0001193125-21-200542.txt : 20210625 0001193125-21-200542.hdr.sgml : 20210625 20210625170307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-21-200542 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210622 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20210625 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001210677 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 843884690 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31666 FILM NUMBER: 211048839 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200 STREET 2: ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 888-314-9761 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200 STREET 2: ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 8-K 1 d12470d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

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 22, 2021

 

 

First Advantage Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-31666   84-3884690

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 200

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 314-9761

Not applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Securities

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

 

Title of

each class

  

Trading

Symbol

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share    FA    The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the initial public offering (the “Offering” or the “IPO”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of First Advantage Corporation (the “Company”), described in the prospectus (as amended, the “Prospectus”), dated June 22, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which is deemed to be part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-256622) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), the Company entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement, dated June 25, 2021, by and among the Company, SLP Fastball Aggregator L.P., Workday, Inc., and the management stockholders named therein (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) with substantially the same terms described in the Prospectus and as set forth in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement. For further information regarding the Stockholders’ Agreement, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Stockholders’ Agreement” in the Prospectus.

A copy of the Stockholders’ Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth under Item 5.03 below is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.02

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

2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Effective upon pricing of the Offering on June 22, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and its stockholders adopted and approved the First Advantage Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”), substantially in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement. The Omnibus Incentive Plan provides for the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based or performance-based awards to certain directors, officers, employees, consultants, and advisors of the Company. For further information regarding the Omnibus Incentive Plan, see “Executive Compensation—Actions in Connection with this Offering —First Advantage Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan” in the Prospectus.

A copy of the Omnibus Incentive Plan is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Effective upon closing of the Offering, the Board and the Company’s stockholders adopted and approved the First Advantage Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), substantially in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement. The ESPP provides eligible employees of the Company with an opportunity to purchase the Company’s Common Stock at a discount. For further information regarding the ESPP, see “Executive Compensation—Actions in Connection with this Offering—First Advantage Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” in the Prospectus.

A copy of the ESPP is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Election of Directors

Effective immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A on June 23, 2021, (i) Susan R. Bell was elected to serve as a new member of the Company’s Board, as the chair of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board, and as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board; (ii) James L. Clark was elected to serve as a new member of the Company’s Board and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board; and (iii) Judith Sim was elected to serve as a new member of the Company’s Board, as a member of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board, and as the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board. The Board has determined that each of Susan R. Bell, James L. Clark, and Judith Sim meets the applicable independence standards set forth in Nasdaq’s Listing Rules and that each of Susan R. Bell, and Judith Sim satisfies the audit committee independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) provides for a classified board of directors. Mr. Staples and Ms. Bell are Class I directors and shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO. Mr. Clark and Ms. Stoica are Class II directors and shall initially serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO. Mr. Osnoss, Mr. Rudella, and Ms. Sim are Class III directors and shall initially serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO. Commencing with the first annual meeting following the IPO, directors in the class whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected for a three year term.

There are no arrangements or understandings between any of Ms. Bell, Mr. Clark, and Ms. Sim, and any other person pursuant to which he or she was appointed as a director of the Company.


Ms. Bell, Mr. Clark, and Ms. Sim are eligible to receive compensation pursuant to the First Advantage Corporation Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, as described in the Prospectus under “Executive Compensation— Director Compensation.”

 

Item 5.03

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

On June 25, 2021, the Company’s Charter, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement, and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement, became effective. The Charter, among other things, provides that the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock. A description of the Company’s capital stock, after giving effect to the adoption of the Charter and Bylaws, has previously been reported by the Company in the Registration Statement. The Charter and Bylaws are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On June 25, 2021, the Company completed the Offering of 29,325,000 shares of common stock. Of the shares sold, 22,856,250 shares were sold by the Company (including 2,981,250 shares sold pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) and 6,468,750 shares were sold by certain existing stockholders of the Company (including 843,750 shares sold pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at an initial public offering price of $15.00 per share to a syndicate of underwriters led by Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as lead bookrunners for the Offering. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Evercore Group L.L.C., Jefferies LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. acted as bookrunners for the Offering, and Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., KKR Capital Markets LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC, R. Seelaus & Co., LLC, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., and Roberts & Ryan Investments, Inc., acted as co-managers for the Offering.



Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 25, 2021

   

First Advantage Corporation

    By:  

/s/ Scott Staples

    Name:   Scott Staples
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer
EX-3.1 2 d12470dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION

* * * * *

The present name of the corporation is First Advantage Corporation (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was incorporated under the name “Fastball Intermediate, Inc.” by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 15, 2019 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). The Certificate of Incorporation was amended on March 25, 2021 to change the name of the Corporation from “Fastball Intermediate, Inc.” to “First Advantage Corporation” The Certificate of Incorporation was amended on June 11, 2021 to effect a 1,300,000-for-one stock split of the then-outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), which restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, the “DGCL”) and by the written consent of its stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation is First Advantage Corporation.

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.


ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,250,000,000, which shall be divided into two classes as follows:

1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”); and

250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

I. Capital Stock.

A. Common Stock and Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Corporation for such consideration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix, without further stockholder approval, the designation of such series, the powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares of such series, which number the Board of Directors may, except where otherwise provided in the designation of such series, increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) and as may be permitted by the DGCL. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

B. Each holder of record of Common Stock, as such, shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms, number of shares, powers, designations, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights (including, without limitation, voting rights), or to qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

C. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock).

 

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D. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions in cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation, dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid ratably on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation which are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

E. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.

F. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common 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 in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock).

ARTICLE V

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

A. For so long as Silver Lake (as defined below) beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote required by applicable law or this Restated Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), this Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote required by applicable law and this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), the following provisions in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 6623% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class: this Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article VIII, Article IX and Article X. For the purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

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B. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation. For so long as Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by this Restated Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), by the Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by this Restated Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), by the Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 6623% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV (including any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) and this Article VI relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the total number of directors shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The directors (other than those directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) shall be divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of such directors. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date the Common Stock is first publicly traded (the “IPO Date”), Class II directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO Date and Class III directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO Date. Commencing with the first annual meeting following the IPO Date, directors in the class whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected for a three year term. If the number of such directors is changed,

 

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any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement (as defined below), any such director shall hold office until the annual meeting at which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or his or her death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective class.

B. Subject to the rights granted to the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding or the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2021 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, SLP Fastball Aggregator, L.P. (together with its affiliates (as defined below) and its and their successors and assigns (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), collectively, “Silver Lake”) and each of the stockholders of the Corporation whose name appears on the signature pages thereto, any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, by a sole remaining director or by the stockholders; provided, however, that at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall, unless otherwise required by law or by resolution of the Board of Directors, be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (and not by the stockholders). Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

C. Any or all of the directors (other than the directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) may be removed at any time either with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of all outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class; provided, however, that at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any such director or all such directors may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 6623% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

D. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

 

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E. During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more series, have the right to elect additional directors, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director shall thereupon cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.

ARTICLE VII

LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

A. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders.

B. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a current or former director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING, ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

A. At any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, 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, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock 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 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 books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. At any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the

 

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aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in lieu of a meeting of stockholders by such holders; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock.

B. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes shall also be called by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the request of Silver Lake.

C. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

ARTICLE IX

COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

A. In recognition and anticipation that members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Corporation (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article IX are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve any of the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith, subject to the provisions set out in the Stockholders Agreement.

B. No Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) or his or her Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its

 

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stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section (D) of this Article IX. Subject to said Section (D) of this Article IX, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter or business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no fiduciary duty or other duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate, present or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty or other duty (contractual or otherwise) as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person, or does not present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.

C. The Corporation and its Affiliates do not have any rights in and to the business ventures of any Identified Person, or the income or profits derived therefrom, and hereby renounces any interest or expectancy therein, and the Corporation agrees that each of the Identified Persons may do business with any potential or actual customer or supplier of the Corporation or may employ or otherwise engage any officer or employee of the Corporation.

D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of this Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of Section (B) or (C) of this Article IX shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

E. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

F. For purposes of this Article IX, (i) “Affiliate” shall mean (a) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (b) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (ii) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

G. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX. Neither the alteration, amendment, addition to or repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series

 

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of Preferred Stock) inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article IX in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, addition, repeal or adoption.

ARTICLE X

DGCL SECTION 203 AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

A. The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

  1.

prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or

 

  2.

upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

 

  3.

at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 6623% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

C. The restrictions contained in this Article X shall not apply if a stockholder becomes an interested stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceases to be an interested stockholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a business combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, have been an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership.

 

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D. For purposes of Article VI (with respect to the definition of “affiliate”) and this Article X, references to:

 

  1.

affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

 

  2.

Silver Lake Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering or through a broker’s transaction executed on any securities exchange or other over-the-counter market) directly from Silver Lake or any of its affiliates or successors or any “group,” or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

 

  3.

Silver Lake Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering or through a broker’s transaction executed on any securities exchange or other over-the-counter market) directly from any Silver Lake Direct Transferee or any other Silver Lake Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

 

  4.

associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

 

  5.

business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

 

  (i)

any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section (B) of this Article X is not applicable to the surviving entity;

 

  (ii)

any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

 

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  (iii)

any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided, however, that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

 

  (iv)

any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

 

  (v)

any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i)-(iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

  6.

control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence

 

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  of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article X, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

 

  7.

interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder; and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided “interested stockholder” shall not include or be deemed to include, in any case, (a) Silver Lake, any Silver Lake Direct Transferee, any Silver Lake Indirect Transferee or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any “group,” or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation, provided that in the case of clause (b) such person shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

  8.

owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

 

  (i)

beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

 

  (ii)

has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person

 

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  shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

 

  (iii)

has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

 

  9.

person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

 

  10.

stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

 

  11.

voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference in this Article X to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

A. If any provision or provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

B. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the state or federal courts (as appropriate) located within the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty

 

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owed by any director, officer or other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, creditors or other constituents, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (as either may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI(B).

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This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective on June 25, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. (Eastern Time).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, First Advantage Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 24th day of June, 2021.

 

First Advantage Corporation
By:   /s/ Scott Staples
Name:   Scott Staples
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

EX-3.2 3 d12470dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

Offices

SECTION 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of First Advantage Corporation (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below). The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere (and may change the Corporation’s registered agent) as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Stockholders

SECTION 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that special meetings of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that with respect to any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the request of Silver Lake (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), the Board of Directors shall not postpone, reschedule or cancel such special meeting without the prior written consent of Silver Lake.

 

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SECTION 2.03 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) (with respect to nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors only), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04 of Article II of these Bylaws, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this Section 2.03 and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (d) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation 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 first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2021); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than seventy (70) days from the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice of on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee of the stockholder and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group that will (x) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with (x) the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholder’s and/or (y) the beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, “proponent persons”); and (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including without limitation any contract to purchase or sell, acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell, swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or

 

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decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03 of these Bylaws) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the date prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules.

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) as provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) provided that the Board of Directors (or Silver Lake pursuant to Section B of Article VIII of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such matters, who (subject to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such special meeting. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to fill any vacancy or newly created

 

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directorship on the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which the Corporation first makes a public announcement of the date of the special meeting at which directors are to be elected. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic

 

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transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(2) Whenever used in these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation, provided such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire or PR Newswire or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news sites, or (b) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, for as long as the Stockholders’ Agreement remains in effect, Silver Lake shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time 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, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed or transmitted electronically by the Secretary of the Corporation to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the 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 vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

 

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SECTION 2.05 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

SECTION 2.06 Voting. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder that has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided under Section 212(c) of the DGCL or as otherwise provided under applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

SECTION 2.07 Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or disability or refusal to act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (the “Chief Executive Officer”), or in the absence, disability or refusal to act of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.08 Secretary of Meetings. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence or disability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary at such meetings.

 

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SECTION 2.09 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. 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 only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 2.10 Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.11 Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(A) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(B) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided, that

(1) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

(2) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

(3) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 2.12 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

SECTION 2.13 Delivery to the Corporation. Whenever Section 2.03 this Article II requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) other than any party to the Stockholders’ Agreement to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), except as otherwise requested or consented to by the Corporation, such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered.

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

SECTION 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

SECTION 3.02 Number and Term; Chairman. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders’ Agreement, the number of directors shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting, and the term of each director so elected shall be as set forth

 

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in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (if the Chief Executive Officer is a director and is not also the Chairman of the Board of Directors) shall preside at such meeting, and, if the Chief Executive Officer is not present at such meeting or is not a director, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one of their members to preside over such meeting.

SECTION 3.03 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect at the time or upon the happening of any event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

SECTION 3.04 Removal. Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders’ Agreement and applicable law.

SECTION 3.05 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law and subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 3.06 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or as provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation if directed by the Board of Directors and shall be at such places and times as they or he or she shall fix. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may also be called by Silver Lake at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, and shall be at such places and times as Silver Lake shall fix. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least twenty four (24) hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

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SECTION 3.07 Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Notice of such adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place of such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting so adjourned.

SECTION 3.08 Committees; Committee Rules. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, including but not limited to an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Governance Committee, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation subject to the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

SECTION 3.09 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents, or electronic transmission or transmissions, shall be filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

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SECTION 3.10 Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.11 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

SECTION 3.12 Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

SECTION 4.01 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a principal accounting officer and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect the President, one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, a Chief Financial Officer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 4.02 Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more officers called a Vice Chairman, each of whom does not need to be a member of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.03 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, who may also be the President, subject to the determination of the Board of Directors, shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such

 

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properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities or that are delegated to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board of Directors or in the absence or inability of the person elected to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors to act as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, but only if the Chief Executive Officer is a director of the Corporation.

SECTION 4.04 President and Vice Presidents. The President and each Vice President, if any are appointed, of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any is appointed, shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. The Chief Financial Officer shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

In addition, the Chief Financial Officer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.06 Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books, and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required. The Secretary shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.07 Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are appointed, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 4.08 Corporate Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.09 Contracts and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary, or such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific authority in the premises by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, shall have power to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances and contracts, and any and all other documents requiring execution by the Corporation.

SECTION 4.10 Ownership of Stock of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation.

SECTION 4.11 Delegation of Duties. In the absence, disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

SECTION 4.12 Resignation and Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03 of these Bylaws.

SECTION 4.13 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

ARTICLE V

Stock

SECTION 5.01 Shares With Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate

 

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signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation (it being understood that each of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary and an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall be an authorized officer for such purpose). Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile or other electronic signature as permitted by applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars.

SECTION 5.02 Shares Without Certificates. If the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 5.03 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and in these Bylaws, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with any procedures adopted by the Corporation or its agents and applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated shares requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Corporation shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

 

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SECTION 5.05 List of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting, or (b) 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 of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the 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. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 5.06 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(A) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

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(B) 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 entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(C) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action g without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (a) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (b) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

SECTION 5.07 Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation 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.

ARTICLE VI

Notice and Waiver of Notice

SECTION 6.01 Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and if given by any other form, including any form of electronic transmission, permitted by the DGCL, shall be deemed given as provided in the DGCL. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

SECTION 6.02 Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance 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.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Indemnification

SECTION 7.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any 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 an officer of the Corporation or, while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, if permitted, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such 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 of Directors.

Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article VII shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Corporation appointed pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, and to any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, but not an officer thereof as described in the preceding sentence, has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be such an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, such an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article VII.

 

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SECTION 7.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VII (which shall be governed by Section 7.03 (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, 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 solely upon delivery to the Corporation 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 by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 or otherwise.

SECTION 7.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.01 or 7.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) 60 days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation or (b) 30 days after a claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL, and 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 adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including by 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 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, be a

 

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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 brought 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 VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

SECTION 7.04 Indemnification Not Exclusive.

(A) The provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

 

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(B) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws of the Corporation (or any other agreement between the Corporation and such persons, including the Stockholders’ Agreement, as applicable) in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Article VII, irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Any obligation on the part of any indemnitee-related entities to indemnify or advance expenses to any indemnitee shall be secondary to the Corporation’s obligation and shall be reduced by any amount that the indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement from the Corporation. The Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the indemnitee-related entities from any and all claims it may have against the indemnitee-related entities for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, entitled to enforce this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII.

For purposes of this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(2) The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the indemnitee-related entities and the Corporation pursuant to Delaware law, any agreement or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

 

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SECTION 7.05 Corporate Obligations; Reliance. The rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Article VII shall vest at the time a person becomes a director or officer of the Corporation and shall be deemed to create a binding contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation to the persons who from time to time are elected as officers or directors of the Corporation, and such persons in acting in their capacities as officers or directors of the Corporation or any subsidiary shall be entitled to rely on such provisions of this Article VII without giving notice thereof to the Corporation. Such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

SECTION 7.06 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and 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 7.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 8.01 Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

SECTION 8.02 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Chief Financial Officer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

 

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SECTION 8.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year, or such other day as the Board of Directors may designate.

SECTION 8.04 Section Headings. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

SECTION 8.05 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE IX

Amendments

SECTION 9.01 Amendments. The Board of Directors is authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation. For so long as Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), by these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, at any time when Silver Lake beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 6623% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, this Section 9.01) or to adopt any provision inconsistent herewith.

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EX-10.1 4 d12470dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

of

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION

Dated as of June 25, 2021

 

 


STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

OF

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION

THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 25, 2021 by and among FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the stockholders of the Company whose name appears on the signature pages hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and collectively, the “Stockholders”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Stockholders were a party to that certain Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “LPA”) of Fastball Holdco, L.P., the direct parent of the Company (the “Partnership”);

WHEREAS, Section 2.9 and Section 10.4 of the LPA permit an amendment, modification or waiver of the LPA in accordance with the terms set forth therein;

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of the Company’s Common Stock, the Partnership will undertake an IPO Conversion (as defined in the LPA) and the Stockholders will receive shares of Common Stock or, in the case of certain Management Stockholders, options convertible into Common Stock and/or restricted stock awards, of the Company in respect of, in exchange for or upon redemption of their partnership units in the Partnership, or otherwise in connection with such IPO Conversion (such shares of Common Stock, options and restricted stock awards, collectively, the “Distributed Securities”);

WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the date of completion of the IPO, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement that governs certain of their rights, duties and obligations with respect to their ownership of Equity Securities after the closing of the IPO; and

WHEREAS, the Stockholders’ signatures to this Agreement constitute the written consent required under the LPA, and this Agreement shall amend, restate and replace the rights, duties and obligations of Partners under the LPA.


AGREEMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree hereto as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL.

1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

(a) “Additional Stockholder” means a stockholder added to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.12.

(b) “Affiliate” means (i) with respect to any Person (other than a Stockholder), an “affiliate” as defined in Rule 405 of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, and (ii) with respect to a Stockholder, an “affiliate” as defined in Rule 405 of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act and any investment fund, vehicle or holding company of which such Stockholder or an Affiliate of such Stockholder serves as the general partner, managing member or discretionary manager or advisor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) an Affiliate of a Stockholder shall not include any Portfolio Company of such Stockholder or any limited partners of such Stockholder and (y) a Stockholder or any of its Affiliates shall not be considered an Affiliate of the other Stockholders solely by virtue of this Agreement .

(c) “Applicable Exchange” means the primary stock exchange, including without limitation the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, upon which the Common Stock is listed, as determined by the Company.

(d) “Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located in New York, New York, Atlanta, Georgia or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close.

(f) “Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the terms of the Charter and the terms of this Agreement.

(g) “Catch-Up Amount” means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, as of the date of calculation, (i) the number of shares of Equity Securities equal to (A) the number of issued and outstanding shares of Equity Securities held by such Holder immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Equity Securities Transferred by the Silver Lake Group (other than to another member of the Silver Lake Group) from time to time prior to the date of calculation, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Equity Securities held by the Silver Lake Group immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, less (ii) the number of shares of Equity Securities held by such Holder immediately prior to the closing of the IPO that have been Transferred by such Holder (rounded down to the nearest full share); provided, that with respect to Management Stockholders who had sold shares of Common Stock in the IPO, the Catch-Up Amount shall be calculated with respect to the number of issued and outstanding shares of Equity Securities held by such Holder and the Silver Lake Transferee Group immediately following the closing of


the IPO and Transferred by such Holder and the Silver Lake Transferee Group since the closing of the IPO. In the event that a Management Stockholder Transfers all or a portion of its shares of Equity Securities pursuant to one or more Permitted Transfers, such Management Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees shall be deemed to constitute a single Holder for purposes of calculating the Catch-Up Amount.

(h) “Change in Control” means (i) the sale, lease or other disposition in a transaction or series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Person that is not the Silver Lake Group (or any member(s) thereof) or a Silver Lake Affiliate or (ii) an acquisition of the Company by another Person by stock sale, consolidation, merger or other reorganization in a transaction or series of related transactions following which any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Silver Lake Group or any member(s) thereof, beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company; provided, that (x) a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company and (y) a stock sale, consolidation, merger or other reorganization in a transaction or series of related transactions with the Silver Lake Group (or any member(s) thereof) or a Silver Lake Affiliate shall not constitute a Change in Control.

(i) “Charter” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of this Agreement.

(j) “Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company.

(k) “Covered Person” means (ii) any director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who is also a director, officer, employee, managing director or other Affiliate of any Stockholder and (ii) Silver Lake and the Silver Lake Affiliates.

(l) “Demand Holder” means (i) each member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group and (ii) the Workday Investors.

(m) “Eligible Holder” means the Holders, other than any Holder that, immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, held only Class C LP Units (as defined in the LPA) of the Partnership.

(n) “Eligible Registration Statement” means any registration statement (other than (i) a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form or (ii) with respect to any corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act or other business combination or acquisition transaction, any registration statement related to the issuance or resale of securities issued in such a transaction) filed by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with any primary or secondary offering of Common Stock for the account of the Company and/or any stockholder of the Company, whether or not through the exercise of any registration rights.


(o) “Equity Securities” means (i) any Common Stock or preferred stock of the Company, (ii) any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, with or without consideration, any Common Stock or preferred stock of the Company (including any option to purchase such a security), (iii) any Common Stock underlying any security referred to in clause (ii), (iv) any security carrying any option, warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any Common Stock or preferred stock of the Company or other security referred to in clause (ii), or (v) any such option, warrant or right.

(p) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(q) “FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

(r) “Governmental Authority” means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) U.S. and other federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; or (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal).

(s) “Holder” means (i) each member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, (ii) any Management Stockholder and (iii) the Workday Investors.

(t) “Immediate Family” means with respect to an individual, any spouse, domestic partner designated in good faith by such individual, sibling, parent or child of such individual.

(u) “Initial Effective Time” means the date and time that the SEC declared effective the registration statement pursuant to which Common Stock was sold in the IPO.

(v) “Law means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter of a Governmental Authority.

(w) “Management Stockholders” mean the Stockholders listed on Exhibit A hereto and their Permitted Transferees.

(x) “Participation Effective Date” means the first Business Day after the Piggyback Holders receive notice from the Company pursuant to Section 3.3(a) hereof.

(y) “Permitted Transfer” means a Transfer by a Person that is (i) an individual Transferring to a trust or estate planning vehicle of such individual that is solely controlled by such individual and the beneficiaries of which are comprised solely of such individual and/or the members of the Immediate Family of such individual; provided, that


any such Transfer is for bona fide inheritance or estate planning purposes or (ii) a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group Transferring to any Person in a transaction or series of related transactions not involving a public offering unless the Silver Lake Transferee Group elects in writing not to deem such transferee to be a “Silver Lake Transferee” for purposes of this Agreement; provided, in each case, that the transferee (other than a transferee that already is party to this Agreement) will agree to be subject to the terms of this Agreement (subject to any limitation on the assignment of rights by such Person to the transferee in connection with such Transfer) by executing and delivering a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto (in the case of a Transfer by a Management Stockholder) or Exhibit B-2 hereto (in the case of a Transfer by any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group).

(z) “Permitted Transferee” shall mean any Person who acquires Equity Securities pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.

(aa) “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, trust, joint venture, government agency, or other entity.

(bb) “Plan Assets Regulations” means the United States Department of Labor Regulations published at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101.

(cc) “Portfolio Company” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a private equity sponsor, an operating company the voting stock of which is held, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one of its Affiliates.

(dd) “Register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement.

(ee) “Registrable Securities” means all Common Stock (including Common Stock issued in respect of stock options outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the IPO) and any securities into which Common Stock may be converted or exchanged pursuant to any merger, consolidation, sale of all or any part of the Company’s assets, corporate conversion or other extraordinary transaction of the Company held by any Holder or its Permitted Transferee, in each case, to the extent such Common Stock was owned by a Holder immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, other than any Common Stock or securities into which Common Stock may be converted or exchanged that (i) have been sold by a Person to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) become eligible to be sold by such Person pursuant to Rule 144 without being subject to the conditions set forth in Rule 144(e), (f) and (h) and such Holder and its Affiliates beneficially own less than 2% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, (iii) shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under Article 3 of this Agreement are not assigned.


(ff) “Registration Expenses” means all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.7 hereof, including, without limitation, (i) all SEC and other registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses with respect to (A) filings required to be made with FINRA and (B) securities or Blue Sky laws, including, without limitation, any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with any filing and application made to or with (and clearance by) FINRA and any Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3.7(d)), (ii) preparation, printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of a single counsel for all Holders participating in such registration, which counsel shall be selected by the Company unless specified by such Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by all such Holders participating in such registration (such counsel, “Stockholder Counsel”), including the expenses associated with the delivery of any opinions on behalf of such Holders, (v) expenses incurred in connection with roadshows related to registered offerings made pursuant to Article 3, including, without limitation, expenses related to any presentations but excluding the travel and lodging expenses of representatives of the underwriters, (vi) fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants and any other persons, including special experts retained by the Company, (vii) expenses related to any special audits incident to or required by any such registration, in each case, whether or not any Eligible Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective, (viii) all fees and expenses related to the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange and (ix) all internal expenses of the Company, including the compensation of officers and employees of the Company and the fees and expenses in connection with any annual audit. For the avoidance of doubt, any Selling Expenses in connection with any registration, sale or distribution of Registrable Securities shall be borne by such Holder and not by the Company.

(gg) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

(hh) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(ii) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(jj) “Selling Expenses” means (i) all underwriting fees and selling commissions relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities and (ii) all taxes (including capital gains, income, stamp, transfer or similar taxes or duties), if any, on the transfer and sale, respectively, of the Registrable Securities being sold.

(kk) “Silver Lake” means SLP Fastball Aggregator, L.P. and its affiliated management companies and investment vehicles.

(ll) “Silver Lake Affiliate” means any other Person with regard to which Silver Lake, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is commonly controlled. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” shall mean the power to direct the principal business management and activities of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with any voting trust, proxy arrangement or similar device), or otherwise.


(mm) “Silver Lake Group” means Silver Lake and each and every direct and indirect transferee of Silver Lake pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Transfer.” Unless the Company is otherwise notified in writing by Silver Lake, Silver Lake shall at all times serve as the designated representative to act on behalf of the Silver Lake Group for purposes of this Agreement and shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Silver Lake Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that if Silver Lake chooses to cease to serve as the designated representative of the Silver Lake Group, then Silver Lake or, in the absence of Silver Lake doing so, a majority in interest of the members of the Silver Lake Group at such time shall designate and appoint one member of the Silver Lake Group to serve as the designated representative of the Silver Lake Group for purposes of this Agreement, which designee (and any successor thereafter designated and appointed) shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Silver Lake Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement. The Company and the Stockholders shall be entitled to rely on all actions taken by Silver Lake or such designee on behalf of the Silver Lake Group.

(nn) “Silver Lake Transferee” means each and every direct and indirect transferee of Silver Lake (including transferees of shares from any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group so long as such shares were originally held by Silver Lake immediately prior to the closing of the IPO) pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Transfer” other than a Person the Silver Lake Transferee Group elects in writing not to be a Silver Lake Transferee pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee.”

(oo) “Silver Lake Transferee Group” means the Silver Lake Group and each and every Silver Lake Transferee. Unless the Company is otherwise notified in writing by Silver Lake, Silver Lake shall at all times serve as the designated representative to act on behalf of the Silver Lake Transferee Group for purposes of this Agreement and shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Silver Lake Transferee Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that if Silver Lake chooses to cease to serve as the designated representative of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, then Silver Lake or, in the absence of Silver Lake doing so, a majority in interest of the members of the Silver Lake Transferee Group at such time shall designate and appoint one member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group to serve as the designated representative of the Silver Lake Transferee Group for purposes of this Agreement, which designee (and any successor thereafter designated and appointed) shall have the sole power and authority to bind the Silver Lake Transferee Group with respect to all provisions of this Agreement. The Company and the Stockholders shall be entitled to rely on all actions taken by Silver Lake or such designee on behalf of the Silver Lake Transferee Group.


(pp) “Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing member, general partner or analogous controlling Person of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity.

(qq) “Threshold Amount” means, with respect to a Holder (other than the Workday Investors) at any time, the number of Registrable Securities held at such time by such Holder multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Registrable Securities being sold by the Silver Lake Transferee Group pursuant to the relevant Eligible Registration Statement and the denominator is the number of Registrable Securities held by the Silver Lake Transferee Group at such time (rounded down to the nearest full share).

(rr) “Transfer” means any sale, assignment, encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, transfer by request, devise or descent, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, including, but not limited to, transfers to receivers, levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors, whether voluntary or by operation of Law, directly or indirectly, of any Equity Securities.

(ss) “Workday Investors” means (i) Workday, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (ii) any of its Affiliates and (iii) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity, all of the equity of which is owned and controlled by the foregoing.

1.2 Rules of Construction. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement, and words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(b) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

(c) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement;

(d) “or” is not exclusive;


(e) “including” means including without limitation;

(f) references to numbers of shares in this Agreement, including the calculation of the number of Registrable Shares and the Catch-Up Amount, shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other recapitalization or reclassification of shares by the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement; and

(g) references to Equity Securities held by any Holder shall include all Distributed Securities received by such Holder.

ARTICLE 2. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

2.1 Election of Directors. The Silver Lake Transferee Group shall (i) have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of individuals equal to the percentage of the issued and outstanding Common Stock owned by the Silver Lake Transferee Group multiplied by the total number of directors of the Board (rounded up to the nearest whole number) and (ii) have the right to increase or decrease the size of the Board, subject to any limitations on Board size contained in the Company’s Charter or Bylaws then in effect.

2.2 Replacement of Directors. For so long as the Silver Lake Transferee Group has the right to nominate any person for appointment or election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1, in the event that a vacancy is created at any time, whether by the expansion of the Board, by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of such director or otherwise, the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall have the right to nominate any person for appointment or election to the Board to fill such vacancy or to designate a replacement (who shall meet all qualifications required by the Company’s written policies) to fill such vacancy, as the case may be.

2.3 Director Independence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.1, if the Company ceases to qualify as a “controlled company” (or such similar term) under the rules of the Applicable Exchange (or the rules of any other exchange on which the Common Stock is listed), the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall, if necessary, within one (1) year after the Company ceases to qualify as such, cause a sufficient number of their respective designees to qualify as “independent directors” under such rules to ensure that the Board complies with applicable independence rules. To the extent permitted by the Company’s Charter then in effect, the Company shall be permitted, if necessary, and the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall take all reasonably necessary actions within its control, to increase the number of authorized directors and cause the newly created directorships resulting therefrom to be filled so as to comply with applicable independence rules.

2.4 Necessary Actions. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable Law or the Company’s Charter or Bylaws then in effect, the Company shall take all necessary actions within its control (including calling special Board and stockholders meetings) and use its reasonable best efforts to cause each such nominee or designee to the Board that is permitted to be nominated or designated in accordance with Section 2.1 or 2.2 to be (x) included in the Board’s slate of nominees to the stockholders of the Company for each election of directors (to the extent


that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and (y) included in the proxy statement (if any) prepared by the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect to the election of members of the Board. Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, the Company shall not take any action to cause the removal without cause of any such director nominated or designated by the Silver Lake Transferee Group in accordance with Section 2.1 or 2.2, unless it is directed to do so by the Silver Lake Transferee Group.

2.5 Withdrawal of Nominees or Designees. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 2, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be nominated for election to the Board (or to be included in the Board’s slate of nominees to the Company’s stockholders or any proxy statement prepared by the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election of members of the Board) or recommend to the Company’s stockholders the election of any nominee or designee in the event that (i) the Board determines in good faith, based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel, that such action would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties or (ii) the Company objects to such nominee or designee because such nominee or designee has been involved in any of the events enumerated in Item 2(d) or (e) of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act or such person is currently the target of an investigation by any governmental authority or agency relating to felonious criminal activity or is subject to any order, decree, or judgment of any court or agency prohibiting service as a director of any public company or providing investment or financial advisory services. In the event of any such non-approval, the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall withdraw the nomination or designation of such proposed nominee or designee and specify a replacement therefor (which replacement nominee or designee shall also be subject to the requirements of this Section 2.5). The Company shall promptly notify the Silver Lake Transferee Group in writing of any objection to a nominee or designee in advance of the date on which proxy materials are mailed by the Company in connection with such election of directors, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to enable such Person to promptly propose a replacement nominee or designee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.6 Resignation. If the Silver Lake Transferee Group Transfers Common Stock such that it would be entitled to designate a lesser number of directors pursuant to Section 2.1 than it has so designated at such time, the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such number of its director nominees and/or designees to offer to resign as a director effective as of the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders so that the number of its director nominees and designees, as of such meeting and assuming the acceptance of such resignation, would not exceed the number it is entitled to pursuant to Section 2.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Board shall be required to accept any such resignation.

2.7 Committees. For so long as the Silver Lake Transferee Group has the right to designate at least one (1) director to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1, the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate, with respect to any committee of the Board, a number of individuals equal to the percentage of the issued and


outstanding Common Stock owned by the Silver Lake Transferee Group multiplied by the total number of directors of such committee (rounded up to the nearest whole number); provided, that the right of any director to serve on a committee shall be subject to applicable Law and the Company’s obligation to comply with any applicable independence requirements of the Applicable Exchange.

2.8 Consent Rights. For so long as the Silver Lake Transferee Group and their Affiliates collectively beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock equal to at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the IPO, the following actions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall require the approval, in addition to any approval by the stockholders of the Company or the Board’s approval (or the approval of the required governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company), of the Silver Lake Transferee Group:

(a) entering into or effecting a Change in Control;

(b) entering into, or materially amending, any agreement providing for the acquisition or divestiture of assets or Equity Securities of any Person, in each case providing for aggregate consideration in excess of $100 million;

(c) entering into, or materially amending, any joint venture or similar business alliance having a fair market value as of the date of formation thereof (as reasonably determined by the Board) in excess of $100 million;

(d) issuing, or materially amending the terms of, Equity Securities, other than issuances made under or pursuant to the First Advantage Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the First Advantage Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and such other equity incentive plans that have been duly approved and adopted by stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock of the Company;

(e) incurring indebtedness for borrowed money (including through capital leases, incurrence of loans, issuance of debt securities or guarantee of indebtedness of another Person) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100 million or materially amending the terms thereof, other than (x) the incurrence of trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility (or amendments, extensions, or replacements thereof); provided, that the initial entry into the revolving credit facility and any increase in borrowing capacity thereunder shall be subject to approval as set forth in this Section;

(f) increasing or reducing the size of the Board of the Company;

(g) initiating any liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding involving the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries;

(h) terminating the employment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or hiring a new Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and


(i) making any material change in the nature of the business conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

2.9 Permitted Disclosure. Each Board nominee and designee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group is permitted to disclose confidential, non-public information about the Company and its Affiliates (including any materials received in their capacities as members of a Board or committee of the Company or any Subsidiary) that he or she receives as a result of being a director of the Board with the Silver Lake Affiliates and their respective Affiliates, limited partners, members and direct and indirect investors, in each case, on a confidential basis, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Delaware law.

2.10 Trading Policies. For so long a designee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group is serving or participating on the Board, (i) the Company shall not implement or maintain any trading policy, equity ownership guidelines (including with respect to the use of Rule 10b5-1 plans and preclearance or notification to the Company of any trades in the Company’s securities) or similar guideline or policy with respect to the trading of securities of the Company that applies to any Stockholder in its capacity as such or any Stockholder’s Affiliates (including a policy that limits, prohibits, or restricts any Stockholder or its Affiliates from entering into any hedging or derivative arrangements), in each case other than any director designee of such Stockholder (including a designee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group) solely in his or her individual capacity, (ii) any share ownership requirement for a designee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group serving on the Board will be deemed satisfied by the securities owned by Silver Lake and/or its Affiliates and under no circumstances shall any of such policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines impose any restrictions on the transfers of securities by Silver Lake or its Affiliates and (iii) under no circumstances shall any policy, procedure, code, rule, standard or guideline applicable to the Board be violated by a designee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group (x) accepting an invitation to serve on another board of directors of a company whose principal lines(s) of business do not compete with the principal line(s) of business of the Company or failing to notify an officer or director of the Company prior to doing so, (y) receiving compensation from Silver Lake or its Affiliates, or (z) failing to offer his or her resignation from the Board except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, and, in each case of (i), (ii) and (iii), it is agreed that any such policies in effect from time to time that purport to impose terms inconsistent with this Section 2.10 shall not apply to the extent inconsistent with this Section 2.10.

ARTICLE 3. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER; REGISTRATION.

3.1 Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) Until the earliest of (A) the eighteen (18)-month anniversary of the closing of the IPO (subject to any applicable lock-up periods with the underwriters with respect thereto or any other applicable lock-up or similar agreements by which such Management Stockholder is bound), (B) the first date following the IPO as of which the Silver Lake Group holds, in the aggregate, less than 25% of all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company and (C) a Change of Control where the consideration paid includes, in whole or in part, publicly traded securities (such period, the “Restricted Period”), each Management Stockholder hereby agrees with the Company not to make any Transfer of all or any portion of any Equity Securities held by such Management Stockholder immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, except:

(i) in a Permitted Transfer;


(ii) Transfers approved by the Board (such approval being in the sole discretion of the Board);

(iii) Transfers to the Company or its designee;

(iv) Transfers pursuant to Rule 144 or any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act not to exceed, in the aggregate, the Catch-Up Amount with respect to such Management Stockholder; or

(v) in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 (Piggyback Rights) or Section 3.4 (Form S-3 Registration; Shelf Take-Down) of this Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.1(a), each Holder agrees with the Company that it will not effect any Transfer of Equity Securities unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, in either case, in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and all applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The Company agrees, and each Holder understands and consents, that the Company will not take any action to cause or permit the Transfer of any Equity Securities to be made on its books (or on any register of securities maintained on its behalf) unless the Transfer is permitted by and has been made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable securities laws. Each Holder agrees that in connection with any Transfer of Equity Securities that is not made pursuant to a registration statement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, request an opinion, certifications and other information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company stating that such transaction is exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

(c)

(i) Subject to Section 4.5, each certificate representing Equity Securities held by a Holder that is subject to the provisions of this Agreement shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws) or if held in electronic form, shall be held in an account by the Company’s stock transfer agent subject to restrictions on Transfer substantially consistent with the following legend, which shall be furnished in accordance with applicable Law:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS


AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER, , SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO RECEIVE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY STATING THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY.

(ii) Each certificate representing Equity Securities held by a Management Stockholder that is subject to the provisions of this Agreement shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends substantially similar to the following or if held in electronic form, shall be held in an account by the Company’s stock transfer agent subject to restrictions on Transfer substantially consistent with the following legend:

THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 25, 2021, AMONG THE STOCKHOLDER, THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY (AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED AND IN EFFECT FROM TIME TO TIME). NO SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

(d) The Holders acknowledge and agree that any Transfer of the limited liability company interests, partnership interests, shares or other similar equity interests in a Holder or a parent entity of such Holder will be deemed to constitute a Transfer of Equity Securities, and any proposed Transfer of all or any portion of any such interests in a Holder or a parent entity of such Holder shall be subject to compliance with the terms of this Agreement as such terms apply to a Holder.

(e) In the event that a Stockholder Transfers any Equity Securities in contravention of this Section 3.1, such Transfer shall be null and void, and the Company agrees it will not take any action to effect such a Transfer nor will it treat any alleged transferee as the holder of such Equity Securities.


(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, there is no limit or restriction, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to impose any such limit or restriction, on the ability of any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group or the Workday Investors to Transfer its Equity Securities or its rights under this Agreement.

3.2 Demand Registration.

(a) If the Company shall receive a written request (a “Demand Request”) from any Demand Holder that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities owned by such Demand Holder, then the Company shall, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.2, effect, as expeditiously as reasonably possible, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the date such Demand Request is received, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof that the Demand Holder, and any Piggyback Holders pursuant to their rights under Section 3.3, request to be registered, subject to the provisions of Section 3.2(c). The Silver Lake Transferee Group shall have the right to make an unlimited number of Demand Requests.

(b) If the Demand Holder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request by means of an underwritten public offering, it shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 3.2 or any request pursuant to Section 3.4. In connection with a Demand Request, Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by all Demand Holders in respect of the related offering shall have the right to select the investment bank or banks and managers to administer such offering, including the lead managing underwriter; provided, that if such Holders decline to exercise such right, the Company shall select the investment bank or banks and managers to administer the offering, but the Demand Holder shall continue to have such right pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) in any subsequent underwritten public offering.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to effect a registration pursuant to Section 3.2 unless the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Demand Holder, together with the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by any Piggyback Holders pursuant to Section 3.3, are reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds (without regard to any underwriting discount or commission) in excess of (x) fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in the case of a registration on Form S-1 or any similar or successor long-form registration or (y) twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in the case of a registration on Form S-3 or any similar or successor short-form registration.

3.3 Piggyback Registrations.

(a) Notification. The Company shall notify the Eligible Holders of Registrable Securities (unless such Eligible Holder has demanded such registration pursuant to Section 3.2) (collectively, the “Piggyback Holders”) in writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the initial public filing of any Eligible Registration Statement. Such notice from the Company shall,


to the extent known, state the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities included in such Eligible Registration Statement. The Company shall afford (i) each such Piggyback Holder the opportunity to include in such Eligible Registration Statement up to the Threshold Amount of Registrable Securities provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt and subject to Section 3.3(c) below, the amount of Registrable Securities that Workday Investors may include in such shelf registration statement shall not be limited to the Threshold Amount, and (ii) each member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, to the extent shares of such Holder are not included in the Demand Request or if the registration is not being made pursuant to Section 3.2, the opportunity to include in such Eligible Registration Statement such number of Registrable Securities as they request. Each Piggyback Holder desiring to include Registrable Securities held by it in any such Eligible Registration Statement shall within one (1) Business Day after the above-described notice from the Company so notify the Company in writing. Any notice from a Piggyback Holder shall (i) specify the amount of Registrable Securities (up to the Threshold Amount, if applicable) that such Piggyback Holder would like to include in such Eligible Registration Statement and (ii) include the agreement of such Piggyback Holder to participate in any related underwritten offering on the same terms as the other participating Holders and shall be irrevocable unless the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in such registration) or, in the event of a Company-initiated registration, the Company, agrees in writing that it may be withdrawn; provided, that such notice to participate shall terminate on the date that is six (6) months after the Participation Effective Date if the related offering has not been consummated prior to such date. Upon such written notice from a Piggyback Holder, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which such Piggyback Holder has requested to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3. If a Piggyback Holder decides not to or is unable to include all of its Registrable Securities in any Eligible Registration Statement filed by the Company, such Piggyback Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include Registrable Securities in any subsequent Eligible Registration Statement as may be filed by the Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless the Catch Up Amount for a Management Stockholder is more than zero, such Management Stockholder shall not be permitted to exercise piggyback rights described in this Section 3.3 unless a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group is registering and selling Registrable Securities in such transaction.

(b) Underwriting. If the Eligible Registration Statement under which the Company gives notice under this Section 3.3 is for an underwritten offering, the Company shall so advise the Piggyback Holders. In such event, unless otherwise consented to by the Silver Lake Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in such registration), the right of any such Piggyback Holder to be included in an Eligible Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be conditioned upon such Piggyback Holder’s participation in such underwriting by executing and delivering a custody agreement and power of attorney in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in such registration) with respect to such Registrable Securities (the “Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney”). The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney will provide, among other things, that (i) the Piggyback Holder will, to the extent applicable, deliver to and deposit in custody with the custodian and attorney-in-fact named therein one or more certificates representing such Registrable Securities,


accompanied by duly executed stock powers in blank, and irrevocably appoint said custodian and attorney-in-fact with full power and authority to act under the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney on such Piggyback Holder’s behalf with respect to the matters specified therein, including, but not limited to, the entry into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) in customary form with the underwriter(s) and the Company and such other documents and agreements reasonably required in connection with such registration or offering and (ii) the Piggyback Holder will perform its obligations under such Underwriting Agreement and any other agreement entered into in connection with such registration and/or offering. Such Piggyback Holder also agrees to execute such other documents and agreements as the Company or the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in such registration) may reasonably request to effect the provisions of this Section 3.3 and any transactions contemplated hereby.

(c) Priority on Piggyback Registrations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 3, if the lead managing underwriter or underwriters advise, in the case of a registration requested pursuant to Section 3.2, the Silver Lake Transferee Group and, in all other cases, the Company that marketing factors (including, but not limited to, an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation of the number of shares to be included in an underwritten offering (including Registrable Securities), then the Silver Lake Transferee Group or the Company, as the case may be, shall so advise all Piggyback Holders of Registrable Securities who have requested to participate in such offering, that (i) if the requested registration is pursuant to Section 3.2, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to the Silver Lake Transferee Group and the Piggyback Holders of such Registrable Securities who have duly requested shares to be included therein (whether pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.3) on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by the Silver Lake Transferee Group and all such Piggyback Holders, and (ii) if the requested registration is not pursuant to Section 3.2, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company for its own account and second to the Piggyback Holders who have duly requested shares to be included therein pursuant to Section 3.3 on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Piggyback Holders. For any Piggyback Holder which is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, the partners, members or stockholders, as applicable, of such Piggyback Holder, and the estates and Family Members of any such partners, members and stockholders and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing person(s) shall be deemed to be a single “Piggyback Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “Piggyback Holder” pursuant to Section 3.3(c) shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all Persons deemed to constitute such “Piggyback Holder” (as defined in this sentence).

3.4 Form S-3 Registration.

(a) If, at any time that the Company is eligible to effect a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form S-3), the Company shall receive a written request from the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form S-3) or any similar shelf registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities owned by the Silver Lake Transferee Group (or any member(s) thereof) or Workday Investors, as the case may be, then the Company shall, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.4, effect, as expeditiously as


reasonably possible, such requested registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, and any Piggyback Holders pursuant to their rights under Section 3.3, request to be so registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 3.4 if the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, together with the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by any Piggyback Holders pursuant to Section 3.3, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public of less than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000.00).

(b) Shelf Take-Downs. At any time that a shelf registration statement covering Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3.4 is effective or has been requested to be filed pursuant to Section 3.4(a), if the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to effect an underwritten offering of all or part of its Registrable Securities included on the shelf registration statement (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”) and stating the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Underwritten Offering, then the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the shelf registration statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Underwritten Offering. In connection with any Shelf Underwritten Offering, other than any such offering not involving a “roadshow”:

(i) the Company shall, within one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof from the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, also deliver the Take-Down Notice to the other Eligible Holders of Registrable Securities that have been included on such shelf registration statement and permit such Holders to include up to the Threshold Amount of their Registrable Securities included on the shelf registration statement in the Shelf Underwritten Offering if such Holder notifies the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, and the Company within one (1) Business Day after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Holder; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt and subject to clause (ii) below, the amount of Registrable Securities that Workday Investors may include in such shelf registration statement shall not be limited to the Threshold Amount; and

(ii) in the event that the lead managing underwriter or the underwriters advise the Silver Lake Transferee Group or Workday Investors, as the case may be, that marketing factors (including, but not limited to, an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation on the number of shares to be included in such Shelf Underwritten Offering, then the Silver Lake Transferee Group, Workday Investors or the Company, as the case may be, shall so advise all Eligible Holders of Registrable Securities who have requested to participate in such Shelf Underwritten Offering and the shares to be included in such Shelf Underwritten Offering shall be determined in the same manner as described in Section 3.3(c) with respect to a limitation of shares to be included in a registration.


(c) Workday Investors shall have the right to make only one request pursuant to Section 3.4(a) and Section 3.4(b) in the aggregate; provided that such limitation shall not apply to any request that is made by the Workday Investors that does not result in the registration of all Registrable Securities described in the applicable written request, or which is terminated pursuant to Section 3.5(a), not maintained effective as required pursuant to Section 3.5(b), or postponed or suspended pursuant to Section 3.5(c) without the prior consent of the Workday Investors.

3.5 Termination, Effectiveness, Postponement and Suspension of Registration.

(a) Right to Terminate Registration. If the Silver Lake Transferee Group determines for any reason not to proceed with any proposed registration requested pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.4, the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall promptly notify the Company in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall withdraw or terminate such registration whether or not any Piggyback Holder has elected to include any Registrable Securities in such registration. In addition, the Company shall have the right to withdraw or terminate any proposed registration initiated by it, whether or not any Piggyback Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The Company shall promptly give notice of the withdrawal or termination of any registration, whether requested pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.4 or initiated by the Company, to any Piggyback Holder who has elected to participate in such registration. The Registration Expenses of any such withdrawn or terminated registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 3.6.

(b) Effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Eligible Registration Statement for a period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days (which such period shall be extended in accordance with Section 3.5(c)) after the effective date thereof or such shorter period during which all Registrable Securities included in such Eligible Registration Statement have actually been sold; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to keep a shelf registration statement continuously effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such shelf registration statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in such shelf registration statement or otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities and (ii) the date on which this Agreement terminates.

(c) Postponement or Suspension of Registration. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of an Eligible Registration Statement, including a shelf registration statement pursuant to Section 3.4, in respect of a registration pursuant to this Agreement at any time would require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Board (based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel) (a) would be required to be made in any registration statement so that such registration statement would not contain a material misstatement or omission, (b) would not be required by applicable Law or regulation to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Eligible Registration Statement and (c) would reasonably be expected to have a


material adverse effect on the Company or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such determination to the Holders participating in such registration, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, such Eligible Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be permitted to do so (x) more than two times during any twelve (12) month period or (y) for a period exceeding thirty (30) days (unless a longer period is consented to by the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in the registration)) on any one occasion (the “Suspension Period”). In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, such Holders agree to suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. If so requested by the Company, all Holders registering shares under such Eligible Registration Statement shall use their reasonable best efforts to deliver to the Company (at the Company’s request and expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holders’ possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. The Company agrees that, in the event it exercises its rights under this Section 3.5(c), it shall (i) promptly notify such Holders of the termination or expiration of any Suspension Period, (ii) within thirty (30) days after delivery of the notice referred to above (unless a longer period is consented to by the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in the registration)), resume the process of filing or request for effectiveness, or update the suspended registration statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to permit the Holders to offer and sell their Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable Law and (iii) if an Eligible Registration Statement that was already effective had been suspended as result of the exercise of such rights by the Company, promptly notify such Holders after the termination or expiration of any Suspension Period of the applicable time period during which the Eligible Registration Statement is to remain effective, which shall be extended by a period of time equal to the duration of the Suspension Period.

3.6 Expenses of Registration. Except as specifically provided herein, all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration under Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 herein shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder, shall be borne by the Holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number of securities sold in connection with such registration. For the avoidance of doubt, Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registration hereunder relating to securities sold by the Company shall be borne by the Company.

3.7 Obligations of the Company. If and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 herein, the Company shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:


(a) Prepare and file with the SEC an Eligible Registration Statement or Eligible Registration Statements on such form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof or by the Company in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and to remain effective as provided in Section 3.5(b).

(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Eligible Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Eligible Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the distribution of all securities covered by such Eligible Registration Statement for the period set forth in Section 3.5(b) above; provided, that before filing an Eligible Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, upon the request of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, the Company will (i) furnish to the Stockholder Counsel copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the reasonable review of the Stockholder Counsel, (ii) provide the Silver Lake Transferee Group and the Workday Investors (to the extent participating in such registration) reasonable opportunity to comment on the registration statement, prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, and (iii) make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Silver Lake Transferee Group and the Workday Investors (to the extent participating in such registration) available for discussion of such documents.

(c) Furnish without charge to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, the underwriters, if any, and the Stockholder Counsel, such number of copies of the Eligible Registration Statement (including all exhibits filed therewith, including any documents incorporated by reference) and the prospectus included in such registration statement, including a preliminary prospectus, summary prospectus and each amendment and supplement thereto, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the distribution of Registrable Securities owned by them. The Company hereby consents to the use of such prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto.

(d) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, the underwriters, if any, and the Stockholder Counsel and counsel for the underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of the securities covered by such Eligible Registration Statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by such Holders and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Eligible Registration Statement is required to be kept effective; provided, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business, subject itself to taxation or file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.


(e) Use its reasonable best efforts to (1) list such Registrable Securities on each national securities exchange on which such securities are then listed if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and (2) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement no later than the effective date of such registration statement.

(f) Enter into and perform its obligations under such customary agreements, including, in the event of any underwritten public offering, an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, which shall include, at the option of the Silver Lake Transferee Group (to the extent any member thereof is a participating Holder in the registration), indemnification and contribution provisions and procedures either substantially similar to those contained in the underwriting agreement used in the IPO or substantially to the effect set forth in Section 3.9 hereof, with the underwriter(s) of, and selling Holders of Registrable Securities participating in, such offering, and deliver customary certificates, in each case, in connection with such offering.

(g) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Eligible Registration Statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the Company’s becoming aware that the prospectus included in such Eligible Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement such prospectus in order to cause such prospectus not to include 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 therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing. Such notice shall notify such Holders only of the occurrence of such an event and shall not be required to provide additional information regarding such event to the extent such information would constitute material non-public information.

(h) Use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered, on the date that the underwriting agreement is entered into, letters, dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and any acquired entity for which financial statements are included or incorporated by reference in such registration statement, in form, substance and scope as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering with respect to such financial statements and certain financial information addressed to each of the underwriters, if any, and each of the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered (unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing such letters to Holders of Registrable Securities by applicable standards of the accounting profession).

(i) Use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the underwriters, if any, and, in the case of clause (2), the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (1) an opinion and a negative assurance


letter, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form, substance and scope as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering by counsel to the registrant, addressed to each of the underwriters, if any, and (2) bring-down comfort letters, dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and any acquired entity for which financial statements are included or incorporated by reference in such registration statement, in form, substance and scope as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering with respect to such financial statements and certain financial information addressed to each of the underwriters, if any, and each of the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered (unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing to Holders of Registrable Securities such letters by applicable standards of the accounting profession).

(j) Provide the Stockholder Counsel opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act and make available for inspection by any selling Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, by any underwriter participating in any distribution to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder of Registrable Securities or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees (and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its auditors) to supply all information reasonably requested by any such selling Holder of Registrable Securities, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration, including by causing senior management, with appropriate seniority and expertise (and using its reasonable best efforts to cause its auditors), to participate in customary due diligence sessions (subject to, if requested by the Company, each party referred to in this clause (j) entering into customary confidentiality agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this clause (j), to the extent, the Company reasonably believes, based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information. Without limiting the foregoing, no such information shall be used by such Person as the basis for any market transactions in securities of the Company in violation of Law.

(k) (i) Make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order as promptly as reasonably possible and (ii) notify the Stockholder Counsel and the managing underwriter or agent, immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of the issuance by the SEC of any such stop order or order, or the suspension of the qualification of the registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes.


(l) Use its reasonable best efforts (taking into account the Company’s business needs) to make available the executive officers of the Company to participate in any “road shows” that may be reasonably requested by the Silver Lake Transferee Group in connection with the distribution of Registrable Securities.

(m) Cooperate with each selling Holder of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the distribution of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

(n) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration and/or complete any related offering of the Registrable Securities as contemplated hereby (including furnishing to the underwriters such further certificates, opinions and documents as the underwriters may reasonably request).

3.8 Delay of Registration; Furnishing Information.

(a) No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration of Registrable Securities as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Article 3.

(b) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Sections 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 with respect to a selling Holder that such selling Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of distribution of such securities as required by Section 3.12 or as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company.

3.9 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in an Eligible Registration Statement under Sections 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4:

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by an Eligible Registration Statement or prospectus, the partners, members, directors and officers of such Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Non-Company Indemnified Parties”), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or suits, actions or proceedings in respect thereof) and reasonable documented expenses arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations by the Company: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Eligible Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein, including any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact


required to be stated therein (in the case of an Eligible Registration Statement only), or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any federal, state, foreign or common law, rule or regulation in connection with the offering covered by such Eligible Registration Statement (collectively, a “Violation”); and the Company will reimburse each such Non-Company Indemnified Party for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 3.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such Eligible Registration Statement by such Non-Company Indemnified Party.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each selling Holder of Registrable Securities will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) and any other Holder selling securities under such Eligible Registration Statement or any of such other Holder’s partners, members, directors or officers or any Person who controls such other Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which the Company or any such director, officer, employee, agent, representative, controlling person, underwriter or such other Holder, or partner, member, director, officer or controlling person of such other Holder may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or suits, actions or proceedings in respect thereof) and reasonable documented expenses arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Eligible Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein, including any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or related document or report, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of an Eligible Registration Statement only), or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances when they were made, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any federal,


state, foreign or common law, rule or regulation in connection with the offering covered by such Eligible Registration Statement (collectively, a “Holder Violation”), in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Holder Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such indemnifying Holder expressly for use in connection with such Eligible Registration Statement; and each such indemnifying Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, employee, agent, representative, controlling person, underwriter or other Holder, or partner, member, director, officer or controlling person of such other Holder in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if it is judicially determined that there was such a Holder Violation; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 3.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, suit, action or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of such indemnifying Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, further, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of indemnity payments made by an indemnifying Holder under this Section 3.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such indemnifying Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.9 (an “Indemnified Party”) of written notice of the commencement of any claim, damage, suit, action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation) being brought or asserted against it, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.9 (an “Indemnifying Party”), deliver to the Indemnifying Party a written notice of the commencement thereof; provided, that the failure of the Indemnified Party to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.9 except to the extent such failure has materially prejudiced the Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses). The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Indemnifying Party so desires, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party who has received a similar notice, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel relating to such proceeding, and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not, except as specified below, be liable to such Indemnified Party under paragraph (a) or (b) above, as the case may be, for any legal expenses of other counsel. In any such proceeding, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnified Party; provided the Indemnifying Party will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel if (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the Indemnifying Party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; (iii) the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying


Party and the Indemnified Party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel that is required to effectively defend against any such proceeding) for all Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed promptly. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 3.9 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable Law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by a court of Law by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, that in no event shall the aggregate amount of contribution payments by a Holder hereunder exceed the net proceeds from the offering made under such Eligible Registration Statement received by such Holder.

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.


(e) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 3.9 shall survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in an Eligible Registration Statement and the termination of this Agreement.

(f) The obligations of the parties under this Section 3.9 will be in addition to any liability, without duplication, which any party may otherwise have to any other party.

3.10 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, enter into any agreement or arrangement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would grant such Person registration rights that would have priority over, or that are equal in priority to, the Registrable Securities with respect to the inclusion of such securities in any registration. In the event registration rights are granted to any Person after the date of this Agreement, for purposes of this Agreement, such Person shall be deemed to have the rights and obligations of a Piggyback Holder and the provisions described in Section 3.3(c) with respect to a limitation of the number of shares to be included in a registration shall apply to such Person, who shall continue to be subject to the obligations and any limitations on such Person contained in any such agreement or arrangement granting such Person registration rights. In addition, in the event the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which the Equity Securities are converted into securities of another Person, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to make appropriate arrangements so that the registration rights provided under this Agreement continue to be provided by the issuer of such securities. To the extent such new issuer, or any other Person acquired by the Company in a merger or consolidation, was bound by registration rights that would conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to modify any such “inherited” registration rights so as not to interfere in any material respects with the rights provided under this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Silver Lake Transferee Group, which such modifications shall not adversely affect the Workday Investors in a manner different than the Silver Lake Transferee Group.

3.11 Market Stand-Off Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that, in connection with the IPO, such Holder shall not Transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale or other Transfer, any Equity Security held by such Holder (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representative(s) of the underwriters of the IPO not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date of the final prospectus for the IPO; provided that this restriction shall not apply to any pledge, hypothecation or granting of a security interest in any Equity Security by a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group to one or more financial institutions in a bona fide loan transaction, or the sale, transfer or other disposition by any such financial institution in exercising remedies thereunder, so long as the transferee of such Equity Securities agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.11. The Company may impose stop transfer instructions with respect to any Equity Security subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred and eighty (180) day or shorter period.


3.12 Agreement to Furnish Information. Each Holder agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the representative(s) of the underwriter(s) that are consistent with the Holder’s obligations under Section 3.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In addition, if requested by the Company or such representative(s), each Holder who has Registrable Securities to be included in an Eligible Registration Statement shall provide within one (1) Business Day of such request, such information relating to themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the registration and the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities as may be reasonably requested by the Company or such representative(s) in connection with the completion of any public offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to such Eligible Registration Statement. The underwriters of Registrable Securities are intended third-party beneficiaries of Sections 3.11 and 3.12 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.

3.13 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC, which may permit the sale of the shares of Common Stock to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to:

(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the Initial Effective Time; and

(b) file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after the Initial Effective Time.

Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with the foregoing requirements.

ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.

4.1 Books and Records; Access; Certain Reports.

(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books, records and accounts, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. For so long as the Silver Lake Transferee Group has the right to designate at least one (1) Director pursuant to Section 2.1, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, permit any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group and its designated representatives, at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to review the books and records of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Company or any of such Subsidiaries with the officers of the Company or any such Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this Section 4.1(a) to the extent, the Company reasonably believes, based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information.


(b) So long as the Silver Lake Transferee Group has the right to designate at least one (1) Director pursuant to Section 2.1, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Silver Lake Transferee Group at its request:

(i) to the extent otherwise prepared by the Company, operating and capital expenditure budgets and periodic information packages relating to the operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice; and

(ii) such other reports and information as may be reasonably requested by the Silver Lake Transferee Group;

provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this Section 4.1(b), to the extent, the Company reasonably believes, based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information.

4.2 Confidentiality. Each Holder agrees to keep confidential any information furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement that the Company identifies as being confidential or proprietary, and to use the same degree of care as such Holder uses to protect its own confidential information to keep such information confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Holder may disclose such proprietary or confidential information (i) to any directors, officers, employees, partners, members, subsidiaries, parent, agent and adviser (“Representatives”) of such Holder who have a reasonable need to know such information for the purpose of monitoring its investment in the Company as long as such Representative is advised of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 4.2; provided such Holder shall be responsible for the breach of this Section 4.2 by any such Representative; (ii) at such time as it enters the public domain through no fault of such Holder or its Representatives; (iii) that is developed by such Holder or its Representatives independently of and without reference to any confidential information communicated by the Company; (iv) solely with respect to members of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, any potential financing source and its respective representatives in connection with a financing transaction contemplated by Section 4.5, or (v) to the extent required by applicable Law or legal process, regulation or regulatory process, subpoena or the listing standards of any national securities exchange; provided however, that in the case of clause (v) (A) such Holder shall as promptly as practicable (and, if practicable and permitted by applicable Law, prior to disclosing such confidential information) notify the Company of the existence of, and basis for, such required disclosure and (B) if requested by the Company, such Holder shall reasonably cooperate with the Company (at the expense of the Company) in seeking to obtain a protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to the confidential information so disclosed. Each Holder agrees to use any information provided to it pursuant to this Agreement for the sole purpose of monitoring its investment in the Company and not to use such information as the basis for any market transactions in securities of the Company in violation of Law.


4.3 Directors Liability and Indemnification; Insurance.

(a) On and after the Initial Effective Time, the Company’s Charter and Bylaws shall provide (a) for elimination of the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Law and (b) for indemnification of directors for acts on behalf of the Company (including, without limitation, the advancement of expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in appearing at, participating in or defending any applicable proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses) to the maximum extent permitted by Law; provided however that except with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such director, the Company shall indemnify any such director in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such director only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(b) The Company shall at all times maintain a policy or policies of insurance providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Silver Lake Transferee Group.

4.4 Spin-Offs and Split-Offs. In the event that the Company effects the separation of any portion of its business into one or more entities (each, a “NewCo”), whether existing or newly formed, including without limitation by way of spin-off, split-off, carve-out, demerger, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, and any Stockholder will receive equity interests in any such NewCo as part of such separation, the Company shall cause any such NewCo to enter into a stockholders agreement with the Stockholders that provides the Stockholders with rights and obligations vis-á-vis such NewCo that are substantially identical to those set forth in this Agreement.

4.5 Pledges. Upon the request of any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group that wishes to pledge, hypothecate or grant security interests in any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by it including to banks or other financial institutions as collateral or security for loans, advances or extensions of credit, the Company will provide the following cooperation: (i) subject to applicable law, using reasonable efforts to remove any restrictive legends on certificates representing pledged Common Stock and depositing such pledged Common Stock in book entry form on the books of The Depository Trust Company when eligible to do so, (ii) if so requested by such lender or counterparty, as applicable, using commercially reasonable efforts to re-issue the pledged Common Stock in book entry form on the books of the Company’s transfer agent and/or the re-register the pledged Common Stock in the name of the relevant lender, counterparty, custodian or similar party, solely as securities intermediary and only to the extent a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group continues to beneficially own such pledged Common Stock, (iii) entering into an issuer agreement which agreement shall include, without limitation, agreements and obligations of the Company relating to procedures and specified time periods for effecting transfers upon foreclosure, agreements to not hinder or delay exercises of remedies on foreclosure, acknowledgments regarding corporate policy, if applicable, certain acknowledgments regarding securities law status of the pledge arrangements, with such changes as are reasonably requested by such lender and customary for similar financings and not inconsistent with the Company’s obligations under applicable law and (iv) such other cooperation and assistance as such member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group may reasonably request that will not unreasonably disrupt the operation of the Company’s business.


4.6 Company Cooperation in connection with Transfers by Members of the Silver Lake Transferee Group. In connection with a Transfer or proposed Transfer of Equity Securities by any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group and if requested by such member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate in such Transfer of Equity Securities, including, without limitation, by (i) providing such member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, any potential transferee in a Permitted Transfer and their respective Representatives opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation of the Company and making available for inspection all properties, facilities, material contracts and books and records, including financial statements, projections and accountants’ work papers of the Company, as well as access to the officers, management, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be required or requested in connection with such transaction, (ii) promptly furnishing to the transferor, transferee or acquiror and its or their advisors and representatives financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by the transferor and (iii) causing all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees (and using its reasonable best efforts to cause its auditors) to supply all information reasonably requested by Silver Lake Transferee Group and/or such Transferee and their respective Representatives in connection with such Transfer, including by causing senior management, with appropriate seniority and expertise (and using its reasonable best efforts to cause its auditors), to participate in customary meetings, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions in connection with any such Transfer (subject to, if requested by the Company, each party referred to in this Section 4.6 entering into customary confidentiality agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this Section 4.6 to the extent, the Company reasonably believes, based on the advice of reputable outside legal counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information. The Company shall assist the transferor and their advisors and/or representatives in the preparation and execution of any documents in connection with such sale or Transfer, each of subclauses (i) through (iii) to the extent reasonably requested and required for such sale or transfer to be effectuated, and agrees to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other representatives to provide, such cooperation as may reasonably be requested (including with respect to timeliness) in connection with and to assist in the structuring and/or facilitation of any such sale or Transfer. Without limiting the foregoing, no such information shall be used by such Person as the basis for any market transactions in securities of the Company in violation of Law.

4.7 Transfer Agent. Each Holder agrees to abide by the policies and procedures of the transfer agent, if any, appointed by the Company with respect to any Equity Securities.

4.8 Corporate Opportunity Waiver. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and subject to applicable legal requirements and any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, the Company agrees that the Covered Persons may, and shall have no duty not to, (i) invest in, carry on and conduct, whether directly,


or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any person, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Company or its Affiliates, and/or (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Company may make investments; provided, however, that no Covered Person may invest or make investments in any business on the basis of confidential information it has received from the Company or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company (for itself and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) hereby renounces any interest or expectancy to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim that such Covered Person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business or investment. In the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person and (y) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL or any other applicable law in the event that the applicable entity is not incorporated, formed or organized as a corporation in the State of Delaware, the Company (for itself and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing stating that such offer is being provided to such Covered Person solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company and such corporate opportunity is intended solely for the benefit of the Company, and waives any claim against each Covered Person and shall indemnify a Covered Person against any claim, that such Covered Person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other Person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company; provided, however, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person in writing stating that such offer is being provided to such Covered Person solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company and such corporate opportunity is intended solely for the benefit of the Company shall belong to the Company. The Company shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in this provision, except to the extent that a Covered Person is determined by a final, non-appealable order of a Delaware court having competent jurisdiction (or any other judgment which is not appealed in the applicable time) to have breached this Section 4.8, in which case any such advanced expenses shall be promptly reimbursed to the Company.


4.9 Section 16 Matters. If the Company becomes a party to a consolidation, merger or other similar transaction, or if the Company reasonably believes there is otherwise any event or circumstance that may result in Silver Lake, any Silver Lake Affiliate and/or any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group being deemed to have made a disposition or acquisition of equity securities of the Company or derivatives thereof for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and if one or more designees of the Silver Lake Transferee Group is serving or participating on the Board at such time or has served on the Board during the preceding six months, then upon request of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, (i) the Board or a committee composed solely of two or more “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act will pre-approve such acquisition or disposition of equity securities of the Company or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the interests of Silver Lake, any Silver Lake Affiliate, the Silver Lake Transferee Group (in each case, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be a director or “directors by deputization”) and such Board designee(s) in such transaction from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder to the extent applicable and (ii) if the transaction involves (A) a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party and the Company Capital Stock is, in whole or in part, converted into or exchanged for equity securities of a different issuer, (B) a potential acquisition or deemed acquisition, or disposition or deemed disposition, by Silver Lake, any Silver Lake Affiliate and/or any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group or any such Board designee of equity securities of such other issuer or derivatives thereof and (C) such other issuer of which a designee of Silver Lake, any Silver Lake Affiliate and/or any member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group serves as a member of its board of directors (or its equivalent), then the Company shall require that such other issuer pre-approve any such acquisitions of equity securities or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the interests of Silver Lake, such Silver Lake Affiliate, the Silver Lake Transferee Group (in each case, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be a director or “directors by deputization” of such other issuer) or any such member in such transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder to the extent applicable.

4.10 VCOC.

(a) With respect to Silver Lake, Silver Lake Partners V DE (AIV), L.P., any Permitted Transferee of the Silver Lake Transferee Group and each Affiliate thereof that intends to qualify its direct or indirect investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” as defined in the Plan Assets Regulations (each, a “VCOC Investor”), for so long as the VCOC Investor, directly or through one or more subsidiaries, continues to hold any interest in the Company, without limitation or prejudice of any of the rights provided to the Holders hereunder, the Company shall, with respect to each such VCOC Investor:

(i) Provide such VCOC Investor or its designated representative with:

(A) the right to visit and inspect any of the offices and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries and inspect and copy the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the VCOC Investor shall reasonably request;


(B) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year (or 120 days for fiscal year end), consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period or fiscal year then ended, as applicable, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted therein, and with respect to each fiscal year end statement together with an auditor’s report thereon of a firm of established national reputation; and

(C) to the extent the Company is required by Law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to prepare such reports, any annual reports, quarterly reports and other periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended, actually prepared by the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, as soon as available.

(ii) Make appropriate officers of the Company available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by a VCOC Investor for consultation with each VCOC Investor or its designated representative with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including significant changes in management personnel and compensation of employees, introduction of new products or new lines of business, important acquisitions or dispositions of plants and equipment, significant research and development programs, the purchasing or selling of important trademarks, licenses or concessions or the proposed commencement or compromise of significant litigation;

(iii) Provide each VCOC Investor or its designated representative with such other rights of consultation and information which a VCOC Investor’s counsel may determine to be reasonably necessary under applicable legal authorities promulgated after the date hereof to qualify its investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulations; and

(iv) To the extent consistent with applicable Law (and with respect to events which require public disclosure, only following the Company’s public disclosure thereof through applicable securities law filings or otherwise), inform each VCOC Investor or its designated representative in advance with respect to any significant corporate actions, including extraordinary dividends, mergers, acquisitions or dispositions of assets, issuances of significant amounts of debt or equity and material amendments to the articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to provide each VCOC Investor or its designated representative with the right to consult with the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such actions.


(b) The Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of each VCOC Investor or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above.

(c) The Company agrees that each of the VCOC Investors that is not a party to this Agreement shall be a third-party beneficiary with respect to this Section 4.10, entitled to enforce this Section 4.10 as though each such VCOC Investor were a party to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS.

5.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein except for matters directly within the purview of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which shall be governed by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

5.2 Jurisdiction; Venue; Service of Process.

(a) Jurisdiction. Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof, (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the respective appellate courts thereof for the purpose of any action, claims or suit between the parties arising in whole or in part under or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, claim or suit, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such action, claim or suit brought in one of the above-named courts should be dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens, should be transferred or removed to any court other than one of the above-named courts, or should be stayed by reason of the pendency of some other proceeding in any other court other than one of the above-named courts, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence any such action, claim or suit other than before one of the above-named courts. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a party may commence any action, claim or suit in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.

(b) Venue. Each party agrees that for any action, claim or suit between the parties arising in whole or in part under or in connection with this Agreement, such party shall bring actions, claims and suits either in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County located in the Borough of Manhattan. Each party further waives any claim and will not assert that venue should properly lie in any other location within the selected jurisdiction.


(c) Service of Process. Each party hereby (i) consents to service of process in any action, claim or suit between the parties arising in whole or in part under or in connection with this Agreement in any manner permitted by New York law, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, agrees that service of process made in accordance with clause (i) or made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 5.14, will constitute good and valid service of process in any such action, claim or suit and (iii) waives and agrees not to assert (by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise) in any such action, claim or suit any claim that service of process made in accordance with clause (i) or (ii) does not constitute good and valid service of process.

5.3 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE, AND COVENANT THAT THEY 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, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE 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 WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

5.4 Specific Performance. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that the other parties would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached or violated. Accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each of the parties agrees that, without posting bond or other undertaking, the other parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or violations of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof in any action, claim or suit in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. Each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach or violation, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

5.5 Successors and Assigns; Mergers and Reorganization.

(a) Neither the Company nor any Management Stockholder shall assign all or any part of this Agreement, unless in connection with a Permitted Transfer, without the prior written consent of the Company and the Silver Lake Transferee Group. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Person that is the parent company of such entity); provided, however, that prior to the receipt by the Company of adequate written notice of the Permitted Transfer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and specifying the full name and address of the transferee, the Company may deem and treat the person listed as the holder of such shares in its records as the absolute owner and holder of such shares for all purposes, including the payment of dividends; provided, further that the rights and obligations of a Holder of Registrable Securities under Sections 3.2 through 3.10 and 3.12 may be transferred but only together with the Registrable Securities to a lender in connection with a bona fide loan transaction entered into by a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group pursuant to Section 4.5.


(b) If the Company (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger; or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), the Company shall cause such Person that is the surviving entity or acquirer of the assets of the Company (and any Person that is the parent company of such surviving entity or acquirer in which a Stockholder receives securities in connection with such transaction) to execute a stockholders agreement with terms that are substantially equivalent to the terms of this Agreement, applied mutatis mutandis to such Person and its securities, such that such Person shall assume all of the obligations of the Company set forth in this Agreement.

5.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto (and, with respect to any Management Stockholder, the equity incentive plans of the Company, any award agreements relating thereto and any agreement relating to the employment or compensation of such Management Stockholder entered into with the Company, in each case, to the extent any Equity Securities held by Management Stockholders were issued pursuant thereto) constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other in any manner by any oral or written representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein and therein Each party expressly represents and warrants that it is not relying on any oral or written representations, warranties, covenants or agreements outside of this Agreement.

5.7 Severability. In the event one or more of the provisions of this Agreement should, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

5.8 Amendment and Waiver.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Agreement may be amended or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the Silver Lake Transferee Group; provided, however, that the consent of the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall not be required for an amendment or modification of Section 3.1(a); provided further, that no such amendment shall be made that, by its terms, affects (x) the Workday Investors in an adverse manner different than any of the other Holders (including, without limitation, the Silver Lake Transferee Group) without obtaining the consent of the Workday Investors holding a majority in interest of the Equity Securities held by all Workday Investors that are subject to this Agreement and/or (y) the Management Stockholders in a disproportionate and materially adverse manner as compared to the other Holders without obtaining the consent of the Management Stockholders holding a majority in interest of the Equity Securities held by all Management Stockholders that are subject to this Agreement.


(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the obligations of the Company and the obligations of the Holders under this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the Company and the Silver Lake Transferee Group; provided, however the consent of the Silver Lake Transferee Group shall not be required for a waiver of Section 3.1(a); provided further, that no such waiver shall be made that, by its terms, affects (x) the Workday Investors in an adverse manner different than any of the other Holders (including, without limitation, the Silver Lake Transferee Group) without obtaining the waiver of the Workday Investors holding a majority in interest of the Equity Securities held by all Workday Investors that are subject to this Agreement and (y) the Management Holders in a disproportionately adverse manner as compared to the other Holders without obtaining the waiver of the Management Holders holding a majority in interest of the Equity Securities held by all Management Stockholders that are subject to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, it is agreed and acknowledged that in the event the Silver Lake Transferee Group amends, modifies or waives any of the Company’s obligations under Sections 3.2 through 3.13 on behalf of itself, the Workday Investors and any other Holders, it shall not thereafter cause the Company to comply with or otherwise receive the benefit(s) (directly or indirectly) of such obligations with respect to itself (whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise), without causing the Company to comply with such obligations with respect to the Workday Investors.

(d) Each Holder shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 5.8, whether or not such Holder has consented to such amendment or waiver.

(e) For the purposes of determining the number of Holders entitled to vote or exercise any rights hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to rely solely on the list of record holders of its stock as maintained by or on behalf of the Company.

5.9 Termination. Except with respect to Article 1 (General), Section 3.6 (Expenses of Registration), Section 3.9 (Indemnification), Section 4.8 (Corporate Opportunity Waiver) and this Article 5 (Miscellaneous), this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect from the date hereof through the earlier of the following dates, on which date it shall terminate:

(a) with respect to Section 2.1 through Section 2.8, the date that the Silver Lake Transferee Group owns less than 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock;


(b) with respect to Section 3.2 through 3.8, when all Registrable Securities cease to be outstanding; and

(c) the date specified in writing by (i) the Company and (ii) the Silver Lake Transferee Group; provided, that Section 3.2 through 3.8 shall not be terminated with respect to any Holder other than the Silver Lake Transferee Group pursuant to the foregoing.

5.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including facsimile counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

5.11 Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power, or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent, or approval of any kind or character on any party’s part of any breach, default or noncompliance under the Agreement or any waiver on such party’s part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.

5.12 Additional Stockholders. All Persons who obtain Equity Securities from the Company issued in respect of, in exchange for or upon redemption of partnership units in the Partnership immediately prior to the closing of the IPO shall, to the extent not a party to this Agreement, become a party hereto as an Additional Stockholder by executing and delivering a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto. The joinder of an Additional Stockholder as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent of any party hereto. The parties agree that Additional Stockholders shall have the same rights and obligations as the Management Stockholders under this Agreement.

5.13 Several and Not Joint. The obligations of each Stockholder and each Silver Lake Transferee are several and not joint. In addition, the obligations of the Silver Lake Group, on the one hand, and each Silver Lake Transferee, on the other hand, are several and not joint.

5.14 Notices(a) .

(a) All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next Business Day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery. All communications shall be sent to the party to be notified at the address as set forth on the signature pages hereof or the signature pages to the joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or B-2 hereto or at such other address as such party may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other parties hereto.


(b) All notices to be given by the Silver Lake Transferee Group pursuant to Article 3 of this Agreement may be, at the option and direction of the Silver Lake Transferee Group, be given instead by the Company.

5.15 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.

5.16 Pronouns. All pronouns contained herein, and any variations thereof, shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neutral, singular or plural, as to the identity of the parties hereto may require.

5.17 Indemnification of the Silver Lake Transferee Group.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and any other exempted companies, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, employee benefit plans or other enterprises controlled by the Company (collectively, the “Controlled Entities”) to, indemnify, exonerate and hold the Silver Lake Transferee Group and each of their respective partners, shareholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents and each of the partners, shareholders, members, Affiliates, directors, officers, fiduciaries, managers, controlling Persons, employees and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) free and harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, liabilities, losses, damages and costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them before or after the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), arising out of any action, cause of action, suit, arbitration or claim arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way relating to, (i) the Silver Lake Transferee Group’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of Equity Securities or the Silver Lake Transferee Group’s or its Affiliates’ control or ability to influence the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any such Indemnified Liabilities (x) to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise out of any willful breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or other related Persons or (y) without limiting any other rights to indemnification, to the extent such control or the ability to control the Company or any of its Subsidiaries derives from the Silver Lake Transferee Group’s or its Affiliates’ capacity as an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the business, operations, properties, assets or other rights or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however that if and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unavailable or unenforceable for any reason, the Company will, and will cause its Controlled Entities to, make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. For the purposes of this Section 5.17, none of the circumstances described in the limitations contained in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to apply absent a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent


jurisdiction to such effect, in which case to the extent any such limitation is so determined to apply to any Indemnitee as to any previously advanced indemnity payments made by the Company or any of its Controlled Entities, then such payments shall be promptly repaid by such Indemnitee to the Company and its Controlled Entities, as applicable. The rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder will be in addition to any other rights any such Person may have under any other agreement or instrument to which such Indemnitee is or becomes a party or is or otherwise becomes a beneficiary or under law or regulation or under the articles and/or memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other organizational or governing documents (the “Organizational Documents”) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Controlled Entities to, be fully and primarily responsible (i.e., as the indemnitor of first resort) for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of Indemnified Liabilities in connection with any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, pursuant to and in accordance with (as applicable) the terms of (i) applicable law, (ii) the Articles, (iii) any director indemnification agreements, (iv) this Agreement, (v) any other agreement between the Company or any Controlled Entity and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, (vi) the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Controlled Entity and/or (vii) the Organizational Documents of any Controlled Entity ((i) through (vii) collectively, the “Indemnification Sources”), irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from any Indemnitee-Related Parties. Under no circumstance shall the Company or any Controlled Entity be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Parties and no right of advancement or recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Parties shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company or any Controlled Entity under the Indemnification Sources. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Parties shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification with respect to any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, (x) the Company shall, and to the extent applicable shall cause the Controlled Entities to, reimburse the Indemnitee-Related Party making such payment to the extent of such payment promptly upon written demand from such Indemnitee-Related Party, (y) to the extent not previously and fully reimbursed by the Company and/or any Controlled Entity pursuant to clause (x), the Indemnitee-Related Party making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of the outstanding balance of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company and/or any Controlled Entity, as applicable, and (z) Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Parties effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. For purposes of this Section 5.17(b):

(c) (i) The term “Indemnitee-Related Party” means any Person (other than the Company, any Controlled Entity or the insurer under and pursuant to an insurance policy of the Company or any Controlled Entity) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company or any Controlled Entity may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.


(ii) The term “Jointly Indemnifiable Claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any Indemnified Liabilities for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification from both (1) the Company and/or any Controlled Entity pursuant to the Indemnification Sources, on the one hand, and (2) any Indemnitee-Related Party pursuant to any other agreement between any Indemnitee-Related Party and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Indemnitee is indemnified, the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Indemnitee-Related Party and/or the Organizational Documents of any Indemnitee-Related Party, on the other hand.

(d) The Company and Investors agree that each of the Indemnitees and Indemnitee-Related Parties shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 5.17, entitled to enforce this Section 5.17 as though each such Indemnitees and Indemnitee-Related Party were a party to this Agreement. The Company shall cause each of the Controlled Entities to perform the terms and obligations of this Section 5.17 as though each such Controlled Entity was a party to this Agreement.

5.18 No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, may only be made against, the entities that are expressly identified as parties hereto, including entities that become parties hereto after the date hereof or that agree in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to the Investor, and no former, current or future equityholders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates of any party hereto or any former, current or future equityholder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, advisor, agent or affiliates of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from any Non-Recourse Party.

[Signature Pages Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

 

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Scott Staples
  Name: Scott Staples
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT]


SLP FASTBALL AGGREGATOR, L.P.
By: SLP V Aggregate GP, L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., its management member
By: SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
By:   /s/ Joseph Osnoss
  Name: Joseph Osnoss
  Title: Managing Director
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


WORKDAY, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peek
  Name: Mark Peek
  Title: Co-Head and Managing Director
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Scott Staples
  Name: Scott Staples
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ David L. Gamsey
  Name: David L. Gamsey
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Joe Jaeger
  Name: Joe Jaeger
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Bret Jardine
  Name: Bret Jardine
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Joelle Smith
  Name: Joelle Smith
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Katharine Mobley
  Name: Katharine Mobley
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Ranjeev Teelock
  Name: Ranjeev Teelock
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Ryan Peisel
  Name: Ryan Peisel
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Steven Marks
  Name: Steven Marks
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Suzanne Rurode
  Name: Suzanne Rurode
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS
By:   /s/ Thomas Ellis
  Name: Thomas Ellis
Address for Notices:
 
 
E-mail Address for Notices:
 


EXHIBIT A

MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS

1. Scott Staples

2. David L. Gamsey

3. Joe Jaeger

4. Bret Jardine

5. Joelle Smith

6. Katherine Mobley

7. Ranjeev Teelock

8. Ryan Peisel

9. Steven Marks

10. Suzanne Rurode

11. Thomas Ellis

 

A-1-1


EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL STOCKHOLDER

This JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Joinder Agreement”) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2021, by and among First Advantage Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other parties from time to time parties thereto, a copy of which is attached hereto and is incorporated herein by reference (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by the undersigned (the “Additional Stockholder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement. By execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement, the Additional Stockholder agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. Acknowledgment. The Additional Stockholder acknowledges that such Additional Stockholder [was issued Equity Securities in respect of, in exchange for or upon redemption of the partnership units in the Partnership held or acquired by such Additional Stockholders immediately prior to the closing of the IPO] [has acquired Equity Securities from [            ] pursuant to a Permitted Transfer].

SECTION 2. Agreement. The Additional Stockholder (a) agrees that the Equity Securities it owns shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement to the same extent as if such Additional Stockholder were an original Management Stockholder, (b) hereby adopts the Stockholders’ Agreement with the same force and effect as if it were originally a Management Stockholder thereto and (c) shall constitute a “ Management Stockholder” under the Stockholders’ Agreement.

SECTION 3. Notice. Any notice required to be provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be given to the Additional Stockholder at the address listed beside such Additional Stockholder’s signature below.

SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Joinder Agreement and the rights of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein.

 

B-1-1


Executed and dated this                day of                .

 

Additional Stockholder:

[Insert name]

By:                                                                                               

Address for Notices:

 
 

E-mail Address for Notices:

 

 

B-1-2


EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT FOR A TRANSFER BY A MEMBER OF THE

SILVER LAKE TRANSFEREE GROUP

This JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Joinder Agreement”) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2021, by and among First Advantage Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other parties from time to time parties thereto, a copy of which is attached hereto and is incorporated herein by reference (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by the undersigned (the “Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement. By execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement, the Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. Acknowledgment. The Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member acknowledges that such Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member has acquired Equity Securities from a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group (the “Transferor”) pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.

SECTION 2. Assignment. In connection with such Permitted Transfer, the Transferor has assigned its rights and obligations set forth in [Section[s] [             ] of] 1 the Stockholders’ Agreement to the Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member.

SECTION 3. Agreement. The Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member (a) agrees that the Equity Securities it owns shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement to the same extent as if such Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member were a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group [(subject to any limitations on the assignment of such rights as set forth in Section 2 above)], (b) hereby adopts the Stockholders’ Agreement with the same force and effect as if it were originally a member of the Silver Lake Transferee Group [(subject to any limitations on the assignment of such rights as set forth in Section 2 above)] and (c) shall constitute a member of the “Silver Lake Transferee Group” under the Stockholders’ Agreement.

SECTION 4. Notice. Any notice required to be provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be given to the Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member at the address listed beside such Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member’s signature below.

SECTION 5. Governing Law. This Joinder Agreement and the rights of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein.

 

1 

Include bracketed language if there is only a partial assignment of rights in connection with the Transfer.

 

B-2-1


Executed and dated this                day of                .

 

Additional Silver Lake Transferee Group Member:

[INSERT NAME]

By:                                                                                               

      [Title]

Address for Notices:

 
 

E-mail Address for Notices:

 

Acknowledged and Agreed to by

[SILVER LAKE TRANSFEREE GROUP TRANSFERRING MEMBER]

 

By:                                                                                               

      [Title]

 

B-2-2

EX-10.3 5 d12470dex103.htm EX-10.3 EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION

2021 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide Eligible Employees (as defined below) with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock through accumulated Contributions. The Company intends for the Plan to have two components: a Code Section 423 Component (“423 Component”) and a non-Code Section 423 Component (“Non-423 Component”). The Company intends to have the 423 Component of the Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The provisions of the 423 Component, accordingly, will be construed so as to extend and limit Plan participation in a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. In addition, the Plan authorizes the grant of an option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Non-423 Component that does not qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code; such an option will be granted pursuant to rules, procedures or sub-plans adopted by the Administrator designed to achieve tax, securities laws or other objectives for Eligible Employees and the Company. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component.

2. Definitions.

(a) “423 Component” is defined in Section 1 of the Plan.

(b) “Administrator” means the Committee or the Board, or, subject to the rules and interpretive determinations promulgated by the Committee, any officer(s) or employee(s) of the Company to whom the Committee has delegated the authority to handle the operation and administration of the Plan. The Administrator also shall include any third-party vendor or broker/administrator hired by the Committee to assist with the day-to-day operation and administration of the Plan.

(c) “Affiliate” means any entity, other than a Subsidiary, that is an “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

(d) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards and the related issuance of shares of Common Stock under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable securities and exchange control laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where options are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

(e) “Beneficial Owner” means a beneficial owner as determined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

(f) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(g) “Change in Control” shall have the meaning given such term in the First Advantage Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan or any successor plan thereto, in each case, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

(h) “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a specific Section of the Code or U.S. Treasury Regulation thereunder will include such Section or regulation, any valid regulation or other official applicable guidance promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.


(i) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, and any successor committee thereto or such other committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan in whole or in part, including any subcommittee of the Board as designated by the Board in accordance with Section 14 hereof.

(j) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).

(k) “Company” means First Advantage Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

(l) “Compensation” means an Eligible Employee’s base salary or hourly wages. The Administrator, in its discretion, may, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, establish a different definition of Compensation for a subsequent Offering Period.

(m) “Contributions” means the payroll deductions and other additional payments that the Company may permit to be made by a Participant to fund the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Plan.

(n) “Designated Company” means any Subsidiary or Affiliate that has been designated by the Administrator from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. For purposes of the 423 Component, only the Company and its Subsidiaries may be Designated Companies; provided, that at any given time, a Subsidiary that is a Designated Company under the 423 Component shall not be a Designated Company under the Non-423 Component. The Designated Companies under the Plan are set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(p) “Eligible Employee” means any individual who is a common law employee providing services to the Company or a Designated Company and has completed at least twelve (12) consecutive calendar months of service since his or her last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion). For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence that the Employer approves or is legally protected under applicable laws. Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated three (3) months and one (1) day following the commencement of such leave. The Administrator, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Enrollment Date for all options to be granted on such Enrollment Date in an Offering, determine (for each Offering under the 423 Component, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis or as otherwise permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2) that the definition of Eligible Employee will or will not include an individual if he or she: (i) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code, or (ii) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code with compensation above a certain level or is an officer or subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, that the exclusion is applied with respect to each Offering under the 423 Component in an identical manner to all highly compensated employees of the Employer whose employees are participating in that Offering. Each exclusion shall be applied with respect to an Offering under a 423 Component in a manner complying with U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(e)(2)(ii). Such exclusions may be applied with respect to an Offering under the Non-423 Component without regard to the limitations of Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2.

 

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(q) “Employer” means the employer of the applicable Eligible Employee(s).

(r) “Enrollment Date” means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

(s) “Enrollment Window” is defined in Section 5(a) of the Plan.

(t) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(u) “Exercise Date” means the last Trading Day of each Purchase Period.

(v) “Fair Market Value” means, on a given date: (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis, the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis, the amount determined by the Board in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.

(w) “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

(x) “Group” shall have the meaning given the term for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

(y) “New Exercise Date” means a new Exercise Date if the Administrator shortens any Offering Period then in progress.

(z) “Non-423 Component” is defined in Section 1 of the Plan.

(aa) “Offering” means an offer under the Plan of an option that may be exercised during an Offering Period as further described in Section 4 of the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, the Administrator may designate separate Offerings under the Plan (the terms of which need not be identical) in which Eligible Employees of one or more Employers will participate, even if the dates of the applicable Offering Periods of each such Offering are identical and the provisions of the Plan will separately apply to each Offering. To the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(a)(1), the terms of each Offering need not be identical; provided, that the terms of the Plan and an Offering together satisfy U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(a)(2) and (a)(3).

(bb) “Offering Periods” means the periods of approximately six (6) months or such other period or periods set by the Administrator during which an option may be granted pursuant to the Plan and may be exercised, as determined under Section 4 of the Plan. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Sections 4 and 20 of the Plan.

(cc) “Other Extraordinary Event” is defined in Section 19(a) of the Plan.

(dd) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

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(ee) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee that participates in the Plan.

(ff) “Person” means an individual, entity or group.

(gg) “Plan” means this First Advantage Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

(hh) “Proceeding” is defined in Section 30 of the Plan.

(ii) “Purchase Period” means, unless changed by the Administrator, the approximately six (6) month period commencing after one Exercise Date and ending with the next Exercise Date. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the Purchase Period will have the same duration and coincide with the length of the Offering Period.

(jj) “Purchase Price” means an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower; provided, that the Purchase Price may be determined for subsequent Offering Periods by the Administrator subject to compliance with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any other Applicable Law, regulation or stock exchange rule) or pursuant to Section 20 of the Plan.

(kk) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

(ll) “Trading Day” means a day on which the national stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed is open for trading.

(mm) “U.S. Treasury Regulations” means the Treasury regulations of the Code. References to a specific Treasury Regulation or Section of the Code shall include such Treasury Regulation or Section, any valid regulation promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.

3. Eligibility.

(a) First Offering Period. Any individual who is an Eligible Employee immediately prior to the first Offering Period will be automatically enrolled in the first Offering Period, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of the Plan.

(b) Subsequent Offering Periods. Any Eligible Employee on a given Enrollment Date following the first Offering Period will be eligible to participate in the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan.

(c) Non-U.S. Employees. Eligible Employees who are citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction (without regard to whether they also are citizens or residents of the United States or resident aliens (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the participation of such Eligible Employees is prohibited under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or if complying with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction would cause the Plan or an Offering to violate Section 423 of the Code. In the case of the Non-423 Component, an Eligible Employee may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the Administrator has determined that participation of such Eligible Employee is not advisable or practicable.

 

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(d) Limitations. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Eligible Employee will be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other Person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans (as defined in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company accrues at a rate that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the stock at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time, as determined in accordance with Section 423 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

4. Offering Periods.

(a) Frequency and Duration. The Administrator may establish Offering Periods of such frequency and duration as it may from time to time determine as appropriate.

(b) First Offering Period. The first Offering Period under the Plan shall commence on the date determined by the Administrator and shall end on the last Trading Day on or immediately preceding the earlier to occur of June 30 or December 31 of the year in which the first Offering Period commences.

(c) Successive Offering Periods. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, following the completion of the first Offering Period, a new Offering Period shall commence on the first Trading Day on or following January 1 and July 1 of each calendar year and end on or following the last Trading Day on or immediately preceding June 30 and December 31, respectively, approximately six (6) months later.

(d) Additional Offering Periods. At the discretion of the Administrator, additional Offering Periods may be conducted under the Plan. Such additional Offering Periods may, but need not, qualify under Section 423 of the Code. The Administrator shall determine the commencement and duration of each additional Offering Period, and additional Offering Periods may be consecutive or overlapping. The other terms and conditions of each additional Offering Period shall be those set forth in the Plan document, with such changes or additional features as the Administrator determines necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any other Applicable Law, regulation or stock exchange rule). The Administrator shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to future Offerings without stockholder approval.

(e) Offering Period Limit. No Offering Period may last more than twenty-seven (27) months.

(f) Applicable Offering Period. For purposes of calculating the Purchase Price, the applicable Offering Period shall be determined as follows: Once a Participant is enrolled in the Plan for an Offering Period, such Offering Period shall continue to apply to him or her until the earliest of (x) the end of such Offering Period, or (y) the end of his or her participation under Section 10 of the Plan.

5. Participation.

(a) First Offering Period. An Eligible Employee will be entitled to continue to participate in the first Offering Period pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Plan only if such individual submits a subscription agreement authorizing Contributions in a form determined by the Administrator (which may be similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit B) to the Company’s designated third-party broker/plan administrator (i) no earlier than the effective date of the Form S-8 registration statement that registers the offer and sale of Common Stock under the Plan and (ii) no later than ten (10) business days following the effective date of such S-8 registration statement or such other period of time as the Administrator may determine (the “Enrollment Window”).

 

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(b) Subsequent Offering Periods. Once an Eligible Employee begins participation in an Offering Period, then such Eligible Employee will automatically participate in each subsequent Offering Period unless the Eligible Employee withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further participation in an Offering Period as set forth in Section 10 below. An Eligible Employee who is continuing participation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is not required to file any additional subscription agreement in order to continue participation in this Plan; during each subsequent Offering Period an Eligible Employee who is not continuing participation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is required to file a subscription agreement prior to the commencement of the Offering Period (or such earlier date as the Administrator may determine) to which such agreement relates in order to participate in such Offering Period.

6. Contributions.

(a) At the time a Participant enrolls in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan, he or she will elect to have Contributions (in the form of payroll deductions or otherwise, to the extent permitted by the Administrator) made on each pay day during the Offering Period in an amount not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of the Compensation, which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period (for illustrative purposes, should a pay day occur on an Exercise Date, a Participant will have any payroll deductions made on such day applied to his or her account under the then-current Purchase Period or Offering Period). The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit all Participants in a specified Offering to contribute amounts to the Plan through payment by cash, check or other means set forth in the subscription agreement prior to each Exercise Date of each Purchase Period. A Participant’s subscription agreement will remain in effect for successive Offering Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.

(b) In the event Contributions are made in the form of payroll deductions, such payroll deductions for a Participant will commence on the first day of the payroll cycle following the Enrollment Date and will end on the last pay day prior to the Exercise Date of such Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10 hereof or suspended by the Participant as provided in Section 6(d) hereof; provided, that for the first Offering Period, payroll deductions will commence on the first day of the payroll cycle following the end of the Enrollment Window.

(c) All Contributions made for a Participant will be credited to his or her account under the Plan, and Contributions will be made in whole percentages of Compensation only. A Participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

(d) A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan. If permitted by the Administrator, as determined in its sole discretion, a Participant may, on a single occasion, either reduce his or her rate of contribution during, or suspend his or her contributions for the remainder of, an on-going Offering Period by filing with the Company’s designated third-party broker/plan administrator a new authorization for payroll deductions, with the new rate of contribution, or suspension of contributions, to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable and continuing for the remainder of the Offering Period. If a Participant suspends his or her contributions at any time during an Offering Period, such Participant’s cumulative contributions prior to such suspension shall be used to purchase shares on the next occurring Exercise Date unless such Participant discontinues his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan prior to such Exercise Date.

 

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(e) To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(d) hereof, a Participant’s Contributions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time during a Purchase Period. Subject to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(d) hereof, Contributions will recommence at the rate originally elected by the Participant effective as of the beginning of the first Purchase Period scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10 of the Plan.

(f) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Plan, the Administrator may allow Eligible Employees to participate in the Plan via cash contributions instead of payroll deductions if (i) payroll deductions are not permitted under applicable local law, (ii) the Administrator determines that cash contributions are permissible under Section 423 of the Code or (iii) for Participants participating in the Non-423 Component.

(g) At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Common Stock issued under the Plan is disposed of (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan occurs), the Participant must make adequate provision for the Company’s or the Employer’s federal, state, local or any other tax liability payable to any authority including taxes imposed by jurisdictions outside of the U.S., national insurance, social security or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan occurs). At any time, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation the amount necessary for the Company or the Employer to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company or the Employer any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common Stock by the Eligible Employee. In addition, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the proceeds of the sale of Common Stock or any other method of withholding the Company or the Employer deems appropriate to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).

7. Grant of Option. On the Enrollment Date of an applicable Offering Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period will be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such Eligible Employee’s Contributions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Eligible Employee’s account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided, that in no event will an Eligible Employee be permitted to purchase during each Purchase Period more than 1,500 shares of Common Stock and, during any one year period, more than 3,000 shares of Common Stock, subject, in each case to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19 of the Plan; provided, further, that such purchase will be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(d) and 13 of the Plan. The Eligible Employee may accept the grant of such option (i) with respect to the first Offering Period by submitting a properly completed subscription agreement in accordance with the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan on or before the last day of the Enrollment Window, and (ii) with respect to any subsequent Offering Period under the Plan, by continuing to (or electing to, as applicable) participate in the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan. The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that an Eligible Employee may purchase during each Purchase Period of an Offering Period or during any one-year period. Exercise of the option will occur as provided in Section 8, unless the Participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan. To the extent not otherwise exercised in full, the option will expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

 

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8. Exercise of Option.

(a) Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan, his or her option for the purchase of shares of Common Stock will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to the option will be purchased for such Participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated Contributions from his or her account. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be purchased; any Contributions accumulated in a Participant’s account, which are not sufficient to purchase a full share will be retained in the Participant’s account for the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the Participant. Any other funds left over in a Participant’s account after the Exercise Date will also be retained in the Participant’s account for the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the Participant. During a Participant’s lifetime, a Participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.

(b) If the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that were available for sale under the Plan on the Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period, or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under the Plan on such Exercise Date, the Administrator may in its sole discretion (x) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date, and continue all Offering Periods then in effect or (y) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date, and terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 20 of the Plan. The Company may make a pro rata allocation of the shares available on the Enrollment Date of any applicable Offering Period pursuant to the preceding sentence, notwithstanding any authorization of additional shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company’s stockholders subsequent to such Enrollment Date.

9. Delivery. As soon as reasonably practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of shares of Common Stock occurs, the Company will arrange the delivery to each Participant of the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option in a form determined by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) and pursuant to rules established by the Administrator. The Company may permit or require that shares be deposited directly with a broker designated by the Company or to a designated agent of the Company, and the Company may utilize electronic or automated methods of share transfer. The Company may require that shares be retained with such broker or agent for a designated period of time and/or may establish other procedures to permit tracking of disqualifying dispositions of such shares. No Participant will have any voting, dividend, or other stockholder rights with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to any option granted under the Plan until such shares have been purchased and delivered to the Participant as provided in this Section 9.

10. Withdrawal.

(a) A Participant may withdraw all but not less than all the Contributions credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise his or her option under the Plan at any time prior to the last thirty (30) days of the applicable Offering Period by (i) submitting to the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) a written notice of withdrawal in the form determined by the Administrator for such purpose (which may be similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit C), or (ii) following an electronic or other withdrawal procedure determined by the Administrator; provided, that a Participant may not withdraw

 

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during any blackout period applicable to such Participant. All of the Participant’s Contributions credited to his or her account will be paid to such Participant promptly and as soon as administratively feasible after receipt of notice of withdrawal by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) and such Participant’s option for the Offering Period will be automatically terminated, and no further Contributions for the purchase of shares will be made for such Offering Period. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, Contributions will not resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period, unless the Participant re-enrolls in the Plan by submitting a subscription agreement to the Company’s designated third-party broker/plan administrator prior to the commencement of such succeeding Offering Period.

(b) A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods that commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.

11. Termination of Employment. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason, he or she will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the Contributions credited to such Participant’s account during the Offering Period but not yet used to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan will be returned to such Participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto under Section 15 of the Plan, and such Participant’s option will be automatically terminated. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator in a manner that, with respect to an Offering under the 423 Component, is permitted by, and compliant with, Section 423 of the Code, a Participant whose employment transfers between entities through a termination with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by the Company or a Designated Company shall not be treated as terminated under the Plan; provided, however, that no Participant shall be deemed to switch from an Offering under the Non-423 Component to an Offering under the 423 Component or vice versa unless (and then only to the extent) such switch would not cause the 423 Component or any Option thereunder to fail to comply with Section 423 of the Code.

12. Interest. No interest will accrue on the Contributions of a participant in the Plan, except as may be required by Applicable Law, as determined by the Company, and if so required by the laws of a particular jurisdiction, shall, with respect to Offerings under the 423 Component, apply to all Participants in the relevant Offering, except to the extent otherwise permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).

13. Stock.

(a) Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for the issuance of shares pursuant to the Plan shall be no more than 1,525,000 shares, which number shall be automatically increased on the first day of each fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the Effective Date falls in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) 0.75% of the total number of all classes of the Company’s common stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (y) a lower number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Board. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(a) to the contrary, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to the rights granted under the 423 Component of the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 12,825,000 shares, subject to Section 19.

(b) Until the shares of Common Stock are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), a Participant will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares, and no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to such shares.

 

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(c) Shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the Participant or in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse.

14. Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Board or a Committee appointed by the Board, which Committee will be constituted to comply with Applicable Laws. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to the Administrator as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations that it may set at or after the time of the delegation. For purposes of the Plan, all references to the Committee will be deemed to refer to the Administrator to whom the Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 14. The Administrator will have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to designate separate Offerings under the Plan, to designate Subsidiaries and Affiliates as participating in the 423 Component or Non-423 Component, to determine eligibility, to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan and to establish such procedures that it deems necessary for the administration of the Plan (including, without limitation, to adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit the participation in the Plan by employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the U.S., the terms of which sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of the Plan, with the exception of Section 13(a) hereof, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan). Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the employees eligible to participate in each sub-plan will participate in a separate Offering and will be in the Non-423 Component, unless such designation would cause the 423 Component to violate the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding eligibility to participate, the definition of Compensation, handling of Contributions, making of Contributions to the Plan (including, without limitation, in forms other than payroll deductions), establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates that vary with applicable local requirements. The Administrator also is authorized to determine that, to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f), the terms of an option granted under the Plan or an Offering to citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction will be less favorable than the terms of options granted under the Plan or the same Offering to employees resident solely in the U.S. Every finding, decision and determination made by the Administrator will, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.

15. Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) If permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock and cash, if any, from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the option is exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such shares and cash. In addition, if permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death prior to exercise of the option. If a Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent will be required for such designation to be effective.

(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by notice to the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) in a form determined by the Administrator. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company will deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other Person as the Company may designate.

 

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(c) All beneficiary designations will be in such form and manner as the Administrator may designate from time to time. Notwithstanding Sections 15(a) and (b) above, the Company and/or the Administrator may decide not to permit such designations by Participants in non-U.S. jurisdictions to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).

16. Transferability. Neither Contributions credited to a Participant’s account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in Section 15 hereof) by the Participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition will be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

17. Use of Funds. The Company may use all Contributions received or held by it under the Plan for any corporate purpose, and the Company will not be obligated to segregate such Contributions except under Offerings or for Participants in the Non-423 Component for which Applicable Laws require that Contributions to the Plan by Participants be segregated from the Company’s general corporate funds and/or deposited with an independent third party.

18. Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to participating Eligible Employees at least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of Contributions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.

19. Adjustments, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Change in Control.

(a) Adjustments. In the event that any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding shares of Common Stock, declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or other stock split, other recapitalization or capital reorganization of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation or entity, the adoption by the Company of any plan of exchange affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to holders of Common Stock of securities or property (other than normal cash dividends or dividends payable in Common Stock), the Committee, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, will, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Common Stock that may be delivered under the Plan, the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan that has not yet been exercised, and the numerical limits of Sections 7 and 13 of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may not delegate its authority to make adjustments pursuant to this Section 19(a).

(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any Offering Period then in progress will be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date, and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Administrator. The New Exercise Date will be before the date of the Company’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) will notify each Participant in writing or electronically, prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

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(c) Merger or Change in Control. In the event of a merger or Change in Control, each outstanding option will be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period with respect to which such option relates will be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date on which such Offering Period shall end. The New Exercise Date will occur before the date of the Company’s proposed merger or Change in Control. The Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) will notify each Participant in writing or electronically prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

20. Amendment or Termination.

(a) The Board or the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. If the Plan is terminated, the Board or the Administrator, in its discretion, may elect to terminate all outstanding Offering Periods either immediately or upon completion of the purchase of shares of Common Stock on the next Exercise Date (which may be sooner than originally scheduled, if determined by the Administrator in its discretion), or may elect to permit Offering Periods to expire in accordance with their terms (and subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19 hereof). If the Offering Periods are terminated prior to expiration, all amounts then credited to Participants’ accounts that have not been used to purchase shares of Common Stock will be returned to the Participants (without interest thereon, except as otherwise required under Applicable Laws, as further set forth in Section 12 hereof) as soon as administratively practicable.

(b) Without stockholder consent and without limiting Section 20(a) hereof, the Administrator will be entitled to change the Offering Periods or Purchase Periods, designate separate Offerings, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit Contributions in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed Contribution elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each Participant properly correspond with Contribution amounts, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan.

(c) In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Administrator may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify, amend or terminate the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:

(i) amending the Plan to conform with the safe harbor definition under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto), including with respect to an Offering Period underway at the time;

(ii) altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period or Purchase Period including an Offering Period or Purchase Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;

(iii) shortening any Offering Period or Purchase Period by setting a New Exercise Date, including an Offering Period or Purchase Period underway at the time of the Administrator action;

 

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(iv) reducing the maximum percentage of Compensation a Participant may elect to set aside as Contributions; and

(v) reducing the maximum number of shares of Common Stock a Participant may purchase during any Offering Period or Purchase Period.

Such modifications or amendments will not require stockholder approval or the consent of any Plan Participants.

21. Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan will be deemed to have been duly given when received by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) in the form and manner specified by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee)at the location, or by the Person, designated by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) for the receipt thereof.

22. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

(a) Shares of Common Stock will not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto will comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

(b) As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the Person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

23. Data Protection. By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the collection and processing of personal data relating to the Participant so that the Company and its Affiliates can fulfill their obligations and exercise their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited to, data about participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other appropriate financial and other data about the Participant and the Participant’s participation in the Plan.

24. Code Section 409A. The 423 Component of the Plan is exempt from the application of Code Section 409A and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so be exempt from Code Section 409A. In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, if the Administrator determines that an option granted under the Plan may be subject to Code Section 409A or that any provision in the Plan would cause an option under the Plan to be subject to Code Section 409A, the Administrator may amend the terms of the Plan and/or of an outstanding option granted under the Plan, or take such other action the Administrator determines is necessary or appropriate, in each case, without the Participant’s consent, to exempt any outstanding option or future option that may be granted under the Plan from or to allow any such options to comply with Code Section 409A, but only to the extent any such amendments or action by the Administrator would not violate Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a Participant or any other party if the option to purchase Common Stock under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Code Section 409A is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Administrator with respect thereto. The Company makes no representation that the option to purchase Common Stock under the Plan is compliant with Code Section 409A.

 

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25. Term of Plan. The Plan will become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the stockholders of the Company (the “Effective Date”). It will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years, unless sooner terminated under Section 20 of the Plan.

26. Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.

27. Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (except its choice-of-law provisions).

28. No Right to Employment. Participation in the Plan by a Participant shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as applicable. Furthermore, the Employer may dismiss a Participant from employment at any time, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan.

29. Severability. If any provision of the Plan is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason in any jurisdiction or as to any Participant, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as to such jurisdiction or Participant as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had not been included.

30. Compliance with Applicable Laws. The terms of the Plan are intended to comply with all Applicable Laws and will be construed accordingly.

31. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.

 

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