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 24, 2021
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-39558 | 84-1770732 | ||
(State of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY |
10153 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 287-3200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV
2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | PWP | Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock | PWPPW | Nasdaq Capital Market |
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
On December 29, 2020, FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV, a Delaware corporation (FTIV or the Company), announced that it entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the Business Combination Agreement), dated as of December 29, 2020, by and among the Company, FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fintech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, the Sponsor), PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (PWP OpCo), PWP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of PWP OpCo (PWP GP), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership and a limited partner of PWP OpCo (Professionals), and Perella Weinberg Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Professionals (Professionals GP). Upon completion of the Business Combination (as defined below), FTIV was renamed Perella Weinberg Partners (Perella Weinberg Partners).
Unless the context otherwise requires, we, us, our and the Company refer to FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the completion (the Closing) of the transactions (the Business Combination) contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and Perella Weinberg Partners and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Closing. All references herein to the Board refer to the board of directors of FTIV or Perella Weinberg Partners, as applicable.
On the date of the Closing, the combined company was organized into an Up-C structure, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company has acquired interests in PWP OpCo, which is jointly-owned by the Company, Professionals and certain existing partners of PWP OpCo, following which PWP OpCo serves as the Companys operating partnership.
The aggregate value of the consideration paid as the implied equity value for the combined company was approximately $975,000,000, including certain cash consideration in the approximate amount of $355,015,000, which was financed with the funds available in the trust account established in connection with the Companys initial public offering (the Trust Account) as well as a $125,000,000 fully committed private placement in private equity.
Prior to the special meeting of FTIV stockholders held on June 22, 2021 (the Special Meeting), no holders of shares of FTIV Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering (Public Shares) exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of $10.00 per share. Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, there were 42,956,667 issued and outstanding shares of FTIV Class A common stock. FTIVs public units separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq). As of the date of the Closing, our post-Closing directors and executive officers and their respective affiliated entities beneficially owned approximately 4.6% of the outstanding shares of Company Class A common stock, all outstanding shares of Company Class B-1 common stock, which have 10 votes per share, and approximately 18.5% of the outstanding shares of Company Class B-2 common stock, which have one vote per share, and which together represents approximately 91.1% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares, and the securityholders of FTIV immediately prior to the Closing (which includes certain of our post-Closing directors) beneficially owned post-Closing approximately 70.9% of the outstanding shares of Company Class A common stock, which represents approximately 6.0% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares.
Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
On the date of the Closing, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement) with the Sponsor, Professionals, the third party investor limited partners of PWP OpCo (other than Professionals) under the limited partnership agreement of PWP OpCo (each such limited partner, an ILP) and certain other parties (collectively with the Sponsor, Professionals and the ILPs, the RRA Parties), pursuant to which the RRA Parties are entitled to certain registration rights in respect of certain shares of the Companys Class A common stock and certain other equity securities of the Company that are held by the RRA Parties from time to time.
The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Company will as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 business days following the Closing, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), registering the resale of certain shares of the Companys Class A common stock and certain other equity securities of the Company held by the RRA Parties, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such shelf registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 60th calendar day following the actual filing date (or the 80th calendar day following the actual filing date if the SEC notifies the Company that it will review such registration statement) and (ii) the fifth business day after the date the Company is notified in writing by the SEC that such registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review.
Each of the Sponsor, Professionals, the ILPs and their respective transferees are entitled to certain demand registration rights in connection with an underwritten shelf takedown offering, in each case subject to certain offering thresholds, applicable lock-up restrictions, issuer suspension periods and certain other conditions. The Sponsor and its permitted transferees are limited to three demand registrations and the ILPs and their permitted transferees are limited to one demand registration, in each case, for the term of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement. Professionals and its permitted transferees are limited to four demand registrations per twelve-month period. In addition, the RRA Parties have certain piggy-back registration rights, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks, issuer suspension periods and certain other conditions. The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement includes customary indemnification provisions. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any registration statements filed pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, including the fees of one legal counsel to each of the Sponsor, Professionals and the ILPs.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Tax Receivable Agreement
On the date of the Closing, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the Tax Receivable Agreement) with PWP OpCo, Professionals and certain other partners party thereto (Partners). The Tax Receivable Agreement generally provides for the payment by the Company to Partners of 85% of the cash tax savings realized (or deemed realized) in periods after the Closing as a result of certain pre-existing tax assets and attributes of PWP OpCo and its subsidiaries. The Company expects to retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash tax savings.
The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Tax Receivable Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Stockholders Agreement
On the date of the Closing, the Company and Professionals entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement), providing for certain approval and director nomination rights in favor of Professionals. The Stockholders Agreement provides that for so long as Professionals or its limited partners as of the date of the Closing (or their permitted successors or assigns) continue to hold securities representing at least five percent of the Companys outstanding Class A common stock on an as-exchanged basis (the 5% Condition), the Board may not approve, absent the prior consent of Professionals, any amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or the limited partnership agreement of PWP OpCo, in each case, that would materially and adversely affect in a disproportionate manner the rights of Professionals or its limited partners.
In addition, for so long as Professionals or its limited partners as of the date of the Closing (or their permitted successors or assigns) continue to hold securities representing at least 10 percent of the Companys outstanding Class A common stock on an as-exchanged basis (the 10% Condition), the Board may not approve, absent the prior consent of Professionals, a number of ordinary course operating activities in respect of the Company, PWP OpCo and PWP OpCos subsidiaries, including, among other things: (i) any incurrence of indebtedness (other than inter-company indebtedness) in an amount in excess of $25 million; (ii) any issuance of equity or equity-related securities which would represent more than five percent of the total number of votes that may be cast in the election of directors of the Company (subject to certain customary exceptions); (iii) the authorization or issuance of any preferred stock; (iv) any equity or debt commitment to invest or investment or series of related equity or debt commitments to invest or investments in an amount greater than $25 million; (v) any entry into a new line of business that requires an initial investment in excess of $25 million; (vi) any disposition or divestment of any asset or business unit with a value in excess of $25 million; (vii) the adoption of a stockholder rights plan by the Company; (viii) any removal, change of duty or appointment of any officer of the Company that is, or would be, subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act); (ix) any amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company; (x) any amendment to the limited partnership agreement of PWP OpCo; (xi) the renaming of the Company; (xii) the adoption of the Companys annual budget and business plans and any material amendments
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thereto; (xiii) the declaration and payment of any dividend or other distribution (subject to certain customary exceptions); (xiv) the entry into any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (subject to certain customary exceptions) or entering into any agreement providing therefor; (xv) voluntarily initiating any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or PWP OpCo or permitting the commencement of a proceeding for bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar action; (xvi) the entry into, termination of or material amendment of any material contract; (xvii) the entry into of any transaction or agreement that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (xviii) the initiation or settlement of any material litigation or similar proceeding; or (xix) changes to the Companys taxable year or fiscal year.
The Stockholders Agreement further provides that the parties to the Stockholders Agreement will take all reasonable actions to provide that (a) for so long as the 5% Condition is satisfied, there will be not more than 15 members of the Board, and that Professionals will have the right to designate one-third of the nominees for election to the Board, (b) for so long as the 10% Condition is satisfied, Professionals will have the right to designate a majority of the nominees for election to the Board, and (c) any nominee designated by Professionals will be removed from office upon notice from Professionals to that effect.
The Stockholders Agreement will terminate once the 5% Condition is no longer satisfied.
The foregoing description of the Stockholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
PWP OpCo Limited Partnership Agreement
On the date of the Closing, PWP OpCo adopted an Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PWP OpCo (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the PWP OpCo LPA). Through the Companys control of PWP GP, the general partner of PWP OpCo, the Company will have unilateral control (subject to the consent of PWP OpCos partners on certain limited matters) over the affairs and decisions of PWP OpCo, including the appointment of officers of PWP OpCo. As such, including through such officers and directors, the Company will be responsible for all operational and administrative decisions of PWP OpCo and the day-to-day management of PWP OpCos business. Furthermore, PWP GP cannot be removed as the general partner without the Companys approval. No PWP OpCo Class A unitholders, in their capacity as such, will have any authority or right to control the management of PWP OpCo or to bind it in connection with any matter. However, Professionals, which is ultimately managed by a committee of limited partners that manages Professionals GP, the general partner of Professionals, will have the ability to exercise majority voting control over the Company by virtue of its ownership of all outstanding shares of Class B-1 common stock.
In accordance with the PWP OpCo LPA, the Company intends to use best efforts to cause PWP OpCo to make sufficient cash distributions to the holders of partnership units of PWP OpCo to fund their tax obligations in respect of the income of PWP OpCo that is allocated to them. Generally, these tax distributions will be computed based on the Companys estimate of the net taxable income of PWP OpCo allocable to such holder of partnership units multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual or corporation (taking into account the non-deductibility of certain expenses and the character of PWP OpCos income).
The foregoing description of the PWP OpCo LPA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the PWP OpCo LPA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
PWP GP LLCA
On the date of the Closing, the Company, in its capacity as the sole and managing member of PWP GP, entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PWP GP (the PWP GP LLCA), which, among other things, provides that PWP GP will act as general partner of PWP OpCo.
The foregoing description of the PWP GP LLCA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the PWP GP LLCA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan and French Sub-Plan
At the Special Meeting, FTIV stockholders considered and approved the Perella Weinberg Partners 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan). The Incentive Plan was previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the board of FTIV on December 28, 2020. The Incentive Plan became effective immediately upon the Closing.
The Incentive Plan provides that the maximum number of shares of the Companys Class A common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan that may be issued at any time during the term of the Plan in accordance with Section 3 thereof (the General Share Reserve) is 13,980,000 shares, as increased on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company beginning in calendar year 2022 by a number of shares of the Companys Class A common stock equal to the excess, if any, of (x) 15% of the number of outstanding shares of the Companys Class A common stock and those outstanding PWP OpCo units that are exchangeable for shares of the Companys Class A common stock, in each case, on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, over (y) the number of shares of the Companys Class A common stock reserved and available for issuance in respect of future grants of awards under the Incentive Plan as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year. In addition to the General Share Reserve, 10,200,000 shares of the Companys Class A common stock (the Transaction Pool Share Reserve) shall be reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan, of which (i) up to 6,600,000 shares of the Companys Class A common stock may be granted subject solely to a time-based vested schedule to eligible recipients who are either (x) non-partner employees, independent contractors or consultants of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or (y) working partners with commitments from the Company to receive awards and (ii) 3,600,000 shares of the Companys Class A common stock shall be granted subject to a time-based and performance-based vesting schedule, except as otherwise necessary for purposes of satisfying applicable foreign laws or qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable foreign laws (which exception is expected to apply to 400,000 shares, for a total of 7,000,000 shares that may be granted subject solely to a time-based vesting schedule and 3,200,000 shares that are expected to be granted subject to a time-based and performance-based vesting schedule). No award will be granted pursuant to the Transaction Pool Share Reserve on or after the first anniversary of the effective date of the Incentive Plan, although awards that have already been granted pursuant to the Transaction Pool Share Reserve may extend beyond that date.
At the Special Meeting, FTIV stockholders considered and approved the French Sub-Plan for the Grant of French-Qualifying Restricted Stock Units to Employees and Officers in France (the French Sub-Plan). The French Sub-Plan was previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the board of FTIV on May 3, 2021. The French Sub-Plan became effective immediately upon the Closing, and will be used to provide for the issuance of restricted stock units to employees and officers of the Companys French affiliates in compliance with the conditions to qualify for the favorable tax and social security regime available for share award plans in France. As a sub-plan under the Incentive Plan, the French Sub-Plan does not contain a separate share reserve. Any awards granted under the French Sub-Plan will reduce the number of shares of the Companys Class A common stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan.
The foregoing descriptions of the Incentive Plan and the French Sub-Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full texts of the Incentive Plan and the French Sub-Plan, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.6 and 10.7, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification Agreements
On the date of the Closing, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service with the Company or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Credit Agreement
On the Closing Date, all outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined below) were repaid and the amount of outstanding borrowings was zero. In anticipation of the Closing, on June 15, 2021, PWP OpCo and certain of its subsidiaries executed an Amendment Agreement in respect of its Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2018 (as amended on December 11, 2018, as further amended on November 11, 2020, and as further amended on December 28, 2020, the Revolving Credit Agreement), among Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP, as the borrower, PWP OpCo, as holdings, certain domestic subsidiaries of PWP OpCo, as guarantors, and Cadence Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender.
The amendment provides that on the date of the Closing, the Revolving Credit Agreement will be modified to implement the following changes, among other things:
| the maturity will be extended to July 1, 2025; |
| interest will accrue at LIBOR plus a fixed rate of 2.00% per annum (with a 0.25% LIBOR floor) with an alternate base rate option equal to Cadences prime rate minus 1.00% (with a 3.25% floor); |
| the unused commitment fee will accrue at a rate of 0.25% per annum; |
| up to $15,000,000 of the Revolving Credit Agreement may be used for the issuance of letters of credit, subject to a 1.00% per annum fee on outstanding letters of credit; |
| certain modifications to the affirmative and negative covenants, including: (1) the debt service coverage ratio is reset at 1.50x (after taking into account the repayment of the convertible notes) and all deductions from EBITDA were removed from the numerator of the ratio; (2) the maximum consolidated leverage ratio decreased to 1.75x; (3) minimum liquidity requirement was reset at $50,000,000 for any period of five consecutive business days (after taking into account an expanded liquidity definition that includes the unused amount of the revolving credit facility between February 1 and June 1 of any calendar year); and (4) the removal of certain negative covenants, the increase in certain baskets and the provision for certain additional exceptions; and |
| up to $20,000,000 of incremental revolving commitments may be incurred under the Revolving Credit Agreement. |
A description of the existing Revolving Credit Agreement is included in the definitive proxy statement, dated May 27, 2021 (as amended or supplemented, including by the filing of definitive additional materials, the Proxy Statement) in the sections titled PWP Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsLiquidity and Capital Resources, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Revolving Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Revolving Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.9 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
The disclosure set forth in the Introductory Note above is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference.
FORM 10 INFORMATION
Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the predecessor registrant was a shell company, as FTIV was immediately before the Business Combination, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, the Company, as the successor issuer to FTIV, is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if the Company were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the Company as the combined company after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference herein are forward looking statements. Statements regarding the expectations regarding the combined business are forward looking statements. In addition, words such as estimates, projected, expects, estimated, anticipates, forecasts, plans, intends, believes, seeks, may, will, would, future, propose, target, goal, objective, outlook and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the control of the parties, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include:
| the projected financial information, anticipated growth rate, and market opportunity of the Company; |
| the ability to maintain the listing of the Companys Class A common stock and warrants on Nasdaq following the Business Combination; |
| our public securities potential liquidity and trading; |
| our success in retaining or recruiting partners and other employees, or changes related to, our officers, key employees or directors following the completion of the Business Combination; |
| members of our management team allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business; |
| factors relating to the business, operations and financial performance of the Company, including: |
| whether the Company realizes all or any of the anticipated benefits from the Business Combination; |
| whether the Business Combination results in any increased or unforeseen costs or has an impact on the Companys ability to retain or compete for professional talent or investor capital; |
| global economic, business, market and geopolitical conditions, including the impact of public health crises, such as the ongoing rapid, worldwide spread of a novel strain of coronavirus and the pandemic caused thereby (collectively, COVID-19); |
| extensive regulation of the corporate advisory industry and U.S. and foreign regulatory developments relating to, among other things, financial institutions and markets, government oversight, fiscal and tax policy and laws (including the treatment of carried interest); |
| the outcome of third-party litigation involving the Company; |
| substantial litigation risks in the financial services industry; |
| conditions impacting the corporate advisory industry; |
| strong competition from other financial advisory and investment banking firms; |
| the Companys ability to successfully identify, recruit and develop talent; |
| the Companys dependence on and ability to retain working partners and other key employees; |
| risks associated with strategic transactions, such as joint ventures, strategic investments, acquisitions and dispositions; |
| the Companys successful formulation and execution of its business and growth strategies; |
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| the Companys ability to expand into new markets and lines of businesses for the advisory business; |
| the Companys ability to appropriately manage conflicts of interest and tax and other regulatory factors relevant to the Companys business, including actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest and other factors that may damage its business and reputation; |
| the Companys dependence on its fee-paying clients and fluctuating revenues from its non-exclusive, engagement-by-engagement business model; |
| the ability of the Companys clients to pay for its services, including its restructuring clients; |
| the high volatility of the Companys revenue as a result of its reliance on advisory fees that are largely contingent on the completion of events which may be out of its control; |
| potential impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, which represent a significant portion of the Companys assets; |
| exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; |
| assumptions relating to the Companys operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity; |
| cybersecurity and other operational risks; |
| the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on any of the foregoing risks; and |
| other risks and uncertainties described under the section entitled Risk Factors. |
The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference herein are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that the Company has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Companys control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading Risk Factors in the Proxy Statement that the Company filed with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Business
The businesses of FTIV and PWP OpCo prior to the Business Combination and the Company following the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled Parties to the Business Combination, Information about FTIV and Information about PWP and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Risk Factors
The risk factors related to the Companys business and operations and the Business Combination are set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Risk Factors and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
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Financial Information
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the financial information of FTIV and PWP OpCo. Reference is further made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Information of FTIV, Selected Historical Financial and Other Information of PWP, Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information, Comparative Per Share Information, Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information Notes to Financial Statements, Notes to Condensed Financial Statements, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled FTIV Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and PWP Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As of each of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, FTIV was not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of the initial public offering, the net proceeds of the initial public offering, including amounts in the trust account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in US treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, FTIV believes there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the section titled PWP Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Properties
The properties of PWP OpCo are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Information About PWP Facilities and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company common stock as of the date of the Closing by:
| each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of the Companys voting common stock; |
| each of the Companys executive officers and directors; and |
| all executive officers and directors of the Company as a group. |
Beneficial ownership is determined according to SEC rules, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. The Company stock issuable upon exercise of options and warrants currently exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding solely for purposes of calculating the percentage of total voting power of the beneficial owner thereof.
The beneficial ownership of the Company common stock is based on 42,956,667 shares of Class A common stock, 45,608,840 shares of Class B-1 common stock and 4,545,359 shares of Class B-2 common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of the Closing.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Company common stock beneficially owned by them.
Class A Common Stock | Class B-1 Common Stock | Class B-2 Common Stock | % of Combined Voting Power |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Number of Shares |
% | Number of Shares |
% | Number of Shares |
% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greater than 5% Beneficial Owners |
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Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC(2) |
7,810,000 | (3) | 18.10 | % | | | | | 1.55 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
FinTech Masala Advisors IV, LLC(2) |
4,506,446 | 10.44 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC(2) |
3,153,554 | (4) | 7.31 | % | | | | | * | |||||||||||||||||||
Wellington Management Group LLP(5) |
3,482,120 | 8.11 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
Samlyn Capital, LLC(6) |
3,413,419 | 7.95 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC(7) |
2,887,024 | 6.72 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.(8) |
2,850,000 | 6.63 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fidelity Management & Research Company, LLC(9) |
2,500,000 | 5.82 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP(10) |
2,400,000 | 5.59 | % | | | | | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
PWP Professional Partners LP |
| | 45,608,840 | (11) | 100 | % | | | 90.57 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Directors and Executive Officers |
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Peter A. Weinberg |
| (12) | | 45,608,840 | (11) | 100 | % | 841,780 | (12) | 18.52 | % | 90.73 | % | |||||||||||||||
Joseph R. Perella |
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Robert K. Steel |
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Gary S. Barancik |
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Dietrich Becker |
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Andrew Bednar |
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Vladimir Shendelman |
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Jorma Ollila |
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Ivan G. Seidenberg |
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Jane C. Sherburne |
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Daniel G. Cohen |
1,993,121 | (19) | 4.64 | % | | | | | * | |||||||||||||||||||
All companys directors and executive officers as a group (11 persons) |
1,993,121 | 4.64 | % | 45,608,840 | (11) | 100 | % | 841,780 | 18.52 | % | 91.13 | % |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153. |
(2) | Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC is the manager of each Sponsor. FinTech Masala, LLC is the sole member of Cohen Sponsor Interests IV. FinTech Masala Holdings, LLC is the sole member of FinTech Masala LLC. As a result of the foregoing, each of Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, FinTech Masala, LLC and FinTech Masala Holdings, LLC shares voting and investment power over the shares of common stock held directly by the Sponsor. The business address of each of the following entities or individuals is 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2870. This information is based in part on the Schedule 13G filed on February 16, 2021 by FinTech Investor Holdings IV, FinTech Masala Advisors IV, LLC, Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, FinTech Masala, LLC and FinTech Masala Holdings, LLC. |
(3) | Interests include (a) 203,333 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants, which will become exercisable 30 days after the Closing and (b) 150,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by FM PWP Pipe Sponsor, LLC, an entity that is managed by Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC. |
(4) | Interests include 203,333 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants, which will become exercisable 30 days after the Closing. |
(5) | According to a Schedule 13G filed on March 26, 2021, reporting the beneficial ownership of 2,482,120 shares of our Class A common stock, (i) each of Wellington Management Group LLP, Wellington Group Holdings LLP and Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP reported having shared voting power over 2,313,874 shares of Class A common stock, shared dispositive power over all 2,482,120 shares of Class A common stock, and sole voting and dispositive powers over none of the shares, and (ii) Wellington Management Company LLP reported having |
shared voting power over 2,311,264 shares of Class A common stock, shared dispositive power over 2,468,289 shares of Class A common stock, and sole voting and dispositive powers over none of the shares. The shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned by Wellington Management Group LLP, as parent holding company of certain holding companies and investment advisers (the Wellington Investment Advisers), are owned of record by clients of such Wellington Investment Advisers. Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP controls directly, or indirectly through Wellington Management Global Holdings, Ltd., the Wellington Investment Advisers. Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP is owned by Wellington Group Holdings LLP. Wellington Group Holdings LLP is owned by Wellington Management Group LLP. Interests also include 1,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by certain funds that are managed by a Wellington Investment Advisor that is a subsidiary of Wellington Management Group LLP. The principal business office of Wellington Management Group LLP and each of the affiliated funds listed above is c/o Wellington Management Company LLP 280 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210. Interests include 675,500, 203,500 and 121,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by Bay Pond Partners, L.P., Ithan Creek Master Investors (Cayman) L.P. and Bay Pond Investors (Bermuda) L.P., respectively. |
(6) | Based on information contained in the Schedule 13G filed on February 8, 2021 on behalf of Samlyn Capital, LLC (Samlyn Capital), Samlyn, LP (Samlyn LP), Samlyn Offshore Master Fund, LTD. (Samlyn Offshore) and Robert Pholyn, Samlyn Capital, and Samlyn LP each has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 2,913,419 shares of Class A Common Stock, and Samlyn Offshore has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 1,310,795 shares of Class A Common Stock. Interests also include 500,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by certain funds and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Samlyn Capital and Robert Pohly, of which 81,750 may also be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Samlyn Partners, LLC. The address of each of Samlyn Capital, Samlyn LP and Robert Pholyn is 500 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New York, 10022. The address of Samlyn Offshore is c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9007. |
(7) | According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 4, 2021 on behalf of Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Integrated Core Strategies), Riverview Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Riverview Group), ICS Opportunities, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (ICS Opportunities), Millennium International Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Millennium International Management), Millennium Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Millennium Management), Millennium Group Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Millennium Group Management) and Israel E. Englander. As of the close of business on December 31, 2020, the reporting persons beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,687,024 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock as a result of holding 1,478,171 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock and 208,853 of the issuers units. Each unit consists of one share of the issuers Class A Common Stock and one-third of one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the issuers Class A Common Stock. The issuers warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the issuers initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of the issuers initial public offering. Specifically, as of the close of business on December 31, 2020: (i) Integrated Core Strategies, beneficially owned 791,734 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock as a result of holding 703,172 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock and 88,562 of the issuers units; (ii) Riverview Group, beneficially owned 775,000 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock as a result of holding 774,999 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock and 1 of the issuers units; and (iii) ICS Opportunities, beneficially owned 120,290 shares of the issuers Class A Common Stock as a result of holding 120,290 of the issuers units. Interests also include 850,000 and 350,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC and Riverview Group LLC, respectively. Millennium International Management is the investment manager to ICS Opportunities and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by ICS Opportunities. Millennium Management is the general partner of the managing member of Integrated Core Strategies and Riverview Group and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies and Riverview Group. Millennium Management is also the general partner of the 100% owner of ICS Opportunities and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by ICS Opportunities. Millennium Group Management is the managing member of Millennium Management and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies and Riverview Group. Millennium Group Management is also the general partner of Millennium International Management and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by ICS Opportunities. The managing member of Millennium Group Management is a trust of which Israel A. Englander, currently serves as the sole voting trustee. Therefore, Mr. Englander may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies, Riverview Group and ICS Opportunities. The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by Millennium International Management, Millennium Management, Millennium Group Management or Mr. Englander as to beneficial ownership of the securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies, Riverview Group or ICS Opportunities, as the case may be. |
(8) | Interests include 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by Adage Capital Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (ACP). According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 19, 2021 on behalf of ACP, Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (ACPGP), Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (AC Advisors), Robert Atchinson and Phillip Gross, ACP has the power to dispose of and the power to vote the shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned by it, which power may be exercised by its general partner, ACPGP. AC Advisors, as managing member of ACPGP, directs ACPGPs operations. Neither ACPGP nor AC Advisors directly own any shares of Class A common stock. By reason of the provisions of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, ACPGP and AC Advisors may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned by ACP. Messrs. Atchinson and Gross, as managing members of AC Advisors, have shared power to vote the shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned by ACP. Neither Mr. Atchinson nor Mr. Gross directly own any shares of PWP Class A common stock. By reason of the provisions of Rule 13d-3 of the Act, each may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by ACP. The business address of this stockholder is 200 Clarendon Street, 52nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116. |
(9) | Interests include 2,039,500, 457,262 and 3,238 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by Fidelity Securities Fund: Fidelity Small Cap Growth Fund, Fidelity Securities Fund: Fidelity Small Cap Growth K6 Fund and Fidelity Capital Trust: Fidelity Flex Small Cap FundSmall Cap Growth Subportfolio, respectively. These accounts are managed by direct or indirect subsidiaries of FMR LLC. Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of FMR LLC. Members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. Neither FMR LLC nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by |
the various investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act (Fidelity Funds) advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR Co), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management & Research Company carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Fidelity Funds Boards of Trustees. The business address of this stockholder is 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210. |
(10) | According to a Schedule 13G filed on April 13, 2021, P. Shoenfeld Asset Management LP (PSAM), a Delaware limited partnership, and the investment adviser to certain funds and accounts (the PSAM Funds), with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock directly held by the PSAM Funds, and Mr. Peter M. Schoenfeld (Mr. Schoenfeld), as the managing member of P. Schoenfeld Asset Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the general partner of PSAM, with respect to the shares of the Class A Common Stock directly held by the PSAM Funds, each has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 1,900,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Interests also include 500,000 shares of Class A common stock subscribed for in the PIPE Investment by PSAM World Arb Master Fund Ltd (WAM). PSAM is the investment manager of WAM. Peter Schoenfeld is the CEO of PSAM. PSAM and Peter Schoenfeld have voting and investment power over the shares held directly by WAM. Each of PSAM and Peter Schoenfeld disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The address of the reporting person is 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10019. |
(11) | Shares of Class B-1 common stock are held by Professionals. This number correlates to 45.6 million Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo held by Professionals, which represents 45.6 million shares of Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 45.6 million Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo. Professionals is controlled by Professionals GP. Each share of Class B-1 common stock has ten votes. Concurrently with an exchange of PWP OpCo Class A partnership units for shares of Class A common stock or cash by a PWP OpCo unitholder who also holds shares of Class B common stock, such PWP OpCo unitholder will be required to surrender to Perella Weinberg Partners a number of shares of Class B common stock equal to the number of PWP OpCo Class A partnership units exchanged, and such shares will be converted into shares of Class A common stock or cash (at Perella Weinberg Partners option) which will be delivered to such PWP OpCo unitholder (at Perella Weinberg Partners option) at a conversion rate of 1:1000 (or 0.001). Professionals GP is the general partner of Professionals. There is a committee of limited partners at Professionals GP, comprised of our non-independent directors, that has voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Professionals. Mr. Weinberg, in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer, is the chair of such committee and has certain rights with respect to the constitution of the committee. The members of the committee disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities held by Professionals, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. |
(12) | Includes 841,780 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon redemption of the 841,780 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held directly by Red Hook Capital LLC (Red Hook) over which Mr. Weinberg has shared voting and dispositive power through his shared control of Rosedale Partners LLC, the sole member of Red Hook. Mr. Weinberg holds or will hold on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days, 1,412,623 partnership units of Professionals that may be redeemed for 1,412,623 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Peter A. Weinberg and exchanged for 1,412,623 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 2.0% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(13) | This number excludes 4,053,968 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 4,053,968 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Joseph R. Perella that Mr. Perella may receive upon redemption of 4,053,968 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Perella holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 5.8% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(14) | This number excludes 708,270 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 708,270 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Robert K. Steel that Mr. Steel may receive upon redemption of 708,270 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Steel holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 1.0% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(15) | This number excludes 206,065 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 206,065 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Gary S. Barancik that Mr. Barancik may receive upon redemption of 206,065 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Barancik holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 0.3% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(16) | This number excludes 766,442 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 766,442 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Dietrich Becker that Mr. Becker may receive upon redemption of 766,442 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Becker holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 1.1% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(17) | This number excludes 902,886 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 902,886 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Andrew Bednar that Mr. Bednar may receive upon redemption of 902,886 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Bednar holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 1.3% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(18) | This number excludes 46,371 shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that may be issuable upon the exchange of 46,371 Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo that are held by Professionals on behalf of Vladimir Shendelman that Mr. Shendelman may receive upon redemption of 46,371 partnership units of Professionals that Mr. Shendelman holds or will hold upon on a fully-vested basis within sixty (60) days. These shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock represent approximately 0.1% of the shares of Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing if all outstanding such vested partnership units of Professionals were exchanged for Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo, and such Class A partnership units of PWP OpCo were then exchanged, together with an equal number of Class B-1 common stock, for Perella Weinberg Partners Class A common stock. |
(19) | Interests include shares held directly by Sponsor and indirectly by Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC (Manager). Daniel G. Cohen and DGC Family FinTech Trust (the Trust) are members of FinTech Masala Advisors IV, LLC. Mr. Cohen and the Trust are indirect owners of Manager. Mr. Cohen disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
Directors and Executive Officers
The Companys directors and executive officers after the Closing are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Management After the Business Combination and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Director Independence
Information with respect to the independence of the Companys directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Management After the Business CombinationDirector Independence and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Information with respect to the composition of the Board immediately after the Closing is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Management After the Business CombinationBoard Composition and Management After the Business CombinationBoard Committees and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Executive Compensation
A description of the compensation of the named executive officers of FTIV before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Information About FTIVExecutive Compensation, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
At the Special Meeting, FTIV stockholders approved the Incentive Plan. The description of the Incentive Plan is set forth in the Proxy Statement section entitled Proposal No. 10 The Incentive Plan Proposal, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Incentive Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Incentive Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated herein by reference. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company expects that the Board will approve grants of awards under the Incentive Plan to eligible participants, as described in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled Other Executive Compensation ElementsTransaction Pool Awards and Other Executive Compensation ElementsManagement Awards
At the Special Meeting, FTIV stockholders also approved the French Sub-Plan. The description of the French Sub-Plan is set forth in the Proxy Statement section entitled Proposal No. 11 The French Sub-Plan Proposal, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the French Sub-Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the French Sub-Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and is incorporated herein by reference. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company expects that the Board will approve grants of awards under the French Sub-Plan to eligible participants in France.
Director Compensation
A description of the compensation of the directors of FTIV before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Information About FTIVExecutive Compensation, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. A description of the compensation of the directors of the Company after the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth below under Item 5.02 and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Employment Agreements
A description of the employment agreements that the Company expects to enter into following the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Other Executive Compensation ElementsExecutive Employment Agreements, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
The certain relationships and related party transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Certain Relationships and Related Persons Transactions and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section of the Proxy Statement titled Information About FTIVLegal Proceedings and Information about PWPLegal Proceedings and in the definitive additional materials filed with the SEC on June 11, 2021, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrants Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters
FTIVs publicly-traded Class A common stock, units and warrants were historically listed on the Nasdaq under the symbols FTIV, FTIVU and FTIVW, respectively. On June 25, 2021, the Class A common stock and warrants outstanding after completion of the Business Combination began trading on the Nasdaq under the new trading symbols PWP and PWPPW, respectively. FTIVs public units separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from the Nasdaq.
The Company has not paid any cash dividends on shares of its Class A common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any dividends will be within the discretion of the Board.
Information about FTIVs Class A common stock, warrants and units and related stockholder matters are described in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Market Price Information and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the issuance and sale by the Company of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of Registrants Securities to Be Registered
The description of the Companys securities is contained in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Description of Securities Post-Business Combination and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to the Company or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Further information about the indemnification of the Companys directors and officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section titled Description of Securities Post-Business CombinationIndemnification of Directors and Officers and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
The information set forth under Item 4.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is 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 disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above related to the Revolving Credit Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
Shares of Common Stock
In connection with the Business Combination, the Company delivered 12,500,000 shares of Class A common stock (as described in the Private Placement section below), 48,470,675 shares of Class B-1 common stock (of which 45,608,840 shares of Class B-1 common stock remained outstanding after giving effect to Redemptions (as defined below)) and 12,589,325 shares of Class B-2 common stock (of which 4,545,359 shares of Class B-2 common stock remained outstanding after giving effect to Redemptions).
Private Placement
In connection with entering into the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into the Subscription Agreements with certain investors (collectively, the PIPE Investors), pursuant to which, among other things, the PIPE Investors party thereto agreed to purchase an aggregate of 12,500,000 shares of Class A common stock immediately prior to the Closing at a cash purchase price of $10.00 per share, resulting in aggregate proceeds of $125,000,000 in the Private Placement (the PIPE Investment). The shares of Class A common stock issued to the PIPE Investors, have not been registered under the Securities Act, and were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements thereof provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering without any form of general solicitation or general advertising.
The Subscription Agreements for the PIPE Investors (other than the Sponsor-related PIPE Investors, whose registration rights are governed by the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (as defined above) (the Non-Sponsor PIPE Investors)) provide for certain registration rights. In particular, the Company is required to, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following the date of the Closing file with the SEC (at the Companys sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of such shares, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 50th calendar day after the filing thereof (or the 90th calendar day after the closing of the Business Combination if the SEC notifies the Company that it will review such registration statement) and (ii) the fifth business day after the date the Company is notified in writing by the SEC that such registration statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review. Such registration statement is required to be kept effective for at least three years after effectiveness or, if earlier, until either (i) the shares thereunder have been sold by the Non-Sponsor PIPE Investors or (ii) the shares may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (as defined below).
PWP OpCo Units
As described in the Proxy Statement, subject to the exchange procedures and restrictions set forth in the PWP OpCo LPA, and any other procedures or restrictions imposed by the Company, holders of the 61,060,000 PWP OpCo Class A partnership units (other than the Company) outstanding as of immediately after the Closing (before giving effect to the redemptions of certain legacy partners of Professionals and ILPs (the Redemptions)) may exchange
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these units for (i) shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis (subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications) or (ii) cash from an offering of shares of Class A common stock (based on the net proceeds received by the Company for such shares in such offering) with the form of consideration determined by the Company. The PWP OpCo Class A partnership units were previously issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements thereof provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering without any form of general solicitation or general advertising.
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Item 5.01. | Changes in Control of Registrant. |
Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement in the section titled The Business Combination Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
As of the date of the Closing, our post-Closing directors and executive officers and their respective affiliated entities beneficially owned approximately 4.6% of the outstanding shares of Company Class A common stock, all outstanding shares of Company Class B-1 common stock, which have 10 votes per share, and approximately 18.5% of the outstanding shares of Company Class B-2 common stock, which have one vote per share, and which together represents approximately 91.1% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares, and the securityholders of FTIV immediately prior to the Closing (which includes certain of our post-Closing directors) beneficially owned post-Closing approximately 70.9% of the outstanding shares of Company Class A common stock, which represents approximately 6.0% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On the date of the Closing, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each executive officer of FTIV ceased serving in such capacities and Betsy Z. Cohen, Brittain Ezzes, Madelyn Antoncic, Laura S. Kohn and Jan Rock Zubrow ceased serving on the Board. Peter A. Weinberg, Joseph R. Perella, Robert K. Steel, Dietrich Becker, Andrew Bednar, Jorma Ollila, Ivan G. Seidenberg, Jane C. Sherburne and Daniel G. Cohen were appointed as directors of the Company.
On the date of the Closing, the Company established an audit committee. Ivan G. Seidenberg, Jorma Ollila and Jane C. Sherburne were appointed to serve on the Companys audit committee, with Jorma Ollila serving as chairman of the audit committee and Jane C. Sherburne qualifying as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
On the date of the Closing, the Company established a compensation committee consisting of Ivan G. Seidenberg, Jorma Ollila, Jane C. Sherburne and Daniel G. Cohen, with Jane C. Sherburne serving as chair of the compensation committee.
On the date of the Closing, Professionals implemented a crystallized ownership structure that, among other things, includes a class of partnership units which tracks the Companys advisory business and allocates increases in value and income/distributions with respect to the advisory business on a pro-rata basis to all holders of such partnership units in accordance with their ownership interests. Pursuant to this internal reorganization, each limited partners capital interests in Professionals, to the extent attributable to the Companys advisory business, were converted into (i) original capital units (OCUs) equivalent to approximately 50% of Professionals share of PWP OpCo, which will be owned by all limited partners holding capital as of December 31, 2019, pro rata in accordance with their capital interests as of December 31, 2019, as adjusted for accretion and/or dilution through the Closing,
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and/or (b) value capital units (VCUs), which are owned by working partners (subject to an approximately three to five-year vesting period) to the extent of capital interests accrued through the Closing that exceed the value of the OCUs, but subject to a cap intended to give effect to each working partners intended ending target ownership ratio. In addition, Professionals issued alignment capital units (ACUs) to working partners, including certain of the Companys executive officers, in a manner intended to give effect to each working partners intended ending target ownership ratio. ACUs are also subject to a three to five-year vesting period. Upon vesting, VCUs and ACUs will automatically convert into OCUs. Together, the VCUs and ACUs represent approximately 50% of Professionals share of the value of PWP OpCo. The vesting of VCUs and ACUs at Professionals will be recorded as equity-based compensation expense at PWP OpCo for accounting purposes, though they will have no economic impact on investors in the Company or PWP OpCo.
Following the Closing, the non-employee directors of the Company will be entitled to the following compensation for their service on the Board: (i) an annual base retainer in the amount of $180,000, 50% of which will be paid in the form of restricted stock units and 50% of which will be paid in cash; (ii) a one-time grant of restricted stock units with a value of $50,000 upon initial appointment to the Board (including in connection with the Closing) vesting in three equal installments on or about each anniversary of the grant date; (iii) an annual cash retainer of $20,000 for the chair of the audit committee; and (iv) an annual cash retainer of $20,000 for the chair of the compensation committee. Except for the one-time grant of restricted stock units upon initial appointment to the Board, all other restricted stock units will be granted on or about the date of the Companys general annual stockholder meeting and will vest on the date of the next general annual stockholder meeting, provided that the first annual grant of restricted stock units will be pro-rated for the period between the Closing and the date of the Companys first general annual stockholder meeting and will vest on the date of the Companys first general annual stockholder meeting.
The information set forth under Item 1.01, Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementIndemnification Agreements and 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan and French Sub-Plan of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
The material terms of certain awards granted by the Company in connection with the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled Other Executive Compensation ElementsTransaction Pool Awards and Other Executive Compensation ElementsManagement Awards and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.06. | Change in Shell Company Status. |
As a result of the Business Combination, which fulfilled the definition of an initial business combination as required by FTIVs organizational documents, the Company ceased to be a shell company upon the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement in the sections titled Proposal No. 1 The Business Combination Proposal and The Business Combination Proposal of the Proxy Statement, and are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.
On June 24, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Business Combination. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Information responsive to Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K is set forth in the financial statements included in the Proxy Statement on pages F-51 through F-125, which are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Certain pro forma financial information of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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(c) Exhibits.
| Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). |
+ | Indicates a management or compensatory plan. |
* | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS | ||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |
Name: | Gary Barancik | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: June 30, 2021
Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV
June 24, 2021
Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV (the Corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Secretary) on November 20, 2018, as amended on June 13, 2019. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary on September 25, 2020.
2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) in accordance with Section 242 and Section 245 of the DGCL.
3. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented.
4. Effective as of the date of its filing with the Delaware Secretary, the text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed on its behalf as of the date first written above.
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV | ||
By: | /s/ James J. McEntee, III | |
Name: James J. McEntee, III | ||
Title: President and Secretary |
Exhibit A
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Perella Weinberg Partners (the Corporation).
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808. The name of its registered agent at that address is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the DGCL.
FOURTH:
(1) Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,210,000,000, consisting of (i) 1,500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the Class A Common Stock); (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock), (iii) 300,000,000 shares of Class B-1 Common Stock (the Class B-1 Common Stock), and 300,000,000 shares of Class B-2 Common Stock (the Class B-2 Common Stock and, together with the Class B-1 Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock) and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the Common Stock); and (iii) 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock). The number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock, Class B-1 Common Stock, Class B-2 Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Class A Common Stock, Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock Class B-1 Common Stock, Class B-2 Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.
(2) Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock Conversion. Following the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, at the time and date of the consummation (the Closing) of the business combination transaction contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2020, to which the Corporation is a party (the Business Combination), each share of Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, those shares of Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock which will be surrendered for no consideration, as contemplated by that certain Sponsor Share Surrender and Restriction Agreement, dated as of
December 29, 2020, by and among the Corporation, FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC and FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC) shall automatically be converted into one share of Class A Common Stock without any action on the part of any person, including the Corporation, and concurrently with such conversion, the number of authorized shares of Pre-Business Combination Class B Common Stock shall be reduced to zero (the Business Combination Conversion). It is intended that the Business Combination Conversion will be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(3) Common Stock. The powers, preferences, and rights and the qualifications, limitations, and restrictions of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are as follows:
(a) Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL or as provided by or pursuant to the provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation:
(i) Each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder. The holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.
(ii) Each holder of Class B-1 Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class B-1 Common Stock held of record by such holder; provided that for so long as Professionals or its limited partners as of June 24, 2021 that sign a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2021, by and between the Corporation and Professionals, or its or their respective successors or assigns maintains, directly or indirectly, ownership of the OP Class A Common Units that represent at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding Class A Common Stock (calculated, without duplication, on the basis that all the issued and outstanding OP Class A Common Units not held by the Corporation or its subsidiaries had been exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock) (the Class B Condition), each holder of Class B-1 Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B-1 Common Stock held of record by such holder. The holders of shares of Class B-1 Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(A) OP means PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
(B) OP Class A Common Unit means each limited partnership unit of the OP designated as a Partnership Class A Common Unit in the OP LP Agreement (as defined below).
(C) OP LP Agreement means the limited partnership agreement of the OP, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.
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(D) Professionals means PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
(iii) Each holder of Class B-2 Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class B-2 Common Stock held of record by such holder. The holders of shares of Class B-2 Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.
(iv) Except as otherwise required in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are generally entitled to vote (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock).
(v) In addition to any other vote required in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall each be entitled to vote separately as a class only with respect to amendments to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that increase or decrease the par value of the shares of such class, or alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of such class so as to affect them adversely, as compared to another class of the Common Stock.
(b) Dividends.
(i) Subject to any other provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time, holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation when, as, and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
(ii) Holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, dividends of the same type as any dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation payable or to be made on outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock in an amount per share of Class B Common Stock equal to the amount of such dividends or other distributions as would be made on 0.001 shares of Class A Common Stock. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis with the holders of the Class A Common Stock, such dividend or other distribution on the Class A Common Stock when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
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(c) Liquidation, Dissolution, etc. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up (either voluntary or involuntary) of the Corporation, after payments to creditors of the Corporation that may at the time be outstanding and subject to the rights of any holders of Preferred Stock that may then be outstanding, holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, all remaining assets and funds of the Corporation available for distribution; provided, however, that, for purposes of any such distribution, each share of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the same distribution as 0.001 shares of Class A Common Stock.
(d) Reclassification. Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock may be split, subdivided, reverse split, combined, consolidated, recapitalized or reclassified, and the holders of each such class of Common Stock may not receive by dividend or distribution any additional shares of such class of Common Stock, unless, contemporaneously therewith, each other type of Relevant Securities are split, subdivided, reverse split, combined, consolidated, recapitalized or reclassified, or the holders of each other type of Relevant Securities receive by dividend or distribution additional shares or units of such Relevant Securities, in the same proportion and in the same manner; provided, that this Clause 3(d) of this Article FOURTH shall not apply to any split, subdivision, reverse split, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or reclassification of, or any dividend or distribution to the holders of, the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock that is effected to cause (i) the total number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock to equal the number of OP Class A Common Units held by the Corporation, (ii) the total number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock to equal the number of Exchangeable Units, (iii) the total number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock to equal the number of OP Class B Common Units or (iv) any combination of the foregoing (any such split, subdivision, reverse split, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or reclassification or dividend or distribution, or any similar action or change at the OP, a Restorative Transaction). The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) Exchangeable Unit means each OP Class A Common Unit, other than an OP Class A Common Unit held by the Corporation or its subsidiaries.
(ii) OP Class B Common Units means each limited partnership unit of the OP designated as a Partnership Class B Common Unit in the OP LP Agreement.
(iii) Relevant Securities means Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, OP Class A Common Units and OP Class B Common Units.
(e) Exchange. Each holder of an Exchangeable Unit (each such holder (other than, for purposes of clarity and the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation or its subsidiaries), an Exchanging LP), shall, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the OP LP Agreement, be entitled to surrender such Exchangeable Unit in exchange for delivery of the Cash Amount or the Stock Amount (each as defined in the OP LP Agreement) in the sole discretion of the Corporation (an Exchange).
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(i) In connection with an Exchange under the OP LP Agreement, the Corporation shall issue to such Exchanging LP a number of shares of Class A Common Stock as determined by the terms and provisions of the OP LP Agreement in exchange for the portion of such Exchanging LPs Exchangeable Units that have been surrendered by such Exchanging LP, subject, at all times, to the Corporations right, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the OP LP Agreement, to elect to deliver cash in lieu of issuing shares of Class A Common Stock, or to elect to deliver a combination of shares of Class A Common Stock and cash, with the form and allocation of consideration determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion.
(ii) Concurrently with any Exchange by an Exchanging LP that is also a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock at the time of, or immediately prior to, such Exchange, a number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by such Exchanging LP equal to the number of Exchangeable Units so exchanged (or, if the Exchanging LP holds a number of shares of Class B Common Stock that is less than the number of Exchangeable Units being exchanged, all of the Exchanging LPs shares of Class B Common Stock) shall each be automatically, without further action by such Exchanging LP, converted into, at the Corporations option, (A) 0.001 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Class A Common Stock or (B) an amount of cash equal to the product of (I) 0.001, multiplied by (II) the Cash Amount. All such shares of Class B-1 Common Stock and Class B-2 Common Stock that shall have been automatically converted as herein provided shall be retired and resume the status of authorized and unissued shares of Class B-1 Common Stock and Class B-2 Common Stock, respectively, and all rights of the Exchanging LP with respect to such shares, including the rights, if any, to receive notices and to vote, shall thereupon cease and terminate. No fractional shares of Class A Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the Exchanging LP would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Exchanging LP cash equal to the Cash Amount of the fractional shares of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation (X) shall only use the proceeds of a Primary Issuance Funding (as defined in the OP LP Agreement) (including any portion of a Primary Issuance Funding that is a Permitted ATM Funding (as defined in the OP LP Agreement)) to effectuate, or cause to be effectuated, the payment of any Cash Amount (other than in respect of fractional shares of Common Stock) and (Y) shall not use cash from any other source to effectuate, or cause to be effectuated, the payment of any Cash Amount (other than in respect of fractional shares of Common Stock). The Corporation may adopt reasonable procedures for the implementation of the provisions set forth in this Clause 3(e)(ii) of this Article FOURTH.
(iii) If any holder of shares of Class B-1 Common Stock (other than Professionals) was a director, officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of, or was otherwise providing services to, the Corporation or the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries at the time of acquiring shares of Class B-1 Common Stock and subsequently ceases to be a director, officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of, or to otherwise provide services to, the
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Corporation or the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries, all of such shares of Class B-1 Common Stock held by such holder (other than if indirectly held through Professionals) shall be automatically, without further action by such holder, converted into an equal number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Class B-2 Common Stock.
(iv) Such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as may from time to time be required for exchange pursuant to the terms of Clause 3(e)(ii) of this Article FOURTH shall be reserved for issuance upon exchange of outstanding Exchangeable Units.
(f) Transfers.
(i) Without limiting any holders ability to effect an exchange of Exchangeable Units in compliance with Clause 3(e) of this Article FOURTH, no holder of Class B Common Stock shall be permitted to consummate a sale, pledge, conveyance, hypothecation, assignment or other transfer (Transfer) of Class B Common Stock other than as part of a concurrent Transfer of an equal number of Exchangeable Units made to the same transferee in compliance with the restrictions on transfer contained in the OP LP Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, whether pursuant to a Permitted Transfer (as defined therein) or with the consent of the general partner of the OP). Any purported Transfer of Class B Common Stock not in accordance with the terms of this Clause 3(f) of this Article FOURTH shall be void ab initio.
(ii) Without limiting the restrictions on transfer contained in Clause 3(f)(i) of this Article FOURTH, in the event of any Transfer of shares of Class B-1 Common Stock in accordance with the terms of Clause 3(f)(i) of this Article FOURTH to any individual or legal entity who is not, at the time of such Transfer, a director, officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor of, or otherwise providing services to, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, such shares of Class B-1 Common Stock shall be automatically, without further action by such holder, converted into a fully paid and nonassessable shares of Class B-2 Common Stock.
(iii) The Corporation may, as a condition to the Transfer or the registration of Transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock, require the furnishing of such affidavits or other proof as it deems necessary to establish whether such transfer would result in an automatic conversion pursuant to the terms of Clause 3(f)(i) of this Article FOURTH.
(g) No Preemptive or Subscription Rights. No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.
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(4) Preferred Stock.
(a) The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such distinctive designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional 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 of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series and as may be permitted by the DGCL, including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.
(b) Except as otherwise required in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to such series).
(5) Equitable Adjustments. In the event of any split, subdivision, reverse split, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or reclassification of any type of Relevant Securities, or any dividend or distribution of any additional shares or units of any type of Relevant Securities to the holders of such type of Relevant Securities, references herein to a number of shares or units of any type of Relevant Securities, or a ratio of one type of Relevant Securities to another, shall be deemed adjusted as appropriate to reflect such action or change, unless, contemporaneously therewith, a similar action or change is effected with respect to each other type of Relevant Securities; provided, that there shall be no such adjustment in connection with a Restorative Transaction, except to the extent that the Board of Directors determines that such adjustment is required with respect to one or more types of Relevant Securities.
FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
(1) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
(2) The Board of Directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation, as provided therein (as may be amended from time to time, the By-Laws).
(3) The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number of which shall initially be nine (9) and subsequently shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.
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(4) The directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation; the term of the initial Class II directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation; and the term of the initial Class III directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or, in each case, upon such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the directors of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(5) A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Any director may resign at any time in accordance with the By-Laws.
(6) Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the other directors. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto.
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(7) Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation; provided that at any time the Class B Condition is satisfied, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation. The vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal shall be filled as provided in Clause (5) of this Article FIFTH.
(8) No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however, that to the extent required by the provisions of Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL or any successor statute, or any other laws of the State of Delaware, this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended after the date of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Clause (4) of Article FIFTH shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability or any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
(9) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors that would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.
SIXTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws.
SEVENTH: Unless otherwise required by law, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, (ii) by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Co-President of the Corporation at the request in writing of (a) directors constituting a majority of the voting power of the entire Board of Directors or (b) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings, or
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(iii) until such time as the Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied, by stockholders collectively holding a majority of the voting power of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation. If at any time the Class B Condition shall not be satisfied, then the ability of the stockholders to call a Special Meeting of Stockholders is hereby specifically denied.
EIGHTH: Until such time as the Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied, any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of 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 and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL and the Corporations By-Laws. If at any time the Class B Condition shall not be satisfied, then any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called Annual or Special Meeting of the Corporation, and the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.
NINTH: The Corporation shall not be governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.
TENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article TENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article TENTH.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article TENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article TENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
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Any repeal or modification of this Article TENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ELEVENTH:
(1) Subject to Clause (2) of this Article ELEVENTH, the By-Laws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted either (i) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, or (ii) without the approval of the Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2⁄3%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation; provided that at any time the Class B Condition is satisfied, the By-Laws also may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation; provided further, however, that in any case, notice of such amendment, alteration, change, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting (if there is one) of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be.
(2) Notwithstanding Clause (1) of this Article ELEVENTH, or any other provision of the By-Laws (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), (i) any amendment, alteration or repeal, in whole or in part, of Section 2.3 (Special Meetings), Section 2.9 (Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting), Section 3.1 (Number and Election of Directors), Section 3.2 (Vacancies), Section 3.3 (Duties and Powers), Section 3.6 (Resignations and Removals of Directors) or Article IX of the By-Laws (collectively, the Specified By-Laws) as in effect immediately following the Business Combination (which, for the avoidance of doubt, would include the adoption of any provision as part of the By-Laws that is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified By-Laws), shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation, and (ii) the ability of the Board of Directors to amend, alter or repeal the Specified By-Laws is specifically denied; provided that at any time that the Class B Condition is satisfied, the Specified By-Laws may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, by (x) the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors or (y) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation.
TWELFTH: Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that, in the event that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks
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jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article TWELFTH.
THIRTEENTH:
(1) Certain Acknowledgments. In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers, employees, consultants, independent contractors and/or other service providers of Professionals or any of its subsidiaries, Perella Weinberg Partners LLC or any of its subsidiaries, FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC or any of their respective affiliates (excluding the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries) (collectively, the Ownership Group), may serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries and (ii) the Ownership Group and their respective affiliates may engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve the Ownership Group and their respective partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers, employees, consultants, independent contractors, other service providers and/or affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation, the OP and any of their respective subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors, and stockholders of the Corporation, in connection therewith.
(2) Competition and Corporate Opportunities. The Ownership Group and their respective affiliates shall not have any duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event that the Ownership Group acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for themselves or any of their respective affiliates and the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries, neither the Corporation, the OP nor any of their respective subsidiaries shall have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity, and the Ownership Group shall not have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries and may pursue or acquire such corporate opportunity for themselves or direct such corporate opportunity to another person, including one of their affiliates, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(3) Allocation of Corporate Opportunities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that a director or officer of the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries who is also a partner, principal, director, officer, member, manager, employee, consultant, independent contractor and/or other service provider of any of the Ownership Group acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for
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the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries and the Ownership Group or their affiliates, neither the Corporation, the OP nor any of their respective subsidiaries shall have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity unless such corporate opportunity is expressly offered to such person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation in which case such opportunity shall belong to the Corporation.
(4) Certain Matters Deemed Not Corporate Opportunities. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that the Corporation, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries 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, the OP or any of their respective subsidiaries business or is of no practical advantage to it or is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.
(5) Deemed Notice. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH.
(6) Subsequent Amendment. Neither the alteration, amendment, termination, expiration or repeal of this Article THIRTEENTH nor the adoption of any provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) inconsistent with this Article THIRTEENTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article THIRTEENTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article THIRTEENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, termination, expiration, repeal or adoption.
FOURTEENTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the further definition of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders: For so long as that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2021, by and among the Corporation, Professionals and the other persons who from time to time may become Corporation stockholders party thereto, as amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof (the Stockholders Agreement), is in effect, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be incorporated by reference into the relevant provisions hereof, and such provisions shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.
FIFTEENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of Articles FIFTH, EIGHTH, TENTH, THIRTEENTH or FIFTEENTH of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
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SIXTEENTH: If any provision in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is determined to be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall continue to be valid and enforceable and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
SEVENTEENTH: The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
A Delaware Corporation
(formerly known as FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV)
Effective June 24, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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OFFICES |
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Section 1.1 |
Registered Office | 1 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Other Offices | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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Section 2.1 |
Place of Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Annual Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Special Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Notice | 2 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Adjournments | 2 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Quorum | 2 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Voting | 3 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Proxies | 3 | ||||
Section 2.9 |
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting | 4 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote | 4 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Record Date | 4 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Stock Ledger | 5 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
Conduct of Meetings | 5 | ||||
Section 2.14 |
Inspectors of Election | 6 | ||||
Section 2.15 |
Nature of Business at Meeting of Stockholders | 6 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Nomination of Directors | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
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DIRECTORS |
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Section 3.1 |
Number and Election of Directors | 10 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Vacancies | 11 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Duties and Powers | 11 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Meetings | 11 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Organization | 12 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Resignations and Removals of Directors | 12 | ||||
Section 3.7 |
Quorum | 12 | ||||
Section 3.8 |
Actions of the Board by Written Consent | 12 | ||||
Section 3.9 |
Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone | 13 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Committees | 13 |
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Section 3.11 |
Compensation | 13 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Interested Directors | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
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OFFICERS |
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Section 4.1 |
General | 14 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Election | 14 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation | 14 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Chairman of the Board | 15 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
Chief Executive Officer | 15 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
President | 15 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Secretary | 16 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Treasurer | 16 | ||||
Section 4.9 |
Vice Presidents | 16 | ||||
Section 4.10 |
Assistant Secretaries | 16 | ||||
Section 4.11 |
Assistant Treasurers | 17 | ||||
Section 4.12 |
Other Officers | 17 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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STOCK |
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Section 5.1 |
Shares of Stock | 17 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Signatures | 17 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Lost Certificates | 17 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Transfers | 17 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Dividend Record Date | 18 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Record Owners | 18 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Transfer and Registry Agents | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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NOTICES |
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Section 6.1 |
Notices | 18 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Waivers of Notice | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
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GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 7.1 |
Dividends | 19 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Disbursements | 19 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Fiscal Year | 19 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Corporate Seal | 20 |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 8.1 |
Right to Indemnification | 20 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Right to Advancement of Expenses | 20 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit | 20 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
Non-Exclusivity of Rights | 21 | ||||
Section 8.5 |
Insurance | 21 | ||||
Section 8.6 |
Indemnification of Other Persons | 21 | ||||
Section 8.7 |
Amendments | 22 | ||||
Section 8.8 |
Certain Definitions | 22 | ||||
Section 8.9 |
Contract Rights | 22 | ||||
Section 8.10 |
Severability | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
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AMENDMENTS |
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Section 9.1 |
Amendments | 22 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Entire Board | 23 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
(a Delaware corporation
formerly known as Fintech Acquisition Corp. IV)
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board) may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner authorized by Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL).
Section 2.2 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation), special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called (i) by the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, (ii) by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Co-President at the request in writing of (a) directors constituting a majority of the entire Board, (b) a committee of the Board that has been duly designated by the Board and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings or (c) until such time as the Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied, by stockholders collectively holding a majority of the voting
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power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation. At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto). For purposes of these Bylaws, Class B Condition shall mean for so long as Professionals or its limited partners as of June 24, 2021 that sign a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2021, by and between the Corporation and Professionals, or its or their respective successors or assigns maintains, directly or indirectly, ownership of the OP Class A Common Units that represent at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding Class A Common Stock (calculated, without duplication, on the basis that all the issued and outstanding OP Class A Common Units not held by the Corporation or its subsidiaries had been exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock). The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) OP means PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
(b) OP Class A Common Unit means each limited partnership unit of the OP designated as a Partnership Class A Common Unit in the limited partnership agreement of the OP (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time).
(c) Professionals means PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
Section 2.4 Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.5 Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned by the chairman of the meeting, subject to any rules and regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 2.13. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.4 shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Section 2.6 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the Corporations capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A
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quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 2.5, until a quorum shall be present or represented.
Section 2.7 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporations shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 2.8. The Board, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officers discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 2.8 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the 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 as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
(a) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholders authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such persons signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
(b) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission by means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
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Section 2.9 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Until such time as the Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of 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 and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 2.9, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 228 of the DGCL. If at any time the Class B Condition shall not be satisfied, then any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of the Corporation, and the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.
Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, (ii) either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, if any, or (iii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.11 Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, 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) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding
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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; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(b) Only to the extent that action by written consent of the stockholders is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, 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 ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 2.12 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.10 or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. The chairman of the meeting of the stockholders shall preside over such meeting and shall be any such person as the Board may designate, or, in the absence of such a person, the Chairman of the Board, or, in the absence of such person, the Chief Executive Officer, of the Corporation. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, 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; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman 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.
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Section 2.14 Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board, by resolution, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any President or Co-President shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One 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 chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. 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 inspectors ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.
Section 2.15 Nature of Business at Meeting of Stockholders.
(a) Only such business (other than nominations for election to the Board, which must comply with the provisions of Section 2.16) may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders as is either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.15 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such annual meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.15.
(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
(c) To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the proposed text of any proposal regarding such business (including the text
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of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the text of the proposed amendment), and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, and (ii) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, (A) the name and address of such person; (B) (I) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with or relating to (I) the Corporation or (II) the proposal, including any material interest in, or anticipated benefit from the proposal to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the annual meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be true and correct as of the date of the annual meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation prior to the annual meeting.
(f) No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.15; provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.15 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
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(g) Nothing contained in this Section 2.15 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law).
Section 2.16 Nomination of Directors.
(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.16 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such annual meeting or special meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.16.
(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
(c) To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) (I) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of stock of the
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Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation, (D) such persons written representation and agreement that such person (I) is not and will not become a party to 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, (II) 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 in such representation and agreement, (III) in such persons individual capacity, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with, all applicable publicly disclosed confidentiality, corporate governance, conflict of interest, Regulation FD, code of conduct and ethics, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation and (IV) consents to serving as a director if elected and currently intends to serve as a director for the full term for which such person is standing for election and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, (A) the name and record address of the stockholder giving the notice and the name and principal place of business of such beneficial owner; (B) (I) the class or series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of shares of stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of (I) all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any proposed nominee, or any affiliates or associates of such proposed nominee, (II) all
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agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made by such person, or otherwise relating to the Corporation or their ownership of capital stock of the Corporation, and (III) any material interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such nomination, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting or special meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
(e) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at an annual meeting or special meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the annual meeting or special meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of such annual meeting or special meeting.
(f) No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.16. If the Chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors. The Board shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number of which shall initially be nine (9) and subsequently shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board then in office. The directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board. The initial division of the Board into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board. The term of the initial Class I directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation; the term of the initial Class II directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation; and the term of the initial Class III directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the third annual meeting
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of stockholders held following the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation or, in each case, upon such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders held following the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the directors of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. Except as provided in Section 3.2, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each annual meeting of stockholders, and a director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3.2 Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy on the Board that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board may be filled only by a majority of the Board then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the other directors. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.
Section 3.3 Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.4 Meetings. The Board and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board (the Chairman of the Board), the Chief Executive Officer or any President or Co-President, or the Board. Special meetings of any committee of the Board may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer or any President or Co-President, or any director serving on such committee. Notice of any special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or electronic means on twenty-four (24) hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
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Section 3.5 Organization. At each meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.
Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors. 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 Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any President or Co-President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation; provided that at any time the Class B Condition is satisfied, any director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation. Any director serving on a committee of the Board may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board.
Section 3.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporations securities are listed or quoted for trading, at all meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board or 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 directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, 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. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 3.8 Actions 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 of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board 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.
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Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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 pursuant to this Section 3.9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.10 Committees. The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board establishing any committee of the Board and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these Bylaws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these Bylaws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.
Section 3.11 Compensation. The directors shall be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board, and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary for service as director, payable in cash or securities, as determined by the Board from time to time. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Chairpersons or members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for such service.
Section 3.12 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of
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the Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such directors or officers vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board and shall be a Chief Executive Officer or one or more Presidents, or both, a Secretary, and either a Treasurer or a Chief Financial Officer, or both. The Board, in its discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board (who must be a director), and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
Section 4.2 Election. The Board, at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders (or action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of the annual meeting of stockholders, if not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation), shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officers successor is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board may be removed at any time by the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board.
Section 4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any President or Co-President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
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Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these Bylaws or by the Board.
Section 4.5 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board, have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation and of its several officers and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to execute, by and on behalf of the Corporation, all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these Bylaws, the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the Chief Executive Officer is also a director, at all meetings of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these Bylaws or by the Board.
Section 4.6 President. The President or any Co-President shall, subject to the control of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The President or any Co-President shall have the power to execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these Bylaws, the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In general, the President or any Co-President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President or Co-President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the President or Co-President by these Bylaws, the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President shall preside, provided the President or Co-President is also a director, at all meetings of the Board. In the event of the inability or refusal of the Chief Executive Officer to act, the Board may designate the President or any Co-President to perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and, when so acting, the President or Co-President shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.
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Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation, if any, and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officers signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President and the Board, at its regular meetings, or when the Board so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, if there be any, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.
Section 4.9 Vice Presidents. Vice Presidents, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, and in the absence of the President or in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.
Section 4.10 Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretarys inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
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Section 4.11 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurers possession or under the Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 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. 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.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 5.1 Shares of Stock. Except as otherwise provided in a resolution approved by the Board, all shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares.
Section 5.2 Signatures. To the extent any shares are represented by certificates, any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate 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 issue.
Section 5.3 Lost Certificates. The Board 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 Board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond 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.
Section 5.4 Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such
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persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement (to the extent any shares are represented by certificates), compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked Cancelled, with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.
Section 5.5 Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 5.6 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 to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, 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.
Section 5.7 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 6.1 Notices. Whenever written 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 may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission if consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed to be revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices by the Corporation in accordance
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with such consent and (ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given by electronic transmission, as described above, shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. Notice to directors or committee members may be given personally or by means of electronic transmission.
Section 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 by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to notice, 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
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the DGCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, 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 3.8), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations 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.
Section 7.2 Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board may from time to time designate.
Section 7.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board.
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Section 7.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an Indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
Section 8.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1, an Indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees) incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an advancement of expenses); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon the Corporations receipt of an undertaking (hereinafter an undertaking), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.
Section 8.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to
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recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a final adjudication) that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, shall be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section 8.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right, which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, an agreement, a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Section 8.5 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
Section 8.6 Indemnification of Other Persons. This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any other person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Indemnitees under this Article VIII.
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Section 8.7 Amendments. Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VIII, will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights to Indemnitees on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision; provided however, that amendments or repeals of this Article VIII shall require the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least 66.7% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
Section 8.8 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, (a) references to other enterprise shall include any employee benefit plan; (b) references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (c) references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and (d) a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation for purposes of Section 145 of the DGCL.
Section 8.9 Contract Rights. The rights provided to Indemnitees pursuant to this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, agent or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators.
Section 8.10 Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Amendments.
(a) Subject to Section 9.1(b) below, these Bylaws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted either (i) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, or (ii) without the approval of the Board, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2⁄3%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation; provided that at any time the Class B Condition is satisfied, these Bylaws also may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation; provided further, however, that in any case, notice of such amendment, alteration, change, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such meeting (if there is one) of the stockholders or Board, as the case may be.
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 9.1(a), or any other provision of these Bylaws (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), (i) any amendment, alteration or repeal, in whole or in part, of Section 2.3 (Special Meetings), Section 2.9 (Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting), Section 3.1 (Number and Election of Directors), Section 3.2 (Vacancies), Section 3.3 (Duties and Powers), Section 3.6 (Resignations and Removals of Directors) or this Article IX (collectively, the Specified Bylaws) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, would include the adoption of any provision as part of these Bylaws that is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified Bylaws) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and (ii) the ability of the Board to amend, alter, repeal, or adopt any provision as part of these Bylaws inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified Bylaws is hereby specifically denied; provided, however, that at any time the Class B Condition is satisfied, the Specified Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board or (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors of the Corporation.
Section 9.2 Entire Board. As used in this Article IX and in these Bylaws generally, the term entire Board means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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Adopted as of: June 24, 2021
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Exhibit 4.1
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
PAR VALUE $0.0001
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PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
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FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
(THE COMPANY)
Perella Weinberg Partners (hereinafter called the Company), transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorses. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be held subject to all provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (copies of which are on file with the Company and with the Transfer Agent), to all of which each holder, by acceptance hereof, assents.
This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
Witness the seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to the applicable laws or regulations:
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For value received, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES), INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE(S))
Shares of the Class A common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
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THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED).
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of June 24, 2021, is made and entered into by and among each of Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV (the Company), FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the Sponsor), the Legacy PWP Stockholders (as defined below) and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement (each, a Holder and collectively, the Holders).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has issued the Sponsor an aggregate of 7,870,000 shares (the Founder Shares) of the Companys Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the Class B Common Stock);
WHEREAS, the Founder Shares are convertible into shares of the Companys Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), on the terms and conditions provided in the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation;
WHEREAS, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 610,000 units of the Company (each, a Placement Unit and collectively, the Placement Units), each Placement Unit consisting of one share of Common Stock (each, a Placement Share and collectively, the Placement Shares) and one third of one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (each, a Placement Warrant and collectively, the Placement Warrants) in a private placement transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (the Private Placement) occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Companys initial public offering;
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2020, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Original Agreement), pursuant to which the Company granted the Sponsor certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, upon the closing of the transactions (such transactions, the Transactions) contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2020 (the Transaction Agreement), by and among the Company, the Sponsor, PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Holdings), PWP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Holdings, PWP Professionals and Perella Weinberg Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of PWP Professionals, as further described in the DeSPAC Transaction Steps set forth on Schedule B to the Transaction Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, upon the closing of the Transactions, 6,846,667 of the Founder Shares will be converted into shares of Common Stock, on the terms and conditions provided in the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Sponsor has purchased an aggregate of 150,000 shares of Common Stock in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (such transaction, the PIPE and such shares, the PIPE Shares); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the purchase of the PIPE Shares and the consummation of the Transactions, the Company, the Sponsor and the Legacy PWP Stockholders desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in order to provide the Holders with registration rights on the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:
$12.00 Sale Trigger Date shall have the meaning set forth in the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement.
$15.00 Sale Trigger Date shall have the meaning set forth in the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement.
Adverse Disclosure shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board or the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or principal financial officer of the Company (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
Affiliate of a person or entity means any other person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person or entity.
Agreement shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or required by law or regulation to close in the City of New York, New York.
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Commission shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency performing comparable functions.
Common Stock shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Company shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Demand Exercise Notice shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Demanding Holders shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(b).
Demand Registration shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Demand Registration Period shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Demand Registration Request shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Filing Date shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).
Form S-1 shall mean Form S-1 for the registration of securities under the Securities Act promulgated by the Commission.
Form S-3 shall mean Form S-3 for the registration of securities under the Securities Act promulgated by the Commission.
Founder Lock-up Period shall mean, with respect to the Founder Shares, the period ending (a) with respect to 1,369,334 of such shares, on the six-month anniversary of the date hereof, (b) on the later of (x) the six-month anniversary of the date hereof and (y)(i) with respect to 1,369,334 of such shares, the earlier of (A) the ten-year anniversary of the date hereof and (B) the date that is 15 days following the first date that the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $12.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the date hereof, subject to the Sponsors compliance with the Companys repurchase right under the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement during the 15 day period following the $12.00 Sale Trigger Date, (ii) with respect to 1,369,333 of such shares, the earlier of (A) the ten-year anniversary of the date hereof and (B) the first date that the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $13.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the date hereof, (iii) with respect to 1,369,333 of such shares, the earlier of (A) the ten-year anniversary of the date hereof and (B) the date that is 15 days following the first date that the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $15.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the date hereof, subject to the Sponsors compliance with the Companys repurchase right under the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement during the 15 day period following the $15.00 Sale Trigger Date, and (iv) with respect to 1,369,333 of such shares, the earlier of (A) the ten-year anniversary of the date hereof and (B) the first date that the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $17.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the date hereof, or (c) in any case, if, after the date hereof, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Companys stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.
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Founder Shares shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Holders shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Holdings shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Holdings LPA shall have the meaning given in the definition of Legacy PWP Stockholders.
ILP shall have the meaning given in the definition of Legacy PWP Stockholders.
Initial Stockholders shall mean the Sponsor.
Initiating Holders shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
Joinder Agreement means a joinder agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A.
Legacy PWP Stockholders shall mean the persons or entities listed on Schedule A hereto consisting of: (i) PWP Professional Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (PWP Professionals), and (ii) the limited partners of Holdings (other than PWP Professionals) (each such Holder, an ILP) under the limited partnership agreement of Holdings (as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the Holdings LPA).
Maximum Number of Securities shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
Minimum Demand Threshold shall mean $40,000,000.
Misstatement shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus (in the case of the preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
Original Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
OP Unit means a Class A common unit of Holdings that is issued by Holdings pursuant to the Holdings LPA.
Permitted Transferees shall mean (i) with respect to any Holder, any Affiliates of such Holder, (ii) with respect to Sponsor, any Permitted Transferee, as defined in that certain letter agreement, dated as of September 24, 2020, among the Company, the Sponsor and the insiders listed on the signature pages thereto, and (iii) solely with respect to the PWP Professionals, (A) any general or limited partner thereof and any managing director, general partner, director, limited
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partner, officer or employee of any Affiliate of PWP Professionals, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (A) (collectively, the PWP Partners) and (B) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which, consist solely of any one or more of PWP Professionals, any general or limited partner of PWP Professionals, any PWP Partners, their spouses or their lineal descendants.
Piggy-back Registration shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.
PIPE shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
PIPE Shares shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Placement Share or Placement Shares shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Placement Unit Lock-up Period shall mean, with respect to the Placement Units, Placement Shares, Placement Warrants and any of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of such Placement Warrants, a period terminating six months after the date hereof, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement and the Placement Unit Subscription Agreement.
Placement Unit or Placement Units shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Placement Unit Subscription Agreement shall mean the Unit Subscription Agreement, dated September 24, 2020, between the Company and the Sponsor.
Placement Warrant or Placement Warrants shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Private Placement shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Pro Rata shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.3.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all materials incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
PWP Professionals shall have the meaning given in the definition of Legacy PWP Stockholders.
Registrable Security shall mean (a) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of any Founder Shares, (b) the Placement Warrants (including any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Placement Warrants), (c) the Placement Shares, (d) shares of Common Stock held by any Holder as of the date hereof, (e) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to a Holder in exchange for OP Units and Class B common
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stock pursuant to the Holdings LPA, (f) the PIPE Shares and (g) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such shares of Common Stock by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of stock, acquisition, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, stock exchange, stock reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual control arrangement with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, or engagement in any other similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) if a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act, the date that such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged pursuant to such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities may otherwise be transferred, new certificates or book entries credits for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (iv) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction; or (v) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated by the Commission) without limitation as to volume and manner of sale, whether or not any such sale has occurred.
Registration shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming effective.
Registration Expenses shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:
(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed);
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);
(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;
(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(E) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements (not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate for all Registrations hereunder) of one counsel for the Sponsor and its Affiliates, which shall be selected by Cohen & Company, LLC and reasonably acceptable to the Company;
(F) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements (not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate for all Registrations hereunder) of one counsel for PWP Professionals and its Affiliates, which shall be selected by PWP Professionals and reasonably acceptable to the Company;
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(G) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements (not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate for all Registrations hereunder) of one counsel for the ILPs and their Affiliates, which shall be selected by the ILPs and reasonably acceptable to the Company; and
(H) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration.
Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all materials incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Requesting Holder shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
Requisite Holders means Holders (including Permitted Transferees) that are parties to this Agreement and hold a majority of the aggregate number of outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that, for the purpose of this definition, OP Units are to be counted as if all such OP Units have been exchanged for shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Holdings LPA.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Registrable Securities shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(b).
Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).
Shelf Underwriting shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(b).
Shelf Underwriting Notice shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(b).
Shelf Underwriting Request shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(b).
Sponsor shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement means that certain Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement dated as of December 29, 2020, by and among Holdings, the Company and the Sponsors.
Synthetic Secondary Transaction shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.5.
Transaction Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Transactions shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
Underwriter shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealers market-making activities.
Underwritten Block Trade shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1(b).
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Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATIONS
2.1 Demand Registration.
2.1.1 Shelf Registration Statement. (a) As soon as practicable but no later than thirty (30) Business Days after the date hereof (the Filing Date), the Company shall prepare and file with (or confidentially submit to) the Commission a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 of the Securities Act (such registration statement, a Shelf Registration Statement) covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of two Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis (and which may also cover any other securities of the Company) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof and no later than the earlier of (x) the 60th calendar day (or 80th calendar day if the Commission notifies the Company that it will review the Registration Statement) following the filing date and (y) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review. Such Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and reasonably requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit all Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. If, at any time the Company shall have qualified for the use of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any other form which permits incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the Commission and at such time the Company has an outstanding Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1, then the Company shall, as soon as reasonably practical, convert such outstanding Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 into a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3.
(b) Subject to Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, (i) the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Stockholders or the Permitted Transferees of the Initial Stockholders, (ii) PWP Professionals and one or more of its Permitted Transferees or (iii) one or more ILPs and their Permitted Transferees (the Demanding Holders), may make a written demand from time to time to elect to sell all or any part of their Registrable Securities, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Demand Threshold, pursuant to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Demanding Holders shall make such election by delivering to the Company a written request
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(a Shelf Underwriting Request) for such Underwritten Offering specifying the number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders desire to sell pursuant to such Underwritten Offering (the Shelf Underwriting). As promptly as practicable, but no later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of a Shelf Underwriting Request, the Company shall give written notice (the Shelf Underwriting Notice) of such Shelf Underwriting Request to the Holders of record of other Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement (Shelf Registrable Securities). The Company, subject to Section 2.1.3, shall include in such Shelf Underwriting (x) the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and (y) the Shelf Registrable Securities of any other Holder of Shelf Registrable Securities that shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such Shelf Underwriting (which request shall specify the maximum number of Shelf Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder) within five (5) days after the receipt of the Shelf Underwriting Notice. The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible (and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after the receipt of a Shelf Underwriting Request), but subject to Section 2.3, use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Shelf Underwriting. The Company shall, at the request of any Demanding Holders, file any prospectus supplement or, if the applicable Shelf Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, any post-effective amendments and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by the Demanding Holders or any other Holder of Shelf Registrable Securities to effect such Shelf Underwriting. Once a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective, the Demanding Holders may request, and the Company shall be required to facilitate, (i) an aggregate of three (3) Shelf Underwritings pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1(b) with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by the Initial Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees, (ii) an aggregate of one (1) Shelf Underwriting pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1(b) with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by the ILPs and their Permitted Transferees and (iii) not more than four (4) Shelf Underwritings pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1(b) in any twelve-month period with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by any other Demanding Holder; provided, however, that, in each case, a Shelf Underwriting shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders to be registered on behalf of the Demanding Holders in such Shelf Underwriting have been sold; and provided, further, that the number of Shelf Underwritings the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to request shall be reduced by each Demand Registration effected for such Demanding Holder pursuant to Section 2.1.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade or similar transaction or other transaction with a 2-day or less marketing period (collectively, Underwritten Block Trade) off of a Shelf Registration Statement, then notwithstanding the foregoing time periods, such Demanding Holder only needs to notify the Company of the Underwritten Block Trade two (2) Business Days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Holders of record of other Registrable Securities shall not be entitled to notice of such Underwritten Block Trade and shall not be entitled to participate in such Underwritten Block Trade; provided, however, that the Demanding Holder requesting such Underwritten Block Trade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and the Underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Underwritten Block Trade.
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2.1.2 Other Demand Registration. At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2.1.1(a) is not available for use by the Holders following such Shelf Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission (a Demand Registration Period), subject to this Section 2.1.2 and Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, at any time and from time to time during such Demand Registration Period, the Demanding Holders shall have the right to make a written demand from time to time to effect one or more registration statements under the Securities Act covering all or any part of their Registrable Securities, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Demand Threshold, by delivering a written demand therefor to the Company, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. Any such request by any Demanding Holder pursuant to this Section 2.1.2 is referred to herein as a Demand Registration Request, and the registration so requested is referred to herein as a Demand Registration (with respect to any Demand Registration, the Demanding Holders making such demand for registration being referred to as the Initiating Holders). Subject to Section 2.3, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to request (and the Company shall be required to effect) (i) an aggregate of three (3) Demand Registrations pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by the Initial Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees, (ii) an aggregate of one (1) Demand Registration pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by the ILPs and their Permitted Transferees and (iii) not more than four (4) Demand Registrations in any twelve-month period pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities held by any other Demanding Holder; provided, however, that a Demand Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders to be registered on behalf of the Demanding Holders in such Demand Registration have been sold; and provided, further, that the number of Demand Registrations the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to request shall be reduced by each Shelf Underwriting effected for such Demanding Holder pursuant to Section 2.1.1(b). The Company shall give written notice (the Demand Exercise Notice) of such Demand Registration Request to each of the Holders of record of Registrable Securities as promptly as practicable but no later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Demand Registration Request. The Company, subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.4, shall include in a Demand Registration (x) the Registrable Securities of the Initiating Holders and (y) the Registrable Securities of any other Holder of Registrable Securities which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such registration pursuant to Section 2.1.2 (which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder) within five (5) days following the receipt of any such Demand Exercise Notice. The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, but subject to Section 2.3, use its reasonable best efforts to (x) file or confidentially submit with the Commission (no later than (A) sixty (60) days from the Companys receipt of the applicable Demand Registration Request if the Demand Registration is on Form S-1 or similar long-form registration or (B) thirty (30) days from the Companys receipt of the applicable Demand Registration Request if the Demand Registration is on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration), (y) cause to be declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable such registration statement under the Securities Act that includes the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register, for distribution in accordance with the intended method of distribution and (z) if requested by the Initiating Holders, obtain acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement relating to such registration.
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2.1.3 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and any other Holders participating in the Underwritten Registration (if any) (the Requesting Holders) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that such Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the Maximum Number of Securities), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows:
(i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders have collectively requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as Pro Rata)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; provided, that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder that exceed such Holders request shall be reallocated among the remaining Holders in like manner;
(ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
(iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
2.1.4 Demand Registration Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration, pursuant to a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 shall have the right in their sole discretion to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to (i) in the case of a Shelf Underwriting, the filing of a preliminary prospectus supplement setting forth the terms of the Underwritten Offering with the Commission and (ii) in the case of a Demand Registration, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.4.
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2.2 Piggy-back Registration.
2.2.1 Piggy-back Rights. If, at any time on or after the date hereof, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company, other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer, as part of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction or for an offering of securities solely to the Companys existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, (v) filed pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof or (vi) filed in connection with an Underwritten Block Trade for its own account, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a Piggy-back Registration). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggy-back Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggy-back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggy-back Registration at any time in its sole discretion.
2.2.2 Reduction of Piggy-back Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggy-back Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggy-back Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the shares of Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2.1 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy- back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:
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(a) If the Registration is undertaken for the Companys account, the Company shall include in any such Registration
(A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;
(B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; provided, that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder that exceed such Holders request shall be reallocated among the remaining Holders in like manner; and
(C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
(b) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration
(A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;
(B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; provided, that any securities thereby allocated to a Holder that exceed such Holders request shall be reallocated among the remaining Holders in like manner;
(C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
(D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, with such priorities among them as the Company shall determine, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
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2.2.3 Piggy-back Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggy-back Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggy-back Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggy-back Registration. The Company (in its sole discretion or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may postpone or withdraw the filing or effectiveness of a Piggy-back Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggy-back Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.
2.2.4 Unlimited Piggy-back Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof.
2.3 Restrictions on Registration Rights. The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration within 90 days after the effective date of a previous Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration or a previous Piggy-back Registration in which holders of Registrable Securities were permitted to register 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein, if any. If in the good faith judgment of the Board, Registration would be detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement or the undertaking of such Underwritten Offering at such time, then in each case the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be detrimental to the Company for such Registration Statement to be filed or to undertake such Underwritten Offering in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement or undertaking of such Underwritten Offering, then in such event, the Company shall have the right to defer its obligation for up to 120 days; provided, however, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than twice in any period of twelve consecutive months.
2.4 Lock-Up. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any Shelf Underwriting, Demand Registration or Piggy-back Registration of (i) any Founder Shares subject to the Founder Lock-Up Period prior to the expiration of the Founder Lock-Up Period applicable to such Founder Shares, (ii) any Placement Units, Placement Shares or Placement Warrants during the Placement Unit Lock-Up Period or (iii) any Registrable Securities held by the Legacy PWP Stockholders prior to the expiration or waiver of any applicable lock-up restrictions with the Company (including any restrictions on the exchange of a Holders OP Units as set forth under the Holdings LPA). Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall limit the Companys obligation to register any of the Registrable Securities, including such Founder Shares, Placement Units, Placement Shares and Placement Warrants and Registrable Securities held by any Legacy PWP Stockholders, on the Shelf Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2.1.1(a).
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2.5 Synthetic Secondary Transactions. The Company may, in its sole discretion, fulfill its obligations to effect a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration under Section 2.1 and any Piggy-Back Registration under Section 2.2 for any Holder (other than the Initial Stockholders or their Permitted Transferees) by selling newly issued shares of Common Stock, the proceeds of which will be used to purchase a number of such Holders Registrable Securities (or redeem such number of OP Units held by the Holder that are exchangeable into such Registrable Securities) at the closing of the offering at a price per share equal to the price per share of Common Stock received by the Company (net of all underwriting discounts and commissions) in such offering and to pay related offering expenses (such sale, a Synthetic Secondary Transaction). If the Company elects to conduct a Synthetic Secondary Transaction with respect to a Holders Registrable Securities, such Holder shall execute and deliver a purchase agreement and other documents and instruments in such form and substance as is reasonably requested by the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Synthetic Secondary Transaction may be conducted in combination with sales directly by the Holder pursuant to its rights hereunder.
ARTICLE III
COMPANY PROCEDURES
3.1 General Procedures. If at any time on or after the date hereof the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;
3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus and either (i) any Underwriter overallotment option has terminated by its terms or (ii) the Underwriters have advised the Company that they will not exercise such option or any remaining portion thereof;
3.1.3 furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, or such Holders legal counsel, copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), and such other documents as the Underwriters and each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;
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3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
3.1.5 use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the primary securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;
3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or promptly upon filing, with respect to any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities and its counsel, including, without limitation, providing copies promptly upon receipt of any comment letters received with respect to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus. The Company shall not include the name of any Holder or any information regarding any Holder in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any response to any comment letter, without the prior written consent of such Holder and providing each such Holder or its counsel a reasonable amount of time to review and comment on such applicable document, which comments the Company shall include unless contrary to applicable law or the Company reasonably expects that so doing would cause the Prospectus to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
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3.1.9 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, permit the participating Holders to rely on any cold comfort letter from the Companys independent registered public accountants provided to the managing Underwriter of such offering;
3.1.10 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, permit the participating Holders to rely on any opinion(s) of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration issued to the managing Underwriter of such offering covering legal matters with respect to the Registration;
3.1.11 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;
3.1.12 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Companys first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder, and which requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if the Company timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
3.1.13 if the Registration involves the Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $40,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary road show presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter thereof; and
3.1.14 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.
3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and fees, applicable transfer taxes and expenses of legal counsel representing the Holders in excess or in addition to the legal fees and expenses included as Registration Expenses.
3.3 Requirements for Registration; Participation in Underwritten Offerings.
3.3.1 The Company may require each participating Holder promptly to furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding the distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be legally required or the Company may deem reasonably advisable in connection with such Registration and shall not have any obligation to include a Holder on any Registration Statement if such information is not promptly provided.
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3.3.2 The Company shall have the right to select an Underwriter or Underwriters in connection with any Underwritten Offering; provided that, if the Sponsor participates in such Underwritten Offering, then the Company shall request and consider in good faith any Underwriter or Underwriters requested by Sponsor to be included in the syndicate of Underwriters for such Underwritten Offering. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such persons securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the time of such notice) and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. If the continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of (i) financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Companys control, (ii) audited financial statements as of a date other than the Companys fiscal year end (unless the Holders requesting Registration agree to pay the reasonable expenses of this audit), or (iii) pro forma financial statements that are required to be included in a registration statement, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, such Registration Statement for no more than 90 days per delay or suspension or more than 150 total calendar days, in each case during any twelve-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.
3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be reporting under the Exchange Act, covenants to use reasonable best efforts to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly upon request by a Holder furnish such Holder with true and complete copies of such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any reasonably requested legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
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3.6 Additional Shares. The Company, at its option, may register, under any Registration Statement and any filings under any state securities laws filed pursuant to this Agreement, any number of unissued, treasury or other shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company owned by any other security holder or security holders of the Company.
3.7 Cessation of Obligation to Register. Each Holder that holds OP Units acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Companys obligations under this Agreement to register Registrable Securities issued or issuable to a Holder in exchange for OP Units pursuant to the Holdings LPA (but not Registrable Securities held by a Holder as of the date hereof) shall only apply to the extent that the Company elects to issue shares of Common Stock in exchange for OP Units tendered for redemption pursuant to the Holdings LPA and (ii) the Company shall have no such obligations with respect to such Registrable Securities at any time that it agrees that it will cause or permit Holdings to redeem for cash any OP Units tendered for redemption pursuant to the Holdings LPA.
ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
4.1 Indemnification.
4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein.
4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating (including any Synthetic Secondary Transaction effected with respect to such Holders Registrable Securities), such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited
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to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.
4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any persons right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified partys reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (plus local counsel) for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Companys or such Holders indemnification is unavailable for any reason.
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying partys and indemnified partys relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5
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shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt of the intended recipient or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed to
the Company at:
Perella Weinberg Partners
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Attention: Gary S. Barancik
Vladimir Shendelman
Email: gbarancik@pwpartners.com
vshendelman@pwpartners.com
with a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Joseph A. Coco
Michael J. Schwartz
Blair T. Thetford
Telephone: (212) 735-3050
(212) 735-3694
(212) 735-2082
Email: joseph.coco@skadden.com
michael.schwartz@skadden.com
blair.thetford@skadden.com
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and to the Holders, at such Holders address referenced in Schedule A.
Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 5.1.
5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
5.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, by any party, except for any assignment or delegation (i) by a Holder to a Permitted Transferee who agrees to become bound by the transfer restrictions, if any, set forth in this Agreement, the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement and, if applicable, the Placement Unit Subscription Agreement, or (ii) with the prior written consent of the Company, with respect to an assignment by a Holder, or the Requisite Holders, with respect to an assignment by the Company.
5.2.2 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Holders, the permitted assigns and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders.
5.2.3 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 5.2 hereof.
5.2.4 No assignment by any party hereto of such partys rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment or delegation from the assignor and assignee and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, by execution of a Joinder Agreement, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Any transfer, assignment or delegation made other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.
5.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.
5.4 Governing Law; Venue. THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the city of New York, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.
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5.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY OR TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES 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 LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.5.
5.6 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Requisite Holders, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder or a group of Holders, solely in its or their capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of each Holder so affected and (ii) this Agreement may be amended and restated or amended without consent of the Holders solely to allow for the addition of new Holders and the granting to such new Holders rights hereunder and any additional rights after the date hereof that does not adversely affect or is not inconsistent with the existing rights and priorities of the Holders (other than by virtue of adding a Person with additional similar rights and Common Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by each Holder of the Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or waived except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification or waiver or thereafter shall be bound by any such amendment, modification or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 5.6, whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, modification or waiver appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.
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5.7 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities and holders of PIPE shares, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person.
5.8 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have either been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement or cease to be Registrable Securities (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder) or (B) the Holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.
5.9 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.
5.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the Parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings among the Parties with respect to such registration rights, including the Original Agreement. No party shall have any rights, duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||||
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV | ||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||
By: | /s/ James J. McEntee, III | |||
Name: | James J. McEntee, III | |||
Title: | President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
HOLDERS: | ||||
FINTECH INVESTOR HOLDINGS IV, LLC | ||||
a Delaware limited liability company | ||||
By: | Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, | |||
its Manager | ||||
By: | /s/ Daniel G. Cohen | |||
Name: | Daniel G. Cohen | |||
Title: | President | |||
FINTECH MASALA ADVISORS IV, LLC | ||||
a Delaware limited liability company | ||||
By: | Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, | |||
its Manager | ||||
By: | /s/ Daniel G. Cohen | |||
Name: | Daniel G. Cohen | |||
Title: | President |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
PWP PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS, LP | ||||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |||
Name: | Gary Barancik | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||||
Inter Private Equity Noco A. Inc. | ||||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||||
By: | /s/ Oliver Vallee /s/ Charles Clossen | |||
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||||
Name: | Oliver Vallee Charles Clossen | |||
Title: | Director Director |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
Fisher Perella Partners LLC | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Winston Fisher | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Winston Fisher | |
Title: | Member |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||||
TWCL US, Inc. | ||||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce Robertson / /s/ Sarah K. Lerchs | |||
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||||
Name: | Bruce Robertson / /s/ Sarah K. Lerchs | |||
Title: | Vice President / Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
Red Hook Capital L.L.C. | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Peter Weinberg | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Peter Weinberg | |
Title: | Authorized Representative |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]
Schedule A
Holder |
Address | |
Sponsor | ||
FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC | 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2870 | |
FinTech Masala Advisors IV, LLC | 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2870 | |
Legacy PWP Stockholders | ||
PWP Professional Partners, LP | 767 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor New York, New York 10153 | |
ILPs | ||
Ancom USA Inc. | 17 Carol Street Plainview, NY 11803 | |
Inter Private Equity NoCo A Inc. | 850 New Burton RoadSuite 201 Dover, DE 19904 | |
TWCL US, Inc. | 251 Little Falls Drive Wilmington, DE 19808 | |
Red Hook Capital L.L.C. | 767 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10153 | |
Fisher Perella Partners LLC | 299 Park Avenue New York, NY 10171 |
ANNEX A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This JOINDER AGREEMENT (Joinder), dated [________], is executed by [________] (the Transferee) and by [________] (the Transferor) pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [__], 20[__] (the Registration Rights Agreement), by and among Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV (the Company), FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the Sponsor), the Legacy PWP Stockholders and any Holders party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
1. | Acknowledgment. Transferee and Transferor each acknowledge that Transferee is acquiring Registrable Securities of the Company from Transferor, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement. |
2. | Assignment. Transferor hereby assigns its rights under the Registration Rights Agreement to the Transferee. |
Transferor and Transferee each confirm that Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that Transferor and Transferee have each provided notice of this assignment to the Company pursuant to Section 5.2.4 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
3. | Agreement. Transferee agrees that it shall be fully bound by and subject to the terms of this Joinder and the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder thereunder. |
4. | Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to Transferee at the address listed beside Transferees signature below. |
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TRANSFEROR |
[________________________________] |
By:_________________________________ |
Name: |
Title: |
TRANSFEREE |
[________________________________] |
By:_________________________________ |
Name: |
Title: |
Address for Notices: |
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[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement to Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this Agreement), dated as of June 24, 2021, is hereby entered into by and among Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the OP), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), and each of the Partners (as defined herein).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Partners hold Class A Units in the OP (the Class A Units) directly or indirectly through the Partnership;
WHEREAS, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation is the general partner of the OP;
WHEREAS, the Class A Units are exchangeable with the Corporation in certain circumstances for Class A shares of the Corporation (the Class A Shares) and/or cash pursuant to the OP Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, certain of the Partners will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as selling all or a portion of their Class A Units (the Initial Sale) to the Corporation pursuant to the transactions described in that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2020, by and among Fintech Acquisition Corp. IV, a Delaware corporation, Fintech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fintech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the OP, PWP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Partnership and Perella Weinberg Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (such transactions collectively, the De-SPAC Transaction);
WHEREAS, the Partnership may distribute Class A Units (including in redemption of Partnership units) to its partners, each of whom is a Partner, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement;
WHEREAS, the OP and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries that are treated as partnerships for United States federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), for the Taxable Year that includes the De-SPAC Date (as defined below) and for each other Taxable Year in which an exchange by a Partner of Class A Units for Class A Shares and/or cash occurs, which election is intended to result in an adjustment to the tax basis of the assets owned by the OP and such Subsidiaries at the time of an exchange or redemption by a Partner of Class A Units for Class A Shares and/or cash on or after the date hereof, (collectively, including the Initial Sale and any Applicable Sale (as defined below), an Exchange) (such time, the Exchange Date) (such assets whose tax basis is adjusted as a result of an Exchange, as well as any asset whose tax basis is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis of any such asset, the Adjusted Assets) by reason of such Exchange and the receipt of payments under this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss, expense, and other Tax items of (i) the OP and such Subsidiaries allocable to the Corporation may be affected by the Basis Adjustment (as defined below) with respect to the Adjusted Assets and (ii) the Corporation may be affected by the Imputed Interest (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest on the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).
AAA is defined in Section 7.08 of this Agreement.
Adjusted Assets is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
Advisory Firm means any big four accounting firm or any law firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in Tax matters and that is agreed to by the Board.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.
Agreed Rate means LIBOR during any period for which such rate is published in accordance with the definition thereof. If LIBOR ceases to be published in accordance with the definition thereof, the Corporation and the Partnership shall work together in good faith to select an Agreed Rate with similar characteristics that gives due consideration to the prevailing market conventions for determining rates of interest in the United States at such time.
Agreement is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
Amended Schedule is defined in Section 2.03(b) of this Agreement.
Amount Realized means, in respect of an Exchange by an Applicable Partner, the amount that is deemed for purposes of this Agreement to be the amount realized by the Applicable Partner on the Exchange, which shall be the sum of (i) the Market Value of the Class A Shares, the amount of cash, and the amount or fair market value of other consideration transferred to the Exchanging Partner in the Exchange, and (ii) the Share of Liabilities attributable to the Class A Units Exchanged.
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Applicable Partner means any Partner to whom any portion of a Realized Tax Benefit is Attributable hereunder.
Applicable Sale is defined in the OP Agreement.
Attributable: The portion of any Realized Tax Benefit of the Corporation that is Attributable to an Applicable Partner shall be determined by reference to (i) the assets from which arise the depreciation, amortization, or other similar deductions for recovery of cost or basis (Depreciation) and with respect to increased basis upon a disposition of an asset, or (ii) the Imputed Interest or any payment that produces the Realized Tax Benefit, under the following principles:
(i) | Any Realized Tax Benefit arising from a deduction to the Corporation with respect to a Taxable Year for Depreciation arising in respect of a Basis Adjustment to an Adjusted Asset is Attributable to the Applicable Partner to the extent that the ratio of all Depreciation for the Taxable Year in respect of Basis Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by the Applicable Partner bears to the aggregate of all Depreciation for the Taxable Year in respect of Basis Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by all Partners. |
(ii) | Any Realized Tax Benefit arising from the disposition of an asset is Attributable to the Applicable Partner to the extent that the ratio of all Basis Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by the Applicable Partner with respect to such asset bears to the aggregate of all Basis Adjustments resulting from all Exchanges by all Partners with respect to such asset. |
(iii) | Any Realized Tax Benefit arising from a deduction to the Corporation with respect to a Taxable Year in respect of Imputed Interest is Attributable to the Applicable Partner that is required to include the Imputed Interest in income (without regard to whether such Partner is actually subject to tax thereon). |
(iv) | For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Basis Adjustment arising with respect to an Exchange under section 734(b) of the Code, depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions for recovery of cost or basis shall constitute Depreciation only to the extent that such depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions may produce a Realized Tax Benefit (and not to the extent that such depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions may be for the benefit of a Person other than the Corporation), as reasonably determined by the Corporation. |
Basis Adjustment means the adjustment to the Tax basis of an Adjusted Asset under section 732 of the Code (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, the OP becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for tax purposes) or sections 734(b), 743(b), 754, 755 and 1012 of the Code (including in situations where, following an Exchange, the OP remains in existence as an entity for Tax purposes) and, in each case, comparable sections of state, local and foreign Tax laws as a result of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement, other than a payment of Imputed Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Class A Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Class A Units and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred.
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Beneficial Owner of a security means a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The terms Beneficially Own and Beneficial Ownership shall have correlative meanings.
Board means the board of directors of the Corporation.
Business Day means any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday and (ii) a day on which banks in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, governmental decree, or executive order to be closed.
Change of Control means an event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:
(i) | any Person (or any group of Persons acting together which would constitute a group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its Affiliates) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporations then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (I) of paragraph (iii) below; |
(ii) | the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving on the Board: individuals who, on the De-SPAC Date, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Corporation) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporations shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the De-SPAC Date or whose appointment, election, or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; |
(iii) | there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect Subsidiary with any other corporation or other entity, other than (I) a merger or consolidation (A) which results in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any |
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Subsidiary, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and (B) immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Corporation, the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or, if the Corporation or the entity surviving such merger or consolidation is then a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (II) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Corporation or its Affiliates) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporations then outstanding securities; or |
(iv) | the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets, other than (A) a sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets to an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporation following the completion of such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporation immediately prior to such sale or (B) a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or disposed of, if such entity is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred as a result of any transaction or series of integrated transactions following which any Continuing PWP Person or any group of Continuing PWP Persons possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Corporation (or any successor thereto), whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise, including, without limitation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the Board or the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of any successor to the Corporation.
Class A Shares is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
Class A Units is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
Code is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
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Continuing PWP Person means, immediately prior to and immediately following any relevant date of determination, (A) the Partnership or any of its Affiliates or (B)(i) an individual who is a current or former partner, managing director or other employee of the Corporation, the Partnership and/or their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) any Person in which any one or more of such individuals directly or indirectly, singly or as a group, holds a majority of the controlling interests, (iii) any Person that is a family member of such individual or individuals or (iv) any trust, foundation or other estate planning vehicle for which such individual acts as a trustee or beneficiary.
Control means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
Corporate Entity means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation which is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Corporation is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
Corporation Return means the U.S. federal Tax Return and/or state and/or local and/or foreign Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporation filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year.
Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.
Default Rate means the Agreed Rate plus 500 basis points.
De-SPAC Transaction is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
De-SPAC Date means the date on which the Corporation first acquires economic interests in the OP pursuant to the De-SPAC Transaction or, for purposes of the definition of Change of Control, the date as of which the first board of directors constituting the first board slate of the Corporation was approved as part of the closing of the De-SPAC Transaction.
Determination has the meaning ascribed to such term in section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of state, local and foreign tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of a Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.
Dispute is defined in Section 7.08(a) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Date means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.
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Early Termination Notice is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.
Early Termination Payment is defined in Section 4.03(b) of this Agreement.
Early Termination Rate means the Agreed Rate plus 300 basis points.
Early Termination Schedule is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.
Exchange is defined in the recitals of this Agreement, and Exchanged and Exchanging shall have correlative meanings.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Exchange Basis Schedule is defined in Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
Exchange Date is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
Exchange Payment is defined in Section 5.01 of this Agreement.
Excluded Assets is defined in Section 7.11(b) of this Agreement.
Expert is defined in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
Hypothetical Tax Liability means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of the Corporation (or the OP, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the OP and allocable to the Corporation) using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporation Return (and/or Tax Return of the OP) but using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis instead of the tax basis reflecting the Basis Adjustments of the Adjusted Assets, excluding any deduction or other Tax benefit attributable to Imputed Interest or attributable to making a payment pursuant to this Agreement.
Imputed Interest means any interest imputed under section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of state, local and foreign tax law with respect to a Corporations payment obligations under this Agreement.
Initial Sale is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
LIBOR means for each month (or portion thereof) during any period, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum reported, on the date two Business Days prior to the first Business Day of such month, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR ) for 1-month London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits for such month (or portion thereof).
Market Value means the closing price of the Class A Shares on the applicable Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which such Class A Shares are then traded or listed, as reported by the Wall Street Journal; provided that if the closing price is not reported by the Wall Street Journal for the applicable Exchange Date, then the Market Value shall mean the closing price of the Class A Shares on the Business Day immediately
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preceding such Exchange Date on the national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which such Class A Shares are then traded or listed, as reported by the Wall Street Journal; provided, further, that if the Class A Shares are not then listed on a National Securities Exchange or Interdealer Quotation System, Market Value shall mean the cash consideration paid for Class A Shares, or the fair market value of the other property delivered for Class A Shares, as determined by the Board in good faith.
Material Objection Notice is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.
Net Tax Benefit is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement.
New York Courts is defined in Section 7.08(f) of this Agreement.
Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis means, with respect to any asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustment had been made.
Objection Notice is defined in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement.
OP is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
OP Agreement means the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the OP, as such is from time to time amended or restated.
Partners means (i) each party listed on Schedule I attached hereto, and (ii) each other Person who from time to time executes a joinder to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and each is referred to herein as a Partner.
Partnership is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
Partnership Agreement means the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, as such may be amended or restated from time to time.
Payment Date means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.
Permitted Owners means the Partnership, the Partners, the Partners family members, and trusts for the benefit of, and entities wholly owned by, a Partner and/or a Partners family members, and any transferee pursuant to a transfer expressly permitted by the OP Agreement or the Partnership Agreement.
Person means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity, or other entity.
Pre-Exchange Transfer means any transfer (including upon the death of a Partner) of one or more Class A Units that occurs prior to an Exchange of such Class A Units, and to which section 743(b) of the Code applies.
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Realized Tax Benefit means, for a Taxable Year and for all Taxes collectively, the net excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation (or the OP, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the OP and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable Year), such actual Tax liability to be computed with the adjustments described in this Agreement. If all or a portion of the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation, or the OP (but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the OP and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable Year), for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.
Realized Tax Detriment means, for a Taxable Year and for all Taxes collectively, the net excess, if any, of the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation (or the OP, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the OP and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable Year) over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year, such actual Tax liability to be computed with the adjustments described in this Agreement. If all or a portion of the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation, or the OP (but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the OP and allocable to the Corporation for such Taxable Year), for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.
Reconciliation Dispute is defined in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
Reconciliation Procedures means those procedures set forth in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
Schedule means any Exchange Basis Schedule, Tax Benefit Schedule, or Early Termination Schedule.
Senior Obligations is defined in Section 5.01 of this Agreement.
Share of Liabilities means, as to any Class A Unit at the time of an exchange, the portion of the OPs liabilities (as such term is defined in section 752 and section 1001 of the Code) allocated to that Class A Unit pursuant to section 752 of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations.
Subsidiaries means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting shares or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.
Tax Benefit Payment is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement.
Tax Benefit Schedule is defined in Section 2.02 of this Agreement.
Tax Return means any return, declaration, report, or similar statement required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return, and declaration of estimated Tax.
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Taxable Year means a taxable year as defined in section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state, local or foreign tax law, as applicable, (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made) ending on or after an Exchange Date in which there is a Basis Adjustment due to an Exchange.
Taxes means any and all U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign taxes, assessments, or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits, whether on an exclusive or on an alternative basis, including, for the avoidance of doubt, taxes imposed under Section 59A, and any interest related to such Tax.
Taxing Authority means any domestic, foreign, federal, national, state, county, or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission, or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.
Treasury Regulations means the final, temporary, and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
Valuation Assumptions means the assumptions that (1) in each Taxable Year ending on or after the Early Termination Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustment and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year, (2) the federal income tax rates and state, local, and foreign income tax rates for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the date of the Early Termination Payment, (3) any loss carryovers generated by the Basis Adjustment or the Imputed Interest and available as of the Early Termination Date will be utilized by the Corporation on a pro rata basis from the Early Termination Date through the fifteenth (15th) anniversary thereof, (4) any non-amortizable assets are deemed to be disposed of on the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the earlier of the Basis Adjustment and the Early Termination Date, provided that in the event of a Change of Control, non-amortizable assets shall be deemed disposed of at the earlier of (i) the time of sale of the relevant asset or (ii) as generally provided in this Valuation Assumption (4), and (5) if, at the Early Termination Date, there are Class A Units that have not been Exchanged, then each such Class A Unit shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the Class A Shares and the amount of cash that would be transferred if the Exchange occurred on the Early Termination Date.
ARTICLE II
DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
Section 2.01 Exchange Basis Schedule. Within 225 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for each Taxable Year in which any Exchange has been effected, the Corporation shall deliver to the Applicable Partner a schedule (the Exchange Basis Schedule) that shows, in reasonable detail, for purposes of Taxes, (i) the actual unadjusted tax basis of the Adjusted Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, (ii) the Basis Adjustment with respect to the Adjusted Assets as a result of the Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year and all prior Taxable Years, calculated (a) in the aggregate and (b) solely with respect to Exchanges by the Applicable Partner, (iii) the period or periods, if any, over which the Adjusted Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable, and (iv) the period or periods, if any, over which each Basis Adjustment is amortizable and/or depreciable (which, for non-amortizable assets shall be based on the Valuation Assumptions).
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Section 2.02 Tax Benefit Schedule. Within 225 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income tax return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the Applicable Partner a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a Tax Benefit Schedule). The Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.03(a) of this Agreement and may be amended as provided in Section 2.03(b) of this Agreement (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(a)).
Section 2.03 Procedures, Amendments
(a) Procedure. Every time the Corporation delivers to the Applicable Partner an applicable Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(b), but excluding any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall also (x) deliver to the Applicable Partner schedules and work papers providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Schedule and (y) allow the Applicable Partner reasonable access during normal business hours at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporation and its Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Schedule. The applicable Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties unless, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving an Exchange Basis Schedule or amendment thereto or within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving a Tax Benefit Schedule or amendment thereto, the Applicable Partner provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule (Objection Notice) made in good faith. If the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice (i) within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by the Corporation of an Objection Notice, if with respect to an Exchange Basis Schedule, or (ii) within 30 calendar days of receipt by the Corporation of an Objection Notice, if with respect to a Tax Benefit Schedule, after such Schedule was delivered to the Applicable Partner, the Corporation and the Applicable Partner shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement (the Reconciliation Procedures).
(b) Amended Schedule. The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year shall be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was provided to the Applicable Partner or the correction of computational errors set forth in such Schedule, (iii) to comply with the Experts determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a material change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a material change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year, or (vi) to adjust the Exchange Basis Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement (such Schedule, an Amended Schedule).
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ARTICLE III
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Section 3.01 Payments
(a) Within fifteen (15) calendar days of a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to an Applicable Partner becoming final in accordance with Section 2.03(a), or earlier in the Corporations discretion, the Corporation shall pay to the Applicable Partner for such Taxable Year the Tax Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.01(b) in the amount Attributable to the Applicable Partner. Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of the Applicable Partner previously designated by such Applicable Partner to the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, federal income tax payments.
(b) A Tax Benefit Payment means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit and the Interest Amount. The Net Tax Benefit for each Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year over the total amount of payments previously made under this Section 3.01, excluding payments attributable to the Interest Amount; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, no Applicable Partner shall be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The Interest Amount for a given Taxable Year shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return with respect to Taxes for the most recently ended Taxable Year until the Payment Date. In the case of a Tax Benefit Payment made in respect of an Amended Schedule, the Interest Amount shall equal the interest on the Net Tax Benefit for such Taxable Year calculated at the Agreed Rate from the date of such Amended Schedule becoming final in accordance with Section 2.03(a) until the Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each Taxable Year ending on or after the date of a Change of Control, all Tax Benefit Payments paid with respect to Class A Units that were Exchanged (i) prior to the date of such Change of Control or (ii) on or after the date of such Change of Control, shall be calculated by using Valuation Assumptions (1), (3), and (4), substituting in each case the terms the date on which a Change of Control becomes effective for an Early Termination Date. The Net Tax Benefit and the Interest Amount shall be determined separately with respect to each separate Exchange, on a Class A Unit-by-Class A Unit basis by reference to the Amount Realized by the Applicable Partner on the Exchange of a Class A Unit and the resulting Basis Adjustment to the Corporation.
Section 3.02 No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. It is also intended that the provisions of this Agreement will result in 85% of the Corporations Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit, and the Interest Amount thereon, being paid to the Applicable Partners pursuant to this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner so that these fundamental results are achieved.
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Section 3.03 Pro Rata Payments. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent (i) the Corporations deductions with respect to any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest are limited in a particular Taxable Year or (ii) the Corporation lacks sufficient funds to satisfy its obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due in a particular Taxable Year, the limitation on the deductions, or the Tax Benefit Payments that may be made, as the case may be, shall be taken into account or made for the Applicable Partner in the same proportion as Tax Benefit Payments would have been made absent the limitations set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, as applicable.
ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION
Section 4.01 Early Termination and Breach of Agreement.
(a) The Corporation may terminate this Agreement with respect to all of the Class A Units held (or previously held and distributed or exchanged) by the Partnership and all Partners at any time by paying to the Partners the Early Termination Payment; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all Partners, and provided, further, that the Corporation may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.01(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment by the Corporation, neither the OP nor the Corporation shall have any further payment obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Partners, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and a Partner as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, if an Exchange occurs after the Corporation makes the Early Termination Payment with respect to all Partners, the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange, and its only obligations under this Agreement in such case shall be its obligations to all Partners under Section 4.03(a).
(b) In the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, and does not cure such breach within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice of such breach from a Partner, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and any Partner as due and payable but unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches this Agreement, and this Section 4.01(b) applies, the Partners shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (1), (2), and (3), above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this
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Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporation has insufficient funds, and cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain sufficient funds, to make such payment; provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.02 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation does not have sufficient cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case, Section 5.02 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) The undersigned parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the timing, amounts, and aggregate value of Tax Benefit Payments pursuant to this Agreement are not reasonably ascertainable.
Section 4.02 Early Termination Notice. If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.01 above, the Corporation shall deliver to each Partner notice of such intention to exercise such right (the Early Termination Notice) and a schedule (the Early Termination Schedule) specifying the Corporations intention to exercise such right and showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment. The applicable Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties unless a Partner, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule thereto, provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (Material Objection Notice). If the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporation and such Partner shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures as described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.
Section 4.03 Payment upon Early Termination. (a) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after agreement between a Partner and the Corporation of the Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall pay to such Partner an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by such Partner.
(b) The Early Termination Payment for any Partner, as of the date of the delivery of an Early Termination Schedule, shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of such date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such Partner beginning on the Early Termination Date and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions are applied.
ARTICLE V
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS
Section 5.01 Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation to a Partner or to all Partners under this Agreement (an Exchange Payment) shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest, or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (Senior Obligations) and shall rank pari passu with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.
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Section 5.02 Late Payments by the Corporation. The amount of all or any portion of any Exchange Payment not made to any Partner when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing on the date on which such Exchange Payment was due and payable.
ARTICLE VI
NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
Section 6.01 Partner Participation in the Corporations and OPs Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporation and the OP, including without limitation the preparation, filing, or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting, or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall notify the Partners of, and keep the Partners reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporation and the OP by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably expected to affect the Partners rights and obligations under this Agreement, and shall provide to the Partners reasonable opportunity to provide information and other input to the Corporation, the OP and their respective advisors concerning the conduct of any such portion of such audit; provided, however, that the Corporation and the OP shall not be required to take any action that is inconsistent with any provision of the OP Agreement.
Section 6.02 Consistency. Unless there is a Determination or the opinion of an Advisory Firm that is reasonably acceptable to the Corporation and the Partnership providing otherwise, the Corporation and the Partners agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including without limitation the Basis Adjustment and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that specified by the Corporation in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Agreement. Any Dispute concerning such advice shall be subject to the terms of Section 7.09. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm, such replacement Advisory Firm shall perform its services under this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by law or unless the Corporation and the Partnership agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.
Section 6.03 Cooperation. Each Partner shall (a) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the Corporation shall reimburse each Partner for any reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by email (provided a copy is thereafter promptly delivered by any other means as provided in this Section 7.01 or receipt is otherwise confirmed by the receiving party) or nationally recognized overnight courier, addressed to such party at the address or email address set forth below or such other address or email address as may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:
if to the Corporation, to:
Perella Weinberg Partners
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: General Counsel
Phone: (212) 287-3200
if to the OP, to:
PWP Holdings LP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: General Counsel
Phone: (212) 287-3200
if to the Partnership, to:
PWP Professional Partners LP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: General Counsel
Phone: (212) 287-3200
if to any Partner, to:
the address and email address set forth for such Partner in the records of the Partnership or the OP, as applicable.
Any party may change its address or fax number by giving the other party written notice of its new address or fax number in the manner set forth above.
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Section 7.02 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 7.03 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 7.04 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
Section 7.05 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
Section 7.06 Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers.
(a) No Partner (other than the Partnership or a Partner in accordance with the Partnership Agreement) may assign this Agreement to any person without the prior written consent of the Corporation; provided, however, that (i) to the extent that a Partner effectively transfers Class A Units to a party other than the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the OP Agreement, and any other agreements that the Partners may have entered into with each other, or a Partner may have entered into with the Corporation, the Partnership and/or the OP, the transferring party shall assign to the transferee of such Class A Units the transferring partys rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Class A Units, and such transferee shall become a party to this Agreement, as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, agreeing to become a Partner for all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in such joinder, and (ii) once an Exchange has occurred, any and all payments that may become payable to a Partner pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange may be assigned to any Person or Persons, as long as any such Person has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such assignment, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, agreeing to be bound by Section 7.12 and acknowledging specifically
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the second paragraph in this Section 7.06. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that a Partner or other Person transfers Class A Units to a Partner as may be permitted by any agreement to which the OP is a party, the Partner receiving such Class A Units shall have all rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Class A Units as such Partner has under this Agreement with respect to the other Class A Units held by such Partner.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.06, no transferee described in clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall have the right to enforce the provisions of Section 2.03, 4.02, 6.01 or 6.02 of this Agreement, and no assignee described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall have any rights under this Agreement except for the right to enforce its right to receive payments under this Agreement.
(c) No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Corporation, the OP, and Partners who would be entitled to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the Early Termination Payments payable to all Partners hereunder if the Corporation had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any Partner pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange); provided that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment will have a disproportionate adverse effect on the payments certain Partners will or may receive under this Agreement unless (i) such disproportionate effect is a result of tax laws imposed by government authorities in non-U.S. jurisdictions or (ii) all such Partners disproportionately affected consent in writing to such amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(d) All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
Section 7.07 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
Section 7.08 Submission to Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution.
(a) Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, the validity, interpretation, performance, breach, alleged breach, negotiation or termination of this Agreement (Dispute), shall be submitted to mandatory, final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules in effect at the time of filing of the demand for arbitration, except as modified herein. The place of arbitration shall be New York, New York. For the avoidance of doubt, all parties hereto irrevocably waive any defense or objection to the AAA forum.
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(b) Any such arbitration shall be heard by one arbitrator who shall be agreed upon by the parties to the Dispute within twenty (20) days of receipt by the respondent to the arbitration of a copy of the demand for arbitration. If the parties do not agree upon an arbitrator within this time limit, an arbitrator shall be appointed by the AAA in accordance with the listing, striking and ranking procedure in the Commercial Arbitration Rules, with each party being given a limited number of strikes, except for cause. Any arbitrator appointed by the AAA shall be a retired judge or a practicing attorney with no less than fifteen (15) years of experience with corporate and limited partnership matters. In rendering an award, the arbitrator shall be required to follow the laws of the state of Delaware.
(c) The AAA arbitration shall be the sole and exclusive forum for resolution of the Dispute, and the award shall be in writing, state the reasons for the award, and be final and binding, and not subject to appeal. Judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator shall not be permitted to award punitive, multiple or other non-compensatory damages. Any fees, expenses or costs (including attorneys fees, costs and expenses) incident to enforcing the award shall be charged against the party resisting such enforcement. The parties to the Dispute will share equally the arbitration costs and bear their own fees and expenses except as directed by the arbitrator.
(d) The parties agree that the arbitration shall be kept confidential and that the existence of the proceeding and any element of it (including but not limited to any pleadings, briefs or other documents submitted or exchanged, any documents disclosed by one party to another, testimony or other oral submission, and any award or decision) shall not be disclosed beyond the arbitrators, the AAA, the parties to the Dispute, their legal and professional advisors, and any person necessary for the conduct of the arbitration, except as may be required in judicial proceedings relating to the arbitration, or by law, regulatory or governmental authority. Any court proceedings relating to the arbitration hereunder, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to prevent or compel arbitration or to confirm, correct, vacate or otherwise enforce an arbitration award, shall be filed under seal with the court, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(e) Barring good cause shown (as determined in the sole discretion of the arbitrator), discovery shall be limited to pre-hearing disclosure of documents that each side will present in support of its case, and, in response to reasonable documents requests, non-privileged documents in the responding partys possession, custody or control, not otherwise readily available to the party seeking the documents, and reasonably believed to exist, that may be relevant to the outcome of disputed issues.
(f) By agreeing to arbitration, the parties do not intend to deprive any court of its jurisdiction to issue a pre-arbitral injunction, pre-arbitral attachment, or other order in aid of arbitration proceedings and the enforcement of any award. Without prejudice to such provisional remedies as may be available under the jurisdiction of a court, the arbitrator shall have full authority to grant provisional remedies and to direct the parties to request that any court modify or vacate any temporary or preliminary relief issued by such court, and to award damages for the failure of any party to respect the arbitrators orders to that effect. In any such judicial action: each of the parties
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(i) irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts located in New York County, New York (the New York Courts) for the purpose of any pre-arbitral injunction, pre-arbitral attachment, or other order in aid of arbitration proceedings, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the enforcement of any judgment on any award; (ii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or any right of objection to jurisdiction on account of its place of incorporation or domicile, which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in any New York Courts; (iii) irrevocably consents to service of process by first class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; and (iv) hereby irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury.
(g) Each Partner irrevocably acknowledges and agrees that any proceeding brought by such Partner under this Agreement may only be brought and maintained as an individual proceeding in such Partners individual capacity. Any claim brought by a Partner must be brought and maintained in such Partners individual capacity only and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective or representative proceeding. Each Partner waives the right to commence or participate in any group, representative, class or collective action and shall not be entitled to join or consolidate disputes by or against others in any arbitration, or to include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a class, or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or in a private attorney general capacity.
Section 7.09 Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporation and a Partner are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the matters governed by Sections 2.03, 4.02, and 6.02 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (Reconciliation Dispute), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the Expert) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both parties. The Expert shall be a partner in a nationally recognized accounting firm or a law firm (other than the Advisory Firm), and the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with either the Corporation or such Partner or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the Exchange Basis Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before the date any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, such payment shall be paid on the date such payment would be due and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation, except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporation and such Partner shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless such Partner has a prevailing position that is more than ten percent (10%) of the payment at issue, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse such Partner for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.09 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.09 shall be binding on the Corporation and such Partner and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
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Section 7.10 Withholding. The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Applicable Partner.
Section 7.11 Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.
(a) If the Corporation becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income tax return pursuant to sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments, and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Corporation acquires one or more assets that, as of an Exchange Date, have not been contributed to the OP (other than the Corporations interests in the OP) (such assets, Excluded Assets), then all Tax Benefit Payments due hereunder shall be computed as if such assets had been contributed to the OP on the date such assets were first acquired by the Corporation; provided, however, that if an Excluded Asset consists of stock in a corporation, then, for purposes of this Section 7.11(b), such corporation (and any corporation Controlled by such corporation) shall be deemed to have contributed its assets to the OP on the date on which the Corporation acquired stock of such corporation.
(c) If any entity that is obligated to make an Exchange Payment hereunder transfers one or more assets to a corporation with which such entity does not file a consolidated tax return pursuant to section 1501 of the Code, such entity, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Exchange Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the entity and determining the Realized Tax Benefit of such entity) due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such contribution. The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the contributed asset (as reasonably determined by the governing body, or the Person responsible for management, of such entity acting in good faith), plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a contribution of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a contribution of a partnership interest.
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Section 7.12 Confidentiality. A Partners rights to access or receive any information about the Corporation or its business are conditioned on such Partners willingness and ability to assure that the Corporation information will be used solely by such Partner for purposes reasonably related to such Partners interest as a Partner and that such Corporation information will not become publicly available as a result of such Partners rights to access or receive such Corporation information. Each Partner hereby acknowledges that the Corporation creates and will be in possession of confidential information, the improper use or disclosure of which could have a material adverse effect upon the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP and their respective Affiliates. Each Partner further acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation information constitutes a valuable trade secret of the Corporation and agrees to maintain any such information provided to it in the strictest confidence. Accordingly, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(a) Notwithstanding Article II and Article VI, the Corporation shall have the right to keep confidential from the Partners (and their respective agents and attorneys) for such period of time as the Corporation deems reasonable, any information: (i) that the Corporation believes to be in the nature of trade secrets; (ii) other information, the disclosure of which the Corporation believes is not in the best interest of the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP or could damage the Corporation, the Partnership, the OP or their respective businesses; or (iii) which the Corporation, the Partnership or the OP (or their respective Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, members, partners or personnel) is required by law or by agreement with a third party to keep confidential; provided, that the Corporation shall make available to a Partner, upon reasonable request, information required by such Partner to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, as well as any requests from any federal or state regulatory body having jurisdiction over such Partner. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso, in no event shall the Corporation be required to disclose to any Partner the identity of, or any account details relating to, any other Partner (or any other investor in the Corporation, the Partnership, the OP or any of their respective Affiliates) unless it is required to do so by law applicable to it, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Except as permitted by this Section 7.12 or as required by applicable law, each party hereto agrees that the provisions of this Agreement, all of the information and documents described in Article II and Article VI, all understandings, agreements and other arrangements between and among the parties (or any of them), and all other non-public information received from, or otherwise relating to, any Partner, the OP, the Partnership, the Corporation and/or their respective Affiliates shall be confidential, and shall not disclose or otherwise release to any other Person such matters, without the written consent of the Corporation.
(c) The confidentiality obligations of the parties under this Section 7.12 shall not apply to: (i) the disclosure by a Partner of information to another Partners Affiliates, partners, officers, agents, board members, trustees, attorneys, auditors, employees, prospective transferees permitted hereunder, financial advisors and other professional advisors (provided, that such prospective transferees and other Persons agree to hold confidential such information substantially in accordance with this Section 7.12 or are otherwise bound by a duty of confidentiality to such Partner) solely on a need-to-know basis, which Persons shall be bound by this Section 7.12 as if they were Partners, as applicable; (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Partner to prepare and file his or her tax returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any taxing authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any taxing authority with respect to such returns; (iii) information already known to the general public at the time of disclosure or that became known prior to such disclosure through no act or omission by any Partner (or any investor in the Corporation, the Partnership, the OP or any of
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their respective Affiliates) or any Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing; (iv) information received from a source not bound by a duty of confidentiality to the Corporation, the Partnership, the OP, any Partner or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing; (v) any party to the extent that the disclosure by such party of information otherwise determined to be confidential is required by applicable law (foreign or domestic) or legal process (including pursuant to an arbitration proceeding), or by any federal, state, local or foreign regulatory body with jurisdiction over such party; (vi) disclosures made in connection with any lawsuit initiated to enforce any rights granted under this Agreement; or (vii) the disclosure of confidential information to rating agencies to the extent such disclosure is required by such rating agencies; provided, that prior to disclosing such confidential information, a party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, notify the Corporation thereof, which notice shall include the basis upon which such party believes the information is required to be disclosed. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall this Section 7.12(c) permit any Partner to disclose the identity of, or any account details relating to, any other Partner (or any other investor in any the Corporation, the OP, the Partnership or any of their respective Affiliates), without the prior written consent of the Corporation (which may be given or withheld in the Corporations sole discretion) unless the applicable Partner delivers to the Corporation a written opinion of counsel to such Partner (which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) to the effect that such disclosure is required under applicable law.
(d) To the extent that a Partner is subject to the United States Freedom of Information Act or any similar public disclosure or public records act statutes: (i) such Partner acknowledges the Corporations and the Corporations position that the information intended to be protected by the provisions of Sections 7.12(a) and 7.12(b) constitutes or includes sensitive financial data, proprietary data, commercial and financial information and/or trade secrets that are being provided to and/or entered into with such Partner with the specific understanding that such documents and information will remain confidential; (ii) the Corporation advises such Partner that the documents and information intended to be protected by the provisions of Sections 7.12(a) and 7.12(b) would not be supplied to such Partner without an understanding that such documents and information will be held and treated by such Partner as confidential information; and (iii) to the extent that such Partner is nevertheless required to disclose any such confidential information, (A) such Partner shall, unless legally prohibited, give the Corporation prior notice of any such required disclosure and (B) such Partner shall in any event maintain the confidentiality of the Corporations information (including this Agreement) to at least the same extent as, and in a manner no less favorable to the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP than the manner in which, it maintains the confidentiality of comparable information in respect of any other private investment vehicles in which such Partner invests (whether such vehicles are focused on private investments, public investments or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall this Section 7.12(d) permit any Partner to disclose the identity of, or any account details relating to, any other Partner (or any other investor in any other Affiliate of the Corporation, the Partnership or the OP), without the prior written consent of the Corporation (which may be given or withheld in the Corporations sole discretion) unless such Partner delivers to the Corporation a written opinion of counsel to such Partner (which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation) to the effect that such disclosure is required under applicable law.
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(e) The Corporation, the Partnership and the OP shall be entitled to enforce the obligations of each Partner under this Section 7.12 to maintain the confidentiality of the information described herein. The remedies provided for in this Section 7.12 are in addition to and not in limitation of any other right or remedy of the Corporation or the Corporation provided by law or equity, this Agreement or any other agreement entered into by or among one or more of the Partners and/or the Corporation. Each Partner expressly acknowledges that the remedy at law for damages resulting from a breach of this Section 7.12 may be inadequate and that the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP shall be entitled to institute an action for specific performance of a Partners obligations hereunder. The Corporation shall be entitled to consider the different circumstances of different Partners with respect to the restrictions and obligations imposed on Partners hereunder to the full extent permitted by law, and, to the full extent permitted by law, the Corporation may, in its good faith discretion, waive or modify such restrictions and obligations with respect to a Partner without waiving or modifying such restrictions and obligations for other Partners.
(f) In addition, to the full extent permitted by law, each Partner agrees to indemnify (i) the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP, (ii) any Person made, or threatened to be made, a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as a manager, member, director, officer, employee, agent or representative of the Corporation, the Partnership or the OP, and (iii) such other Persons (including Affiliates, employees or agents of the Corporation, the Partnership or the OP) as the Corporation, the Partnership and the OP may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability) against any claim, demand, controversy, dispute, cost, loss, damage, expense (including attorneys fees), judgment and/or liability incurred by or imposed upon the Corporation or any such indemnified Person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (including any proceeding before any administrative or legislative body or agency), to which the Corporation or any such indemnified Person may be made a party or otherwise involved or with which the Corporation or any such indemnified Person shall be threatened, by reason of the Partners obligations (or breach thereof) set forth in this Section 7.12.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including this Section 7.12), a Partner may disclose any confidential information otherwise subject to the confidentiality obligations of this Section 7.12 to any federal, state, local or foreign regulatory or self-regulatory body or any securities exchange or listing authority to the extent required or requested by such body, exchange or authority, or as necessary and appropriate in connection with filings, or as otherwise legally required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Partner and assignee (and each employee, representative, or other agent of such Partner or assignee, as applicable) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of (x) the Corporation, the OP, the Partnership and their Affiliates and (y) any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Partners relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
Section 7.13 OP Agreement. To the extent this Agreement imposes obligations upon the OP or a partner thereof, this Agreement shall be treated as part of the partnership agreement of the OP as described in section 761(c) of the Code and sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.
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Section 7.14 Joinder. The Corporation hereby agrees that, to the extent it acquires a general partner interest, managing member interest or similar interest in any Person after the date hereof, it shall cause such Person to execute and deliver a joinder to this Agreement promptly upon acquisition of such interest, and such person shall be treated in the same manner as the OP for all purposes of this Agreement. The Corporation hereby agrees to cause any Corporate Entity that acquires an interest in the OP (or any entity described in the foregoing sentence) to execute a joinder to this Agreement (to the extent such Person is not already a party hereto) promptly upon such acquisition, and such Corporate Entity shall be treated in the same manner as the Corporation for all purposes of this Agreement. The OP shall have the power and authority (but not the obligation) to permit any Person who becomes a limited partner in the OP to execute and deliver a joinder to this Agreement promptly upon acquisition of limited partnership interests in the OP by such Person, and such Person shall be treated as a Partner for all purposes of this Agreement.
Section 7.15 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation, the OP, and the Partners have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS | ||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |
Name: | Gary Barancik | |
Title: | Authorized Person | |
PWP HOLDINGS LP | ||
By: PWP GP LLC, its general partner | ||
By: Perella Weinberg Partners, its sole member | ||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |
Name: | Gary Barancik | |
Title: | Authorized Person | |
PWP PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS LP | ||
By: PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |
Name: | Gary Barancik | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
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INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
Inter Private Equity Noco A. Inc. | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Oliver Vallee /s/ Charles Clossen | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Oliver Vallee Charles Clossen | |
Title: | Director Director |
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INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
Fisher Perella Partners LLC | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Winston Fisher | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Winston Fisher | |
Title: | Member |
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INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
TWCL US, Inc. | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Bruce Robertson / /s/ Sarah K. Lerchs | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Bruce Robertson / /s/ Sarah K. Lerchs | |
Title: | Vice President / Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
INVESTOR LIMITED PARTNERS: | ||
Red Hook Capital L.L.C. | ||
Name of Limited Partner (print or type) | ||
By: |
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Signature of Limited Partner | ||
(if Limited Partner is an individual) | ||
By: | /s/ Peter Weinberg | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | ||
(if Limited Partner is not an individual) | ||
Name: | Peter Weinberg | |
Title: | Authorized Representative |
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Exhibit A
JOINDER
Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), has entered into that certain Tax Receivable Agreement by and among the Corporation, PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the OP), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), and each of the Partners (as defined therein), dated as of [], 2021 (as amended or supplemented, the Tax Receivable Agreement). The undersigned (New Partner) is required to execute this Joinder pursuant to Section 7.06(a)(i) of the Tax Receivable Agreement for the purposes of such person agreeing to become a Partner for all purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement and to be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The New Partner has agreed to execute this Joinder in consideration of the receipt of his, her or its Class A Units (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, the New Partner hereby agrees to (a) become a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement with all right, title and interest as, and all obligations of, a Partner (as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) for all purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement and (b) be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The New Partners notice address for purposes of Section 7.01 of the Tax Receivable Agreement is:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Partner has executed this Joinder, this ____ day of ____________________, ________.
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Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement
Exhibit B
JOINDER
Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), has entered into that certain Tax Receivable Agreement by and among the Corporation, PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the OP), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), and each of the Partners (as defined therein), dated as of [], 2021 (as amended or supplemented, the Tax Receivable Agreement). The undersigned (Assignee) is required to execute this Joinder pursuant to Section 7.06(a)(ii) of the Tax Receivable Agreement for the purposes of such person agreeing to be bound by Section 7.12 of the Tax Receivable Agreement and acknowledging specifically the second paragraph in Section 7.06 of the Tax Receivable Agreement and to be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Assignee has agreed to execute this Joinder in consideration of the receipt of certain payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Assignee hereby agrees to (a) become a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement and (b) be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement, including to be bound by Section 7.12 of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Assignee also hereby expressly acknowledges the second paragraph in Section 7.06 of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Assignees notice address for purposes of Section 7.01 of the Tax Receivable Agreement is:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignee has executed this Joinder, this ____ day of ____________________, ________.
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Schedule I
[Attached.]
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 24, 2021
between
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS
and
PWP PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS LP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Article II |
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APPROVAL OF CERTAIN MATTERS |
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Section 2.1 |
Approval of Professionals | 4 | ||||
Article III |
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TRANSFER |
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Section 3.1 |
Transfers and Joinders | 7 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Binding Effect on Transferees | 7 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Charter Provisions | 7 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Legend | 7 | ||||
Article IV |
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PROFESSIONALS BOARD REPRESENTATION |
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Section 4.1 |
Nominees | 8 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Committees | 9 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
No Liability to Professionals | 9 | ||||
Article V |
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TERMINATION |
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Section 5.1 |
Term | 10 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Survival | 10 | ||||
Article VI |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 6.1 |
Representations and Warranties of Stockholders | 10 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Company | 10 |
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Article VII
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.1 |
Notices | 11 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Interpretation | 11 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Severability | 12 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Counterparts | 12 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Adjustments Upon Change of Capitalization | 12 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries | 12 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Further Assurances | 12 | ||||
Section 7.8 |
Governing Law; Equitable Remedies | 12 | ||||
Section 7.9 |
Consent to Jurisdiction | 13 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Amendments; Waivers | 13 | ||||
Section 7.11 |
Successors and Assigns | 14 | ||||
Section 7.12 |
Status | 14 | ||||
Section 7.13 |
Actions in Other Capacities | 14 |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (the Agreement), dated as of June 24, 2021, is entered into by and among Perella Weinberg Partners (formerly known as FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV), a Delaware corporation (the Company), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Professionals), and the Persons (as defined herein) who from time to time may become Company stockholders party hereto in accordance with this Agreement (such Persons, together with Professionals, each, a Stockholder, and collectively, Stockholders).
WHEREAS, the Stockholders and the Company desire to address herein certain relationships among themselves with respect to the Equity Interests (as defined below) and the Voting Securities (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ADVISORY BUSINESS DE-SPAC TRANSACTION means the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, by and among the Company, FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC, OP, Professionals, PWP GP LLC and Perella Weinberg Partners LLC.
An AFFILIATE of any Person means 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.
A Person shall be deemed to have BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP of securities if such Person is deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.
BOARD means the board of directors of the Company.
BY-LAWS means the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as may be further amended and/or restated from time to time.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION means the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as may be further amended and/or restated from time to time.
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CLASS A SHARES means shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Company and any equity securities issued or issuable in exchange for or with respect to such Class A Shares by way of a dividend, split or combination of shares or in connection with a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
CLASS B CONDITION means the condition that Professionals or its limited partners as of June 24, 2021 or its or their respective successors or assigns maintains, directly or indirectly, ownership of OP Class A Common Units that represent at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding Class A Shares (calculated, without duplication, on the basis that all issued and outstanding OP Class A Common Units not held by the Company or its Subsidiaries had been exchanged for Class A Shares).
CLASS B-1 SHARES means shares of the Class B-1 Common Stock of the Company and any equity securities issued or issuable in exchange for or with respect to such Class B-1 Shares by way of a dividend, split or combination of shares or in connection with a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
CLASS B-2 SHARES means shares of the Class B-2 Common Stock of the Company and any equity securities issued or issuable in exchange for or with respect to such Class B-2 Shares by way of a dividend, split or combination of shares or in connection with a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
COMPANY PLAN means each material (i) employee benefit plan (within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)), (ii) multiemployer plans (within the meaning of ERISA section 3(37)), and (iii) stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock or other equity-based plan, severance, employment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation and all other employee benefit and compensation plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), under which any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates (or any of their dependents) has any present or future right to compensation or benefits or the Company or its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates has any present or future liability.
CONTRACT means any legally binding bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture, guarantee, license, lease, purchase or sale order or other contract, commitment, agreement, instrument, obligation, arrangement, understanding, undertaking, permit, concession or franchise, in each case, whether contingent or otherwise and including all amendments thereto.
CONTROL means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of company securities, by contract or otherwise.
A CONTROLLED AFFILIATE of any Person means any Affiliate that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, is Controlled by such Person.
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EQUITY INTERESTS means, with respect to a Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees, the Exchangeable Units Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees as of the date hereof, and all securities which such securities are exchanged for.
EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
EXCHANGEABLE UNITS means each limited partnership unit of the OP designated as a Partnership Class A Common Unit.
FILINGS means annual, quarterly and current reports and other documents filed or furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under the Exchange Act; annual reports to stockholders, annual and quarterly statutory statements of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; and any registration statements, prospectuses and other documents filed or furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates under the Securities Act.
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY means any court, administrative agency, regulatory body, commission or other governmental authority, board, bureau or instrumentality, domestic or foreign and any subdivision thereof.
MATERIAL CONTRACT means:
(i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a material contract pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act or disclosed by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K;
(ii) any Contract that limits in any material respect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, joint ventures or Controlled Affiliates to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area;
(iii) any Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates;
(iv) any Contract involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests for aggregate consideration (in one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $15 million or more; and
(v) any Contract in respect of the sponsorship of a special purpose acquisition company.
OP means PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
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OP CLASS A COMMON UNIT means each limited partnership unit of the OP designated as a Partnership Class A Common Unit.
OP PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT means the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of PWP Holdings LP, dated as of June 24, 2021, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
PERMITTED TRANSFEREE means any Person to whom a holder of an Exchangeable Unit would be permitted to Transfer an Exchangeable Unit pursuant to the OP Partnership Agreement.
PERSON means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any similar agency then having jurisdiction to enforce the Securities Act.
SECONDARY CLASS B CONDITION has the same meaning as the Class B Condition, except that five percent (5%) shall be substituted for ten percent (10%) for the purposes of this definition.
SECURITIES ACT means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
SUBSIDIARY or SUBSIDIARIES means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting shares or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.
TRANSFER means, with respect to any securities, to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of such securities.
VOTING SECURITIES means Class A Shares, Class B-1 Shares, Class B-2 Shares and any other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.
ARTICLE II
APPROVAL OF CERTAIN MATTERS
Section 2.1 Approval of Professionals.
(a) So long as the Class B Condition is satisfied, the Board shall not authorize, approve or ratify any of the following actions or any plan with respect thereto without the prior approval (which approval may be in the form of an action by written consent) of Professionals:
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(i) any incurrence of indebtedness (other than inter-company indebtedness), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates in an amount in excess of $25 million;
(ii) any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates in any transaction or series of related transactions of equity or equity-related securities (other than preferred stock, which is addressed by Section 2.1(a)(iii) below) which would represent, after such issuance, or upon conversion, exchange or exercise, as the case may be, more than five percent (5%) of the total number of votes that may be cast in the election of directors of the Company (other than (1) upon issuances of securities pursuant to the Companys equity incentive plan (as the same may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to time), (2) upon the exchange of Exchangeable Units for securities pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and (3) upon conversion of convertible securities or upon exercise of warrants or options, which convertible securities, warrants or options are outstanding on the date of this Agreement or issued in compliance with this Agreement);
(iii) the authorization or issuance of any preferred stock by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates;
(iv) any equity or debt commitment to invest or investment or series of related equity or debt commitments to invest or investments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates in a Person or group of related Persons in an amount greater than $25 million;
(v) any entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates into a new line of business that requires an initial investment in excess of $25 million;
(vi) any disposition or divestment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates of any asset or business unit with a value in excess of $25 million;
(vii) the adoption of a stockholder rights plan by the Company;
(viii) any removal, change of duty or appointment of any officer of the Company that is, or would be, subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act;
(ix) any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws;
(x) any amendment to the OP Partnership Agreement;
(xi) the renaming of the Company;
(xii) the adoption of the Companys annual budget and business plans and any material amendments thereto;
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(xiii) the declaration and payment of any dividend or other distribution by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates (other than such dividends or other distributions (i) required to be made pursuant to the terms of any outstanding preferred stock of the Company or (ii) in connection with the Advisory Business De-SPAC Transaction, including the various reorganization transactions related thereto);
(xiv) the entry into any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation or sale of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates or consummation of a similar transaction (or series of related transactions) involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates (other than a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (or series of related transactions) solely between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates and one or more direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates which transaction would not adversely impact the rights of Professionals or its limited partners) or entering into any agreement providing therefor;
(xv) voluntarily initiating any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or the OP or permitting the commencement of a proceeding for bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar action with respect to the Company or the OP or any of their Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates;
(xvi) the entry into, termination of or material amendment of any Material Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates;
(xvii) the entry into any transaction, or series of similar transactions or Contract (other than a Company Plan unless otherwise required by any other provision hereof) that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act;
(xviii) the initiation or settlement of any material Action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates; or
(xix) changes to the Companys taxable year or fiscal year.
(b) After the Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied, for so long as the Secondary Class B Condition is satisfied, the Board shall not authorize, approve or ratify any of the following actions or any plan with respect thereto without the prior approval (which approval may be in the form of an action by written consent) of Professionals:
(i) any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws that materially and adversely affects in a disproportionate manner the rights of Professionals or its limited partners; or
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(ii) any amendment to the OP Partnership Agreement that materially and adversely affects in a disproportionate manner the rights of Professionals or its limited partners.
ARTICLE III
TRANSFER
Section 3.1 Transfers and Joinders. If a Stockholder effects any Transfer of Equity Interests to a Permitted Transferee or any other Person approved by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion, such Permitted Transferee shall, if not a Stockholder, within five (5) days of such Transfer execute a joinder to this Agreement, in substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in which such Permitted Transferee agrees to be a Stockholder for all purposes of this Agreement and which provides that such Permitted Transferee shall be bound by and shall fully comply with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 3.2 Binding Effect on Transferees. Subject to execution of a joinder to this Agreement within five (5) days of the applicable Transfer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, pursuant to Section 3.1, such Permitted Transferee shall become a Stockholder hereunder.
Section 3.3 Charter Provisions. The parties hereto shall use their respective reasonable efforts (including voting or causing to be voted all of the Voting Securities held of record by such party or Beneficially Owned by such party by virtue of having voting power over such Voting Securities) so as to prevent any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws as in effect as of the date of this Agreement that would (a) add restrictions to the transferability of the Voting Securities by Professionals or its Permitted Transferees who remain a Stockholder (as such term is used herein) at the time of such an amendment, which restrictions are beyond those then provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation, this Agreement or applicable securities laws or (b) nullify any of the rights of Professionals or its Permitted Transferees who remain a Stockholder at the time of such amendment, which rights are explicitly provided for in this Agreement, unless, in each such case, such amendment shall have been approved by Professionals or its Permitted Transferees.
Section 3.4 Legend. Any certificate representing Voting Securities issued to a Stockholder shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
The shares represented by this certificate are subject to the provisions contained in the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2021, by and between Perella Weinberg Partners and the stockholders of Perella Weinberg Partners described therein.
The Company shall make customary arrangements to cause any Voting Securities issued in uncertificated form to be identified on the books of the Company in a substantially similar manner.
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ARTICLE IV
PROFESSIONALS BOARD REPRESENTATION
Section 4.1 Nominees.
(a) The Company and each Stockholder shall take all reasonable actions within their respective control (including, with respect to Stockholders, voting or causing to be voted all of the Voting Securities held of record by such Stockholder or Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder by virtue of having voting power over such Voting Securities (including by causing their respective Voting Securities to be present, in person or by proxy, for quorum purposes at any Company stockholder meeting at which directors shall be elected), and, with respect to the Company, as provided in Sections 4.1(c), 4.1(d) and 4.1(e)) so as to cause:
(i) at any time during which either the Class B Condition or the Secondary Class B Condition is satisfied, to continue in office, not more than fifteen (15) directors (or such other number of directors as Professionals may agree to in writing);
(ii) at any time during which the Class B Condition is satisfied, a number of directors equal to a majority of the Board to be individuals designated by Professionals; and
(iii) at any time during which the Class B Condition is no longer satisfied and the Secondary Class B Condition is satisfied, a number of directors (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to one third of the Board to be individuals designated by Professionals.
(b) For so long as the Class B Condition or the Secondary Class B Condition is satisfied, if Professionals notifies the Stockholders of its desire to remove, with or without cause, any director previously designated by it, the Stockholders shall vote or cause to be voted all of the shares of Voting Securities held of record by such Stockholders or Beneficially Owned by such Stockholders by virtue of having voting power over such Voting Securities and take all other reasonable actions within its control to cause the removal of such director.
(c) The Company agrees to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board those persons designated by Professionals in accordance with Section 4.1(a) and to include such persons in the Companys proxy materials and form of proxy disseminated to stockholders in connection with the election of directors (including at any special meeting of stockholders held for the election of directors). Professionals shall include in its written communication of designation to the Board (x) director biographies in customary form and (y) reasonably detailed information regarding the independence of each such nominee intended to qualify as independent. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such designee to the Board, including nominating such designees to be elected as directors (subject to Section 4.1(d)) and by soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such persons.
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(d) Any person designated by Professionals in accordance with Section 4.1(a) shall be subject to (a) the reasonable approval of the Boards nominating and corporate governance committee (if there be one) (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and (b) the satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements (including those contained in the By-Laws) regarding service as a director of the Company; provided, that the Company shall at the request of Professionals so long as such request is not inconsistent with applicable law or exchange requirements, amend, modify or waive any such requirements so as not to any way impede the right of Professionals to nominate directors.
(e) In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any director who is designated by Professionals in accordance with Section 4.1(a), the Company agrees to take at any time and from time to time all actions necessary to cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled as promptly as practicable by a new designee of Professionals. In the event that the size of the Board is expanded to more than fifteen (15) directors, the Company agrees to take at any time and from time to time all actions necessary to cause the Board to continue to have the number of the designees of Professionals that corresponds to the requirements of Section 4.1(a).
(f) In the event that at any time the number of directors entitled to be designated by Professionals pursuant to Section 4.1(a) decreases, Professionals and the Stockholders shall take reasonable actions to cause a sufficient number of designated directors to resign from the Board at or prior to the end of such designated directors term such that the number of designated directors after such resignation(s) equals the number of directors Professionals would have been entitled to designate pursuant to Section 4.1(a). Any vacancies created by such resignation may remain vacant until the next annual meeting of stockholders or filled by a majority vote of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such designated director(s) need not resign from the Board at or prior to the end of such directors term if the Companys nominating and corporate governance committee recommends the nomination of such director(s) for election at the next annual meeting coinciding with the end of such directors term, or otherwise (and for the avoidance of doubt, such director shall no longer be considered a designee of Professionals).
Section 4.2 Committees. For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Company shall take all reasonable actions within its control at any given time so as to cause to be appointed to any committee of the Board a number of directors designated by Professionals that is up to the number of directors that is proportionate (rounding up to the next whole director) to the representation that Professionals is entitled to designate to the Board under this Agreement, to the extent such directors are permitted to serve on such committees under the applicable rules of the SEC and the Nasdaq Capital Market or by any other applicable stock exchange. It is understood by the parties hereto that Professionals shall not be required to have its directors represented on any committee and any failure to exercise such right in this Section 4.2 in a prior period shall not constitute any waiver of such right in a subsequent period.
Section 4.3 No Liability to Professionals. Neither Professionals, nor any Affiliate of Professionals, shall have any liability as a result of designating a person for nomination for election as a director, nor for any act or omission by such designated person in his or her capacity as a director of the Company, nor as a result of voting for any such designated nominee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
TERMINATION
Section 5.1 Term. The terms of this Agreement shall terminate, and be of no further force and effect:
(a) upon the mutual consent of all of the parties hereto; or
(b) if the Secondary Class B Condition ceases to be satisfied.
Section 5.2 Survival. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 5.1, this Agreement shall become void and of no further force and effect, except for: (i) the provisions set forth in Section 4.3, this Section 5.2, Section 7.8 and Section 7.9; and (ii) the rights with respect to the breach of any provision hereof by the Company.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Stockholders. Each Stockholder represents and warrants to the Company that (a) it is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; (b) this Agreement has been duly executed by such Stockholder and is a valid and binding agreement of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms; (c) the execution, delivery and performance by Stockholder of this Agreement does not violate or conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default under any agreement to which such Stockholder is a party or, if the Stockholder is an entity, the organizational documents of such Stockholder; and (d) such Stockholder has good and marketable title to the Equity Interests and Voting Securities owned by it as of the date hereof free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than pursuant to this Agreement and the OP Partnership Agreement.
Section 6.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Stockholders that (a) the Company is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; (b) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; and (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement does not violate or conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default by the Company under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, or decree of any Governmental Entity exercising any statutory or regulatory authority of any of the foregoing, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates or any of their respective properties or assets, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by email (provided a copy is thereafter promptly delivered by any other means as provided in this Section 7.1 or receipt is otherwise confirmed by the receiving party) or nationally recognized overnight courier, addressed to such party at the address or email address set forth below or such other address or email address as may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:
(a) If to the Company, to:
Perella Weinberg Partners
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Phone: (212) 287-3200
Email: vshendelman@pwpartners.com
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001
Phone: (212) 735-3000
Email: joseph.coco@skadden.com
blair.thetford@skadden.com
michael.schwartz@skadden.com
Attention: Joseph A. Coco, Esq.
Blair T. Thetford, Esq.
Michael J. Schwartz, Esq.
(b) if to a Stockholder, to:
the address and facsimile number set forth in the records of the Company.
Any notice delivered by any party hereto to any other party hereto shall also be delivered to each other party hereto simultaneously with delivery to the first party receiving such notice.
Section 7.2 Interpretation. The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words included, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
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Section 7.3 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or entity or any circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
Section 7.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart.
Section 7.5 Adjustments Upon Change of Capitalization. In the event of any change in the outstanding Class A Shares, Class B-1 Shares and Class B-2 Shares, as applicable, by reason of dividends, splits, reverse splits, spin-offs, split-ups, recapitalizations, combinations, exchanges of shares and the like, the term Class A Shares, Class B-1 Shares and Class B-2 Shares shall refer to and include the securities received or resulting therefrom, but only to the extent such securities are received in exchange for or in respect of Class A Shares, Class B-1 Shares and Class B-2 Shares, as applicable.
Section 7.6 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and (b) is not intended to confer upon any Person, other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies hereunder.
Section 7.7 Further Assurances. Each party shall execute, deliver, acknowledge and file such other documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the other party hereto to give effect to and carry out the transactions contemplated herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Stockholders (i) acknowledges that such Stockholder will prepare and file with the SEC filings under the Exchange Act, including under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, relating to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Securities to the extent applicable and (ii) agrees to use its reasonable efforts to assist and cooperate with the other parties in promptly preparing, reviewing and executing any such filings under the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto.
Section 7.8 Governing Law; Equitable Remedies. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF). The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions and other equitable remedies to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any of the Selected Courts (as defined below), this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with respect to such remedy are hereby waived by each of the parties hereto. Each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for an injunction or other equitable remedy in respect of such breach or enforcement of specific performance, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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Section 7.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceeding (Proceeding) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the Court of Chancery located in the State of Delaware, County of Newcastle (the Selected Courts) and waives any objection to venue being laid in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise and hereby agrees not to commence any such Proceeding other than before one of the Selected Courts; provided, however, that a party may commence any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the Selected Courts; (ii) consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized international express carrier or delivery service, to the Company or Professionals at their respective addresses referred to in Section 7.1; provided, however, that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law; and (iii) TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
Section 7.10 Amendments; Waivers.
(a) No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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Section 7.11 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, all the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto (including for the avoidance of doubt any successor by merger, division, consolidation or other similar transaction). No Stockholder may assign any of its rights hereunder to any Person other than a Permitted Transferee. Each Permitted Transferee of any Stockholder shall be subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such shares such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits of and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, no transfer of rights permitted hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until if required under Section 3.1, the Company shall have received written notice of such transfer and the joinder of the transferee provided for in Section 3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no successor or assignee of the Company shall have any rights granted under this Agreement until such Person shall acknowledge its rights and obligations hereunder by a signed written statement of such Persons acceptance of such rights and obligations.
Section 7.12 Status. Professionals shall not be deemed to be a member of a group (as such term is defined in Section 13D of the Exchange Act), and Professionals shall not be deemed to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Section 13D of the Exchange Act) Class A Shares owned by any other Stockholder, because of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 7.13 Actions in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit, restrict or otherwise affect any actions taken by Professionals or any of its limited partners in its capacity as a stockholder, partner or member of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Controlled Affiliates.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first set forth above.
PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS | ||||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |||
Name: | Gary Barancik | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]
PWP PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS LP | ||||
By: PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS LLC, its General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Gary Barancik | |||
Name: | Gary Barancik | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]
Exhibit A
JOINDER
Perella Weinberg Partners, a Delaware corporation (the Company), has entered into that certain Stockholders Agreement by and between the Company and PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Professionals), dated as of [], 2021 (as amended or supplemented, the Stockholders Agreement). The undersigned (New Stockholder) is required to execute this Joinder pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Stockholders Agreement for the purposes of such person agreeing to be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement. The New Stockholder has agreed to execute this Joinder in consideration of the receipt of his, her or its shares of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, the New Stockholder hereby agrees to (a) become a party to the Stockholders Agreement with all right, title and interest as, and all obligations of, a Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) for all purposes of the Stockholders Agreement and (b) be bound by and fully comply with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement. The New Stockholders notice address for purposes of Section 7.1 of the Stockholders Agreement is:
Address: |
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Phone: |
Email: |
Attention: |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Stockholder has executed this Joinder, this ____ day of ____________________, ________.
[New Stockholder] |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
PWP HOLDINGS LP
a Delaware limited partnership
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING SOLD IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; AND (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.
dated as of June 24, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS |
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Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Interpretation | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 2.1 |
Formation | 21 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Name | 21 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Principal Place of Business; Other Places of Business | 21 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Designated Agent for Service of Process | 21 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Term | 21 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
No Concerted Action | 21 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Business Purpose | 21 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Powers | 21 | ||||
Section 2.9 |
Certificates; Filings | 21 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Representations and Warranties by the Partners | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE III CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 3.1 |
Capital Contributions of the Partners | 23 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests | 23 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Additional Funds and Capital Contributions | 25 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Equity Plans | 26 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan | 28 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
No Interest; No Return | 28 | ||||
Section 3.7 |
Conversion or Redemption of Preferred Shares and Common Shares | 28 | ||||
Section 3.8 |
Other Contribution Provisions | 29 | ||||
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS |
29 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Requirement and Characterization of Distributions | 29 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Tax Distributions | 30 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Distributions in Kind | 30 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Amounts Withheld | 30 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
Distributions upon Liquidation | 30 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
Revisions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units | 30 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Restricted Distributions | 30 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Calculation of Distributions | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS |
30 | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss | 30 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
General Allocations | 31 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Additional Allocation Provisions | 31 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Tax Allocations | 33 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Certain Accounting Matters | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE VI OPERATIONS |
34 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
Management | 34 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Compensation and Reimbursement | 38 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Outside Activities | 39 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 40 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Liability of the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner | 40 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Indemnification | 42 |
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ARTICLE VII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS |
43 | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Return of Capital | 43 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership | 44 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Partnership Right to Call Partnership Interests | 44 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Drag-Along Rights | 44 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Limitation of Liability | 45 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Management of Business | 45 | ||||
Section 7.7 |
Outside Activities of Limited Partners | 46 | ||||
Section 7.8 |
Certificates Evidencing Partnership Units | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII BOOKS AND RECORDS |
47 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Books and Records | 47 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Inspection | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS |
47 | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Preparation of Tax Returns | 47 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Tax Elections | 47 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Partnership Representative | 47 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Withholding | 49 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Organizational Expenses | 50 | ||||
ARTICLE X PARTNER TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS |
50 | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Transfer | 50 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Transfer of General Partners Partnership Interest | 50 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Limited Partners Rights to Transfer | 51 | ||||
Section 10.4 |
Substituted Limited Partners | 53 | ||||
Section 10.5 |
Assignees | 53 | ||||
Section 10.6 |
General Provisions | 53 | ||||
Section 10.7 |
Restrictions on Termination Transactions | 54 | ||||
ARTICLE XI ADMISSION OF PARTNERS |
55 | |||||
Section 11.1 |
Admission of Successor General Partner | 55 | ||||
Section 11.2 |
Partners; Admission of Additional Limited Partners | 56 | ||||
Section 11.3 |
Redeemed Professional Partners | 56 | ||||
Section 11.4 |
Limit on Number of Partners | 57 | ||||
Section 11.5 |
Admission | 57 | ||||
ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION |
57 | |||||
Section 12.1 |
No Dissolution | 57 | ||||
Section 12.2 |
Events Causing Dissolution | 57 | ||||
Section 12.3 |
Distribution upon Dissolution | 57 | ||||
Section 12.4 |
Rights of Holders | 59 | ||||
Section 12.5 |
Termination | 59 | ||||
Section 12.6 |
Reasonable Time for Winding Up | 59 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS |
59 | |||||
Section 13.1 |
Actions and Consents of Partners | 59 | ||||
Section 13.2 |
Amendments | 59 | ||||
Section 13.3 |
Procedures for Meetings and Actions of the Partners | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE XIV REDEMPTION RIGHTS |
61 | |||||
Section 14.1 |
Exchange of Partnership Class A Common Units | 61 | ||||
Section 14.2 |
Exchange for Cash Amount | 62 | ||||
Section 14.3 |
Exchange for Stock Amount | 63 | ||||
Section 14.4 |
Class A Shares to be Issued | 64 |
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Section 14.5 |
Expenses | 64 | ||||
Section 14.6 |
Conflicts | 64 | ||||
Section 14.7 |
Other Exchange Procedures | 65 | ||||
Section 14.8 |
Pro Rata Treatment of Exchanging Qualifying Parties | 65 | ||||
Section 14.9 |
Withholding | 65 | ||||
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS |
65 | |||||
Section 15.1 |
Partnership Counsel | 65 | ||||
Section 15.2 |
Appointment of General Partner as Attorney-in-Fact | 66 | ||||
Section 15.3 |
Arbitration | 67 | ||||
Section 15.4 |
Accounting and Fiscal Year | 68 | ||||
Section 15.5 |
Entire Agreement | 68 | ||||
Section 15.6 |
Further Assurances | 68 | ||||
Section 15.7 |
Notices | 68 | ||||
Section 15.8 |
Governing Law | 69 | ||||
Section 15.9 |
Construction | 69 | ||||
Section 15.10 |
Binding Effect | 69 | ||||
Section 15.11 |
Severability | 69 | ||||
Section 15.12 |
Confidentiality | 69 | ||||
Section 15.13 |
Consent to Use of Name | 71 | ||||
Section 15.14 |
Consent by Spouse | 71 | ||||
Section 15.15 |
Counterparts | 72 | ||||
Section 15.16 |
Other Agreements | 72 | ||||
Section 15.17 |
Survival | 72 | ||||
Section 15.18 |
Anti-Money Laundering Representations and Undertakings | 72 |
EXHIBIT A: | EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR | |
EXHIBIT B: | FORM OF ELECTION OF EXCHANGE | |
EXHIBIT C: | CONSENT BY SPOUSE | |
EXHIBIT D: | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
10b5-1 Plan |
2 | |||
AAA |
67 | |||
Act |
1, 2 | |||
Actions |
42 | |||
Additional Funds |
25 | |||
Additional Limited Partner |
2 | |||
Adjusted Capital Account |
2 | |||
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit |
2 | |||
Adjustment Factor |
3 | |||
Affiliate |
4 | |||
Agreement |
4 | |||
AML and Sanctions Laws |
D-1 | |||
Annual Income Tax Liability |
4 | |||
Applicable Sale |
44 | |||
Applicable Sale Notice |
45 | |||
Asset |
4 | |||
Assets |
4 | |||
Assignee |
5 | |||
Bankruptcy |
5 | |||
Board of Directors |
5 | |||
Business Day |
5 | |||
Capital Account |
5 | |||
Capital Contribution |
6 | |||
Capital Share |
6 | |||
Cash Amount |
6 | |||
Cash Amount Settlement Date |
6 | |||
Certificate |
6 | |||
Class A Share |
6 | |||
Class B Share |
6 | |||
Class B-1 Share |
6 | |||
Class B-2 Share |
6 | |||
Code |
6 | |||
Common Share |
6 | |||
Company |
1, 6 | |||
Consent |
6 | |||
Consent of the Limited Partners |
7 | |||
Consent of the Partners |
7 | |||
Contributed Asset |
7 | |||
control |
4 | |||
Controlled Entity |
7 | |||
Conversion |
1, 7 | |||
Cut-Off Date |
7 | |||
De Minimis |
7 | |||
Debt |
7 | |||
Depreciation |
7 | |||
Designated Individual |
8, 47 | |||
De-SPAC Transaction |
1 | |||
Disabling Event |
8 | |||
Dispute |
67 | |||
Distributed Right |
3 | |||
Division |
1, 8 | |||
Drag-Along Right |
44 | |||
Effective Date |
1, 8 | |||
Election of Exchange |
8 |
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Equity Plan |
8 | |||
ERISA |
8 | |||
Event of Withdrawal |
57 | |||
Exchange |
8 | |||
Exchange Act |
8 | |||
Family Members |
8 | |||
Fiscal Year |
8, 68 | |||
Formation Date |
1, 8 | |||
Founding Partner |
8 | |||
Funding Debt |
8 | |||
General Partner |
8 | |||
Gross Asset Value |
9 | |||
Holder |
10 | |||
Illegal Activity |
D- | |||
Imputed Underpayment Amount |
10, 48 | |||
Incapacitated |
10 | |||
Incapacity |
10 | |||
Indemnitee |
10 | |||
Ineligible Partnership Unit |
10 | |||
IRS |
10 | |||
Liabilities |
42 | |||
Limited Partner |
11 | |||
Liquidating Event |
57 | |||
Liquidator |
57 | |||
LLC Act |
1, 11 | |||
Lock-Up Period |
11 | |||
Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners |
11 | |||
Majority in Interest of the Partners |
11 | |||
Merger |
1 | |||
Net Income |
12 | |||
Net Loss |
12 | |||
New Securities |
13 | |||
New York Courts |
68 | |||
Nonrecourse Deductions |
13 | |||
Nonrecourse Liability |
13 | |||
OFAC |
D-1 | |||
Optionee |
13 | |||
Original Agreement |
1, 13 | |||
Partner |
13 | |||
Partner Minimum Gain |
13 | |||
Partner Nonrecourse Debt |
13 | |||
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions |
13 | |||
Partners |
13 | |||
Partnership |
1, 13 | |||
Partnership Audit Procedures |
13 | |||
Partnership Class A Common Unit |
13 | |||
Partnership Class B Common Unit |
13 | |||
Partnership Class B-1 Common Unit |
13 | |||
Partnership Class B-2 Common Unit |
14 | |||
Partnership Common Unit |
14 | |||
Partnership Counsel |
66 | |||
Partnership Employee |
14 | |||
Partnership Equivalent Units |
14 | |||
Partnership Interest |
14 | |||
Partnership Junior Unit |
14 | |||
Partnership Minimum Gain |
14 |
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Partnership Preferred Unit |
14 | |||
Partnership Record Date |
15 | |||
Partnership Representative |
15, 47 | |||
Partnership Unit |
15 | |||
Partnership Unit Designation |
24 | |||
Percentage Interest |
15 | |||
Permitted ATM Distribution Period |
15 | |||
Permitted ATM Funding |
15 | |||
Permitted Transfer |
15 | |||
Permitted Transferee |
16 | |||
Person |
16 | |||
Pledge |
16 | |||
Predecessor General Partner |
1, 16 | |||
Preferred Share |
16 | |||
Previous LPA |
1, 16 | |||
Primary Issuance Funding |
16, 62 | |||
Primary Issuance Funding Notice |
62 | |||
Primary Issuance Shares |
16, 62 | |||
Primary Issuance Units |
16, 62 | |||
Professionals |
1, 16 | |||
Professionals Class A Common Units |
16 | |||
Professionals Class A-1 Common Units |
16 | |||
Professionals Class A-2 Common Units |
16 | |||
Professionals Class A-3 Common Units |
16 | |||
Professionals LPA |
1, 16 | |||
Professionals Notice of Redemption and Exchange |
16 | |||
Professionals Partner |
17 | |||
Professionals Partner Elections |
8, 17 | |||
Publicly Traded |
17 | |||
PWP Entities |
17 | |||
PWP GP |
1, 17 | |||
PWP LLC |
1 | |||
Qualified DRIP |
17 | |||
Qualified Transferee |
17 | |||
Qualifying Party |
17 | |||
Quarter |