At the closing of the Business Combination, the Company entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement (“Tax Receivable Agreement” or “TRA”) with PE Greenlight Holdings, LLC (the “Platinum Stockholder”) and Greenlight as the stockholder representative. The TRA generally provides for the payment by the post-closing company to the Platinum Stockholder of 50% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the post-closing company actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after

the closing of the Business Combination as a result of the increase in the tax basis of the intangible assets which resulted from an acquisition by Verra Mobility prior to the Business Combination. The post-closing company generally retains the benefit of the remaining 50% of these cash savings. The Company estimated the potential maximum benefit to be paid will be approximately $70.0 million, and recorded an initial liability and corresponding charge to equity at the closing of the Business Combination. Subsequently, the Company made adjustments to this amount.

The Company recorded a $6.8 million expense in fiscal year 2020 and $0.1 million of income in fiscal year 2019 to tax receivable agreement liability adjustment in the consolidated statements of operations. The adjustment in 2020 reflects the impact of an increase to the Company’s deferred tax rate arising from higher estimated state tax rates due to a change in apportionment. At December 31, 2020, the TRA liability was approximately $72.7 million of which $4.8 million was the current portion and $67.9 million was the non-current portion, both of which are included in the respective payable to related party pursuant to tax receivable agreement line items on the consolidated balance sheets.

Under the Merger Agreement, the Platinum Stockholder is entitled to receive additional shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Earn-Out Shares”) if the volume weighted average closing sale price of one share of Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq exceeds certain thresholds for a period of at least 10 days out of 20 consecutive trading days at any time during the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination (the “Common Stock Price”).

The Earn-Out Shares are issued by the Company to the Platinum Stockholder as follows:

Common Stock Price thresholds	One-time issuance of shares
> $13.00 ^(a)		2,500,000
> $15.50 ^(a)		2,500,000
> $18.00		2,500,000
> $20.50		2,500,000

If any of the Common Stock Price thresholds above (each, a “Triggering Event”) are not achieved within the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination, the Company will not be required to issue the Earn-Out Shares in respect of such Common Stock Price threshold. In no event shall the Platinum Stockholder be entitled to receive more than an aggregate of 10,000,000 Earn-Out Shares.

If, during the earn-out period, there is a change of control (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that will result in the holders of our Class A Common Stock receiving a per share price equal to or in excess of the applicable Common Stock Price required in connection with any Triggering Event (an “Acceleration Event”), then immediately prior to the consummation of such change of control: (a) any such Triggering Event that has not previously occurred shall be deemed to have occurred; and (b) we shall issue the applicable Earn-Out Shares to the cash consideration stockholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (in accordance with their respective pro rata cash share), and the recipients of the issued Earn-Out Shares shall be eligible to participate in such change of control.

The Company estimated the original fair value of the contingently issuable shares to be $73.15 million, of which $36.6 million remains contingently issuable as of December 31, 2020. The estimated value is not subject to future revisions during the five-year period discussed above. The Company used a Monte Carlo simulation option-pricing model to arrive at its original estimate. Each tranche was valued separately giving specific consideration to the tranche’s price target. The simulation considered volatility and risk free rates utilizing a peer group based on a five-year term. This was initially recorded as a distribution to shareholders and was presented as common stock contingent consideration. Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, any issuable shares are transferred from common stock contingent consideration to common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts. Any contingently issuable shares not issued as a result of a Triggering Event not being attained by the end of earn-out period will be canceled.

On April 26, 2019 and on January 27, 2020, the Triggering Events for the issuance of the first and second tranches of Earn-Out Shares occurred, as the volume weighted average closing sale price per share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as of that date had been greater than $13.00 and $15.50, respectively, for 10 out of 20 consecutive trading days. These Triggering Events resulted in the issuance of an aggregate 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to the Platinum Stockholder and an increase in the Company’s common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts of $36.6 million, with a corresponding decrease to the common stock contingent consideration account. At December 31, 2020, the potential future shares issuable pursuant to the earn-out are between zero and 5.0 million.

On June 10, 2019, the Platinum Stockholder sold 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock in a secondary offering. On July 8, 2019, the underwriters of the secondary offering fully exercised the overallotment option granted at the time of the secondary offering to purchase an additional 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at the secondary offering price of $12.50 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, from the Platinum Stockholder.

On November 18, 2019, the Platinum Stockholder sold 17,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock in a secondary offering at a price per share of $14.10. The offering consisted of an initial 15,000,000 shares, along with an additional 2,250,000 shares purchased pursuant to the underwriter’s exercise in full of an overallotment option granted by the Platinum Stockholder. The Company received no proceeds from either secondary offering conducted by the Platinum Stockholder during 2019.

The Company incurred $1.7 million in expenses related to the secondary offerings during fiscal year 2019, consisting of various registration, filing and professional services fees, which were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. Specifically, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 17, 2018, the Company was required to pay, among other things, all registration and filing fees, reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel for the Platinum Stockholder, and road show and marketing expenses. After giving effect to both secondary offerings and exercises of the overallotment options, the Platinum Stockholder held approximately 13.7% of the Company’s outstanding Class A Common Stock.

The Company had a corporate advisory services agreement with Advisors whereby it paid a management fee for services and related expenses incurred by Advisors in the provision of those services. The Company paid $5.4 million in management fees for fiscal year 2018. In addition, the Company paid $9.7 million related to the provision of acquisition related services and $2.8 million related to the provision of debt financing related services during fiscal year 2018. The agreement was terminated effective October 17, 2018 in connection with the Business Combination.

On January 7, 2019, the Company entered into a new corporate advisory services agreement with Advisors to provide certain transactional and corporate advisory services to the Company as mutually agreed by the parties. No fees are payable under the agreement, but the Company must reimburse Advisors for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with services rendered. There were no significant payments made during fiscal years 2019 or 2020.