D) preparing and negotiating in good faith definitive documentation with respect to any such Strategic Alternative, in each case, on reasonable terms and conditions, (E) diligently seeking and obtaining such consents and approvals as are necessary with respect to the consummation of any such Strategic Alternative and (F) taking Necessary Action to consummate any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee as promptly as practicable following completion of, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, the definitive documentation therefor, in each case, subject to any fiduciary duties that any directors or officers may have in their capacity as such to the Corporation;

(iii) take such action necessary to appoint as the only members of the Strategic Review Committee: (A) one (1) member designated by Cupar (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), (B) the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and (C) the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect); and

(iv) take such action necessary to maintain the size of the Strategic Review Committee at no more than three (3) members (or, if SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, no more than two (2) members).

(b) If at any time the SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, the Cupar Director shall have no right to vote on any matter to be determined by the Strategic Review Committee.

(c) The Strategic Review Committee shall be permitted to invoke (or to authorize the AHG Stockholder to exercise) the Drag-Along Right in furtherance of any Strategic Alternative in accordance with Article 8 of the Stockholders Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII.

Limitation of Director and Officer Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer (as applicable). If the DGCL hereafter is amended to further eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer, then a director or officer of the Corporation, in addition to the circumstances in which a director or officer is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by the amended DGCL.

Any amendment, repeal or elimination of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII will be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director or officer of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or elimination.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

Indemnification

(A) Definitions. For purposes of this Article IX, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(1) “Action” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

(2) “Director” means any director of the Board.

(3) “Executive Officer” means (i) any executive officer (for the purposes of this Article IX “executive officers” has the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Corporation and (ii) any observer to the Board duly designated pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

(4) “Indemnified Party” means any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in (including involvement, without limitation, as a witness) any Action by reason of the fact that such person (i) is or was a Director or Executive Officer (which shall include actions taken in connection with or relating to the incorporation of the Corporation), (ii) while a Director or Executive Officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Executive Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or (iii) has or had agreed to become a Director (pursuant to a valid designation made in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Bylaws or valid election or appointment pursuant to the DGCL) or Executive Officer (pursuant to a valid appointment made in accordance with Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 of the Bylaws) of the Corporation.

(B) Indemnification. The Corporation, as the indemnitor of first resort, shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any Indemnified Party against any and all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgements, fines (including ERISA excise taxes or penalties) and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, except as provided in Part (E) of this Article IX, the Corporation shall not be obligated pursuant to terms of this Certificate of Incorporation:

(1) to indemnify any Indemnified Party hereunder for acts, omissions or transactions for which the Indemnified Party is prohibited from receiving indemnification under this Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law; provided, however, that notwithstanding any limitation set forth in this Part (B), Section (1) of this Article IX regarding the Corporation’s obligation to provide indemnification, any Indemnified Party shall be entitled under, and pursuant to the terms of, Part (D) of this Article IX to receive expenses payable in advance hereunder with respect to any such Action unless and until a court having jurisdiction over the Action shall have made a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that the Indemnified Party has engaged in acts, omissions or transactions for which the Indemnified Party is prohibited from receiving indemnification under this Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.

(2) to indemnify or pay expenses in advance pursuant to Part (D) of this Article IX to any Indemnified Party with respect to Actions initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnified Party and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or the payment of expenses in advance pursuant to Part (D) of this Article IX under this Certificate of Incorporation or any other agreement or insurance policy or under this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws nor or hereafter in effect relating to Actions, (ii) with respect to any other such Action initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnified Party and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, if the Board has approved the initiation or bringing of such Action, or (iii) as otherwise required under Section 145 of the DGCL.

(3) to indemnify any Indemnified Party in respect to remuneration paid to the Indemnified Party if it shall be determined by final judgment or final adjudication that such remuneration was in violation of law.

 

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(4) to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim without the Corporation’s written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(C) Determination. Any indemnification under this Article IX (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification of Indemnified Party is proper in the circumstances because such Indemnified Party has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 145 of the DGCL, as the case may be; provided, that the termination of any Action, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnified Party did not act in good faith and in a manner which the Indemnified Party reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnified Party’s conduct was unlawful. Such determination shall be made, with respect to an Indemnified Party who is a Director or Executive Officer at the time of such determination, (a) by a majority vote of the Directors who are not parties to such Action, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such Directors designated by a majority vote of such Directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such Directors, or if such Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion delivered to such Indemnified Party, or (d) by the holders of a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class, or (e) in the event that a Change of Control (as defined below) has occurred, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion delivered to such Indemnified Party. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former Directors or Executive Officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former Indemnified Party of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Action or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such Indemnified Party shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case. For purposes of any determination under this Part (C) of Article IX, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 145 of the DGCL, as the case may be. For purposes of this Part (C) of Article VIII, a “change of control” will be deemed to have occurred if, with respect to any particular 24-month period, the individuals who, at the beginning of such 24-month period, constituted the Board (the “incumbent board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such 24-month period whose election, or nomination for election by the stockholders of the Corporation, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the incumbent board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the incumbent board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board.

(D) Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnified Party in defending any Action or in bringing a claim for indemnification in accordance with Part (E) of Article IX shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Action upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article IX.

(E) Claim. If a claim for indemnification under this Article IX (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Indemnified Party, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Indemnified Party shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim.

 

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If successful in whole or in part, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

(F) Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Survival. The rights conferred on any Indemnified Party by this Article IX are not exclusive of other rights arising under the Bylaws, the Stockholders Agreement, any other agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. The rights conferred on any Indemnified Party by this Article IX shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or Executive Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Any amendment, repeal or elimination of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX will be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an Indemnified Party existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any Indemnified Party with respect to any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or elimination.

ARTICLE X.

Corporate Opportunities

The Corporation hereby renounces, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Excluded Opportunity. An “Excluded Opportunity” is any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of (i) any director of the Corporation who is designated by any Stockholder and is not an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) any holder of shares of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock or any partner, member, director, stockholder, employee, affiliate or agent of any such holder, other than someone who is an officer or employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) are “Covered Persons”), unless such matter, transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Person’s capacity as a director of the Corporation while such Covered Person is performing services in such capacity; provided, that, such matter, transaction or interest shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a matter, transaction or interest that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy. Furthermore, it shall not be deemed a breach of any fiduciary or other duties, if any, whether express or implied, for any Covered Person to engage in a business opportunity in preference or to the exclusion of the Corporation, and such Covered Person shall have no obligation to (a) disclose to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries any information related to its business or opportunities, (b) disclose to the Corporation or the Board any confidential information regarding any corporate opportunity or other potential investment in such Covered Person’s possession even if it is material and relevant to the Corporation and/or the Board, (c) present business opportunities to the Corporation, (d) refrain from engaging in any line of business or (e) refrain from investing in or doing business with any person. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article X. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a corporate opportunity offered to (i) the Board or (ii) any person who is a member of the Board (but only to the extent such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in such person’s capacity as member of the Board) will belong, in each case, to the Corporation.

Any amendment, repeal, modification or elimination of the foregoing provisions of this Article X shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Article X in effect at the time of the occurrence of any actions or omissions to act giving rise to liability.

ARTICLE XI.

Business Combinations

The Corporation hereby elects not to be governed by, or subject to, Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

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ARTICLE XII.

Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation

(A) In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by applicable law, but subject to the provisions of Article VII and the Stockholders Agreement, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement or the DGCL, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to such reservation. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (other than pursuant to a certificate of correction filed with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL); provided, that any amendment, alteration, change or repeal of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation that is, by its terms or effect, material, disproportionate, and adverse to a specific stockholder or group of stockholders, will also require the affirmative vote of such stockholder or group of stockholders holding a majority of shares held by such group of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment, alteration, change or repeal of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation:

(1) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of Cupar under Section 2.2(a), Section 2.2(b), Section 2.2(c) or Section 2.2(d), as applicable, Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(a) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of Cupar for so long as (1) with respect to Section 2.2(a) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (2) with respect to Section 2.2(b) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (3) with respect to Section 2.2(c) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder and (4) with respect to Section 2.2(d), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.10, and Section 2.11 of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(d) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(2) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of any of the AHG Stockholders under Section 2.2(e), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(ii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(b) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders for so long as the AHG Stockholders continue to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(e) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(3) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of SoftBank under Section 2.2(f), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(iii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(c) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(f) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(4) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of Cupar under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(e), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like;

(5) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of any of the AHG Stockholders under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(f), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders (including at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders so long as there are at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders

 

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holding at least two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock) for so long as the AHG Stockholders and their respective Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like; and

(6) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of SoftBank under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(g), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 634,214 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as required by law and subject to the Stockholders Agreement, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

ARTICLE XIII.

Inconsistent Provisions

To the fullest extent permitted by law, if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, on one hand, and this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, on the other hand, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement will prevail unless such prevalence would be in contravention of the requirements of the DGCL or applicable law.

ARTICLE XIV.

Forum Selection

Unless the Corporation (through the approval of the Board acting in good faith) consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state court located within the State of Delaware or, if and only if all such state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) and any appellate court therefrom shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner) to bring (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of duty (including any fiduciary duty) by, or other wrongdoing by, any current or former director, officer, agent or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee, agent or stockholder of the Corporation arising out of or relating to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, (v) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, (vi) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its current or former directors, officers, agents or employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine or that otherwise relates to the internal affairs of the Corporation or (vii) any action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as that term is defined in Section 115 of the DGCL, except for, as to each of (i) through (vii) above, any claim as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten (10) days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware. Unless the Corporation (through approval of the Board acting in good faith) consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any action asserting a cause of action arising under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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ARTICLE XV.

Miscellaneous

If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation 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 good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf on June 11, 2024.

 

WEWORK INC.
By:   /s/ Pamela Swidler
  Name:   Pamela Swidler
  Title:   Chief Legal Officer

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

WEWORK INC.

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

EFFECTIVE JUNE 11, 2024


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES      1  
  1.1    Principal Executive Office      1  
  1.2    Registered Office      1  
     1.3    Other Offices      1  
ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS      1  
  2.1    Place of Meetings      1  
  2.2    Annual Meetings      1  
  2.3    Special Meetings      1  
  2.4    Notice      2  
  2.5    Adjournments      2  
  2.6    Quorum      2  
  2.7    Voting      2  
  2.8    Participation at Stockholders Meetings by Remote Communications      3  
  2.9    Proxies      3  
  2.10    Record Date      3  
  2.11    Stockholders List      4  
  2.12    Conduct of Meetings      4  
  2.13    Inspectors of Election      5  
  2.14    Advance Notice of Stockholder Business and Director Nominations      5  
  2.15    Action Without Meeting      8  
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS      9  
  3.1    Powers and Duties      9  
  3.2    Number and Qualifications      9  
  3.3    Election and Term of Office      9  
  3.4    Resignation and Removal of Directors      9  
  3.5    Vacancies      9  
  3.6    Regular Meetings      10  
  3.7    Special Meetings      10  
  3.8    Organization      10  
  3.9    Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone      10  
  3.10    Quorum      10  
  3.11    Action of the Board by Written Consent      11  
  3.12    Expense Reimbursement and Compensation      11  
  3.13    Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board      11  
  3.14    Committees      11  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

               Page  
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      12  

  

   4.1    General      12  
   4.2    Appointment and Term      12  
   4.3    Resignations      12  
   4.4    Vacancies      12  
   4.5    Compensation      12  
   4.6    Chief Executive Officer      12  
   4.7    President      12  
   4.8    Vice Presidents      12  
   4.9    Chief Financial Officer      13  
   4.10    Secretary      13  
   4.11    Treasurer      13  
   4.12    Other Officers      13  
   4.13    Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed      13  
   4.14    Action with Respect to Securities of Other Entities      13  
ARTICLE V STOCK      13  
   5.1    Certificates      13  
   5.2    Transfers      14  
   5.3    Right of First Refusal      14  
   5.4    Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      14  
   5.5    Record Owners      14  
ARTICLE VI NOTICES      14  
   6.1    Notices      14  
   6.2    Waivers of Notice      15  
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES      15  
   7.1    Definitions      15  
   7.2    Indemnification      15  
   7.3    Determination      16  
   7.4    Expenses Payable in Advance      17  
   7.5    Claim      17  
   7.6    Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Survival      17  
   7.7    Insurance      17  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

               Page  
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS      17  
   8.1    Fiscal Year      17  

  

  

8.2

   Corporate Seal      17  
  

8.3

   Maintenance and Inspection of Records      17  
  

8.4

   Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records      18  
  

8.5

   Dividends      18  
  

8.6

   Interpretation      18  
  

8.7

   Conflicts      18  
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS      18  
  

9.1

   Amendments      18  

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

WEWORK INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

1.1 Principal Executive Office. The principal executive office of WeWork Inc. (the “Corporation) shall be at such place established by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) in its discretion. The Board shall have full power and authority to change the location of the principal executive office.

1.2 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of June 11, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any certificate of designations relating to any outstanding series of preferred stock, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

1.3 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders may be held (a) at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board or, in the case of a special meeting called at the request of the stockholders holding the requisite percentage of shares of stock, the stockholders that requested such meeting to be called as set forth in the written request therefor, or (b) if the Board is authorized to designate the place of a meeting of stockholders, and the Board so determines, solely by means of remote communication. Any stockholder participating in a meeting by remote communication is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. In the absence of any such designation by the Board or such stockholders, stockholder meetings shall be held at the principal place of business of the Corporation.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for transacting any other business properly brought before the meeting pursuant to these Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, these “Bylaws”) shall be held on such date and at such time as the Board shall designate. At any such annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote thereon shall elect directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, among the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), and shall transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to these Bylaws; provided, however, that no annual meeting of stockholders need be held if directors are elected by written consent of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon in lieu of an annual meeting, in accordance with Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting, may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation only (i) at the request of the Board after action duly taken by the Board, or the Chairperson of the Board or (ii) upon the written request received by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principle place of business of the Corporation by or on behalf of the holder or holders of record of Outstanding Shares (as defined below) representing collectively not less than a majority of the total voting power of the Outstanding Shares, voting together as a single class, and entitled to vote at such meeting. The Corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders called by the Board or the Chairperson of the Board. “Outstanding Shares” means, as of such time of determination, the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and all of the other shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated)

 

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of capital stock of the Corporation, collectively; provided, that, Outstanding Shares shall exclude (a) any and all Shares held by the Corporation or its subsidiaries in treasury and (b) any and all Shares held in escrow or which are otherwise subject to any escrow obligation or condition, in each case, pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

2.4 Notice. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice, given in accordance with Section 232 the DGCL, of each meeting of stockholders will be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (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 such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by such stockholder’s attendance thereat in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder 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. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting will be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

2.5 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time for any reason by either the Chairperson of the meeting, or the vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the Outstanding Shares entitled to vote thereon, present in person or represented by proxy. Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 2.4, notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, and date of the meeting 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 meeting and 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) are (a) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken (b) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication or (c) set forth in the notice of meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally called, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity with Section 2.4. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. At such adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting if such meeting had been held as originally called.

2.6 Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Shares entitled to vote will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof, but no other business will be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

2.7 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the Stockholders Agreement, or any law or regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder which has voting power on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

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(b) Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of voting power of the Outstanding Shares present and cast in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter will be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws, directors will be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the Outstanding Shares present and cast in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws, a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized, will constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of voting power of the Outstanding Shares of such class or classes or series present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting will be the act of such class or classes or series.

2.8 Participation at Stockholders Meetings by Remote Communications. In respect of any meeting of stockholders with respect to which the Board is authorized to designate the place of such meeting of stockholders, the Board 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 in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL or any successor provision. If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication, (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders, and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by remote communication; provided, that (x) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and entitled to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (y) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (z) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

2.9 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, which proxy shall be in a form permitted by the DGCL, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering an instrument in writing stating that the proxy is revoked or by filing another proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.

2.10 Record Date.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or adjournment thereof. The record date so fixed shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board 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 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, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of the 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 the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case the Board 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 herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

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(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled (i) to consent to corporate action without a meeting in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL and Section 2.15 of these Bylaws, (ii) to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or (iii) to exercise rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or in respect of any other lawful action, the Board 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, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining the stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

2.11 Stockholders List. A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder, and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder, shall be prepared by the Corporation no later than the tenth (10th) day before such meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date. Such list shall be open to examination by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days ending on the day before the meeting date, 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 during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by this Section 2.11 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings.

(a) The meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, or if they are not present, by the Chief Executive Officer, or if neither the Chairperson of the Board nor Chief Executive Officer is present, by a Chairperson elected by the Board. If no Chairperson is elected by the Board, a Chairperson may be elected at the meeting by the holders of a majority in voting power of the Outstanding Shares entitled to vote thereon, present in person or represented by proxy.

(b) The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the Chairperson of the meeting. The Board shall be entitled to make such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the Chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and in good faith to postpone, recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such Chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the Chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present (including, without limitation, rules and procedures for removal of disruptive persons from the meeting); (iv) limitations on attendance at, or participation in, the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the Chairperson of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.

(c) The Chairperson at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such Chairperson of the meeting should so determine, such Chairperson shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. The Chairperson of the meeting shall conduct each such meeting in a businesslike and fair manner, but shall not be obligated to follow any technical, formal or parliamentary rules or principles of procedure, unless and to the extent determined otherwise by the Board.

 

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2.13 Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, if required by law, the Board shall appoint one (1) or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. One (1) or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the Chairperson of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. No Director or nominee for the office of Director shall be appointed as an inspector. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The duties of the inspector shall include those prescribed by law and shall also include, but not be limited to, (a) determining the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (b) counting all votes, ballots or consents, (c) hearing and determining all questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, and (d) certifying its determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and its count of all votes, ballots or consents. The certification and report prepared by the inspector shall specify such other information as may be required by law.

2.14 Advance Notice of Stockholder Business and Director Nominations.

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.4 and Article VI hereof, (B) by or at the direction of the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof, or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (1) is a stockholder of record at the time of delivery by the stockholder of the notice provided for in Section 2.14(a)(2) to the Secretary of the Corporation, (2) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election or other business, and (3) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.14(a)(2); clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a stockholder is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of Directors at a meeting of the stockholders, such stockholder’s right to nominate one or more individuals for the election of a Director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of Directors.

(ii) Without qualification, for any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.14(a)(1), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof, in proper written form as provided in Section 2.14(c), to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business (other than nominations of persons for the election to the Board) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL. To be timely, such a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event will the public announcement of an adjourned or postponed annual meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 2.14(a), for the first annual meeting of the stockholders after the effective date of these Bylaws, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the scheduled dated of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled dated of such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.14(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of Directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under Section 2.14(a)(2) and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the new positions created by such increase at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.14 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Section 2.4 and Article VI hereof. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which Directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof or (2) provided that the Board has determined that Directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (x) is a stockholder of record at the time of delivery by the stockholder of the notice provided for in this Section 2.14(b) to the Secretary of the Corporation, (y) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and (z) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14(b). In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one (1) or more Directors to the Board, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of Directors may nominate a person or persons for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice, in proper written form as set forth in Section 2.14(c), shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a stockholder is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of Directors at a special meeting of the stockholders, such stockholder’s right to nominate one (1) or more individuals for the election of a Director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of Directors.

(c) Form of Notice. To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice to the Secretary (whether pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(2), Section 2.14(a)(3), or Section 2.14(b)) must set forth:

(i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a Director (A) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors in an election contest, and (B) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected;

(ii) as to any other business (other than the nomination of persons for election as Directors) that the stockholder desires to bring before the meeting, (A) a brief description of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), (C) the reasons why the stockholder favors the proposal, (D) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and (E) any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and

(iii) 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 Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation’s capital stock that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, (C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the

 

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nominee, (D) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (vi) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s Outstanding Shares required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of Directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d) General.

(i) The Corporation may require any proposed nominee for election or re-election as a Director to furnish such other information, in addition to the information set forth in the stockholder’s notice delivered pursuant to this Section 2.14, as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation and whether such nominee qualifies as an “independent Director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law, securities exchange rules or regulations, or any publicly-disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation.

(ii) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as Directors, and only such business as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairperson of the meeting shall have the power and duty to (A) determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made or solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by Section 2.14(c)(3)(vi)), and, (B) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.14, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder who has delivered a notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. 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 by telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission that is deemed valid in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders, and such person must produce such writing or telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(iii) For purposes of this Section 2.14, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in either (a) press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or (b) posted to the Corporation’s website (which may be non-public) to which the Corporation’s stockholders and beneficial owners that certify that they are beneficial owners of the Corporation’s capital stock have access.

 

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(e) Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. Subject to Section 2.14(f), to be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election as a Director of the Corporation, the candidate for nomination must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.14(a)(2) or Section 2.14(b), as applicable) to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation (1) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and (2) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and, if elected as a Director during their term of office, will not become a party to (x) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question in their capacity as a Director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (y) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a Director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect).

(f) Non-Applicability to Stockholders Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.14, so long as the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in effect and applicable to the nomination of persons for election to the Board or the election of nominees to the Board, the nomination of such persons and the election of such nominees shall be made in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement, and nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to apply to or constrain the rights of any party to the Stockholders Agreement ((including, for the avoidance of doubt, the CEO Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), AHG Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), SoftBank Director (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), and Cupar Director(s) (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement)).

2.15 Action Without Meeting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement, any action required by the DGCL to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents setting forth the action so taken, will be signed by the holders of Outstanding Shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

(b) A consent must be set forth in writing or in an electronic transmission. No consent will be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the corporation in the manner required by the DGCL within sixty (60) days of the first date on which a consent is so delivered to the corporation. All references to a consent in this Section 2.15 mean a consent permitted by Section 228 of the DGCL.

(c) If an action by consent is taken by stockholders by less than unanimous consent, prompt notice of the taking of the action by consent will be given to those stockholders as of the record date for the action by consent who have not consented and who would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the action had been taken at a meeting and the record date for the notice of the meeting were the record date for the action by consent. If the action to which the stockholders consented is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section must state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

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(d) A consent permitted by this Section 2.15 shall be delivered: (A) to the principal place of business of the corporation; (B) to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded; (C) to the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; (D) subject to the next sentence, in accordance with Section 116 of the DGCL to an information processing system, if any, designated by the Corporation for receiving such consents; or (E) when delivered in such other manner that complies with the DGCL. In the case of delivery pursuant to the foregoing clause (D), such consent must set forth or be delivered with information that enables the corporation to determine the date of delivery of such consent and the identity of the person giving such consent, and, if such consent is given by a person authorized to act for a stockholder or member as proxy, such consent must comply with the applicable provisions of Section 212(c)(2) & (3) of the DGCL. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. A consent may be documented and signed in accordance with Section 116 of the DGCL, and when so documented or signed shall be deemed to be in writing for purposes of the DGCL; provided, that if such consent is delivered pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of subsection (d)(1) of Section 228 of the DGCL, such consent must be reproduced and delivered in paper form.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

3.1 Powers and Duties. Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and to any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction and control of the Board. The Board may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the Corporation; provided, that the business and affairs of the Corporation shall remain under the ultimate direction and control of the Board and subject to the Stockholders Agreement.

3.2 Number and Qualifications. So long as the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in effect and applicable to the number of members of the Board (each, a “Director”), the Board shall consist of the number of Directors set forth in the Stockholders Agreement. At such time as the Stockholders Agreement shall have ceased to be in effect, the Board shall consist of two (2) or more Directors, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation or residents of Delaware. No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director before that Director’s term of office expires.

3.3 Election and Term of Office. So long as the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in effect and applicable thereto, the election of Directors shall be subject to the Stockholders Agreement. The Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders but if any such annual meeting is not held or the Directors are not elected thereat, the Directors may be elected at any special meeting of stockholders held for that purpose (or by written consent pursuant to Section 2.15). Each Director shall hold office until their successor shall have been elected and shall qualify or until they shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner provided in the Stockholders Agreement and/or these Bylaws, as applicable.

3.4 Resignation and Removal of Directors.

(a) Any Director of the Corporation may resign from the Board or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the Chairperson of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

(b) So long as the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in effect and applicable thereto, the removal of Directors from the Board (including from committees of the Board) shall be governed by the Stockholders Agreement.

3.5 Vacancies. So long as the Stockholders Agreement shall remain in effect and applicable to the filling of a vacancy on the Board by reason of the incapacity, death, removal or resignation of a Director, such vacancy shall be filled by the person or entity entitled to appoint the replacement Director in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement. Any Director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until their successor shall have been elected and shall qualify or until they shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

 

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3.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such place or places, on such date or dates and at such time or times, as shall have been established by the Board and publicized among all Directors; provided, that the Board shall meet on a quarterly basis at minimum. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required to the extent the place, date and time of such meeting shall have been established by the Board and publicized among all Directors.

3.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or any three (3) Directors then in office. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board will be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, or by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission, during normal business hours, at least 48 hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice is sent by mail, it will be sent by first class US mail, postage prepaid at least three days before the date of the meeting, addressed to the applicable Director at their residence or usual place of business (“Mail Notice”). Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, Mail Notice shall be insufficient and ineffective for any special meeting of the Board called by only three (3) Directors then in office. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing or by electronic transmission at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the 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. A notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

3.8 Organization. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, or in their absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in their absence by the Chief Executive Officer, if any, if such person is a member of the Board, or in the absence of any such person, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in their absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Members of the Board, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting through the use of such equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

3.10 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Stockholders Agreement or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors, including, to the extent each of the Cupar Approval Right (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), the AHG Approval Right (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and the SoftBank Approval Right (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) is then in effect, a Cupar Director, the AHG Director and the SoftBank Director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.10 to the contrary, at any meeting of the Board established and publicized or called pursuant to the terms of Section 3.6 or Section 3.7 (a “Duly Called Board Meeting”) to consider any action or subject matter pertaining to the Corporation (a “Board Matter”) that immediately follows two (2) consecutive Duly Called Board Meetings with respect to the same Board Matter at which a lack of quorum was attributable, in each such case, to the non-attendance of a Cupar Director, the AHG Director, or the SoftBank Director (as the case may be, an “Absent Director”), the presence of such Absent Director shall not be required for the purpose of constituting a quorum at such third and subsequent Duly Called Board Meeting to consider the same Board Matter (the “Third Duly Called Board Meeting”); provided, that notice of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting (the “Third Meeting Notice”) was (a) provided to such Absent Director, if by mail, addressed to such Absent Director at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least five (5) days before the day on which such Third Duly Called Board Meeting was held, or (b) sent to such Absent Director at such place by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmissions, or delivered personally or by telephone, in each case at least five (5) days prior to the set time of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting; provided,

 

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further, that such Third Meeting Notice included information regarding the Board Matter to be considered at such Third Duly Called Board Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the Stockholders Agreement or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of any committee of the Board, a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of any Board committee, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides that one (1) or more directors will have more or less than one (1) vote per director on any matter, every reference in this Section 3.10 to a majority or other proportion of the directors will refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.10 to the contrary, upon the termination of the Stockholders Agreement, unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number, a quorum of the Board will consist of a majority of the total number of directors then serving; provided, however, that such number will never be less than 1/3 of the total number of directors authorized except that when one director is authorized, then one director will constitute a quorum.

3.11 Action of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

3.12 Expense Reimbursement and Compensation. Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board. This Section 3.12 shall not be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation for those services.

3.13 Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board. The Corporation shall have a Chairperson of the Board and, at its discretion, a Vice Chairperson of the Board. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson (if any) of the Board shall be elected by a majority of the Board. If there is no Chief Executive Officer and no President, then the Chairperson of the Board will also serve as the chief executive officer of the corporation (including for purposes of any reference to Chief Executive Officer in these Bylaws) and will have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 4.6, unless the Board otherwise provides.

3.14 Committees.

(a) The Board may, by resolution, designate from among its members one (1) or more committees, each such committee to consist of one (1) or more of the Directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one (1) or more Directors as alternate members of any committee to 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 present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board 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 establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending 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) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. All committees of the Board shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board when requested or required by the Board.

(b) Any committee of the Board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the Stockholders Agreement for the conduct of its meetings as such committee may deem proper. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article III of these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board and shall include (a) a President, and (b) a Secretary. The Board, in its discretion, may also appoint such additional officers as the Board may deem necessary or desirable, including a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one (1) or more Vice Presidents, one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may from time to time determine. Subject to applicable law, the Board may delegate to any officer of this Corporation or any committee of the Board the power to appoint, remove and prescribe the term and duties of any officer provided for in this Section 4.1. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

4.2 Appointment and Term. Each officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall hold office until such officer’s successor has been appointed, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board or by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.

4.3 Resignations. An officer may resign from their position at any time, by giving notice in writing or electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to any rights, if any, the Corporation may have under any contract to which the officer is a party. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified, or, if no time is specified, immediately; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

4.4 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the Board in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

4.5 Compensation. The Board shall fix, or may appoint a committee to fix, the compensation of all officers of the Corporation appointed by the Board. Subject to applicable law, the Board may authorize any officer upon whom the power to appoint officers may have been conferred pursuant to Section 4.1 to fix the compensation of such officers.

4.6 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, if any, shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall be responsible for corporate policy and strategy. The Chief Executive Officer shall, if present and in the absence of the Chairperson of the Board, preside at meetings of the stockholders and (if a Director) at all meetings of the Board.

4.7 President. The President of this Corporation shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president and general manager of a corporation and shall have such other authority and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Board or Chief Executive Officer, if any. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer or if the office of Chief Executive Officer is vacant, the President will preside at all meetings of the stockholders and (if a Director) at all meetings of the Board, unless the Chairperson of the Board has been appointed and is present. If the office of Chief Executive Officer is vacant, the President will be the chief executive officer of the corporation (including for purposes of any reference to Chief Executive Officer in these Bylaws) and will, subject to the control of the Board, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation.

4.8 Vice Presidents. A Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by their superior officer, the President or the Chief Executive Officer, if any. A Vice President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the President, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

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4.9 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any, shall exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the President or the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or as the Board may from time to time determine.

4.10 Secretary. The powers and duties of the Secretary are: (a) to act as Secretary at all meetings of the Board, of the committees of the Board and of the stockholders and to record the proceedings of such meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; (b) to see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; (c) to act as custodian of the seal of the Corporation and affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all certificates of stock of the Corporation and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; (d) to have charge of the books, records and papers of the Corporation and see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and (e) to perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the President, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or as the Board may from time to time determine.

4.11 Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any, shall supervise and be responsible for all the funds and securities of the Corporation, the deposit of all moneys and other valuables to the credit of the Corporation in depositories of the Corporation, borrowings and compliance with the provisions of all indentures, agreements and instruments governing such borrowings to which the Corporation is a party, the disbursement of funds of the Corporation and the investment of its funds, and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the President, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or as the Board may from time to time determine.

4.12 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board which shall not be inconsistent with these Bylaws and, to the extent not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board. The Board may require any officer, agent or employee to give a security for the faithful performance of their duties. The Board may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

4.13 Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed. The Board may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

4.14 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Entities. The President, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or equity interests of any other corporation or entity or corporations or entities standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority herein granted 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 the person having such authority.

ARTICLE V

STOCK

5.1 Certificates. The shares of the Corporation may, but need not be, represented by certificates. Every holder of capital stock shall be entitled, upon written request, to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by any 2 authorized officers of the Corporation, representing the number of shares registered in such holder’s name. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile signature. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issuance.

 

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5.2 Transfers. Subject to compliance with and except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement, shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon the Corporation’s books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons (or, with respect to uncertificated shares, by delivery of duly executed instructions or in any other manner permitted by applicable law). Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Board shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

5.3 Right of First Refusal. No stockholder will sell, transfer, convey, assign, pledge, hypothecate, loan, or otherwise dispose of or encumber, or enter into any contract to sell, any shares of stock of the Corporation or any Interest therein, whether, directly or indirectly, voluntarily or by operation of law, by gift or otherwise (a “Transfer”), unless such Transfer meets the requirements set forth in the Stockholders Agreement in addition to any other restrictions or requirements set forth under applicable law or these Bylaws. To the extent this Section 5.3 conflicts with the Stockholders Agreement or any other written agreement(s) between the Corporation and the Stockholder attempting to Transfer shares, the Stockholders Agreement will control. For the avoidance of doubt, any Company right of first refusal right satisfied or waived in such written agreement(s) and any proposed Transfer of shares that is exempt from any Company right of first refusal right under such agreement(s) shall, in each case, be deemed to satisfy the provisions of this Section 5.3.

5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate to give the Corporation a bond (or other adequate security) in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares. The Board may adopt such other provisions and restrictions with reference to lost certificates, not inconsistent with applicable law, as it shall in its discretion deem appropriate.

5.5 Record Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

6.1 Notices.

(a) Whenever notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any Director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice shall be in writing (including electronic mail as permitted in these Bylaws) and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of (A) actual receipt or (B) (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. Notice given by electronic mail in accordance with these Bylaws and applicable law shall not require consent of the stockholder.

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mail address unless the stockholder has notified the corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such notice is otherwise prohibited by applicable law; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by another form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

(c) Any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation may be given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at such address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholders by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within sixty (60) days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice as set forth in this Section 6.1(c) shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

6.2 Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any Director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, or a waiver thereof given by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to notice, in each case, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the 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 annual or special meeting of stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the Directors or members of a committee of Directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

7.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Article VII, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Action” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

(b) “Executive Officer” means (i) any executive officer (for the purposes of this Article VII “executive officers” has the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Corporation and (ii) any observer to the Board duly designated pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

(c) “Indemnified Party” means any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in (including involvement, without limitation, as a witness), any Action by reason of the fact that such person (i) is or was a Director or Executive Officer (which shall include actions taken in connection with or relating to the incorporation of the Corporation), (ii) while a Director or Executive Officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Executive Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or (iii) has or had agreed to become a Director (pursuant to a valid designation made in accordance with Section 3.3 or valid election or appointment pursuant to the DGCL) or Executive Officer (pursuant to a valid appointment made in accordance with Section 4.1 and Section 4.2) of the Corporation.

7.2 Indemnification. The Corporation, as the indemnitor of first resort, shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any Indemnified Party against any and all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgements, fines (including ERISA excise taxes or penalties) and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any other provision of these Bylaws, except as provided in Section 7.5, the Corporation shall not be obligated pursuant to terms of these Bylaws:

 

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(a) to indemnify any Indemnified Party hereunder for acts, omissions or transactions for which the Indemnified Party is prohibited from receiving indemnification under these Bylaws or applicable law; provided, however, that notwithstanding any limitation set forth in this Section 7.2(a) of this Article VII regarding the Corporation’s obligation to provide indemnification, any Indemnified Party shall be entitled under, and pursuant to the terms of, Section 7.4 of this Article VII to receive expenses payable in advance hereunder with respect to any such Action unless and until a court having jurisdiction over the Action shall have made a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that the Indemnified Party has engaged in acts, omissions or transactions for which the Indemnified Party is prohibited from receiving indemnification under these Bylaws or applicable law.

(b) to indemnify or pay expenses in advance pursuant to Section 7.4 of this Article VII to any Indemnified Party with respect to Actions initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnified Party and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification and the payment of expenses in advance pursuant to Section 7.4 of this Article VII under these Bylaws or any other agreement or insurance policy or under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws nor or hereafter in effect relating to Actions, (ii) with respect to any other such Action initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnified Party and not by way of defense, counterclaim or crossclaim, if the Board has approved the initiation or bringing of such Action, or (iii) as otherwise required under Section 145 of the DGCL.

(c) to indemnify any Indemnified Party in respect to remuneration paid to the Indemnified Party if it shall be determined by final judgment or final adjudication that such remuneration was in violation of law.

(d) to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim without the Corporation’s written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

7.3 Determination. Any indemnification under this Article VII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification of Indemnified Party is proper in the circumstances because such Indemnified Party has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 145 of the DGCL, as the case may be; provided, that the termination of any Action, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnified Party did not act in good faith and in a manner which the Indemnified Party reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnified Party’s conduct was unlawful. Such determination shall be made, with respect to an Indemnified Party who is a Director or Executive Officer at the time of such determination, (a) by a majority vote of the Directors who are not parties to such Action, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such Directors designated by a majority vote of such Directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such Directors, or if such Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion delivered to such Indemnified Party, or (d) by the holders of a majority of the total voting power of the Outstanding Shares entitled to vote in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class or (e) in the event that a Change of Control (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) has occurred, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion delivered to such Indemnified Party. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former Directors or Executive Officer, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former Indemnified Party of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Action or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such Indemnified Party shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case. For purposes of any determination under this Section 7.3, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified

 

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public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 145 of the DGCL, as the case may be.

7.4 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnified Party in defending any Action or in bringing a claim for indemnification in accordance with Section 7.5 be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Action upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VII.

7.5 Claim. If a claim for indemnification under this Article VII (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Indemnified Party, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VII is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Indemnified Party shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

7.6 Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Survival. The rights conferred on any Indemnified Party by this Article VII are not exclusive of other rights arising under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders Agreement, or any other agreement vote of the directors or stockholders or otherwise. The rights conferred on any Indemnified Party by this Article VII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or Executive Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Any amendment, repeal or elimination of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII will be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an Indemnified Party existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any Indemnified Party with respect to any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or elimination.

7.7 Insurance. The Corporation will purchase and maintain insurance in the amounts the Board deems appropriate or advisable on behalf of any Indemnified Party against any liability asserted against such Indemnified Party and incurred by such Indemnified Party in such Indemnified Party’s capacity, or arising out of such Indemnified Party’s status, as an Indemnified Party, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Party against such liability under applicable provisions of law.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be January 1 to December 31, unless otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board.

8.2 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may adopt and may subsequently alter the corporate seal and it may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

8.3 Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.

8.4 Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records. Each Director and each member of any committee designated by the Board shall, in the performance of their duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such Director or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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8.5 Dividends. Subject to the requirements of the DGCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement, dividends on the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board may modify or abolish any such reserve. In the event that the Board declares a dividend on the capital stock of the Corporation pursuant to this Section 8.5, the Board may fix a record date in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, which record date shall be fixed in accordance with Section 2.10(b).

8.6 Interpretation. Except where the context otherwise requires, wherever used, the singular includes the plural, the plural the singular, the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders and the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense (and/or). The headings and captions of these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, describe, extend or limit the scope, construction, interpretation or intent of these Bylaws or any provision contained in these Bylaws. The term “including” as used herein does not limit the generality of any description preceding such term. Unless otherwise specified or where the context otherwise requires, (a) references in these Bylaws to any Article or Section are references to such Article or Section of these Bylaws; (b) references in any Section to any clause are references to such clause of such Section; (c) “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereby,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in Bylaws refer to these Bylaws as a whole and not to any particular provision of these Bylaws; (d) references to a law include any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or regulations issued thereunder, in each case, as in effect at the relevant time of reference thereto; (e) references to any agreement, instrument or other document in these Bylaws refer to such agreement, instrument or other document as originally executed or, if subsequently amended, replaced or supplemented from time to time, as so amended, replaced or supplemented and in effect at the relevant time of reference thereto; and (f) references to monetary amounts are denominated in United States Dollars.

8.7 Conflicts. If there is any conflict between any provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, on one hand, and the Restated Certificate or these Bylaws, on the other hand, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement will prevail unless such prevalence would be in contravention of the requirements of the DGCL.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

9.1 Amendments. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of the Outstanding Shares, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change, repeal, or adopt any provision of these Bylaws; provided, that these Bylaws may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereunder may not be waived with respect to any stockholder or group of stockholders without the written consent of such stockholder or holders constituting a majority-in-interest of such group of stockholders, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would (by its terms or effect) materially, adversely and disproportionately affect such stockholder or group of stockholders as compared to any other stockholder or other group of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(a) the provisions of Section 3.2 (Number and Qualification), Section 3.4(b) (Removal of Directors), Section 3.6 (Regular Meetings), Section 3.7 (Special Meetings), Section 3.10 (Quorum), Section 3.11 (Action of the Board by Written Consent), Section 3.13 (Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board), Section 5.2 (Transfers), and Section 5.3 (Right of First Refusal), may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term thereunder may not be waived with respect to:

(i) any of the AHG Stockholders (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) without the written consent of the AHG Director for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would adversely affect the rights of the AHG Stockholders thereunder;

 

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(ii) SoftBank (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) without the written consent of the SoftBank Director for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would adversely affect the rights of SoftBank thereunder; or

(iii) Cupar (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) without the written consent of a Cupar Director for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would adversely affect the rights of Cupar thereunder.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any amendment, alteration, change or repeal of the provisions of these Bylaws:

(i) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of Cupar under Section 2.2(a), Section 2.2(b), Section 2.2(c) or Section 2.2(d), as applicable, Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(a) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of Cupar for so long as (1) with respect to Section 2.2(a) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (2) with respect to Section 2.2(b) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (3) with respect to Section 2.2(c) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights thereunder and (4) with respect to Section 2.2(d), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(a) of the Stockholders Agreement, Cupar continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(d) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(ii) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of any of the AHG Stockholders under Section 2.2(e), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(ii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(b) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) then held by the AHG Stockholders for so long as the AHG Stockholders continue to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(e) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(iii) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of SoftBank under Section 2.2(f), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(iii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and Section 10.1(c) (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(f) of the Stockholders Agreement;

(iv) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of Cupar under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(e), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like;

(v) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of any of the AHG Stockholders under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(f), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written

 

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consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders (including at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders, so long as there are at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders holding at least two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock) for so long as the AHG Stockholders and their respective Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like; and

(vi) that would, by its terms or effect, impact any rights or obligations of SoftBank under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Section 10.1(g), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and solely as they relate to such Sections or Articles, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) under the Stockholders Agreement will require the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 634,214 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like.

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

dated as of

June 11, 2024

by and among

WEWORK INC.

and

THE STOCKHOLDERS BOUND HERETO

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  
ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS      1  
ARTICLE 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS      11  
 

Section 2.1

  

Size of the Board

     11  

  

 

Section 2.2

  

Board Composition

     11  
 

Section 2.3

  

Failure to Designate a Board Member

     12  
 

Section 2.4

  

Removal of Board Members

     12  
 

Section 2.5

  

No Liability for Election of Designated or Approved Directors

     12  
 

Section 2.6

  

No “Bad Actor” Designees

     13  
 

Section 2.7

  

Board Matters

     13  
 

Section 2.8

  

Insurance

     14  
 

Section 2.9

  

Board Observer Rights

     14  
 

Section 2.10

  

Quorum

     15  
 

Section 2.11

  

Committees; Subsidiary Boards

     15  
 

Section 2.12

  

Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to the Board

     16  
ARTICLE 3 GOVERNANCE MATTERS      16  
 

Section 3.1

  

Significant Actions

     16  
 

Section 3.2

  

Related Party Transactions

     17  
 

Section 3.3

  

Strategic Alternatives

     18  
 

Section 3.4

  

Cupar Call Right

     19  
 

Section 3.5

  

Strategic Review Committee

     21  
 

Section 3.6

  

Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to Governance Matters

     23  
ARTICLE 4 CONFIDENTIALITY; INFORMATION RIGHTS      23  
 

Section 4.1

  

Confidentiality

     23  
 

Section 4.2

  

Information Rights

     24  
 

Section 4.3

  

Delivery of Information

     26  
 

Section 4.4

  

Management Calls

     26  
ARTICLE 5 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER      26  
 

Section 5.1

  

Registered Stockholders and DTC Holders

     26  
 

Section 5.2

  

General Restrictions on Transfer

     27  
 

Section 5.3

  

Improper Transfer or Encumbrance

     28  
 

Section 5.4

  

Market Standoff

     28  
ARTICLE 6 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE      29  
 

Section 6.1

  

Right of First Refusal

     29  
 

Section 6.2

  

Right of Co-Sale

     32  
 

Section 6.3

  

Effect of Failure to Comply

     33  
  Section 6.4    Exemptions      33  

 

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              Page  
ARTICLE 7 PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS      34  
  Section 7.1    Right of First Offer      34  
  Section 7.2    Exempt Offerings      35  
ARTICLE 8 DRAG-ALONG RIGHT      35  
  Section 8.1    Actions to be Taken      35  
  Section 8.2    Conditions      37  
     Section 8.3    Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to the Drag-Along Right      38  
  Section 8.4    Exemption      38  
ARTICLE 9 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      39  
  Section 9.1    Binding Obligation      39  
  Section 9.2    Organization      39  
  Section 9.3    Authority      39  
  Section 9.4    No Conflict      39  
  Section 9.5    Accredited Investor      39  
ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS      39  
  Section 10.1    Amendments and Waivers      39  
  Section 10.2    Delays or Omissions      40  
ARTICLE 11 TERMINATION      41  
  Section 11.1    Events of Termination      41  
  Section 11.2    Transfer of All Securities      41  
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      41  
  Section 12.1    Governing Documents      41  
  Section 12.2    Freedom to Pursue Opportunities      41  
  Section 12.3    Counterparts      42  
  Section 12.4    Binding Agreement      42  
  Section 12.5    Interpretation      42  
  Section 12.6    Fees and Expenses      43  
  Section 12.7    Severability      43  
  Section 12.8    Notices      43  
  Section 12.9    Entire Agreement      44  
  Section 12.10    Legends      45  
  Section 12.11    Additional Parties      46  
  Section 12.12    No Third Party Beneficiaries      46  
  Section 12.13    Governing Law      46  

 

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              Page  

  

 

Section 12.14

  

Waiver of Jury Trial

     46  
 

Section 12.15

  

Equitable Remedies

     47  
 

Section 12.16

  

Recapitalization

     47  
 

Section 12.17

  

Aggregation of Shares; Apportionment

     47  
 

Section 12.18

  

Deemed Execution; Effectiveness

     47  
 

Section 12.19

  

Enabling Provision

     47  
 

Section 12.20

  

Spousal Consents

     47  
 

Section 12.21

  

Further Assurances

     48  
 

Section 12.22

  

Restrictions on Other Agreements

     48  

* * *

 

EXHIBIT A    Form of Joinder Agreement
EXHIBIT B    Form of Spousal Consent and Proxy
EXHIBIT C    Form of Transfer Certificate

 

 

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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is adopted and entered into as of June 11, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), by and among WeWork Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), each of the holders of shares of Common Stock (as defined below) as of the Effective Date, each of which, pursuant to Section 12.18, is deemed to have entered into this Agreement pursuant to the Plan (as defined below) regardless of whether such holder has actually executed this Agreement (the “Initial Stockholders”), and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement (as defined below) as a result of becoming an owner of Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (each such Person, along with each of the Initial Stockholders, a “Stockholder”).

WHEREAS, the Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed (a) voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”) and (b) the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 2051] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Plan”), as confirmed on May 30, 2024, by order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases jointly administered under the caption In re: WeWork Inc., et al., Case No. 23-19865 (JKS) (the “Confirmation Order”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, the Corporation is authorized to enter into this Agreement and the Corporation has agreed to, among other things, issue shares of Common Stock to the Initial Stockholders, representing certain providers of financing to and certain creditors of the Corporation, as of the Effective Date;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.18, this Agreement shall be effective and binding in accordance with its terms and conditions upon all Persons (as defined below) deemed to be bound hereto pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, including each Registered Stockholder (as defined below), each of whom shall execute and deliver this Agreement but shall be bound hereby regardless of whether any such Registered Stockholder has actually executed this Agreement, and each DTC Holder (as defined below) who shall be deemed to bound hereby even if such DTC Holder has not actually executed this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, the Corporation and the Stockholders are authorized to enter into this Agreement for the purposes, among others, of setting forth certain rights and obligations with respect to the affairs of the Corporation and the Shares (as defined below) owned or held by the Stockholders.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, and of the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto (including each of the Initial Stockholders deemed to have entered into this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.18), do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:

Absent Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Accredited Investor” means an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period:

(a) increased, without duplication and to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, by the following items of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period:

(i) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus

 

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(ii) Consolidated Income Taxes; plus

(iii) depreciation and amortization expense, including amortization of intangibles (including goodwill); plus

(iv) any non-recurring (A) restructuring charges or expenses, (B) integration costs or (C) other business optimization or expense, including severance payments paid to executives in connection therewith, in each case, incurred outside of the ordinary course of business; plus

(v) any non-cash compensation expense and any expense related to the issuance of equity to non-employees for services rendered; plus

(vi) the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid during such period due to the use of straight-line rent for GAAP purposes; and

(b) decreased, without duplication and to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, by the excess of actual cash rent paid over GAAP rent expense due to the use of straight-line rent for GAAP purposes of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), calculated in good faith and in accordance with past practices in connection with regular reporting to the Board and equityholders of the Corporation prior to the Effective Date.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such first Person, including any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person. For purposes of this definition, (a) the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise, and will be construed in accordance with the rules promulgated under the Securities Act and (b) any funds or accounts holding Shares that are managed, advised or sub-advised by a third-party asset manager will be “under common control” with any and all other any funds or accounts holding the Corporation’s Shares that are managed, advised or sub-advised by such third-party asset manager. No Stockholder shall be deemed an Affiliate of another Person solely by virtue of being a party to this Agreement or by being a lender to or creditor of such other Person.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

AHG Approval Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(d)(ii).

AHG Designation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).

AHG Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).

AHG Stockholders” means, collectively, (a) Aristeia Capital, L.L.C., BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Brigade Capital Management, LP, Capital Research and Management Company, King Street Capital Management, L.P., Sculptor Capital LP and Silver Point Capital, L.P., and each of their respective Affiliates and (b) each equityholder of any Person described in clause (a) to whom such Person transferred all or any portion of its Shares pursuant to Section 5.2(e).

Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Board Matter” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

 

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Board Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

Business Day” means any day of the year on which national banking institutions in New York, New York are open to the public for conducting business and are not required or authorized to close.

Bylaws” means the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Bylaws as of the Effective Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

Call Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(c).

Call Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(c).

Call Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

Cash” means, as of such time of determination, cash and cash equivalents, including marketable securities, of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis; provided, that, in no event shall “Cash” include any LC Cash Collateral (as defined in the Exit LC Facility) held by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

Cause” for the removal of any director means (a) material fraud or material dishonesty in the performance of duties, (b) conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or (c) willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in the performance of duties or any willful act or omission (other than in the good faith performance of duties) that is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of the Corporation that, in the case of clauses (a) and (c), is not cured (if capable of being cured) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board determined in good faith within thirty (30) days after the Corporation’s written notice to such director specifying the failure and providing the opportunity to materially remedy such failure.

CEO Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(g).

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 11, 2024, and any subsequent amendment thereto or restatement thereof, including any certificate of designations relating to any outstanding series of preferred stock.

Chapter 11 Cases” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Common Stock” means, the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Competitor” means, as of such date of determination, (a) any Person that is engaged, directly or indirectly (including through any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture or similar arrangement (whether now existing or formed hereafter)), in any business or line of business in the office space industry, including traditional offices, real estate providers, flexible workspace providers and home office spaces, or any substantially similar industry or line of business, (b) any Person that is an Affiliate of any Competitor described in clause (a) of this definition and (c) any Person (together with such Person’s Affiliates) that is a director, officer or five percent (5%) or greater equity holder of any Person described in clause (a) of this definition; provided, that, a Person that would be a Competitor pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of this definition shall not be deemed a Competitor if (x) such Person is a bank, financial institution, bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and no Person described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition makes investment decisions for such Person and no investment vehicle managed or advised by a Person described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition that is not engaged primarily in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course makes investment decisions for such Person and (y) such Person does not share any information of the type subject to Section 4.1 with any Person described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition or any investment vehicle managed or advised by any Person described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition that is not engaged primarily in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course, in each case described in this clause (y), with respect to which such Person is an Affiliate.

 

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Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

Confirmation Order” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Consolidated Income Taxes” means, for any period, taxes imposed upon the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, which taxes are calculated by reference to the income or profits or capital of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (to the extent such income or profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period).

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (to the extent such expense was included in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period).

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Corporation Notice” means written notice from the Corporation notifying such Selling Stockholder and each Major Stockholder that the Corporation intends to exercise its Right of First Refusal as to some or all of the Shares with respect to any Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

Corporation Undersubscription Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e).

Cupar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Cupar Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b)(ii).

Cupar Approval Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(d)(i).

Cupar Call Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(c).

Cupar Call Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).

Cupar Call Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

Cupar Call Right Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).

Cupar Call Right Outside Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(g).

Cupar Call Right Required Governmental Consents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(e)(ii).

Cupar Designation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d).

Cupar Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d).

Data Room” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly and whether presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable or not), Shares, including options and warrants.

Designating Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

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DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it now exists or may hereinafter be amended and supplemented.

Disqualification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

Disqualified Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

Drag-Along Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Drag-Along Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Drag-Along Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).

Dragging Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.

DTC Facilities Exit Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(c).

DTC Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).

Duly Called Board Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Excess 8% Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(a)(ii).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exercising Major AHG Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(i).

Exercising Major Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(ii).

Exit LC Facility Credit Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated on or around the Effective Date, by and among WW SPV Borrower I LLC, a limited liability company formed and registered in the Cayman Islands, and WW SPV Borrower II LLC, a limited liability company formed and registered in the Cayman Islands, each as a borrower, WW SPV Blocker LLC, a limited liability company formed and registered in the Cayman Islands, as the blocker, Goldman Sachs International Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., each as a senior LC facility administrative agent and an LC collateral agent, SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P., as the junior TLC facility administrative agent and the junior TLC facility lender, Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as the junior TLC collateral agent, the issuing banks from time to time party thereto and the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

Exit LC Facility” means, collectively, the Exit LC Facility Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreements (as defined in the Exit LC Facility Credit Agreement) and each other Credit Document (as defined by the Exit LC Facility Credit Agreement).

Family Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(e).

Fully Exercising Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect as of the Effective Date, including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

 

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Governing Documents” means the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws.

Indebtedness” means, as of such time of determination, any of the following indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (including any and all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, prepayment of premiums or penalties which would be required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the Cupar Call Right or such Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee, as applicable): (a) obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for indebtedness for borrowed money, including all such obligations evidenced by loan agreements, promissory notes and similar instruments, whether as principal or as surety and (b) obligations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries under letters of credit, performance bonds, sureties or similar obligations that have been drawn down, in each case, to the extent of such draw; provided, that, in no event shall “Indebtedness” include (x) any obligations under undrawn letters of credit, performance bonds, sureties or similar obligations or (y) any intercompany obligations for indebtedness for borrowed money.

Initial Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

IPO” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.

Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

Major AHG Stockholder” means, collectively, each AHG Stockholder that is deemed to be a Major Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.

Major AHG Stockholder Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(i).

Major Stockholder” means (a) each of Cupar, each AHG Stockholder and SoftBank, in each case, until such time as such Stockholder no longer holds at least fifty percent (50%) of the Shares that such Stockholder held as of the Effective Date (subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like) and (b) any Stockholder that, individually or together with such Stockholder’s Affiliates, holds at least five percent (5%) of the Outstanding Shares; provided, that, any Transition DTC Stockholder that shall have failed to consummate a DTC Facilities Exit Transfer with respect to all of the Transition DTC Shares held by such Transition DTC Stockholder within twenty (20) Business Days following the Effective Date shall not be deemed a “Major Stockholder” under this Agreement until such date that such Transition DTC Stockholder (x) consummates a DTC Facilities Exit Transfer with respect to such Transition DTC Shares and (y) complies with Section 5.1(c)(iii).

Measurement Time” means 12:01 a.m., New York time, on the date of consummation of the Cupar Call Right.

Minimum Holding” means the lesser of (a) 0.25% percent of the Outstanding Shares and (b) the smallest percentage of Outstanding Shares held by a Stockholder as of the Effective Date that results in no greater than one hundred and fifty (150) Stockholders holding a percentage of Outstanding Shares as of the Effective Date that is equal to or greater than such percentage.

Necessary Action” means using commercially reasonable efforts to (a) vote or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to the Shares, (b) cause the adoption of Board or Stockholder resolutions or amendments to the applicable Governing Documents, (c) cause the adoption of Board or Stockholder resolutions to approve the Strategic Alternative, (d) cause members of the Board (to the extent such members were nominated or appointed by the Person obligated to undertake the Necessary Action and subject to any fiduciary duties that such members may have as directors of the Corporation) to act in a certain manner or cause them to be removed in the event they do not act in such manner or (e) execute and deliver agreements (including, without limitation, purchase agreements), documents and instruments in connection with clauses (a) through (d).

 

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New Securities” means, collectively, (a) equity securities of the Corporation, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities, in each case, issued by the Corporation and (b) any debt security or indebtedness for borrowed money issued or incurred by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in this clause (b), in excess of $25,000,000.00 other than equipment leases, bank lines of credit or trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Offer Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

Outstanding Shares” means, as of such time of determination, the then issued and outstanding Shares; provided, that, Outstanding Shares shall exclude (a) any and all Shares held by the Corporation or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries in treasury and (b) any and all Shares (i) held in escrow, (ii) held by a transfer agent (including Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company), (iii) held by a special purpose vehicle (including WW SPV Blocker LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company) or (iv) which are otherwise subject to any escrow obligation or condition, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Participating Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(a).

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock corporation, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or governmental entity or department, agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.

Plan” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Prime Right of First Refusal” means the right, but not the obligation, of each Major AHG Stockholder to purchase up to its pro rata portion (based upon the total number of Shares then held by all other Major AHG Stockholders) of the Shares subject to a Proposed Transfer Notice delivered by an AHG Stockholder on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Prime Secondary Notice” means written notice from any Selling AHG Stockholder notifying the Corporation and the Major Stockholders that the Major AHG Stockholders do not intend to exercise their respective Right of First Refusal as to all Shares with respect to a Proposed Stockholder Transfer on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Prime Stockholder Notice” means written notice from any Major AHG Stockholder notifying the Corporation and the Selling Stockholder that such Major AHG Stockholder intends to exercise its Prime Right of First Refusal as to a portion of the Shares with respect to any Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

Prime Undersubscription Notice” means written notice from a Major AHG Stockholder notifying the Corporation and the Selling Stockholder that such Major AHG Stockholder intends to exercise its option to purchase all or any portion of the Shares not purchased pursuant to the Prime Right of First Refusal.

Principal Stockholders” mean, collectively, Cupar and its Affiliates, SoftBank and its Affiliates and each AHG Stockholder and its Affiliates.

Prohibited Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(c).

Proposed Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(g).

Proposed Stockholder Transfer” means any Transfer of any Shares proposed by any of the Selling Stockholders.

Proposed Transfer Notice” means written notice from a Selling Stockholder setting forth the terms and conditions of a Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

 

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Prospective Transferee” means any person to whom a Selling Stockholder proposes to make a Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

Purchase and Sale Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(c).

Qualified IPO” means (a) the initial firm commitment underwritten public offering and sale of the Corporation’s Common Stock registered under the Securities Act or equivalent foreign securities laws (other than a registration on Form F-4, Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or any similar or successor form or equivalent foreign form)) that results in the Corporation’s Common Stock being listed on a national securities exchange and that results in aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $100,000,000 or (b) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, capital stock exchange, stock sale, asset sale or other similar transaction or business combination (or series of related transactions or related business combinations), in each case, between the Corporation and a “blank check company” (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) that is a special purchase acquisition company formed solely for the purpose of effecting such qualified initial public offering with one or more businesses, which for the avoidance of doubt, is deemed to be a “blank check company” under the Securities Act that results in the Corporation’s Common Stock being listed on a national securities exchange and that results in aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $100,000,000.

Registered Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or around the Effective Date, by and among the Corporation and the Stockholders (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

Related Party Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

Related Party Transaction Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).

Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

Right of Co-Sale” means the right, but not the obligation, of a Major Stockholder to participate in a Proposed Stockholder Transfer on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Right of First Refusal” means the right, but not the obligation, of the Corporation, or its permitted transferees or assigns, to purchase some or all of the Shares with respect to a Proposed Stockholder Transfer and not purchased pursuant to the Prime Right of First Refusal on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Sale Transaction” means each of the following events:

(a) a merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance in which (i) the Corporation is a constituent party or (ii) a Subsidiary is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance, in each case, other than any such merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance involving the Corporation or a Subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other equity interests that represent, immediately following such merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance, a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock or other equity interests of (A) the surviving or resulting corporation or entity or (B) if the surviving or resulting corporation or entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation or entity immediately following such merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, transfer, domestication, or continuance, the parent corporation or entity of such surviving or resulting corporation or entity;

 

 

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(b) (i) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition (whether by merger, consolidation, statutory conversion, domestication, continuance or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of one or more Subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly owned Subsidiary; or

(c) a Stock Sale,

in each case of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), other than to Cupar, any AHG Stockholder or SoftBank (or any Affiliates of Cupar, any AHG Stockholder or SoftBank) or to any group of Persons that includes, directly or indirectly, Cupar, any AHG Stockholder or SoftBank (or any Affiliates of Cupar, any AHG Stockholder or SoftBank) (other than as a result of (x) a rollover or reinvestment opportunity that is offered to all such Persons on a pro rata basis, (y) a passive investment in the equity securities of any publicly traded company or (z) immaterial passive interests held by such Persons in the acquiror in such Sale Transaction).

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secondary Notice” means written notice from the Corporation notifying the Selling Stockholder and the Major Stockholders that the Corporation does not intend to exercise its Right of First Refusal as to all Shares with respect to a Proposed Stockholder Transfer on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Secondary Refusal Right” means the right, but not an obligation, of each Major Stockholder to purchase up to its pro rata portion (based upon the total number of Shares then held by all Major Stockholders) of any Shares not purchased pursuant to the Prime Right of First Refusal or Right of First Refusal on the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Selling AHG Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i).

Selling Non-AHG Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(ii).

Selling Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(ii).

Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock and all of the other shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of the Corporation.

SoftBank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(f).

SoftBank Approval Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(d)(iii).

SoftBank Designation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(f).

SoftBank Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(f).

SoftBank Exit LC Facility Triggering Event Shares” means, as of such time of determination, without duplication and to the extent excluded from the calculation of (x) the number of Outstanding Shares and (y) the number of Shares then held by SoftBank, such number of Shares (a) then held in escrow, (b) then held by a transfer agent (including Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company), (c) then held by a special purpose vehicle (including WW SPV Blocker LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company) or (d) which are then otherwise subject to any escrow obligation or condition, in the case of each of clauses (a) through (d), pursuant to or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility and the transactions contemplated thereunder that are entitled to be released upon the consummation of a Drag-Along Sale pursuant to the terms of the Exit LC Facility (whether or not such Shares have actually been released pursuant to the terms of the Exit LC Facility).

 

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Spousal Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.20.

SRC Charter” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).

SRC Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).

SRC Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).

Stock Sale” means a transaction or series of related transactions in which a Person, or a group of related Persons, acquires Shares representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Corporation.

Stockholder” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Stockholder Notice” means written notice from any Major Stockholder notifying the Corporation and the Selling Stockholder that such Major Stockholder intends to exercise its Secondary Refusal Right as to a portion of the Shares with respect to any Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

Stockholder Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(e)(ii).

Stockholder Proceeds” means, with respect to any Sale Transaction, the sum of any cash and the fair market value of any securities or other property distributed or to be distributed in connection with such Sale Transaction to the holders of the Shares, excluding any and all amounts actually distributed after the closing of such Sale Transaction pursuant to any escrow, earn-out or similar arrangement, amounts required to be applied to repayment of any indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to the terms thereof and transaction costs, fees, expenses and other similar costs; provided, that, if Stockholder Proceeds includes securities or other property, such securities or other property will be valued at the same value established for such securities or other property in connection with such Sale Transaction or, if not so established, at the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board.

Stockholder Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(g).

Strategic Alternative” means (a) a Qualified IPO, (b) a Sale Transaction or (c) any other strategic alternative available to the Corporation other than, solely in the case of this clause (c), any transaction (i) with a group of Persons that includes, directly or indirectly, any AHG Stockholder (or any Affiliates of any AHG Stockholder) (other than as a result of (x) a rollover or reinvestment opportunity that is offered to Cupar, SoftBank and the AHG Stockholders on a pro rata basis, (y) a passive investment in the equity securities of any publicly traded company or (z) immaterial passive interests held by such Persons in the acquiror in such strategic alternative) or (ii) the primary purpose of which is to create or issue any debt security, incur indebtedness for borrowed money or the create any lien or security interest.

Strategic Review Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).

Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries or otherwise, beneficially owns more than fifty percent (50)% of either the equity interests in, or the voting power of the securities of, such Person.

Third Duly Called Board Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Third Meeting Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Transfer” means, with respect to any Shares, any sale, assignment, transfer, alienation, conveyance, gift, bequest by will or under intestacy laws, pledge, lien, hypothecation, encumbrance or other disposition, with or without consideration, whether directly or indirectly (including through the transfer of any Shares in any direct or indirect holding company holding Shares or through the issuance and redemption by any such holding company of its Shares, and through deposit into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any such Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto) and whether voluntarily or involuntarily by operation of law, of all or part of such Shares, or of any beneficial interest therein, now or hereafter owned by a Stockholder. Unless the context otherwise requires, “Transfer” means with respect to any Shares.

 

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Transition DTC Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(c).

Transition DTC Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(c).

Undersubscription Notice” means written notice from a Major Stockholder notifying the Corporation and the Selling Stockholder that such Major Stockholder intends to exercise its option to purchase all or any portion of the Shares not purchased pursuant to the Right of First Refusal or the Secondary Refusal Right.

ARTICLE 2

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2.1 Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the Board will be set and remain at seven (7) members.

Section 2.2 Board Composition. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure at each annual or special meeting of the stockholders at which an election of directors is held, or pursuant to any written consent of the stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board:

(a) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar Grimmond LLC (“Cupar”) for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 21,862,089 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Jason Yardi;

(b) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 14,574,726 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Arnold Brier;

(c) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 7,287,363 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Adnan Ahmad;

(d) one (1) individual designated from time to time by Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 2,914,945 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Anant Yardi (each individual designated pursuant to Section 2.2(a) through to Section 2.2(d), as applicable, a “Cupar Director” and each such designation right, a “Cupar Designation Right”);

(e) one (1) individual designated from time to time by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders for so long as the AHG Stockholders and their respective Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 3,970,620 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Daniel Ehrmann (the “AHG Director” and such designation right, the “AHG Designation Right”);

 

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(f) one (1) individual designated from time to time by SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. (“SoftBank”) for so long as SoftBank and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,585,535 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, which individual shall initially be Jagannath Iyer (the “SoftBank Director” and such designation right, the “SoftBank Designation Right”); and

(g) the individual then serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, if any (the “CEO Director”); provided, that, if for any reason the CEO Director shall cease to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, each of the Stockholders shall promptly vote their respective Shares (i) to remove the former Chief Executive Officer from the Board if such person has not resigned from the position of CEO Director and (ii) to elect the then-duly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to serve as the new CEO Director; provided, further, that for the purposes of this Section 2.2(g), the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall in no event be deemed to include (x) any interim Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Board, or (y) the President of the Corporation solely to the extent such President is acting as a chief executive officer due to a vacancy in the office of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of the Bylaws.

Section 2.3 Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation from a Person or group of Persons with the right to designate a director as specified in Section 2.2 (each, a “Designating Stockholder”), the individual then serving in such director position shall be reelected if willing to serve unless such individual has been removed as provided herein, and otherwise such Board seat shall remain vacant until filled as provided in this Article 2.

Section 2.4 Removal of Board Members. Each Stockholder also agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:

(a) a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2.2, or reelected pursuant to Section 2.3, shall be promptly removed from office upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the written request of any Designating Stockholder who would be entitled to designate a replacement for such director pursuant to Section 2.2 to remove such director; (ii) if such director is no longer entitled or eligible to occupy such Board seat pursuant to the applicable designation conditions of Section 2.2; or (iii) the written request of Stockholders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Shares to remove such director from office for Cause; and

(b) no director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2.2, or reelected pursuant to Section 2.3, may be removed from office unless such removal is made in accordance with Section 2.4(a).

If a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2.2, or reelected pursuant to Section 2.3, is removed from office pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii) or there exists a vacancy on the Board that is caused by the absence of any designation from a Designating Stockholder and, in either case, such Designating Stockholder is no longer entitled to designate such seat pursuant to the applicable designation conditions of Section 2.2, such vacancy on the Board shall be filled in accordance with the terms of the Governing Documents. The termination or reduction of any Designating Stockholder’s right to designate a director as specified in this Section 2.2 shall not affect any other designation rights of such Designating Stockholder or the designation rights of any other Designating Stockholder. For the avoidance of doubt, if a director elected or serving pursuant to Section 2.2, or reelected pursuant to Section 2.3, is removed from office pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(i) or Section 2.4(a)(iii), such vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the Designating Stockholder who would be entitled to designate a replacement for such removed director pursuant to Section 2.2.

Section 2.5 No Liability for Election of Designated or Approved Directors. No Stockholder, nor any Affiliate of any Stockholder, shall have any liability as a result of designating or approving a person for election as a director for any act or omission by such designated or approved person in such person’s capacity as a director of the Corporation, nor shall any Stockholder have any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2.

 

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Section 2.6 No Bad Actor Designees. Each Designating Stockholder or other Person with the right to participate in the designation of a director as specified in Section 2.2 hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, to such Person’s knowledge, none of the “bad actor” disqualifying events described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) under the Securities Act (each, a “Disqualification Event”), is applicable to such Person’s initial designee named above except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable. Any director designee to whom any Disqualification Event is applicable, except for a Disqualification Event to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable, is hereinafter referred to as a “Disqualified Designee”. Each Designating Stockholder or other Person with the right to participate in the designation of a director as specified in Section 2.2 hereby covenants and agrees (a) not to designate or participate in the designation of any director designee who, to such Person’s knowledge, is a Disqualified Designee and (b) that in the event such Person becomes aware that any individual previously designated by any such Person is or has become a Disqualified Designee, such Person shall as promptly as practicable take such actions as are necessary to remove such Disqualified Designee from the Board and designate a replacement designee who is not a Disqualified Designee.

Section 2.7 Board Matters.

(a) The Board shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule.

(b) The Corporation will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each member of the Board in connection with (i) attending the meetings of the Board or any committee thereof or (ii) attending any other meetings or performing any other activities at the request of the Board.

(c) If there exists a vacancy on the Board and an individual has been designated to fill such vacancy by a Designating Stockholder in accordance with Section 2.2, the Board shall, as the first order of business at the next meeting of the Board or in the next written consent of the Board, fill such vacancy in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Governing Documents.

(d) For the purposes of this Agreement:

(i) The “Cupar Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) a Cupar Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) a Cupar Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that no Cupar Director is then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) a prior Cupar Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such Cupar Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 2.3 or removal pursuant to Section 2.4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) Cupar shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2.2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

(ii) The “AHG Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) the AHG Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) the AHG Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that the AHG Director is not then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) the prior AHG Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such AHG Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 2.3 or removal pursuant to Section 2.4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2.2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

(iii) The “SoftBank Approval Right” shall, as of such time of determination, be deemed to be in effect upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (A) the SoftBank Designation Right shall then be in effect and (B) either (x) the SoftBank Director shall then be seated on the Board or (y) in the event that the SoftBank Director is not then seated on the Board and there exists a vacancy on the Board, (1) the prior SoftBank Director shall have been removed from the Board, including due to such SoftBank Director’s death, resignation, unwillingness to stand for reelection pursuant to Section 2.3 or removal pursuant to Section 2.4, in each case, within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding such time of determination or (2) SoftBank shall have designated an individual to fill such vacancy in accordance with Section 2.2 (even if such person is not then seated on the Board).

 

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Section 2.8 Insurance. The Corporation shall enter into director and board observer indemnification agreements, as applicable, with each member appointed or elected to the Board as set forth in this Article 2. The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain customary directors and officers liability insurance from a nationally recognized insurance provider in such amounts as determined by the Board in good faith to be customary for similarly-situated businesses such as the Corporation and its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.8 shall not be deemed to excuse or affect the obligations of any Stockholder under this Agreement.

Section 2.9 Board Observer Rights.

(a) Each of (i) SoftBank and (ii) each Initial Stockholder that, together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns at least ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares as of the Effective Date and (iii) each Stockholder for so long as such Stockholder, together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns at least ten percent (10%) of Outstanding Shares from time to time will, in each case and without duplication, be entitled to designate one (1) individual as an observer to the Board (each, a “Board Observer”) by at least two Business Days’ advance written notice to the Corporation (and such Board Observer will also be subject to removal or replacement for no reason or any reason whatsoever by the Stockholder who appointed such Board Observer by notice to the Corporation); provided, however, that the Board has not reasonably determined in good faith that such Board Observer is a Competitor; and provided, further, that no Initial Stockholder shall be entitled to designate a Board Observer pursuant to this Section 2.9, if such Initial Stockholder, together with its Affiliates, fails to beneficially own at least fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock (subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like) held by such Initial Stockholder and its Affiliates as of the Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, any Designating Stockholder’s right to designate a Board Observer pursuant to this Section 2.9 or any termination of such right shall not affect any designation rights of such Designating Stockholder or the designation rights of any other Designating Stockholder.

(b) Each Board Observer will be entitled to (i) be given notice of any meeting of the Board at the same time and in the same manner as the members of the Board, (ii) be present at any such meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity, (iii) receive copies of all minutes of meetings of the Board and written consents in lieu of such meetings at the same time as such materials are delivered to the members of the Board and (iv) receive copies of all written materials and other information distributed to the Board at the time such materials are given to the members of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Board Observer will be entitled to attend any meeting of the Board or portion thereof, and any materials and other information provided to the Board Observer in connection with such meeting shall be redacted, to the extent that the Corporation has reasonably determined that such exclusion or redaction is necessary to avoid the disclosure of trade secrets or other competitively sensitive information and (C) the Corporation and the Board may take all reasonable actions in good faith, based on the advice of counsel, to maintain the integrity of attorney-client privileged communications; provided that, in the case of clauses (B) and (C), (1) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries will use good faith efforts to minimize such withholding or exclusion (as applicable) and (2) such materials will be provided to such Board Observer with redactions or other customary limitations; provided, further that the Corporation shall provide prior written notice of any such exclusion or preclusion stating the general basis therefor to the relevant Board Observer (which description shall be general enough as to not affect attorney-client privileged communications (as applicable)).

(c) The Corporation will not pay any compensation to any Board Observer for their services as an observer to the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, Board Observers will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for a meeting of the Board under the Bylaws.

(d) Each Board Observer shall be required to enter into a customary confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably required by the Board (acting in good faith) prior to attending any meeting of the Board or receiving any written materials and other information distributed to the Board; provided that such confidentiality agreement shall be on reasonable and customary terms (and in any event on terms not more restrictive on the Board Observer than those set forth in Section 4.1) and shall permit such Board Observer to communicate the Confidential Information in accordance with the following sentence. Each Board Observer will be permitted to communicate the Confidential Information received by such Board Observer pursuant to this Section 2.9 to the Stockholder that appointed such Board Observer and such Stockholder’s Affiliates and Representatives so long as each such Person enters into such a customary confidentiality agreement.

 

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Section 2.10 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors, including, to the extent each of the Cupar Approval Right, the AHG Approval Right and the SoftBank Approval Right is then in effect, a Cupar Director, the AHG Director and the SoftBank Director shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.10 to the contrary, at any meeting of the Board established and publicized or called pursuant to the terms of Section 3.6 or Section 3.7 of the Bylaws (a “Duly Called Board Meeting”) to consider any action or subject matter pertaining to the Corporation (a “Board Matter”) that immediately follows two (2) consecutive Duly Called Board Meetings with respect to the same Board Matter at which a lack of quorum was attributable, in each such case, to the non-attendance of a Cupar Director, the AHG Director, or the SoftBank Director (as the case may be, an “Absent Director”), the presence of such Absent Director shall not be required for the purpose of constituting a quorum at such third and subsequent Duly Called Board Meeting to consider the same Board Matter (the “Third Duly Called Board Meeting”); provided, that notice of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting (the “Third Meeting Notice”) was (a) provided to such Absent Director, if by mail, addressed to such Absent Director at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least five (5) days before the day on which such Third Duly Called Board Meeting was held, or (b) sent to such Absent Director at such place by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmissions, or delivered personally or by telephone, in each case at least five (5) days prior to the set time of such Third Duly Called Board Meeting; provided, further, that such Third Meeting Notice included information regarding the Board Matter to be considered at such Third Duly Called Board Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of any committee of the Board, a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of any Board committee, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides that one (1) or more directors will have more or less than one (1) vote per director on any matter, every reference in this Section 2.10 to a majority or other proportion of the directors will refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.

Section 2.11 Committees; Subsidiary Boards.

(a) The Board may, from time to time, create one or more committees. Each of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) shall be entitled in such Person’s discretion to be a member of each committee of the Board (unless the purpose of such committee is solely to allow the Corporation to avail itself of the approval of a conflict matter by a committee comprised solely of disinterested directors and the Board has reasonably determined in good faith, based on the opinion of the Corporation’s external legal counsel, that such Person is not disinterested for such purposes; provided, that, (i) the Board shall take reasonable steps in good faith to minimize any such exclusions, (ii) if any Person is proposed to be so excluded, then the Corporation shall inform such Person in writing of the purpose of such committee and explain the Board’s rationale for the decision to exclude such Person and (iii) any such Person shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity prior to the formation of such committee or following a material change in circumstances surrounding such committee to obviate the need to exclude such Person from such committee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 2.11(a) and any committee of the Board shall be subject to all other terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 3.1 and Section 3.2).

(b) Subject to the requirements of the laws of any jurisdiction in which any Subsidiary of the Corporation is incorporated or organized, each of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval is in effect) shall be entitled in such Person’s discretion to be a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of any Subsidiary of the Corporation solely to the extent that any of a Cupar Director, the AHG Director or the SoftBank Director (or an Affiliate of any such director) is a member thereof.

 

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Section 2.12 Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to the Board. Each Stockholder will take, at any time and from time to time, all Necessary Action to further the provisions of this Article 2, including voting their Shares to the extent reasonably requested by the Corporation or another Stockholder to cause the provisions of this Article 2 to be satisfied. The Corporation will take all Necessary Action to ensure that the provisions of this Article 2 are accomplished. The Corporation will not give effect to any action by any Stockholder or any other Person which is in contravention with this Article 2. Without limiting the foregoing, each Stockholder shall (a) cause all of its Shares to be present for quorum purposes at the annual meeting of the Corporation and at any special meeting of the Corporation at which members of the Board are to be elected or removed or vacancies on the Board are to be filled and (b) vote such shares to cause (i) the election of any such member of the Board designated or nominated pursuant to this Article 2 or (ii) removal of any such member of the Board removed pursuant to this Article 2.

ARTICLE 3

GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Section 3.1 Significant Actions.

(a) During such time or times as (x) a Cupar Approval Right is in effect and (y) either the AHG Approval Right or the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include the approval of a Cupar Director and at least one of (1) the AHG Director and (2) the SoftBank Director), other than equipment leases, or trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 3.3:

(i) create or issue any debt security in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.00;

(ii) incur or refinance indebtedness for borrowed money, including obligations and contingent obligations under guarantees, in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000.00;

(iii) create any lien or security interest, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, that secure obligations in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000.00 (except for purchase money liens or statutory liens of landlords, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, warehousemen and other similar persons arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business); or

(iv) permit any Subsidiary to take any such action as set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i), Section 3.1(a)(ii) and Section 3.1(a)(iii).

(b) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include, other than in the case of a Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 3.3, the approval of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect)):

(i) permit any Subsidiary to create or issue, or obligate itself to create or issue, any shares of any class or series of capital stock other than shares of any class or series of capital stock issued to and held by the Corporation or any wholly owned Subsidiary (it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the requirements of this Section 3.1(b)(i) apply to the issuance, offer or sale of any New Securities by the Corporation);

(ii) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the business and affairs of the Corporation or any material Subsidiary thereof or consent to any of the foregoing;

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(iv) purchase or redeem, or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than (A) dividends or other distributions on any shares of capital stock solely in the form of cash and on a pro rata basis and (B) repurchases of any shares of capital stock from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Corporation or any Subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at no greater than the original purchase price thereof;

(v) issue, or authorize or permit the issuance of, any Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any compensation plan or agreement in excess of seven percent (7%) of the total Shares to be issued on or after the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan (subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like);

(vi) reincorporate or convert the Corporation into any entity other than a corporation or redomicile the Corporation into any jurisdiction other than Delaware; or

(vii) make any change to the tax classification of the Corporation, including any election to not be treated as a “c corp” for US federal income tax purposes.

(c) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not, without the approval of each of the Major Stockholders, pay or declare any dividend, or make any distribution on, any shares of Common Stock on a non-pro rata basis.

Section 3.2 Related Party Transactions. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Stockholders that it shall not (and it shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to), without the approval of the Board (which approval shall include, other than in the case of any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee in accordance with Section 3.3, the approval of (i) a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), (ii) the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and (iii) the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect)), enter into, renew or amend any transaction, agreement or arrangement or series of related transactions, agreements or arrangements between the Corporation or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary (other than the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries), on the other hand (each, a “Related Party Transaction”); provided, that, this Section 3.2 shall not apply, in each case, to the Corporation or any Subsidiary entering into, renewing or amending:

(a) any Related Party Transaction that both (i) would reasonably be expected to, based on the good faith assessment of the Corporation’s management, result in cost savings for, or impose no additional costs on, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries after taking into account the aggregate increases and decreases to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries’ overall cost of services on an annualized net basis (calculated pro forma for such new or renewed Related Party Transaction or such amendment to a Related Party Transaction when compared to the arm’s-length commercial terms of the market alternatives available to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) results in new (with respect to new Related Party Transactions) or increased (with respect to renewed Related Party Transactions or amendments to Related Party Transactions) payments or other consideration payable by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (such new or increased payments and other consideration, calculated on an annualized basis, the “Related Party Transaction Costs”) in an aggregate amount that, when combined with all Related Party Transaction Costs of each of the other Related Party Transactions excluded from the approval requirements of Section 3.2 in reliance of this clause (a) as of immediately prior to such time of determination, does not exceed $15,000,000.00 per year (calculated on an annualized basis);

(b) (x) any customary director and officer indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance in the ordinary course of business or (y) any ordinary course officer and generally applicable director compensation arrangements (other than with respect to (i) Anant Yardi or any of his Affiliates (that is not a natural person) providing services to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries on his behalf, (ii) any Affiliates of any AHG Stockholder or (iii) any Affiliates of SoftBank);

(c) Shares (x) issued in exchange for claims as expressly provided for by the Plan or the Confirmation Order or (y) issued or distributed pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility;

 

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(d) any Related Party Transaction incidental to, and reasonably necessary to implement, (i) a Sale Transaction or Qualified IPO pursuant to Section 3.3 or Article 8, (ii) a Transfer pursuant to Article 6 or (iii) a subscription for New Securities pursuant to Article 7, in each case, in compliance with the terms thereof;

(e) pro rata cash dividends or distributions to Stockholders in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and this Agreement (including Section 3.1); or

(f) any membership agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and on terms comparable to those provided to unrelated third parties.

Section 3.3 Strategic Alternatives.

(a) If the Corporation has not consummated a (i) Qualified IPO or (ii) Sale Transaction for at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Outstanding Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Drag-Along Right or otherwise, in each case, on or prior to the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Effective Date, then either (x) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders or (y) the AHG Director, if the AHG Approval Right is in effect, shall have the right to require (the “SRC Request”), by written notice delivered to Cupar and the Corporation at any time after the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Effective Date (the “SRC Notice”), that the Corporation and the Board establish a committee pursuant to Section 3.5 (the “Strategic Review Committee”), which Strategic Review Committee shall be delegated the authority to review, consider and control a process to consummate a Strategic Alternative and cause the Corporation to undertake one or more Strategic Alternatives approved by the Strategic Review Committee without further approval or other action by the Board (except where such approval or action is otherwise required under Delaware law).

(b) On and after the date upon which the Strategic Review Committee is established pursuant to Section 3.5, the Strategic Review Committee shall evaluate the merits of each Strategic Alternative and may decide to approve any such Strategic Alternative or decide to not proceed with any such Strategic Alternative. In the event that the Strategic Review Committee approves a Strategic Alternative:

(i) each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in favor of such Strategic Alternative or in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the provisions of Article 8 shall apply to such Strategic Alternative; and

(ii) Cupar will agree to, if reasonably requested by the acquiror or acquirors in respect of a Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee and conditioned on the consummation of such Sale Transaction, (A) extend any commercial agreements or arrangements between the Corporation or any Subsidiary, on one hand, and Cupar or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand (each, a “Cupar Agreement”) for up to one (1) year on substantially similar terms, (B) reduce the remaining term of any Cupar Agreement to one (1) year following the consummation of such Sale Transaction or (C) terminate any Cupar Agreement.

(c) Unless otherwise agreed by the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect), no value associated with any Cupar Agreement shall be taken into account by the Strategic Review Committee in connection with the evaluation of any Strategic Alternative (including for purposes of evaluating and selecting an acquiror).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that the Strategic Review Committee approves a Sale Transaction and the Stockholder Proceeds in respect of such Sale Transaction is reasonably expected to be less than the greater of (i) $1,000,000,000.00 and (ii) (A) (1) eleven (11) multiplied by (2) the sum of (x) the Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Sale Transaction was approved by the Strategic Review Committee less (y) $90,000,000.00, less (B) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period and plus (C) the sum of (x) the aggregate Cash of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period less (y) $100,000,000.00, then:

 

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(i) Cupar and its Affiliates shall not be required under this Article 3 to Transfer Shares in such Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee pursuant to this Section 3.3 to the extent the Transfer of such Shares would result in Cupar and its Affiliates holding less than forty nine percent (49%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction; provided that Cupar and its Affiliates (as applicable) shall have exercised this right not to fully participate in such Sale Transaction pursuant to this Section 3.3(d) within twenty (20) Business Days after (x) the delivery of the Drag-Along Notice or (y) if no Drag-Along Notice is delivered, the delivery of written notice of the Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee to Cupar and its Affiliates at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Sale Transaction; and

(ii) Cupar and its Affiliates shall Transfer, in accordance with the terms of the Sale Transaction and on the same terms and conditions (including the amount of per Share consideration) as the other stockholders of the Corporation, that number of Shares that would result in the acquiror or acquirors in such Sale Transaction holding, in the aggregate, fifty one percent (51%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the acquiror(s) in such Sale Transaction shall be entitled to appoint a majority of the Board from and after the closing of such Sale Transaction.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall not enter into, modify or amend any agreements or arrangements that are designed or intended to, directly or indirectly, or that would reasonably be expected to, circumvent, impair or frustrate, or have the effect of circumventing, impairing or frustrating, the provisions of this Section 3.3 or Section 3.5, including, by entering into a contract pursuant to which the Corporation agrees not to undertake a Strategic Alternative otherwise approved by the Strategic Review Committee without the consent of a third party (it being understood that nothing in this Section 3.3(e) shall limit or restrict the Corporation from entering into, modifying or amending (i) any agreements or arrangements (including real property leases, joint venture agreements and franchise agreements) that are entered, modified or amended in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) the Exit LC Facility or (iii) any definitive documentation in respect of Indebtedness or other agreements or arrangements containing customary third party consent, termination or acceleration rights, in each case, that would give rise to termination, acceleration or other payments or obligations in connection with a Sale Transaction that are not designed or intended to, and would not reasonably be expected to, circumvent, impair or frustrate the provisions of this Section 3.3 or Section 3.5).

Section 3.4 Cupar Call Right.

(a) Each Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants to Cupar and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Cupar Call Right Holders”) the right to purchase, on the terms provided in this Section 3.4, all of the Shares then held by such Stockholder (collectively, the “Call Shares”) at the applicable Cupar Call Price (the “Cupar Call Right”). The obligation of the Corporation and the Board to establish the Strategic Review Committee pursuant to Section 3.5 shall automatically be suspended as of the date the Cupar Call Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3.4(c) (provided that such obligation shall be reinstated at such time the Cupar Call Right Holders are no longer actively employing in good faith their commercially reasonable efforts to exercise the Cupar Call Right (and each of the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) shall have the right to reasonably inquire of the Cupar Call Right Holders as to the status of the exercise of the Cupar Call Right), or if the Cupar Call Right has not been consummated on or prior to Cupar Call Right Outside Date) and such obligation shall automatically be terminated as of the Call Closing Date. The Cupar Call Right shall terminate automatically upon the consummation of a Sale Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the Cupar Call Right shall not be transferable to any third party (including in connection with a Sale Transaction).

(b) The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Cupar Call Right Holders upon exercise of the Cupar Call Right will be, with respect to each Stockholder, an amount in cash equal to the portion of the Stockholder Proceeds that such Stockholder would have been entitled to receive in respect of all of the issued and outstanding Shares then held by such Stockholder pursuant to a Sale Transaction that results in aggregate Stockholder Proceeds equal to the greater of (i) $1,000,000,000.00 and (ii) (A) (1) eleven (11) multiplied by (2) the sum of (x) the Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date the Cupar Call Right is exercised less (y) $90,000,000.00, less (B) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the Measurement Time and plus (C) the sum of (x) the aggregate Cash of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the Measurement Time less (y) $100,000,000.00 (with respect to each Stockholder, such amount, the applicable “Cupar Call Price”).

 

 

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(c) The Cupar Call Right Holders may exercise the Cupar Call Right at any time during the thirty (30) day period beginning on the date that the SRC Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3.3(a), by giving written notice (the “Cupar Call Notice”) to the holder(s) of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders, the AHG Director, if the AHG Approval Right is in effect, and SoftBank, if the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect, and specifying the expected date on which the purchase of the Call Shares will be consummated (the “Call Closing Date”), which Call Closing Date shall be no later than the later of (x) thirty (30) days following the date that the Cupar Call Notice is delivered pursuant to this Section 3.4(c) (subject to the prior satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.4(d)) and (y) three (3) Business Days following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.4(d). As soon as reasonably practicable after the delivery of the Cupar Call Notice, each of the Cupar Call Right Holders, each AHG Stockholder, SoftBank and each other Stockholder shall execute and deliver (i) one or more customary purchase agreements, in each case, in a form reasonably acceptable to Cupar, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders or the AHG Director, if the AHG Approval Right is in effect, and SoftBank (the “Call Purchase Agreement”) (provided that the Call Purchase Agreement shall in any event contain a customary cooperation covenant of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries with respect to providing required information reasonably necessary for any regulatory filings or regulatory approvals that the Cupar Call Right Holders shall be required to make in connection with the purchase of the Call Shares; provided, further, that (x) the Corporation shall not be required to agree to or take any actions that are not contingent on the consummation of the purchase of the Call Shares and (y) all costs, fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing shall be borne by Cupar) and (ii) each other customary agreement or instrument, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Cupar Call Right Holders to be reasonably necessary to effect the Cupar Call Right and in a form reasonably acceptable to Cupar, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders or the AHG Director, if the AHG Approval Right is in effect, and SoftBank (together with the Call Purchase Agreement, the “Call Agreements”). On the Call Closing Date, each AHG Stockholder, SoftBank and each other Stockholder shall deliver to the Cupar Call Right Holders the stock certificates (electronic or physical) representing the Call Shares owned by each such Stockholder, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (other than those imposed by securities laws generally or this Agreement), and the Cupar Call Right Holders shall deliver to each AHG Stockholder, SoftBank and each other Stockholder on the Call Closing Date the applicable Cupar Call Price for each such Stockholder’s Call Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account identified by each such Stockholder in writing no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Call Closing Date (or, if later, promptly after Cupar’s request therefor).

(d) In connection with the Cupar Call Right and Call Agreements, (i) each Stockholder shall only be required to make customary fundamental representations and warranties solely related to such Stockholder’s (A) corporate (or similar other organizational) power, if applicable, to sell its Shares, (B) due execution of the applicable purchase agreement, (C) organization and good standing (if applicable), (D) good and valid title and ownership of the applicable Shares held by such Stockholder, free and clear of liens, security interests and other encumbrances (other than those imposed by securities laws generally or this Agreement), (E) corporate (or similar other organizational) power and authority, if applicable, to enter into the applicable purchase agreement and to consummate the closing of the sale of the Shares and (F) non-contravention by such Stockholder of its organizational documents (if applicable) and applicable law; (ii) the closing shall not be subject to any conditions, except as set forth in Section 3.4(e) and customary closing conditions with respect to the (x) accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties in all material respects and (y) performance of the other party’s pre-closing covenants in all material respects; (iii) the foregoing fundamental representations and warranties shall survive such closing until the applicable statute of limitations has run and none of the pre-closing covenants shall survive such closing; and (iv) no party shall be required to provide any indemnification or agree to any restrictive covenants and there shall be no limitation on any party’s right to specific performance in the event of any other party’s breach.

(e) The obligation of the Cupar Call Right Holders to purchase the Call Shares is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions, the other customary conditions contemplated by Section 3.4(d)(ii) and no other conditions:

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enjoin, restrain, prohibit or otherwise make unlawful the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Call Agreements or (B) in effect any governmental order issued by a governmental body of competent jurisdiction, and no orders or other requirements of law shall have been entered, enforced or deemed applicable, in each case, by any governmental body, that, in any case, enjoins, restrains, prohibits or otherwise makes unlawful the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Call Agreements; and

(ii) if determined to be required, the waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Call Agreements under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended or any other applicable antitrust law shall have expired or terminated, and any approvals required under any applicable antitrust laws (including foreign antitrust laws) shall have been obtained (collectively, the “Cupar Call Right Required Governmental Consents”).

(f) Each Stockholder hereby agrees that it:

(i) shall refrain from (A) exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to the exercise of the Cupar Call Right or (B) asserting any claim or commencing, joining or participating in any way (including as a member of a class in any action, suit or proceeding) (x) challenging the validity or enforceability of the Cupar Call Right, the Call Agreements, this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in connection with the Cupar Call Right, (y) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, the Call Agreements or (z) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Cupar Call Right Holders or any Affiliate or associate thereof or directors of the Corporation (including aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty) in connection with the exercise of the Cupar Call Right; and

(ii) shall not, during the period beginning on the date that the Cupar Call Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3.4(c) and ending on the earlier of (x) the Call Closing Date and (y) such time the Cupar Call Right Holders are no longer actively employing in good faith their commercially reasonable efforts to exercise the Cupar Call Right, Transfer all or any portion of its Call Shares (other than to any Affiliate of such Stockholder or, in the case of an AHG Stockholder, to any equityholder of such AHG Stockholder, in each case, in accordance with Section 5.2(e)) without the prior written consent of the Cupar Call Right Holders.

(g) If the purchase of the Call Shares shall not have been consummated by the one (1) month anniversary of the date of delivery of the Cupar Call Notice (as it may be extended below, the “Cupar Call Right Outside Date”), the Cupar Call Right Holders shall no longer have any right to purchase the Call Shares pursuant to this Section 3.4; provided, that, if on such date any of the Cupar Call Right Required Governmental Consents shall not have been obtained, the Cupar Call Right Outside Date shall automatically be extended by three (3) additional months.

(h) All costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Cupar Call Right, whether or not consummated, shall be borne by the parties incurring such costs, fees or expenses; provided, that, all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries for the benefit of Cupar in connection with the Cupar Call Right (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with regulatory filings or regulatory approvals), whether or not consummated, shall be borne by Cupar.

Section 3.5 Strategic Review Committee.

(a) In the event that the SRC Request is made and the Cupar Call Right Holders do not exercise the Cupar Call Right during the thirty (30) day period beginning on the date that the SRC Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the Corporation and the Board shall:

(i) establish the Strategic Review Committee and adopt a committee charter (A) containing only (x) the substantive rights, duties and obligations of the Strategic Review Committee as expressly set forth in this Section 3.5 and (y) such other ministerial language which do not circumvent, expand or otherwise modify such rights, duties and obligations or (B) otherwise in a form mutually agreed by a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and

 

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the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) (the “SRC Charter”), which SRC Charter shall:

(A) authorize and empower the Strategic Review Committee to (1) retain legal and financial advisors, (2) undertake the marketing of a sale of the Corporation or all or substantially all of the business, assets, operations of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to potential third-party acquirors, (3) commence the identification of potential acquirors and the preparation of an offering memorandum and other marketing materials, (4) control and administer such transaction processes, (5) authorize and approve any Strategic Alternative; and (6) exercise (or permit the AHG Stockholders to exercise) the Drag-Along Right in order to implement any Strategic Alternative;

(B) provide that any amendment to the SRC Charter (other than ministerial changes which do not circumvent, expand or otherwise modify the substantive rights, duties and obligations of the Strategic Review Committee as expressly set forth in this Section 3.5) will require the consent of a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), the consent of the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and the consent of the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect), in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; and

(C) provide that any action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, authorizing and approving any Strategic Alternative or exercising (or authorizing the exercise of) the Drag-Along Right to implement any Strategic Alternative) approved by a majority of the members of the Strategic Review Committee shall represent valid action of the Strategic Review Committee; provided, that, if the SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, then any action of the Strategic Review Committee (including, for the avoidance of doubt, authorizing and approving any Strategic Alternative or exercising (or authorizing the exercise of) the Drag-Along Right to implement any Strategic Alternative) shall only require the approval of the AHG Director then serving on the Strategic Review Committee.

(ii) cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Strategic Review Committee, including by (A) making customary diligence materials available to prospective acquirors on a reasonable basis and subject to appropriate confidentiality restrictions, (B) making available to prospective acquirors, the management, accountants and such other representatives of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by prospective acquirors, (C) arranging for such other diligence matters with prospective acquirors, such as inquiries with appropriate business relationships of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as are reasonably requested by prospective acquirors, (D) preparing and negotiating in good faith definitive documentation with respect to any such Strategic Alternative, in each case, on reasonable terms and conditions, (E) diligently seeking and obtaining such consents and approvals as are necessary with respect to the consummation of any such Strategic Alternative and (F) taking Necessary Action to consummate any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee as promptly as practicable following completion of, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, the definitive documentation therefor, in each case, subject to any fiduciary duties that any directors or officers may have in their capacity as such to the Corporation;

(iii) take such action necessary to appoint as the only members of the Strategic Review Committee: (A) one (1) member designated by Cupar (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), (B) the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect) and (C) the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect); and

(iv) take such action necessary to maintain the size of the Strategic Review Committee at no more than three (3) members (or, if SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, no more than two (2) members).

(b) If at any time the SoftBank Approval Right is not in effect, the Cupar Director shall have no right to vote on any matter to be determined by the Strategic Review Committee.

(c) The Strategic Review Committee shall be permitted to invoke (or to authorize the AHG Stockholder to exercise) the Drag-Along Right in furtherance of any Strategic Alternative in accordance with Article 8.

 

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Section 3.6 Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to Governance Matters. The Corporation and each Stockholder will take, at any time and from time to time, all Necessary Action to further the provisions of this Article 3. The Corporation will take all Necessary Action to ensure that the provisions of this Article 3 are accomplished and will not give effect to any action by any Stockholder or any other Person which is in contravention with this Article 3. In connection with a Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee, each Stockholder will take, at any time and from time to time, all Necessary Action as the Strategic Review Committee may reasonably request in order to effect such Strategic Alternative subject to the provisions of this Article 3 and to ensure that Article 8 applies to such Sale Transaction.

ARTICLE 4

CONFIDENTIALITY; INFORMATION RIGHTS

Section 4.1 Confidentiality.

(a) Each Stockholder agrees that such Stockholder will keep confidential and will not disclose or divulge any (i) confidential, business, financial or proprietary information regarding the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or confidential, business, financial or proprietary information regarding the business or affairs of any other Stockholder, in each case, that is obtained from, or on behalf of, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, the Corporation’s or any such Subsidiary’s respective officers, directors, employees, partners, managers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, financial advisors, representatives, agents (collectively, “Representatives”) or any other Stockholder or any of such other Stockholder’s Representatives and (ii) notes, analyses, compilations, studies, interpretations or other documents prepared by such Stockholder or any of its Representatives to the extent they contain or reflect any of the information described in clause (i) above (in any such case, whether in written, oral or electronic form, collectively, “Confidential Information”). Confidential Information shall not include information which (A) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 4.1 by such Stockholder or any of its Representatives), (B) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Stockholder without use of or reference to the Confidential Information, (C) is or has been made known or disclosed to such Stockholder by a third party not known by such Stockholder to be in violation of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Corporation or (D) was or is already in such Stockholder’s or its Representatives’ possession prior to the Effective Date (provided that, in the case of this clause (D), such Stockholder does not know that such information is subject to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of confidentiality to the Corporation).

(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section 4.1, a Stockholder may disclose Confidential Information as follows:

(i) Confidential Information may be provided, on a confidential basis, to such Stockholder’s (x) Representatives to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with such Stockholder’s investment in the Corporation, including with respect to the enforcement of any rights under this Agreement and the Governing Documents and (y) equity owners, investors, limited partners or other similar Persons as part of such Stockholder’s normal reporting, rating or review procedures or in connection with such Stockholder’s normal fundraising, marketing, information or reporting activities, in each case, at a reasonable and customary level of detail (which level of detail, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any disclosure of any Confidential Information constituting a trade secret, any competitively sensitive information or similar confidential business information); provided, however, that such Representatives or such other Persons agree to comply, and such Stockholder shall be responsible for ensuring that its Representatives or such other Persons comply, with the restrictions in this Section 4.1 as if such Representatives or such other Persons were a party hereto and bound by such restrictions;

(ii) after advance written notice to the Corporation and subject to the proviso in this Section 4.1(b)(ii), Confidential Information may be provided, on a confidential basis, to an actual or potential purchaser or transferee (so long as the Board has not reasonably determined in good faith that such purchaser or transferee is a Competitor) of all or a portion of the Shares owned or held by such Stockholder subject to the conditions and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that prior to such Stockholder’s delivery of Confidential Information to such purchaser or transferee pursuant to this Section 4.1(b)(ii), such purchaser or transferee shall have executed and delivered to such Stockholder and the Corporation a confidentiality agreement containing terms at least as protective as the terms set forth in this Section 4.1; and

 

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(iii) in the event that such Stockholder (x) determines, in good faith upon the advice of counsel, that disclosure of Confidential Information is required under applicable law or regulation, or (y) is requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process, or by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over such Stockholder) to disclose any of the Confidential Information (provided that such regulatory authority is advised of the confidential nature of such information; and provided, further, that any such request is not targeting the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries), such Stockholder, to the extent legally permitted and reasonably practicable under the circumstances, will promptly provide the Corporation with written notice (which shall be, to the extent legally permitted and reasonably practicable under the circumstances, prior to any such disclosure) so that the Corporation may seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy or waive compliance with this Agreement, at the Corporation’s sole cost and expense. Provided that such notice (to the extent legally permitted and reasonably practicable under the circumstances) is furnished, if, in the absence of a protective order, other remedy or receipt of a waiver by the Corporation, such Stockholder is, in the opinion of its counsel, legally compelled, required or requested to disclose Confidential Information, such Stockholder may disclose pursuant to this Section 4.1(b)(iii) only that portion of such Confidential Information, and only to those parties, that such counsel has advised is compelled, required or requested to be disclosed, without liability under this Section 4.1 (however, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit any Stockholder from reporting possible violations of law in accordance with the applicable whistleblower protection provisions under Section 21F of the Exchange Act or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or require such Stockholder to notify the Corporation (or obtain its prior approval) of any such reporting).

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the AHG Director shall, subject to applicable law, be permitted to communicate Confidential Information received by the AHG Director to each AHG Stockholder and its Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives so long as each such Person (except for Representatives that are attorneys, accountants, consultants, financial advisors, representatives or agents) enters into a customary confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably required by the Corporation prior to receiving any such Confidential Information; provided that such confidentiality agreement shall be on reasonable and customary terms (and in any event on terms not more restrictive on the recipient of the information than those set forth in this Section 4.1); provided, further, that such Representatives that are attorneys, accountants, consultants, financial advisors, representatives or agents, in each case, agree to comply, and such Stockholder shall be responsible for ensuring that such Persons comply, with the restrictions in this Section 4.1 as if such Persons were a party hereto and bound by such restrictions.

Section 4.2 Information Rights. The Corporation shall deliver to each Major Stockholder; provided that the Board has not reasonably determined in good faith that such Major Stockholder is a Competitor:

(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year, (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for such year and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such year, all such financial statements audited and certified by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Corporation prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Corporation, unaudited condensed statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited condensed balance sheet and a condensed statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may, only as explicitly noted in such financial statements, (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP); provided, that, the financials required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall (x) for the first quarterly period after the Effective Date, be delivered within seventy-five (75) days after the end of such quarter and (y) for the second quarterly period after the Effective Date, be delivered within sixty (60) days after the end of such quarter;

(c) within ten (10) days after the occurrence of each event that would have been required to be reported under Items 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), 1.02 (Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement), 1.03 (Bankruptcy or Receivership), 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets), 2.03 (Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant), 2.06 (Material Impairments), 3.03 (Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders), 4.01 (Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant), 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review), 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant) and 5.02(b) (solely with respect

 

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to the principal executive officer, president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and principal operating officer) and 5.02(c) (solely with respect to the principal executive officer, president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and principal operating officer and other than with respect to information otherwise required or contemplated by subclauses (2) and (3) of such Item or by Item 402 of Regulation S-K) in a current report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Corporation had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act at the time of such event, current reports containing the information that would have been required by the foregoing items of Form 8-K to be contained in a current report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Corporation had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act at the time of such event; provided, that, the foregoing shall not obligate the Corporation to make available (x) any exhibit or summary of the terms of any employment or compensatory arrangement, agreement, plan, or understanding between the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and any director, officer or manager of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) copies of any agreements, financial statements, reports, letters, or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K and XBRL exhibits or (z) any trade secrets, privileged or confidential information obtained from another Person and competitively sensitive information; provided, further, that, so long as the Corporation is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, such reports, to the extent applicable, (i) shall not be required to comply with Section 302, 906 or 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC or Item 601 of Regulation S-K (with respect to exhibits), (ii) shall not be required to comply with Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act (relating to the Iran Threat Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act) or Rule 13p-1 under the Exchange Act and Form SD (relating to conflict minerals) or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K (relating to non-GAAP financial measures), (iii) shall not be required to contain the disclosure contemplated by Rule 13-01 or Rule 13-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or a separate financial statements or other information contemplated by Rules 3-05, 3-09, 3-10, 3-10, 3-16 or 4-8 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or any schedules required by Regulation S-X; (iv) shall not be required to comply with, or contain information required by, Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10, Item 302, Item 303 or Item 402 of Regulation S-K and (v) shall not be required to contain, and the Corporation shall not be required to provide, segment reporting and disclosure (including any required by FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280), earnings per share information, information regarding executive compensation and related party disclosure related to SEC Release Nos. 33-8732A, 34-54302A, and IC-27444A and climate-related disclosures related to SEC Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678, including, without limitation, any information, reports or exhibits required by Article 14 of Regulation S-X or Item 1506 of Regulation S-K;

(d) promptly following approval of the Board and in any event prior to the end of the first quarter of each fiscal year, a budget for such fiscal year in the form presented to and approved by the Board;

(e) quarterly, and only upon such Major Stockholder’s request, a copy of the Key Performance Indicator reporting for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter that (i) is produced by the Corporation in the ordinary course of its operations and (ii) was actually provided to the Board;

(f) within fifteen (15) days following such Major Stockholder’s request, a statement showing the number of shares of each class and series of capital stock and securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of capital stock outstanding at the end of the most recently completed quarterly period, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any outstanding securities convertible or exercisable for Common Stock and the exchange ratio or exercise price applicable thereto, and the number of shares of issued stock options and stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance, if any, all in sufficient detail as to permit such Major Stockholder to calculate its percentage equity ownership in the Corporation;

(g) upon such Major Stockholder’s request (including with respect to a prospective purchaser of Shares held by such Major Stockholder), for so long as any securities of the Corporation remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act and during any period in which the Corporation is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and are not exempt from reporting under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, the information required to delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and

(h) promptly following delivery to any such Stockholder or other Person, any reports or other information that the Corporation is contractually required to provide to any Stockholder or other Person pursuant to the terms of any indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement or other similar agreement or instrument.

 

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Notwithstanding the delivery dates set forth in this Section 4.2, to the extent any documentation is provided by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Representatives to any other Person pursuant to the terms of any indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement or other similar agreement or instrument, such documentation shall also be provided simultaneously to each Major Stockholder; provided that the Board has not reasonably determined in good faith that such Major Stockholder is a Competitor.

If, for any period, the Corporation has any subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Corporation, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to the foregoing sections shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Corporation and all such consolidated subsidiaries.

Section 4.3 Delivery of Information. At the option of the Corporation, the Corporation may satisfy its obligations under Section 4.2 by providing certain information described in Section 4.2 on a password-protected website (the “Data Room”) that is available to the Major Stockholders. As a condition to gaining access to the information posted on such website, each Major Stockholder shall be required to “click through” or take other affirmative action pursuant to which such Major Stockholder shall (a) confirm and ratify that it is a party to, and bound by all of the terms and provisions of, this Agreement (including Section 4.1), (b) acknowledge its confidentiality obligations in respect of such information and (c) confirm it is not a Competitor.

Section 4.4 Management Calls. At least once per calendar quarter, the Corporation’s senior management members shall invite each Major Stockholder (provided that the Board has not reasonably determined in good faith that such Major Stockholder is a Competitor) to attend a virtual meeting, at a time and date as may be fixed by the Corporation in its sole discretion, at which meeting the Corporation’s management will update such Major Stockholders on the business, assets, operations, financial status and plans of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and such Major Stockholders will be entitled to ask questions and discuss significant business issues with the Corporation’s senior management members; provided, however, that in no event shall the Corporation be obligated pursuant to this Section 4.4 to provide any information that (a) the Corporation reasonably determines in good faith to be a trade secret or similar highly confidential information or (b) the disclosure of which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Corporation and its counsel.

ARTICLE 5

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER

Section 5.1 Registered Stockholders and DTC Holders.

(a) Subject to Section 5.1(c), each of Cupar, SoftBank, the AHG Stockholders, each other Stockholder holding at least the Minimum Holding of Outstanding Shares as of the Effective Date and each holder of Shares issued pursuant to a bona fide compensation plan or agreement approved by the Board that are restricted securities under the Securities Act (collectively, the “Registered Stockholders”) will be recorded in a register maintained by the Corporation’s transfer agent, and all such Registered Stockholders shall, pursuant to Section 12.18, be deemed to be a party to this Agreement, in privity of contract with the other parties to this Agreement and be bound hereby even if such Registered Stockholder does not execute a signature page to this Agreement, and shall hold all of its initial and after-acquired Shares in such register. No purported Transfer of Shares by any Registered Stockholder to any other Person that is not a Stockholder shall be effective unless and until such Person has delivered to the Corporation an executed Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2(d). Subject to applicable law, any attempted Transfer of Shares not in compliance with the foregoing terms shall be null and void, and neither the Corporation nor any transfer agent for any Shares shall be required to record such Transfer on its books and records or otherwise in any way give effect to any such impermissible Transfer, in each case, pursuant to Section 5.3.

(b) All other holders of Shares shall receive and may hold all of their Shares (including any after-acquired Shares, including any such Shares purchased from Registered Stockholders) through the facilities of DTC (such holders of Shares, the “DTC Holders”). All DTC Holders shall, in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order, be deemed to be a party to this Agreement as a “beneficial owner”, in privity of contract with the other parties to this Agreement and be bound hereby (even if such holder does not execute a signature page to this Agreement), and each DTC Holder (including any such Person deemed to be a party hereto pursuant to the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall cause any transferee to execute a Joinder Agreement in connection with a Transfer of Shares (it being understood that the failure of a transferee to so execute a Joinder Agreement will not invalidate any transfer

 

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occurring through DTC but the fact that such transfer occurring through DTC is not invalidated will not relieve the transferor DTC Holder from liability for breach for failing to require the transferee to execute a Joinder Agreement). It is acknowledged and agreed that the fact that a “DTC Holder” is a “beneficial owner” rather than a “record holder” will not diminish its obligations hereunder.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.1(a), each Stockholder which, or the Affiliates of which, was a lender under that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor-In-Possession Exit Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Corporation and the other parties from time to time party thereto, the AHG Stockholders and each other Stockholder holding at least the Minimum Holding of Outstanding Shares as of the Effective Date (collectively, the “Transition DTC Holders”) shall receive and initially hold certain Shares issued on the Effective Date through the facilities of DTC (such Shares, the “Transition DTC Shares”). Each Transition DTC Holder hereby agrees that, on and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, it shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) complete and deliver to the Corporation and the Corporation’s transfer agent all such information as the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent may reasonably request in order to effect the transfer of all of the Transition DTC Shares held by such Transition DTC Stockholder to the account of such Transition DTC Stockholder in a register maintained by the Corporation’s transfer agent (each such transfer, a “DTC Facilities Exit Transfer”), (ii) consummate such DTC Facilities Exit Transfer with respect such Transition DTC Shares such that all of the Shares held by such Transition DTC Stockholder and its Affiliates shall thereafter cease to be held by DTC or any of its nominees and be held solely on the register maintained by the Corporation’s transfer agent and (iii) advise the Corporation in writing that (A) such DTC Facilities Exit Transfer has been consummated and (B) none of the Shares held by such Transition DTC Stockholder and its Affiliates is held by DTC or any of its nominees. For the avoidance of doubt, any Transition DTC Stockholder that shall have failed to consummate a DTC Facilities Exit Transfer with respect to all of the Transition DTC Shares held by such Transition DTC Stockholder within twenty (20) Business Days following the Effective Date shall not be entitled to any Major Stockholder rights under this Agreement, including under Article 3, Article 4, Article 6 and Article 7, until such date that such Transition DTC Stockholder consummates a DTC Facilities Exit Transfer with respect to such Transition DTC Shares and complies with each of the other requirements of this Section 5.1(c).

Section 5.2 General Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) Each Stockholder agrees that it shall not Transfer any of its Shares at any time if such Transfer: (i) is to a Person who is not an original party to this Agreement and has not become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement; (ii) is to a Competitor; (iii) does not or would not comply with U.S. federal or state securities or other applicable law; (iv) is prohibited pursuant to Section 5.2(b); (v) would, individually or together with other concurrently proposed Transfers, cause the Corporation to be regarded as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; or (vi) if applicable, would not be compliant with the requirements of Article 6 or Article 8 or otherwise violates any other provision of this Agreement.

(b) No Stockholder shall Transfer any of such Stockholder’s Shares to any other Person without prior written approval from the Board to the extent such Transfer would cause the Corporation to have, including as a result of passage of time and giving effect to the exercise or conversion of any Derivative Securities, in excess of (a) 1,950 Stockholders of record (or four-hundred-fifty (450) or more Stockholders of record who are not Accredited Investors), calculated in accordance with Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act (or fifty (50) fewer than such other numbers of Stockholders of record or shareholders as may subsequently be set forth in Section 12(g), or any successor provision, from time to time of the Exchange Act, as the minimum number of Stockholders of record or shareholders for a class of capital stock that would require the Corporation to register such class of capital stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act) or (b) two-hundred-fifty (250) Stockholders of record, calculated in accordance with Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or fifty (50) fewer than such other numbers of shareholders as may subsequently be set forth in Section 15(d), or any successor provision, from time to time of the Exchange Act, as the minimum number of Stockholders of record or shareholders for a class of capital stock that would require reporting under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act). The Corporation and any transfer agent for the Shares shall be entitled to enforce this provision (including denying any requested Transfer). The Corporation and any transfer agent for the Shares shall determine the number of Stockholders of record from time to time in consultation with the Corporation’s counsel in order to give full effect to the restriction set forth in this Section 5.2(b).

 

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(c) Prior to effectuating any Transfer of any Shares, the Stockholder proposing to make such Transfer shall deliver to the Corporation:

(i) the transfer certificate a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C;

(ii) such information as the Corporation may reasonably request in order for the Corporation to determine in good faith that the proposed Transfer will be made in compliance with Section 5.2(a) (including information, opinions of counsel or other certifications used to determine whether any Person to whom the proposed Transfer is to be made is not a Competitor and such Transfer complies with U.S. federal or state securities laws or other applicable law) and Article 6; and

(iii) such information as the Corporation’s transfer agent may reasonably request.

(d) Each Stockholder will not, during the term of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, make any Transfer of all or any portion of its Shares unless, prior to the consummation of any such Transfer, the proposed transferee, if not already a Stockholder executes and delivers a Joinder Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery by such proposed transferee of a Joinder Agreement and compliance with the other provisions of the Agreement with respect to such Transfer, such proposed transferee will be deemed a “Stockholder” and will have the rights and be subject to the obligations of a Stockholder under this Agreement with respect to Shares owned by such proposed transferee. This Section 5.2(d) shall not apply to a Transfer arising due to a Transfer of an interest in a Stockholder.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but subject to Section 5.2(b), each Stockholder may (i) Transfer all or any portion of its Shares to any Affiliate of such Stockholder, (ii) if such Stockholder is an AHG Stockholder, Transfer all or any portion of its Shares to any equityholder of such Stockholder and (iii) in the case of a Stockholder that is a natural person, Transfer all or any portion of its Shares for bona fide estate planning purposes, either during such Stockholder’s lifetime or on death by will or intestacy to such Stockholder’s spouse, including any life partner or similar statutorily-recognized domestic partner, child (natural or adopted), or any other direct lineal descendant of such Stockholder (or such person’s spouse, including any life partner or similar statutorily-recognized domestic partner) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “Family Members”) or any custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership, limited liability Corporation or other corporate entity for the benefit of, or the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by such Stockholder or any such Family Members for so long as such transferee executes and delivers a Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2(d).

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Section 5.2 shall not apply to any Transfers pursuant to (i) any Strategic Alternative approved by the Strategic Review Committee or any Sale Transaction to which Article 8 applies and (ii) any DTC Facilities Exit Transfer consummated in accordance with Section 5.1(c).

Section 5.3 Improper Transfer or Encumbrance. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer in violation of this Article 5 shall be null and void ab initio and the Corporation (x) shall not register or effect such Transfer, (y) may institute legal proceedings to force rescission of such Transfer and (z) may seek any other remedy available to it at law, in equity or otherwise, including an injunction prohibiting such Transfer. Each Stockholder consents to the Corporation making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of Shares in order to implement the restrictions set forth in this Article 5. In the case of a Transfer or attempted Transfer by a Stockholder of any Shares in the Corporation contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such Stockholder engaging or attempting to engage in such Transfer will indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of the other Stockholders from all losses that such indemnified Persons may incur (including incremental tax liability and lawyers’ fees and expenses) in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Market Standoff. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and to the extent requested by the Corporation and the managing underwriter of securities of the Corporation in connection with an initial public offering of the Corporation pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “IPO”), each Stockholder and each natural person serving as a director or executive officer of the Corporation shall not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriters in the IPO, offer, sell, make any short sale of, grant or sell any option for the purchase of, lend, pledge, dispose of or otherwise Transfer (directly or indirectly), enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership

 

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(whether any such transaction is described above or is to be settled by delivery of Shares or other securities, in cash, or otherwise), any Shares then owned by such Stockholder, or enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing, for up to one hundred and eighty (180) days commencing on the effective date of such registration statement on Form S-1 filed under the Securities Act; provided, that, the foregoing shall apply only to the IPO, shall not apply to the sale of any Shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement or the transfer of any Shares in accordance with Section 5.2(e) (provided that such permitted transferee under Section 5.2(e) agrees to be bound in writing to the restrictions set forth herein), and shall be applicable to the Stockholders only if the Corporation obtains a similar agreement from all stockholders of the Corporation individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Corporation’s Outstanding Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any holders of securities exchangeable, transferrable or convertible into Shares). Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions by the Corporation or the underwriters of any or all of such restrictions with respect to any officer or director of the Corporation or a holder of 1% or more of the Corporation’s Outstanding Shares shall apply pro rata to all Stockholders, based on the number of shares subject to such restrictions; provided that the prior sentence shall not apply to (a) waivers or terminations granted in an amount less than or equal to 1% of the Corporation’s Outstanding Shares or (b) any primary or secondary public offering or sale that is underwritten and in which each Stockholder that is party to the Registration Rights Agreement is offered the opportunity to participate. For purposes of this paragraph, “Corporation” includes any wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation into which the Corporation merges or consolidates. The Corporation may place restrictive legends on the certificates representing the Shares subject to this paragraph and may impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the Shares of each Stockholder until the end of such period. Each Stockholder shall enter into any customary agreement reasonably required by the underwriters to the IPO to implement the foregoing within any reasonable timeframe so requested. The underwriters for any IPO are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.4 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Section 5.4 as though they were parties hereto. The underwriters for any IPO are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.4 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Section 5.4 as though they were parties hereto.

ARTICLE 6

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND CO-SALE

Section 6.1 Right of First Refusal.

(a) Notice.

(i) Each AHG Stockholder proposing to make a Proposed Stockholder Transfer (each, a “Selling AHG Stockholder”) must deliver a Proposed Transfer Notice to the Corporation and each of the Major AHG Stockholders and other Major Stockholders prior to the consummation of such Proposed Stockholder Transfer as provided below.

(ii) Each Stockholder (other than an AHG Stockholder) proposing to make a Proposed Stockholder Transfer (each, a “Selling Non-AHG Stockholder” and, together with the Selling AHG Stockholders, the “Selling Stockholders” and each, a “Selling Stockholder”) must deliver a Proposed Transfer Notice to the Corporation and each of the Major Stockholders not later than thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of such Proposed Stockholder Transfer.

(iii) Each such Proposed Transfer Notice shall contain the material terms and conditions (including price and form of consideration) of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer, the identity of the Prospective Transferee and the intended date of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the third party offer and any definitive documentation setting forth the terms and conditions of the third party offer.

(b) Grant of Prime Right of First Refusal to the Major AHG Stockholders. Subject to the terms of Article 5 and Section 6.4, each Selling AHG Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to each of the Major AHG Stockholders a Prime Right of First Refusal to purchase, with respect to such Major AHG Stockholder, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the number of Shares held by such Major AHG Stockholder and the denominator of which is (i) the total number of Shares held by all Major AHG Stockholders minus (ii) the total number of Shares held by the Selling AHG Stockholder, of all of the Shares that such Selling AHG

 

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Stockholder may propose to Transfer in a Proposed Stockholder Transfer, in each case, at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those offered to the Prospective Transferee. To exercise its Prime Right of First Refusal under this Section 6.1, each Major AHG Stockholder must deliver a Prime Stockholder Notice, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased by such Major AHG Stockholder pursuant to the exercise of its Prime Right of First Refusal, to the Corporation and such Selling AHG Stockholder within ten (10) days after such Selling AHG Stockholder delivers the Proposed Transfer Notice pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i).

(c) Grant of Right of First Refusal to the Corporation.

(i) Subject to the terms of Article 5 and Section 6.4, (i) each Selling AHG Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Corporation a Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of the Shares not purchased by the Major AHG Stockholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b) at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those offered to the Prospective Transferee and (ii) each Selling Non-AHG Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Corporation a Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Shares that such Selling Non-AHG Stockholder may propose to Transfer in a Proposed Stockholder Transfer at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those offered to the Prospective Transferee.

(ii) If a Selling AHG Stockholder has delivered a Proposed Transfer Notice pursuant to this Article 6 and the Major AHG Stockholders do not provide Prime Stockholder Notices exercising their respective Prime Right of First Refusal as to all Shares, in the aggregate, subject to such Proposed Stockholder Transfer, such Selling AHG Stockholder must deliver a Prime Secondary Notice to the Corporation and the Major Stockholders to that effect no later than five (5) days after the Major AHG Stockholders’ deadline to provide Prime Stockholder Notices as provided in the last sentence of Section 6.1(b). To exercise its Right of First Refusal, the Corporation must deliver a Corporation Notice, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased by the Corporation, to such Selling AHG Stockholder and the Major Stockholders within ten (10) days after the Major AHG Stockholders’ deadline for its delivery of the Secondary Notice as provided in the preceding sentence.

(iii) If a Selling Non-AHG Stockholder has delivered a Proposed Transfer Notice pursuant to this Article 6, the Corporation must deliver a Corporation Notice, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased by the Corporation, if any, to such Selling Non-AHG Stockholder and the Major Stockholders within ten (10) days after such Selling Non-AHG Stockholder delivers the Proposed Transfer Notice pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii).

(d) Grant of Secondary Refusal Right to the Major Stockholders.

(i) Subject to the terms of Article 5 and Section 6.4, each Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Major Stockholders a Secondary Refusal Right to purchase all or any portion of the Shares not purchased by the Major AHG Stockholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b) or the Corporation pursuant to Section 6.1(c), as applicable, that such Stockholder may propose to Transfer in a Proposed Stockholder Transfer at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those offered to the Prospective Transferee.

(ii) If any Shares subject to a Proposed Stockholder Transfer are not acquired pursuant to the Major AHG Stockholders’ Prime Right of First Refusal pursuant to Section 6.1(b) or the Corporation’s Right of First Refusal pursuant to Section 6.1(c), the Corporation must deliver a Secondary Notice to the Selling Stockholder and to each Major Stockholder to that effect promptly, but in any event, no later than three (3) Business Days, after (x) in the event such Proposed Stockholder Transfer is proposed by a Selling AHG Stockholder, the Corporation’s deadline for its delivery of the Corporation Notice as provided in the last sentence of Section 6.1(c)(ii) and (y) in the event such Proposed Stockholder Transfer is proposed by a Selling Non-AHG Stockholder, the Corporation’s deadline for its delivery of the Corporation Notice as specified in Section 6.1(c)(iii).

(iii) To exercise its Secondary Refusal Right, a Major Stockholder must deliver a Stockholder Notice to the Selling Stockholder and the Corporation within ten (10) days after the Corporation delivers the Secondary Notice as provided in Section 6.1(d)(ii).

 

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(e) Undersubscription of Shares.

(i) If options to purchase have been exercised by the Major AHG Stockholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b) with respect to some but not all of the Shares by the end of the ten (10) day period specified in the last sentence of Section 6.1(b) (the “Major AHG Stockholder Notice Period”), then the Corporation shall, within two (2) days after the expiration of the Major AHG Stockholder Notice Period, send written notice to those Major AHG Stockholders who fully exercised their Prime Right of First Refusal within the Major AHG Stockholder Notice Period (the “Exercising Major AHG Stockholders”). Each Exercising Major AHG Stockholder shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1(e)(i), have an additional option to purchase all or any part of the balance of any such remaining unsubscribed Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice. To exercise such option, an Exercising Major AHG Stockholder must deliver a Prime Undersubscription Notice to the Selling Stockholder and the Corporation within five (5) days after the expiration of the Major AHG Stockholder Notice Period. In the event there are two or more such Exercising Major AHG Stockholders that choose to exercise the last-mentioned option for a total number of remaining shares in excess of the number available, the remaining shares available for purchase under this Section 6.1(e)(i) shall be allocated to such Exercising Major AHG Stockholders pro rata based on the number of Shares such Exercising Major AHG Stockholders have elected to purchase pursuant to the Prime Right of First Refusal (without giving effect to any Shares that any such Exercising Major AHG Stockholder has elected to purchase pursuant to this Section 6.1(e)(i)). If the options to purchase the remaining shares are exercised in full by the Exercising Major AHG Stockholders, the Corporation shall immediately notify all of the Exercising Major AHG Stockholders and the Selling Stockholder of that fact.

(ii) If options to purchase have been exercised by the Major AHG Stockholders, the Corporation or the Major Stockholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b), Section 6.1(c) or Section 6.1(d) with respect to some but not all of the Shares by the end of the ten (10) day period specified in Section 6.1(d)(iii) (the “Stockholder Notice Period”), then the Corporation shall, within two (2) days after the expiration of the Stockholder Notice Period, send written notice to those Major Stockholders who fully exercised their Secondary Refusal Right within the Stockholder Notice Period (the “Exercising Major Stockholders”). Each Exercising Major Stockholder shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1(e)(ii), have an additional option to purchase all or any part of the balance of any such remaining unsubscribed Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice. To exercise such option, an Exercising Major Stockholder must deliver an Undersubscription Notice to the Selling Stockholder and the Corporation within five (5) days after the expiration of the Stockholder Notice Period. In the event there are two or more such Exercising Major Stockholders that choose to exercise the last-mentioned option for a total number of remaining shares in excess of the number available, the remaining shares available for purchase under this Section 6.1(e)(ii) shall be allocated to such Exercising Major Stockholders pro rata based on the number of Shares such Exercising Major Stockholders have elected to purchase pursuant to the Secondary Refusal Right (without giving effect to any Shares that any such Exercising Major Stockholder has elected to purchase pursuant to the Corporation Undersubscription Notice). If the options to purchase the remaining shares are exercised in full by the Exercising Major Stockholders, the Corporation shall immediately notify all of the Exercising Major Stockholders and the Selling Stockholder of that fact.

(f) Consideration; Closing. If the consideration proposed to be paid for the Shares is in property, services or other non-cash consideration, the fair market value of the consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board and as set forth and reasonably substantiated in the Corporation Notice. If the Corporation or any Major Stockholder for any reason cannot or does not wish to pay for the Shares in the same form of non-cash consideration, the Corporation or such Major Stockholder may pay the cash value equivalent thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board and as set forth and reasonably substantiated in the Corporation Notice. The closing of the purchase of Shares by the Corporation and the Major Stockholders shall take place, and all payments from the Corporation and the Major Stockholders shall have been delivered to the Selling Stockholder, by the later of (i) the date specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice as the intended date of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer and (ii) (x) in the case of a Proposed Transfer Notice delivered by a Selling AHG Stockholder, forty five (45) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice and (y) in the case of a Proposed Transfer Notice delivered by a Selling Non-AHG Stockholder, thirty (30) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice. In connection with the purchase and sale of such Shares pursuant to this Section 6.1, (A) each Stockholder shall only be required to make customary fundamental representations and warranties solely related to such Stockholder’s (1) corporate (or similar other organizational) power, if applicable, to sell its Shares, (2) due execution of the applicable purchase agreement, (3) organization and good standing (if applicable), (4) good and valid title and ownership of the applicable Shares held

 

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by such Stockholder, free and clear of liens, security interests and other encumbrances (other than those imposed by securities laws generally or this Agreement), (5) corporate (or similar other organizational) power and authority, if applicable, to enter into the applicable purchase agreement and to consummate the closing of the sale of the Shares, and (6) non-contravention by such Stockholder of its organizational documents (if applicable) and applicable law; (B) the closing shall not be subject to any conditions, except for (1) customary closing conditions with respect to the (x) accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties in all material respects and (y) performance of the other party’s pre-closing covenants in all material respects and (2) the receipt of any regulatory approvals required by applicable law as a condition to such closing; and (C) the foregoing fundamental representations and warranties shall survive such closing until the applicable statute of limitations has run and none of the pre-closing covenants shall survive such closing, no party shall be required to provide any indemnification or agree to any restrictive covenants and there shall be no limitation on any party’s right to specific performance in the event of any other party’s breach.

Section 6.2 Right of Co-Sale.

(a) Exercise of Right. If any Shares subject to a Proposed Stockholder Transfer are not purchased pursuant to Section 6.1 and thereafter are to be sold to a Prospective Transferee, each Major Stockholder may elect to exercise its Right of Co-Sale and participate on a pro rata basis in the Proposed Stockholder Transfer as set forth in Section 6.2(b) and, subject to Section 6.2(d), otherwise on the same terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice. Each Major Stockholder who desires to exercise its Right of Co-Sale (each, a “Participating Stockholder”) must give the Selling Stockholder written notice to that effect within ten (10) days after the deadline for delivery of the Secondary Notice described specified in Section 6.1(d)(iii), and upon giving such notice such Participating Stockholder shall be deemed to have effectively exercised the Right of Co-Sale.

(b) Shares Includable. Each Participating Stockholder may include in the Proposed Stockholder Transfer all or any part of such Participating Stockholder’s Shares in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the aggregate number of Shares subject to the Proposed Stockholder Transfer (excluding shares purchased by the Corporation or the Stockholders pursuant to the Right of First Refusal or the Secondary Refusal Right) by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Shares proposed to be sold by such Participating Stockholder immediately before consummation of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer and the denominator of which is the total number of Shares owned, in the aggregate, by all Major Stockholders immediately prior to the consummation of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer. To the extent one or more of the Participating Stockholders exercise such right of participation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, the number of Shares that the Selling Stockholder may Transfer in the Proposed Stockholder Transfer shall be reduced correspondingly.

(c) Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Participating Stockholders and the Selling Stockholder agree that the terms and conditions of any Proposed Stockholder Transfer in accordance with this Section 6.2 will be memorialized in, and governed by, a written purchase and sale agreement with the Prospective Transferee (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with the same terms reflected in the Proposed Transfer Notice, as well as other customary terms and provisions for such a transaction, and the Participating Stockholders and the Selling Stockholder further covenant and agree to enter into such Purchase and Sale Agreement as a condition precedent to any Transfer in accordance with this Section 6.2.

(d) Allocation of Consideration. The aggregate consideration payable to the Participating Stockholders and the Selling Stockholder shall be allocated based on the number of Shares sold to the Prospective Transferee by each Participating Stockholder and the Selling Stockholder as provided in Section 6.2(b).

(e) Purchase by Selling Stockholder; Deliveries. Notwithstanding Section 6.2(c), if any Prospective Transferee(s) refuse(s) to purchase Shares subject to the Right of Co-Sale from any Participating Stockholder, no Selling Stockholder may Transfer any Shares to such Prospective Transferee(s) unless and until, simultaneously with such Transfer, such Selling Stockholder purchases all Shares subject to the Right of Co-Sale from such Participating Stockholders on the same terms and conditions (including the proposed purchase price) as set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice and as provided in Section 6.2(d). In connection with such purchase by the Selling Stockholder, such Participating Stockholder shall deliver to the Selling Stockholder any stock certificate or certificates, properly endorsed for transfer, representing the Shares being purchased by the Selling Stockholder (or request that the Corporation effect such transfer in the name of the Selling Stockholder). Any such shares transferred

 

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to the Selling Stockholder will be transferred to the Prospective Transferee against payment therefor in consummation of the Transfer of the Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice, and the Selling Stockholder shall concurrently therewith remit or direct payment to each such Participating Stockholder the portion of the aggregate consideration to which each such Participating Stockholder is entitled by reason of its participation in such Transfer as provided in this Section 6.2(e).

(f) Additional Compliance. If any Proposed Stockholder Transfer is not consummated prior to the later of (i) the date specified in the Proposed Transfer Notice as the intended date of the Proposed Stockholder Transfer and (ii) (A) in the case of a Proposed Transfer Notice delivered by a Selling AHG Stockholder, forty five (45) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice and (B) in the case of a Proposed Transfer Notice delivered by a Selling Non-AHG Stockholder, thirty (30) days after delivery of the Proposed Transfer Notice, the Selling Stockholder proposing the Proposed Stockholder Transfer may not Transfer any Shares unless they first comply in full with each provision of Section 6.1 and Section 6.2. The exercise or election not to exercise any right by any Major Stockholder hereunder shall not adversely affect its right to participate in any other sales of Shares subject to this Article 6.

Section 6.3 Effect of Failure to Comply.

(a) Transfer Void. Any Proposed Stockholder Transfer not made in compliance with the requirements of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio and of no effect, shall not be recorded on the books of the Corporation or its transfer agent and shall not be recognized by the Corporation.

(b) Violation of First Refusal Right. If any Selling Stockholder becomes obligated to Transfer any Shares to any Major AHG Stockholder, the Corporation or any other Major Stockholder under this Agreement and fails to deliver such Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Major AHG Stockholder, the Corporation or such other Major Stockholder may, at its option, in addition to all other remedies it may have, send to such Selling Stockholder the purchase price for such Shares as is herein specified and transfer to the name of such Major AHG Stockholder, the Corporation or such other Major Stockholder (or request that the Corporation effect such transfer) on the Corporation’s books any certificates, instruments, or book entry representing the Shares to be sold.

(c) Violation of Co-Sale Right. If any Selling Stockholder purports to Transfer any Shares in contravention of the Right of Co-Sale (a “Prohibited Transfer”), each Participating Stockholder who desires to exercise its Right of Co-Sale under Section 6.2 may, in addition to such remedies as may be available by law, in equity or hereunder, require such Selling Stockholder to purchase from such Participating Stockholder the type and number of Shares that such Participating Stockholder would have been entitled to Transfer to the Prospective Transferee had the Prohibited Transfer been effected in compliance with the terms of Section 6.2. The Transfer will be made on the same terms, including as provided in Section 6.2(d), and subject to the same conditions as would have applied had the Selling Stockholder not made the Prohibited Transfer, except that the Transfer (including, without limitation, the delivery of the purchase price) must be made within sixty (60) days after the Participating Stockholder learns of the Prohibited Transfer, as opposed to the timeframe proscribed in Section 6.2. Such Selling Stockholder shall also reimburse each Participating Stockholder for any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, incurred pursuant to the exercise or the attempted exercise of the Participating Stockholder’s rights under Section 6.2.

Section 6.4 Exemptions.

(a) Exempt Transfers.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 shall not apply (A) to the Transfer by a Stockholder of all or any portion of its Shares to any Affiliate of such Stockholder, (B) to the Transfer by an AHG Stockholder of all or any portion of its Shares to any equityholder of such AHG Stockholder, (C) to a repurchase of Shares from a Stockholder by the Corporation at a price no greater than that originally paid by such Stockholder for such Shares and pursuant to an agreement containing vesting or repurchase provisions approved by the Board or (D) in the case of a Stockholder that is a natural person, upon a Transfer of Shares by such Stockholder made for bona fide estate planning purposes, either during such Person’s lifetime or on death by will or intestacy to such Person’s Family Members or any custodian or trustee of any

 

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trust, partnership, limited liability company or other corporate entity for the benefit of, or the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by such Stockholder or any such Family Members; provided that in the case of clause(s) (A) or (C), such Stockholder shall deliver written notice to the Corporation and the Major Stockholders of such gift or Transfer and such Shares shall at all times remain subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and such transferee shall, as a condition to such Transfer, deliver a Joinder Agreement such that such transferee shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and provided, further, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (C), that such Transfer is made pursuant to a transaction in which there is no consideration actually paid for such Transfer.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 6.2 shall not apply to the Transfer of Shares by any Selling Stockholder and its Affiliates (other than Cupar and its Affiliates) that would otherwise be subject to Section 6.2 within any ninety (90) consecutive day period in an aggregate amount of less than four percent (4%) of the Outstanding Shares as of such time of determination; provided, however, that if the number of Shares to be Transferred by such Selling Stockholder, after giving effect to any proposed Transfer and taken together with the aggregate number of Shares previously Transferred by such Selling Stockholder and its Affiliates in reliance on the exemption provided by this Section 6.4(a)(ii) within the trailing twelve (12) month period would exceed eight percent (8%) of the Outstanding Shares as of such time of determination (any such transaction or series of transactions, an “Excess 8% Transaction”), any and all Shares to be Transferred by such Selling Stockholder in such Excess 8% Transaction shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.2; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any Transfer of Shares prior to such Excess 8% Transaction and within the trailing twelve (12) month period shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 6.2. For the avoidance of doubt, the exemption provided by this Section 6.4(a)(ii) shall not apply to the Transfer of any Shares by Cupar or its Affiliates.

(b) Exempted Offerings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 shall not apply to the Transfer of (i) any Shares to the public pursuant to a Qualified IPO, (ii) any Call Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Cupar Call Right and (iii) any Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Drag-Along Right.

ARTICLE 7

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

Section 7.1 Right of First Offer. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 7.1, if the Corporation proposes to issue, offer or sell any New Securities, the Corporation shall first offer to sell such New Securities to each Major Stockholder. A Major Stockholder shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as it deems appropriate among (a) itself and (b) its Affiliates; provided that each such Affiliate (x) is not a Competitor and (y) agrees to deliver a Joinder Agreement such that such Affiliate shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(a) The Corporation shall give written notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Major Stockholder, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (ii) the number of such New Securities to be offered and (iii) the price and any terms and conditions upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.

(b) By notification to the Corporation within twenty (20) days after the Offer Notice is given, each Major Stockholder may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that the Shares then held by such Major Stockholder (including all Shares then issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion or exercise of any Derivative Securities then held by such Major Stockholder) bears to the total Shares (assuming full conversion or exercise of all Derivative Securities then outstanding) held by all Major Stockholders. At the expiration of such twenty (20) day period, the Corporation shall promptly notify each Major Stockholder that elects to purchase or acquire all New Securities available to it (each, a “Fully Exercising Stockholder”) of any other Major Stockholder’s failure to do likewise. During the ten (10) day period commencing after the Corporation has given such notice, each Fully Exercising Stockholder may, by giving notice to the Corporation, elect to purchase or acquire, in addition to the amount of New Securities specified above, up to that portion of the New Securities for which Major Stockholders were entitled to subscribe but that were not subscribed for by the Major Stockholders which is equal to the proportion that the Shares issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion or exercise of any Derivative Securities then held by such Fully Exercising Stockholder bears to the Shares issued and held, or issuable (directly or

 

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indirectly) upon conversion or exercise of any Derivative Securities then held by all Fully Exercising Stockholders who wish to purchase such unsubscribed portion of the New Securities. The closing of any sale pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall occur within the later of forty (40) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 7.1(c).

(c) If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Section 7.1(b), the Corporation may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Section 7.1(b), offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice. If the Corporation does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within ninety (90) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Major Stockholders in accordance with this Section 7.1.

Section 7.2 Exempt Offerings. The right of first offer in this Article 7 shall not be applicable to the following:

(a) Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities issued or distributed pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Plan, the Confirmation Order or the Exit LC Facility;

(b) Shares issued pro rata to the Stockholders pursuant to stock splits and Share combinations;

(c) Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities in the form of warrants or other similar securities used as “equity kickers” issued to banks or other financial institutions pursuant to a bona fide third-party debt financing for the benefit of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

(d) Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities issued as acquisition consideration pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation by the Corporation by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or to a joint venture agreement;

(e) Shares issued pursuant to a Qualified IPO;

(f) Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a bona fide compensation plan or agreement approved by the Board; and

(g) Shares, Derivative Securities or any other New Securities actually issued upon conversion or exercise of Derivative Securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Derivative Security, that, when issued, was a Derivative Security under any of the preceding clauses (a) through (g) or was subject to the exercise of preemptive rights pursuant to Section 7.1 in accordance with the terms of such Derivative Security at the time of issuance.

ARTICLE 8

DRAG-ALONG RIGHT

Section 8.1 Actions to be Taken. In the event that (i) the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Shares approve a Sale Transaction that provides Stockholders with cash or securities of a publicly traded company, (ii) the Strategic Review Committee approves a Strategic Alternative in accordance with Section 3.3 and requests that the Drag-Along Right to be invoked in connection therewith or (iii) each of (A) the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Shares and (B) the Board, including the approval of (x) a Cupar Director (for so long as the Cupar Approval Right is in effect), and (y) at least one of the SoftBank Director (for so long as the SoftBank Approval Right is in effect) or the AHG Director (for so long as the AHG Approval Right is in effect), approve a Sale Transaction that provides Stockholders with other securities (including securities of a non-publicly traded company), property or other non-cash consideration and, in each case, specify that this Article 8 shall apply to such transaction (the “Drag-Along Right”), then, the Person(s) invoking the Drag-Along Right shall provide written notice at least twenty (20) Business

 

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Days prior to the consummation of any such Sale Transaction (a “Drag-Along Notice”) pursuant to which such Person(s) may elect to require each Stockholder to participate in such Sale Transaction on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1 (such transaction, a “Drag-Along Sale”), in which case, each Stockholder shall be deemed to have provided any applicable consents to (and, if requested, shall confirm such consent in writing), and agrees to raise no objections against, such Drag-Along Sale. The Drag-Along Notice shall identify the material terms and conditions of the Drag-Along Sale, including (A) the percentage of the aggregate number of outstanding Shares proposed to be Transferred; (B) the form and amount of per Share consideration for which the Transfer is proposed to be made (and, if such consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, the Drag-Along Notice will include such information, to the extent reasonably available, relating to such non-cash consideration as the Stockholders may reasonably request in order to evaluate such non-cash consideration), (C) the proposed closing date of the Drag-Along Sale, if known; and (D) all other material terms and conditions of the Drag-Along Sale, including the form of the proposed agreement, if any. Subject to satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(g), each Stockholder and the Corporation hereby agree:

(a) if such transaction requires stockholder approval, with respect to all Shares that such Stockholder owns or over which such Stockholder otherwise exercises voting power, to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all Shares in favor of, and approve, such Sale Transaction (together with any related amendment or restatement to the Certificate of Incorporation required to implement such Sale Transaction) and the related definitive agreement(s) pursuant to which the Sale Transaction is to be consummated and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the ability of the Corporation to consummate such Sale Transaction;

(b) if such transaction is a Stock Sale, to sell all of the Shares of the Corporation beneficially held by such Stockholder (such holders, the “Dragging Stockholders”) to the Person to whom the Dragging Stockholders propose to sell their Shares, and, except as expressly permitted in Section 8.1(g) below, on the same terms and conditions (including the amount of per Share consideration) as the other stockholders of the Corporation;

(c) to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other reasonable action in support of the Sale Transaction as shall reasonably be requested by the Corporation or the Dragging Stockholders in good faith and necessary in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Article 8, including, (i) executing and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger agreement, any reasonably customary release agreement in the capacity of a securityholder, termination of investment related documents, accredited investor forms, documents evidencing the removal of board designees or escrow agreement, any associated voting, support, or joinder agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances), and any similar or related documents and (ii) providing any information reasonably necessary for any public filings with the SEC in connection with the Sale Transaction;

(d) not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in this Agreement, any Shares of the Corporation owned by such party or Affiliate in a voting trust or subject any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares, unless specifically requested to do so by the acquirer in connection with the Sale Transaction;

(e) to refrain from, and hereby waives any rights relating to, (i) exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to such Sale Transaction, or (ii) asserting any claim or commencing, joining or participating in any way (including as a member of a class in any action, suit or proceeding) (x) challenging the Sale Transaction, this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in connection with the Sale Transaction or this Agreement, (y) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, the definitive agreement(s) with respect to such Sale Transaction or (z) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Dragging Stockholders or any Affiliate or associate thereof, directors of the Corporation or the acquirer(s) (including aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty) in connection with the Sale Transaction or any action taken thereby with respect to such Sale Transaction to the fullest extent permitted by law;

 

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(f) if the consideration to be paid in exchange for the Shares pursuant to this Article 8 includes any securities and due receipt thereof by any Stockholder would require under applicable law (x) the registration or qualification of such securities or of any person as a broker or dealer or agent with respect to such securities; or (y) the provision to any Stockholder of any information other than such information as a prudent issuer would generally furnish in an offering made solely to “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under Securities Act, the Corporation may cause to be paid to any such Stockholder in lieu thereof, against surrender of the Shares which would have otherwise been sold by such Stockholder, an amount in cash equal to the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board) of the securities which such Stockholder would otherwise receive as of the date of the issuance of such securities in exchange for the Shares;

(g) in the event that the Dragging Stockholders, in connection with such Sale Transaction, appoint a stockholder representative (the “Stockholder Representative”) with respect to matters affecting the Stockholders under the applicable definitive transaction agreements following consummation of such Sale Transaction, (i) to consent to (x) the appointment of such Stockholder Representative, (y) the establishment of any applicable escrow, expense or similar fund in connection with any indemnification or similar obligations and (z) the payment of such Stockholder’s pro rata portion (from the applicable escrow or expense fund or otherwise) of any and all reasonable fees and expenses to such Stockholder Representative in connection with such Stockholder Representative’s services and duties in connection with such Sale Transaction and its related service as the representative of the Stockholders, and (ii) not to assert any claim or commence any suit against the Stockholder Representative or any other Stockholder with respect to any action or inaction taken or failed to be taken by the Stockholder Representative, within the scope of the Stockholder Representative’s authority, in connection with its service as the Stockholder Representative, absent fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

(h) with respect to the Drag-Along Right and as to SoftBank, the Shares then held by SoftBank shall be deemed to include the SoftBank Exit LC Facility Triggering Event Shares and such SoftBank Exit LC Facility Triggering Event Shares shall be entitled to and shall fully participate in such Drag-Along Sale in accordance with this Article 8 (acknowledging that SoftBank may make necessary modifications to the representations set forth in Section 8.2(a) as to such SoftBank Exit LC Facility Triggering Event Shares).

Section 8.2 Conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, a Stockholder will not be required to comply with Section 8.1 in connection with any proposed Sale Transaction (the “Proposed Sale”), unless:

(a) any representations and warranties to be made by such Stockholder in connection with the Proposed Sale are limited to representations and warranties related to authority, ownership and the ability to convey title to such Shares, including, representations and warranties that (i) the Stockholder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Shares such Stockholder purports to hold, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (ii) the obligations of the Stockholder in connection with the transaction have been duly authorized, if applicable, (iii) the documents to be entered into by the Stockholder have been duly executed by the Stockholder and delivered to the acquirer and are enforceable (subject to customary limitations) against the Stockholder in accordance with their respective terms; and (iv) neither the execution and delivery of documents to be entered into by the Stockholder in connection with the transaction, nor the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations thereunder, will cause a breach or violation of the terms of any agreement (including the Corporation’s or such Stockholder’s organizational documents) to which the Stockholder is a party, or any law or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency that applies to the Stockholder, in each case that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Stockholder to consummate the closing of the Sale Transaction;

(b) such Stockholder is not required to agree (unless such Stockholder is an officer or employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries) to any restrictive covenant in connection with the Proposed Sale (including any covenant not to compete or covenant not to solicit customers, employees or suppliers of any party to the Proposed Sale) or any release of claims other than a release in customary form of claims arising solely in such Stockholder’s capacity as a stockholder of the Corporation;

(c) such Stockholder is not liable for the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any other Person in connection with the Proposed Sale other than the Corporation (except to the extent that funds may be paid out of an escrow established to cover breach of representations, warranties and covenants of the Corporation as well as breach by any stockholder of any of identical representations, warranties and covenants provided by all stockholders) (and other than severally in connection with any such representation and warranty it makes as to itself);

 

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(d) liability shall be limited to such Stockholder’s applicable share (determined based on the respective proceeds payable to each Stockholder in connection with such Proposed Sale) of a negotiated aggregate indemnification amount that in no event exceeds the amount of consideration otherwise payable to such Stockholder in connection with such Proposed Sale in such person’s capacity as a stockholder of the Corporation (except with respect to claims related to actual and intentional fraud by such Stockholder, the liability for which need not be limited as to such Stockholder);

(e) subject to Section 8.1(f), upon consummation of the Proposed Sale, each Stockholder will receive the same form of consideration for its shares of Common Stock as is received by the Dragging Stockholders; and

(f) if any Dragging Stockholders are given an option as to the form and amount of consideration to be received for its shares of Common Stock as a result of the Proposed Sale, all other Stockholders will be given the same option other than to the extent prohibited by applicable law; provided, however, that no Stockholder shall be entitled to receive any form of consideration that such Stockholder would be ineligible to receive as a result of such Stockholder’s failure to satisfy any condition, requirement or limitation that is established in good faith and generally applicable to the Stockholders.

Section 8.3 Necessary Action by Stockholders and the Corporation Relating to the Drag-Along Right. Each Stockholder will take, at any time and from time to time, all Necessary Action to further the provisions of this Article 8. The Corporation will take all Necessary Action to ensure that the provisions of this Article 8 are accomplished and will not give effect to any action by any Stockholder or any other Person which is in contravention with this Article 8.

Section 8.4 Exemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that this Article 8 shall apply to any Sale Transaction approved by the Strategic Review Committee pursuant to Section 3.3(b) and the Stockholder Proceeds in respect of such Sale Transaction is reasonably expected to be less than the greater of (i) $1,000,000,000.00 and (ii) (A) (1) eleven (11) multiplied by (2) the sum of (x) the Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to such Sale Transaction was approved by the Strategic Review Committee less (y) $90,000,000.00, less (B) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period and plus (C) the sum of (x) the aggregate Cash of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period less (y) $100,000,000.00, then; provided that Cupar and its Affiliates (as applicable) shall have exercised this right not to fully participate in such Sale Transaction pursuant to this Section 8.4 prior to the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the delivery of the Drag-Along Notice:

(a) Cupar and its Affiliates shall not be required under this Article 8 to Transfer Shares in such Sale Transaction to the extent the Transfer of such Shares would result in Cupar and its Affiliates holding less than forty nine percent (49%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction; and

(b) Cupar and its Affiliates shall Transfer, in accordance with the other provisions of this Article 8 (including on the same terms and conditions (including the amount of per Share consideration) as the other stockholders of the Corporation), that number of Shares that would result in the acquiror or acquirors in such Sale Transaction holding, in the aggregate, fifty one percent (51%) of the total Shares or total voting power of the Shares, in each case, then issued and outstanding as of the consummation of such Sale Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the acquiror(s) in such Sale Transaction shall be entitled to appoint a majority of the Board from and after the closing of such Sale Transaction.

 

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ARTICLE 9

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, as of the Effective Date or, with respect to any Stockholder that becomes a party hereto after the Effective Date, the date any such Stockholder executes and delivers a Joinder Agreement, represents and warrants that:

Section 9.1 Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and the effect and application of general principles of equity and the availability of equitable remedies).

Section 9.2 Organization. If an entity, such party is duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

Section 9.3 Authority. Such party has the full power, right and authority to enter into this Agreement, to perform, observe and comply with all of such party’s agreements and obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. If an entity, such party has taken all action required to be taken by it with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 9.4 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Agreement does not and will not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby in compliance with the terms and provisions hereof will not, to the best knowledge of such party, with or without the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a violation or default of, or give any third party the right to terminate, accelerate or modify any obligation under (a) any material agreement or other material document or material instrument to which such party is a party or by which such party is bound or affected, (b) if an entity, the organizational documents of such party or (c) any law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, writ, order or judgment to which such party is bound or affected, in each case, the violation of which would, individually or in the aggregate, be material to such Stockholder.

Section 9.5 Accredited Investor. Such party is an Accredited Investor.

The representations and warranties of each Stockholder contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect indefinitely.

ARTICLE 10

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Corporation and Stockholders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Outstanding Shares; provided, that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party; and provided, further, that the Corporation may from time to time add additional holders of Shares as parties to this Agreement through the execution of Joinder Agreements without the consent of the other parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(a) the provisions of Section 2.2(a), Section 2.2(b), Section 2.2(c) or Section 2.2(d), as applicable, Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and this Section 10.1(a) (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Cupar for so long as (i) with respect to Section 2.2(a), Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (ii) with respect to Section 2.2(b), Cupar continues to have rights thereunder, (iii) with respect to Section 2.2(c), Cupar continues to have rights thereunder and (iv) with respect to Section 2.2(d), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(i), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and this Section 10.1(a), Cupar continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(d);

(b) the provisions of Section 2.2(e), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(ii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and this Section 10.1(b) (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders for so long as the AHG Stockholders continue to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(e);

 

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(c) the provisions of Section 2.2(f), Section 2.4, Section 2.7(a), Section 2.7(b), Section 2.7(d)(iii), Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 2.12 and this Section 10.1(c) (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank continues to have rights pursuant to Section 2.2(f);

(d) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereunder may not be waived with respect to any Stockholder or group of Stockholders without the written consent of such Stockholder or holders constituting a majority-in-interest of such group of Stockholders, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would (by its terms or effect) materially, adversely and disproportionately affect the rights of such Stockholder or group of Stockholders as compared to any other Stockholder or other group of Stockholders generally under this Agreement;

(e) the provisions of Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, this Section 10.1(e), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Cupar for so long as Cupar and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like;

(f) the provisions of Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, this Section 10.1(f), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then held by the AHG Stockholders (including at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders, so long as there are at least two (2) unaffiliated AHG Stockholders holding at least two percent (2%) of the Outstanding Shares) for so long as the AHG Stockholders and their respective Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 1,588,248 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like; and

(g) the provisions of Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, this Section 10.1(g), Section 11.1, Section 12.1, Section 12.15 and Section 12.17 (and, solely as they relate to such Sections, the definitions of any terms used in such Sections or Articles, as applicable) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of SoftBank for so long as SoftBank and its Affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 634,214 shares of Common Stock, which number is subject to appropriate equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like.

The Corporation shall give prompt notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10.1 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto.

Section 10.2 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or non-defaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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ARTICLE 11

TERMINATION

Section 11.1 Events of Termination. All rights and obligations of the parties set forth in this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of: (a) the consummation of a Qualified IPO, (b) the consummation of a Sale Transaction (other than any transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof) and (c) subject to Section 3.1(b)(ii), voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business and affairs of the Corporation; provided, however, that (i) any claims or rights of a Dragging Stockholder or the Corporation arising under or relating to Article 8 and any authorizations, obligations, covenants or liabilities of a any party arising under or relating to Article 8, (ii) Section 4.1, (iii) Section 5.4, (iv) this Article 11 and (v) Article 12 (other than Section 12.10, Section 12.19, Section 12.20, Section 12.21 and Section 12.22) shall, in each case, survive any such termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Article 11 will be deemed to release any party from any liability for any willful and material breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination or impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by the other parties of their respective obligations under this Agreement occurring prior to such termination.

Section 11.2 Transfer of All Securities. Upon the Transfer by any Stockholder, executor or other entity of all Shares owned or held by such Stockholder and, upon payment of any consideration to which such Stockholder is entitled, such Stockholder will have no further rights or privileges under this Agreement or otherwise be entitled to the benefits hereof; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of this Agreement, (a) such Transfer will not relieve such Stockholder, such Stockholder’s executor or such Stockholder’s successors or assigns from liability hereunder in the event of a breach by such Stockholder of such Stockholder’s duties hereunder prior to such Transfer and (b) such Stockholder will remain subject to Section 4.1 for a period of two (2) years from the date of final disclosure of Confidential Information under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 12.1 Governing Documents. The provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling if any such provisions or the operation thereof conflict with the provisions of the Governing Documents. The Corporation and the Stockholders agree to take all Necessary Action to amend the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, as applicable, so as to avoid any conflict with the provisions hereof.

Section 12.2 Freedom to Pursue Opportunities. Subject to Article X of the Certificate of Incorporation and any contractual obligations by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates, including those business activities or lines of business deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective officers or directors, shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders, or to any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty, solely by reason of any such activities of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates, or of the participation therein by any officer or director of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, but subject to any contractual obligations by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of its Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates, and without limiting Article X of the Certificate of Incorporation, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees shall be deemed to have breached his, her or its fiduciary duties, if any, to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members solely by reason of engaging in any such activity. Subject to Article X of the Certificate of Incorporation and any contractual provisions by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders or their respective Affiliates may be bound from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that any Principal Stockholder or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Principal Stockholder (or any of its respective Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Corporation (or any of its Affiliates), on the other hand, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of

 

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their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders, or any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty or otherwise, solely by reason of the fact that such Principal Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees acquires, pursues or obtains such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or otherwise does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and the Corporation (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and their respective stockholders and Affiliates) to the fullest extent permitted by law hereby waives and renounces in accordance with Section 122(17) of the DGCL any claim that such business opportunity constituted a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that any corporate opportunity which is offered to (x) any director of the Corporation, solely to the extent such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in its capacity as a director of the Corporation, and (y) the Board shall, in each case, belong to the Corporation; provided, further, that such corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy. No amendment or repeal of this Section 12.2 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any officer, director or stockholder of the Corporation for or with respect to any opportunities of which such officer, director or stockholder becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal.

Section 12.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

Section 12.4 Binding Agreement. This Agreement will be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns, and the parties hereto do covenant and agree that they themselves and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns will execute any and all instruments, releases, assignments, and consents that may be required of them in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 12.5 Interpretation. Except where the context otherwise requires, wherever used, the singular includes the plural, the plural the singular, the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders and the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense (and/or). The headings and captions of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, describe, extend or limit the scope, construction, interpretation or intent of this Agreement or any provision contained in this Agreement. The term “including” as used herein does not limit the generality of any description preceding such term. The language of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language mutually chosen by the parties hereto and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party hereto. All exhibits attached hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein and any capitalized term used in any exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified or where the context otherwise requires, (a) references in this Agreement to any Article, Section or Exhibit are references to such Article, Section or Exhibit of this Agreement; (b) references in any Section to any clause are references to such clause of such Section; (c) “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereby,” “herein” and “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; (d) references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns; (e) references to a law include any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or regulations issued thereunder, in each case, as in effect at the relevant time of reference thereto; (f) references to any agreement, instrument or other document in this Agreement refer to such agreement, instrument or other document as originally executed or, if subsequently amended, replaced or supplemented from time to time, as so amended, replaced or supplemented and in effect at the relevant time of reference thereto; (g) references to monetary amounts are denominated in United States Dollars and (h) ”vote” and “voting” and words of similar import when used in this agreement shall include, without limitation, action by written consent of the stockholders.

 

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Section 12.6 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with, or related to, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses. Should any litigation or arbitration be commenced (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) between or among the parties hereto or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights and duties of any person or entity hereunder, the parties in such proceeding will bear their own attorneys’ fees and court costs incurred by reason of such litigation or arbitration.

Section 12.7 Severability. The determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that any particular provision of this Agreement is unenforceable or invalid will not affect the enforceability of or invalidate the other provisions hereof, and this Agreement will be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions had never been part hereof and were omitted here from. Upon such a determination, the parties will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible so that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

Section 12.8 Notices.

(a) All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic mail as permitted in this Agreement) and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to:

 

  (A)

if to the Corporation, to:

WeWork Inc.

75 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

E-mail: [***]

 

  (B)

if to Cupar, to:

Cupar Grimmond, LLC

430 South Fairview Avenue

Sana Barbara, CA 93117

Attention: Arnold Brier

E-mail: [***]

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Cooley LLP

355 South Grand Avenue Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: Tom Hopkins, Logan Tiari and

Timothy N. Nguyen

E-mail: [***]

 [***]

 [***]

 

  (C)

if to the AHG Stockholders, to each such AHG Stockholder at its address or e-mail address set forth on its signature page to this Agreement or otherwise provided in writing (including by e-mail) to the Corporation, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Eli Vonnegut, Evan Rosen

E-mail: [***]

 [***]

 

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  (D)

if to SoftBank, to:

SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.

c/o SB Global Advisers Limited

69 Grosvenor Street

London, W1K 3JP

c/o SB Investment Advisers (US) Inc.

300 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Attention: Legal

E-mail: [***]

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention: Gabriel A. Morgan, Kevin Bostel and Eric L. Einhorn

E-mail: [***]

 [***]

 [***]

and

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

200 Crescent Court, Suite 300

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: James R. Griffin

E-mail: [***]

 

  (E)

if to any other Stockholder, to such Stockholder at its address or e-mail address set forth on its signature page to this Agreement or a Joinder Agreement or otherwise provided in writing (including by e-mail) to the Corporation.

(b) Each party to this Agreement consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to the DGCL by electronic mail pursuant to Section 232 of the DGCL at the e-mail address of such stockholder as on the books of the Corporation or as updated from time to time by notice to the Corporation pursuant to Section 12.8(a). To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic mail is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected electronic mail address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each party to this Agreement agrees to promptly notify the Corporation of any change in such stockholder’s electronic mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing.

Section 12.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto), together with the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Registration Rights Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties hereto (and their respective Affiliates), oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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Section 12.10 Legends. During the term of this Agreement, in addition to any other legend which may be required by applicable law, each certificate or instrument (if any) or book-entry account and related statements representing or otherwise evidencing Shares subject to this Agreement will bear the applicable legends set forth below, on its face, or upon the reverse side thereof, appropriately completed, which legends will likewise be endorsed upon all stock certificates representing shares of the Corporation’s capital stock that will hereafter be issued and that are subject to this Agreement. Each Stockholder shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of the terms, provisions, restrictions and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and this Agreement, whether or not any certificate or book-entry account and related statement representing or otherwise evidencing Shares owned or held by such Stockholder bear the legends set forth below and whether or not any such Stockholder received a separate notice of such terms, provisions, restrictions and conditions.

(a) Each certificate or instrument (if any) or book-entry account and related statement representing or otherwise evidencing Shares subject to this Agreement will bear the following legend:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AND MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER. NO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES WILL BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE ISSUER UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO OTHER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING VOTING AGREEMENTS, AS SET FORTH IN THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT.”

(b) Each certificate or instrument (if any) or book-entry account and related statement representing or otherwise evidencing Shares issued under the Plan in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include (x) all Shares issued to the Initial Stockholders on the Effective Date and (y) all Shares issued to a Subsidiary of the Corporation on the Effective Date and distributed to SoftBank or its Affiliates pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility), such that the Transfer of such Shares are not restricted under U.S. federal securities laws, will bear the following legend:

“THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OF THE UNITED STATES, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), PROVIDED BY SECTION 1145 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, 11 U.S.C. 1145; PROVIDED THAT THE HOLDER IS NOT DEEMED TO BE AN “UNDERWRITER” AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 1145(B)(1) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR ANY LOCAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND TO THE EXTENT THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES IS AN “UNDERWRITER,” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1145(B)(1) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

(c) Each certificate or instrument (if any) or book-entry account and related statement representing or otherwise evidencing Shares issued to an “affiliate” of the Corporation within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include (x) all Shares issued on the Effective Date to Cupar, SoftBank and each AHG Stockholder that has the power, individually or together with its Affiliates, to exercise the AHG Designation Right, (y) all Shares issued to a Subsidiary of the Corporation on the Effective Date and all such Shares subsequently distributed to SoftBank or its Affiliates pursuant to, or as expressly

 

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contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility, provided, that SoftBank, individually or together with its Affiliates, holds (i) at least ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares on an aggregate basis and/or (ii) the SoftBank Designation Right, in each case, immediately after such distribution, or (iii) less than ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares on an aggregate basis immediately after such distribution and are entitled to receive further Shares pursuant to, or as expressly contemplated by, the Exit LC Facility, which Shares, if received, would cause SoftBank or its Affiliates to hold at least ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares on an aggregate basis immediately after such future distribution, and (z) all Shares issued to any Stockholder that, individually or together with such Stockholder’s Affiliates, holds at least ten percent (10%) of the Outstanding Shares), will bear the following legend:

“THESE SHARES ARE HELD BY A PERSON WHO IS CONSIDERED AN AFFILIATE FOR PURPOSES OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. NO TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE MADE UNLESS THE ISSUER HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT THESE SHARES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION UNDER THE ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.”

Section 12.11 Additional Parties. Upon execution of a Joinder Agreement, and without need for an amendment hereto, any such future holder of Shares will become a party to, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement and will be deemed a “Stockholder” for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 12.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly provided for in Section 5.4, nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the parties hereto, and their successors and permitted assigns, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 12.13 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provisions or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any and all litigation, suits, claims, actions proceedings or investigations (“Action”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware and the appellate court(s) therefrom). The parties hereto hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware and the appellate court(s) therefrom) for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought by any party; (b) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by the above-named courts; and (c) agree that such party will not bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware and the appellate court(s) therefrom). Service of process, summons, notice or document to any party’s address and in the manner set forth in Section 12.8(a) shall be effective service of process for any such action (without limiting other means).

Section 12.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION 12.14 HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE

 

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PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

Section 12.15 Equitable Remedies. Recognizing that Shares are unique and that the remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach by a party hereto of the covenants and conditions set forth herein would be inadequate, and further recognizing that any such breach or threatened breach would cause immediate, irreparable and permanent damage to the parties, the extent of which would be impossible or difficult to ascertain, the parties hereto agree that in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, and in addition to any and all remedies at law or otherwise provided herein, any party hereto may specifically enforce the terms of this Agreement and may obtain temporary or permanent injunctive relief (including a mandatory injunction) without the necessity of proving actual damage or the lack of an adequate remedy at law and, to the extent permissible under applicable rules of provision and statutes, a temporary injunction may be granted immediately upon the commencement of any suit hereunder regardless of whether the breaching party or parties have actually received notice thereof. Each of the parties hereto further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any law to post security as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief. Such remedy will be cumulative and not exclusive, and will be in addition to any other remedy or remedies available to the parties.

Section 12.16 Recapitalization. In the event that any Shares or other securities are issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of, shares of capital stock of the Corporation by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, spin-off, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, split-up, sale of assets, distribution to stockholders or combination of any class or series of Shares or any other change in the Corporation’s capital structure, appropriate equitable adjustments shall be made to the provisions of this Agreement so as to fairly and equitably preserve, as far as practicable, the original rights and obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement.

Section 12.17 Aggregation of Shares; Apportionment. All Shares held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliates may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate. In determining the ownership of Shares for any purposes hereunder, the Corporation shall be entitled to conclusively rely in good faith on (i) the then most current ownership information provided to it by the transfer agent for the Shares (including information provided by any depositary, including the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation) or (ii) if there is no such transfer agent, the most current ownership information then in its possession, and, in each case, any such determination made by the Corporation in reliance thereon shall be deemed final and binding on all parties hereto.

Section 12.18 Deemed Execution; Effectiveness. On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, each Person that receives any Shares pursuant to the Plan or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated thereby (regardless of whether such Shares are received on the Effective Date or thereafter) shall be deemed to have entered into this Agreement, regardless of whether any such holder has executed this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Person (including any obligation set forth herein to waive or refrain from exercising any appraisal, dissenters or similar rights) even if such Person has not actually executed and delivered a counterpart hereof.

Section 12.19 Enabling Provision. The provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon all holders of Shares issued subsequent hereto and will be binding upon all subsequent holders of Shares whether now or hereafter issued and outstanding. The Corporation will, upon further issuance or Transfer of any Shares (including as a result of the exercise of any option agreements), require the holder(s) of such newly issued or Transferred Shares to enter into a Joinder Agreement, and will include the restrictive legends set forth in Section 12.10 upon any such newly issued or Transferred Shares, and each such new holder(s) will be deemed a “Stockholder” for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 12.20 Spousal Consents. Each Stockholder who is an individual and is married as of the Effective Date shall cause such Stockholder’s spouse to execute and deliver to the Corporation a Spousal Consent and Proxy, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a “Spousal Consent”), dated on or around the Effective Date.

 

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If any Stockholder who is an individual should marry following the Effective Date, such Stockholder shall cause such Stockholder’s spouse to execute and deliver to the Corporation a Spousal Consent within thirty (30) days thereof.

Section 12.21 Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto will execute all such further instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other party hereto may reasonably require in order to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.

Section 12.22 Restrictions on Other Agreements. Following the Effective Date, no Stockholder will enter into or agree to be bound by any agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to any Shares in violation of this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Stockholders Agreement to be executed, by their duly authorized officers or agents where applicable, as of the same day and year first above written.

 

WEWORK INC.
By:   /s/ Pamela Swidler
Name:   Pamela Swidler
Title:   Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

 

[Signature Page to the Stockholders Agreement]


 

[Stockholder Signature Pages Intentionally Excluded]


EXHIBIT A

[Form of Joinder Agreement]


EXHIBIT B

[Form of Spousal Consent and Proxy]


EXHIBIT C

[Form of Transfer Certificate]

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

dated as of

JUNE 11, 2024

by and among

WEWORK INC.

and

THE HOLDERS PARTY HERETO

 

 

 


     Page  

ARTICLE I REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     1  

Section 1.1

   Definitions      1  

Section 1.2

   Demand Registration      5  

Section 1.3

   Piggyback Registrations      9  

Section 1.4

   Shelf Registration Statement      11  

Section 1.5

   Holdback Agreements      12  

Section 1.6

   Registration Procedures      13  

Section 1.7

   Registration Expenses and Selling Expenses      17  

Section 1.8

   Indemnification      17  

Section 1.9

   Rule 144 and 144A; Other Exemptions      20  

Section 1.10

   Certain Limitations On Registration Rights      20  

Section 1.11

   Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights      20  

Section 1.12

   Transfer of Registration Rights      20  

Section 1.13

   Parties to Agreement      21  

Section 1.14

   Number of Registrable Securities Outstanding      21  

Section 1.15

   Alternative IPO Entities      21  

ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS

     21  

Section 2.1

   Entire Agreement      21  

Section 2.2

   Assignment; Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries      21  

Section 2.3

   Notices      22  

Section 2.4

   Specific Performance; Remedies      22  

Section 2.5

   Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      22  

Section 2.6

   Governing Law      23  

Section 2.7

   Headings      23  

Section 2.8

   Amendments; Waivers      23  

Section 2.9

   Severability      24  

Section 2.10

   Counterparts; Effectiveness      24  

Section 2.11

   Construction      24  

Section 2.12

   Termination of Registration Rights      25  

Section 2.13

   Aggregation of Registrable Securities      25  

Section 2.14

   No Registration Rights Until IPO Following Effective Date      25  

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of June 11, 2024, by and among WeWork Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor entity thereto, the “Corporation”), and each Holder (as defined herein) who becomes a party to this Agreement from time to time pursuant to Section 1.13 hereof.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed (a) voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”) and (b) the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 2051] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Plan”), as confirmed on May 30, 2024, by order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases jointly administered under the caption In re: WeWork Inc., et al., Case No. 23-19865 (JKS) (the “Confirmation Order”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and the Confirmation Order, the Corporation is authorized to enter into this Agreement and the Corporation has agreed to enter into this Agreement for the benefit of each Holder of Registrable Securities (as defined herein);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and respective covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition of Affiliate, (i) “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controls,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the right or power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and (ii) solely for determining the Registrable Securities or Common Stock held by a Holder, any funds and/or accounts holding Registrable Securities that are managed, advised and/or sub-advised by a third-party asset manager will be “under common control” with any and all other funds and/or accounts holding Registrable Securities that are managed, advised and/or sub-advised by such third-party asset manager.

Agent” and “Agents” have the meaning specified in Section 1.6(a)(ii) hereof.

Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

AHG Director” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below).

AHG Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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Alternative IPO Entities” has the meaning specified in Section 1.15 hereof.

beneficial ownership” (and related terms such as “beneficially-owned” or “beneficial owner”) has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Holder, such Holder shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Holder has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event or with the passage of time.

Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation (or any successor governing body) or any authorized committee thereof.

Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to be closed.

Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Corporation” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof and includes the Corporation’s successors by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise.

Corporation-Indemnified Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 1.8(a) hereof.

Corporation Securities” means the securities that the Corporation proposes to register for its own account on a registration statement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Demand Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(a) hereof.

Demand Registration” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(a) hereof.

Demand Shelf Registration” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(a) hereof.

Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Plan.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any similar or successor statute.

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or any successor entity thereof.

Holder” means a Person who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 1.13 hereof (so long as such Person holds any Registrable Securities). The term Holder shall not include any registered owner of Registrable Securities that holds such Registrable Securities in “street name” on behalf of beneficial owners thereof.

Holder-Indemnified Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 1.8(b) hereof.

Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 1.8(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning specified in Section 1.8(c) hereof.

Initial Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(b) hereof.

Initial Registrable Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(b) hereof.

 

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IPO” means (a) an underwritten offering which is an initial public offering of the Common Stock pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act after the Effective Date ((which excludes, among others, a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Corporation pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend reinvestment or similar plan)) as a result of which the Common Stock is publicly traded on a National Securities Exchange or (b) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, capital stock exchange, stock sale, asset sale or other similar transaction or business combination (or series of related transactions or related business combinations), in each case, after the Effective Date, between the Corporation and a “blank check company” (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) that is a special purchase acquisition company formed solely for the purpose of effecting such initial public offering with one or more businesses, which for the avoidance of doubt, is deemed to be a “blank check company” under the Securities Act, as a result of which the Common Stock is publicly traded on a National Securities Exchange.

Losses” has the meaning specified in Section 1.8(a) hereof.

Major Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stockholders Agreement.

Maximum Offering Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(c)(ii) hereof.

National Securities Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market) or another U.S. national securities exchange registered with the SEC.

New Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(b) hereof.

Other Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(c)(iii) hereof.

Participating Holders” means Holders participating, or electing to participate, in an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 1.13 hereof.

Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, company, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, limited liability company, joint venture, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such entity.

Piggyback Holder” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(b) hereof.

Piggyback Registration” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(a) hereof.

Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.

Proposed Registration” has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(a) hereof.

 

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Registrable Securities” means (a) any Common Stock acquired by any Holder (or any of its Affiliates) pursuant to the Plan or subsequently acquired by any Holder (or any of its Affiliates) after the Effective Date and (b) any equity interests or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to the Common Stock referred to in clause (a): (i) upon any conversion or exchange thereof, (ii) by way of dividend or other distribution, split or reverse split, or (iii) in connection with a combination of securities, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange offer, reorganization or other similar event; provided, however, that Common Stock or other securities that are considered to be Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (A) upon the sale thereof pursuant to and in accordance with an effective Registration Statement, (B) upon the sale thereof pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force), (C) when such securities are eligible for sale without registration pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force) without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) and as to which any legend restricting further transfer with regard to such securities has been removed, (D) when such securities cease to be outstanding, or (E) the relevant Holder, together with its Affiliates, at any date, ceases to beneficially own 1% or more of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock.

Registration Expenses” mean all expenses (other than Selling Expenses) arising from or incident to the performance by the Corporation of, or compliance by the Corporation with, this Article I, including, without limitation, (i) SEC, stock exchange, FINRA and other registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with complying with any state securities or blue sky laws (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iv) the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Corporation and of its independent certified public accountants and any other accounting and legal fees, charges and expenses incurred by the Corporation (including, without limitation, any expenses arising from any special audits or “comfort letters” required in connection with or incident to any registration), (v) the fees, charges and disbursements of any special experts retained by the Corporation in connection with any registration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (vi) all internal expenses of the Corporation (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (vii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any National Securities Exchange, (vii) Securities Act liability insurance (if the Corporation elects to obtain such insurance), (viii) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with any road show for underwritten offerings and (ix) all rating agency fees, regardless of whether any Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration is declared effective. “Registration Expenses” shall also include reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one (1) firm of counsel to all of the Participating Holders participating in any underwritten public offering pursuant to this Article I (which shall be selected by Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders); provided, however, that (a) any underwriting discounts, commissions or fees in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities will be borne by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Common Stock so registered and sold, (b) transfer taxes with respect to the sale of Registrable Securities will be borne by the Holder of such Registrable Securities and (c) the fees and expenses of any other counsel, accountants or other persons retained or employed by any Holder will be borne by such Holder.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Corporation filed with the SEC on the appropriate form (including on Form S-8, if applicable) pursuant to the Securities Act which covers any of the Common Stock and/or any other equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all materials incorporated by reference therein.

Requesting Holder” means any Holder making a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1.2(a) hereof.

 

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SEC” or “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute.

Selling Expenses” shall mean the underwriting fees, discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to any Registrable Securities.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act for the offer and sale of Registrable Securities by Holders on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force).

Stockholders Agreement” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, by and among the Corporation and the persons bound thereto.

underwritten registration, underwritten offering or underwritten public offering” means an offering in which securities of the Corporation are sold to or through one or more underwriters (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) for resale to the public.

Valid Business Reason” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(d)(i) hereof.

Section 1.2 Demand Registration.

(a) Request by Holders. At any time on or following the date that is the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the completion of an IPO and (ii) the expiration of any lock-up agreement with the underwriters in such IPO, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Holders of at least five percent (5%) of all Registrable Securities outstanding at such time may make a written request to the Corporation (a “Demand Notice”) to register all or part of their Registrable Securities for resale under the Securities Act (a “Demand Registration”). Each Demand Notice shall (A) specify the aggregate number and class or classes of Registrable Securities that the Requesting Holders (and their respective Affiliates) intend to sell or dispose of and (B) state the intended method or methods of sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities (including whether or not such offer shall be an underwritten offering). In connection with any Demand Registration, the Requesting Holders may request the Corporation file a Shelf Registration Statement (a “Demand Shelf Registration”) if the Corporation is then eligible to use Form S-3 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act for such intended resale. No Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s express prior written consent. For the avoidance of doubt, no Holder will have any rights pursuant to this Agreement to require the Corporation to conduct an IPO.

(b) Demand Registration. Following receipt of a Demand Notice, the Corporation shall:

(i) give written notice of such request for registration to all Holders of Registrable Securities within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such Demand Notice;

(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to file (or confidentially submit), as soon as practicable, but in any event within seventy-five (75) days after the date of receipt of such Demand Notice, a Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities that the Corporation has been so requested to register by the Requesting Holders and other Holders of Registrable Securities who make a request to the Corporation, within fifteen (15) days of the

 

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mailing of the Corporation’s notice referred to in Section 1.2(b)(i) hereof, that their Registrable Securities also be registered, providing for the registration under the Securities Act of such Registrable Securities to the extent necessary to permit the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution specified in such Demand Notice;

(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the earlier of (x) sixty (60) days (or, if a Registration Statement is reviewed by the staff of the SEC, ninety (90) days) following the date of initial filing thereof with the SEC and (y) ten (10) business days after the Corporation is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to any further review; and

(iv) if the Corporation shall have previously effected a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1.2, the Corporation shall not be required to effect any registration pursuant to Section 1.2 until a period of one hundred eighty (180) days shall have elapsed from the effective date of such previous Registration Statement.

(c) Selection of Underwriters; Priority for Demand Registrations.

(i) In the event that the Requesting Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by the Demand Notice by means of an underwritten offering, they shall so advise the Corporation as part of the Demand Notice and the Corporation shall include such information in the notice it provides to all Holders pursuant to Section 1.2(b)(i) hereof. The managing underwriter or underwriters for such underwritten offering shall be one or more reputable nationally-recognized investment banks selected by Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Requesting Holders, subject to the consent of the Corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwritten offering to the extent provided in this Section 1.2(c). In the case of any Proposed Registration pursuant to Section 1.3 or registration initiated by the Corporation for its own account or any other offering not effected pursuant to this Section 1.2, the Corporation shall select one or more reputable nationally-recognized investment banks at its sole discretion as an underwriter for such offering. If requested by the underwriters, the Corporation and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the underwriters selected for such underwritten offering, which underwriting agreement shall be in customary form and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Corporation, Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders and the underwriters and shall contain such representations and warranties by the Corporation and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in agreements of this type, including, but not limited to, indemnities to the effect and to the extent provided in this Agreement or as are otherwise then customary (if more extensive), provisions for the delivery of officers’ certificates, opinions of counsel for the Corporation and the Participating Holders and accountants’ “comfort” letters, and lock-up arrangements.

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Demand Registration involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter of such offering advises the Corporation that, in its good faith reasonable opinion, the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, to be included in such offering exceeds the largest number of securities which can reasonably be sold in an orderly manner without having a significant and adverse effect on such offering (the “Maximum Offering Amount”), then the Corporation shall include in such registration the number which can be so sold in the following order of priority:

(A) first, all Registrable Securities requested by the Participating Holders to be included in such registration shall be included, but, if the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the Maximum Offering Amount, then the number of Registrable Securities that each Participating Holder will be entitled to include in such registration will be allocated on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder as compared to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Participating Holders;

(B) second, to the extent that the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration is less than the Maximum Offering Amount, the Corporation Securities; and

(C) third, other securities, if any, to be included in such registration at the Corporation’s discretion up to the Maximum Offering Amount after including the Registrable Securities and the Corporation Securities to be included in such registration.

(d) Limitations on Demand Registrations.

(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation may suspend the registration process and/or any Holder’s ability to use a prospectus or delay making a filing of a Registration Statement or taking any other action in connection therewith when the Board has determined in good faith that it would be materially adverse to the Corporation if such Registration Statement (or an amendment or supplement thereto) were filed, such Registration Statement (or amendment or supplement) were to become effective or remain effective for the time otherwise required for such Registration Statement to remain effective or any other action were taken in connection therewith because such filing, effectiveness or other action either would (A) materially adversely affect a material financing, acquisition, disposition, merger or other transaction, (B) require premature disclosure of material information that the Corporation has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or (C) render the Corporation unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, a “Valid Business Reason”); provided, however, that such right to delay shall be exercised by the Corporation not more than twice in any twelve (12)-month period and the Corporation shall only have the right to delay as long as such Valid Business Reason exists (but in no event for a period longer than (i) sixty (60) days with respect to each such instance of delay and (ii) ninety (90) days in the aggregate in any twelve month period). The Corporation shall give notice to each Participating Holder that the registration process has been delayed and upon notice duly given pursuant to Section 2.3, each Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus, or until it is advised in writing by the Corporation that the prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such prospectus. The Corporation shall not specify the nature of the event giving rise to a suspension in any notice to Holders.

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be required to effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations. A Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have been effected and shall not count as one of the Demand Registrations referenced in the immediately preceding sentence (A) unless a Registration Statement with respect thereto has been declared effective by the Commission and remained effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the laws of any U.S. state or other jurisdiction applicable to the disposition of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement for: (x) in the case of a Registration Statement other than a Shelf Registration Statement, not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days (or such shorter period as will terminate when all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such Registration Statement) or, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as, in the opinion of external counsel for the Corporation, a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer, or (y) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, three (3) years; (B) if, after it has become effective, such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court for any reason (other than a violation of applicable law solely by any Participating Holder) and has not thereafter become effective; or (C) if the offering of Registrable Securities is not consummated because the underwriters of an underwritten public offering advise the Participating Holders that the Registrable Securities cannot be sold at a net price per share equal to or above the minimum net price acceptable to Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders; provided, however, that this clause (C) shall not apply to an underwritten public offering conducted on a “firm commitment basis” which is not consummated following the commencement of a road show; (D) if the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement to which the Corporation is a party, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived (unless a cause of such conditions to closing not being satisfied shall be attributable to any Participating Holder or underwriter); or (E) if the amount of Registrable Securities of Requesting Holders included in the registration are reduced to fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities originally requested to be registered; provided, however, that this subsection (E) shall not apply to any underwritten public offering that is not conducted on a “firm commitment” basis.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation will not be required to effect any Demand Registration relating to a Demand Notice made pursuant to Section 1.2(a) if the Corporation reasonably believes, based on the advice of an underwriter that is a reputable nationally-recognized investment bank, that such an offering would not reasonably be expected to generate gross proceeds (before deducting underwriters’ commissions and fees and other expenses) of at least $50,000,000.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation will not be required to effect any Demand Registration (A) during the period starting on the date thirty (30) days prior to the Corporation’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days immediately following the effective date of, any Registration Statement (other than on Form S-4 or S-8 under the Securities Act, or any successor form) pertaining to the securities of the Corporation; provided, that the Corporation is employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and (B) with respect to any Registrable Securities requested to be registered that are already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement and such Registration Statement may be utilized for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered; provided, however, that this subsection (B) shall not apply if the contemplated distribution of such Demand Registration will be an underwritten public offering that is not conducted on a “firm commitment” basis.

 

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(e) Cancellation of Registration. Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders shall have the right to cancel a proposed registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.2(a) prior to the effectiveness of such registration when (i) in their discretion, market conditions are so unfavorable as to be seriously detrimental to an offering pursuant to such registration or (ii) the request for cancellation is based upon material adverse information relating to the Corporation that is different from the information known to the Participating Holders at the time of the Demand Notice. Such cancellation of a registration shall not be counted as one of the total of two (2) Demand Registrations referenced in Section 1.2(d)(ii) hereof and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall be responsible for all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the registration prior to the time of cancellation.

(f) Withdrawal by Participating Holders. Any Participating Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Holder’s request for inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 1.2(a) by giving written notice to the Corporation of such withdrawal; provided, however, that the Corporation may ignore a notice of withdrawal made within forty-eight (48) hours of the time the Registration Statement is to become effective. The Corporation may not effect such Registration Statement in the event that Holders of Registrable Securities that have not elected to withdraw, own in the aggregate, less than the percentage of the Registrable Securities required to initiate a request under Section 1.2(a); provided, that if such Demand Registration is not effected for such reason, such Demand Registration shall still count as one of the total of two (2) Demand Registrations referenced in Section 1.2(d)(ii) hereof.

Section 1.3 Piggyback Registrations.

(a) Right to Include Registrable Securities. Following the completion of an IPO, each time that the Corporation proposes for any reason to register any of its equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, under the Securities Act, either for its own account or for the account of a stockholder of the Corporation (a “Proposed Registration”), the Corporation shall promptly give written notice (which notice shall be given not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the expected filing date of the Proposed Registration and shall describe the intended method of distribution for the offering relating to the Proposed Registration) of such Proposed Registration to all Major Stockholders and shall offer such Major Stockholders the right to request inclusion of any of such Major Stockholders’ Registrable Securities in the Proposed Registration (a “Piggyback Registration”); provided, however, that Major Stockholders shall have no right to include Registrable Securities in a registration statement relating to a registration (i) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Corporation pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend reinvestment or similar plan. No registration pursuant to this Section 1.3 shall relieve the Corporation of its obligation to effect a Demand Registration, as contemplated by Section 1.2 hereof. The rights to Piggyback Registration may be exercised on an unlimited number of occasions.

(b) Piggyback Procedure. Each Major Stockholder shall have seven (7) days from the date of receipt of the Corporation’s notice referred to in Section 1.3(a) above to deliver to the Corporation a written request specifying the number of Registrable Securities such Major Stockholder intends to register and sell in the offering relating to such Piggyback Registration (any Major Stockholders so requesting to have any of their Registrable Securities included in the Proposed Registration, a “Piggyback Holder”). Any Piggyback Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Piggyback Holder’s request for inclusion of such Piggyback Holder’s Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 1.3 by giving written notice to the Corporation of such withdrawal; provided,

 

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however, that the Corporation may ignore a notice of withdrawal made within forty-eight (48) hours of the time the Registration Statement is to become effective. Subject to Section 1.3(c) below, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to include in such Registration Statement all such Registrable Securities requested to be included therein; provided, further, that the Corporation may at any time withdraw or cease proceeding with any such Proposed Registration if it shall at the same time withdraw or cease proceeding with the registration of all other securities of the same class as the Registrable Securities originally proposed to be registered, without prejudice, however, to the rights of any Holder to request that a Demand Registration be effected; and provided, further, that no registration effected under this provision will relieve the Corporation from its obligations to effect a Demand Registration upon a Demand Notice, subject to the express terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including Section 1.2(d)(iv).

(c) Priority for Piggyback Registration. If any Proposed Registration involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter of such offering advises the Corporation that, in its good-faith view, that the number of Registrable Securities and other securities to be included in such offering exceeds the Maximum Offering Amount, then the Corporation shall include in such registration the number of securities which can be so sold in the following order of priority:

(i) first, the Corporation Securities, if any;

(ii) second, to the extent that the number of Corporation Securities is less than the Maximum Offering Amount, the remaining securities to be included in such registration will be allocated among all Piggyback Holders requesting that Registrable Securities be included in such Registration on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Piggyback Holder as compared to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Piggyback Holders; and

(iii) third, all other holders of the Corporation’s securities exercising “demand” rights with respect to such securities (the “Other Securities”) or who have been granted “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to such Other Securities and have requested that such Other Securities be included in such registration.

(d) Underwritten Offering. In the event that the Proposed Registration by the Corporation is, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of securities of the Corporation, any notice from the Corporation to Major Stockholders under this Section 1.3 shall offer Major Stockholders the right to include any Registrable Securities covered by the Proposed Registration in the underwriting on the same terms and conditions as the securities, if any, otherwise being sold through underwriters under such Proposed Registration.

(e) Cancellation and Delay of Registration. If at any time after giving written notice of its Proposed Registration and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with the Proposed Registration or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prior to the consummation of such offering, the Corporation shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such offering, the Corporation may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Piggyback Holder and (i) in the case of a determination not to register, the Corporation shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such Proposed Registration (but not from any obligation of the Corporation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any Major Stockholder to include Registrable Securities in any future registrations pursuant to this Section 1.3 and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering other securities in the Proposed Registration.

 

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Section 1.4 Shelf Registration Statement.

(a) Filing of Shelf Registration Statement. Following the Corporation’s IPO and from and after such time as the Corporation shall have qualified for the use of a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto, at the prior written request of a Holder of Registrable Securities, the Corporation shall (i) promptly prepare and file with (or confidentially submit to) the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 or its successor form that covers all Registrable Securities then outstanding for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable thereafter; provided, that following a registered offering of Corporation Securities (other than a registration (a) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Corporation pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (b) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (c) in connection with any dividend reinvestment or similar plan, the Corporation shall not be required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 1.4 until ninety (90) days following the effective date of such Registration Statement covering the Corporation Securities. If, after the filing of a Shelf Registration Statement, a Holder of Registrable Securities requests registration under the Securities Act of additional Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration, the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to amend such Shelf Registration Statement to cover such additional Registrable Securities; provided, that the Corporation shall not be required to so amend such Shelf Registration Statement more than once every fiscal quarter of the Corporation. The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective for as long as any Registrable Securities are outstanding. In no event shall the Corporation be required to file, and maintain effectiveness of, more than one Shelf Registration Statement at any one time pursuant to this Section 1.4.

(b) Expiration of Shelf Registration Statement. If (i) the Corporation has filed a Shelf Registration Statement (the “Initial Registration Statement”) with the Commission that covers Registrable Securities (the “Initial Registrable Securities”), (ii) pursuant to Rule 415(a)(5) under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto, the Initial Registration Statement may no longer be used for offers and sales of any of the Initial Registrable Securities, and (iii) any of the Initial Registrable Securities are Registrable Securities at the time that (ii) above occurs, the Corporation shall prepare and file with the Commission within the time limits required by Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto a new Shelf Registration Statement covering any Initial Registrable Securities that have not ceased to be Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto (a “New Shelf Registration Statement”) and shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such New Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable thereafter; provided, that, if at the time it is required to file a New Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 1.4(b) the Corporation is not qualified to use a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or its successor form, the Corporation shall not be required to file a New Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission and the Holders shall be permitted to request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Initial Registrable Securities that have not ceased to be Registrable Securities pursuant to another form of registration statement under the Securities Act and such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration for purposes of the limitations set out in Section 1.2(d)(ii).

 

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(c) Shelf Takedowns. Upon the demand of one or more Major Stockholders, the Corporation shall facilitate up to two (2) “takedowns” of Registrable Securities in the form of an underwritten offering utilizing the Shelf Registration Statement filed in connection with the Demand Shelf Registration, in the manner and subject to the conditions described in Sections 1.2(b)(iv), 1.2(c), 1.2(e) and 1.2(f) of this Agreement; provided, that the Corporation will not be required to effect a “takedown” made pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) if the Corporation reasonably believes, based on the advice of an underwriter that is a reputable nationally-recognized investment bank, that such an offering would not reasonably be expected to generate gross proceeds (before deducting underwriters’ commissions and fees and other expenses) of at least $50,000,000.

Section 1.5 Holdback Agreements.

(a) Restrictions on Sale by Holders. Each Holder hereby agrees that, if and whenever the Corporation (i) proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act, whether or not for its own account, (ii) is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to a Demand Registration, or (iii) is conducting an underwritten “takedown” as described in Section 1.4(c), such Holder, if requested by the managing underwriter in an underwritten offering, agrees to enter into a “lock-up agreement” containing terms (including the duration of the lock-up period, which, for the avoidance of doubt shall commence (1) in the case of clauses (i) or (ii) above, no earlier than ten (10) days prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and shall not exceed ninety (90) days following the effectiveness of the registration statement and (2) in the case of clause (iii) above, no earlier than ten (10) days prior to the closing date of such offering and shall not exceed ninety (90) days following such closing date) that are customary at the time such agreement is entered into for offerings of similar size and type, and the Corporation shall cause all of the Corporation’s directors and executive officers, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any stockholder owning more than ten percent (10%) of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock, to sign lock-up agreements on comparable terms in connection therewith. Any such lock-up agreements signed by Holders shall contain reasonable and customary exceptions, including, without limitation, the right of a Holder to make transfers to certain Affiliates, subject to such Affiliates entering into such lock-up agreement. The Corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Common Stock or other securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of the relevant lock-up period. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “lock-up agreement” refers to an agreement by the undersigned thereto not to effect for a specified period of time any sale or distribution (other than in connection with the public offering for which such lock-up agreement is being requested and other customary exceptions), including, without limitation, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force), of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Corporation or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Corporation, without the prior consent of the managing underwriter. The provisions of this Section 1.5 will not apply to a Holder unless such Holder is a Participating Holder or is otherwise a director, executive officer or a stockholder owning more than ten percent (10%) of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock.

(b) Restrictions on Sale by the Corporation. The Corporation agrees not to effect (except pursuant to registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 or any similar or successor form) any sale or distribution, or to file any Registration Statement covering, any of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities during the period (i) beginning no earlier than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, and up to ninety (90) days after the effective date of the Registration Statement for any Demand Registration, and (ii) with respect to an underwritten “takedown” as described in Section 1.4(c), beginning no earlier than ten (10) days prior to the closing date thereof, and up to ninety (90) days following such closing date, in each case to the extent reasonably requested by the managing underwriter thereto (except for securities being sold by the Corporation for its own account under such Registration Statement).

 

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Section 1.6 Registration Procedures.

(a) Obligations of the Corporation. Whenever registration of Registrable Securities is required pursuant to this Agreement, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof as promptly as practicable, and in connection with any such request, the Corporation shall, as promptly as practicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

(i) Preparation of Registration Statement; Effectiveness. Prepare and file with the SEC (and in any event, with respect to a Demand Registration under Section 1.2, not later than the time permitted under Section 1.2(b)(ii)) a Registration Statement on any form on which the Corporation then qualifies, which counsel for the Corporation shall deem appropriate and pursuant to which such offering may be made in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof (except that the Registration Statement shall contain such information as may reasonably be requested for marketing or other purposes by the managing underwriter, if applicable), and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any registration required hereunder to become effective as soon as practicable (and, in any event, with respect to a Demand Registration under Section 1.2, not later than the time permitted under Section 1.2(b)(iii)) and, with respect to a Demand Registration that is not a Demand Shelf Registration or a Demand Shelf Registration, remain effective for the applicable period specified in Section 1.2(d)(ii) (or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities have been sold in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Registration Statement); provided, however, that, in the case of any Demand Shelf Registration of Registrable Securities which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such three (3)-year period shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the Registration Statement effective to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for sales of such Registrable Securities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, until the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which all such Registrable Securities are sold or (ii) all of such Registrable Securities have become eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by the Holder thereof without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1);

(ii) Participation in Preparation. Upon the reasonable request of any Participating Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any Participating Holder or underwriter (each, an “Agent” and, collectively, the “Agents”), provide the opportunity to participate (including, but not limited to, reviewing, commenting on and attending all meetings) in the preparation of such Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC and each amendment or supplement thereto;

(iii) Due Diligence. For a reasonable period prior to the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, make available for inspection and copying (such copying to be at the Corporation’s expense) by the Agents such financial and other information and books and records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and cause the officers, directors, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Corporation and its subsidiaries to respond to such inquiries and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Agent in connection with such Registration Statement, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment of the Agents, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

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(iv) General Notifications. Promptly notify in writing the Participating Holders, the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor, and the managing underwriter of the securities being sold, if applicable, (A) when such Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) when the SEC notifies the Corporation whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement, (C) of the receipt of any comments (oral or written) by the SEC and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto and (D) of any request by the SEC for any amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or the prospectus or for additional information;

(v) 10b-5 Notification. Promptly notify in writing the Participating Holders, the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor, and the managing underwriter of the securities being sold pursuant to any Registration Statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, any prospectus included in such Registration Statement (or amendment or supplement thereto) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and the Corporation shall promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such prospectus and file it with the SEC (in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days following notice of the occurrence of such event to each Participating Holder, the sales or placement agent and the managing underwriter) so that after delivery of such prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(vi) Notification of Stop Orders; Suspensions of Qualifications and Exemptions. Promptly notify in writing the Participating Holders, the sales or placement agent, if any, therefor, and the managing underwriter of the securities being sold of (A) any stop order issued or threatened to be issued by the SEC or (B) any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and the Corporation agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) prevent the issuance of any such stop order, and in the event of such issuance, to obtain the withdrawal of any such stop order, (y) obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest practicable date and (z) if necessary to satisfy (x) and (y) hereof, the Corporation shall promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such prospectus or Registration Statement and file it with the SEC, and, in connection with any of the foregoing events which has resulted in a suspension of a Participating Holder’s ability to dispose of securities under a Registration Statement, the Corporation shall promptly advise, in writing, any such Participating Holders that the use of the prospectus may be resumed;

(vii) Amendments and Supplements; Acceleration. (A) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, including post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable time period required hereunder and if applicable, file any Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act; (B) cause the related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and (C) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such prospectus as so supplemented;

 

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(viii) Copies. Furnish as promptly as practicable to each Participating Holder and Agent prior to filing a Registration Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto, copies of such Registration Statement, supplement or amendment as it is proposed to be filed, and after such filing such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as each such Participating Holder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder;

(ix) Blue Sky. Use commercially reasonable efforts to, prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities, register or qualify (or seek an exemption from registration or qualifications) such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder or underwriter may request, and to continue such qualification in effect in each such jurisdiction for as long as is permissible pursuant to the laws of such jurisdiction, or for as long as a Participating Holder or underwriter reasonably requests or until all of such Registrable Securities are sold, whichever is shortest, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable any Participating Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to consent to general service of process in any such states or jurisdictions or subject itself to taxation in any such state or jurisdiction, but for this subparagraph;

(x) Other Approvals. Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary upon the advice of counsel of the Corporation or counsel to the Participating Holders to enable the Participating Holders and underwriters to consummate the disposition of Registrable Securities;

(xi) Agreements. Enter into and perform customary agreements (including any underwriting agreements in customary form), and take such other actions as may be reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities;

(xii) “Cold Comfort” Letters. If such registration is in connection with an underwritten offering, obtain “cold comfort” letters, dated the dates of the pricing and the closing under the underwriting agreement and addressed to the underwriters and signed by the Corporation’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing underwriter of such offering may reasonably request;

(xiii) Legal Opinion and 10b-5 Letter. If such registration is in connection with an underwritten offering, furnish, at the request of the managing underwriter of such offering on the date such securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale pursuant to such registration, an opinion and 10b-5 letter, dated such date, of outside or in-house legal counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Holders, and the placement agent or sales agent, if any, thereof and the underwriters, if any, thereof, covering such legal matters with respect to the registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as such underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and 10b-5 letters;

 

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(xiv) SEC Compliance, Earnings Statement. Use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its shareholders, as soon as practicable, but no later than fifteen (15) months after the effective date of any Registration Statement, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months beginning after the effective date of such Registration Statement, in a manner which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder and which requirement will be deemed satisfied if the Corporation timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 10-Q and 10-K and Current Reports on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;

(xv) Certificates, Closing. If such registration is in connection with an underwritten offering, provide officers’ certificates and other customary closing documents as the managing underwriter of such offering may reasonably request;

(xvi) FINRA. Cooperate with each Participating Holder and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and underwriters’ counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA;

(xvii) Road Show. If such registration is in connection with an underwritten offering, cause appropriate officers as are requested by a managing underwriter to participate in an electronic “road show” or similar marketing effort being conducted by such underwriter with respect to an underwritten public offering;

(xviii) Listing. Cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed or quoted on each securities exchange or market system on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are so listed or quoted (or, in the case of the IPO, to become so listed or quoted if requested);

(xix) Transfer Agent, Registrar and CUSIP. Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereto and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case, no later than the effective date of such registration;

(xx) Efforts. Take all other actions necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby;

(xxi) Controlling Person. Permit any Holder of Registrable Securities which Holder, in its sole and exclusive judgment, might be deemed an underwriter or a “controlling person” (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) of the Corporation, to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and to require the insertion therein of language, furnished to the Corporation in writing, which in the reasonable judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included.

(b) Seller Information. The Corporation may require each Participating Holder as to which any registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities is being effected to furnish to the Corporation, such information regarding such Participating Holder and such Participating Holder’s method of disposition of such Registrable Securities as the Corporation may from time to time reasonably request in writing as may be required by law. If a Participating Holder refuses to provide the Corporation with any of such information on the grounds that it is not necessary to include such information in the Registration Statement, the Corporation may exclude such Participating Holder’s Registrable Securities

 

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from the Registration Statement if the Corporation determines, based on the advice of counsel, that such information must be included in the Registration Statement and such Participating Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. The exclusion of a Participating Holder’s Registrable Securities shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement.

(c) Notice to Discontinue. Each Participating Holder whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement agrees that, upon receipt of written notice from the Corporation of the happening of any event of the kind described in Sections 1.2(d)(i), 1.2(d)(ii) and/or 1.6(a)(v) or a notice of a stop order pursuant to Section 1.6(a)(vi), such Participating Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities until such Participating Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Sections 1.2(d)(i), 1.2(d)(ii) and/or 1.6(a)(v) or until it is advised in writing by the Corporation that the use of the prospectus may be resumed and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings which are incorporated by reference into the prospectus, and, if so directed by the Corporation in the case of an event described in Sections 1.2(d)(i), 1.2(d)(ii) and/or 1.6(a)(v) or following a notice of a stop order pursuant to Section 1.6(a)(vi), such Participating Holder shall deliver to the Corporation (at the Corporation’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities which is current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Corporation shall give any such notice, the Corporation shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement is to be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Sections 1.2(d)(i), 1.2(d)(ii) and/or 1.6(a)(v) or the notice of a stop order pursuant to Section 1.6(a)(vi) to and including the date when the Participating Holder shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by, and meeting the requirements of Sections 1.2(d)(i), 1.2(d)(ii) and/or 1.6(a)(v) or notice from the Corporation of the withdrawal of such stop order, as applicable. Each Participating Holder whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement agrees that as of the date that a final prospectus is made available to it for distribution to prospective purchasers of Registrable Securities, it shall cease to distribute copies of any preliminary prospectus prepared in connection with the offer and sale of such Registrable Securities.

Section 1.7 Registration Expenses and Selling Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Corporation. All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered shall be borne by the Participating Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities sold.

Section 1.8 Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Corporation. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement, the Corporation will indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law each Participating Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Participating Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person (collectively, “Corporation Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of investigation and fees, reasonable disbursements and other charges of counsel (subject to Section 1.8(c)), any amounts paid in settlement effected with the Corporation’s consent, and any costs reasonably incurred in enforcing the Corporation’s indemnification obligations hereunder) or other liabilities (collectively, “Losses”) to which any such Corporation Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any other federal, state or foreign law or any rule or regulation promulgated

 

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thereunder, or under any common law or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) are resulting from or arising out of or based upon any untrue, or alleged untrue, statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, including any prospectus or preliminary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, any free writing prospectuses (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing or resulting from or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading and the Corporation will promptly reimburse each such Corporation Indemnified Party for any legal and any other Losses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability, action or investigation or proceeding; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be liable to any Corporation Indemnified Party for any Losses that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission, made in conformity with written information provided by, or on behalf of, such Corporation Indemnified Party expressly for use in any Registration Statement, including any prospectus or preliminary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, any free writing prospectuses (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto) or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing. Such indemnity obligation shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Corporation Indemnified Parties and shall survive the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Corporation Indemnified Parties.

(b) Indemnification by Participating Holders. In connection with any proposed registration in which a Holder is participating pursuant to this Agreement, each such Participating Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, each other Participating Holder, their directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Corporation or any other Participating Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons (collectively, “Holder Indemnified Parties”) to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Corporation to the Participating Holders as set forth in Section 1.8(a) (subject to the exceptions set forth in the foregoing indemnity, the proviso to this sentence and applicable law), but only with respect to any such untrue statement or omission that is contained in the information relating to such Participating Holder furnished in writing to the Corporation by such Participating Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify under this subsection 1.8(b) shall be several, not joint and several, among the Participating Holders, and the total liability of any Participating Holder under this Section 1.8(b) shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds actually received by such Participating Holder in the offering giving rise to such liability. Such indemnity obligation shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holder Indemnified Parties and shall survive the transfer of Registrable Securities by such Participating Holder.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) agrees to give prompt (but in any event within 30 days after such Person has actual knowledge of the facts constituting the basis for indemnification) written notice to the indemnifying party (the “Indemnifying Party”) after the receipt by the Indemnified Party of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which the Indemnified Party intends to claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the failure so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that it may have to the Indemnified Party hereunder unless and to the extent such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. If notice of commencement of any such action is given to the Indemnifying Party as above provided, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it may wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume the defense of such action at its own expense, with counsel chosen by it and reasonably

 

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satisfactory to such Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by the Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay the same, (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and employ counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment, (iii) the Indemnified Party reasonably believes that the joint representation of the Indemnified Party and any other party in such proceeding (including but not limited to the Indemnifying Party) would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct, (iv) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded, based on the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party or (v) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, based upon advice of counsel, a conflict of interest may exist between such Person and the Indemnifying Party with respect to such claims (in which case, if such Person notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person). No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without its written consent. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (A) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. The rights afforded to any Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that such Indemnified Party may have at common law, by separate agreement or otherwise.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.8 from the Indemnifying Party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses referred to herein, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative faults 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 Party’s and Indemnified Party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 1.8(d) shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds actually received by such Holder in the 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 Section 1.8(a), Section 1.8(b) and Section 1.8(c), 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 Section 1.8(d) 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 the immediately preceding paragraph. 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 Section 1.8(d) from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(e) The obligations of the Corporation and Holders under this Section 1.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement under this Article I, and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 1.9 Rule 144 and 144A; Other Exemptions. Following the IPO, if the Corporation has a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act, the Corporation shall take all actions reasonably necessary to enable Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act to the maximum extent permitted by the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force), as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (b) Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any similar rule promulgated by the SEC then in force), as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (c) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the Commission, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, filing on a timely basis all reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act. Upon the written request of any Holder, the Corporation shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

Section 1.10 Certain Limitations On Registration Rights. No Holder may participate in any Registration Statement hereunder involving an underwritten public offering unless such Holder completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, and other documents reasonably required under the terms of the underwriting arrangements made in connection with such Registration Statement and agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting agreement approved by the Holder or Holders entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; provided, however, that no such Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the Corporation or the underwriters in connection with any such registration other than representations and warranties as to (i) such Holder’s ownership of its Registrable Securities to be sold or transferred, (ii) such Holder’s power and authority to effect such transfer and (iii) such matters pertaining to compliance with securities laws or to undertake any indemnification obligations to the Corporation or the underwriters with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided in Section 1.8. Such Holders holding Registrable Securities to be sold by such underwriters may, at their option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of the Corporation to and for the benefit of such underwriters, shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the underwriters under the underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of Holders.

Section 1.11 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. The Corporation represents and warrants that it has not granted registration rights prior to the date hereof that remain in effect. If the Corporation shall at any time hereafter provide to any holder of any securities of the Corporation rights with respect to the registration of such securities under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such rights shall not be in conflict with or adversely affect any of the rights provided to Holders in, or conflict (in a manner that adversely affects Holders) with any other provisions included in, this Agreement.

Section 1.12 Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights of a Holder hereunder may be transferred or assigned in connection with any transfer of Registrable Securities if (i) such transfer is permitted under and accomplished in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws, Stockholders Agreement and applicable securities laws, (ii) the transferee or assignee after giving effect to the transfer, (a) beneficially owns, collectively with its Affiliates, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock or (b) other than solely as a result of holding Common Stock, is an Affiliate of the Corporation, and, in each of (a) or (b), becomes a party to this Agreement as a “Holder” in accordance with Section 1.13 of this Agreement and (iii) the Corporation is given written notice by such Holder of such transfer or

 

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assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned; provided, that the rights and obligations that are assigned shall apply only to the Registrable Securities sold or transferred by a Holder, including any securities issued in respect of such Registrable Securities pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Registrable Securities,” but expressly excluding any other securities of the Corporation acquired by such assignee, including without limitation, pursuant to clause (a) of such definition.

Section 1.13 Parties to Agreement. The parties (collectively, the “Parties”) to this Agreement shall be (i) the Corporation, (ii) each of the undersigned holders of Registrable Securities, and (iii) any Person who is a permitted transferee of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.12 hereof that (A) provides written notice of its election to become party to this Agreement to the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof within fifteen (15) days after the date of any transfer pursuant to Section 1.12, and (B) in connection therewith promptly executes and returns to the Corporation a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. The Corporation shall furnish, without charge, to each Person referred to in the immediately preceding sentence a copy of this Agreement upon written request to the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.

Section 1.14 Number of Registrable Securities Outstanding. In order to determine the number of Registrable Securities outstanding at any time, upon the written request of the Corporation to Holders, each Holder shall promptly inform the Corporation of the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder owns and that the Corporation may conclusively rely upon any certificate provided under this Agreement for the purpose of determining the number of such Registrable Securities.

Section 1.15 Alternative IPO Entities. In the event that the Corporation elects to effect an underwritten registered offering of equity securities of any subsidiary or parent of the Corporation (collectively, “Alternative IPO Entities”) rather than the equity securities of the Corporation, whether as a result of a reorganization of the Corporation or otherwise, the Parties shall cause the Alternative IPO Entity to enter into an agreement with the Parties that provides the Parties with registration rights with respect to equity securities of the Alternative IPO Entity that such Parties beneficially own that are substantially the same as, and in any event no less favorable in the aggregate to, the registration rights provided to the Parties in this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 2.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws, Stockholders Agreement, and any certificates, documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

Section 2.2 Assignment; Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries. No party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, remedies, liabilities, or obligations hereunder (i) without the prior written approval of the other parties or (ii) except in accordance with the express provisions of this Agreement. All of the terms, agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, and conditions of this Agreement are binding upon, and inure to the benefit of and are enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the parties hereto, and their successors and permitted assigns, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 2.3 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications provided for or permitted to be given under this Agreement must be in writing and be given by personal delivery, by certified or registered United States mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), by a nationally-recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or by e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission), as follows (or to such other address as any party may give in a notice given in accordance with the provisions hereof):

If to any Holder, at its last known address appearing on the books of the Corporation maintained for such purpose.

If to the Corporation, at

WeWork Inc.

71 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10003

E-mail: [***]

Attention: Pamela Swidler, Chief Legal Officer

All notices, requests or other communications will be effective and deemed given only as follows: (i) if given by personal delivery, upon such personal delivery, (ii) if sent by certified or registered mail, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after being deposited in the United States mail, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by overnight delivery service, on the date of delivery as confirmed by written confirmation of delivery, and (iv) if sent by e-mail, upon the transmitter’s confirmation, except that if such confirmation as required by (i) through (iv) above is received after 5:00 p.m. (in the recipient’s time zone) on a Business Day, or is received on a day that is not a Business Day, then such notice, request or communication will not be deemed effective or given until the next succeeding Business Day. Notices, requests, and other communications sent in any other manner will not be effective.

If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York or the jurisdiction in which the Corporation’s principal office is located, the time period shall automatically be extended to the Business Day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Section 2.4 Specific Performance; Remedies. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other parties would be damaged irreparably if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and the Corporation agrees that it shall not oppose any such demand for specific performance on the basis that monetary damages are available. Accordingly, the Parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and its provisions in any action or proceeding instituted in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or in equity. Except as expressly provided herein, the rights, obligations and remedies created by this Agreement are cumulative and in addition to any other rights, obligations or remedies otherwise available at law or in equity. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing herein will be considered an election of remedies.

Section 2.5 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or if the Court

 

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of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware and the appellate court(s) therefrom), and each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such, action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

(b) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE SUCH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL OF ANY DISPUTE BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING HERETO OR ANY DEALINGS AMONG THEM RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, SUITS AND PROCEEDINGS THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY REPRESENTS THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN THIS SECTION 2.5(b).

Section 2.6 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law principles.

Section 2.7 Headings. The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Section 2.8 Amendments; Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Corporation and Holders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities held by all Holders; provided, that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party; and provided, further, that the Corporation may from time to time add additional Holders as parties to this Agreement through the execution of, in each case, a counterpart signature page to this Agreement, pursuant to Section 1.13, without the consent of the other parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(a) this Agreement may not be amended, modified, or terminated and the observance of any term hereunder may not be waived with respect to any Holder without the written consent of such Holder, if such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver would materially, adversely, and disproportionately affect the rights of such Holder as compared to the other Holders generally under this Agreement;

 

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(b) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereunder may not be waived with respect to any group of Holders without the written consent of a majority-in-interest of such group of Holders, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would materially, adversely and disproportionately affect the rights of such group of Holders as compared to the other Holders or other group of Holders generally under this Agreement;

(c) during such time or times as the AHG Director is then seated, the provisions of Section 1.2 and Section 1.3 may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term thereunder may not be waived with respect to any of the Holders who are also AHG Stockholders (“AHG Holders”) without the written consent of the AHG Director, if such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would adversely affect the rights of the AHG Holders thereunder; and

(d) in the case of any amendment, modification or waiver of any warranty, covenant, obligation or other provision of this Agreement relating only to a particular Registration Statement which has been filed with the SEC, only the written consent of Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders relating to that Registration Statement will be required.

The Corporation shall give prompt notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver, solely to the extent such amendment, modification, or termination is applicable with respect to such party. Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 2.8 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto.

No waiver by any party of any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, may be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising because of any such prior or subsequent occurrence. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right or remedy.

Section 2.9 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof; provided, that if any provision of this Agreement, as applied to any party or to any circumstance, is judicially determined not to be enforceable in accordance with its terms, the Parties agree that the court judicially making such determination may modify the provision in a manner consistent with its objectives such that it is enforceable, and/or to delete specific words or phrases, and in its modified form, such provision will then be enforceable and will be enforced.

Section 2.10 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other parties.

Section 2.11 Construction. This Agreement has been freely and fairly negotiated among the Parties. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Any reference to any law will be deemed to refer to such law as in effect on the date hereof and all rules and regulations

 

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promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by “without limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine, and neuter genders will be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form will be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The Parties intend that each representation, warranty, and covenant contained herein will have independent significance. If any party has breached any covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the party has not breached will not detract from or mitigate the fact that the party is in breach of the first covenant.

Section 2.12 Termination of Registration Rights. This Agreement, including, without limitation, the Corporation’s obligations under Sections 1.2 and 1.3 hereof to register Registrable Securities for sale under the Securities Act shall terminate (i) with respect to any Holder, at such time as such Holder has no Registrable Securities and (ii) in full and be of no further effect at such time as there are no Registrable Securities held by any Holders. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.12, the Parties’ rights and obligations under Sections 1.7 and 1.8 and Article II hereof shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 2.13 Aggregation of Registrable Securities. All Registrable Securities owned or acquired by any Holder or its Affiliated entities or persons (assuming full conversion, exchange and exercise of all convertible, exchangeable and exercisable securities into Registrable Securities) shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any right under this Agreement.

Section 2.14 No Registration Rights Until IPO Following Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and for the avoidance of doubt, no Holder shall have any registration rights pursuant to Article I until following the completion of an IPO and in the case of a Demand Registration no Holder will be able to send a Demand Notice until the date that is the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the completion of an IPO and (ii) the expiration of any lock-up agreement with the underwriters in such IPO, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CORPORATION:     WeWork Inc.
      By:   /s/ Pamela Swidler
      Name:  

Pamela Swidler

      Title:  

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

 

[Registration Rights Agreement]


 

[Holder Signature Pages Intentionally Excluded]

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 11, 2024

among

WW SPV Borrower I LLC and WW SPV Borrower II LLC,

as Borrowers,

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents

SOFTBANK VISION FUND II-2 L.P.,

as Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent

ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC,

as Junior TLC Collateral Agent,

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Issuing Banks and LC Collateral Agents,

SOFTBANK VISION FUND II-2 L.P.,

as Junior TLC Facility Lender,

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Structuring Agents, Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

SECTION 1.

  DEFINITIONS      2  

1.1

  Defined Terms      2  

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      35  

1.3

  Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents      36  

1.4

  Divisions      37  

1.5

  Letter of Credit Amount      37  

SECTION 2.

  TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS      37  

2.1

  The Commitments and Loans      37  

2.2

  Voluntary Prepayment of Term Loans or Termination or Reduction of Issuing Commitments      38  

2.3

  Termination or Mandatory Reduction of Commitments and Payment of Obligations; Junior TLC Obligations Limited Recourse      39  

2.4

  Cash Collateral for the Senior LC Facility      41  

2.5

  Interest Rates, Fees, Payment Dates      45  

2.6

  Computation of Interest and Fees; Interest Elections      46  

2.7

  Alternate Rate of Interest      46  

2.8

  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments      47  

2.9

  Requirements of Law      48  

2.10

  Taxes      49  

2.11

  Change of Lending Office      54  

2.12

  Replacement of Issuing Banks      54  

2.13

  Defaulting Issuing Banks      54  

2.14

  WeWork TLC Equity Interest Transfer Procedures      55  

2.15

  Extensions of the Commitment Period      55  

SECTION 3.

  LETTERS OF CREDIT      56  

3.1

  Issuing Commitment      56  

3.2

  Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit      57  

3.3

  Fees and Other Charges      57  

3.4

  [Reserved]      58  

3.5

  Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower      58  

3.6

  Obligations Absolute      59  

3.7

  Letter of Credit Payments      59  

3.8

  Applications      60  

SECTION 4.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      60  

4.1

  [Reserved]      60  

4.2

  No Change      60  

4.3

  Existence; Compliance with Law      60  

4.4

  Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations      60  

4.5

  No Legal Bar      61  

4.6

  Litigation      61  

4.7

  No Default      61  

4.8

  Ownership of Property; Liens      61  

4.9

  [Reserved]      61  

4.10

  Taxes      61  

 

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4.11

  Federal Regulations      61  

4.12

  Labor Matters      62  

4.13

  ERISA      62  

4.14

  Investment Company Act      62  

4.15

  Subsidiaries      62  

4.16

  Use of Proceeds      62  

4.17

  Environmental Matters      62  

4.18

  Accuracy of Information, etc.      63  

4.19

  Security Documents      63  

4.20

  [Reserved]      63  

4.21

  Other Contracts      63  

4.22

  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      63  

4.23

  EEA Financial Institutions      64  

4.24

  Sole Purpose      64  

4.25

  Borrower LLC Agreement in Effect      64  

4.26

  Indebtedness      64  

4.27

  Tradenames      64  

4.28

  Solvency      64  

SECTION 5.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      64  

5.1

  Conditions to Closing Date      64  

5.2

  Conditions to Each Extension of Credit      67  

SECTION 6.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      68  

6.1

  [Reserved]      68  

6.2

  Certificates; Other Information      68  

6.3

  Payment of Taxes      68  

6.4

  Maintenance of Existence; Compliance      68  

6.5

  Maintenance of Property; Insurance      69  

6.6

  Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions      69  

6.7

  Notices      69  

6.8

  Environmental Laws      70  

6.9

  [Reserved]      70  

6.10

  [Reserved]      70  

6.11

  Certain Post-Closing Obligations      70  

6.12

  [Reserved]      71  

6.13

  Organizational Procedures and Scope of Business      71  

6.14

  Special Purpose Entity Requirements      71  

6.15

  Compliance with Legal Opinions      72  

6.16

  Satisfaction of Obligations      72  

6.17

  Disregarded Entity      72  

6.18

  Junior TLC Treatment Certificate      72  

6.19

  Intended Tax Treatment      73  

SECTION 7.

  NEGATIVE COVENANTS      74  

7.1

  Liens      74  

7.2

  Indebtedness      74  

7.3

  Disposition of Assets      74  

7.4

  Restricted Payments      74  

7.5

  Investments      74  

7.6

  Use of Proceeds      74  

 

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7.7

  [Reserved]      74  

7.8

  Jurisdiction      74  

7.9

  Special Purpose Entity Requirements      74  

7.10

  Requirements for Material Actions      75  

7.11

  Organizational Documents      75  

7.12

  Merger, Acquisitions, Sales, etc.      75  

7.13

  Limited Assets      75  

SECTION 8.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT      75  

8.1

  Events of Default      75  

8.2

  Priority of Payments with Respect to the Collateral      78  

SECTION 9.

  THE AGENTS      78  

9.1

  Appointment      78  

9.2

  Delegation of Duties      79  

9.3

  Exculpatory Provisions      79  

9.4

  Reliance by the Applicable Agent      80  

9.5

  Notice of Default      80  

9.6

  Non-Reliance on Applicable Agents and Other Issuing Banks      80  

9.7

  Indemnification      81  

9.8

  Applicable Agent in Its Individual Capacity      81  

9.9

  Successor Agents      82  

9.10

  Structuring Agents, Arrangers and Bookrunners      82  

9.11

  Erroneous Payments      82  

9.12

  Actions and Matters Relating to the Collateral      85  

9.13

  Rights, Obligations and Protections of the Controlling Collateral Agent and the Controlling Administrative Agent      87  

9.14

  Junior TLC Collateral Agent      90  

SECTION 10.

  MISCELLANEOUS      90  

10.1

  Amendments and Waivers      90  

10.2

  Notices      91  

10.3

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      94  

10.4

  Survival of Representations and Warranties      94  

10.5

  Payment of Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability      94  

10.6

  Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments      97  

10.7

  Adjustments; Set-off      100  

10.8

  Counterparts; Electronic Execution      100  

10.9

  Severability      101  

10.10

  Integration      101  

10.11

  GOVERNING LAW      101  

10.12

  Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers      101  

10.13

  Acknowledgements      102  

10.14

  Releases of Guarantees and Liens      102  

10.15

  [Reserved]      104  

10.16

  Confidentiality      104  

10.17

  WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL      104  

10.18

  Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation      105  

10.19

  Usury Savings Clause      105  

10.20

  Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      105  

10.21

  [Reserved]      106  

10.22

  Deemed Assignment      106  

10.23

  Judgment Currency      106  

10.24

  Non-Petition      106  

 

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SCHEDULES:   
1.1A    Existing Letters of Credit
1.1B    Prepetition Letters of Credit
1.1C    Security Documents
1.1D    Permitted Investors
4.6    Litigation
6.11    Post-Closing Obligations
EXHIBITS:   
A    Form of Compliance Certificate
B-1    Form of Senior LC Tranche Assignment and Assumption
B-2    Form of JPM Senior LC Tranche Assignment and Assumption
C-1 to C-4    Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
D-1    Form of Solvency Certificate for Junior TLC Facility Lender
D-2    Form of Solvency Certificate for the Credit Parties
E    Form of Security Agreement
F-1    Form of Senior LC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty
F-2    Form of Junior TLC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty
G-1    Form of Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation Request
G-2    Form of Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation Request
H    Form of Deficiency Notice
I    Form of Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement
J    [Reserved]
K-1    Form of Senior LC Facility Limited Guaranty
K-2    Form of Junior TLC Facility Limited Guaranty

 

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SENIOR SECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 11, 2024, among WW SPV Borrower I LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company registered with registered number 6999 (the “GS LC Borrower”), WW SPV BORROWER II LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company registered with registered number 7001 (the “JPM LC Borrower”, together with the GS LC Borrower, the “Senior LC Facility Borrowers”), GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK (“Goldman Sachs”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), each as Issuing Banks (in such capacity, each as an “Issuing Bank” and collectively, the “Issuing Banks”), SOFTBANK VISION FUND II-2 L.P., a limited partnership established in Jersey with registration number 2995, whose registered office is at 47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 0BD (the “Partnership”) acting by the Manager (as defined below) (the Partnership, acting by the Manager or the Jersey General Partner (as defined below) in its capacity as general partner, as the case may be, the “Junior TLC Facility Lender”), GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., each as a senior LC facility administrative agent, GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., each as an LC collateral agent, SOFTBANK VISION FUND II-2 L.P., as the junior TLC facility administrative agent (the “Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent”), SVF II GP (Jersey) Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Jersey with registration number 129289, whose registered office is at 47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 0BD in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership and in its own corporate capacity (the “Jersey General Partner”) and SB Global Advisers Limited, an England and Wales limited company with registered number 13552691, whose registered office is at 69 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3JP, United Kingdom in its capacity as manager of the Partnership (the “Manager”), WW SPV Blocker LLC, a limited liability company formed and registered in the Cayman Islands (the “Blocker”) and ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC (“Acquiom”), as the junior TLC collateral agent (the “Junior TLC Collateral Agent”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

WHEREAS, WeWork Companies U.S. LLC and certain of its subsidiaries and certain parent companies on November 6, 2023 (the “Petition Date”) commenced voluntary cases (the “WeWork Chapter 11 Cases”) under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”), Case No. 23-19865 (JKS), and the Credit Parties (as defined under the DIP Credit Agreement) continued to operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession from the Petition Date until the date hereof pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;

WHEREAS, WeWork Companies U.S. LLC is party to that certain Senior Secured Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, by and among WeWork Companies U.S. LLC, Goldman Sachs International Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as issuing banks, SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P., as the junior TLC lender and Goldman Sachs International Bank as the senior LC facility administrative agent, shared collateral agent and an additional collateral agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as additional collateral agent and SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. as the junior TLC facility administrative agent (the “DIP Credit Agreement”).

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2024, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Disclosure Statement on a final basis and confirming the Reorganization Plan (as defined below) on May 30, 2024 at Docket No. 2060, in the Chapter 11 Cases, which order, inter alia, authorized and approved WeWork and its debtor affiliates to enter into and performance under this Agreement (the “Confirmation Order”).

 

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WHEREAS, in connection with the Confirmation Order and the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit, the Junior TLC Facility Lender contributed its rights under the DIP Credit Agreement in exchange for the Junior TLC Facility Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender entering into this Agreement providing for a senior secured limited recourse first priority “last out” term loan C facility;

WHEREAS, each Junior TLC Facility Borrower has asked the Junior TLC Facility Lender to provide and the Junior TLC Facility Lender has agreed to provide a senior secured limited recourse first priority “last out” term loan C facility, in an aggregate principal amount equal to $441,613,746.22, the proceeds of which will be used to provide cash collateral to support the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations;

WHEREAS, the GS LC Borrower has asked Goldman Sachs, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank, to provide and Goldman Sachs has agreed, severally and not jointly, to provide a portion of a senior secured first priority cash collateralized “first out” letter of credit facility for the purpose of issuing, amending, extending or renewing certain letters of credit for the GS LC Borrower, in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount equal to $264,783,483.17 at any time outstanding for Goldman Sachs in its capacity as an Issuing Bank;

WHEREAS, the JPM LC Borrower has asked JPMorgan, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank, to provide and JPMorgan has agreed, severally and not jointly, to provide a portion of a senior secured first priority cash collateralized “first out” letter of credit facility for the purpose of issuing, amending, extending or renewing certain letters of credit for the JPM LC Borrower, in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount equal to $185,216,516.83 at any time outstanding for JPMorgan in its capacity as an Issuing Bank;

WHEREAS, all of the Borrowers’ Obligations under the Senior LC Facility are to be guaranteed on a limited recourse basis by the Blocker pursuant to the Senior LC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty; and

WHEREAS, all of the Borrowers’ Obligations under the Junior TLC Facility are to be guaranteed on a limited recourse basis by the Blocker pursuant to the Junior TLC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

ABR”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 12 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) with an interest period of one (1) month plus 1.0%. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, then the ABR shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the ABR shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Accounting Changes”: as defined in the definition of “GAAP”.

Acquiom”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Adjusted Term SOFR Rate”: the higher of (a) Term SOFR Rate and (b) the Floor.

Adyen”: Adyen NV, Simon Carmiggel Tsraat 6-50, 5th Floor, 1011 DJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Adyen Base”: at any time, the amount of LC Cash Collateral attributable to then-outstanding face amount of the Adyen LC.

Adyen Burndown”: Burndown Amounts attributable to the Adyen LC.

Adyen LC”: collectively, the Letters of Credit consisting of (i) that certain amended standby letter of credit with the number 40000427 issued on March 6, 2024, by Goldman Sachs International Bank for the benefit of Adyen, (ii) that certain standby letter of credit with the number EGBLNS007923-EGS00792300 issued on March 25, 2024, by JPMorgan, for the benefit of Adyen, which as of the Closing Date, have an aggregate face amount of $25.0 million and (iii) any Letters of Credit issued pursuant hereto in replacement of the foregoing.

Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, it is understood and agreed that neither the Partnership nor the Junior TLC Facility Lender (or any of their respective affiliates (other than, to the extent deemed an Affiliate, the Credit Parties)) shall constitute an “Affiliate” of the Credit Parties for purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Agency Fee Letter”: the agency fee letter, dated as of June 11, 2024, between Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and the Borrowers.

Agent Indemnitee”: as defined in Section 9.7(a).

Agents”: the collective reference to each Applicable Agent and any other agent identified on the cover page of this Agreement.

Aggregate Draws”: the Dollar Equivalent aggregate principal amount of drawings on the Letters of Credit and Prepetition Letters of Credit reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral since the Closing Date.

Agreement”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Agreement Currency”: Dollars.

Alternative Currency”: Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Singapore Dollars, Australian Dollars and such other freely tradable currencies (other than Dollars) as the Borrower, the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Lender may each agree in its sole discretion in accordance with Section 3.1; provided that the availability of Letters of Credit under any new Alternative Currency shall be subject to the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement.

Ancillary Document”: as defined in Section 10.8(a).

 

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Anti-Corruption Laws”: all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction that may be applicable to the Borrowers or their Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to money-laundering bribery or corruption.

Applicable Administrative Agent”: refers to any or all of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and/or the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, in each case as the context may require.

Applicable Agent”: refers to any or all of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and/or either or both of the LC Collateral Agents, in each case as the context may require; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all Agents shall be entitled to the rights, protections, exculpations and other benefits afforded to the Applicable Agents pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.

Applicable Commitments”: refers to either the Issuing Commitments or the Junior TLC Facility Commitments, as the context may require.

Applicable Facility”: refers to either the Senior LC Facility or the Junior TLC Facility, as the context requires.

Applicable Required Creditor Parties”: refers to, with respect to the Senior LC Facility, each of the Issuing Banks, and with respect to the Junior TLC Facility, the Junior TLC Facility Lender, as the context may require.

Applicable Valuation”: refers to, when Aggregate Draws (other than in respect of the Adyen LC), (A) are less than $74,371,204, (i) for drawn amounts with respect to Prepetition Letters of Credit, a conversion price of $692.51 per share and (ii) for drawn amounts in respect of Letters of Credit, a conversion price of $318.76 per share and (B) are greater than or equal to $74,371,204, (i) prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, a conversion price of $20.00 per share, (ii) on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, a conversion price of $18.00 per share, (iii) on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, a conversion price of $16.00 and (iv) on or after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, a conversion price of $15.00 per share.

Application”: an application, in such form as any Issuing Bank may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit.

Approved Currency”: Dollars and each Alternative Currency.

Arranger”: the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners identified on the cover page of this Agreement.

Article 55 BRRD”: Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.

Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or B-2.

Australian Dollars”: freely transferable lawful money of Australia.

 

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Available Tenor”: as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.

Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers.

Bail-In Legislation”:

(a) in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time;

(b) in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-In Legislation; and

(c) in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation.

Bankruptcy Code”: Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Court”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Bankruptcy Event”: with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, liquidator, provisional liquidator, restructuring officer, interim restructuring officer, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization, restructuring, liquidation or provisional liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good-faith determination of the Applicable Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof; provided further that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Bankruptcy Proceeding”: any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Bankruptcy Event.

Base Letter of Credit Fee”: as defined in Section 3.3(a).

Benchmark”: initially, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.7, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.

 

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Benchmark Replacement”: for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent:

(1) Daily Simple SOFR;

(2) the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time;

provided that if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”: with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the applicability and length of lookback periods, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Applicable Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Applicable Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Applicable Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Applicable Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).

Benchmark Transition Event”: with respect to any then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, announcing or stating that (a) such administrator has ceased or will cease on a specified date to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark or (b) all Available Tenors of such Benchmark are or will no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation”: as defined in Section 10.18.

Blocker”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Blocker Certificate of Registration”: the Certificate of Registration of the Blocker, dated May 31, 2024, issued by the Registrar of Limited Liability Companies in the Cayman Islands.

 

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Blocker Constituent Documents”: the Blocker LLC Statements, the Blocker Certificate of Registration and the Blocker LLC Agreement.

Blocker LLC Agreement”: the limited liability company agreement of the Blocker, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Blocker LLC Statements”: the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 5(1) of the LLC Act, any certificate of amendment to such registration statement filed pursuant to Section 8 of the LLC Act of the Blocker and the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 5(1) of the LLC Act.

Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrower” or “Borrowers”: each, either or both Senior LC Facility Borrowers and/or the Junior TLC Facility Borrowers, as the context may require. Uses of term “Borrower” shall be deemed to mean “the Borrowers”, “each Borrower” and “any Borrower” under the Facilities or the Senior LC Facility (or the applicable tranche thereunder) and/or the Junior TLC Facility, in each case, as the context may require.

Borrower Certificate of Registration”: each, either or both, the Certificate of Registration of the GS LC Borrower, dated May 31, 2024, issued by the Registrar of Limited Liability Companies in the Cayman Islands and/or the JPM LC Borrower, dated May 31, 2024, as issued by the Registrar of Limited Liability Companies in the Cayman Islands, as the context may require.

Borrower Constituent Documents”: the Borrower Certificate of Registration, Borrower LLC Statements and the Borrower LLC Agreement.

Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation”: as defined in Section 2.4(b).

Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release”: as defined in Section 2.4(f).

Borrower LLC Agreement”: each, either or both of the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of the GS LC Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and/or the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of the JPM LC Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, as the context may require.

Borrower LLC Statements”: the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 5(1) of the LLC Act, any certificate of amendment to such registration statement filed pursuant to Section 8 of the LLC Act of the GS LC Borrower and the registration statement filed pursuant to Section 5(1) of the LLC Act, any certificate of amendment to such registration statement filed pursuant to Section 8 of the LLC Act of the JPM LC Borrower, as the context may require.

Burndown Amount”: as defined in Section 6.18(a).

Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or London are authorized or required by law to close.

Canadian Dollars”: freely transferable lawful money of Canada.

 

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Cash Equivalents”:

(a) Dollars;

(b) Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Euros, any national currency of any Participating Member State of the EMU, Swiss Franc and any other currency held in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(c) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within two (2) years from the date of acquisition;

(d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Issuing Bank or any domestic or foreign commercial bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

(e) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-2 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition;

(f) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (c), (d) and (i) of this definition entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above;

(g) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition, which (or the unsecured unsubordinated debt securities of the issuer of which) is rated at least A-1 or A-2 by S&P or A3 or P-2 by Moody’s;

(h) securities with maturities of twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Issuing Bank or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition;

(i) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch Ratings (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with maturities of twenty-four (24) months or less from the date of acquisition;

(j) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch Ratings (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with maturities of twenty-four (24) months or less from the date of acquisition;

(k) money market mutual or similar funds at least 90% of the assets of which consist of assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (j) of this definition; or

 

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(l) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AA- or better by S&P and Aa3 or better by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

Change of Control”: (i) the Blocker ceases to be 100% owned, directly or indirectly by WeWork, or (ii) any Borrower cease to be 100% directly owned by the Blocker.

Chapter 11 Cases”: the WeWork Chapter 11 Cases and any adversary proceedings pending before or filed with the Bankruptcy Court in which any Credit Party or WeWork Group Member is named as a party.

Closing Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.1, which shall be June 11, 2024.

CME Term SOFR Administrator”: CME Group Benchmark Administration, Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).

Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collateral”: collectively, the LC Collateral and the Junior TLC Facility Collateral.

Collateral Agents”: the LC Collateral Agents and/or the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, as the context may require.

Commitment Fee Rate”: 0.30% per annum, provided that after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Commitment Fee Rate shall increase to a rate of 2.30% per annum for the period starting on the date of occurrence of such Event of Default until and through the date such Event of Default is waived or terminated pursuant to the terms hereunder.

Commitment Period”: in the case of the Senior LC Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Senior LC Facility Termination Date.

Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Confirmation Order”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Constituent Documents”: with respect to (A) any Borrower, the applicable Borrower Constituent Documents and (B) Blocker, the Blocker Constituent Documents.

Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

Controlling Administrative Agent”: with respect to (A) the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, and (B) any LC Collateral, (x) until the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, each LC Collateral Agent with respect to all LC Collateral pledged to such LC Collateral Agent for the benefit of such LC Collateral Agent’s capacity as an Issuing Bank (or any affiliate or branch thereof) and (y) thereafter, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent.

 

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Controlling Collateral Agent”: with respect to (A) any LC Collateral, each LC Collateral Agent with respect to all LC Collateral pledged to such LC Collateral Agent for the benefit of such LC Collateral Agent’s capacity as an Issuing Bank (or any affiliate or branch thereof); provided that after giving effect to the Deemed Assignment, each LC Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such assigned interests as collateral agent for the benefit of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties and (B) with respect to any Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent.

Controlling Secured Party”: with respect to any Collateral, the Secured Parties whose Applicable Agent is the Controlling Administrative Agent for such Collateral.

Credit Documents”: this Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Guaranty Agreements, the Security Documents and each Extension Amendment.

Credit Exposure”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum, at such time, of (a) LC Exposure plus (b) any unpaid fees and expenses under any Letter of Credit that have not been fully reimbursed to the applicable Issuing Bank, plus (c) estimated fees and expenses projected to accrue on all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank through to the anticipated expiration dates of such Letters of Credit, plus (d) in the case of the LC Cash Collateral Accounts denominated in Dollars for each Issuing Bank, the estimated agency fees payable to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and other anticipated and applicable reimbursable, out of pocket expenses pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and Indemnified Liabilities of the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, including, for the avoidance of doubt, a reasonable reserve for documented legal fees of outside counsel for the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank, taken as a whole.

Credit Party”: each Borrower and the Blocker.

Credited Interest”: for any period ended, all accrued interest in respect of the LC Cash Collateral during such period.

Creditor Party”: the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents, the Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and, for the purposes of Section 10.13 only, any other Agent and the Arrangers.

Cupar”: Cupar Grimmond, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Cushion”: means the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount on any date of determination of LC Cash Collateral in all LC Cash Collateral Accounts representing amounts other than collateralization of face amounts of Letters of Credit or interest that has accrued on amounts on deposit or held to the account of LC Cash Collateral Accounts, which amounts are generally held as LC Cash Collateral to secure payment of Credit Exposure not constituting LC Exposure.

Daily Simple SOFR”: for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Applicable Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided that if the Applicable Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Applicable Administrative Agent, then the Applicable Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Debtor Relief Laws”: means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Deemed Assignment”: as defined in Section 10.22.

Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Defaulting Issuing Bank”: any Issuing Bank that (a) has failed to promptly and in any case no earlier than three (3) Business Days of the date requested to issue, amend, renew, or extend any Letters of Credit unless such Issuing Bank notifies the Applicable Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Issuing Banks in writing that such failure is the result of such Issuing Bank’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to issuing (each of which conditions precedent, taken together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event, or (c) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action. Any determination by the Applicable Administrative Agent that an Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Issuing Bank under clauses (a) through (c) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Issuing Bank upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Issuing Bank.

Deficiency Notice”: as defined in Section 2.4(d).

Deposit Account”: as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code or such other account acceptable to the Borrowers and the applicable LC Collateral Agent; provided that each Deposit Account shall be an interest bearing account.

Deposit Account Control Agreement”: an agreement, in form and substance that is reasonably satisfactory to the Controlling Administrative Agent establishing the applicable Collateral Agent’s exclusive Control (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) of such Deposit Account.

DIP Credit Agreement”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Disclosure Statement”: the Third Amended Disclosure Statement Relating to the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and its debtor subsidiaries filed in the Chapter 11 Cases at Docket No. 1818, the adequacy of which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order.

Dollar Equivalent”: for any amount, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with the Alternative Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent) by the applicable Thomson Reuters Corp., Refinitiv, or any successor thereto (“Reuters”) source on the Business Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with the Alternative Currency, as provided by such other publicly available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent

 

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of such amount in Dollars as determined by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

Drawn Base”: as defined in Section 6.18(a).

EEA Financial Institution”: (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country”: any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority”: any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Electronic Signature”: an electronic symbol attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

EMU”: the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.

Environmental Laws”: any and all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees and enforceable requirements of any Governmental Authority or Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, governing or imposing liability for protection of human health or the environment.

Environmental Permits”: as defined in Section 6.7(a).

Equity Interests”: shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest; provided that Equity Interests shall not include any debt securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for any combination of Equity Interests and/or cash.

ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate”: (a) any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with a Credit Party within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA; (b) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which a Credit Party is a member; (c) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which a Credit Party is a member; and (d) solely for purposes of Section 412 of the Code, with respect to any Credit Party, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which that Credit Party, any corporation described in clause (b) above or any trade or business described in clause (c) above is a member.

 

 

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ERISA Event”: (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA; (c) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (e) the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (f) the receipt by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Sections 431 or 432 of the Code; (h) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (i) the receipt by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Sections 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 304 or 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA) or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA or that the PBGC has issued a partition order under Section 4233 of ERISA with respect to the Multiemployer Plan; (j) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (k) the withdrawal by any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (l) the imposition of liability on any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; or (m) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

Erroneous Payment”: as defined in Section 9.11(a).

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”: as defined in Section 9.11(d).

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”: as defined in Section 9.11(d).

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule”: the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), from time to time.

Euros”: the single currency of the Participating Member States.

 

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Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Excess Alternative Currency Cash Collateral” as defined in Section 2.4(c).

Excess WeWork TLC Equity Interests”: at any date of determination, the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests corresponding to the WeWork TLC Equity Interests then on the books and records of the Transfer Agent in excess of the then-current Maximum WeWork Equity Interest Amount.

Excluded Taxes”: any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Creditor Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Creditor Party: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Creditor Party being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office in, or otherwise doing business in, or otherwise being resident for tax purposes or taxable in, or, in the case of any Creditor Party, having its applicable lending office or other branch or permanent establishment located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Creditor Party, any U.S. federal withholding or backup withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Creditor Party with respect to an applicable interest in an Issuing Commitment (or otherwise in any Credit Document) pursuant to law in effect as of the date on which (i) such Creditor Party acquires such interest in the Issuing Commitment (or otherwise becomes a party to this Agreement) (in either case, other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.12) or (ii) such Creditor Party changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.10, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Creditor Party’s assignor immediately before such Creditor Party acquired the applicable interest in an Issuing Commitment (or otherwise becomes a party to this Agreement) or to such Creditor Party immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Creditor Party’s failure to comply with Section 2.10(f), (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA or similar Requirement of Law, and (e) all liabilities, penalties and interest with respect to any of the foregoing.

Existing Letters of Credit”: those certain letters of credit set forth on Schedule 1.1A which shall be, as of the Closing Date, deemed to be issued under this Agreement.

Extending Issuing Bank”: as defined in Section 2.15

Extended Issuing Commitment”: as defined in Section 2.15.

Extended Letter of Credit”: as defined in Section 2.15.

Extension”: as defined in Section 2.15.

Extension Amendment”: as defined in Section 2.15.

Facilities”: the Senior LC Facility and the Junior TLC Facility.

FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version, in each case that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, promulgation, guidance, notes or practices adopted or entered into in connection with any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

 

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Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by Goldman Sachs International Bank from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Fee Letters”: the Agency Fee Letter and the Junior TLC Facility Fee Letter.

Fee Payment Date”: (a) the later of (x) the last day of each March, June, September and December and (y) two (2) Business Days after the receipt by the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrower of the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent’s and applicable Issuing Bank’s invoice for fees and interest payable in respect of the period ended the last day of each March, June, September and December (or if such invoice is revised after delivery, the date such revised invoice is received by the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrower), in each case, until the later of the date of expiration or termination of each Letter of Credit and (b) the Senior LC Facility Termination Date.

Floor”: 0.00%.

Foreign Benefit Arrangement”: any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party.

Foreign Plan”: each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party.

Foreign Plan Event”: with respect to any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan, (a) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan; (b) the failure to register or loss of good standing with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan required to be registered; (c) the failure of any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan to comply with any material provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the material terms of such Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan or (d) the incurrence of liability in connection with the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Benefit Arrangement or Foreign Plan.

Funding Office”: the office of the Applicable Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Applicable Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Banks.

GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then if so requested by the Borrower or the Issuing Banks, the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Applicable Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, all standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred.

 

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Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

Goldman Sachs”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) and any supranational bodies such as the European Central Bank and the European Union.

GS Additional Issuing Commitment”: $56,888,526.53 as of the Closing Date; provided that the GS Additional Issuing Commitment shall automatically reduce to zero on the date that is three Business Days after the date that the aggregate principal amount of draws on Letters of Credit issued by Goldman Sachs equals at least $56,888,526.53, so long as immediately after giving effect to such automatic reduction, the LC Exposure under the Senior GS LC Tranche would not exceed the GS Base Issuing Commitment (such reduction, the “Initial GS Issuing Commitment Reduction”).

GS Base Issuing Commitment”: $207,894,956.64 as of the Closing Date.

GS LC Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Guaranty Agreements”: the Senior LC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty, the WeWork Limited Guaranty, Junior TLC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty and the Junior TLC Facility Lender Limited Guaranty.

Highest Lawful Rate”: the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to such Issuing Bank which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

Indebtedness”: of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person; (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) trade payables, (ii) any earn-out or holdback obligation not paid when due and payable, (iii) expenses accrued in the ordinary course of business and (iv) obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) which purchase price is due more than six (6) months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery of title thereto; (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of such asset as determined by such Person in good faith on the date of determination and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of other Persons; (f) all financing lease obligations of such Person; (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds or other similar instruments; (h) all obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement; and (i) all guarantees by such Person in respect of the foregoing clauses (a) through (h). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person

 

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is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Swap Agreement shall, at any time of determination and for all purposes under this Agreement, be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time giving effect to current market conditions notwithstanding any contrary treatment in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of clarity and avoidance of doubt, any joint and several Tax liabilities arising by operation of consolidated return, fiscal unity or similar provisions of applicable law shall not constitute Indebtedness for purposes hereof.

Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 10.5(b).

Indemnified Taxes”: (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

Indemnitee”: as defined in Section 10.5(b).

Independent Manager”: a natural person who, (a) for the five (5)-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Manager, has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Manager, is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Borrower or other Affiliates of the Borrower that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Borrower or other Affiliates of the Borrower that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) of this clause (a); and (b) has (i) prior experience as an Independent Manager for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all Independent Managers thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy and (ii) at least five (5) years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of secured or securitized structured finance instruments, agreements or securities and (c) either (i) has been approved as the “Independent Manager” by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent (or after the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent), each in its sole and absolute discretion (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), or (ii) is an individual employed by either MaplesFS Limited or Walkers Fiduciary Limited or is provided by any other service provider approved by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent (or after the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent).

Initial GS Issuing Commitment Reduction”: as defined in the definition of “GS Additional Issuing Commitment”.

Initial JPM Issuing Commitment Reduction”: as defined in the definition of “JPM Additional Issuing Commitment”.

Insolvent”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

Intended Tax Treatment”: as defined in Section 6.19.

 

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Interest Payment Date”: the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October and the applicable Termination Date.

Investment Grade Rating”: a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or Fitch Ratings or, if the applicable instrument is not then rated by Moody’s or S&P, an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.

IRS”: the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

Issuing Bank Assignee”: (a) an Issuing Bank; (b) an Affiliate of an Issuing Bank; and (c) any financial institution; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Issuing Bank Assignee” shall not include (i) the Borrowers or their Affiliates, (ii) natural persons, and (iii) any Defaulting Issuing Bank or potential Defaulting Issuing Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries or any Person who, upon becoming an Issuing Bank hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (iii).

Issuing Bank Cash Collateral Transfer Arrangement” as defined in the definition of “Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction”.

Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation” as defined in Section 2.4(c).

Issuing Bank Register”: as defined in Section 10.6(c)(iv).

Issuing Banks”: as of the Closing Date, under the Senior GS LC Tranche of the Senior LC Facility, Goldman Sachs International Bank (“Goldman Sachs”) and under the Senior JPM LC Tranche of the Senior LC Facility, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A. (“JPMorgan”), including, in each case, each of their respective affiliates and branches, and each other Issuing Bank under the applicable tranche of the Senior LC Facility approved by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, each applicable existing Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender that has agreed in its sole discretion to act as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder. Each reference herein to “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to be a reference to the applicable Issuing Bank.

Issuing Commitment”: with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit under the Senior GS LC Tranche and the Senior JPM LC Tranche, as applicable, and with respect to each Extending Issuing Bank, the Extended Issuing Commitments. The Issuing Commitment for Goldman Sachs under the Senior GS LC Tranche is equal to GS Base Issuing Commitment plus the GS Additional Issuing Commitment and for JPMorgan under the Senior JPM LC Tranche is equal to the JPM Base Issuing Commitment plus the JPM Additional Issuing Commitment.

Jersey General Partner”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

JPM LC Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

JPMorgan” as defined in the definition of “Issuing Banks”.

JPM Additional Issuing Commitment”: $18,111,473.47 as of the Closing Date; provided that the JPM Additional Issuing Commitment shall automatically reduce to zero on the date that is three Business Days after the date that the aggregate principal amount of draws on Letters of Credit issued by JPMorgan is at least $18,111,473.47, so long as immediately after giving effect to such automatic reduction, the LC Exposure under the Senior JPM LC Tranche would not exceed the JPM Base Issuing Commitment (such reduction, the “Initial JPM Issuing Commitment Reduction”).

 

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JPM Base Issuing Commitment”: $167,105,043.36 as of the Closing Date.

Judgment Currency”: as defined in Section 10.23.

Junior TLC Collateral Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Junior TLC Facility”: the facility in respect of the aggregate Junior TLC Facility Commitment and the Term Loans.

Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Junior TLC Facility Borrowers”: WW SPV Borrower I LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company registered with registered number 6999 and WW SPV Borrower II LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company registered with registered number 7001.

Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest”: all of the Credit Parties’ interests in the LC Cash Collateral and each LC Cash Collateral Account (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Credit Parties’ reversionary interest in the LC Cash Collateral and each LC Cash Collateral Account) other than, until the occurrence of a Deemed Assignment, interests included in the Senior LC Facility Cash Collateral Interest; provided that any enforcement on the LC Cash Collateral or any LC Cash Collateral Account relating to the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest is only permitted to take place after the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date.

Junior TLC Facility Collateral”: collectively, the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral and the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest (including rights arising from the Deemed Assignment).

Junior TLC Facility Commitment”: the commitment of the Junior TLC Facility Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan to each Borrower on the Closing Date hereunder. As of the Closing Date, the Junior TLC Facility Commitment is $441,613,746.22.

Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations”: (i) the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest contemplated by Section 2.5(c) hereof, interest accruing after the maturity of the obligations under the Junior TLC Facility and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the Term Loans and (ii) all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Junior TLC Facility Lender, Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, each Collateral Agent in its capacity as the collateral agent for the Junior TLC Facility, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, the Letters of Credit or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, each Collateral Agent in its capacity as the collateral agent for the Junior TLC Facility, or to the Junior TLC Facility Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction”: the date that each of the following has occurred: (a) the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and (b) all Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full in cash or in Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral in accordance herewith, or otherwise addressed in a manner satisfactory to the Junior TLC Facility Lender; provided that all amounts due and payable to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall be paid in full in cash.

 

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Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral”: WeWork TLC Equity Interests issued to the Blocker pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, which are subject to the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement.

Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement”: the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Blocker, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, WeWork and the Transfer Agent.

Junior TLC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement”: the Junior TLC Facility Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between Blocker and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent.

Junior TLC Facility Fee Letter”: the fee letter dated as of the date hereof between Acquiom and the Junior TLC Facility Borrowers.

Junior TLC Facility Lender”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Junior TLC Facility Lender Limited Guaranty”: the Limited Guaranty, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, among others, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and WeWork substantially in the form of Exhibit K-2.

Junior TLC Facility Lender Split Protections”: with respect to any modification of the Senior LC Facility, including any amendment, extension, refinancing, renewal, replacement, change with respect to Issuing Banks, whether within this Agreement or a new agreement, (x) the provisions of any such amendment, extension, refinancing, renewal, replacement or change shall be consistent in all material respects to those set forth in this Agreement on the Closing Date; provided that the provisions providing for (i) transfers of WeWork TLC Equity Interests, (ii) releases of LC Cash Collateral in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits and (iii) Junior TLC Facility Collateral (including rights arising from the Deemed Assignment), in each case, may not be adversely affected with respect to the interests of the Junior TLC Facility Lender therein, and (y) solely in respect of any such modification in an agreement separate from this Agreement with, or an amendment to this Agreement that provides for, a structure that is not substantially similar to the structure of this Agreement, the arrangements thereunder must be consented to by the Junior TLC Facility Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided that, the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be deemed to have consented to any such modification unless the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall have objected thereto in writing within 10 Business Days after having received written notice thereof.

Junior TLC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty”: the Limited Recourse Guaranty, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, among others, the Blocker and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties”: collectively, (a) the Junior TLC Facility Lender, (b) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, (c) any LC Collateral Agent in its capacity as collateral agent for the Junior TLC Facility Lender after the occurrence of a Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under any Credit Document in respect of the Junior TLC Facility and (d) the permitted successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

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Junior TLC Treatment Certificate”: as defined in Section 6.18(a).

Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date”: the earliest of (a) June 11, 2030 (or such later date as the Junior TLC Facility Lender may agree in its sole discretion), (b) the date on which the Term Loans have been voluntarily prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement, as a result of the refinancing, renewal or replacement of the Senior LC Facility, solely to the extent that the refinanced, renewed or replacement facility no longer requires the commitment and/or use of the cash collateral provided by the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to the Junior TLC Facility or a substantially similar arrangement, which arrangement will be subject to the Junior TLC Facility Lender Split Protections, (c) the occurrence of a Change of Control or a WeWork Change of Control, (d)(x) an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(f) shall have occurred and be continuing or an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a) with respect to the Junior TLC Facility shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a) with respect to the Senior LC Facility shall have occurred and be continuing and as a result the Issuing Banks shall have exercised remedies or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Senior LC Facility shall have occurred and be continuing and as a result, the Issuing Banks shall have exercised remedies in the form of an enforcement to foreclose on the LC Equity Collateral or transferring the LC Cash Collateral from accounts of the Borrowers to accounts of the Issuing Banks, (e) the date on which both (x) the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has occurred and (y) the Credit Parties shall have determined in their reasonable discretion that neither they nor any of their Affiliates will require or desire the commitment and/or use of the cash collateral provided by the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to the Junior TLC Facility or a substantially similar arrangement prior to the date set forth in clause (a) above in connection with obtaining or maintaining any letter of credit or similar facility for use in connection with leases for the business of the WeWork Group Members or to support up to $20,000,000 in general third-party corporate obligations of the WeWork Group Members (other than the Adyen LC), which such arrangement will be subject to adherence with the Junior TLC Facility Lender Split Protections; and (f) an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(d) with respect to a breach of Sections 2.3(b), 2.4(f), 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 7.3(ii), 7.6, 7.9 or 7.10, (g) an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 8.1(i) (other than with respect to the Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreements) or (j) (solely with respect to the Junior TLC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty), in each case, shall have occurred and be continuing and (h) the occurrence of a Trigger Event under and as defined in the Junior TLC Facility Lender Limited Guaranty; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any enforcement on the LC Collateral or any LC Cash Collateral Account by any Applicable Agent or any other person acting at the direction, directly or indirectly, of the Junior TLC Facility Lender or Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall only be permitted to take place after the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction; provided, further, that the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall give prompt written notice to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent of the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall be entitled to conclusively presume that the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date has not occurred in the absence of receipt of such notice.

Latest Expiry Date”: as defined in Section 3.1.

LC Cash Collateral”: cash deposited in or standing to the credit of each LC Cash Collateral Account that is pledged as cash collateral to backstop Credit Exposure of any Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility pursuant to any Security Document and is subject to an LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, LC Cash Collateral pledged to an Issuing Bank shall only secure the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under the applicable Senior LC Tranche for such Issuing Bank and in respect of the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest and shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, secure any Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under any other Senior LC Tranche or any obligations outside of this Agreement.

 

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LC Cash Collateral Account”: each Deposit Account in the name of the Borrower, as the account holder, at an Issuing Bank (or any of its affiliates or branches), as the depositary bank, holding LC Cash Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) security interests in the LC Cash Collateral Accounts include the Senior LC Facility Cash Collateral Interest and, if applicable, the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest and (ii) there shall be at least one LC Cash Collateral Account at each Issuing Bank (or any of its affiliates and branches) corresponding to any Letters of Credit outstanding in each Approved Currency issued by such Issuing Bank.

LC Cash Collateral Account Bank”: each Issuing Bank (or any of its affiliates or branches) in its capacity as the depositary bank in respect of any LC Cash Collateral Account.

LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement”: each Deposit Account Control Agreement or foreign law equivalent document among the Borrower, as the account holder, a Controlling Collateral Agent, as the secured party, and each LC Cash Collateral Account Bank, as depositary bank. Each LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement shall give exclusive control over such LC Cash Collateral Account to the Controlling Collateral Agent and acknowledge that the applicable Controlling Collateral Agent will continue to act as secured party on behalf of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties on and after the occurrence of a Deemed Assignment. Each LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date is set forth in Schedule 1.1C.

LC Cash Collateral Proceeds” as defined in Section 8.2.

LC Cash Collateral Splits”: the following allocations between the applicable Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender with respect to the following categories:

 

     Adyen
Base
    Adyen
Burndown
    Non-Adyen
Base
    Non-Adyen
Burndown
    All
Cushion
    Credited
Interest
 

Applicable Borrower

     100     100     33.8     33.8     0     37.5

Junior TLC Facility Lender

     0     0     66.2     66.2     100     62.5

For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior LC Tranche Administrative Agents, LC Collateral Agents, Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any calculation or determination related to the LC Cash Collateral Splits.

LC Collateral”: the LC Cash Collateral and the LC Equity Collateral.

LC Collateral Agent”: as defined in Section 9.1.

LC Disbursement”: a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Equity Collateral”: equity interests representing 100% of the outstanding equity in each of the Senior LC Facility Borrowers that is pledged to the applicable LC Collateral Agent for the benefit of the applicable Senior LC Facility Secured Parties.

LC Exposure”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time (including, with respect to Letters of Credit issued in Alternative Currencies, the Dollar Equivalent of such amount) plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5 at such time under the Senior LC Facility (including, with respect to Letters of Credit issued in Alternative Currencies, the Dollar Equivalent of such amount).

 

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Legal Reservations”: means:

(a) the principle that equitable remedies are remedies which may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court and principles of good faith and fair dealing;

(b) applicable Debtor Relief Laws;

(c) the existence of timing limitations with respect to the bringing of claims under applicable limitation laws and the defenses of acquiescence, set-off or counterclaim and the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for, or to indemnify a Person against, non-payment of stamp duty may be void;

(d) the principle that in certain jurisdictions and under certain circumstances a Lien granted by way of fixed charge may be re-characterized as a floating charge or that security purported to be constituted as an assignment may be re-characterized as a charge;

(e) the principle that additional interest imposed pursuant to any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty and thus void;

(f) the principle that a court may not give effect to an indemnity for legal costs incurred by an unsuccessful litigant;

(g) the principle that the creation or purported creation of collateral over any claim, other right, contract or agreement which is subject to a prohibition on transfer, assignment or charging may be void, ineffective or invalid and may give rise to a breach of the contract or agreement (or contract or agreement relating to or governing the claim or other right) over which security has purportedly been created;

(h) the principle that a court may not give effect to any parallel debt provisions, covenants to pay or other similar provisions;

(i) the principle that certain remedies in relation to regulated entities may require further approval from government or regulatory bodies or pursuant to agreements with such bodies;

(j) the principles of private and procedural laws which affect the enforcement of a foreign court judgment;

(k) similar principles, rights and defenses under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; and

(l) any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations (however described) in any legal opinion delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents.

Letters of Credit”: any irrevocable standby letter of credit issued or deemed to be issued under the Senior LC Facility pursuant to Section 3.1 (including the Existing Letters of Credit and each Extended Letter of Credit), which shall be (i) issued for working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and/or the WeWork Group Members, (ii) denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency and (iii) otherwise in such form as may be reasonably approved from time to time by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

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Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, assignment by way of security, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

LLC Act”: the Limited Liability Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

Manager”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Material Adverse Change”: (1) a material adverse change on the rights and remedies of the Issuing Banks and the Applicable Agent, taken as a whole, under any Credit Document or (2) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement and the Credit Documents.

Material Indebtedness”: Indebtedness with respect to any WeWork Group Member in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000.

Material WeWork Group Member”: any WeWork Group Member or any group of WeWork Group Members for whom 10% or more of the face amount of then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement have been issued for the support of their obligations

Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, classified or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

Maximum GS Unused Issuing Commitment Fee”: with respect to Goldman Sachs, the amount of Unused Issuing Commitment Fees payable assuming (x) at any time when the aggregate amount of Issuing Commitments of Goldman Sachs is in excess of the GS Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 62.5% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of Goldman Sachs is utilized for the issuance of Letters of Credit and (y) at any time when the aggregate amount of the Issuing Commitments of Goldman Sachs is in equal or less than the GS Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 75% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of Goldman Sachs is utilized for the issuance of Letters of Credit.

Maximum JPM Unused Issuing Commitment Fee”: with respect to JPMorgan, the amount of Unused Issuing Commitment Fees payable assuming (x) at any time when the aggregate amount of Issuing Commitments of JPMorgan is in excess of the JPM Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 62.5% of the then current Issuing Commitment of JPMorgan is utilized for the issuance of Letters of Credit and (y) at any time when the aggregate amount of the Issuing Commitments of JPMorgan is equal or less than the JPM Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 75% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of JPMorgan is utilized for the issuance of Letters of Credit.

Maximum WeWork Equity Interest Amount”: as of any date, the maximum remaining number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests that would need to be transferred by the Blocker to the Junior TLC Facility Lender assuming the Junior TLC Facility is outstanding for a full 6 years after the Closing Date, and all remaining Letters of Credit as of such date are drawn after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date.

Minimum Cash Collateral Amount”: the amount of LC Cash Collateral on deposit or standing to the credit of the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account at the applicable Issuing Bank denominated in the applicable Approved Currency equal to at least 105% of the LC Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in such currency that are issued by and outstanding for such Issuing Bank at such time.

 

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Minimum Cash Collateral Release Requirement” as defined in Section 2.4(f)(i).

Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement”: a requirement that at any time (1) the amount of LC Cash Collateral deposited in or standing to the credit of each LC Cash Collateral Account for each Approved Currency shall be equal to or greater than the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount applicable for such LC Cash Collateral Account for such Approved Currency and (2) each Issuing Bank, in its capacity as its own LC Collateral Agent, holds LC Cash Collateral on deposit in or standing to the credit of each LC Cash Collateral Account of such LC Collateral Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient to satisfy the requirement described under clause (1) above with respect to all LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank.

Minimum GS Base Letter of Credit Fee”: with respect to Goldman Sachs, the amount of Base Letter of Credit Fees payable to Goldman Sachs assuming (x) at any time when the aggregate amount of Issuing Commitments of Goldman Sachs exceeds the GS Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 62.5% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of Goldman Sachs is utilized and (y) at any time when the aggregate amount of the Issuing Commitments of Goldman Sachs is equal to or less than the GS Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 75% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of Goldman Sachs is utilized.

Minimum JPM Base Letter of Credit Fee”: with respect to JPMorgan, the amount of Base Letter of Credit Fees payable to JPMorgan assuming (x) at any time when the aggregate amount of Issuing Commitments of JPMorgan exceeds the JPM Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 62.5% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of JPMorgan is utilized and (y) at any time when the aggregate amount of the Issuing Commitments of JPMorgan is equal to or less than the JPM Base Issuing Commitment as of the Closing Date, 75% of the then-current Issuing Commitment of JPMorgan is utilized.

Moody’s”: as defined in clause (e) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.

Multiemployer Plan”: a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate (i) makes or is obligated to make contributions (to the extent any liability to a Credit Party remains) (ii) during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions (to the extent any liability of a Credit Party remains) or (iii) has any actual or contingent liability.

Multiple Employer Plan”: a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

Non-Adyen Base”: the LC Cash Collateral attributable to the aggregate face value of Letters of Credit other than the Adyen LC.

Non-Adyen Burndown”: Burndown Amounts attributable to the Letters of Credit other than the Adyen LC.

Non-Controlling Administrative Agent”: Any Administrative Agent that is not the Controlling Administrative Agent.

 

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Non-Controlling Secured Party”: the Secured Parties whose Administrative Agent is not the Controlling Administrative Agent.

Non-U.S. Creditor” as defined in Section 2.10(f)(ii)(A).

Non-U.S. Issuing Bank”: an Issuing Bank that is not a U.S. Person.

Obligations”: the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations and the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations.

Other Connection Taxes”: with respect to any Creditor Party, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Creditor Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Creditor Party having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Credit Document).

Other Taxes”: all present or future stamp or documentary, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.12).

parent” as defined in the definition of “Subsidiary”.

Participant Register”: as defined in Section 10.6(d).

Participating Member States”: any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

Partnership”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Patriot Act”: as defined in Section 5.1(f).

Payment Recipient”: as defined in Section 9.11(a).

PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established under Section 4002 of ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Pension Plan”: any employee benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan, but not including a Multiemployer Plan) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA (i) which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or (ii) with respect to which any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has any actual or contingent liability.

Perfection Requirements”: (a) the execution and delivery of each Security Document, including each LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement for each LC Cash Collateral Account, the delivery of the notice of security interest over the Equity Interests in the Borrowers to the registered office provider of the Borrowers in accordance with Section 11 of the LLC Act and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement, and (b) with respect to any Security Document that is governed by English

 

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law, (i) the making or procuring of appropriate registrations, filings, endorsements, notarizations, intimations, stamping or notifications of the relevant Security Documents or the security interests expressed to be created under the Security Documents or entry into any further documents that are required under the Security Documents and (ii) the taking of possession, control or other action by the Applicable Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected by possession, control or other action (which possession, control or other action shall be given to the Applicable Agent or taken by the Applicable Agent only to the extent required by any Credit Documents).

Permitted Investors”: collectively, (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1D, (b) any Affiliate of any such Person, (c) any funds or accounts managed or advised by any Person listed in clause (a) or their affiliates and (d) any Person where the voting of shares of capital stock of the Borrower is controlled by any of the foregoing.

Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Petition Date”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Plan”: any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA but excluding any Multiemployer Plan), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, solely with respect to a Pension Plan, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in section 3(5) of ERISA.

Pounds Sterling”: the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Prepetition Letters of Credit”: those certain letters of credit set forth on Schedule 1.1B.

Prime Rate”: the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as reasonably determined by Applicable Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as reasonably determined by Applicable Administrative Agent)

Proceeding”: any litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

Properties”: as defined in Section 4.17(a).

Receiving Issuing Bank”: as defined in Section 2.4(c)(iii).

Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

Reimbursement Obligation”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank, pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.

Relevant Governmental Body”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

 

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Reorganization Plan”: the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries, attached as Exhibit A to the Confirmation Order.

Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan, other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to DOL Reg. Section 4043 as in effect on the date of the event.

Representatives”: as defined in Section 10.16.

Requesting Issuing Bank” as defined in Section 2.4(c)(iii).

Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Resolution Authority”: any body which has authority to exercise any Write-Down and Conversion Powers.

Responsible Officer”: any chief executive officer, president, co-president, chief legal officer, general counsel, chief financial officer, treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, representative director, manager or any other person so designated by the board of managers, managing officers or other appropriate governing body, receptively in a resolution, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer or treasurer.

Restricted Junior Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any class of membership interests of any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any class of membership interests of any Credit Parties now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire membership interests of any Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) any payment of management fees by any Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) payments and reimbursements due to the Independent Manager pursuant to the applicable services agreement in accordance with this Agreement or any other Credit Document do not constitute Restricted Junior Payments and (ii) releases of LC Cash Collateral in accordance with Section 2.4(f) shall not constitute Restricted Junior Payments.

Reuters”: as defined in the definition of Dollar Equivalent.

S&P”: as defined in clause (e) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.

Sanctioned Country”: at any time, a country, region or territory that is itself the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, the Crimea region, so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

 

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Sanctioned Person”: at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. government, including, without limitation, lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating from, or organized or resident in, a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person 50% or more owned or otherwise controlled by (as such concepts are defined in applicable Sanctions) any such Person.

Sanctions”: economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including, without limitation, those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or extended to the Cayman Islands pursuant to any Order in Council.

SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.

Secured Parties”: collectively, (a) each Agent, (b) each Issuing Bank, (c) the Junior TLC Facility Lender, (d) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under any Credit Document and (e) the permitted successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

Security Agreement”: that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, among others, the Borrower and the Credit Parties in favor of the Goldman Sachs, as a LC Collateral Agent substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Security Agreement, each LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement, each pledge or charge agreement for each LC Cash Collateral Account (or the local law equivalent thereof) , the Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreements, the Junior TLC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement, the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement and all other security documents delivered to any Collateral Agent (or bailee or agent thereof) granting or perfecting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party under any Credit Document. Each Security Document in effect as of the Closing Date is set forth in Schedule 1.1C.

Senior GS LC Tranche”: the tranche under the Senior LC Facility in respect of the aggregate Issuing Commitments, outstanding Letters of Credit and Credit Exposure of Goldman Sachs in its capacity as an Issuing Bank.

Senior JPM LC Tranche”: the tranche under the Senior LC Facility in respect of the aggregate Issuing Commitments, outstanding Letters of Credit and Credit Exposure of JPMorgan in its capacity as an Issuing Bank.

Senior LC Facility”: the facility in respect of the aggregate Issuing Commitments and Credit Exposure of the Issuing Banks, which shall consist of two separate tranches, the Senior GS LC Tranche and the Senior JPM LC Tranche (each a “Senior LC Tranche”).

Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent”: as defined in Section 9.1.

Senior LC Facility Borrowers”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Senior LC Facility Cash Collateral Interest”: all of the security interests granted to and purported to be created by any Security Document for the benefit of each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, each LC Collateral Agent and/or each Issuing Bank with respect to all of the LC Cash Collateral, each LC Cash Collateral Account.

 

 

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Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations”: (i) with respect to either the Senior GS LC Tranche or the Senior JPM LC Tranche under the Senior LC Facility, shall mean the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Reimbursement Obligations under the applicable tranche under Senior LC Facility and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the applicable Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the LC Exposure under the applicable tranche under the Senior LC Facility, other Credit Exposure and all other obligations and liabilities of the applicable Borrower to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the applicable LC Collateral Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, the Letters of Credit or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the applicable LC Collateral Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank that are required to be paid by the applicable Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise or (ii) with respect to the Senior LC Facility, shall mean the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under the Senior GS LC Tranche, the Senior JPM LC Tranche and any Extension.

Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction”: as of any date, that on or before such date: (a) all amounts due and payable to each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all the principal of and interest accrued to all unreimbursed draws, fees and expenses due and payable on such date (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Credit Exposure addressed under clause (c) below)) shall have been paid in full in cash, and each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent has received written confirmation from the applicable Issuing Bank that (b) all Issuing Commitments under each tranche of the Senior LC Facility shall have expired or been terminated with respect to such Issuing Bank, and (c) at the sole option of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall, within two (2) Business Days of the Senior LC Facility Termination Date, either (x) have received backstop letters of credit in form satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (including, without limitation, as to currency, identity of issuer, and other terms) (1) backstopping all contingent Credit Exposure of such Issuing Bank in an amount that would otherwise satisfy the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement with respect to such Issuing Bank plus additional applicable charges or expenses related to backstop letters of credit and (2) which are acceptable to each Issuing Bank based on any regulatory capital treatment for such Issuing Bank (as determined by such Issuing Bank) or (y) transfer LC Cash Collateral in an amount that would otherwise satisfy the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement held by such Issuing Bank in its capacity as its own LC Collateral Agent into Deposit Accounts in the name of such Issuing Bank (or any of its affiliates or branches) to continue to be held by such Issuing Bank (or any of its affiliates or branches) as LC Cash Collateral for the purpose of cash collateralizing Credit Exposure of such Issuing Bank in a manner consistent with the terms hereof (which shall include an obligation to promptly return excess LC Cash Collateral after the final termination and/or expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the satisfaction of all Credit Exposure of such Issuing Bank) or otherwise satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (the arrangements described in this clause (y), the “Issuing Bank Cash Collateral Transfer Arrangement”); provided that if the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has not occurred within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Termination Date (or such later date as each applicable Issuing Bank may reasonably agree), each Issuing Bank shall be authorized hereunder to effectuate the Issuing Bank Cash Collateral Transfer Arrangement without the further consent of any other parties and pursue other remedies under the Credit Documents immediately without the consent of any Credit Party or the Junior TLC Facility Lender. Each of the parties hereto hereby authorize each Issuing Bank to take such

 

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actions as it reasonably deems necessary to effect the provisions of this definition, including, but not limited to, entering into or amending or otherwise modifying any Credit Document, and establishing or modifying any procedures set forth therein or herein, in each case without the consent of any other party hereto and solely to facilitate the Issuing Bank Cash Collateral Transfer Arrangement (to the extent permitted by this definition) as reasonably necessary to facilitate the same. Each Issuing Bank may agree that the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has occurred with respect to such Issuing Bank under other circumstances in its sole discretion.

Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement (GS)”: means the Cayman Islands law governed Security Deed in respect of the LC Equity Collateral in GS LC Borrower to be dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, the Blocker as mortgagor and Goldman Sachs International Bank as an LC Collateral Agent in favor of the applicable Senior LC Facility Secured Parties, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.

Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement (JPM)”: means the Cayman Islands law governed Security Deed in respect of the LC Equity Collateral in JPM LC Borrower to be dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, the Blocker as mortgagor and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as an LC Collateral Agent in favor of the applicable Senior LC Facility Secured Parties, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.

Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreements”: the Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement (GS) and the Senior LC Facility Equity Pledge Agreement (JPM).

Senior LC Facility Limited Recourse Guaranty”: the Limited Recourse Guaranty, to be dated as of the closing date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, among others, the Blocker and each LC Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.

Senior LC Facility Secured Parties”: Secured Parties in respect of the Senior LC Facility.

Senior LC Facility Termination Date”: the earliest of the following dates:

(a) June 11, 2028, unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Agreement or solely with respect to any Extending Issuing Bank, otherwise extended pursuant to any Extension Amendment;

(b) the date of termination of any Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitments and the acceleration of any obligations of the Senior LC Facility Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereunder; and

(c) the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date.

Senior LC Tranche”: each, either or both of Senior GS LC Tranche and Senior JPM LC Tranche.

Singapore Dollars”: freely transferable lawful money of Singapore.

SOFR”: a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate from time to time).

 

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Solvent”: as of any date of determination, means that, (i) the sum of the debt (including contingent liabilities) of the such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, does not exceed the fair value of the assets (on a going concern basis) of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets (on a going concern basis) of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on their debts as they become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business; (iii) the capital of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is not unreasonably small in relation to the business of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, contemplated as of the date hereof; (iv) the Person is able to pay its debts as they fall due and (v) such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts (including current obligations and contingent liabilities) beyond their ability to pay such debt as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this definition, (A) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (B) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

Stockholders Agreement”: that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among WeWork and the stockholders bound thereto.

Subsidiary”: with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Swap Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.

Taxes”: all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Loans”: the term C loans under the Junior TLC Facility borrowed on the Closing Date.

Term SOFR Determination Day” as defined in the definition of “Term SOFR Reference Rate”.

Term SOFR Rate”: a one (1)-month interest period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable interest period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.

 

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Term SOFR Reference Rate”: for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), for a one (1)-month interest period, the rate per annum determined by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any Term SOFR Determination Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.

Termination Date”: refers to either the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date or the Senior LC Facility Termination Date, as the context may require.

Total Unutilized LC Commitment”: at any time, with respect to the Senior LC Facility, an amount equal to the remainder of (x) the total Issuing Commitments then in effect less (y) the total LC Exposure at such time. The Total Unutilized LC Commitment of any Issuing Bank shall be, at any time, an amount equal to the remainder of (a) the Issuing Commitment of such Issuing Bank then in effect less (b) the LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank at such time.

Transfer Agent”: Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, in its role as the sole transfer agent and registrar for the WeWork TLC Equity Interests, and its successors.

UK Bail-In Legislation”: Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Uniform Commercial Code”: the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

United States”: the United States of America.

Unused Issuing Commitment Fee”: as defined in Section 3.3(c).

U.S. Government Securities Business Day”: any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

U.S. Person”: a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”: as defined in Section 2.10(f)(ii)(A)(3).

WeWork”: WeWork Inc.

 

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WeWork Change of Control”: the earliest to occur of:

(a) the Permitted Investors, taken together, ceasing to beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, securities or other Equity Interests having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of the board of directors of WeWork measured by voting power rather than number of shares or other Equity Interest (determined on a fully diluted basis but not giving effect to contingent voting rights which have not vested), unless the Permitted Investors, taken together, beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, (x) at least 50% (determined on a fully diluted basis but not giving effect to contingent voting rights which have not vested) of the outstanding voting interests in the Equity Interest of WeWork, and (y) on a fully diluted basis but not giving effect to contingent voting rights which have not vested, more of the outstanding combined voting interests in the Equity Interest of WeWork than any other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act);

(b) Cupar ceasing to beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, on a fully diluted basis but not giving effect to contingent voting rights which have not vested, more of the outstanding combined voting interests in the Equity Interest of WeWork than any other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act); or

(c) any other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) having the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate or appoint more directors of WeWork than Cupar.

WeWork Group Members”: the collective reference to WeWork and its Subsidiaries (other than the Credit Parties).

WeWork Limited Guaranty”: the Limited Guaranty, to be dated of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived from time to time), made by, among others, the LC Collateral Agents and WeWork substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1.

WeWork TLC Equity Interests”: Equity Interests, par value $0.0001 per share, of WeWork issued pursuant to the Reorganization Plan which, as of the Closing Date, shall be 19,318,943 shares of common stock. In the event of (i) any dividend, distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, or (ii) any recapitalization, reclassification, tender or exchange offer or other similar transaction, in each case under this clause (ii), in connection with a merger or other transaction where such common stock is exchanged or converted into other securities, property or assets, the WeWork TLC Equity Interests and any applicable conversion price per share contemplated by this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted for such dividend, distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, tender or exchange offer or other similar transaction, as the case may be, to provide for the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action.

Withdrawal Liability”: any liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are used in Sections 4203 and 4205, respectively, of ERISA.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers”:

(a) in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;

 

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(b) in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

(c) in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:

(i) any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

(ii) any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Credit Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

(a) As used herein and in the other Credit Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Credit Party not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided that all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) with respect to the Credit Party any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof), (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Equity Interest, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and (vi) any determination of any amount owing or permitted to be outstanding under this Agreement will be determined using Dollars, or for purposes of Letters of Credit issued in Alternative Currencies under this Agreement, the Dollar Equivalent of such amount.

 

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(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(d) As used herein and in the other Credit Documents, the words “issue” or “issuance” when used in connection with any Letter of Credit, shall include without limitation, to roll, replace, reissue, amend, extend, increase, renew or otherwise continue any Letter of Credit or the rolling, replacement, reissuance, amendment, extension or renewal or otherwise continuation of any Letter of Credit.

1.3 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any amounts specified in this Agreement shall be in Dollars.

(a) The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents or as applicable, each Issuing Bank, shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency in accordance with the terms set forth herein, and a determination thereof by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error.

(b) Each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or each applicable Issuing Bank shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency as of:

(i) (A) the first day of each month and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to the terms of this Agreement until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.3(b)(i); provided that for the avoidance of doubt any transfer or exchange of LC Cash Collateral from any currency to a different currency pursuant to any Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation or Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation are not subject to the calculations as set out in this Section 1.3(b)(i) and shall be made pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.4.

(ii) for purposes of determining the amount of any Obligation, (A) the date on which such Obligation is due and (B) during the continuance of an Event of Default, any other Business Day as reasonably requested by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Obligation for purposes of determining the amount of any Obligation in respect thereof until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.3(b)(ii); and

(iii) for all other purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), (A) the first day of each month and (B) during the continuance of an Event of Default, any other Business Day as reasonably requested by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit for all other purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.3(b)(iii).

(c) The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower, the Junior TLC Facility Lender, the other Issuing Banks and the Applicable Agent of each such determination and revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of each a Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency.

 

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(d) The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents may set up appropriate rounding-off mechanisms or otherwise round off amounts pursuant to this Section 1.3 to the nearest higher or lower amount in whole Dollars to ensure amounts owing by any party hereunder or that otherwise need to be calculated or converted hereunder are expressed in whole Dollars, as may be necessary or appropriate.

(e) Unless otherwise provided, Dollar Equivalent amounts set forth in Section 2 or Section 3 (other than for purposes of determining the amount of any cash collateral required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) may be exceeded by up to a percentage amount equal to 5% of such amount; provided, that such excess is solely as a result of fluctuations in applicable currency exchange rates after the last time such determinations were made and, in any such cases, the applicable limits set forth in Section 2 or Section 3 (other than for purposes of determining the amount of any cash collateral required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), as applicable, will not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, and solely for the purposes of compliance with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement, determining the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount or any other determination of Credit Exposure that is required to be paid, backstopped or cash collateralized pursuant hereto to the extent such Credit Exposure is or shall be backstopped or cash collateralized in the same currency, any Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency that has been cash collateralized by the LC Cash Collateral in the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account in the applicable Approved Currency shall be excluded from any of the required calculations of Dollar Equivalents for all purposes of clause (b) above.

1.4 Divisions. For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

1.5 Letter of Credit Amount. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at such time.

SECTION 2. TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.1 The Commitments and Loans.

(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions hereof, the Junior TLC Facility Lender agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to each Borrower in an aggregate amount equal to the Junior TLC Facility Commitment. The Borrowers may make only one borrowing under the Junior TLC Facility Commitment which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term Loan shall be funded in accordance with a letter of direction to be entered into by and among the Borrowers, the Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Goldman Sachs, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank severally agrees to make available to the GS LC Borrower, on the Closing Date and during the Commitment Period, the Issuing Commitments for the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitment under the Senior GS LC Tranche under the Senior LC Facility. Goldman Sachs’ Issuing Commitment shall expire on the Senior LC Facility Termination Date and all outstanding Letters of Credit and Credit Exposure of Goldman Sachs shall be satisfied in full in cash or cash collateralized in a manner consistent with the requirements pursuant to the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, JPMorgan, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank severally agrees to make available to the JPM LC Borrower, on the Closing Date and during the Commitment Period, the Issuing Commitments for the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitment under the Senior JPM LC Tranche under the Senior LC Facility. JPMorgan’s Issuing Commitment shall expire on the Senior LC Facility Termination Date and all outstanding Letters of Credit and Credit Exposure of JPMorgan shall be satisfied in full in cash or cash collateralized in a manner consistent with the requirements pursuant to the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) each of the GS LC Borrower and the JPM LC Borrower shall not be jointly liable but only severally liable for their respective Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under the Senior GS LC Tranche and the Senior JPM LC Tranche, respectively, and (ii) each of the Junior TLC Facility Borrowers shall be jointly and not severally liable for the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations under the Junior TLC Facility.

2.2 Voluntary Prepayment of Term Loans or Termination or Reduction of Issuing Commitments .

(a) The Borrowers shall have the right, at any time after the Initial GS Issuing Commitment Reduction and the Initial JPM Issuing Commitment Reduction, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, to terminate the Total Unutilized LC Commitment, or from time to time in connection with any designation of Burndown set forth in a Junior TLC Treatment Certificate, to permanently reduce the amount of the Total Unutilized LC Commitment; provided that (i) any such partial reduction in the amount of the Total Unutilized LC Commitments (w) shall not occur more than once per fiscal quarter, (x) shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, (y) shall be applied to the Issuing Commitment of each Issuing Bank under their respective Senior LC Tranche on a pro rata basis, and (z) reduce permanently the Issuing Commitments then in effect, and (ii) the Borrower may not terminate or permanently reduce the amount of the Total Unutilized LC Commitment under the Senior LC Facility if, after giving effect thereto, (x) the total LC Exposure under the Senior LC Facility would exceed the total Issuing Commitment or (y) the LC Exposure of any Issuing Bank would exceed the Issuing Commitment of such Issuing Bank; provided further that such notice may be conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a debt or equity financing or any other transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked. All fees, interest or any other amounts accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Total Unutilized LC Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination or prepayment.

 

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(b) So long as the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement continues to be satisfied after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, to prepay all or any portion of the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations; provided that any such prepayment of Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof or if less, the remaining amount of all Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations; provided further that such notice may be conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a debt or equity financing or any other transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked; provided further that such prepayment shall not be permitted without the prior written consent of the Issuing Banks (so long as the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has not otherwise occurred) and the Junior TLC Facility Lender. All fees, interest or any other amounts accrued until the effective date of any prepayment of the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations shall be paid on the effective date of such prepayment.

2.3 Termination or Mandatory Reduction of Commitments and Payment of Obligations; Junior TLC Obligations Limited Recourse.

(a) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 2.2 or pursuant to the Initial GS Issuing Commitment Reduction or the Initial JPM Issuing Commitment Reduction, each Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Senior LC Facility Termination Date. Upon the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Termination Date, all outstanding Letters of Credit and Credit Exposure of each Issuing Bank shall be satisfied in full in cash or cash collateralized in a manner consistent with the requirements pursuant to the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction.

(b) The Junior TLC Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Closing Date after the borrowing of the Term Loans on the Closing Date. The Term Loans shall be due and payable, solely with transfers of WeWork TLC Equity Interests by the Blocker to the Junior TLC Facility Lender at the Applicable Valuations and releases of LC Cash Collateral in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits, in full, on the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date. THE TERM LOANS, THE JUNIOR TLC FACILITY LENDER AND ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE NO RECOURSE TO ANY ASSETS OR EQUITY INTERESTS OF THE CREDIT PARTIES OR THEIR AFFILIATES, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE WEWORK TLC EQUITY INTERESTS AND LC CASH COLLATERAL, AS SET FORTH HEREIN. If on or after the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date, any amounts of Term Loans are then outstanding and no additional LC Cash Collateral remains, all remaining amounts in respect of the Term Loans will be automatically and irrevocably satisfied in full with transfers of WeWork TLC Equity Interests by the Blocker as provided in this Section 2.3(b). The Term Loans shall not be subject to any mandatory prepayments or amortization; provided that:

(i) With respect to reimbursements of Drawn Base (other than the Adyen LC), the Blocker will within 5 business days after completion of a Junior TLC Treatment Certificate notify the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent to instruct the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to deliver a Transfer Instruction (as defined in the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement) to the Transfer Agent in accordance with the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement to transfer on the Transfer Agent’s books and records to the Junior TLC Facility Lender a number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests equal to (x) when the Aggregate Draws are less than $74,371,204, such Drawn Base equitized at the Applicable Valuation and (y) when the Aggregate Draws are greater than or equal to $74,371,204, (i) 33.8% of such Drawn Base divided by a conversion price of $50.00 per share and (ii) 66.2% of such Drawn Base equitized at the Applicable Valuation, and upon any such transfer, the principal amount of the Junior TLC Facility will automatically and irrevocably be reduced by the amount of such Drawn Base. Upon its receipt of a notification from the Blocker as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall prepare a Transfer Instruction in accordance with this Section 2.3(b)(i) and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement (including the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests to be

 

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transferred) and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, together with a written instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to execute and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent. Solely in reliance on such instruction from the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall, without independent inquiry or investigation, execute and deliver to the Transfer Agent such Transfer Instruction provided to it, and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to calculate, determine, verify or monitor any conditions, amounts or calculations in connection therewith and shall have no liability in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Blocker will deliver to the Transfer Agent any such stock powers as may be reasonably required by the Transfer Agent to effect such transfer.

(ii) With respect to Non-Adyen Burndown, (x) the Blocker will, substantially concurrently with any release thereof pursuant to Section 2.4, notify the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent to instruct the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to deliver a Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent in accordance with the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement to transfer on the Transfer Agent’s books and records to the Junior TLC Facility Lender a number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests equal to such released Burndown Amount multiplied by 33.8% divided by a conversion price of $50.00 per share and (y) the Junior TLC Facility Lender may request that the Issuing Banks release corresponding LC Cash Collateral Split amounts of such Non-Adven Burndown to the Junior TLC Facility Lender in accordance with this Section 2.3(b)(ii), and record such transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests on its books and records. Upon its receipt of a notification from the Blocker as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall prepare a Transfer Instruction in accordance with this Section 2.3(b)(ii) and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement (including the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests to be transferred) and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, together with a written instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to execute and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent. Solely in reliance on such instruction from the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall, without independent inquiry or investigation, execute and deliver to the Transfer Agent such Transfer Instruction provided to it, and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to calculate, determine, verify or monitor any conditions, amounts or calculations in connection therewith and shall have no liability in connection therewith. Upon any such transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests and/or release of corresponding LC Cash Collateral Split amounts, the principal amount of the Junior TLC Facility will automatically and irrevocably be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Non-Adyen Burndown Amount (including, but without duplication, Non-Adyen Burndown released to the Borrowers in accordance herewith).

(iii) With respect to Adyen Burndown, the Borrower may request that the Issuing Banks release such Adyen Burndown in cash as directed to an account of Borrower if, immediately after giving effect to such Borrower’s instruction, the Minimum Cash Collateral Release Requirement is satisfied.

 

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(c) On the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date, but after the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, any remaining LC Cash Collateral will be released as follows, and upon such release, the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction will occur:

(i) Each of the Borrowers and the Junior TLC Facility Lender will receive LC Cash Collateral then-remaining in LC Cash Collateral Accounts in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits.

(ii) The Junior TLC Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent) will instruct the Transfer Agent to transfer to the Junior TLC Facility Lender a number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests corresponding to the amount of LC Cash Collateral (minus any amounts relating to the Adyen LC) released to the Borrowers in accordance with clause (c)(i) above divided by a conversion price of $50.00 per share, and to record such transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests on its books and records.

2.4 Cash Collateral for the Senior LC Facility.

(a) The Borrowers shall maintain LC Cash Collateral in each LC Cash Collateral Account at each LC Collateral Agent in a manner that satisfies the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement at all times.

(b) At the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may request the transfer or rebalancing of LC Cash Collateral between or among the LC Cash Collateral Accounts (a “Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation”) at any time subject to the following requirements:

(i) LC Cash Collateral shall not be transferred from any LC Cash Collateral Account to any account that is not an LC Cash Collateral Account;

(ii) After giving effect to any requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement;

(iii) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from the requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation;

(iv) Each Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation shall (1) involve transfers in excess of at least $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (2) shall only include transfers as between different Issuing Banks once per calendar quarter, during the time period that is within 10 Business Days of delivery of quarterly invoices from the later of each Issuing Bank to the Borrowers and (3) shall in no event, occur more than once per calendar month unless agreed to by the applicable Issuing Banks in their sole discretion;

(v) Any Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation between any LC Cash Collateral Account denominated in one Approved Currency to any LC Cash Collateral Account denominated in a different Approved Currency shall be subject to an exchange rate provided by the applicable Issuing Bank originating any fund transfer and reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, and made available to the Borrower promptly after such trade; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized all currency exchanges at the exchange rate as required by the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to each exchange and transfer under any Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation; and

 

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(vi) The Borrower shall have delivered to each applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 requesting such Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as each applicable Issuing Bank and the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent may agree in each of their sole discretion) prior to the date of the requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation and certifying as to each requirement under clauses (i) through (iv) above. Each applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice requesting a Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation with a confirmation that such reallocation conforms with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, until receipt of such confirmation, such notice may be rescinded by the Borrower in its discretion), and then each Issuing Bank, together with the Senior LC Tranche Administrative Agents, shall make, or shall cause the LC Collateral Agent to make, the requested transfers and exchange trades in order to effectuate such Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation within three (3) Business Days thereafter.

(c) If at any time (1) the LC Cash Collateral deposited in or standing to the credit of any LC Cash Collateral Account is less than or is reasonably expected to be less than the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount for any reason and there is a corresponding surplus of LC Cash Collateral in excess of the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount in one or more LC Cash Collateral Accounts or (2) the amount of LC Cash Collateral deposited in or standing to the credit of any LC Cash Collateral Account in any Alternative Currency exceeds the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount for such account by an amount in excess of $250,000 as a result of the expiration of any Letters of Credit without any draws under such Letter of Credit (the aggregate amount of the excess over the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount, the “Excess Alternative Currency Cash Collateral”), then in each cases of (1) and (2) the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or applicable Issuing Bank shall be permitted and authorized by each party hereto to transfer or rebalance, or cause the LC Collateral Agent to transfer or rebalance, LC Cash Collateral as between or among the LC Cash Collateral Accounts in order to satisfy the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement and/or transfer any Excess Alternative Currency Cash Collateral to the LC Cash Collateral Account for Dollar LC Cash Collateral (any such transfers, an “Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation”), in each case, subject to the following requirements:

(i) LC Cash Collateral shall not be transferred from any LC Cash Collateral Account to any account that is not an LC Cash Collateral Account;

(ii) After giving effect to the Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement;

(iii) In connection with any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocations between an LC Cash Collateral Account of one LC Collateral Agent to an LC Cash Collateral Account of another LC Collateral Agent, the requesting Issuing Bank (the “Requesting Issuing Bank”) shall deliver written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) to all other Issuing Banks (each, a “Receiving Issuing Bank”) and the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents (with a copy to the Borrower) requesting such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as each applicable Issuing Bank and the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents may reasonably agree) prior to the date of such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation; provided that the Receiving Issuing Bank shall notify the Requesting Issuing Bank and the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents (with a copy to the Borrower) within two (2) Business Days after the receipt of such notice requesting an Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation with a confirmation that such reallocation conforms with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement and subsequently, each applicable Issuing Bank shall make, or shall cause the LC Collateral Agent to make, the requested transfers and exchange trades in order to effectuate such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation within three (3) Business Days thereafter;

 

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(iv) In connection with any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocations between LC Cash Collateral Accounts of the same Issuing Bank, the requesting Issuing Bank shall deliver written notice by no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent requesting such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation at least one (1) Business Day (or such shorter period as the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the date of such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation; provided that solely in the case for any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation of Excess Alternative Currency Cash Collateral, the applicable Issuing Bank shall provide written notice to the Borrower (which may be by email) of such reallocation five (5) Business Days prior to the date of such reallocation and such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation shall only be permitted to be made if the Borrower consents or does not object in each case in writing (which may be by email) to such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation within such five (5) Business Day period;

(v) Any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation between any LC Cash Collateral Account denominated in one Approved Currency to any LC Cash Collateral Account denominated in a different Approved Currency shall be subject to exchange rates provided by the applicable Issuing Bank originating any fund transfer and reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, and such exchange rate shall be made available to the Borrower promptly after such trade; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized all currency exchanges at the exchange rate as required by the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to each exchange and transfer under any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation; and

(vi) The applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank shall have delivered to the Borrower a written notice describing such Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation no later than the date of the Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation.

(d) At any time that an Issuing Bank is aware that the Borrower is not in compliance with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank may deliver a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H describing the shortfall in LC Cash Collateral to the Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender (such notice, a “Deficiency Notice”) and failure to remedy such shortfall in a manner that would satisfy the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement within three (3) Business Days following the date of receipt by the Borrower of such Deficiency Notice shall constitute a Default and an Event of Default; provided that (i) each Issuing Bank shall use commercially reasonably efforts to effectuate any Borrower LC Cash Collateral Reallocation and Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation, as applicable, before delivering a Deficiency Notice, (ii) if the aggregate amount of LC Cash Collateral held by any Issuing Bank is sufficient to meet the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement on an aggregate basis with respect to such Issuing Bank after giving effect to any Issuing Bank LC Cash Collateral Reallocation, then such Issuing Bank shall not be permitted to send a Deficiency Notice and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the obligations under clause (i) above, a failure to comply with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement within three (3) Business Days after the delivery of a Deficiency Notice shall constitute a Default and an Event of Default.

 

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(e) Amounts on deposit in any LC Cash Collateral Account shall bear interest in accordance with the policies of the applicable Issuing Bank for similarly situated accounts and pursuant to the depository agreements entered into, or governing the relationship of, the Borrower to the applicable Issuing Bank. Amounts on deposit in any LC Cash Collateral Account shall not be used for any other investment by the applicable Issuing Bank.

(f) The Borrower may request the transfer or release of surplus LC Cash Collateral in respect of Adyen Burndown and Non-Adyen Burndown and/or Credited Interest to the Borrower (or an Affiliate) and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, and the Junior TLC Facility Lender may request the transfer or release of Non-Adyen Burndown, collectively, on a monthly basis promptly after finalization of a Junior TLC Treatment Certificate (as defined herein), in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits; provided that the Borrower will not be obligated to request the transfer or release of Credited Interest more frequently than once every six months. Each release or transfer referred to in this clause (f) shall be a “Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release” and shall be subject to the following requirements:

(i) After giving effect to any requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release, the Borrowers shall be in compliance with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement (the requirement to comply with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement, the “Minimum Cash Collateral Release Requirement”);

(ii) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from the requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release;

(iii) Each Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release shall involve release of funds in excess of at least $1,000,000 in the aggregate and there shall not be more than one Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release per month;

(iv) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Applicable Agent and each Issuing Bank a written notice requesting such Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as each applicable Issuing Bank and the Applicable Agent may agree in each of their sole discretion) prior to the date of the requested Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release and (x) certifying as to each requirement under clauses (i) through (iv) above and (y) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the respective amounts of surplus LC Cash Collateral (and the Non-Adyen Burndown) to be released to the Borrower and Junior TLC Facility Lender in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits (such calculations of the Borrowers being conclusive absent manifest error). Each applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and Junior TLC Facility Lender within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice requesting a Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release with a confirmation that such release conforms with the Minimum Cash Collateral Release Requirement (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, until receipt of such confirmation, such notice may be rescinded by the Borrower in its discretion), and then each Issuing Bank, together with the Applicable Agent, shall make, or shall cause the LC Collateral Agent to make, the requested transfers or release of LC Cash Collateral to effectuate such Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release within three (3) Business Days thereafter.

It is understood and agreed that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Borrower LC Cash Collateral Release shall constitute a reduction of (or result in a reduction of) the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations in the amount of the Burndown Amount (other than in respect of Adyen Burndown) that is released pursuant to this Section 2.4(g).

 

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2.5 Interest Rates, Fees, Payment Dates.

(a) Interest shall not be payable on any drawing paid under any Letter of Credit or any other Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations that is reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral on a timely basis. If a drawing paid under any Letter of Credit is not reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral on a timely basis as a result of there being an insufficient amount of LC Cash Collateral available therefor, then interest on such Reimbursement Obligation shall accrue at the rate specified in Section 3.5. If all or a portion of any amount of any Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations that are not reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral are not paid when due on a timely basis (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), all outstanding Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations (whether or not overdue) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate otherwise applicable plus 2.00%, in each case, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment) (or, in the event there is no applicable rate, 2.00% per annum in excess of the rate otherwise applicable to LC Disbursements from time to time). Such interest shall be payable on demand.

(b) Each Issuing Bank shall have the right (but not the obligation) to cause the applicable LC Collateral Agent to apply proceeds on deposit in, or standing to the credit of, each LC Cash Collateral Account at such LC Collateral Agent to make payments to, or for the account of, the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and/or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, for the purposes of (A) satisfying any Letter of Credit draw requests and Reimbursement Obligations and (B) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, solely to the extent and up to the amount equal to the Credited Interest the applicable Borrower would be entitled thereto in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits (1) payment of (x) any fees and reimbursable expenses related to the issuance, reimbursement or maintenance of the Letters of Credit and any additional costs fees and expenses reimbursable hereunder, (y) any Indemnified Liabilities under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (z) any fees payable under the Fee Letters and (2) to the extent such amounts are not satisfied by the Borrower, the payment of legal fees of Milbank LLP as counsel to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Issuing Banks, in each case, without the consent of the Borrower, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or any other Person; provided that (1) the applicable Issuing Bank shall provide notice to the Borrower of any payments made pursuant to the foregoing as soon as reasonably practicable, (2) amounts paid pursuant to clauses (B) shall be made no earlier than two (2) Business Days after invoices with respect thereto are issued and delivered to the Borrower and (3) any payments made pursuant to clause (A) or clause (B) to the extent related to an LC Disbursement can be made by the applicable Issuing Bank substantially concurrently with the funding of any LC Disbursement by such Issuing Bank.

(c) The Junior TLC Facility shall bear interest (i) prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, at a rate of 1.00% per annum on 62.5% of the face value of the outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) on or following the third anniversary of the Closing Date, at a rate of 2.00% per annum on 62.5% of the face value of the outstanding Letters of Credit, in each case, payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date at the option of the Borrower in cash or by notification of the Blocker to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent to instruct the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to deliver a Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent in accordance with the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement to transfer to the Junior TLC Facility Lender a number of the WeWork TLC Equity Interests corresponding to such interest amount at a $30.00 conversion price per share, and record such transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests on its books and records. Upon its receipt of a notification from the Blocker as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall prepare a Transfer Instruction in accordance with this Section 2.5(c) and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement (including the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests to be transferred) and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, together with a written instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to execute and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent. Solely in reliance on such instruction from the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall, without independent inquiry or investigation, execute and deliver to the Transfer Agent such Transfer Instruction provided to it, and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to calculate, determine, verify or monitor any conditions, amounts or calculations in connection therewith and shall have no liability in connection therewith.

 

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(d) If all or a portion of any amount of any Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations shall not be paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), such overdue amounts shall bear interest at 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment). Such interest shall be payable on demand.

(e) Interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.5 shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, or if earlier, each prepayment date pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or on the applicable Termination Date. Interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.5 shall only be payable by the Borrowers in the manner contemplated thereby.

2.6 Computation of Interest and Fees; Interest Elections.

(a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day), except that, with respect to Obligations or other amounts payable hereunder bearing interest based on the ABR, the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. Any change in the interest rate payable under the Facilities resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Applicable Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the applicable Credit Parties in the absence of manifest error.

2.7 Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a) Replacing Future Benchmarks. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Issuing Banks without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document so long as the Applicable Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from the Issuing Banks. At any time that the administrator of the then-current Benchmark has permanently or indefinitely ceased to provide such Benchmark or such Benchmark has been announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored, the component of ABR based upon the Benchmark will not be used in any determination of ABR.

(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Applicable Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time in consultation with the Borrower and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided further that such amendment would not result in material adverse Tax consequences to the Borrower and/or its affiliates or direct or indirect beneficial owners, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Applicable Administrative Agent.

 

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(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Applicable Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Issuing Banks of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Applicable Agent, the Borrower or, if applicable, any Issuing Banks pursuant to this Section 2.7, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.7.

(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. At any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR), then the Applicable Administrative Agent may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings and (ii) the Applicable Administrative Agent may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.

2.8 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.

(a) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, recoupment or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Applicable Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Banks and Junior TLC Facility Lender, at the Funding Office (unless otherwise provided herein, including in payments made by debiting an LC Cash Collateral Account), in Dollars (except as otherwise provided herein) and immediately available funds. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to each relevant Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender promptly upon receipt in like funds as received, net of any amounts owing by such Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to Section 9.7. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

(b) Unless the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Applicable Administrative Agent, the Applicable Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower are making such payment, and the Applicable Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender their applicable respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Applicable Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after such due date, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Applicable Agent or any Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender against the Borrower.

 

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(c) If any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.10(e) or 9.7 and such failure is continuing, then the Applicable Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender to satisfy such Issuing Bank’s or Junior TLC Facility Lender’s obligations, as applicable, to it under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent in its discretion.

2.9 Requirements of Law.

(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Issuing Bank or other Creditor Party with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall:

(i) subject any Creditor Party to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

(ii) impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit (or participations therein) by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Issuing Bank; or

(iii) impose on such Issuing Bank any other condition (other than Taxes);

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Issuing Bank, by an amount that such Issuing Bank deems to be material, of issuing Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Issuing Bank, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Issuing Bank for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall not be required to further pay such Issuing Bank for any additional Taxes imposed by reason of such payments. If any Issuing Bank becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled (and any related calculations).

(b) If any Issuing Bank shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Issuing Bank or any corporation controlling such Issuing Bank with any request or directive regarding capital or liquidity requirements (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Issuing Bank’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Issuing Bank or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Issuing Bank’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity) by an amount deemed by such Issuing Bank to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Issuing Bank to the Borrower (with a copy to the Applicable Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Issuing Bank or such corporation for such reduction; provided that notwithstanding

 

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this Section 2.9(b), the Credit Parties hereby agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate and negotiate in good faith any amendments to the cash collateral structure (including opening new accounts, amending or entering into new cash collateral documentation or any additional actions related to the forgoing) requested by JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs in order to improve capital treatment for JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs under the applicable Senior LC Tranche, provided that the fees and expenses of JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs and their respective counsels in connection with any such amendments or changes related to the LC Cash Collateral shall be payable by JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs, respectively and such amendments or changes shall not place undue burden or cost on the Credit Parties.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or by United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, and (ii) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

(d) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.9 submitted by any Issuing Bank to the Borrower (with a copy to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.9, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.9 for any amounts incurred more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower of such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine (9)-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts payable hereunder.

2.10 Taxes.

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good-faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.10), the amounts received with respect to this Agreement by the applicable Creditor Party shall equal the sum which would have been received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) Without duplication of any Tax paid under Section 2.10(a), the Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Applicable Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(c) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.10, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Creditor Party, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor specifying the amount of such Indemnified Taxes, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.10) payable or paid by such Creditor Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Creditor Party and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Creditor Party (with a copy to the Applicable Administrative Agent), or by the Applicable Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Creditor Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Each Issuing Bank shall severally indemnify the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Issuing Bank (but, in the case of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes for which the Credit Parties are responsible pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.10, only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so) and (ii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Issuing Bank, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Applicable Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Issuing Bank by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Issuing Bank under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent to such Issuing Bank from any other source against any amount due to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) (i) Any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent, at the time or times and in the manner prescribed by applicable law and such other time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.10(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in such Issuing Bank’s or the Junior TLC Facility Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

 

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any Non-U.S. Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender (each, a “Non-U.S. Creditor”), to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Creditor becomes an Issuing Bank under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of either the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

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in the case of a Non-U.S. Creditor claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form), as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form), as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

  (2)

in the case of a Non-U.S. Creditor claiming that its extension of credit will generate income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States (within the meaning of Section 882 of the Code), executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);

 

  (3)

in the case of a Non-U.S. Creditor claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Creditor is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form), as applicable; or

 

  (4)

to the extent a Non-U.S. Creditor is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN (or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, if applicable) (or any applicable successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 or Exhibit C-3, IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial

 

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  owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Creditor is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Creditor are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Creditor may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

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other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS; and

 

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any Non-U.S. Creditor shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Creditor becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

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if a payment made to an Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Applicable Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender has complied with such Issuing Bank’s or the Junior TLC Facility Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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  (D)

For the avoidance of doubt, each person that shall become an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 10.6 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all of the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section 2.10(f).

Each Issuing Bank and or the Junior TLC Facility Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(iii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower either (A) a duly completed original of IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Applicable Administrative Agent is a U.S. Person or (B) (x) a duly completed original IRS W-8ECI (or any successor form) or Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form) with respect to payments received by it as a beneficial owner and (y) a duly completed original of IRS Form W-8IMY certifying (A) in Part I that the Applicable Administrative Agent is a U.S. branch of a foreign bank and certifying in Part VI, Line 19.b., that the Applicable Agent agrees to be treated as a U.S. Person with respect to any payments made to it under any Credit Document or (B) that it is a qualified intermediary that assumes primary withholding responsibility under Chapters 3 and 4 and primary Form 1099 reporting and backup withholding responsibility for payments to such account. The Applicable Administrative Agent agrees that if such IRS Form W-9, W-8ECI, W-8BEN-E or W-8IMY previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.10 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.10 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, an Issuing Bank, the termination of the Issuing Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.

(i) For purposes of this Section 2.10 (and related definitions) and references in this Agreement to this Section 2.10, the term “Issuing Bank” includes any Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and any Arranger, and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

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2.11 Change of Lending Office. Each Issuing Bank agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to indemnification or payment under Section 2.9 or 2.10 with respect to such Issuing Bank, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to mitigate or reduce such indemnifiable or payable amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue), acting in good faith, which reasonable efforts may include designating or assigning its rights and obligations hereunder to another lending office, branch or affiliate, with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation or assignment is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Issuing Bank, cause such Issuing Bank and its lending offices to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 2.11 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.9 or 2.10(a).

2.12 Replacement of Issuing Banks. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Issuing Bank that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.9 or 2.10 or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount (including to any Governmental Authority) pursuant to Section 2.10 or requires the Borrower to enter into an amendment to alter the structure or the jurisdiction of the Borrower or the LC Cash Collateral Accounts or (b) becomes a Defaulting Issuing Bank; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Issuing Bank shall have taken no action under Section 2.11 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.9 or 2.10, (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all amounts owing to such replaced Issuing Bank on or prior to the date of replacement, and in connection therewith, shall pay to the replaced Issuing Bank in respect thereof an amount equal to the sum of (x) all LC Disbursements that have been funded by (and not reimbursed to) such replaced Issuing Bank, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (y) all accrued but unpaid fees owing to the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement, and the Borrower will have arranged for any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such replaced Issuing Bank to either be returned to the replaced Issuing Bank for cancellation, or, if acceptable to the replaced Issuing Bank, backstopped by the replacement Issuing Bank or cash collateralized in a manner that would satisfy the requirements under the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction with respect to such Issuing Bank, (v) the replacement financial institution shall be reasonably satisfactory to the replaced Issuing Bank, (vi) the replaced Issuing Bank shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, including, for the avoidance of doubt, reflecting such replacement in the Issuing Bank Register (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to in Section 10.6), (vii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.9 or 2.10, as the case may be, and (viii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Applicable Agent or any other Issuing Bank shall have against the replaced Issuing Bank. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Applicable Agent and the assignee, and that the Issuing Bank required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective.

2.13 Defaulting Issuing Banks. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Issuing Bank becomes a Defaulting Issuing Bank, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Issuing Bank:

(a) Fees shall cease to accrue on the unutilized portion of the Issuing Commitment of such Defaulting Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.3.

 

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(b) In the event that the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Banks each agree that a Defaulting Issuing Bank has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Issuing Bank to be a Defaulting Issuing Bank, then such Defaulting Issuing Bank shall no longer be considered a Defaulting Issuing Bank.

Notwithstanding the above, the Borrower’s right to replace a Defaulting Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other rights and remedies available to the Borrower against such Defaulting Issuing Bank under this Agreement, at law, in equity or by statute.

2.14 WeWork TLC Equity Interest Transfer Procedures. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests by the Blocker to the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be effectuated by recording such transfer on the books and records of the Transfer Agent.

2.15 Extensions of the Commitment Period.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Borrower may agree with one or more Issuing Bank(s) to extend the maturity date of such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitment (including extending the Senior LC Facility Termination Date as applicable to such Issuing Bank(s) and the applicable Senior LC Tranche) and to otherwise modify the terms of such Issuing Bank’s Letters of Credit and/or Issuing Commitments (including amending the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Issuing Bank’s Letters of Credit and/or Issuing Commitments) (it being understood that no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to participate in any Extension (as defined below) unless it shall have consented thereto). Any such extension (an “Extension”) agreed to between the applicable Borrower and any such Issuing Bank (an “Extending Issuing Bank”) will be established under this Agreement for such Issuing Bank treating such extended issuing commitment as an Issuing Commitment hereunder if such Issuing Bank is extending an existing Issuing Commitment (such extended Issuing Commitment, an “Extended Issuing Commitment”, and any Letter of Credit made pursuant to such Extended Issuing Commitment, an “Extended Letter of Credit”).

(b) The applicable Senior LC Facility Borrower and each Extending Issuing Bank shall execute an amendment to this Agreement (an “Extension Amendment”) and such other documentation as shall be necessary to evidence the Extended Issuing Commitments of such Extending Issuing Bank. Each Extension Amendment shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Issuing Commitments; provided that the Extended Letters of Credit shall have a final maturity date no later than the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date and any Extension Amendment shall comply with the Junior TLC Facility Lender Split Protections. Upon the effectiveness of any Extension Amendment, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Letters of Credit and/or Extended Issuing Commitments evidenced thereby. Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent with the applicable Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. If provided in any Extension Amendment with respect to any Extended Issuing Commitments, and with the consent of each Issuing Bank, participations in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated to the Issuing Bank holding such Extended Issuing Commitments in the manner specified in such Extension Amendment, including upon effectiveness of such Extended Issuing Commitment or upon or prior to the maturity date of such Letters of Credit.

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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (i) no Extended Issuing Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (ii) any Extending Issuing Bank may extend all or any portion of its Issuing Commitment pursuant to one or more extension offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Issuing Commitment), (iii) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Letters of Credit or Issuing Commitment at any time or from time to time other than notice to the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Issuing Commitment implemented thereby, (iv) all Extended Issuing Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that rank equally and ratably in right of security with all other Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations, (v) no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue Letters of Credit under such Extended Issuing Commitments unless it shall have consented thereto and (vi) there shall be no borrower (other than the Senior LC Facility Borrowers) and no guarantors (other than the guarantors under the Guaranty Agreements) in respect of any such Extended Issuing Commitments.

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT

3.1 Issuing Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 3, each applicable Issuing Bank, agrees to issue Letters of Credit under the applicable Senior LC Tranche at the request of the Borrower as the applicant thereof, for the benefit of a bona fide third-party beneficiary thereof which shall not be any of the Credit Parties, WeWork Group Members or their respective affiliates, for the support of the Borrower’s obligations on any Business Day during the Commitment Period in such form as may be reasonably approved from time to time by such Issuing Bank; provided that such Issuing Bank shall not be permitted to issue any Letter of Credit if, after immediately giving effect to such issuance, (i) (x) the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement would not be satisfied or (y) the LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank would exceed its Issuing Commitment under the applicable Senior LC Tranche. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in an Approved Currency, (ii) subject to clause (i) above, be in such amount (and provide for such reductions therein at such dates, or upon such events) as shall be requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2, and (iii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Senior LC Facility Termination Date (the “Latest Expiry Date”), provided that (A) any Letter of Credit with a one (1)-year term may provide for the automatic extension thereof for additional one (1)-year periods and (B) notwithstanding clause (iii) above, at the request of the Borrower and in the sole discretion of any Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, a Letter of Credit may have an expiry date of greater than one year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Letter of Credit providing for automatic one (1)-year extensions, shall automatically extend, so long as the conditions in Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(b) are satisfied during the period in which the applicable Issuing Bank has a right to deliver a non-extension notice to the beneficiary of the applicable Letter of Credit; provided that in each case, in no event shall the final expiry date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond the Latest Expiry Date, unless an Issuing Bank agrees to such expiry date at its sole discretion.

(a) All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to this Agreement, for the account of the Borrowers, as applicable, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(b) No Issuing Bank shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Bank to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law or would violate any internal policies of such Issuing Bank related to the issuance of letters of credit generally applied to similarly situated obligors under comparable credit facilities.

 

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3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that any Issuing Bank issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Bank at its address for notices specified herein (x) an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Bank and (y) such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Bank may request. Upon receipt of the completed Application from the Borrower, the applicable Issuing Bank will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall such Issuing Bank be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than, three (3) Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon request, the applicable Issuing Bank shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof. Each Issuing Bank shall deliver a monthly report with respect to its Senior LC Tranche to the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrower, no later than five (5) Business Days after the last day of each month indicating the number and amount of Letters of Credit issued or amended by such Issuing Bank during that month.

3.3 Fees and Other Charges.

(a) Letter of Credit Fee. The Borrower will pay, (x) to each Issuing Bank, a fee at a per annum rate equal to 1.35% (the “Base Letter of Credit Fee”) on the average daily outstanding amount of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and outstanding, which shall be payable in Dollars (or at the sole discretion of the applicable Issuing Bank, payable in the same currency as the applicable Letter of Credit) and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date plus (y) after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Base Letter of Credit Fee shall increase to a rate of 3.35% for the period starting on the date of occurrence of such Event of Default until and through the date such Event of Default is waived or terminated pursuant to the terms hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) the amount of Base Letter of Credit Fees due for any payment period to Goldman Sachs is less than the Minimum GS Base Letter of Credit Fee, then the Base Letter of Credit Fee due to Goldman Sachs for such payment period shall equal the Minimum GS Base Letter of Credit Fee and (y) if the amount of Base Letter of Credit Fees due for any payment period to JPMorgan is less than the Minimum JPM Base Letter of Credit Fee, then the Base Letter of Credit Fee due to JPMorgan for such payment period shall equal the Minimum JPM Base Letter of Credit Fee.

(b) Fronting Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, payable in Dollars (or at the sole discretion of the applicable Issuing Bank, payable in the same currency as the applicable Letter of Credit), at a rate of 0.125% per annum on the undrawn and unexpired Dollar Equivalent amount of each Letter of Credit issued by the applicable Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility (or, if paid in the same currency as each applicable Letter of Credit, calculated at a rate of 0.125% per annum on the undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letter of Credit in the currency of such Letter of Credit), payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.

(c) Unused Issuing Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility a commitment fee (the “Unused Issuing Commitment Fee”), payable in Dollars, from the Closing Date through to the Senior LC Facility Termination Date, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily Dollar Equivalent amount of the Total Unutilized LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) the amount of Unused Issuing Commitment Fee due and payable for any payment period to Goldman Sachs is greater than the Maximum GS Unused Issuing Commitment Fee, then the Unused Issuing Commitment Fee due and payable to Goldman Sachs for such payment period shall equal the Maximum GS Unused Issuing Commitment Fee and (y) the amount of Unused Issuing Commitment Fee due and payable for any payment period to JPMorgan is greater than the Maximum JPM Unused Issuing Commitment Fee, then the Unused Issuing Commitment Fee due and payable to JPMorgan for such payment period shall equal the Maximum JPM Unused Issuing Commitment Fee

 

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(d) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Bank in issuing, document examination, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.

(e) Payment of Fees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Issuing Bank shall deliver an invoice to the Borrower for any fees payable pursuant to this Section 3.3 no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the related Fee Payment Date and any fees payable pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be payable by the Borrower but, to the extent unpaid after such two (2) Business Day period, are permitted to be deducted (but not required to be deducted) by the applicable Issuing Bank from the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account held by such Issuing Bank on the applicable Fee Payment Date solely to the extent up to an amount equal to the amount of Credited Interest the applicable Borrower would be entitled thereto in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits; provided that the due and payable amount in each invoice delivered to the Borrower (the aggregate amount of such amount for each invoice, the “Invoiced Amount”) and any calculations in respect thereof will be conclusive absent manifest error and will be deemed accepted and agreed by the Borrower within 2 Business Days after delivery by the applicable Issuing Bank or Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and shall be final and immediately payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, unless the Borrower expressly objects with reasonable detail supporting a change to the Invoiced Amount of at least $50,000 for such invoice; provided further that if the Borrower objects with reasonable detail any changes to the Invoiced Amounts of $50,000 or less for any invoice, the Borrower must pay such invoice immediately and pursuant to the terms hereunder and subsequently, the applicable Issuing Bank or Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent hereby agrees to use commercial reasonable efforts to determine the merit of such objection and rebate any amount (if applicable) to the applicable Borrower after reviewing the merits of such objection with the Borrower in a timely manner. Fees described under clauses (a) and (b), above, shall be earned, due and payable for so long as the applicable Letters of Credit are outstanding, regardless of whether the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction has occurred; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that is backstopped by a letter of credit in accordance with the terms hereunder in connection with the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Base Letter of Credit Fee payable on such backstopped Letters of Credit shall be a rate per annum to be mutually agreed as between the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

3.4 [Reserved].

3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower.

(a) If any LC Disbursement or other amount is payable under or in respect of any Letter of Credit, the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall cause the applicable LC Collateral Agent to debit such amount from the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.5. If there is insufficient LC Cash Collateral to pay any LC Disbursement or any other amount that is payable under or in respect of any Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of (i) any amount so paid or payable and (ii) any fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by such Issuing Bank in connection with such payment, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, no later than two (2) Business Days immediately following the day that the Borrower received notice of such payment and insufficient funds with respect thereto. Each such payment shall be made by the Borrower to the applicable Issuing Bank at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant LC Disbursement is paid until payment in full; provided that interest shall accrue (x) for the Business Day immediately after the date of the relevant notice, at a rate per annum equal to the ABR and (y) thereafter, commencing on the second Business Day after the date of the relevant notice, at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the default rate set forth in Section 2.5(a). In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the LC Disbursement and each other amount payable promptly following the determination thereof if such LC Disbursement or other amount is not paid by debiting the applicable LC Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.5.

 

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3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the applicable Issuing Bank, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the applicable Issuing Bank that such Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Credit Document, or any term or provision therein, (b) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be invalid, fraudulent or forged in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (c) any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee, purported transferee, or any other Person, (d) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of each Letter of Credit, (e) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder, in each case, except in the case of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction) or (f) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally. Neither the Applicable Agent, nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their respective related parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms, any error in translation, or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing, and the preceding sentence, shall not be construed to excuse such Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If documents shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank will examine documents to determine if the documents are compliant. If documents are compliant, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower of the payment date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the applicable Issuing Bank to the Borrower in connection with documents presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment substantially comply with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.

 

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3.8 Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce each Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender to enter into this Agreement and (in the case of the Issuing Banks) to issue Letters of Credit and (in the case of the Junior TLC Facility Lender) to provide the Term Loans, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to each Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, on the Closing Date and each other date required pursuant to Section 5.2 that (provided that any representation and/or warranty shall be subject to the Legal Reservations and Perfection Requirements insofar as it relates to any Security Document that is governed by English law):

4.1 [Reserved].

4.2 No Change. Since the Closing Date, there has been no development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party (a) is duly formed and registered, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and registration, (b) has the requisite power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Credit Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Credit Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Credit Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Credit Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.19 and (iii) such consents, authorizations, filings and notices the failure to obtain or perform which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change. Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party party thereto. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party, and constitutes, and each other Credit Document to which any Credit Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other similar laws or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in any legal opinion delivered to the Applicable Agent in connection with the Credit Documents.

 

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4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution and delivery of each Credit Document by each Credit Party party thereto and its performance of this Agreement and the Credit Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit and the use of proceeds thereof: (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Credit Documents, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable law or regulation or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational or constitutional documents of such Credit Party or (iii) any order of any Governmental Authority binding on such Credit Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under Contractual Obligation, and (d) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Credit Parties, except Liens created under and Liens permitted by the Credit Documents, and except to the extent such violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) above could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

4.6 Litigation. Other than as set forth on Schedule 4.6, no Proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened by or against any Credit Party or against any of their respective properties or revenues with respect to any of the Credit Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

4.7 No Default. No Credit Party is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Borrower has uncontested ownership of each LC Cash Collateral Account and the Blocker has uncontested ownership of 100% of the Equity Interest of each Borrower and none of such title or interest is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.1.

4.9 [Reserved].

4.10 Taxes. Each Credit Party has filed or caused to be filed all U.S. federal, state and other material Tax returns that are required to be filed by such Credit Party and has paid all Taxes due and payable by such Credit Party to any Governmental Authority (other than (i) any such Taxes not overdue by more than thirty (30) days, (ii) any such Taxes, the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Credit Party or (iii) any such Taxes in an amount less than $50,000 in the aggregate.

4.11 Federal Regulations. No extensions of credit hereunder will be used by the Borrower, whether directly or indirectly, (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U, as now and from time to time hereafter in effect) or (b) for any purpose that violates Regulations T, U, or X of the Board, as now and from time to time hereinafter in effect. If requested by any Creditor Party, the Borrower will furnish to such Creditor Party a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.

 

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4.12 Labor Matters. (i) Except as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Credit Party pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matter and (ii) all payments due from any Credit Party on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Credit Party.

4.13 ERISA. No ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is expected to occur that, individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event except where the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

4.14 Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

4.15 Subsidiaries. The Borrowers have no Subsidiaries.

4.16 Use of Proceeds. On the Closing Date, the Term Loans shall be used to cash fund LC Cash Collateral, in an aggregate amount equal to the Junior TLC Facility Commitment, to support the Senior LC Facility (including the Existing Letters of Credit), as required hereby. On and after the Closing Date, the Letters of Credit shall be used to support the general corporate obligations of the WeWork Group Members.

4.17 Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change:

(a) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been released (and there is no threat of release) at any facilities or properties currently owned, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, leased or operated, by any Credit Party or Material WeWork Group Members (the “Properties”) or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any other location, in violation by a Credit Party of, or that would reasonably be expected give rise to liability on the part of a Credit Party under, any Environmental Law;

(b) no Credit Party has received any written, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, verbal (and that would reasonably be expected to result in a written) notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability on the part of a Credit Party under or pursuant to Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Credit Party or Material WeWork Group Members (the “Business”), nor does the Borrower have knowledge that any such notice is threatened and reasonably expected to result in a written notice of violation;

(c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the Properties in violation by a Credit Party or a Material WeWork Group Member of, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, that would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability on the part of a Credit Party under, any applicable Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation by a Credit Party or a Material WeWork Group Member of, or that would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability on the part of a Credit Party under, any applicable Environmental Law;

(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law against any Credit Party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders outstanding, to which any Credit Party is subject under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;

 

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(e) the Credit Party and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Properties and all operations at the Properties, are in compliance, and have in the last five (5) years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws; and

(f) no Credit Party has affirmatively assumed by contract any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws.

4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. As of the Closing Date, no written statement or information (other than any projected financial information and information of a general economic or industry nature) contained in this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any WeWork Group Member or Credit Party to any Creditor Party, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, in each case as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished and when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto).

4.19 Security Documents. Subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, capital impairment, recognition of judgments, recognition of choice of law, enforcement of judgments or other similar laws or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, (ii) the Perfection Requirements and (iii) the provisions of this Agreement and the other relevant Credit Documents, the Security Documents and the Confirmation Order create legal, valid and enforceable Liens on (x) all of the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral in favor of the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties, and (y) all of the other Collateral in favor of the applicable LC Collateral Agents, for the benefit of themselves, the Issuing Banks, each other Applicable Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, as applicable, and such Liens constitute perfected Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, in each case as and to the extent set forth therein. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the other relevant Credit Documents, the Security Documents and the Confirmation Order create legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of the LC Cash Collateral (including the Senior LC Facility Cash Collateral Interest and the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest) in favor of the LC Collateral Agents, for the benefit of themselves, each applicable Issuing Bank, each other Applicable Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, and such Liens constitute perfected Liens on the LC Cash Collateral securing the applicable Obligations, in each case as and to the extent set forth therein.

4.20 [Reserved].

4.21 Other Contracts. No Credit Party has entered into any material contract or agreement with any Person unless such contract or agreement contains a non-petition covenant with respect to such Credit Party substantially consistent with such provision set forth in Section 10.24(a).

4.22 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Credit Party and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their capacity as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Credit Party and their respective officers and directors, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective employees and agents, are in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) Credit Parties or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the any Credit Party that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. The Borrower will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, use the proceeds of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions.

 

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4.23 EEA Financial Institutions. No Credit Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

4.24 Sole Purpose. The Borrower and Blocker has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and has not engaged in any business activity other than the negotiation, execution and to the extent applicable, performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, and obtaining or maintaining any letter of credit or similar facility for (x) use in connection with leases for the business of the WeWork Group Members or (y) to support up to $20,000,000 in general third-party corporate obligations of the WeWork Group Members (other than the Adyen LC) pursuant to the Credit Documents, in each case, inclusive of the Existing Letters of Credit.

4.25 Borrower LLC Agreement in Effect. The Borrower LLC Agreement and Blocker LLC Agreement each remains in full force and effect and there exists no breach of, default under, or threatened breach of, the Borrower LLC Agreement or the Blocker LLC Agreement by the Borrower or Blocker.

4.26 Indebtedness. No Credit Party has any Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than Indebtedness incurred under the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

4.27 Tradenames. No Credit Party has changed its name since its formation and does not have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names under which it has done or is doing business.

4.28 Solvency. The Credit Parties, on a consolidated basis (in the case of the Blocker), are, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and under all other Credit Documents will be and will continue to be, Solvent.

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1 Conditions to Closing Date. The Junior TLC Facility Commitments of the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Issuing Commitment of each Issuing Bank shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (or waiver thereof in accordance with Section 10.1):

(a) Credit Agreement. Each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

(b) Legal Opinions and Memoranda. (i) Each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received an executed legal opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to the Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Agents, which shall cover such customary matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender may reasonably require, including the enforceability of the security interests in the LC Cash Collateral, the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral and non-consolidation of the Borrowers and the Blocker, (ii) each Senior LC Facility

 

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Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received an executed legal opinion of Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP, Cayman Islands counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to the Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Agents, which shall cover such customary matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender may reasonably require, including the enforceability of the security interests in the LC Equity Collateral and non-consolidation of the Borrowers and the Blocker and (iii) JPMorgan, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank shall have received an executed legal opinion of Milbank LLP, counsel to the Issuing Banks, each in a form reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan.

(c) Credit Parties Signing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Registration; Good Standing Certificates, Solvency Certificate. The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Credit Parties, dated the Closing Date, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the certificate of incorporation, registration or formation of each Credit Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party, the Constituent Documents, resolutions of the board of directors, managers or other appropriate governing body of such Credit Party and incumbency certificates, (ii) a long form good standing certificate (or equivalent) for each of the Credit Parties from its respective jurisdiction of organization, (iii) statutory registers, (iv) in the case of each Credit Party, the duly executed services agreement for, or other reasonably satisfactory evidence of the engagement of, the Independent Manager for such party and (v) a solvency certificate of the Credit Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 from a Responsible Officer of the Credit Parties.

(d) Junior TLC Facility Lender Signing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates; Solvency Certificate. The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents shall have received (i) a certificate of the Junior TLC Facility Lender, dated the Closing Date, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the certificate of incorporation or formation of the Junior TLC Facility Lender certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of the Junior TLC Facility Lender, resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate governing body of the Junior TLC Facility Lender and incumbency certificates and (ii) a solvency certificate of the Junior TLC Facility Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 from a senior financial officer of the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

(e) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party in the Credit Documents or any notice or certificate delivered in connection therewith shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.

(f) KYC Information. Each of the Creditor Parties shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the Closing Date, (i) all documentation and other information required by any Governmental Authority under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, as required by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), the Borrower as of the Closing Date and (ii) in connection with applicable “beneficial ownership” rules and regulations, a customary certification regarding beneficial ownership or control of the Borrower, in each case, that has been reasonably requested in writing by such Creditor Party, as applicable, by no later than ten (10) days before the Closing Date.

 

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(g) Fees and Expenses. The Issuing Banks, Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Agents shall have received payment of all fees and expenses that are payable as of the Closing Date under this Agreement or any other Credit Document for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), at least one (1) Business Day before the Closing Date.

(h) Security Documents. The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents shall have received the Security Documents, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Credit Parties party thereto. The Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received the Security Documents executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Credit Parties party thereto.

(i) Guaranties. The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received each applicable Guaranty Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower and the guarantors party thereto.

(j) Officer’s Certificates. The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying compliance with Sections 5.1(o) and 5.2(a), (b) and (d) as of the Closing Date.

(k) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by any Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of such Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the applicable Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described herein or therein or in the Confirmation Order, shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

(l) Control Agreements. Each Issuing Bank shall have received duly executed LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreements for each LC Cash Collateral Account. The Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement.

(m) No Material Adverse Change. Since May 30, 2024, there shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending (other than the Chapter 11 Cases) or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the opinion of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, affects any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or that has or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse change or material adverse condition in or affecting the businesses, assets, operations or financial condition of any of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that none of (i) the Chapter 11 Cases or (ii) the actions required to be taken pursuant to the Credit Documents or the Confirmation Order, shall constitute a “material adverse effect”, “material adverse change” or words of similar import for any purpose.

(n) (i) The Confirmation Order shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been vacated, reversed, modified, amended or stayed without the prior written consent of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, and there shall be no appeal pending with respect thereto, (ii) the Reorganization Plan confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court shall not have been formally amended, stayed, supplemented or otherwise modified in any material respect that is materially adverse to the rights and interests of the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, in their capacities as such, unless consented to in writing by each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender and (iii) Effective Date (defined in the Reorganization Plan) of the Reorganization Plan shall have occurred.

 

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(o) The availability under the Senior LC Facility and the funding of Term Loans under the Junior TLC Facility shall not violate any requirement of law and shall not be enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently.

(p) Minimum Liquidity. The aggregate principal amount of all cash and Cash Equivalents deposited in or credited to accounts of the WeWork Group Members (other than the Credit Parties and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding all LC Cash Collateral) shall be equal to or greater than $200,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder.

(q) DIP Credit Agreement. (i) The Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall have received a duly executed satisfaction letter certifying to the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, each as defined under the DIP Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated on the Closing Date, (ii) such satisfaction letter shall provide that each Issuing Bank under the DIP Credit Agreement shall have agreed to release LC Cash Collateral (as defined under the DIP Credit Agreement) in an amount sufficient to fund the Term Loans on the Closing Date and (iii) after giving effect to the transaction on the Closing Date, the DIP Credit Agreement shall have been repaid (or deemed repaid) in full and all security interests securing the obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement shall be released and terminated (or deemed released and terminated).

5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including its initial extension of credit on the Closing Date) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party in the Credit Documents or any notice or certificate delivered in connection therewith (other than the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date) shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.

(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

(c) Application. The applicable Issuing Bank shall have received an Application duly completed by the Borrower.

(d) Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement. After giving effect to any issuance of any Letters of Credit (including the deemed issuance of the Existing Letters of Credit on the Closing Date), the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement shall be satisfied.

(e) Senior LC Facility Termination Date. The Senior LC Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.

Each issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

 

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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the later of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, each Credit Party hereby agrees that it shall and shall cause each other Credit Party to:

6.1 [Reserved].

6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents or the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, as applicable, for distribution to each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender:

(a) within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a Compliance Certificate certifying as to whether a Default, which has not previously been disclosed or which has not been cured, has occurred and, if such a Default is continuing, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

(b) promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or any documents described in Section 101(f) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Pension Plan; provided that if the relevant Credit Party or ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plans, then, upon reasonable request of the Applicable Agent, such Credit Party or the ERISA Affiliate shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Applicable Agent promptly after receipt thereof; and

(c) promptly, such material non-privileged information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party, or compliance with the terms of any Credit Document, as the Applicable Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender may reasonably request from time to time.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Credit Document, the Borrower will have no obligation to host telephone conferences or regular earnings calls with any Secured Party.

6.3 Payment of Taxes. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become more than thirty (30) days delinquent, as the case may be, all its material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies, except where (i) the amount or validity thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant Credit Party or (ii) the failure to pay such taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies, either individually or in the aggregate in an amount less than $50,000.

6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence, and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or material to the normal conduct of its business; (b) comply with all Requirements of Law (but not including Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions, which are addressed below in clause (c)) except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; (c) comply (i) with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws in all material respects and (ii) with applicable Sanctions; and (d) maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Credit Parties and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their capacity as such) with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.

 

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6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects in conformity with GAAP in all material respects and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives of the Collateral Agents, upon reasonable notice, to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time, not to exceed one visit in any fiscal year during normal business hours, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Credit Parties with officers of the Credit Parties and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that such rights under this Section 6.6 shall be conducted in a manner so as not to materially disrupt the normal operations of the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall have no obligation to disclose materials that are protected by attorney-client privilege or similar privilege or constitute attorney work product, or would violate applicable law or confidentiality obligations; provided that the Borrower shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to communicate such materials in a manner that would not waive such privilege or violate such applicable law or confidentiality obligations and (ii) notify the applicable Collateral Agent to the extent that any such materials are not being disclosed on such grounds.

6.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Applicable Agent on behalf of each Creditor Party upon a Responsible Officer acquiring knowledge of:

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between any Credit Party and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change;

(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Credit Party (i) in which the amount of potential liability involved on the part of any Credit Party would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought against any Credit Party which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change or (iii) which relates to any Credit Document;

(d) as soon as possible upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action the Borrower, any of the Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the IRS, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;

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(f) any notice of default, notice of election or exercise of any rights or remedies under any the Borrower LLC Agreement or any other Constituent Document of a Credit Party, and copies thereof.

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Credit Party proposes to take with respect thereto.

6.8 Environmental Laws.

(a) Comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”); provided that, in any case, any noncompliance with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, and any other noncompliance with Environmental Law, shall not be deemed a breach of this covenant where any such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Change. For purposes of this Section 6.8(a), noncompliance by any Credit Party with any applicable Environmental Law or Environmental Permit shall further be deemed not to constitute a breach of this covenant provided that, upon learning of any such noncompliance, such Credit Party shall promptly undertake all reasonable efforts to achieve material compliance with applicable Environmental Law.

(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives as to which an appeal or other challenge or request for relief has been timely and properly taken in good faith, and where any such action could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Change.

6.9 [Reserved].

6.10 [Reserved].

6.11 Certain Post-Closing Obligations. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the applicable time period set forth on Schedule 6.11 (or such later date as the applicable Issuing Banks may agree to in their sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered each item listed on Schedule 6.11; provided that Schedule 6.11 may be updated on the Closing Date as reasonably agreed by the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to effect the foregoing (and to permit the taking of the actions described above within the time periods required above and in Schedule 6.11, rather than as elsewhere provided in the Credit Documents); provided that (x) to the extent any representation and warranty would not be true because the foregoing actions were not taken on the Closing Date, the respective representation and warranty shall be required to be true and correct (subject to any materiality qualifier contained therein) at the time the respective action is taken (or was required to be taken) in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.11 (and Schedule 6.11) and (y) all representations and warranties relating to the assets set forth on Schedule 6.11 pursuant to the Security Documents shall be required to be true (subject to any materiality qualifier contained therein) immediately after the actions required to be taken under this Section 6.11 (and Schedule 6.11) have been taken (or were required to be taken), except to the extent any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (subject to any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such earlier date.

 

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6.12 [Reserved].

6.13 Organizational Procedures and Scope of Business. Each Credit Party will observe all organizational procedures required by its Constituent Documents and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Without limiting the foregoing, each Credit Party will limit the scope of its business to: (i) entering into, delivering, and/or performing its obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) engaging in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted under such Credit Party’s Constituent Documents and limited liability companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands that are related to the foregoing and necessary, convenient or advisable to accomplish the foregoing, which are both (x) not prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands, and (y) expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Documents (and, solely to the extent in connection with performing activities or exercising its powers expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall have the powers set out in Section (9)(4) of the LLC Act (subject always to the provisions of the Borrower Constituent Documents)) and (iii) obtaining or maintaining any letter of credit or similar facility for use in connection with leases for the business of the WeWork Group Members or to support up to $20,000,000 in general third-party corporate obligations of the WeWork Group Members (other than the Adyen LC) pursuant to the Credit Documents (which shall include the Existing Letters of Credit).

6.14 Special Purpose Entity Requirements. Each Credit Party will at all times: (i) maintain at least one (1) Independent Manager; (ii) maintain its own books and records and bank accounts separate and apart from those of any other Person; (iii) hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from the WeWork Group Members and any other Person; (iv) file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under any Requirement of Law, to the extent it is (A) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns or (B) not treated as a division for tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any Taxes so required to be paid under any Requirement of Law in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (v) not commingle its assets with assets of any of its Affiliates, or of any other Person and maintain its assets in such a manner that its individual assets and liabilities can be readily and inexpensively ascertained as separate from those of any other Person; (vi) conduct its business in its own name and strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence; (vii) maintain separate financial statements; (viii) pay its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds; (ix) except for capital contributions or distributions permitted under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and its Constituent Documents and properly reflected on the books and records of such Credit Party, maintain an arm’s-length relationship with its Affiliates and not enter into any transaction with an Affiliate, except upon terms and conditions that are (a) commercially reasonable (including limited recourse and non-petition provisions), (b) taken as a whole, not less favorable to such Credit Party than those available with unaffiliated parties in an arm’s-length transaction and (c) in compliance with the terms of the Credit Documents; (x) pay the salaries of its own employees, if any; (xi) not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others; (xii) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for shared office space; (xiii) to the extent used, use separate stationery, invoices and checks; (xiv) except to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Credit Documents, not pledge its assets as security for the obligations of any other Person; (xv) correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity and not identify itself as a department or division of any other person; (xvi) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets; (xvii) cause the managers, officers, agents and other representatives of such Credit Party to act at all times with respect to such Credit Party consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of such Credit Party; (xviii) not acquire the obligations or any securities of its Affiliates (except, in the case of the Blocker, the Equity Interests in each Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral); (xix) not enter into any material contract or agreement with any Person (other than with respect to each LC Cash Collateral Account Control Agreement with any LC Collateral Agent) that does not contain a non-petition covenant with respect to such Credit Party substantially consistent with such provision set forth in Section 10.24(a); (xx) not divide or permit any division of any Credit Party; (xxi)

 

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pay the fees and expenses under the services agreement (or equivalent document) for such “Independent Manager” as and when they become due; (xxii) receive capital contributions from the immediate parent of such Credit Party; (xxiii) not have its obligations guaranteed by an Affiliate or any other person, and not hold out the credit or assets of its Affiliates or any other person as being available to satisfy the Credit Parties’ obligations (in each case under this sub-clause (xxiv), other than obligations of the Blocker under the Guaranty Agreements); and (xxv) not operate or purport to operate as a single, legal entity with respect to any other Person. Where necessary, each Credit Party will obtain proper authorization from its members for limited liability company action.

6.15 Compliance with Legal Opinions. Each Credit Party shall conduct its business and activities in all material respects in compliance with the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinions of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as special counsel to the Credit Parties and Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP, as special Cayman Islands counsel to the Credit Parties relating to substantive consolidation issues.

6.16 Satisfaction of Obligations. Each Credit Party shall pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Credit Party or where failure to do so would not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

6.17 Disregarded Entity. Each Credit Party is intended to be disregarded as entities separate from its owner pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(ii), and neither any Credit Party nor any other Person on its behalf shall make an election to be treated as other than an entity disregarded from its owner under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c).

6.18 Junior TLC Treatment Certificate.

(a) Within 10 Business Days of the later of the end of each calendar quarter and the delivery by each Issuing Bank of the invoices for the applicable calendar quarter, the Borrowers will deliver to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Lender a certificate (i) setting forth the aggregate principal amount of drawings on Letters of Credit reimbursed with LC Cash Collateral (the “Drawn Base”) during the prior calendar quarter and the aggregate principal amount of undrawn Letters of Credit, (ii) providing the aggregate face amount of all surplus of LC Cash Collateral with respect to each of the Senior GS LC Tranche and the Senior JPM LC Tranche of the Senior LC Facility and providing reasonable detail as to whether such surplus amounts are in respect of (x)(A) the Adyen LC or (B) other Letters of Credit, in each case, that were reduced, cancelled or otherwise terminated during the prior calendar quarter and which are to remain in LC Cash Collateral Accounts and to be available to support the issuance, renewal, extension or replacement of Letters of Credit, and (y) (A) the Adyen LC or (B) other Letters of Credit, in each case, that were reduced, cancelled or otherwise terminated during the prior calendar quarter which are to constitute “Burndown” for such quarter or during any other prior period but which have not yet been so designated, and the resulting aggregate amount of “Burndown” (such aggregate amounts, the “Burndown Amounts”); provided that any such amounts in respect of Adyen LCs that were reduced, cancelled or otherwise terminated and not constituting refinancings or replacements thereof may be designated as Adyen Burndown, (iii) setting forth aggregate amount of Cushion on deposit in Cash Collateral Accounts as of the last business day of such calendar quarter, (iv) setting forth the aggregate Dollar equivalent amount of Credited Interest on the last business day of such calendar quarter that accrued on amounts on deposit in all Cash Collateral Accounts during such calendar quarter, (v) setting forth the outstanding principal amount of the Junior TLC Facility as of the last business day of such calendar quarter, (vi) the Maximum WeWork Equity Interest Amount as of the last business day of such calendar quarter (vii) setting forth to the extent reasonably practicable, (w) anticipated lease renewals and (x) leases supported by Letters of Credit that have received an active default notice that has yet to be cured as of the

 

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end of such quarter, (y) leases supported by Letters of Credit that are not in default and have a scheduled burndown in the succeeding fiscal quarter and (z) leases supported by Letters of Credit that are expiring in the succeeding fiscal quarter and the reasonably anticipated Letter of Credit reductions, cancellations, terminations or draws with respect thereto and (viii) to the extent applicable, setting forth detailed wiring instructions for any Borrower LC Cash Collateral release pursuant to Section 2.4(f). The amounts set forth by the Borrowers in any Junior TLC Treatment Certificates (as defined below) and any calculations in respect thereof will be conclusive absent manifest error and will be deemed accepted and agreed by the Junior TLC Facility Lender within 5 Business Days after delivery by the Borrowers thereof and such certificate shall be final, unless the Junior TLC Facility Lender expressly objects with reasonable detail supporting such objection. If the Junior TLC Facility Lender does so object, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrowers will cooperate to resolve any dispute as promptly as reasonably practicable, and upon such resolution, the Borrowers will deliver an updated certificate for the applicable calendar quarter, and such updated certificate will be final. In no event will a Default or an Event of Default arise as a result of any dispute with respect to the amounts set forth in any such certificate. The final certificate delivered pursuant to this paragraph with respect to any calendar quarter will be referred to as the “Junior TLC Treatment Certificate”.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers may (but have no obligation to) from time to time deliver an updated certificate to the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent (i) setting forth the Drawn Base since the end of the prior calendar quarter, (ii) designating additional Burndown Amounts (and specifying whether such Burndown Amounts are Ayden Burndown or non-Ayden Burndown) since the end of the prior calendar quarter. The amounts set forth by the Borrowers in any such certificates and any calculations in respect thereof will be determined final in accordance with the same procedures set forth with respect to quarterly Junior TLC Treatment Certificates in clause (a) above and if any such additional certificate is delivered and so finalized, it will update the applicable amounts set forth in the most recent quarterly Junior TLC Treatment Certificate.

6.19 Intended Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, (i) any WeWork TLC Equity Interests transferred to the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to this Agreement shall, taken together with the contribution of cash and certain third-party claims to WeWork in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Plan, be treated as an equity issuance in exchange for the contribution of the DIP TLC Claims (as defined in the Reorganization Plan) to WeWork in a transaction described in Section 351(a) of the Code and (ii) any cash or other property (aside from the WeWork TLC Equity Interests) transferred to the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to this Agreement shall, taken together with the contribution of cash and certain third-party claims to WeWork in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Plan, be treated as the receipt of property in exchange for the contribution of the DIP TLC Claims (as defined in the Reorganization Plan) to WeWork in a transaction described in Section 351(b) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”). Each of the parties hereto shall file their respective tax returns in a manner consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment, and shall not take any position inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment in any proceeding before any Governmental Authority, in each case except as required by applicable law.

 

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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the later of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, each Credit Party hereby agrees that it shall not:

7.1 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except, (i) Liens granted in favor of the applicable Secured Parties under the Security Documents, (ii) solely with respect to the LC Cash Collateral, any Liens in favor of each Issuing Bank (or their affiliates or branches) in its capacity as a depositary bank, (iii) customary Liens in favor of depository banks and (iv) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Credit Party.

7.2 Indebtedness. Incur, create or assume any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Documents.

7.3 Disposition of Assets. (i) Transfer or dispose of any Equity Interests in any Borrower by the Blocker or (ii) transfer, dispose or otherwise move any cash from an LC Cash Collateral Account to any other bank account of the Borrowers or any third party in a manner not expressly permitted by the terms hereunder.

7.4 Restricted Payments. The Credit Parties shall not make any Restricted Junior Payment unless immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Junior Payment, the Borrowers shall be Solvent and shall have LC Cash Collateral sufficient to be reasonably able to pay fees and other charges in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof for the subsequent 6-month period immediately following such Restricted Junior Payment; provided that in the event the Credit Parties cannot meet the foregoing conditions to make Restricted Junior Payments, the Borrowers shall be permitted to make Restricted Junior Payments to Blocker (subject to the release provisions in Section 2.4(f)) to be held in a separate deposit account in the name of Blocker at one of the LC Collateral Agents until such time that the Credit Parties can meet the foregoing conditions, at which point the Credit Parties may make Restricted Junior Payments with respect to such amounts; provided further that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Documents, the creation of this account at Blocker shall be permitted under the Credit Documents.

7.5 Investments. No Credit Party shall be permitted to make any investments not expressly permitted by this Agreement; provided that investments in respect of LC Cash Collateral, Equity Interests in each Borrower by the Blocker and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral shall be permitted under this Section 7.5.

7.6 Use of Proceeds. Except as otherwise provided herein or approved by the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender (email to suffice), shall not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Term Loans or Letters of Credit in a manner or for a purpose other than those consistent with this Agreement. The proceeds of the Term Loans shall be used to fund LC Cash Collateral and reimburse LC Disbursements but shall not be used to pay fees and expenses under the Credit Documents.

7.7 [Reserved].

7.8 Jurisdiction. Change its jurisdiction of formation.

7.9 Special Purpose Entity Requirements. No Credit Party shall (i) guarantee, become obligated for, or hold itself out to be responsible for the Indebtedness or any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate, except, in the case of the Blocker, for the Obligations hereunder and the applicable Guaranty Agreement, (ii) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business, other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under the Credit Documents, (iii) make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any Equity Interests or securities of, any Person (except, in the case of the Blocker, the Equity Interests in each Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral), (iv) fail to pay its debts and liabilities from its assets when due, (v) to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any dissolution, liquidation, provisional liquidation, consolidation, merger, restructuring, sale, transfer by way of continuation or other transfer of any of its assets other than upstream disbursements expressly permitted hereunder and such other activities as are expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or (vi) create, form or otherwise acquire any Subsidiaries.

 

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7.10 Requirements for Material Actions. Each Credit Party shall not fail to provide (and at all times each Credit Party’s Constituent Documents shall reflect) that the unanimous consent of all managers (including the consent of the Independent Manager(s)) is required for such Credit Party to (i) file any insolvency, or reorganization case or proceeding, (ii) institute proceedings to have such Credit Party be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (iii) institute proceedings under any applicable insolvency law, (iv) seek any relief under any law relating to relief from debts or the protection of debtors, (v) consent to the filing or institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against such Credit Party, (vi) file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to such Credit Party under any applicable federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (vii) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, provisional liquidator, restructuring officer, interim restructuring officer, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian, or any similar official of or for such Credit Party, or a substantial part of its property, (viii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (ix) take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

7.11 Organizational Documents. No Credit Party shall amend, modify or terminate any of its Constituent Documents without the prior written consent of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

7.12 Merger, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. No Credit Party shall change its organizational structure, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or asset sale, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, provisional liquidation, winding up or dissolution) without the prior written consent of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

7.13 Limited Assets. Each Credit Party shall not hold or own any assets that are not part of the Collateral except for deposit accounts holding cash to fund costs and expenses of such Borrower (including fees payable to the Independent Manager) and cash released from the LC Cash Collateral Accounts (pending distribution thereof).

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.1 Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

(a) Solely with respect to the Senior LC Facility, any Borrower shall fail to pay any Reimbursement Obligation within two (2) Business Days of the applicable due date in accordance with the terms hereof; or any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable hereunder (including but not limited to any fees or expenses payable related to any Letter of Credit) or under any other Credit Document in respect of the Senior LC Facility, within five (5) Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Credit Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

 

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(c) Solely with respect to the Senior LC Facility, any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 2.4(a) (solely after giving effect to the three (3) Business Day cure period as specified in Section 2.4(d) following the delivery of a Deficiency Notice), clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a), 6.7(a), 6.13, 6.14 or 7 of this Agreement; or

(d) any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 8.1), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice to any Borrower from the Applicable Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender; or

(e) any Material WeWork Group Member (x) shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any of its Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable beyond any applicable grace period or (y) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Material Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition that results in such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits, after giving effect to any applicable grace period, the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or

(f) (A) any Material WeWork Group Member or Credit Party shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (x) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, restructuring, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, provisional liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (y) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets; or (B) there shall be commenced against any Material WeWork Group Member or any Credit Party any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (A) above that (x) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment and (y) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days; or (C) there shall be commenced against any Material WeWork Group Member or Credit Party any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or (D) any Material WeWork Group Member or Credit Party shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (A), (B), or (C) above; or

(g) an ERISA Event and/or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred and such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; or

(h) one or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Credit Party in any amount or any Material WeWork Group Member in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000,000 and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been paid, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or

(i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby, for any reason other than as a result of acts or omissions by any Collateral Agent or any Issuing Bank (in the case of any Security Document that is governed by English law, subject to the Legal Reservations and Perfection Requirements); or

 

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(j) any Guaranty Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party shall so assert; or

(k) solely with respect to the Senior LC Facility, a WeWork Change of Control or a Change of Control shall occur; or

(l) Solely with respect to the Senior LC Facility, any Borrower shall fail to comply with the Minimum Cash Collateral Requirement (solely after giving effect to the three (3) Business Day cure period as specified in Section 2.4(d) following the delivery of a Deficiency Notice) or with the Minimum Cash Collateral Release Requirement; or

(m) the failure to comply with Section 6.15; or

(n) (i) failure of any Credit Party to maintain at least one Independent Manager that satisfies each of the criteria in the definition thereof (other than as a result of the resignation, death, incapacitation or other unavailability of the Independent Manager, in which case such failure to maintain at least one Independent Manager continues for 30 days) or (ii) the removal of any Independent Manager of any Credit Party without “cause” (as such term is defined in the organizational document of such Credit Party) or without giving prior written notice to each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent or each Issuing Bank.

then, and in any such event, either Issuing Bank may directly (without consultation or prior notice to any other Issuing Bank or any Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent), by notice to the Borrower and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, declare that the Senior LC Facility Termination Date has occurred, whereupon all Issuing Commitments under the Senior LC Facility shall terminate immediately and all amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in respect of the Senior LC Facility (including all applicable Credit Exposure) shall immediately become due and payable and the Borrower be required to immediately satisfy the requirements of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction. Except as expressly provided above in this Section 8, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

Upon and after the occurrence and continuation of any Default or Event of Default and until the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, no payment in cash of any principal, interest or fees due and payable to the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be permitted to be paid by any Credit Party or Applicable Agent.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Junior TLC Facility will give rise to the right of any of the Junior TLC Facility Lender, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent or the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to take any remedial or enforcement actions with respect to the Junior TLC Facility Collateral unless and until the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date occurs and the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction occurs. After the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Trigger Date and the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent may instruct the Controlling Collateral Agent to take remedies or enforcement actions with respect to the Junior TLC Facility Collateral.

 

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8.2 Priority of Payments with Respect to the Collateral. Anything contained herein or in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and any Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights, in respect of any LC Collateral, or any Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any Credit Document (other than this Agreement (to the extent such payment represents an application of LC Cash Collateral Proceeds (defined below) made pursuant to this Section 8.2)) with respect to any LC Cash Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such LC Cash Collateral by any Secured Party or received by any Secured Party pursuant to any agreement with respect to such LC Cash Collateral, a plan of reorganization or liquidation, or as adequate protection and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any LC Cash Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “LC Cash Collateral Proceeds”), shall be applied (i) FIRST, to the payment in full in cash of all amounts owing to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, and each LC Collateral Agent (each in its capacity as such) pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents on a ratable basis, (ii) SECOND, with respect to all LC Cash Collateral held by each Issuing Bank in its capacity as an LC Collateral Agent, to the payment in full in cash of the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations of such Issuing Bank in order to satisfy the requirements of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction with respect to such Issuing Bank, (iii) THIRD, with respect to all LC Cash Collateral held by each Issuing Bank in its capacity as an LC Collateral Agent, to the payment in full of the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations of each other Issuing Bank in order to satisfy the requirements of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction with respect to such other Issuing Bank, (iv) FOURTH, following the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and the Deemed Assignment, to the payment in full in cash of all amounts owing to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and Junior TLC Collateral Agent (each in its capacity as such) pursuant to the terms of the Credit Documents on a ratable basis, and to the Junior TLC Facility Lender, solely to the extent the Junior TLC Facility Lender would be entitled thereto in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits and (v) FIFTH, following the occurrence of the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction and after payment of all Obligations, to the Borrowers or their successors or assigns, as their interests may appear, or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. If, despite the provisions of this Section 8.2, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Section 8.2, such Secured Party shall hold such payment or recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties for distribution in accordance with this Section 8.2.

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

9.1 Appointment. Each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints such Issuing Bank, as the administrative agent of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement (in such capacity, a “Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent”), and each Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes the applicable Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Junior TLC Facility Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent as the administrative agent of the Junior TLC Facility Lender under this Agreement, and the Junior TLC Facility Lender irrevocably authorizes the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Issuing Bank, each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably designate and appoint each Issuing Bank, to serve as the collateral agent of such Secured Party (in such capacity, an “LC Collateral Agent”), and each such Issuing Bank, each Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent irrevocably authorize such the LC Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Security Documents, Guaranties and each other Credit Document and to exercise such

 

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powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the LC Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guaranties and each other Credit Document, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Junior TLC Facility Lender, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the LC Collateral Agents (in their capacity as collateral agent for the Junior TLC Facility Lender after the occurrence of a Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction) irrevocably designate and appoint Acquiom to act on behalf of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties as Junior TLC Collateral Agent and authorize Acquiom to serve as the collateral agent of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Junior TLC Collateral Agent”), and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the LC Collateral Agents (in their capacity as collateral agent for the Junior TLC Facility Lender after the occurrence of a Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction) irrevocably authorize the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on behalf of the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties hereunder and under the provisions of the Security Documents and each other applicable Credit Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement, the Security Documents and each other applicable Credit Document, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of the Applicable Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, as applicable, and neither the Borrower nor any other person shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any such provision. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Credit Document with reference to such Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

9.2 Delegation of Duties.

(a) The Applicable Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Applicable Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Notwithstanding anything therein to the contrary, the parties hereto and the other Credit Parties agree that any agreement relating to cash collateral required under any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document that is entered into by or on behalf of an Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall, prior to the occurrence of the terminations described in Section 10.14(b), be for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, and such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall, prior to the occurrence of the terminations described in Section 10.14(b), (i) be acting as gratuitous bailee and as a non-fiduciary agent of the Applicable Agent, as applicable (such bailment and agency being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 9-313(c), 9-104, 9-105 and 9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code), with respect to any security interest granted therein and perfection thereof and (ii) hold such cash collateral and any applicable security interest therein for the benefit of the Applicable Agent as agent on behalf of the holders of the Obligations.

9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Applicable Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender or any other Person for (a) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Applicable Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (b) for the

 

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value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any failure of any Credit Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, (c) the value or sufficiency of any Collateral or (d) determining or confirming the satisfaction of any covenant or condition set forth in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document. The Applicable Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender or any other Person to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

9.4 Reliance by the Applicable Agent. Each Applicable Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy or email message, statement, order or other document or conversation (including any of the foregoing delivered in electronic format) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Applicable Agent. Each Applicable Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Applicable Required Creditor Parties (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Issuing Banks, the applicable Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the applicable Secured Parties against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Applicable Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Applicable Required Creditor Parties (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Issuing Banks, the applicable Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender), and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance therewith, such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the applicable Creditor Parties.

9.5 Notice of Default. Each Applicable Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Applicable Agent has received notice from an Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender, another Applicable Agent or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that any Applicable Administrative Agent receives such a notice, such Applicable Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Creditor Parties under the Applicable Facility and the other Agents. Each Applicable Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by, in the case of the Applicable Administrative Agents, the Applicable Required Creditor Parties (or, if so specified by this Agreement, the applicable Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender) and, in the case of the Collateral Agents, the Applicable Controlling Administrative Agent; provided that unless and until such Applicable Agent shall have received such directions, such Applicable Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the applicable Creditor Parties.

9.6 Non-Reliance on Applicable Agents and Other Issuing Banks. Each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Applicable Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Applicable Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Credit Party or any affiliate of a Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Applicable Agent to any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender. Each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender represents to the Applicable Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Applicable Agent or any other Creditor Party, and based

 

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on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its extensions of credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Applicable Agent or any other Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender (in the case of each Issuing Bank), and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required hereunder to be furnished to each other Applicable Agent, to Issuing Banks by each Applicable Agent and to the Junior TLC Facility Lender by each Applicable Agent, neither Applicable Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or any other Applicable Agent with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Credit Party or any affiliate of a Credit Party that may come into the possession of such Applicable Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

9.7 Indemnification.

(a) Each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender severally agrees to indemnify the Agents, and their respective affiliates, and their respective affiliates’, respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, advisors and controlling persons (each, an “Agent Indemnitee”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to its pro rata share of the aggregate amount of the Issuing Commitments in effect and Term Loans outstanding on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 9.7, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of, the applicable Issuing Commitments, the Junior TLC Facility Commitments, the Term Loans, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, in connection with delivery of any Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent in accordance with this Agreement); provided that no Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 9.7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts payable hereunder.

9.8 Applicable Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Applicable Agent and its affiliates may (without obligation) make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Applicable Agent were not an Applicable Agent. With respect to any Letter of Credit issued by it, each Applicable Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Applicable Agent, and the term “Issuing Bank” shall include each Applicable Agent in its individual capacity.

 

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9.9 Successor Agents.

(a) Each Applicable Agent may resign as an Applicable Agent upon ten (10) days’ prior notice to the applicable Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender (as applicable) and the Borrower. If any Applicable Agent shall resign as an Applicable Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then the Applicable Required Creditor Parties shall appoint from among the applicable Creditor Parties a successor agent for such role, which successor agent shall be (i) solely with respect to any Applicable Agent for the Senior LC Facility, a bank with an office in the United States and (ii) unless an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing, subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the former Applicable Agent, and the term “Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent”, “Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent”, “LC Collateral Agent” and/or “Junior TLC Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor agent, as applicable effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Applicable Agent’s rights, powers and duties as such Applicable Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Applicable Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Applicable Agent by the date that is ten (10) days following a retiring Applicable Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Applicable Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the applicable Creditor Parties shall assume and perform all of the duties of the former Applicable Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the applicable Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Applicable Agent’s resignation as such Applicable Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 and Section 10.5 shall continue to inure to its benefit.

(b) In addition, if at any time any Applicable Agent is (i) a Defaulting Issuing Bank or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Issuing Bank or (ii) in the case of any LC Collateral Agent, perceived, by the Junior TLC Facility Lender, to be in an actual or perceived conflict of interest, such Applicable Agent may be removed by (x) the Applicable Required Creditor Parties and (y) solely in the case of clause (i) above, upon ten (10) days written notice thereof to the Applicable Agent and applicable Issuing Banks, as the case may be. Upon receipt of such notice, the Applicable Required Creditor Parties shall have the right to appoint a successor Applicable Agent pursuant to Section 9.9(a), which, solely with respect to any Applicable Agent for the Senior LC Facility, such successor Applicable Agent shall be a commercial or investment banking institution or trust company with an office in the United States.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Credit Document, any entity into which the Junior TLC Collateral Agent may be merged or converted or which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the business of the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall be the successor of the Junior TLC Collateral Agent hereunder without the execution of filing of any paper with any Person or any further act on the part of any Person.

9.10 Structuring Agents, Arrangers and Bookrunners. Neither the Structuring Agents, Arrangers nor the Bookrunners shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such.

9.11 Erroneous Payments.

(a) If an Applicable Agent notifies an Issuing Bank or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of an Issuing Bank, or Secured Party (any such Issuing Bank, Secured Party or other recipient, but in any event excluding the Borrower and their Affiliates, a “Payment Recipient”) that such Applicable Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from such Applicable Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise

 

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erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Issuing Bank, Secured Party or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Applicable Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Applicable Agent, and such Lender, Issuing Bank or Secured Party shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter, return to the Applicable Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Applicable Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Applicable Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Applicable Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Applicable Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Applicable Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Applicable Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) in each case:

(i) (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Applicable Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

(ii) such Payment Recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Applicable Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Applicable Agent pursuant to this Section 9.11(b).

(c) Each Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or Secured Party hereby authorizes the Applicable Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or Secured Party under any Credit Document or otherwise payable or distributable by the Applicable Agent to such Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or Secured Party from any source, against any amount due to the Applicable Agent under immediately preceding clause (a) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

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Junior TLC Facility Lender at any time, (i) such Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be deemed to have assigned the Obligations owed to it or any other amounts due to it hereunder in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Applicable Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Obligations or any other amounts due to it hereunder (but not Applicable Commitments), the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with any applicable assignment fee to be waived by the Applicable Agent in such instance), and is hereby (together with the Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver any applicable Assignment and Assumption (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an approved electronic platform as to which the Applicable Agent and such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (ii) the Applicable Agent as the assignee Issuing Bank shall be deemed to acquire the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (iii) upon such deemed acquisition, the Applicable Agent as the assignee Issuing Bank shall be deemed an Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be deemed to have waived its rights as an Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its Applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Issuing Bank or assigning Junior TLC Facility Lender and (iv) the Applicable Agent may reflect in the register its ownership interest in the Letters of Credit subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment.

(e) The Applicable Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Obligations or other monetary obligations of the Borrower hereunder acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Obligations or other monetary obligations of the Borrower hereunder (or portion thereof), and the Applicable Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Applicable Commitments of such Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender and such Applicable Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Applicable Agent has sold Obligations or other monetary obligations of the Borrower hereunder (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether the Applicable Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Applicable Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Issuing Bank, Junior TLC Facility Lender or Secured Party under the Credit Documents with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency.

(f) The parties hereto agree that an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or Blocker, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Applicable Agent from the Borrower or any Guarantor for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.

(g) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Applicable Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

 

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(h) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Applicable Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, an Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender, the termination of the Applicable Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Credit Document.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligations or liabilities (including the payment of any assignment or processing fee payable to the Applicable Agent in connection therewith) directly or indirectly arising out of this Section 9.11 in respect of any Erroneous Payment (other than having consented to the assignment referenced in Section 9.11(d)(i) above).

9.12 Actions and Matters Relating to the Collateral.

(a) With respect to any Collateral, (i) only the Controlling Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Collateral), and then only on the instructions of the Controlling Administrative Agent (ii) the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Collateral from any other Applicable Agent (or any other Secured Party other than the Controlling Secured Parties) and (iii) neither the Non-Controlling Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall or shall instruct the Controlling Collateral Agent to commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator, provisional liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Collateral), whether under any Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Controlling Collateral Agent acting in accordance with the applicable Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Collateral. No Non-Controlling Administrative Agent or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Controlling Collateral Agent or the Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Controlling Collateral Agent, Controlling Administrative Agent or the Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Each Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any Obligations of any Applicable Facility or any Security Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Controlling Collateral Agent under any Security Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by this Agreement; (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral by the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (iii) except as provided in Section 9.12(a), it shall have no right to (A) direct the Controlling Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Controlling Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Controlling Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Collateral, and none of the Controlling Collateral Agent, Controlling Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Controlling Collateral Agent or other Secured Party with respect to any Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Collateral or any part thereof marshalled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Controlling Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

 

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(c) Each Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Collateral, pursuant to this Agreement or any Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in connection with any Bankruptcy Event of the Credit Parties or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the full discharge and satisfaction of the Obligations, then it shall hold such Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the applicable Collateral Agent, to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2. Any Secured party acting under this Section 9.12(c) shall have no obligation to the applicable Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to ensure that any Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Credit Parties or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 9.12(c). Each Secured Party acting under this Section 9.12(c) makes no representation or warranty as whether the provisions of this Section 9.12(c) are sufficient to perfect the security interest in any Collateral in which such Secured Party has such possession or control.

(d) Each Secured Party agrees that the Controlling Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment to any Security Document (including, without limitation, to release any Liens securing the Obligations) so long as the Controlling Collateral Agent is acting at the direction of the Controlling Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Applicable Required Creditor Parties (unless such amendment requires the consent of any additional Issuing Banks, Junior TLC Facility Lender or other party pursuant to Section 10.1) and/or has received a certificate of an officer of the Borrower stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the terms of each Credit Document and such amendment is in accordance with the Credit Documents.

(e) As between the Secured Parties, the applicable Collateral Agent shall have the right (without obligation) to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Collateral; provided that to the extent any other Applicable Agent receives proceeds of such insurance policy and such proceeds in respect of Collateral are not permitted or required to be returned to the Borrower under the applicable Credit Document, such proceeds shall be applied, or turned over to the applicable Collateral Agent for application, as provided in Section 8.2.

(f) [Reserved]

(g) Each of the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that because of the differing rights of the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender in the Collateral, the claims of the Issuing Banks with respect to the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations and the claims of the Junior TLC Facility Lender with respect to the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations are fundamentally different and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in any bankruptcy case. In the event that the claims of the Issuing Banks and Junior TLC Facility Lender are classified in the same class in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in any bankruptcy case, then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Issuing Banks shall not cast their votes in favor of such plan of reorganization unless such plan of reorganization has been approved by Junior TLC Facility Lender holding at least two-thirds in amount and more than one-half in number of the claims with respect to the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations, and (ii) unless the Deemed Assignment has occurred, the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall not cast their votes in favor of such plan of reorganization unless such plan of reorganization has been approved by Issuing Banks holding at least two- thirds in amount and more than one-half in number of the claims with respect to the Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations.

 

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9.13 Rights, Obligations and Protections of the Controlling Collateral Agent and the Controlling Administrative Agent.

(a) Each Controlling Collateral Agent and each Controlling Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein, the Credit Documents and in the other Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Controlling Collateral Agent and each Controlling Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties or obligations of any kind or nature to any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, and shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written direction of, in the case of the Controlling Administrative Agents, the Controlling Secured Parties and, in the case of the Controlling Collateral Agent, the Controlling Administrative Agent; provided that each Controlling Collateral Agent or the Controlling Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action (i) unless it is furnished with an indemnification satisfactory to such Controlling Collateral Agent or Controlling Administrative Agent, or (ii) in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Controlling Collateral Agent or the Controlling Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement, any Credit Document, any Security Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law, (iii) that would subject the Controlling Collateral Agent to a tax in any jurisdiction where it is not then subject to a tax or (iv) would require the Controlling Collateral Agent to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified;

(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Security Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as a Controlling Collateral Agent or Controlling Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity;

(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be within the powers conferred upon it, or omitted to be taken by it by reason of the lack of direction or instructions required hereby for such action (including, without limitation, for refusing to exercise discretion or for withholding its consent in the absence of its receipt of, or resulting from the failure, delay or refusal on the part of, in the case of the Controlling Administrative Agents, the Controlling Secured Party or, in the case of the Controlling Collateral Agent, the Controlling Administrative Agent, to provide written instructions to exercise such discretion grant such consent from the Controlling Secured Party or the Controlling Administrative Agent, as the case may be) or in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Borrower stating that such action is authorized or permitted by the terms of this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that each Controlling Collateral Agent and each Controlling Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder until notice describing such Event of Default is given to such Controlling Collateral Agent or the Controlling Administrative Agent by an Issuing Bank, Junior TLC Facility Lender, Applicable Agent or the Borrower); and

 

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(v) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Security Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any default, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Security Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (E) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (F) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to each Controlling Collateral Agent or Controlling Administrative Agent;

(vi) with respect to this Agreement and each Security Document, may conclusively assume that the WeWork Group Members have complied with all of their obligations thereunder unless advised in writing by the Borrower, an Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or an Administrative Agent to the contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation; and

(vii) may conclusively rely, without independent investigation, on any certificate of an officer of the Borrower and shall incur no liability for acting in reliance thereon.

(b) Each Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the LC Collateral Agent with respect to LC Collateral securing, initially, Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations of Goldman Sachs as an Issuing Bank and Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent under the Senior GS LC Tranche of the Senior LC Facility and following a Deemed Assignment, the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations owed to the Junior TLC Facility Lender, Goldman Sachs also serves as an initial Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and an initial Controlling Administrative Agent with respect to the Senior LC Facility, and each Secured Party hereby waives any right to make any objection or claim against Goldman Sachs (or any successor or any of their respective counsel) based on any alleged conflict of interest or breach of duties arising from such LC Collateral Agent also serving as a Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and a Controlling Administrative Agent with respect to the Senior LC Facility; provided that the foregoing does not limit the rights of the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to Section 9.9(b)(ii) of this Agreement. Each Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the LC Collateral Agent with respect to LC Collateral securing, initially, Senior LC Facility Credit Document Obligations of JPMorgan as an Issuing Bank and Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent under the Senior JPM LC Tranche of the Senior LC Facility and following a Deemed Assignment, the Junior TLC Facility Credit Document Obligations owed to the Junior TLC Facility Lender, JPMorgan also serves as an initial Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and an initial Controlling Administrative Agent with respect to the Senior LC Facility, and each Secured Party hereby waives any right to make any objection or claim against JPMorgan (or any successor or any of their respective counsel) based on any alleged conflict of interest or breach of duties arising from such LC Collateral Agent also serving as a Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and a Controlling Administrative Agent with respect to the Senior LC Facility; provided that the foregoing does not limit the rights of the Junior TLC Facility Lender pursuant to Section 9.9(b)(ii) of this Agreement.

 

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(c) The Controlling Collateral Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Controlling Collateral Agent and the Controlling Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may include, but shall not be limited to, counsel for the Borrower, counsel for each Applicable Agent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

(d) No provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall require the Controlling Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it, provided further that the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless the form of action.

(e) The Controlling Collateral Agent shall not have any liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of any Controlling Secured Party to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Controlling Collateral Agent and the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not have any liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Controlling Collateral Agent’s part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof.

(f) In no event shall any Controlling Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for: (i) delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control, including but not limited to, acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, pandemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters, the unavailability of communications or computer facilities, the failure of equipment or interruption of communications or computer facilities, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility, (ii) any delay, error omission or default of any mail, telegraph, cable or wireless agency or operator, or (iii) the acts or edicts of any government or governmental agency or other group or entity exercising governmental powers or (iv) any other causes beyond the Controlling Collateral Agent’s control whether or not of the same class or kind as specified above.

(g) The Controlling Collateral Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or in the possession of someone under its control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Controlling Collateral Agent or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, except the duty to accord such of the Collateral as may be in its possession substantially the same care as it accords similar assets held for the benefit of third parties and the duty to account for monies received by it. The Controlling Collateral Agent shall not be under an obligation independently to request or examine insurance coverage with respect to any Collateral nor shall the Controlling Collateral Agent be liable for the acts or omissions of any bank, depositary bank, custodian, independent counsel of any Credit Party or any other party selected the Controlling Collateral Agent with reasonable care or selected by any other party hereto that may hold or possess Collateral or documents related to Collateral, and the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not be required to monitor the performance of any such Persons holding Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the perfection of any lien or for the filing, form, content or renewal of any UCC financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and such other documents or instruments.

 

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The Controlling Administrative Agent shall be solely responsible for and shall arrange for the filing and continuation of financing statements or other filing or recording documents or instruments for the perfection of security interests in the Collateral. The Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the preparation, form, content, sufficiency or adequacy of any such financing statements.

(h) The Controlling Collateral Agent may at any time request instructions from the Controlling Administrative Agent with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document the Controlling Collateral Agent is permitted or required to take or grant. If the Controlling Collateral Agent requests any such instructions, the Controlling Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the Controlling Collateral Agent shall have received instructions from the Controlling Administrative Agent, and the Controlling Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, in no event shall the Junior TLC Collateral Agent have any responsibility or obligation to calculate, determine or confirm the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests to be transferred under any circumstance contemplated hereby or by the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall have no liability in connection therewith.

9.14 Junior TLC Collateral Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, in such capacity and, if applicable, as Controlling Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to all rights, protections, privileges, immunities, and indemnities afforded to the Applicable Agents and the Controlling Collateral Agent in this Section 9 or otherwise in the Credit Documents.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Amendments and Waivers.

(a) Subject to Sections 2.7, 2.15 and 10.1(b) below, neither this Agreement, any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. Each Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Credit Party party to the relevant Credit Document may, or, with the written consent of each Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender, the Applicable Administrative Agent and each Credit Party party to the relevant Credit Document, as applicable, may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights or obligations of the Creditor Parties under the Applicable Facility or of the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder, or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the applicable Creditor Parties or the Applicable Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of any Credit Document that affects any Applicable Agent without the written consent of such Applicable Agent; provided, further, that no consent of the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be required for any amendment, supplement or modification that is entered into pursuant to with Section 2.15 or otherwise solely extends the Senior LC Facility Termination Date or amends any interest payable or any fees payable pursuant to the Senior LC Facility.

For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding paragraph and subject to the Junior TLC Facility Lender Split Protections, to the extent that any written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents (x) for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Creditor Parties

 

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or of the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder, in each case, directly impacts only one Applicable Facility and does not adversely impact the other Applicable Facility or (y) waive, on such terms and conditions, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences, in each case, solely to the extent such amendments, supplements, modifications or waiver directly impact only one Applicable Facility and does not adversely impact the other Applicable Facility, then in the case of the preceding clauses (x) and (y), only the written consent of each Issuing Bank (if the impacted Applicable Facility is the Senior LC Facility) or of the Junior TLC Facility Lender (if the impacted Applicable Facility is the Junior TLC Facility) directly impacted by such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver shall be required and no written consent of the Creditor Parties under the Applicable Facility not adversely impacted by such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver shall be required; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any waiver, amendment, supplement or modifications to the Senior LC Facility that results in any terms or conditions applicable to one tranche under the Senior LC Facility that are more favorable to the Issuing Banks or Applicable Agents under such tranche as compared to any other tranche under the Senior LC Facility shall require the consent of each Issuing Bank under the Senior LC Facility.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.14 may be amended, supplemented or modified solely with the written consent of the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrowers (i) to ensure that the WeWork TLC Equity Interests that, as of the date the Cupar Call Right is exercised, have been released to the Junior TLC Facility Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall participate in any transaction consummated pursuant to the Cupar Call Right (as defined in Section 3.4(a) of that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024, by and among WeWork Inc. and the stockholders bound thereto (the “Stockholders Agreement” and such Cupar Call Right, (the “Cupar Call Right”))) and (ii) ensure that the WeWork TLC Equity Interests that have been released to the Junior TLC Facility Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement from the Closing Date through a WeWork Change of Control, shall participate in any transaction consummated pursuant to the Drag-Along Right (as defined in Section 8.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, the “Drag-Along Right”)). For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the first proviso in the first paragraph of this Section 10.1(a), no other parties shall be required to consent to the amendment, supplementation or modification of Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.14 with respect to the foregoing.

(b) Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification under an Applicable Facility shall apply equally to each of the Creditor Parties only under such Applicable Facility and shall be binding upon the Credit Parties, the applicable Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Applicable Agent (including, if applicable, each Controlling Collateral Agent). In the case of any waiver, the Credit Parties, the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender under the Applicable Facility and the Applicable Agent (including, if applicable, each Controlling Collateral Agent) shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three (3) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Applicable Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Applicable Administrative Agent in the case of the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

 

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Borrower and Blocker:   

WW SPV Borrower I LLC

WW SPV Borrower II LLC

Ugland House, 121 South Church Street

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

 

With a copy to:

 

c/o WeWork Inc.

71 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10003

United States

Attention: Matt Vierling, Treasurer

Telephone: [***]

Email: [***]

  

With a copy to:

 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

609 Main Street

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Rachael Lichman

Telephone: [***]

Facsimile: [***]

Email: [***]

Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and LC Collateral Agent under the Senior GS LC Tranche:   

Goldman Sachs International Bank

c/o Goldman Sachs Loan Operations

Attention: Loan Operations – IBD Agency

2001 Ross Avenue, 37th Floor

Dallas, Texas 75201

Email: [***]

 

With a copy (which shall not constitue notice) to:

 

Milbank LLP

55 Hudson Yards

New York, New York 10001

Attention: George Zhang

E-mail: [***]

 

Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and LC Collateral Agent under the Senior JPM LC Tranche:   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A

4041 Ogletown Stanton Rd

Floor 02

Newark, DE 19713

 

With a copy (which shall not constitue notice) to:

 

Milbank LLP

55 Hudson Yards

New York, New York 10001

Attention: George Zhang

E-mail: [***]

 

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Junior TLC Collateral Agent:   

Acquiom Agency Services LLC

950 17th Street, Suite 1400

Denver, CO 80202

Attn: Jennifer Anderson

E: [***]

 

With a copy (which shall not constitue notice) to:

 

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza,

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Gregg Bateman

Email: [***]

Issuing Banks:   

Goldman Sachs International Bank

c/o Goldman Sachs Loan Operations

Attention: Loan Operations – IBD Letters of Credit

2001 Ross Avenue, 37th Floor

Dallas, Texas 75201

Email: [***]

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Attention: DE Custom Business

Email: [***]

Junior TLC Facility Lender:   

SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.

c/o SB Global Advisers Limited

69 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 3JP

United Kingdom

Attention: Legal Department

Telephone: [***]

Email: [***]

Manager:   

SB Global Advisers Limited

69 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 3JP

United Kingdom

Attention: Legal Department

Telephone: [***]

Email: [***]

Jersey General Partner:   

SVF II GP (Jersey) Limited

47 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 0BD

Attention: Crestbridge Fund Administrators Limited

Telephone: [***]

Email: [***]

 

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With a copy to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

Attention: Heather Viets

E-mail: [***]

(a) provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Applicable Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall not be effective until received.

(b) Notices and other communications to the Issuing Banks or the Junior TLC Facility Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Applicable Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Applicable Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender. The Applicable Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Applicable Agent, Issuing Bank or Junior TLC Facility Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the extensions of credit hereunder.

10.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, for its own account, the fees set forth in the Junior TLC Facility Fee Letter, payable in the amounts and at the times specified therein or as so otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, or such agency fees as may otherwise be separately agreed upon by the Borrower and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent in writing. The Borrower agrees (i) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of one primary external counsel to all Agents (other than the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent), and one primary external counsel to the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, one primary external counsel to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, one

 

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regulatory counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents and one local counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents as reasonably necessary in each relevant jurisdiction, and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Applicable Agent or the Applicable Required Creditor Parties, as the case may be, shall deem appropriate and (ii) to pay or reimburse each Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Agent for all its costs and reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of one primary external counsel to all Agents (other than the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent) and one primary external counsel for the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent and one primary external counsel for the Junior TLC Collateral Agent (in each case, in addition to one regulatory counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents and one local counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents as reasonably necessary in each relevant jurisdiction (and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction corresponding to each primary external counsel for the affected Issuing Banks or Junior TLC Facility Lender similarly situated and each individual Applicable Agent)).

(b) In addition to the payment of fees and expenses pursuant to Section 10.5(a), the Borrower agrees (i) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Issuing Bank, Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents (including, without limitation, in connection with delivery of any Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent in accordance with this Agreement), and (ii) to defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), pay, indemnify, and hold each Issuing Bank, Junior TLC Facility Lender, each Agent and their respective controlled or controlling affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons, members or representatives (each, an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and whether or not the same are brought by the Borrower, their equity holders, affiliates or creditors or any other Person, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Letters of Credit (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or for any other reasons specified in this Agreement) or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any WeWork Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of one primary external legal counsel to each Issuing Bank, one primary external counsel to the Junior TLC Facility Lender, one primary external counsel to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and one regulatory counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents and one local counsel to each of (i) the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and (ii) all other Agents as reasonably necessary in each relevant jurisdiction (and, in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the affected Indemnitees similarly situated and, if applicable, to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent) in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Credit Party under any Credit Document (all the foregoing in this clause (b), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”). THE FOREGOING INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES ARE IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT OWED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UNDER ANY CLAIM OR THEORY

 

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OF STRICT LIABILITY, OR ARE CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY ANY INDEMNITEE; provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, and provided further that this Section 10.5(b) shall not apply with respect to claims brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (provided that such claims do not arise from any act or omission by the Borrower or any of its affiliates), other than claims brought by or against any Agent in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as Agent. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 10.5 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.

(c) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against each Indemnitee on any theory of liability, any indirect, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages arising out of, in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Term Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each Credit Party hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor and (ii) no Indemnitee shall assert, and each Indemnitee hereby waives, any claim against each Credit Party on any theory of liability, any indirect, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages arising out of, in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each Indemnitee hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor. Without limiting the foregoing, no Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent any such damages are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(d) Each Credit Party also agrees that no Indemnitee will have any liability to any Credit Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Credit Party or any other person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Credit Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Credit Party or its affiliates, shareholders, partners or other equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee in performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein; provided, however, that in no event will such Indemnitee have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Indemnitees’ activities related to this Agreement, any Credit Document, any Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein.

 

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(e) This Section 10.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to a financial officer (with a copy to the General Counsel), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Applicable Agent.

(f) The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the resignation or removal of any or all of the Agents and the repayment of all amounts payable hereunder.

10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void), (ii) no Issuing Bank may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except to an Issuing Bank Assignee in accordance with this Section 10.6 and (iii) no Junior TLC Facility Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations under the Term Loans hereunder without the prior written consent of Borrower, the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks.

(b) Any Issuing Bank may resign upon (i) thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent and (ii) obtaining the written consent of the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent to such resignation. From and after the effective date of such resignation, references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to any successor or to a resigned Issuing Bank, as the context shall require. After the resignation of an Issuing Bank pursuant to this clause (b), the resigned Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to extend existing Letters of Credit or issue additional Letters of Credit.

(c) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (ii) below, any Issuing Bank may assign to one or more Issuing Bank Assignees, all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Issuing Commitments) with the prior written consent of:

 

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the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to an Issuing Bank, an Affiliate of an Issuing Bank, or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

 

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the Applicable Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and

 

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the Junior TLC Facility Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

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except in the case of an assignment to an Issuing Bank, an Affiliate of an Issuing Bank or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Issuing Bank’s Issuing Commitments under the Facility, the amount of the Issuing Commitments of the assigning Issuing Bank subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of Issuing Banks and its Affiliates, if any;

 

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the assigning Issuing Bank shall have paid in full any amounts owing by it to the Applicable Agent; and

 

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the Issuing Bank Assignee, if it shall not be an Issuing Bank, shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Issuing Bank Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Issuing Bank Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Issuing Bank Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations (including providing forms pursuant to Section 2.10(f)) of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, and the assigning Issuing Bank thereunder shall subject to the next sentence, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Issuing Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.09, 2.10 and 10.5). After the assignment by an Issuing Bank pursuant to this clause (c), the assignor Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such assignment, but shall not be required to extend existing Letters of Credit or issue additional Letters of Credit.

(iv) The Applicable Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices located in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names, addresses and the Issuing Commitments of each Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Issuing Bank Register”). The

 

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entries in the Issuing Bank Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Applicable Agent and the Issuing Banks shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Issuing Bank Register pursuant to the terms hereof as an Issuing Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Issuing Bank Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Issuing Bank, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice (it being understood that no Issuing Bank shall be entitled to view any information in the Issuing Bank Register except such information contained therein with respect to the Issuing Commitments of such Issuing Bank). This Section 10.6(c)(iv) shall be construed so that all Issuing Commitments are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related United States Treasury Regulations (or any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or of such United States Treasury Regulations).

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Issuing Bank and an Issuing Bank Assignee, the Issuing Bank Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Issuing Bank Assignee shall already be an Issuing Bank hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (c) of this Section 10.6, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Issuing Bank Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Issuing Bank Register as provided in this paragraph.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing and without the consent of the Borrower or any other party hereto, each Issuing Bank may sell participations in all or any part of any Letters of Credit or any portion of its Issuing Commitment of such Issuing Bank to another entity, subject to this Section 10.6(d). Such Issuing Bank may disseminate credit information relating to the Borrower and the Credit Parties in connection with any proposed participation and each participant and subparticipant shall have the benefit of Sections 2.4, 2.5 and 3.3 hereof as though references therein to “Issuing Bank” included references to each participant and subparticipant and as though references to “issuing” any Letter of Credit included reference to “acquiring participation or subparticipation interests in” such Letter of Credit; provided that each such participant or subparticipant shall only have consent rights in connection with any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement to the extent such amendment or waiver shall (i) increase the amount of any Letter of Credit or the Issuing Commitments with respect to any Letter of Credit or Issuing Commitment, of the applicable Issuing Bank in whose interest such participant has a participation, (ii) postpone any date scheduled for or reduced the amount of any payment of Reimbursement Obligations, interest, fees or expenses payable hereunder (iii) amend or change any provision of this Section 10.6 in a manner that would affect their consent rights in an adverse manner or (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral and/or the Guarantees Obligations of the Guarantors for the Obligations hereunder. Each Issuing Bank that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Letters of Credit, Obligations or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except (x) to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and (y) to the Borrower upon a written request to the Issuing Banks. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Issuing Bank shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents (in their respective capacity as such) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of each of the Issuing Banks and Junior TLC Facility Lender provided by law, each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall have the right, without notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by the Borrower (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to apply to the payment of such Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower; provided that if the Junior TLC Facility Lender or any Defaulting Issuing Bank shall exercise any such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set-off shall be paid over immediately to the Applicable Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by the Junior TLC Facility Lender or such Defaulting Issuing Bank from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents and the Issuing Banks, in each case, in respect of the Senior LC Facility and (b) the Junior TLC Facility Lender or the Defaulting Issuing Bank shall provide promptly to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to the Junior TLC Facility Lender or such Defaulting Issuing Bank as to which it exercised such right of set-off. Each Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and Applicable Administrative Agent after any such application made by such Issuing Bank and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application.

10.8 Counterparts; Electronic Execution.

(a) This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Applicable Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Credit Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Credit Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Credit Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Credit Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Applicable Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further that, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Applicable Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Applicable Agent and each of the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Credit Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of

 

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the Applicable Agent or any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower and each Credit Party hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Creditor Parties, the Borrower and the Credit Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Credit Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (B) the Applicable Agent and each of the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Credit Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Credit Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Credit Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (D) waives any claim against any Indemnitee for any Indemnified Liabilities arising solely from the Applicable Agent’s and/or any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Indemnified Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Borrower and/or any Credit Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.10 Integration. This Agreement, the Fee Letters and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Applicable Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Applicable Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; provided that nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document will prevent any Issuing Bank, the Junior TLC Facility Lender or the Applicable Agent from bringing any action to enforce any award or judgment or exercise any right under the Security Documents or against any Collateral or any other property of any Credit Party in any other forum in which jurisdiction can be established;

 

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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, with respect to the Borrower, as the case may be at its address set forth in Section 10.2;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 10.12 any indirect, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

10.13 Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Credit Parties and the Creditor Parties is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, irrespective of whether the Creditor Parties have advised or are advising the Credit Parties on other matters, and the relationship between the Creditor Parties, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith and therewith is solely that of creditor and debtor, (b) the Creditor Parties, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, have an arm’s-length business relationship that does not directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do the Credit Parties rely on, any fiduciary duty to the Credit Parties or their affiliates on the part of the Creditor Parties, (c) the Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding, and the Credit Parties understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (d) the Credit Parties have been advised that the Creditor Parties are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from the Credit Parties’ interests and that the Creditor Parties have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Credit Parties, (e) the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent the Credit Parties have deemed appropriate in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (f) each Creditor Party has been, is, and will be acting solely as a principal and, except as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by it and the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Credit Parties, any of their affiliates or any other Person, (g) none of the Creditor Parties has any obligation to the Credit Parties or their affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents except those obligations expressly set forth herein or therein or in any other express writing executed and delivered by such Creditor Party and the Credit Parties or any such affiliate and (h) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Creditor Parties or among the Credit Parties and the Creditor Parties.

10.14 Releases of Guarantees and Liens.

(a) Automatic Release. There shall be no automatic release of any LC Cash Collateral and any release of any LC Cash Collateral (other than as contemplated by Section 2.5(b)) shall be subject to the consent of each applicable Issuing Bank. There shall be no automatic release of any Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral and any release of any Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral (other than as contemplated by Sections 2.3, 2.5(c) and 10.14(d)) shall be subject to the consent of the Junior TLC Facility Lender.

 

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(b) Written Release. To the extent any Applicable Agent is required to execute any release documents in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower shall prepare such release documents, and to the extent reasonably acceptable to such Applicable Agent, such Applicable Agent shall execute such release documents promptly upon reasonable request of the Borrower and direction from the Controlling Administrative Agent (subject to Section 10.5, at the cost of the Borrower) without the consent or further agreement of any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this clause (b) shall be without recourse to or representation or warranty by the Applicable Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary, in no event shall the Junior TLC Collateral Agent be required to authorize or execute and deliver any instrument or document evidencing any release unless the Borrower shall have provided the Junior TLC Collateral Agent with a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the authorization, execution, and delivery of such release is authorized or permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Junior TLC Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, without independent investigation, on such certificate and shall incur no liability for acting in reliance thereon.

(c) Authorized Release upon the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction. The Applicable Agent is irrevocably authorized by the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, without any consent or further agreement of the Issuing Banks and the Junior TLC Facility Lender, to release or assign, as applicable, the Controlling Collateral Agents’ Liens and guarantees upon the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction (and, in the case of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent and the LC Collateral Agents, in accordance with Section 7.12(f) of the Security Agreement). All Liens in the Collateral and all guarantees granted under any Credit Document shall automatically terminate and be released on the Junior TLC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction (other than any Liens and guarantees in respect of any outstanding Issuing Bank Cash Collateral Transfer Arrangement).

(d) Excess WeWork TLC Equity Interests. The Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized and directed by the Junior TLC Facility Lender to, within 10 business days following the delivery of every Junior TLC Treatment Certificate pursuant to Section 6.18(a) with respect to the fiscal quarters ending March 30 or September 30, (i) prepare a Transfer Instruction in accordance with this Section 10.14(d) and the Junior TLC Facility Equity Collateral Control Agreement (including the number of WeWork TLC Equity Interests to be transferred) instructing the Transfer Agent to transfer to WeWork the Excess WeWork TLC Equity Interests and record such transfer of WeWork TLC Equity Interests on its books and records and (ii) deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, together with a written instruction to the Junior TLC Collateral Agent to execute and deliver such Transfer Instruction to the Transfer Agent. The Junior TLC Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed by the Junior TLC Facility Lender to, solely in reliance on such instruction from the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, and without independent inquiry or investigation, execute and deliver to the Transfer Agent such Transfer Instruction provided to it; it being understood and agreed that the Junior TLC Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to calculate, determine, verify or monitor any conditions, amounts or calculations in connection therewith and shall have no liability in connection therewith.

 

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10.15 [Reserved].

10.16 Confidentiality. Each of the Applicable Agent and each Creditor Party agrees that it will use all confidential information provided to it by or on behalf of the Credit Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates hereunder solely for the purpose of providing Applicable Commitments or extending credit and shall treat confidentially all information provided to it by any Credit Party, the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Applicable Agent and each Creditor Party from disclosing any such information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding as required by applicable law (in which case such Applicable Agent and each Creditor Party agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof to the extent lawfully permitted to do so), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party or any of their respective affiliates (in which case the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party, to the extent permitted by law, agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority)), (c) to the extent that such information is publicly available or becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party or any of their respective affiliates in violation of any confidentiality obligations hereunder, (d) to the extent that such information is received by the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party from a third party that is not, to the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party’s knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to the Borrower or any of their respective affiliates or related parties, (e) to the extent that such information is independently developed by the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party so long as not based on information obtained in a manner that would otherwise violate this provision, (f) to each of the Applicable Agent and Creditor Party’s affiliates and such Applicable Agent or Creditor Party’s and its affiliates’ respective officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, legal counsel, independent auditors, insurers and reinsurers and other experts or agents (collectively, the “Representatives”) who need to know such information in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder and are informed of the confidential nature of such information and who agree (which agreement may be oral or pursuant to company policy) to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to, or at least as restrictive as, this paragraph) (and each of the Applicable Agents and Creditor Parties shall be responsible for their respective Representatives’ compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential and prospective lenders, debt providers, hedge providers, potential and prospective investors, prospective assignees and participants and any direct or indirect contractual counterparties to any swap or derivative transaction relating to this Agreement, in each case, who are made subject to the written agreement to treat such information confidentially and on substantially the confidentiality restrictions specified herein, (h) [reserved], (i) to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party in connection with the administration and management of the Applicable Facilities; provided that such information is limited to the existence of this Agreement and information about the Facilities, (j) received by such person on a non-confidential basis from a source (other than the Borrower or any of its respective affiliates, advisors, members, directors, employees, agents or other representatives) not known by such person to be prohibited from disclosing such information to such person by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation, (k) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense or (l) to the extent that such information was already in our possession prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality entered into in connection with the Facilities.

Each Creditor Party acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, EACH APPLICABLE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANKS AND THE JUNIOR TLC FACILITY LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

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10.18 Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation. Each Creditor Party hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and 31 C.F.R. §101.230 (as amended, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties and other information that will allow such Creditor Party to identify the Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

10.19 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of any payments made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if and when the Obligations and other obligations hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Applicable Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Issuing Banks, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Issuing Bank or the Junior TLC Facility Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Obligations hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower.

10.20 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any party to any other party under or in connection with the Credit Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:

(a) any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):

(i) a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and

(iii) a cancellation of any such liability; and

(b) a variation of any term of any Credit Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.

 

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10.21 [Reserved].

10.22 Deemed Assignment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary, upon release by the applicable Issuing Bank or LC Collateral Agent or the occurrence of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Senior LC Facility Cash Collateral Interest in the LC Cash Collateral and the LC Cash Collateral Accounts shall be deemed to automatically be assigned to the Junior TLC Facility Lender and become part of the Junior TLC Facility Cash Collateral Interest, with effect as of the Closing Date; provided that after giving effect to the Deemed Assignment, each LC Collateral Agent shall and each LC Collateral Agent agrees that it shall, continue to act as collateral agent on the applicable LC Cash Collateral and LC Cash Collateral Accounts for the benefit of the Junior TLC Facility Lender (the “Deemed Assignment”). The Junior TLC Facility Lender hereby agrees that upon a Deemed Assignment, it shall release and transfer any LC Cash Collateral in the LC Cash Collateral Accounts that it is not entitled in accordance with the LC Cash Collateral Splits to the applicable Borrowers within 1 Business Day thereof and pending such release and transfer, shall hold the applicable amounts in trust for the benefit of the Borrowers. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Junior TLC Collateral Agent be required to act as collateral agent on the applicable LC Cash Collateral and LC Cash Collateral Accounts for the benefit of the Secured Parties or the Junior TLC Facility Secured Parties.

10.23 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Credit Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Applicable Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the applicable Credit Party in respect of any such sum due from it to the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other any Alternative Currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party from any Credit Party in the Agreement Currency, each Credit Party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Applicable Agent or any Creditor Party in such currency, the Applicable Agent or such Creditor Party, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the applicable Credit Party (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

10.24 Non-Petition.

(a) Each of the parties hereto (other than (i) the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, each LC Collateral Agent, and each Issuing Bank and (ii) solely for the time period starting one day after the one year anniversary of the Senior LC Facility Date of Full Satisfaction, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent and the Junior TLC Facility Lender) hereby agrees for the benefit of each Credit Party, the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, the LC Collateral Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Issuing Bank that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any Credit Party in any Bankruptcy Proceeding. The Credit Parties shall file a timely objection to, and promptly and timely move to dismiss and diligently prosecute such objection and/or motion to dismiss, any Bankruptcy Proceeding commenced by any Person in violation of this Section 10.24(a). Each Credit Party hereby expressly consents to, and agrees not to raise any objection in respect of, each of the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, the LC Collateral Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Issuing Bank having creditor derivative standing in any Bankruptcy Proceeding to enforce each and every covenant contained in this Section 10.24(a).

 

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(b) Each Credit Party further agrees that (i) a breach of any of its covenants contained in Section 10.24(a) will cause irreparable injury to the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Issuing Bank, (ii) the Senior LC Facility Administrative Agents, the Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent, the LC Collateral Agents, the Junior TLC Collateral Agent, the Junior TLC Facility Lender and each Issuing Bank have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach, and (iii) each and every covenant contained in Section 10.24(a) shall be specifically enforceable against each Credit Party, and each Credit Party hereby waives and agrees not to object, or assert any defenses to an action for specific performance or injunction in respect of any breach of such covenants.

(c) Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints each of the LC Collateral Agents and the Junior TLC Collateral Agent as its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at its expense, in connection with the enforcement of the covenants provided for in this Section 10.24, including without limitation the following powers: (i) to object to and seek to dismiss any Bankruptcy Proceeding relating to a Bankruptcy Event and (ii) all powers and rights incidental thereto. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

(d) The provisions of this Section 10.24 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK,
as Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, an LC Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Himanshu Bagchi

Name:   Himanshu Bagchi
Title:   Authorized Signatory
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Senior LC Facility Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and an LC Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Janet Wiener

Name:   Janet Wiener
Title:   Executive Director
ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC,
as Junior TLC Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Anderson

Name:   Jennifer Anderson
Title:   Senior Director

[Signature Page to WeWork Exit Credit Agreement]


Junior TLC Facility Administrative Agent
SOFTBANK VISION FUND II-2 L.P.,
acting by its manager, SB Global Advisers Limited
By:  

/s/ Navneet Govil

Name:   Navneet Govil
Title:   Director
SB GLOBAL ADVISERS LIMITED, in its capacity as manager of SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.
By:  

/s/ Navneet Govil

Name:   Navneet Govil
Title:   Director
SVF II GP (JERSEY) LIMITED,
in its capacity as general partner of SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.
By:  

/s/ Michael Johnson

Name:   Michael Johnson
Title:   Director
SVF II GP (JERSEY) LIMITED,
in its own corporate capacity
By:  

/s/ Michael Johnson

Name:   Michael Johnson
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to WeWork Exit Credit Agreement]


WW SPV BORROWER I LLC,
as the GS LC Borrower and a Junior TLC Facility Borrower
By:  

/s/ Robyn Bremner

Name:   Robyn Bremner
Title:   Authorized Signatory
WW SPV BORROWER II LLC,
as the JPM LC Borrower and a Junior TLC Facility Borrower
By:  

/s/ Robyn Bremner

Name:   Robyn Bremner
Title:   Authorized Signatory
WW SPV BLOCKER LLC
as the Blocker
By:  

/s/ Robyn Bremner

Name:   Robyn Bremner
Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to WeWork Exit Credit Agreement]

Exhibit 99.1

 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP    COLE SCHOTZ P.C.
KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP   

Michael D. Sirota, Esq.

Edward O. Sassower, P.C.

  

Warren A. Usatine, Esq.

Joshua A. Sussberg, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)

  

Felice R. Yudkin, Esq.

Steven N. Serajeddini, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)

   Ryan T. Jareck, Esq.

Ciara Foster (admitted pro hac vice)

  

Court Plaza North, 25 Main Street

601 Lexington Avenue

  

Hackensack, New Jersey 07601

New York, New York 10022

  

Telephone: (201) 489-3000

Telephone: (212) 446-4800

  

msirota@coleschotz.com

Facsimile: (212) 446-4900

  

wusatine@coleschotz.com

edward.sassower@kirkland.com

  

fyudkin@coleschotz.com

joshua.sussberg@kirkland.com

   rjareck@coleschotz.com

steven.serajeddini@kirkland.com

ciara.foster@kirkland.com

  
Co-Counsel for Debtors and   

Co-Counsel for Debtors and

Debtors in Possession

  

Debtors in Possession

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

 

In re:

 

WEWORK INC., et al.,

 

      Debtors.1

  

Chapter 11

 

Case No. 23-19865 (JKS)

 

(Jointly Administered)

NOTICE OF (I) ENTRY OF AN ORDER

CONFIRMING THE THIRD AMENDED JOINT

CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF WEWORK INC. AND

ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES (FURTHER TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS) AND (II) OCCURRENCE OF EFFECTIVE DATE

On May 30, 2024, the Honorable John K. Sherwood, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”), entered the Order Confirming the Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 2060] (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan2 of the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”).

 

 

1 

A complete list of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent at https://dm.epiq11.com/WeWork. The location of Debtor WeWork Inc.’s principal place of business is 71 5th Ave., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003; the Debtors’ service address in these chapter 11 cases is WeWork Inc. c/o Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC 10300 SW Allen Blvd. Beaverton, OR 97005.

2 

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Debtors’ Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of WeWork Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries [Docket No. 1816] (with all supplements and exhibits thereto, the “Plan”) or the Confirmation Order, as applicable.


The Effective Date of the Plan occurred on June 11, 2024.

The Confirmation Order, the Plan, and copies of all documents Filed in these Chapter 11 Cases are available free of charge by visiting https://dm.epiq11.com/WeWork or by calling the Debtors’ restructuring hotline at (877) 959-5845 (Toll-free from US / Canada) or+1 (503) 852-9067 (International). You may also obtain copies of any pleadings Filed in these Chapter 11 Cases for a fee via PACER at: https://ecf.njb.uscourts.gov.

The Court has approved certain discharge, release, exculpation, injunction, and related provisions in Article VIII of the Plan.

The Plan and its provisions are binding on the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Disbursing Agent, and any Holder of a Claim or an Interest and such Holder’s respective successors and assigns, regardless of whether the Claim or the Interest of such Holder is Impaired under the Plan, and regardless of whether such Holder voted to accept the Plan.

The Plan and the Confirmation Order contain other provisions that may affect your rights. You are encouraged to review the Plan and the Confirmation Order in their entirety.

 

Dated: June 11, 2024      
/s/ Michael D. Sirota      
COLE SCHOTZ P.C.       KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Michael D. Sirota, Esq.       KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Warren A. Usatine, Esq.       Edward O. Sassower, P.C.
Felice R. Yudkin, Esq.       Joshua A. Sussberg, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
Ryan T. Jareck, Esq.       Steven N. Serajeddini, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
Court Plaza North, 25 Main Street       Ciara Foster (admitted pro hac vice)
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601       601 Lexington Avenue
Telephone: (201) 489-3000       New York, New York 10022
msirota@coleschotz.com       Telephone: (212) 446-4800
wusatine@coleschotz.com       Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
fyudkin@coleschotz.com       edward.sassower@kirkland.com
rjareck@coleschotz.com       joshua.sussberg@kirkland.com
      steven.serajeddini@kirkland.com
      ciara.foster@kirkland.com
Co-Counsel for Debtors and       Co-Counsel for Debtors and
Debtors in Possession       Debtors in Possession

 

 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS

NOTICE, PLEASE CONTACT EPIQ CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING, LLC BY

CALLING (877) 959-5845 (TOLL FREE) or +1 (503) 852-9067 (INTERNATIONAL)

 

2

Exhibit 99.2

WeWork Announces Planned Leadership Transition

Following successful conclusion of its global restructuring,

Chief Executive Officer David Tolley to step down

New York, NY—June 11, 2024 – WeWork, the leading global flexible space provider, today announced that David Tolley intends to step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of WeWork. The transition will occur upon the Company’s emergence from Chapter 11, which is expected to take place later today on June 11, 2024. At that time, the company will name a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the business into the future as well as its new Board of Directors.

“When I joined WeWork just over one year ago, I knew the company faced real challenges in order to restructure its business to become financially and operationally sustainable,” said David Tolley, CEO. “I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to lead our unique, incredible company into and out of this remarkably successful, transformational restructuring. We cut our future lease obligations in half, shed billions of dollars in debt, raised $400 million of additional equity capital and are now positioned for long-term growth and profitability.

“Through this period of volatility, we have continued to serve over half a million systemwide members every single day. Those members, and our employees, deserve nothing less than a strong and aspirational WeWork focused on the future and determined to lead the category we created. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to contribute to driving our company forward, and would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of the members of the WeWork team who’ve worked tirelessly with me over the last year. I will look on with great satisfaction as WeWork moves from strength to strength in the coming years.”

Paul Keglevic, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: “On behalf of the WeWork Board, and the entire organization, I want to place on record our immense appreciation and gratitude to David. His fearless and highly skilled leadership, coupled with his vast restructuring experience, ensured he successfully steered the company through this pivotal moment, executing one of the largest and most complex restructurings, while maintaining incredible member loyalty and employee support. This work—which comes at a time of significant structural change in the commercial real estate industry - ensures David’s legacy is firmly woven into the fabric of WeWork, and he leaves the company irrefutably stronger than when he arrived. The entire WeWork ecosystem and I thank him for his tireless efforts, and wish him the very best in his next chapter.”

Since joining in February 2023—initially as a Board member and then as CEO—David has successfully led WeWork through a comprehensive, global, operational and financial transformation. During his tenure, WeWork right-sized its real estate portfolio, successfully renegotiating over 190 leases and exiting over 170 unprofitable locations, reducing annual rent and tenancy expenses by over $800 million and total future rent expenses by more than $12 billion or over 50%. The Company also equitized $4 billion of prepetition indebtedness and secured $400 million of new equity capital to support operating investments and future strategic growth. Additionally during this period, the WeWork management team dramatically improved


operating efficiency, including by reducing SG&A expenses by over 30%, while simultaneously reinvesting in core products, services and real estate to continuously improve the company’s member experience. This reinvestment and focus on member experience resulted in an improvement of over 20% in WeWork’s net promoter score. In total, these efforts have positioned WeWork to maintain its position of industry leadership and deliver sustainable, profitable growth, excellence in service delivery and innovation, and an enhanced member experience far into the future.

About WeWork

WeWork was founded in 2010 with the vision to create environments where people and companies come together and do their best work. Since then, we’ve become a leading global flexible space provider committed to delivering technology-driven turnkey solutions, flexible spaces, and community experiences. For more information about WeWork, please visit us at wework.com.

Exhibit 99.3

WeWork Announces Emergence from Chapter 11 and New Leadership Appointments

John Santora named Chief Executive Officer

New York, NY—June 11, 2024 – WeWork, the leading global flexible space provider, today announced it has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 and completed its global operational and financial restructuring. The Company also announced its new Board of Directors and the appointment of John Santora as Chief Executive Officer, and a director of the Company, effective June 12, 2024. This follows WeWork’s prior announcement that David Tolley has stepped down as CEO and as a director of the Company following the completion of its global restructuring.

Anant Yardi, Founder and CEO, Yardi Systems, said: “Today is a pivotal moment in WeWork’s history. WeWork’s emergence from Chapter 11 in the U.S. and Canada, as well as the completion of its global restructuring, is the culmination of months of hard work and commitment and I am grateful to everyone who has enabled this successful outcome. I want to personally thank David for guiding the Company through this complex process with vision and great skill, leaving us well-positioned for future growth. I also want to welcome John, who I have known and worked with for many years and is the perfect leader to take us forward.

“While much has changed, we remain steadfastly committed to the core elements that make WeWork so special: our incredible community, our beautifully designed spaces, our innovative technology, our global scale and our entrepreneurial spirit. We now look forward with renewed purpose to ensure that we provide the highest level of service to all of our members and stakeholders and operate as their trusted partner.”

Mr. Santora joins WeWork from Cushman & Wakefield, where he most recently served as the firm’s Tri-State Chairman. He is one of the commercial real estate industry’s most experienced executives. Over more than 40 years at Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Santora has held a number of leadership roles, including CEO of North America, the firm’s largest region. Prior to his appointment as Tri-State Chairman, Mr. Santora served as Global Chief Operating Officer and Chief Integration Officer.

Mr. Santora said: “I am delighted to join WeWork at this exciting moment in the Company’s history. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the entire organization, we are well-positioned to look optimistically to the future and to realize the incredible potential of this wonderful company. I firmly believe that flexible work is no longer just an option, but rather a strategic imperative for companies wanting to maximize the efficiency of their real estate footprint, as well as their dynamic workforce. While there is much work to do, with these supportive, structural trends, and a restructured organization in place, I could not be more confident in our future and I am energized and excited by the challenge that lies ahead.


“I would also like to take this moment to thank all of my colleagues, partners and clients—and the entire Cushman & Wakefield family, past and present—who I have had the sincere pleasure and honor to work with over the past 47 years. I am so proud of how the firm has evolved and I wish everyone associated with the company the very best.”

Board of Directors

Following its emergence from Chapter 11 in the U.S. and Canada, WeWork also announced its new Board of Directors:

 

   

Anant Yardi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yardi Systems

 

   

Adnan Ahmad, Advisor, Yardi Systems

 

   

Arnie Brier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Yardi Systems

 

   

Jason Yardi, Senior Director, Technology, Yardi Systems

 

   

Daniel Ehrmann, Partner and Head of Restructuring at King Street

 

   

Jagannath Iyer, Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers

 

   

John Santora, Chief Executive Officer, WeWork

About WeWork

WeWork was founded in 2010 with the vision to create environments where people and companies come together and do their best work. Since then, we’ve become a leading global flexible space provider committed to delivering technology-driven turnkey solutions, flexible spaces, and community experiences. For more information about WeWork, please visit us at wework.com.

Contact:

Press

press@wework.com

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