Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2020

Registration No. 333-239287

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 1

to

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

GoHealth, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   6411   85-0563805

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Telephone: (312) 386-8200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Bradley Burd, Esq.

General Counsel

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Telephone: (312) 386-8200

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Ian D. Schuman, Esq.

Stelios G. Saffos, Esq.

Ryan K. deFord, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone: (212) 906-1200

Fax: (212) 751-4864

 

Brian Farley, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

GoHealth, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Telephone: (312) 386-8200

 

Samir A. Gandhi, Esq.

David Ni, Esq.

Sidley Austin LLP

787 7th Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 839-5300

Fax: (212) 839-5599

 

 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box.  ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239287) (the “Registration Statement”) of GoHealth, Inc. is being filed solely for the purpose of filing certain exhibits to the Registration Statement as indicated in Item 16(a) (Index to Exhibits) of Part II of this Amendment. Accordingly, this Amendment consists solely of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signatures and the filed exhibits and is not intended to amend or delete any part of the Registration Statement except as specifically noted herein.


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13.

Other expenses of issuance and distribution.

The following table sets forth all fees and expenses, other than the underwriting discount payable solely by GoHealth, Inc. in connection with the offer and sale of the securities being registered. All amounts shown are estimated except for the SEC registration fee, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, filing fee and the Nasdaq listing fee.

 

SEC registration fee

   $ 12,980  

FINRA filing fee

     15,500  

Nasdaq listing fee

     25,000  

Printing and engraving expenses

     *  

Legal fees and expenses

     *  

Accounting fees and expenses

     *  

Blue sky qualification fees and expenses

     *  

Transfer agent fees and expenses

     *  

Miscellaneous fees and expenses

     *  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ *  
  

 

 

 

 

*

To be filed by amendment

 

Item 14.

Indemnification of directors and officers.

Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director of GoHealth, Inc. shall be personally liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

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Upon consummation of the Transactions, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws will provide indemnification for our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws will provide that we will indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of us to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under certain circumstances.

Prior to the consummation of this offering, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for the reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.

We maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.

In any underwriting agreement we enter into in connection with the sale of Class A common stock being registered hereby, the underwriters will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, us, our directors, our officers and persons who control us within the meaning of the Securities Act, against certain liabilities.

 

Item 15.

Recent sales of unregistered securities.

On March 27, 2020, GoHealth, Inc. agreed to issue 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which shares will be cancelled upon the consummation of the Transactions, to an officer of GoHealth, Inc. in exchange for $1.00. The issuance was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering.

 

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Item 16.

Exhibits and financial statements.

 

(a)

Exhibits

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement.

 

Exhibit

        No.         

    
  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement.
  3.1**    Certificate of Incorporation of GoHealth, Inc., as in effect prior to the consummation of the Transactions.
  3.2    Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GoHealth, Inc., to be in effect upon the consummation of the Transactions.
  3.3**    Bylaws of GoHealth, Inc., as in effect prior to the consummation of the Transactions.
  3.4    Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of GoHealth, Inc., to be in effect upon the consummation of the Transactions.
  4.1**    Specimen Stock Certificate evidencing the shares of Class A common stock.
  5.1*    Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
10.1†    Form of Tax Receivable Agreement, to be effective upon the consummation of the Transactions.
10.2*    Form of Second Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of GoHealth Holdings, LLC, to be effective upon the consummation of the Transactions.
10.3†    Form of Stockholders Agreement, to be effective upon the consummation of the Transactions.
10.4    Form of Registration Rights Agreement, to be effective upon the consummation of the Transactions.
10.5+†**    Incremental Facility Agreement and Technical Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May  7, 2020, among Norvax, LLC, as borrower, Blizzard Midco, LLC, as a guarantor, the other guarantors party thereto, Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, collateral agent and swingline lender and the other lenders from time to time party thereto.
10.6#    GoHealth, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan.
10.7#    GoHealth, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
10.8†    Form of Indemnification and Advancement Agreement between GoHealth, Inc. and its directors and officers.
10.9#    Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan.
10.10†#    Form of Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement.
10.11#*    Form of Amendment No. 1 to Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement.
10.12#*    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated                 , 2020, by and among Norvax, LLC, GoHealth, Inc., GoHealth Holdings, LLC, and Brandon M. Cruz.
10.13#*    Employment Agreement, dated                 , 2020, by and among GoHealth, Inc., GoHealth Holdings, LLC, and Clinton P. Jones.
10.14#*    Employment Agreement, dated                 , 2020, by and among GoHealth, Inc., GoHealth Holdings, LLC, and Shane E. Cruz.

 

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Exhibit

        No.         

    
10.15#*    Employment Agreement, dated                 , 2020, by and among GoHealth, Inc., GoHealth Holdings, LLC, and James A. Sharman.
10.16#    GoHealth, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy.
21.1    List of Subsidiaries of GoHealth, Inc.
23.1**    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, as to GoHealth, Inc.
23.2**    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, as to GoHealth Holdings, LLC.
23.3*    Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1**    Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

 

*

To be filed by amendment.

**

Previously filed.

#

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

+ 

Certain of the schedules and attachments to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(a)(5). The registrant hereby undertakes to provide further information regarding such omitted materials to the Commission upon request.

Certain portions of this exhibit (indicated by “####”) have been omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(a)(6).

 

Item 17.

Undertakings.

 

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(b)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of GoHealth, Inc. pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, GoHealth, Inc. has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by GoHealth, Inc. of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of GoHealth, Inc. in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, GoHealth, Inc. will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction, the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(c)

The undersigned hereby further undertakes that:

 

  (1)

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by GoHealth, Inc. pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

  (2)

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, GoHealth, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Chicago, state of Illinois, on this 2nd day of July, 2020.

 

GoHealth, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Clinton P. Jones

 

Clinton P. Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names and on the date indicated above.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Clinton P. Jones

Clinton P. Jones

   Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   July 2, 2020

/s/ Travis J. Matthiesen

Travis J. Matthiesen

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   July 2, 2020

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Brandon M. Cruz

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Rahm Emanuel

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Joseph G. Flanagan

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Jeremy W. Gelber

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Miriam A. Tawil

*

   Director   July 2, 2020
Alexander E. Timm

 

*By:  

/s/ Clinton P. Jones

 

Clinton P. Jones

Attorney-in-fact

 

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EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

GoHealth, Inc.

Class A Common Stock ($0.0001 par value per share)

 

 

Underwriting Agreement

[●], 2020

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

As representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto,

c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) for whom Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as representatives (together, the “Representatives”), an aggregate of [●] shares and, at the election of the several Underwriters, up to [●] additional shares, in each case, of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock” and, together with the Class B common stock, $[●] par value per share of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock”), the “Common Stock”). The aggregate of [●] shares of Class A Common Stock to be sold by the Company is herein called the “Firm Shares” and the aggregate of [●] additional shares of Class A Common Stock to be sold by the Company is herein called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Shares.”

The Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, (an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., a participating Underwriter, hereafter referred to as the “Reserved Share Underwriter”) agree that up to [●]% of the Firm Shares to be purchased by Underwriters (the “Reserved Securities”) shall be reserved for sale by Merrill Lynch to certain persons designated by the Company (the


“Invitees”), as part of the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of FINRA and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Company has solely determined, without any direct or indirect participation by the Underwriters or the Reserved Share Underwriter, the Invitees who will purchase Reserved Securities (including the amount to be purchased by such persons) sold by the Reserved Share Underwriter. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not orally confirmed for purchase by Invitees by 11:59 PM. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.

In connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the “Transactions” (as such term is defined in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package (each as defined below) under the caption “Our Organizational Structure”) were or will be effected, pursuant to which the Company will become the sole managing member of GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability Company (the “Holdings”). The Company and Holdings are collectively referred to herein as the “GoHealth Parties.”

This Agreement, Holdings’ amended and restated limited liability company agreement to become effective on or prior to the First Time of Delivery (as so amended and restated, the “LLC Agreement”), the tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) among the Company, Holdings and each other holder of LLC Units, the registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) between the Company and certain stockholders of the Company party thereto and the stockholders agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) between the Company and certain stockholders of the Company party thereto are herein collectively called the “Transaction Documents.”

1. (a) Each GoHealth Party, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(i) A registration statement on Form S–1 (File No. 333-239287) (the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the

 

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Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act or Rule 163B under the Act is hereinafter called a “Testing-the-Waters Communication”; any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act is hereinafter called a “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication”; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);

(ii) (A) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 9(b) of this Agreement);

(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is [●]:[●] [a.m.][p.m.] (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule II(c) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4(a) of this Agreement) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery, will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information;

(iv) No documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement;

(v) The Registration Statement, at the time it was declared effective, conforms, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement on the date when such amendment or supplement is first filed will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not, and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of each Time of Delivery, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any further amendments

 

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or supplements to the Prospectus, on the date when such Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement is first filed, will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of each Time of Delivery, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information

(vi) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, have not, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) sustained any material loss or material interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree or (ii) entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been (x) any change in the capital stock or membership interests (other than as a result of the exercise or settlement (including any “net” or “cashless” exercises or settlements), if any, of stock options or the award, if any, of stock options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) or increase in the long-term debt of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or (y) any material adverse change or effect, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change or effect, in or affecting (i) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (ii) the ability of any GoHealth Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries do not own any real property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), the GoHealth Parties have good and marketable title in fee simple to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; as used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material adverse change or effect in or affecting (i) the business, properties, financial position or results of operations of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (ii) the ability of any GoHealth Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

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(viii) Each of the GoHealth Parties and each of their respective subsidiaries has been (i) duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other business entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except, in the case of this clause (ii), where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the Company required to be identified in the Registration Statement is set forth in Exhibit 21.1 of the Registration Statement;

(ix) The GoHealth Parties have, and immediately following the Transactions, will have an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock or membership interests, as applicable, of the GoHealth Parties have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the issued shares of capital stock or similar ownership interest of each subsidiary of the GoHealth Parties have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all of the issued equity interests of each subsidiary of the GoHealth Parties are owned directly or indirectly by the GoHealth Parties, as applicable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens or encumbrances described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;

(x) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder and the shares of Class B Common Stock to be issued by the Company in the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered, in the case of the Shares, against payment therefor as provided herein and, in the case of the shares of Class B Common Stock, in the Transactions, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Common Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, in each case other than rights that have been complied with or waived;

(xi) The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company, the issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock by the Company in the Transactions and the compliance by the GoHealth Parties with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the Transactions) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any GoHealth Party or any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party is a party or by which any GoHealth Party or any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party is bound or to which any of the property or assets of any GoHealth Party or any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party is subject, except, in the case of this clause (A) for such defaults, breaches, or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document) of any GoHealth Party or subsidiary of a GoHealth Party, or (C) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency, body or authority (“Governmental Entity”) having jurisdiction over any GoHealth Party or a subsidiary of a GoHealth Party or any of its properties, except, in the case of this clause (C) for such defaults, breaches, or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such Governmental Entity is required for the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Company, the issuance of shares of Class B Common

 

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Stock by the Company in the Transactions and the sale of the Shares or the consummation by the GoHealth Parties of the transactions contemplated by Transaction Documents, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the Transactions), except (X) such as have been obtained under the Act, the approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the underwriting terms and arrangements and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may have been obtained or as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters and (Y) such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Reserved Securities were offered;

(xii) Neither any GoHealth Party nor any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document), (ii) in violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xiii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Common Stock, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;

(xiv) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, any officer or director of each of the GoHealth Parties is a party or of which any property or assets of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, any officer or director of any GoHealth Party is the subject which, if determined adversely to the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries (or such officer or director), would individually or in the aggregate (i) have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others or (ii) impair the ability of the GoHealth Parties to perform their obligations under Transaction Documents, including the issuance and sale of the Shares or the issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock by the Company in the Transactions or to consummate the transactions contemplated in Transaction Documents, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the Transactions);

(xv) Neither GoHealth Party is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, will be required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

(xvi) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

 

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(xvii) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, are independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

(xviii) Holdings maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that (i) has been designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) has been designed by Holdings’ principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; Holdings is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting; provided, however, that this subsection does not require that Holdings complies with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law;

(xix) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in Holding’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, such internal control over financial reporting;

(xx) Each GoHealth Party and their respective subsidiaries has designed a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that will comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act within the time period required; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries is made known to the applicable GoHealth Party’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; provided, however, that this subsection does not require that each GoHealth Party complies with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law;

(xxi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the GoHealth Parties; and each of the other Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by each GoHealth Party party thereto and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each such GoHealth Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability; and each such Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;

 

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(xxii) None of the GoHealth Parties, any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have (i) made, offered, promised or authorized any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense (or taken any act in furtherance thereof); (ii) made, offered, promised or authorized any direct or indirect unlawful payment; or (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; neither any GoHealth Party nor any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws;

(xxiii) The operations of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of applicable anti-money laundering laws, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the applicable anti-money laundering laws of the various jurisdictions in which the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries conduct business (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, threatened;

(xxiv) None of the GoHealth Parties, any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries are (A) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person,” the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (B) located, organized, or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, and the GoHealth Parties will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions; neither any GoHealth Party nor any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party have knowingly engaged in, or are now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions;

 

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(xxv) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus under the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable;

(xxvi) From the time of initial confidential submission of a registration statement relating to the Shares with the Commission through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”);

(xxvii) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or materials, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxviii) There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the Act pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and/or have been waived;

(xxix) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to each GoHealth Party’s knowledge (i) the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries own, possess or have a valid license to all patents, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems and procedures), data, databases, algorithms, software, domain names, trademarks, service marks and trade names and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) used in or reasonably necessary to the conduct of their businesses; (ii) to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the GoHealth Parties or their respective subsidiaries (“Owned IP”) and the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the GoHealth Parties or their respective subsidiaries, are valid, subsisting and enforceable, and there is no pending or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging

 

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the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property Rights; (iii) all Owned IP is owned solely by the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and other similar restrictions (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (iv) none of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have received any notice alleging or is otherwise aware of any infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation of Intellectual Property Rights; (v) to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating, diluting or otherwise violating, or has infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated, any Owned IP or any Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries; (vi) none of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate, or has infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated, any Intellectual Property Rights; (vii) all employees, consultants and contractors engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights for or on behalf of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have executed and delivered a valid and enforceable invention assignment agreement whereby such employee, consultant or contractor presently assigns all of their right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights to the GoHealth Parties or their respective subsidiaries, as applicable, and to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge no such agreement has been breached or violated; and (viii) the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries use, and have used, commercially reasonable efforts to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all trade secrets and other confidential information used in the business of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, there has been no unauthorized use or disclosure;

(xxx) (i) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries use and have used any and all software and other materials distributed under a “free,” “open source,” or similar licensing model (including, but not limited to, the MIT License, Apache License, GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License and GNU Affero General Public License) (“Open Source Software”) in compliance with all license terms applicable to such Open Source Software; and (ii) neither the GoHealth Parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries use or distribute or have used or distributed any Open Source Software in any manner that requires or has required (A) the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries to permit reverse engineering of any software code or other technology owned by the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries; (B) any software code or other technology owned by the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries to be (1) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (2) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (3) redistributed at no charge; or (C) the licensing of any patents owned by the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, except with respect to clause (i) and (ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the GoHealth Parties;

(xxxi) (i) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries materially comply with all internal and external privacy policies, contractual obligations, and applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations relating to data privacy, data security, or the collection, use, processing, acquisition, access, transfer, import, export, storage, retention, protection, disposal and disclosure (“Processing”) of Personal Data (as defined below) that is Processed by or on behalf of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries (“Data Privacy and Security Obligations”). These Data Privacy and Security Obligations include, to the extent applicable, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (“PCI-DSS”) and similar relevant industry standards; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

 

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(“HIPAA”); and the privacy and security regulations promulgated thereunder at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160-164, as modified by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”); the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45; the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-6506; the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7701 et seq.; the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801, et seq.; the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”); 47 U.S.C. § 227; U.S. state privacy, data security and data breach notification laws including, to the extent applicable, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100, et seq.; the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22575, et seq.; the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”), and similar foreign laws, and all applicable rules or regulations promulgated under any such laws or requirements; (ii) the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries each have a valid and legal right (whether contractually, by law, or otherwise) to Process all Personal Data that is Processed by or on behalf of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries in connection with the use and/or operation of their products, services and business; (iii) the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries have not received any notification, inquiry or complaint regarding, and there are no other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate material non-compliance with any Data Privacy and Security Obligation; and (iv) there is no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity pending or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, threatened alleging non-compliance or potential non-compliance with any Data Privacy and Security Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, “Personal Data” shall mean all data Processed by or on behalf of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries relating to an identifiable natural person, household, or device or that allows the identification of a natural person, including any information defined as “personal data,” “personal information,” “protected health information,” or other similar terms as defined by applicable Data Privacy and Security Obligations;

(xxxii) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries have established and maintain a written information security program that includes: (i) implementing administrative, technical and physical safeguards that protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of all Personal Data Processed in information technology systems and all Personal Data that is Processed in connection with the operation of the GoHealth Parties’ and their respective subsidiaries’ businesses, (ii) contractually requiring third parties who receive access to or Process Personal Data to comply with applicable Data Privacy and Security Obligations, (iii) maintaining disaster recovery, business continuity, incident response, information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and procedures, and (iv) implementing protections against loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or Processing of the Personal Data in information technology systems Processed by or on behalf of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries, or other data security incident requiring notification to any person or Governmental Entity under Data Privacy and Security Obligations (“Data Breach”). The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries have neither suffered any material Data Breach nor have they been required to notify any person or Governmental Entity of a Data Breach. The GoHealth Parties’ information technology systems operate and perform as necessary to operate the GoHealth Parties’ and their respective subsidiaries’ businesses, and do not contain any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” “ransomware,” “worm,” or other disabling or malicious codes;

 

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(xxxiii) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxxiv) Except where the failure to do so would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the GoHealth Parties and/or their respective subsidiaries have an appointment to act as a producer for each insurance carrier from which such an appointment is used to conduct the GoHealth Parties’ or their respective subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted; and (ii) each such appointment is valid and binding in accordance with its terms on the parties thereto. To the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, neither the GoHealth Parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries are in default under any of their material obligations to any insurance carrier through which it places insurance. There exists no actual or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, threatened, termination, cancellation or material limitation of, or material dispute with respect to, the business relationship of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries with any such insurance carrier.

(xxxv) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries treat, and have at all times treated during the past three (3) years, all premiums and refunds payable to, or otherwise held on behalf of, any insured or insurance carrier, in accordance with all applicable legal requirements, except where the failure do so would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge and except where the failure to do so would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries have at all times during the past three (3) years conducted their business in accordance with fiduciary obligations applicable to insurance producers under the applicable legal requirements of each state, province or other jurisdiction in which they conduct business, and (ii) each premium trust account is fully funded and maintained in accordance with all applicable legal requirements, including regarding the separation and accounting of premium trust funds;

(xxxvi) The GoHealth Parties and/or their respective subsidiaries and producers are, and have been during the past three (3) years, in compliance with all insurance statutes and regulations and any other federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to insurance producers and the insurance products sold by the GoHealth Parties and/or their respective subsidiaries, including all industry and subregulatory requirements applicable to Medicare products, except where the failure to do so would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, no event has occurred during the past three (3) years that would make the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries unable to comply with any legal requirements or the requirements of any insurance carrier with whom the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries contract to sell such products, except where the failure to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result

 

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in a Material Adverse Effect. During the past three (3) years, neither the GoHealth Parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries have received any written notification from any Governmental Entity, or an insurance carrier with whom they contract that they have violated or failed to meet any government, regulatory, industry, or contractual requirement, in each case, that would have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxxvii) The GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries (i) are and at all times during the past three (3) years have been in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Healthcare Laws, as defined herein, applicable to the establishment, processing, use, distribution, marketing, advertising, promotion, sale, operation, management, or offer for sale of any product or service of the GoHealth Parties and/or their respective subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the Federal Criminal False Claims Act (18 U.S.C. § 287), the False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters law (18 U.S.C. § 1035), the criminal false statements and representations law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the civil monetary penalties laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a and 1320a-8), HIPAA (as defined above) All Payor Fraud Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the federal exclusion laws (42 U.S.C.§ 1320a-7), the Medicare statute (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), the Medicaid statute (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) statute (Title XXI of the Social Security Act), and all other government funded or sponsored healthcare programs, the Medicare Advantage marketing laws and rules, any other federal or state laws or rules relating to fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful practices in connection with the provision or marketing of healthcare items, services or coverage, the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, and all other local, state, federal, national, supranational and foreign laws and regulations relating to the regulation of the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Applicable Healthcare Laws”); (ii) have not, during the past three (3) years, received any written notice from any Governmental Entity, court, arbitrator, or third party alleging or asserting any non-compliance with any Applicable Healthcare Laws; (iii) are not subject, and during the past three (3) years have not been subject, to any claim, action, suit, litigation, complaint (including a qui tam compliant), subpoena, civil investigative demand, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Entity, court, arbitrator, qui tam relator or whistleblower, or third party (collectively “Action”) alleging that any operation or activity of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of any Applicable Healthcare Laws, in any material respect, nor, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, is any Action threatened; (iv) have, during the past three (3) years, filed, obtained, maintained or submitted on a timely basis all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Healthcare Laws and all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and accurate on the date filed in all material respects (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing corrected in a timely manner); and (v) are not a party to any corporate integrity agreements, non- or deferred-prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Entity;

(xxxviii) None of the GoHealth Parties, their respective subsidiaries, any of their respective officers, directors, or employees, or, to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, agents or contractors (i) has been, during the past three (3) years, or is currently, excluded, suspended or debarred by any Governmental Entity from participation in a Federal Health Care Program, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320-7b(f), nor are any of the foregoing persons aware of any pending

 

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or threatened Action that may lead to such an exclusion, suspension or debarment; (ii) has been assessed a civil money penalty under Applicable Healthcare Laws during the past three (3) years; (iii) has been convicted of any criminal offense under Applicable Healthcare Laws, including with regard to the delivery or payment of any item or service under a Federal Health Care Program during the past three (3) years; (iv) has entered into any corporate integrity agreement, settlement agreement, plan of correction, or other remedial measure with any Governmental Authority with regard to any alleged non-compliance with, or violation of, Applicable Healthcare Laws in any material respect during the past three (3) years; or (v) has been a party to or subject to any Action concerning any alleged non-compliance with Applicable Healthcare Laws in any material respect during the past three (3) years;

(xxxix) The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are then in effect and with which the Company is required to comply as of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect, upon the effectiveness of such provisions, or which will become applicable to the Company at all times after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement;

(xl) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, the GoHealth Parties and their respective subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The GoHealth Parties have no reason to believe that either of them or any of their respective subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct their business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have been denied any insurance coverage which they have sought or for which they have applied;

(xli) No labor dispute with the employees of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, is imminent, and the GoHealth Parties are not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of their or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, contracted insurance carriers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(xlii) (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) no Plan is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA; (iv) none of the GoHealth Parties, any of their respective subsidiaries or any member of the “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the GoHealth Parties within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the GoHealth Parties under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code) has

 

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incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any material liability under Title IV of ERISA; (v) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, to the knowledge of the Company, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; and (vi) to the GoHealth Parties’ knowledge, there is no pending audit or investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the PBGC or any other governmental agency or any non-U.S. regulatory agency with respect to any Plan, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, there has not occurred nor is there reasonably likely to occur a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the GoHealth Parties and such subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the GoHealth Parties and such subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year. None of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries have or have had any “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) with respect to any Plan or otherwise;

(xliii) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of any GoHealth Party is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends or distributions to any GoHealth Party, from making any other dividend or distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to any GoHealth Party any loans or advances to such subsidiary from any GoHealth Party or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to any GoHealth Party or any other subsidiary of any GoHealth Party;

(xliv) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses and any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication comply in all material respects, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Reserved Share Program;

(xlv) No authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the securities laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Reserved Shares are offered outside the United States;

(xlvi) The Company has not offered, or caused the Reserved Share Underwriter or its affiliates to offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Reserved Share Program (i) for any consideration other than the cash payment of the initial public offering price per share set forth in Schedule II hereof or (ii) with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (x) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer or supplier’s terms, level or type of business with the Company or (y) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products; and

 

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(xlvii) There are (and prior to each Time of Delivery, will be) no debt securities, convertible securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the GoHealth Parties’ or any of their subsidiaries that are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $[●], the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares), that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by the Representatives so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to [●] Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.

3. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.

4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the accounts specified by the Company to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates, if any, representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as

 

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defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on [●], 2020 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in each written notice given by the Representatives of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery,” each such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(l) hereof will be delivered at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery.

5. The GoHealth Parties, jointly and severally, agree with each of the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all materials required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation (where not otherwise required) or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction (where not otherwise required);

(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is

 

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required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and for the purposes of this Section 5 and Section 9 hereof, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close;

(d) To make generally available to the Company’s securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(e) (i) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Company Lock-Up Period”), not to (A) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any securities of the GoHealth Parties that are substantially similar to the Shares, including, but not limited to, Class B Common Stock or any options or warrants to purchase shares of capital stock or membership interests of any of the GoHealth Parties (the “Lock-Up Securities”) or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition, confidential submission or filing or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives; provided, however, that the restrictions in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be sold hereunder; (b) Shares or any securities (including without limitation options, restricted stock or restricted stock units) convertible into, or exercisable for, Shares pursuant to any employee stock option plan, incentive plan, stock plan, dividend reinvestment plan or otherwise in equity compensation arrangements in place as of the Applicable Time and as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package; (c) the grant of awards pursuant to employee equity-based compensation plans, incentive plans, stock plans, or other arrangements in place as of the Applicable Time and as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, provided that any directors or officers who are the recipients thereof have provided to the Representatives a signed lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Annex III hereto; (d) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 in connection with the registration of Shares issuable under any employee equity-based compensation

 

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plan, incentive plan, stock plan, dividend reinvestment plan adopted and approved by the Company’s board of directors; and (e) the issuance of up to 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of the assets of, or a majority or controlling portion of the equity of, or a joint venture with another entity in connection with its acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of such entity; provided that each recipient of any shares of capital stock, membership interests of any of the GoHealth Parties pledged, issued or sold pursuant to clause (e) above executes and delivers to the Representatives prior to such issuance or sale (as the case may be) an agreement having substantially the same terms as the lock-up letters described in this Agreement;

(ii) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions in lock-up letters delivered pursuant to Section 8(h) hereof, in each case for an officer or director of the Company, and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Annex II hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver;

(iii) In connection with any offer and sale of Reserved Securities outside the United States, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the same is distributed. The Company has not offered, or caused Merrill Lynch to offer, Reserved Securities to any person with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company or any of its affiliates to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with any such entity or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its affiliates, or their respective businesses or products.

(iv) The GoHealth Parties will enforce all existing agreements between the GoHealth Parties and any of their respective securityholders that prohibit the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of any of the GoHealth Parties’ securities in connection with the Company’s initial public offering until, in respect of any particular securityholder, the earlier to occur of (i) the expiration of the Company Lock-Up Period or (ii) the expiration, which shall not be amended or otherwise modified, of any similar arrangement entered into by such securityholder with the Representatives; to direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the GoHealth Parties that are bound by such existing “lock-up,” “market stand-off,” “holdback” or similar provisions of such agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in the preceding clause; and not to release or otherwise grant any waiver of such provisions in such agreements during such periods without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters;

(v) The Company hereby agrees that it will ensure that the Reserved Securities will be restricted as required by FINRA or the FINRA rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of six months following the date of this Agreement. The Reserved Share Underwriter will notify the Company as to which persons will need to be so restricted. Should the Company release, or seek to release, from such restrictions any of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to reimburse the Reserved Share Underwriter for any reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) they incur in connection with such release (any such expenses incurred, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be subject to the cap in Section 7(v);

(f) During a period of two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to the Company’s stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; provided that no reports, documents or other information need to be furnished pursuant to this Section 5(f) to the extent they are available on EDGAR or any successor thereto;

 

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(g) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;

(h) To use its best efforts to list for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, the Shares on The Nasdaq Global Market (the “Exchange”);

(i) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act;

(j) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 3a(c) of the Commission’s Informal and Other Procedures (16 CFR 202.3a);

(k) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred;

(l) To promptly notify you if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Shares within the meaning of the Act and (ii) the last Time of Delivery;

(m) To comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Reserved Shares are offered in connection with the Reserved Share Program; and

(n) Upon request of any Underwriter, the Company will deliver to such Underwriter (or its agent), on the date of execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of identifying documentation, and the Company undertakes to provide such additional supporting documentation as each Underwriter may reasonably request in connection with the verification of the foregoing Certification.

6. (a) The GoHealth Parties represent and agree that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, they have not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission; and any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic roadshow;

 

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(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission;

(d) Each GoHealth Party represents and agrees that (i) it has not engaged in, or authorized any other person to engage in, any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the prior consent of the Representatives with entities that the Company reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act; and (ii) it has not distributed, or authorized any other person to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, other than those distributed with the prior consent of the Representatives that are listed on Schedule II(d) hereto; and the Company reconfirms that the Underwriters have been authorized to act on its behalf in engaging in Testing-the-Waters Communications;

(e) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that any Testing-the-Waters Communications undertaken by it were with entities that such Underwriter reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act.

7. The GoHealth Parties covenant and agree, jointly and several, with one another and the several Underwriters that (a) the GoHealth Parties will, jointly and severally, pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of GoHealth Party’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, the Transaction Documents, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Exchange; (v) all costs and expenses of the Reserved Share Underwriter including the fees and disbursements of counsel (such counsel’s fees not to exceed $15,000), stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Reserved Share Underwriter in connection with matters related to the Reserved Securities which are designated by the Company for sale to the Invitees; (vi) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if applicable; (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar, and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which

 

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are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section; provided, that, (x) in connection with the “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Shares, the GoHealth Parties and the Underwriters will each bear 50% of the costs associated with any chartered aircraft used by both the GoHealth Parties and the Underwriters and (y) the aggregate amount payable by the Company pursuant to subsections (iii) and (vi) (excluding filing fees) shall not exceed $35,000. It is understood, however, that the GoHealth Parties shall bear the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9, 10 and 13 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the GoHealth Parties herein are, at and as of the Applicable Time and such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the GoHealth Parties shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, threatened by the Commission no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the GoHealth Parties, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions and negative assurance letter, each dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion and negative assurance letter (a form of such opinion and letter is attached as Annex I(a) hereto), each dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you;

(d) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

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(e) (i) Neither any GoHealth Party nor any subsidiary of any GoHealth Party shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock, membership interests or increase in long-term debt of the GoHealth Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries or any change or effect, or any development involving a prospective change or effect, in or affecting (x) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the GoHealth Parties or their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, or (y) the ability of the GoHealth Parties to perform their obligations under Transaction Documents, including the issuance and sale of the Shares or the issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock by the Company in the Transactions, or to consummate the transactions contemplated in Transaction Documents, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the Transactions), the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;

(f) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;

(g) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Exchange;

(h) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each stockholder of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex III hereto in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

(j) The GoHealth Parties shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of each of the GoHealth Parties satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each GoHealth Party herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by each of the GoHealth Parties of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the GoHealth Parties shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section 8.

 

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(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you, on the date hereof and at such Time of Delivery, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to you.

(l) Prior to or substantially concurrent with the issuance of the Firm Shares and payment therefor in accordance with this Agreement, the Transactions shall have been consummated in a manner consistent in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.

9. (a) Each of the GoHealth Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “roadshow” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a “roadshow”), any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred and documented by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the GoHealth Parties shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the GoHealth Parties against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the GoHealth Parties may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any roadshow, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and will reimburse each of the GoHealth Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the GoHealth Parties in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. As used in this Agreement with respect to an Underwriter and an applicable document, “Underwriter Information” shall mean the written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the [fifth] paragraph under the caption “Underwriting,” and the information contained in the [ninth, tenth and eleventh] paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting.”

 

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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the GoHealth Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the GoHealth Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the GoHealth Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the GoHealth Parties bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the GoHealth Parties on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Each of the GoHealth Parties and

 

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the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) If at any time an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above shall have requested an indemnifying party under such section to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by this Section 9 effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

(f) The obligations of the GoHealth Parties under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the GoHealth Parties may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each employee, officer and director of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer or other affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the GoHealth Parties and to each person, if any, who controls any of the GoHealth Parties within the meaning of the Act.

10. (a) In connection with the offer and sale of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Reserved Share Underwriter, its affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls the Reserved Share Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending, investigating or settling any such action or claim), as incurred, (i) arising out of the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Reserved Securities have been offered, (ii) arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Invitees in connection with the offering of the Reserved Securities or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) caused by the failure of any Invitee to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Securities which have been orally confirmed for purchase by any Invitee by 11:59 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of the Agreement or (iv) related to, or arising out of or in connection with, the offering of the Reserved Securities.

 

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(b) Promptly after receipt by the Reserved Share Underwriter of notice of the commencement of any action, the Reserved Share Underwriter shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraph of this Section 10 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to the Reserved Share Underwriter otherwise than under the preceding paragraph of this Section 10. In case any such action shall be brought against the Reserved Share Underwriter and it shall notify the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the Reserved Share Underwriter (who shall not, except with the consent of the Reserved Share Underwriter, be counsel to the Company), and, after notice from the Company to the Reserved Share Underwriter of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to the Reserved Share Underwriter under this subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by the Reserved Share Underwriter, in connection with the defense thereof. The Company shall not, without the written consent of the Reserved Share Underwriter, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Reserved Share Underwriter is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the Reserved Share Underwriter from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the Reserved Share Underwriter.

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless the Reserved Share Underwriter under subsection (a) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Reserved Share Underwriter as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Reserved Share Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Reserved Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then the Company shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by the Reserved Share Underwriter in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Reserved Share Underwriter on the other in connection with any statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Reserved Share Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Reserved Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Reserved Share Underwriter for the Reserved Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Reserved Share Underwriter on the other and the parties’

 

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relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Reserved Share Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (c) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (c). The amount paid or payable by the Reserved Share Underwriter as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (c) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Reserved Share Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (c), the Reserved Share Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Reserved Shares sold by it and distributed to the Participants exceeds the amount of any damages which the Reserved Share Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(d) The obligations of the Company under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each employee, officer and director of the Reserved Share Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Reserved Share Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer or other affiliate of the Reserved Share Underwriter.

11. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone (such) Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to a Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 and 10 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

12. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the GoHealth Parties and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the GoHealth Parties, or any officer or director or controlling person of any of the GoHealth Parties, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

13. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, none of the GoHealth Parties shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, or the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the GoHealth Parties shall, jointly and severally, reimburse the Underwriters through you for all reasonably incurred and documented out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the GoHealth Parties shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

14. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives jointly.

In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the GoHealth Parties, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department, (ii) BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, attention of Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730) and (iii) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; if to any GoHealth Party shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex

 

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or facsimile transmission to GoHealth, Inc., 214 West Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654, Attention: Chief Legal Officer, Chief Financial Officer; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you on request; provided further that notices under subsection 5(e) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as you at (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Control Room and (ii) BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, attention of Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730). Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters and the GoHealth Parties and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the officers and directors of the GoHealth Parties and each person who controls the GoHealth Parties or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

17. The GoHealth Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the GoHealth Parties, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the several Underwriters, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the GoHealth Parties, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the GoHealth Parties with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the GoHealth Parties on other matters) or any other obligation to the GoHealth Parties except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) each GoHealth Party has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and (v) none of the activities of the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a recommendation, investment advice or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person. Each GoHealth Party agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to it, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the GoHealth Parties and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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19. This Agreement and any transaction contemplated by this Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any other law than the laws of the State of New York. The GoHealth Parties agree that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement will be tried exclusively in 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 GoHealth Parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.

20. The GoHealth Parties and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

21. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

22. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the GoHealth Parties are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the GoHealth Parties relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

23. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(c) As used in this section:

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

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(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters and the GoHealth Parties. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the GoHealth Parties for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

 

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Very truly yours,
GoHealth, Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
GoHealth Holdings, LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
BofA Securities, Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

  

Total Number of

Firm Shares

to be Purchased

  

Number of

Optional

Shares to be

Purchased if

Maximum Option

Exercised

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     

BofA Securities, Inc.

     

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     

Barclays Capital Inc.

     

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     

Evercore Group L.L.C.

     

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

     

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     

Total

     

 

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SCHEDULE II

(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package

Electronic Roadshow, dated [ ● ], 2020

(b) Additional documents incorporated by reference

None

(c) Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package

The initial public offering price per share for the Shares is $[ ● ]

The number of Shares purchased by the Underwriters is [ ● ]

(d) Written Testing-the-Waters Communications

Testing-the-Waters presentation, dated June, 2020


SCHEDULE III

 

Blizzard Aggregator, LLC
NVX Holdings, Inc
BCCJ, LLC
Jones 2018 Family Gift Trust
Cruz Dynasty Trust
OR GH I LLC
OR GH II LLC
Clinton P. Jones
Brandon M. Cruz
Shane E. Cruz
Brian Farley
Travis J. Matthiesen
James A. Sharman
Rahm Emanuel
Joseph G. Flanagan
Helene D. Gayle
Jeremy W. Gelber
Anita V. Pramoda
Miriam A. Tawil
Alexander E. Timm


ANNEX I

FORM OF OPINION OF

COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY


ANNEX II

[FORM OF PRESS RELEASE]

GoHealth, Inc.

[Date]

GoHealth, Inc. (“Company”) announced today that Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and [ ● ], the lead book-running managers in the recent public sale of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $[●] par value per share (“Common Stock”), are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to shares of the Company’s [Common Stock][Class B Common Stock, $[●] par value per share,] held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on , 202[0][1], and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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ANNEX III

[FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT]


GoHealth, Inc.

Lock-Up Agreement

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282-2198

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

 

  Re:

GoHealth, Inc. - Lock-Up Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as representatives (the “Representatives”), propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) on behalf of the several underwriters named in Schedule I to such agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for a public offering (the “Offering”) of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (together with the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, the “Common Stock”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (as may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell the shares of Class A Common Stock, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date of this lock-up agreement (this “Lock-up Agreement”) and continuing to, and including, the date that is 180 days after the date set forth on the final prospectus (the “Prospectus”) used to sell the shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned shall not, and shall not cause or direct any of its affiliates to, without the prior written consent of any two Representatives (the “Required Representatives”) (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, lend or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock of the Company (such options, warrants or other securities, collectively, “Derivative Instruments”), including without limitation any such shares of Common Stock or Derivative Instruments now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned (collectively, the “Undersigned’s Shares”), (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) which is designed to, or which reasonably could be expected to lead to, or result in, a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned), or transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of the Undersigned’s Shares, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any such sale, loan,


pledge or other disposition, or transfer of economic consequences, a “Transfer”) or (iii) otherwise publicly announce any intention to engage in or cause any action or activity described in clause (i) above or transaction or arrangement described in clause (ii) above. The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned is not, and has not caused or directed any of its affiliates to be or become, currently a party to any agreement or arrangement that provides for, is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in any Transfer during the Lock-Up Period other than to the extent disclosed in the Prospectus or Registration Statement. For the avoidance of doubt, the undersigned agrees that the foregoing restrictions [shall be equally applicable][shall not be applicable] to any issuer-directed or other shares of Class A Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.

If the undersigned is not a natural person, the undersigned represents and warrants that no single natural person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a natural person, entity or “group” (as described above) that has executed a Lock-Up Agreement in substantially the same form as this Lock-Up Agreement, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the common equity interests, or 50% or more of the voting power, in the undersigned.

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Representatives agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, the Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Required Representatives hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.

The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:

 

  (i)

any transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

 

  (ii)

any transfer or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares in connection with the Transactions (as defined in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement), including pursuant to any redemption of membership interests or exchange of membership interests of GoHealth Holdings, LLC or Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC (including, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, profits units or common units issued in connection with the GoHealth Holdings, LLC Profits Units Plan, as amended) for a corresponding number of shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Operating Agreement of GoHealth Holdings, LLC or Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, as applicable and as may be amended and restated at the consummation of the Offering;

 

  (iii)

any shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the undersigned in the open market after the completion of the Offering;

 

  (iv)

any of the Undersigned’s Shares transferred as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein;

 

  (v)

any of the Undersigned’s Shares transferred to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representatives, heirs, beneficiary or immediate family member of the undersigned, provided that the donee or donees, beneficiary or beneficiaries, heir or heirs or legal representatives thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein;


  (vi)

any of the Undersigned’s Shares transferred to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, or if the undersigned is a trust, to any beneficiary (including such beneficiary’s estate) of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust or the partnership, limited liability company or other entity or beneficiary agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein;

 

  (vii)

any of the Undersigned’s Shares transferred or disposed of pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency or to comply with any regulations related to the undersigned’s ownership of the Undersigned’s Shares;

 

  (viii)

any of the Undersigned’s Shares transferred to the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of the undersigned;

 

  (ix)

(1) the receipt by the undersigned from the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of options, restricted stock units or other equity awards granted under a stock incentive plan or other equity award plan, which plan is described in the Prospectus or Registration Statement or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock or securities of the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, insofar as such options or warrants are outstanding as of the date of the Prospectus and are disclosed in the Prospectus; or (2) the transfer of shares of Common Stock or other securities of Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, to the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, upon a vesting or settlement event of the Company’s or GoHealth Holdings, LLC’s securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s or GoHealth Holdings, LLC’s securities on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis to the extent permitted by the instruments representing such options (and any transfer to the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, necessary in respect of such amount needed for the payment of taxes, including estimated taxes and withholding tax and remittance obligations, due as a result of such vesting, settlement or exercise whether by means of a “net settlement” or otherwise) so long as such securities or options were granted under a stock incentive plan or other equity award plan, which plan is described in the Prospectus or Registration Statement, or such securities or options are outstanding as of the date of the Prospectus and are disclosed in the Prospectus, and so long as such vesting, settlement, “cashless” exercise or “net exercise” is effected solely by the surrender of outstanding options (or shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, issuable upon the exercise thereof) or shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, as applicable, and the Company’s or GoHealth Holdings, LLC’s, as applicable, cancellation of all or a portion thereof to pay the exercise price and/or withholding tax and remittance obligations in connection with the vesting, settlement or exercise of the restricted stock unit, option or other equity award; provided (yy) that the shares or other securities received upon vesting, settlement or exercise of the restricted stock unit, option or other equity award are subject to this Lock-Up Agreement, and (zz) that in the case of clauses (1) or (2), any filing required under Section 16 of the Exchange Act to be made during the Lock-Up Period shall include a statement to the effect that (A) such transaction reflects the circumstances described in (1) or (2), as the case may be, (B) such transaction was only with the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC and (C) in the case of (1) shares or other securities received upon exercise or settlement of the option, restricted stock units or other equity awards are subject to this Lock-Up Agreement;

 

  (x)

any transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares to the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC in connection with the repurchase of shares of Common Stock or other securities granted under any stock incentive plan, stock purchase plan or other equity award plan of the Company or GoHealth Holdings, LLC, which plan is described in the Prospectus or Registration Statement, provided that the underlying shares or other securities shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement;


  (xi)

to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible in connection with the foregoing clauses (i) through (ix) as applicable; provided that such nominee or custodian agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein if required by the applicable foregoing clause;

 

  (xii)

the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act; provided that (i) no transfers occur under such plan during such Lock-Up Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period; or

 

  (xiii)

transfers, sales, tenders or other dispositions of the Undersigned’s Shares to a bona fide third party pursuant to a tender or exchange offer for securities of the Company or other transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other business combination, involving a change of control of the Company that, in each case, has been approved by the Company’s board of directors (including, without limitation, entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of the Undersigned’s Shares in connection with any such transaction, or vote any of the Undersigned’s Shares in favor of any such transaction), provided that all of the Undersigned’s Shares subject to this Lock-Up Agreement that are not so transferred, sold, tendered or otherwise disposed of remain subject to this Lock-Up Agreement; and provided, further, that it shall be a condition of transfer, sale, tender or other disposition that if such tender offer or other transaction is not completed, any of the Undersigned’s Shares subject to this Lock-Up Agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions herein;

provided, that (1) in connection with any transfer pursuant to clauses (iii) through (viii) and (xi) above, no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of the Undersigned’s Shares shall be required during the Lock-Up Period (other (A) than on Form 5 if such Form 5 is filed after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period) unless such filing indicates in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in the applicable clause above and that no shares of Common Stock were sold to the public by the undersigned and, where applicable, the shares remain subject to a lock-up agreement (provided that in the case of clause (vii), no such statement in the footnotes of the filing shall be included to the extent it would be prohibited by any applicable law, regulation, or order of a court or regulatory authority) nor shall a public announcement be voluntarily made by the undersigned or the transferee during the Lock-Up Period; and (2) in connection with any transfer pursuant to clauses (vi) and (xi), any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value.

For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin and “change of control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons (other than an underwriter pursuant to the Offering, Centerbridge Capital Partners III, L.P. or any affiliates of Centerbridge Capital Partners III, L.P.), of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Company (or the surviving entity).

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or


other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned, in each case without consideration or (B) as part of a distribution, transfer or disposition without consideration by the undersigned to its stockholders, partners, members, beneficiaries or other equity holders; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such Undersigned’s Shares except in accordance with this Lock-Up Agreement, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated pursuant to this Lock-up Agreement, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares of the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

For the avoidance of doubt, and consistent with clause (ii) above, the restrictions described in this Lock-Up Agreement shall not prohibit any transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares contemplated by the Transactions.

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be terminated and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder upon the earlier of (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, if the Company or any Representatives advise in writing that they have determined not to proceed with the Offering, (ii) the date the Registration Statement filed with the SEC with respect to the Offering is withdrawn, (iii) the date on which the Underwriting Agreement is terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the shares to be sold thereunder (other than pursuant to the Underwriters’ over-allotment option) or (iv) August 15, 2020, if the Offering is not completed by such date; provided, however, that the Company may, by written notice to the undersigned prior to such date, extend such date for a period of up to three additional months.

The undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Required Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any of the Undersigned’s Shares. This Lock-Up Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns. For the avoidance of doubt, any waiver, modification or release of the Undersigned’s Shares pursuant to this Lock-up Agreement only requires the consent of the Required Representatives.

The undersigned hereby consents to receipt of this Lock-Up Agreement in electronic form and understands and agrees that this lock-up agreement may be signed electronically. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or otherwise by electronic transmission evidencing an intent to sign this Lock-Up Agreement, such facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other electronic transmission shall create a valid and binding obligation of the undersigned with the same force and effect as if such signature were an original. Execution and delivery of this Lock-Up Agreement by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other electronic transmission is legal, valid and binding for all purposes.

EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

GOHEALTH, INC.

GoHealth, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

1. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 27, 2020 (the “Original Certificate”).

2. The Corporation is filing this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which restates, integrates and further amends the Original Certificate, as heretofore amended, and which was duly adopted by all necessary action of the board of directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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

ARTICLE I.

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

ARTICLE II.

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

ARTICLE III.

The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), including, without limitation, (i) investing in securities of GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor entities thereto (“GoHealth LLC”) and any of its subsidiaries, (ii) exercising all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to the Corporation’s assets, including managing, holding, selling and disposing of such assets and (iii) engaging in any other activities incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

Section 4.1 Authorized Stock and Recapitalization.

(a) Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is one billion, eight hundred ten million (1,810,000,000), consisting of three classes as follows:

(i) One billion, one hundred million (1,100,000,000) shares of Class A common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”);

(ii) Six hundred ninety million (690,000,000) shares of Class B common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”); and

(iii) Twenty million (20,000,000) shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

(b) Recapitalization. Effective upon the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, all shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation (the “Existing Common Stock”) shall be recapitalized, reclassified and reconstituted into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Recapitalization”). The Recapitalization shall occur automatically without any further action by the holders of Existing Common Stock. The outstanding stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Recapitalization, represented the outstanding Existing Common Shares shall, upon and after the Recapitalization, be deemed to represent one (1) share of Class A Common Stock, without the need for surrender or exchange thereof.

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law or by that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of [ ● ], 2020, by and among the Corporation and the other Persons party thereto (as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the authority to fix the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and purchase fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, restrictions on the issuance of shares of such series, the dissolution preferences and the rights in respect of any distribution of assets of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, or any of them and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series so created (except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation), subsequent to the issue of that series but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the authorized number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares

 

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of such series (except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation). There shall be no limitation or restriction on any variation between any of the different series of Preferred Stock as to the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; and the several series of Preferred Stock may vary in any and all respects as fixed and determined by the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, providing for the issuance of the various series of Preferred Stock.

Section 4.3 Number of Authorized Shares. Subject to any limitations prescribed by the Stockholders Agreement, the number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of any holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, unless a separate vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation.

Section 4.4 Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

(a) Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law,

(i) Each share of Class A Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.

(ii) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.

(iii) Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class (or, if any holders of shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock) on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(b) Dividends and Distributions. 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 Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets or funds of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. Other than in connection with a dividend declared by the Board of Directors in connection with a “poison pill” or similar stockholder rights plan, dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall have no right to receive dividends in respect of such shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

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(c) Liquidation Rights. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and after making provisions for preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to payments in liquidation shall be entitled, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation available for distribution shall be divided among and paid ratably to the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder; provided, that the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive $0.0001 per share, and upon receiving such amount, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any other assets or funds of the Corporation. A consolidation, reorganization or merger of the Corporation with any other Person or Persons (as defined below), or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not be considered to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 4.4(c).

(d) Class B Common Stock.

(i) From and after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued only to, and registered only in the name of, the Existing Owners (as defined below), their respective successors and assigns as well as their Permitted Transferees (as defined below) in accordance with Section 4.4 (including all subsequent successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees) (the Existing Owners together with such Persons, collectively, the “Permitted Class B Owners”) and the aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock at any time registered in the name of each such Permitted Class B Owner must be equal to the aggregate number of Common Units (as defined below) held of record at such time by such Permitted Class B Owner under the LLC Agreement (as defined below). As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, (A) “Existing Owner” means each of the holders of Common Units (other than the Corporation) of GoHealth LLC, as set forth on Schedule 1 of the LLC Agreement (as defined below) (as such Schedule 1 may be amended from time to time in accordance with the LLC Agreement), (B) “Common Unit” means a membership interest in GoHealth LLC, authorized and issued under the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of GoHealth LLC, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), and constituting a “Common Unit” as defined in such LLC Agreement and (C) “Permitted Transferee” has the meaning given to it in the LLC Agreement.

(ii) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, undertake all necessary and appropriate action to ensure that the number of shares of Class B Common Stock issued by the Corporation at any time to, or otherwise held of record by, any Permitted Class B Owner shall be equal to the aggregate number of Common Units held of record by such Permitted Class B Owner in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement.

 

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(iii) In the event that there is a merger, consolidation or Change of Control (as defined below) of the Corporation that was approved by the Board of Directors prior to such merger, consolidation or Change of Control, then the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to receive more than $0.0001 per share of Class B Common Stock, whether in the form of consideration for such shares or in the form of a distribution of the proceeds of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation with respect to such shares.

Section 4.5 Transfer of Class B Common Stock.

(a) A holder of Class B Common Stock may surrender shares of Class B Common Stock to the Corporation for cancellation for no consideration at any time. Following the surrender, or other acquisition, of any shares of Class B Common Stock to or by the Corporation, the Corporation will take all actions necessary to cancel and retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.

(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.5(a), a holder of Class B Common Stock may transfer or assign shares of Class B Common Stock (or any legal or beneficial interest in such shares) (directly or indirectly, including by operation of law) only to a Permitted Transferee of such holder, and only if such holder also simultaneously transfers an equal number of such holder’s Common Units to such Permitted Transferee in compliance with the LLC Agreement. The transfer restrictions described in this Section 4.5(b) are referred to as the “Restrictions”.

(c) Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions shall be null and void. If, notwithstanding the Restrictions, a Person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become, the purported owner (“Purported Owner”) of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in, to or with respect to such shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Restricted Shares”), and the purported transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Corporation, the Corporation’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) or the Secretary of the Corporation and each Restricted Share shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, the holder thereof, the Purported Owner or any other party, lose all voting rights as set forth herein and become a non-voting share.

(d) Upon a determination by the Board of Directors that a Person has attempted or may attempt to transfer or to acquire Restricted Shares in violation of the Restrictions, the Corporation may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Corporation, including without limitation to cause the Transfer Agent or the Secretary of the Corporation, as applicable, to not record the Purported Owner as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin or rescind any such transfer or acquisition.

(e) The Board of Directors may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 4.5 for determining whether any transfer or acquisition of shares of Class B Common Stock would violate the Restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of this Section 4.5. Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Corporation and with the Transfer Agent and shall be made available for inspection by and, upon written request shall be mailed to, holders of shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

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Section 4.6 Certificates. All certificates or book entries representing shares of Class B Common Stock shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (or in such other form as the Board of Directors may determine):

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS [CERTIFICATE][BOOK ENTRY] ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION AS IT MAY BE AMENDED AND/OR RESTATED (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR).

Section 4.7 Fractions. Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock may be issued and transferred in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise fractional voting rights and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as applicable. Subject to the Restrictions, holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to transfer fractions thereof and the Corporation shall, and shall cause the Transfer Agent to, facilitate any such transfers, including by issuing certificates or making book entries representing any such fractional shares. For all purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, all references to Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock or any share thereof (whether in the singular or plural) shall be deemed to include references to any fraction of a share of such Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock.

Section 4.8 Amendment.

Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation).

ARTICLE V.

The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares or other securities at least as many shares or other securities equal to the number of Common Units held by the holders of Common Units (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation).

 

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ARTICLE VI.

Subject to any limitations prescribed by the Stockholders Agreement, the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) may be altered, amended or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, and subject to any limitations prescribed by the Stockholders Agreement, at any time when Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than forty percent (40%) 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 any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, 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. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the term “Whole Board of Directors” shall mean the total number of authorized directors (from time to time) whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.

ARTICLE VII.

Section 7.1 Ballot. Elections of directors (each such director, in such capacity, a “Director”) need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

Section 7.2 Number and Terms of the Board of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances and the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors; provided, that for as long as the Stockholders Agreement is in effect, the number of Directors shall never be less than the aggregate number of Directors that the parties to the Stockholders Agreement are entitled to designate from time to time pursuant to Section 1 thereof.

Section 7.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by law and the separate rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled (x) for so long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, only by a majority vote of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director entitled to vote thereon, or by the vote of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon and (y) at any time when the Stockholders Agreement is no longer in effect, only by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director entitled to vote thereon, and not by the stockholders. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, any Director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such Director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

 

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Section 7.4 Removal for Cause. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, for as long as this Certificate of Incorporation provides for a classified Board of Directors, any Director, or the entire Board of Directors, may otherwise be removed only for cause by an affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, at a meeting duly called for that purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the directors appointed pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement may be removed with or without cause in accordance with the terms thereof and the requirements of the DGCL.

Section 7.5 Classified Board. At the Effective Time, the Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, by dividing them into three (3) classes, with each Director then in office to be designated as a Class I Director, a Class II Director or a Class III Director, with each class to be apportioned as nearly equal in number as possible. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. The initial Class I Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time; the initial Class II Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time; and the initial Class III Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, the successors of the class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders to be held following their election, with each Director in each such class to hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with Section 7.4 of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors is authorized to assign each Director already in office at the Effective Time, as well as each Director elected or appointed to a newly created directorship due to an increase in the size of the Board of Directors, to Class I, Class II or Class III; provided, that the class assignments for the initial directors designated for nomination and elected to the Board of Directors pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement shall be as set forth in Section 3 of the Stockholders Agreement. Without limitation to the rights of the stockholders party to the Stockholders Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7.5 are subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors and such directors need not serve classified terms.

Section 7.6 Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for election of Directors and other business to be brought by stockholders before a meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner provided by the Bylaws.

ARTICLE VIII.

At any time when Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least forty percent (40%) in voting power 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 may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are (1) signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant class(es) or series of stock of the Corporation representing not less than the minimum

 

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number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of the Corporation then issued and outstanding (other than treasury stock) entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (2) delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law. At any time when Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than forty percent (40%) in voting power 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 must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by written consent in lieu of a meeting; 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 Preferred Stock Designation.

ARTICLE IX.

Subject to any limitations prescribed by the Stockholders Agreement, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, (x) that any amendment (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) to this Certificate of Incorporation that gives holders of the Class B Common Stock (i) any rights to receive dividends or any other kind of distribution other than in connection with a dissolution or liquidation pursuant to Section 4.4(c), (ii) any right to convert into or be exchanged for Class A Common Stock or (iii) any other economic rights shall, in addition to the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, also require the affirmative vote of a majority of shares of Class A Common Stock voting separately as a class and (y) at any time when Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than forty percent (40%) 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 any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or applicable law, but subject to Section 4.8, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, 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 this Certificate of Incorporation or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

ARTICLE X.

The Corporation is authorized to indemnify, and to advance expenses to, each current or former Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended. To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended, no Director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director. No amendment to, or modification or repeal of, this Article X shall adversely affect any right or protection of a Director or of any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

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ARTICLE XI.

Section 11.1 Corporate Opportunity.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and in accordance with Section 122(17) of the DGCL, (i) the Corporation hereby renounces all interest and expectancy that it otherwise would be entitled to have in, and all rights to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that from time to time may be presented to Centerbridge or its Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), and any of its or their respective principals, members, directors, partners, stockholders, officers, employees or other representatives (other than any such Person who is also an employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries), or any Director or stockholder who is not employed by the Corporation or its subsidiaries (each such Person, an “Exempt Person”); (ii) no Exempt Person will have any duty to refrain from (1) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar lines of business in which the Corporation or its subsidiaries from time to time is engaged or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing, directly or indirectly, with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; and (iii) if any Exempt Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity both for such Exempt Person or any of his or her respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and for the Corporation or its subsidiaries, on the other hand, such Exempt Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or business opportunity to the Corporation or its subsidiaries and such Exempt Person may take any and all such transactions or opportunities for itself or offer such transactions or opportunities to any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preceding sentence of this Section 11.1(a) shall not apply to any potential transaction or business opportunity that is expressly offered to a Director, executive officer or employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, solely in his or her capacity as a Director, executive officer or employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, no potential transaction or business opportunity may be deemed to be a corporate opportunity of the Corporation or its subsidiaries unless (i) the Corporation or its subsidiaries would be permitted to undertake such transaction or opportunity in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation, (ii) the Corporation or its subsidiaries at such time have sufficient financial resources to undertake such transaction or opportunity, (iii) the Corporation or its subsidiaries have an interest or expectancy in such transaction or opportunity and (iv) such transaction or opportunity would be in the same or similar line of business in which the Corporation or its subsidiaries are then engaged or a line of business that is reasonably related to, or a reasonable extension of, such line of business.

Section 11.2 Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no stockholder and no Director will be liable to the Corporation or its subsidiaries or stockholders for breach of any duty solely by reason of any activities or omissions of the types referred to in this Article XI, except to the extent such actions or omissions are in breach of this Article XI.

 

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ARTICLE XII.

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (a) (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or as to which the DGCL confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Court of Chancery”), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, the federal district court of the State of Delaware; and (b) the federal district courts of the United States (the “Federal Courts”) shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the first sentence of this Article XII, is filed in a court other than the Court of Chancery or the Federal Courts, as applicable, (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery or the Federal Courts, as applicable, in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the first sentence of this Article XII and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person 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 XII. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article XII shall not apply to claims seeking to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

ARTICLE XIII.

Section 13.1 Section 203 of the DGCL. The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL and the restrictions and limitations set forth therein.

Section 13.2 Interested Stockholder Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination (as defined below) at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock and Class B 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:

(a) prior to such time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, the Board of Directors approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in such stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder; or

(b) 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

 

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(c) at or subsequent to such time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, the Business Combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation which is not owned by such Interested Stockholder.

Section 13.3 Definitions. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the following meaning:

(a) “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;

(b) “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 twenty percent (20%) or more of any class of shares of voting stock of the Corporation; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a twenty percent (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.

(c) “Business Combination” means (i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with the Interested Stockholder or (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 ten percent (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 shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

(d) “Centerbridge” means Centerbridge Capital Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, certain of its Affiliates and any Centerbridge Party (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and its and their successors and assigns (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries).

(e) “Centerbridge Related Parties” means Centerbridge and its Permitted Transferees.

(f) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of

 

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capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote; (2) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a transaction or series of related transactions for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of GoHealth LLC); (3) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, voting securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or (4) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of GoHealth LLC; provided, however, that a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions immediately following which the beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

(g) “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 any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence 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 section, 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.

(h) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

(i) “Interested Stockholder” means any Person (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the beneficial owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote, or (ii) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and was the beneficial owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote at any time within the three-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. Notwithstanding anything in this Article XIII to the contrary, the term “Interested Stockholder” shall not include: (x) the Centerbridge Related Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates, including any investment funds managed, directly or indirectly, by Centerbridge or any other Person with whom any of the foregoing are acting as a group or in

 

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concert for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of shares of capital stock of the Corporation (y) the NVX Related Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates, including any investment funds managed, directly or indirectly, by NVX or any other Person with whom any of the foregoing are acting as a group or in concert for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or (z) any other Person who acquires voting stock of the Corporation directly from a Centerbridge Related Party or an NVX Related Party with prior approval of the Board of Directors, and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Person who acquires voting stock of the Corporation through a broker’s transaction executed on any securities exchange or other over-the-counter market or pursuant to an underwritten public offering.

(j) “NVX” means NVX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(k) “NVX Related Parties” means NVX and its Permitted Transferees.

(l) “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 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 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.

(m) “Person” means, except as otherwise provided in the definition of “Change of Control”, any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity.

(n) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

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(p) “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 to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentages of the votes of such voting stock.

ARTICLE XIV.

If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any Person or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other Persons and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Incorporation to be signed on this [ ● ], 2020.

 

GOHEALTH, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
EX-3.4

Exhibit 3.4

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

GOHEALTH, INC.

Dated as of [ ● ], 2020

 

 

 

 


CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article I. Meetings of Stockholders

     1  

Section 1.01

 

Place of Meetings

     1  

Section 1.02

 

Annual Meetings

     1  

Section 1.03

 

Special Meetings

     1  

Section 1.04

 

Notice of Meetings

     1  

Section 1.05

 

Adjournments

     2  

Section 1.06

 

Quorum

     2  

Section 1.07

 

Organization

     2  

Section 1.08

 

Voting; Proxies

     3  

Section 1.09

 

Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record

     3  

Section 1.10

 

List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote

     4  

Section 1.11

 

Inspectors of Election

     5  

Section 1.12

 

Conduct of Meetings

     5  

Section 1.13

 

Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought Before a Meeting

     6  

Section 1.14

 

Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors

     9  

Article II. Board of Directors

     13  

Section 2.01

 

Number; Tenure; Qualifications

     13  

Section 2.02

 

Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies

     13  

Section 2.03

 

Regular Meetings

     13  

Section 2.04

 

Special Meetings

     13  

Section 2.05

 

Telephonic Meetings Permitted

     14  

Section 2.06

 

Quorum; Vote Required for Action

     14  

Section 2.07

 

Organization

     14  

Section 2.08

 

Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors

     14  

Section 2.09

 

Compensation of Directors

     14  

Section 2.10

 

Chairpersons

     14  

Article III. Committees

     15  

Section 3.01

 

Committees

     15  

Section 3.02

 

Committee Minutes

     15  

Section 3.03

 

Committee Rules

     15  

Article IV. Officers

     15  

Section 4.01

 

Officers

     15  

Section 4.02

 

Appointment of Officers

     16  

Section 4.03

 

Subordinate Officer

     16  

Section 4.04

 

Removal and Resignation of Officers

     16  

Section 4.05

 

Vacancies in Offices

     16  

Section 4.06

 

Chief Executive Officer

     16  

Section 4.07

 

President

     16  

Section 4.08

 

Secretary

     17  

Section 4.09

 

Chief Financial Officer

     17  

Section 4.10

 

Representation of Shares of Other Entities

     17  

Section 4.11

 

Authority and Duties of Officers

     17  

Section 4.12

 

Compensation

     18  


Article V. Stock

     18  

Section 5.01

 

Certificates

     18  

Section 5.02

 

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates

     18  

Article VI. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

     18  

Section 6.01

 

Right to Indemnification

     18  

Section 6.02

 

Indemnification of Others

     19  

Section 6.03

 

Advancement of Expenses

     19  

Section 6.04

 

Claims

     19  

Section 6.05

 

Non-exclusivity of Rights

     19  

Section 6.06

 

Insurance

     19  

Section 6.07

 

Other Sources

     20  

Section 6.08

 

Continuation of Indemnification

     20  

Section 6.09

 

Amendment or Repeal

     20  

Section 6.10

 

Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

     20  

Article VII. Miscellaneous

     20  

Section 7.01

 

Fiscal Year

     20  

Section 7.02

 

Seal

     20  

Section 7.03

 

Dividends

     20  

Section 7.04

 

Registered Stockholders

     21  

Section 7.05

 

Corporate Seal

     21  

Section 7.06

 

Construction; Definitions

     21  

Section 7.07

 

Manner of Notice

     21  

Section 7.08

 

Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees

     22  

Section 7.09

 

Form of Records

     22  

Section 7.10

 

Amendment of Bylaws

     22  

 

 

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ARTICLE I.

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.01 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders of GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”; and such stockholders, the “Stockholders”), may be held at any place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by or in the manner determined by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). In the absence of such designation, meetings of Stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of Stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication authorized by and in accordance with Section 211(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

Section 1.02 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of Stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date and time as may be designated by or in the manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other business as may be properly brought before the annual meeting may be transacted at the annual meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of Stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only by a chairperson or co-chairperson of the Board of Directors (a “Chairperson”) or pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors then in office. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term “Whole Board of Directors” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships. Special meetings validly called in accordance with this Section 1.03 of these amended and restated bylaws (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, these “Bylaws”) may be held at such date and time as specified in the applicable notice. Notice of every special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the business transacted at any special meeting of Stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled by a Chairperson or the Board of Directors; provided, however, that with respect to any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors at the request of Centerbridge (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 Centerbridge.

Section 1.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever Stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, 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 the meeting as of the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be 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.

Section 1.05 Adjournments. Any meeting of Stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time by the chairperson of the meeting (or by the Stockholders in accordance with Section 1.06) to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and the same or some other time, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, 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 a new record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 1.09(a) of these Bylaws, 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 fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be 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.

Section 1.06 Quorum. At any meeting of the Stockholders, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation (“Stock”) entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number may be required by law, the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the absence of a quorum, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) if the Board of Directors so determines, the Stockholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital Stock entitled to vote thereon, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.05 of these Bylaws until a quorum is present or represented. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of Stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

Section 1.07 Organization. Meetings of Stockholders shall be presided over by a Chairperson or by such other officer or director of the Corporation as designated by the Board of Directors or a Chairperson, or in the absence of such person or designation, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of Stock present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting (provided there is a quorum). The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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Section 1.08 Voting; Proxies. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of Stockholders shall be entitled to the number of votes, if any, for each share of Stock held of record by such Stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question that is set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or, if such voting power is not set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, one vote per share. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or express consent to corporate action without a meeting (if permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation) may authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy may be authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law and shall be filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting. 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 which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person (including by means of remote communication, if applicable) or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of Stockholders need not be by written ballot. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of Stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect directors. No holder of shares of Stock shall have the right to cumulate votes. All other elections and questions presented to the Stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter, unless a different or minimum vote is required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter.

Section 1.09 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 and 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 with the foregoing provisions of Section 1.09(a) 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 consent to corporate action 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 consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, 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 1.10 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, 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 as of the record date (or such other date). 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 (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business 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 1.10 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term “stock ledger” means one or more records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in which the names of all of the Corporation’s Stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each such Stockholder, and all issuances and transfers of stock of the Corporation are recorded.

 

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Section 1.11 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 person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, 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. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of Stock outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of Stock represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of Stock 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, 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 1.12 Conduct of Meetings. 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 person presiding over the meeting designated in accordance with Section 1.07 of these Bylaws. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted. 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 person presiding over any meeting of Stockholders 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 presiding person, 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 presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) 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 presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of Stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the

 

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meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of Stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 1.13 Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought before a Meeting. This Section 1.13 shall apply to any business that may be brought before an annual meeting of Stockholders other than nominations for election to the Board of Directors at such a meeting, which shall be governed by Section 1.14 of these Bylaws. Stockholders seeking to nominate Persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with Section 1.14 of these Bylaws, and this Section 1.13 shall not be applicable to nominations for election to the Board of Directors except as expressly provided in Section 1.14 of these Bylaws.

(a) At an annual meeting of the Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or the chairperson of the meeting, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Stockholder present in person who (A)(1) was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.13 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 1.13 or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”), which proposal has been included in the proxy statement for the annual meeting. The foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders. The only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Person calling the meeting pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 1.03 of these Bylaws. For purposes of these Bylaws, “Person” shall mean any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity. For purposes of this Section 1.13 and Section 1.14 of these Bylaws, “present in person” shall mean that the Stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting or special meeting of the Corporation, as applicable, or, if the proposing Stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such proposing Stockholder, appear in person at such annual meeting, and a “qualified representative” of such proposing Stockholder shall be, if such proposing Stockholder is (x) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or Person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (y) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or Person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or Person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (z) a trust, any trustee of such trust.

 

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(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Stockholder, the Stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (b) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.13. To be timely, a Stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the Stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 1.13, a Stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(i) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records); and (B) the number of shares of each class or series of Stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);

(ii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under

 

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the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (D) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (E) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and (F) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and

(iii) As to each item of business that the Stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and the text of any proposed amendment to these Bylaws), (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other Person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this Section 1.13(c) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the Stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.

 

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(d) For purposes of this Section 1.13, the term “Proposing Person shall mean (a) the Stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, (c) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such Stockholder in such solicitation.

(e) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 1.13 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(f) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 1.13. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 1.13, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(g) In addition to the requirements of this Section 1.13 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 1.13 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(h) For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or 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.

Section 1.14 Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors.

(a) Nominations of any Person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (a) as provided in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below), (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including by any committee or Persons authorized to do so by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, or (c) by a Stockholder present in person (as defined in Section 1.13) (1) who was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.14 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 1.14 as to such notice and nomination. Other than as provided in the Stockholders Agreement, the foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a Person or Persons for election to the Board of Directors at any annual meeting or special meeting of Stockholders.

 

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(b)

(i) Without qualification, for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a Person or Persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting, the Stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 1.13(b) of these Bylaws) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such Stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 1.14, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.14.

(ii) Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting, then for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting, the Stockholder must (a) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such Stockholder and its candidate for nomination required by this Section 1.14, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 1.14. To be timely for purposes of this Section 1.14(b)(ii), a Stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed to and received by the Secretary of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 1.13(h)) of the date of such special meeting was first made.

(iii) In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Stockholder’s notice as described above.

(iv) In no event may a Nominating Person (as defined below) provide notice under this Section 1.14 or otherwise with respect to a greater number of director candidates than are subject to election by Stockholders at the applicable meeting. If the Corporation shall, subsequent to such notice, increase the number of directors subject to election at the meeting, such notice as to any additional nominees shall be due on the later of (i) the conclusion of the time period for Timely Notice (with respect to an annual meeting), (ii) the date set forth in Section 1.14(b)(ii) (with respect to a special meeting) or (iii) the tenth (10th) day following the date of public disclosure (as defined in Section 1.13(h)) of such increase.

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(i) As to each Nominating Person, the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 1.13(c)(i) of these Bylaws) except that for purposes of this Section 1.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 1.13(c)(i);

(ii) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 1.13(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 1.14 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 1.13(c)(ii) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 1.13(c)(iii) shall be made with respect to nomination of each Person for election as a director at the meeting); and

(iii) As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a Stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.14 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 1.14(f).

(d) For purposes of this Section 1.14, the term “Nominating Person shall mean (a) the Stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (c) any other participant in such solicitation.

(e) A Stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 1.14 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date),

 

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and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(f) To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in this Section 1.14 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board of Directors or by a Stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board of Directors), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (a) a completed written questionnaire (in the form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such candidate for nomination and (b) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Corporation) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed in such written questionnaire and (B) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to all directors and in effect during such Person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect).

(g) The Board of Directors may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a Director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board of Directors in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board of Directors to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

(h) In addition to the requirements of this Section 1.14 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

(i) No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with this Section 1.14, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with this Section 1.14, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots case for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

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(j) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with this Section 1.14.

(k) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, for so long as Centerbridge is entitled to nominate a Director pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, Centerbridge shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.14.

ARTICLE II.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2.01 Number; Tenure; Qualifications. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors and that certain stockholders agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation and the other persons party thereto (as may be amended from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors. The directors shall be classified in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each director shall hold office until such time as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be Stockholders to be qualified for election or service as a director of the Corporation.

Section 2.02 Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of Stockholders by such Stockholders that have the right to vote on such election. Any director may resign at any time upon written or electronic notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless otherwise specified. Directors of the Corporation may be removed only as expressly provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

Section 2.03 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. A notice of regular meetings shall not be required.

Section 2.04 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by a Chairperson or a majority of the directors then in office and shall be held at such time, date and place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as he or she or they shall fix. Notice to directors of the date, place and time of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting. Notice may be given in person, by United States first-class mail, or by e-mail, telephone, telecopier, facsimile or other means of electronic transmission. If the notice is delivered in person, by e-mail, telephone, telecopier, facsimile or other means of electronic transmission, it shall be delivered or sent at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting.

 

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Section 2.05 Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in any meetings of the Board of Directors thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.06 Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the Whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided that, solely for the purposes of filling vacancies pursuant to Section 2.02 of these Bylaws, a meeting of the Board of Directors may be held if a majority of the directors then in office participate in such meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

Section 2.07 Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by at least one Chairperson, or in his, her or their absence by the person whom a Chairperson shall designate, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.08 Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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 such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. Thereafter, the writing or writings or electronic transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee in accordance with applicable law.

Section 2.09 Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary or other compensation as a director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed compensation for attending committee meetings. Any director of the Corporation may decline any or all such compensation payable to such director in his or her discretion.

Section 2.10 Chairpersons. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors may appoint from its members a Chairperson or Chairpersons of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, from time to time appoint one or more vice chairpersons (each, a “Vice Chairperson”) each of whom as such shall report directly to the Chairperson or Chairpersons, as applicable.

 

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ARTICLE III.

COMMITTEES

Section 3.01 Committees. With the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of any committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they 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. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 which may require it. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee (or resolution of the committee designating the subcommittee, if applicable), a majority of the directors then serving on a committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee or subcommittee. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairperson of such committee or a majority of the members of such committee.

Section 3.02 Committee Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 3.03 Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

OFFICERS

Section 4.01 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairperson or Chairpersons of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. No officer need be a stockholder or director of the Corporation.

Section 4.02 Appointment of Officers. The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03 of these Bylaws.

Section 4.03 Subordinate Officer. The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer, the President, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 4.04 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

Section 4.05 Vacancies in Offices. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors or as provided in Section 4.03.

Section 4.06 Chief Executive Officer. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to a Chairperson, if any, the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) (if such an officer is appointed) shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a Chairperson, at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaw.

Section 4.07 President. The Board of Directors may, but is not obligated to, appoint a President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to a Chairperson (if any) or the CEO, the President, if appointed, shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and other officers of the Corporation. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

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Section 4.08 Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required to be given by law or by these Bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the Corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.

Section 4.09 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) shall be the treasurer and shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director. The CFO shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the President, if any is appointed, the CEO, or the directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as CFO and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

Section 4.10 Representation of Shares of Other Entities. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the President or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the President is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares, securities or interests of any other corporation or entity standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

Section 4.11 Authority and Duties of Officers. All officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such powers and authority and shall perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be provided herein or designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.12 Compensation. The compensation of the officers of the Corporation for their services as such shall be fixed from time to time by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. An officer of the Corporation shall not be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.

ARTICLE V.

STOCK

Section 5.01 Certificates. The shares of Stock 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 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 represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, representing the number of shares held by such holder registered in certificate form. Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that complies with Section 158 of the DGCL.

Section 5.02 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate for shares of Stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. The Board of Directors may establish regulations, rules or procedures concerning the proof required for adequately alleging the loss, theft or destruction of any Stock certificate and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or bonds of indemnity.

ARTICLE VI.

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

Section 6.01 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, 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), any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (any such action, suit or proceeding, a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.04 of these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 6.02 Indemnification of Others. The Corporation shall have the power (but not the obligation) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a Person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any such proceeding.

Section 6.03 Advancement of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.04 Claims. If a claim for indemnification under this Article VI (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after the Corporation has received a written claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the Corporation has received a written statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

Section 6.05 Non-exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquires under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of Stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.06 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

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Section 6.07 Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

Section 6.08 Continuation of Indemnification. The rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such Person.

Section 6.09 Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these Bylaws or an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6.10 Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE VII.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 7.02 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments. The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. Any document, including without limitation, any consent, agreement, certificate or instrument, required by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be executed by any officer, director, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. All other contracts, agreements, certificates or instruments to be executed on behalf of the Corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 7.03 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital Stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the Corporation’s capital Stock. The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.

Section 7.04 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation: (i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and (ii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

Section 7.05 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

Section 7.06 Construction; Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular.

Section 7.07 Manner of Notice.

(a) Notice by Electronic Transmission. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any notice to Stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission to the extent permitted by law.

Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the Stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to such Stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the Stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the Stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the Stockholder. A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation.

An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. For the purposes of these Bylaws, an “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

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(b) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to Stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to Stockholders who share an address if consented to by the Stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the Stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any Stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within sixty (60) days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 7.07, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

(c) Notice to Directors. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to any director may be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to such director at such director’s address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or may be given by telephone or by any means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, electronic mail) directed to an address for receipt by such director of electronic transmissions appearing on the books of the Corporation.

Section 7.08 Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. A written waiver of any notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Stockholders, Board of Directors, or committee or subcommittee of the Board of Directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.

Section 7.09 Form of Records. Any records maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, method or one or more electronic networks or databases, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time, and the stock ledger is maintained in accordance with applicable law.

Section 7.10 Amendment of Bylaws. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new bylaws made, only by the affirmative vote of (a) a majority of the Whole Board of Directors or (b) at any time when Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, less than 40% 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 Stock required by any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation with respect to Preferred Stock), these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding Stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the Stockholders to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent herewith.

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

by and among

GOHEALTH, INC.

GOHEALTH HOLDINGS, LLC

and

THE SEVERAL TRA HOLDERS (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

Dated as of July [🌑], 2020

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

  
  
SECTION 1.1.   Definitions      3  
SECTION 1.2.   Rules of Construction      13  

ARTICLE II

 

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

  
  
SECTION 2.1.   Basis Adjustments; GoHealth Holdings 754 Election      14  
SECTION 2.2.   Basis Schedules      14  
SECTION 2.3.   Tax Benefit Schedules      14  
SECTION 2.4.   Procedures; Amendments      15  

ARTICLE III

 

Tax Benefit Payments

  
  
SECTION 3.1.   Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments      16  
SECTION 3.2.   No Duplicative Payments      18  
SECTION 3.3.   Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Holders      18  

ARTICLE IV

 

Termination

  
  
SECTION 4.1.   Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events      19  
SECTION 4.2.   Early Termination Notice.      20  
SECTION 4.3.   Payment upon Early Termination      21  

ARTICLE V

 

Subordination and Late Payments

  
  
SECTION 5.1.   Subordination      21  
SECTION 5.2.   Late Payments by the Corporation      21  

ARTICLE VI

 

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

  
  
SECTION 6.1.   Participation in the Corporation’s and GoHealth Holdings’ Tax Matters      22  
SECTION 6.2.   Consistency      22  
SECTION 6.3.   Cooperation      22  

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

Miscellaneous

  
  
SECTION 7.1.   Notices      23  
SECTION 7.2.   Counterparts      24  
SECTION 7.3.   Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries      24  
SECTION 7.4.   Severability      24  
SECTION 7.5.   Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver      24  
SECTION 7.6.   Titles and Subtitles      26  
SECTION 7.7.   Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law      26  
SECTION 7.8.   Reconciliation Procedures.      27  
SECTION 7.9.   Withholding      28  
SECTION 7.10.   Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.      28  
SECTION 7.11.   Confidentiality      29  
SECTION 7.12.   Change in Law      29  
SECTION 7.13.   Interest Rate Limitation      30  
SECTION 7.14.   Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations      30  

Exhibits

Exhibit A    - Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July [ 🌑 ], 2020, is hereby entered into by and among GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GoHealth Holdings”), CB Blizzard Co-Invest Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CB Blizzard”), CCP III AIV VII Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CCP III AIV”, and together with CB Blizzard, the “Blocker Shareholders”) and each of the Members (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto (collectively with the Blocker Shareholders, the “TRA Holders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, GoHealth Holdings is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes;

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO and the Blocker Mergers (as defined herein), GoHealth Holdings entered into the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) wherein GoHealth Holdings recapitalized all existing ownership interests in GoHealth Holdings into membership interests in the form of Units (as defined herein) (the “Recapitalization”);

WHEREAS, each of the members of GoHealth Holdings as of the date hereof (such members (other than the Corporation), together with each other Person who becomes party hereto by satisfying the Joinder Requirement, the “Members”) own Units;

WHEREAS, the Corporation is the managing member of GoHealth Holdings;

WHEREAS, CCP III Blizzard Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Blocker Corporation”), is treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes and immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO (as defined herein) all of the equity interests of Blocker Corporation were owned by the Blocker Shareholders;

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO and following the Recapitalization, the Blocker Corporation purchased, pursuant to certain Purchase and Sale Agreements dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Blocker Corporation, Blizzard Aggregator, LLC and the Sellers (as such term is defined in such Purchase and Sale Agreements) party thereto, certain rights to payments and distributions in respect of GoHealth Holdings from the Sellers in exchange for certain contingent promissory notes (the “Contingent Notes”) in favor of each such Seller;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated on or about the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, the Blocker Corporation, GoHealth Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, (“Merger Sub”) and the Blocker Shareholders, (i) Merger Sub merged with and into the Blocker Corporation with the Blocker Corporation as the surviving entity (the “First Merger”), (ii) in connection with the First Merger, the Blocker Shareholders’ interests in the Blocker


Corporation were automatically converted into a right to receive shares of the Corporation’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) and cash to be paid immediately after the consummation of the IPO and (iii) immediately after the First Merger, the Blocker Corporation merged with and into the Corporation with the Corporation as the surviving entity (the “Second Merger”, and together with the First Merger, the “Blocker Mergers”);

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation issued shares of its Class A Common Stock in an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “IPO”);

WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Corporation acquired newly issued Units from GoHealth Holdings using the net proceeds from the IPO (the “Unit Purchase”);

WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the Unit Purchase, GoHealth Holdings used a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO received in connection with the Unit Purchase to redeem certain of the Units held by the Members (the “IPO Unit Redemption”);

WHEREAS, as a result of the Blocker Mergers, the Corporation will obtain the benefit of the Blocker Transferred Basis (as defined herein) with respect to its share of the Reference Assets (as defined herein) relating to the Units acquired by the Corporation in connection with the Blocker Mergers (the “Blocker Acquired Units”);

WHEREAS, as a result of the IPO, the Corporation will obtain the benefit of the Existing Basis (as defined herein) with respect to its share of the Reference Assets relating to the Units acquired in the Unit Purchase;

WHEREAS, the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) provides each Member a redemption right pursuant to which each Member may cause GoHealth Holdings to redeem all or a portion of its Units from time to time for shares of Class A Common Stock or, at the Corporation’s option, cash (a “Redemption”), subject to the Corporation’s right, in its sole discretion, to elect to effect a direct exchange of cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Units between the Corporation and the applicable Member in lieu of such a Redemption (a “Direct Exchange”);

WHEREAS, GoHealth Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined herein) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (as defined herein) for the Taxable Year (as defined herein) in which any Exchange (as defined herein) occurs, which election will cause any such Exchange to result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the assets owned by GoHealth Holdings and such Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Tax Attributes (as defined herein) and the making of payments under this Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to (i) the singular and plural, (ii) the active and passive and (iii) for defined terms that are nouns, the verbified forms of the terms defined).

Actual Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Covered Taxes of the Corporation (a) appearing on Tax Returns of the Corporation for such Taxable Year or (b) if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination; provided, that for purposes of determining Actual Tax Liability, the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining liabilities for all state and local Covered Taxes.

Advisory Firm” means an accounting firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in Covered Tax matters, selected by the Corporation.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

Agreed Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

Agreement” is defined in the preamble.

Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.4(b).

Amount Realized” means, with respect to any Exchange at any time, the sum of (i) the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash (as applicable) transferred to a Member pursuant to such Exchange, (ii) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange (but excluding any portions thereof attributable to Imputed Interest) and (iii) the amount of liabilities allocated to the Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange under Section 752 of the Code.

Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the tax rate equal to the product of (i) the Corporation’s income tax apportionment factor for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income or franchise tax returns for the relevant Taxable Year and (ii) the highest corporate income and franchise tax rate(s) for each such state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income tax returns for each relevant Taxable Year; provided, that the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate calculated pursuant to the foregoing shall be reduced by the assumed federal benefit received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit calculated as the product of (A) the Corporation’s marginal U.S. Federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year and (B) the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate (without regard to this proviso)).

 

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Attributable” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i).

Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the Board.

Basis Adjustment” means the increase or decrease to, or the Corporation’s proportionate share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets under Section 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law) as a result of any Exchange or any payment made under this Agreement. For purposes of determining the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the Reference Assets with respect to the Units transferred in an Exchange under Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(b) (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law), the consideration paid by the Corporation for such Units shall be the Amount Realized. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Units is to be determined as if any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Units had not occurred.

Basis Schedule” is defined in Section 2.2.

Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, with respect to such security or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.

Blocker Acquired Units” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Blocker Corporation” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Blocker Shareholders” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Blocker Transferred Basis” means (i) the Corporation’s proportionate share (determined by reference to the Blocker Corporation’s pro rata share in accordance with percentage interest of Units held immediately after the Recapitalization and prior to the Blocker Mergers and the IPO) of the GoHealth Holdings Group’s tax basis in the Reference Assets that are amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (without taking into account Section 704(c) of the Code) corresponding to the Blocker Acquired Units acquired by the Corporation in the Blocker Mergers and (ii) any increase or decrease to such tax basis referred to in clause (i) under Section 743(b) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign tax Law) as a result of (A) the Blocker Mergers, calculated, for the avoidance doubt, without regard to any increase or decrease to such tax basis under Section 743(b) of the Code as a result of any transaction in respect of the Blocker Acquired Units occurring prior the Blocker Mergers pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(f) and (B) any payment under the Contingent Notes.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

Centerbridge” means Blizzard Aggregator, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CB Blizzard, CCP III AIV and each of their respective Permitted Transferees.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act but excluding any (A) employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) or (B) “person” or “group” who, on the date of the consummation of the IPO, is the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote;

(ii) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a transaction or series of related transactions for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of GoHealth Holdings); or

(iii) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of GoHealth Holdings.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions immediately following which the beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

Class A Common Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to a specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

 

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Contingent Notes” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Control” means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Corporation” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Covered Taxes” means any U.S. Federal, state and local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest imposed in respect thereof under applicable Law.

Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii).

Default Rate” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

Default Rate Interest” is defined in Section 5.2.

Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.

Direct Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Dispute” is defined in Section 7.7(a).

Early Termination Effective Date” means (i) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(a), the date an Early Termination Notice is delivered, (ii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b), the date of the applicable Change of Control and (iii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(c), the date of the applicable Material Breach.

Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.2(a).

Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.3(b).

Early Termination Reference Date” is defined in Section 4.2(b).

Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.2(b).

Exchange” means (i) any Direct Exchange, (ii) any Redemption, (iii) any transaction using proceeds from the IPO or the Over-Allotment Option (as defined in the Operating Agreement), including the IPO Unit Redemption, that results in a Basis Adjustment or (iv) any distribution (including a deemed distribution) by GoHealth Holdings to a Member that results in a Basis Adjustment.

 

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

Exchange Basis” means the Corporation’s proportionate share of the GoHealth Holding Group’s tax basis in the Reference Assets that are amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (without taking into account Section 704(c) of the Code) arising from an Exchange.

Exchange Date” means the date of any Exchange.

Existing Basis” means (i) the Corporation’s proportionate share of the GoHealth Holdings Group’s tax basis in the Reference Assets (other than the Blocker Transferred Basis) held by the GoHealth Holdings Group at the time of the IPO that are amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (without taking into account Section 704(c) of the Code) corresponding to (A) the Units acquired by the Corporation in the Unit Purchase at the time of the IPO or (B) any Units acquired by the Corporation after the IPO (other than any Units acquired (or deemed acquired) by the Corporation in connection with a Redemption, Direct Exchange or other transaction treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from a Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code) (such acquisition of Units, a “Subsequent Capital Contribution”) and (ii) any increase or decrease (if any) to such tax basis referred to in clause (i) under Section 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law) as a result of the entry into this Agreement and any such Unit acquisition.

Expert” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

Final Payment Date” means any date on which a Payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. The Final Payment Date in respect of (i) a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and (ii) an Early Termination Payment is determined pursuant to Section 4.3(a).

GoHealth Holdings” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

GoHealth Holdings Group” means GoHealth Holdings and each of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for applicable tax purposes (but excluding any such Subsidiary that is directly or indirectly held by any entity treated as a corporation for applicable tax purposes (other than the Corporation)).

Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the actual relevant Tax Returns of the Corporation but (i) calculating depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions, or otherwise calculating any items of income, gain or loss, using the Corporation’s proportionate share of (A) the Non-Blocker Transferred Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year, (B) the Non-Existing Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year, (C) the

 

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Non-Exchange Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year and (D) the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year and (ii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest for such Taxable Year; provided, that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability, the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local Covered Taxes (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, federal Covered Taxes) shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any of the items described in clauses (i) or (ii) of the previous sentence.

Imputed Interest” means any interest imputed under Section 483, 1272 or 1274 or any other provision of the Code or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

Independent Directors” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.

Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi).

IPO” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

IPO Unit Redemption” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

Joinder Requirement” is defined in Section 7.5(a).

Law” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the U.S., any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

LIBOR” means, during any period, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in dollars for a period of one month (for delivery on the first day of such period), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of such period.

Market Value” means the Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

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Material Breach” means the (i) material breach by the Corporation of a material obligation under this Agreement or (ii) the rejection of this Agreement by operation of law in a case commenced in bankruptcy or otherwise.

Members” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

Non-Adjusted Tax Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset of the GoHealth Holdings Group at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.

Non-Blocker Transferred Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at the time of the Blocker Mergers that is amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the tax basis that such Reference Asset would have had if the Blocker Transferred Basis at the time of the Blocker Mergers was equal to zero.

Non-Exchange Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at the time of an Exchange that is amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the tax basis that such Reference Asset would have had if the Exchange Basis at the time of such Exchange was equal to zero.

Non-Existing Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at the time of the IPO that is amortizable under Section 197 of the Code and reported as amortizable on IRS Form 4562 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the tax basis that such Reference Asset would have had if the Existing Basis at the time of the IPO (or, in the case of any adjustments as a result of the Unit Purchase and the entry into this Agreement, at the time of the Unit Purchase) or a Subsequent Capital Contribution, as applicable was equal to zero.

NVX Holdings” means NVX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Permitted Transferees.

Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(ii).

Operating Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of GoHealth Holdings, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Parties” means the parties named on the signature pages to this agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.

Payment” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment and in each case, unless otherwise specified, refers to the entire amount of such Payment or any portion thereof.

 

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Permitted Transferee” means a holder of Units pursuant to any transfer of such Units permitted by the Operating Agreement.

Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

Pre-Exchange Transfer” means any transfer (or deemed transfer) of one or more Units (i) that occurs after the consummation of the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies, excluding the IPO Unit Redemption.

Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv).

Realized Tax Detriment” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v).

Recapitalization” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Reconciliation Dispute” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

Reconciliation Procedures” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

Redemption” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Reference Asset” means any asset of any member of the GoHealth Holdings Group on the relevant date of determination under this Agreement (including at the time of an Exchange, the Blocker Mergers and the IPO, as applicable). A Reference Asset also includes any asset the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.

Schedule” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, (iii) an Early Termination Schedule and (iv) any Amended Schedule.

Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1.

Subsequent Capital Contribution” is defined in the definition of Existing Basis.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and as of any determination date, any other Person as to which such first Person (i) owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests of such other Person or (ii) is the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such other Person.

Tax Attributes” means the (i) Blocker Transferred Basis, (ii) Existing Basis, (iii) Exchange Basis, (iv) Basis Adjustments and (v) Imputed Interest; provided that it is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplication among the respective Tax Attributes, and the definitions of each such Tax Attribute shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.

 

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Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b).

Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.3(a).

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.

Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax Law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is filed), ending on or after the closing date of the IPO.

Taxing Authority” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.

TRA Holder” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

TRA Holder Approval” means written approval by TRA Holders whose rights under this Agreement are attributable to at least 50% of the Units outstanding (excluding any Units held by the Corporation) immediately after the Unit Purchase (as appropriately adjusted for any subsequent changes to the number of outstanding Units). For purposes of this definition, a TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement shall be attributed to Units as of the time of a determination of TRA Holder Approval. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) an Exchanged Unit shall be attributed only to the TRA Holder entitled to receive Tax Benefit Payments with respect to such Exchanged Unit (i.e., the TRA Holder who Exchanged the Unit or the assignee of such TRA Holder’s rights hereunder) and (ii) an outstanding Unit that has not been Exchanged shall be attributed only to the TRA Holder (or, if applicable, the assignee of its rights hereunder) entitled to receive Tax Benefit Payments upon the Exchange of such Unit.

Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) and as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

U.S.” means the United States of America.

Unit Purchase” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Units” means Common Units, as defined in the Operating Agreement.

 

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Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:

(i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the deductions arising from the Tax Attributes during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;

(ii) the U.S. Federal income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other applicable Law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into Law and the combined U.S. state and local income tax rates shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate;

(iii) all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period; provided, that the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local income taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate;

(iv) any loss carryovers or carrybacks generated by any Tax Attributes (including any Basis Adjustments or Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments made or deemed to be made under this Agreement) and available (taking into account any known and applicable limitations) as of the date of the Early Termination Schedule will be used by the Corporation ratably in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning with the Taxable Year that includes the date of the Early Termination Schedule (but, in the case of any such carryover or carryback that has less than 5 remaining Taxable Years, ratably through the scheduled expiration date of such carryover or carryback) (by way of example, if on the date of the Early Termination Schedule the Corporation had $100 of net operating losses, $20 of such net operating losses would be used in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning in the Taxable Year of such Early Termination Schedule);

(v) any non-amortizable assets will be disposed of on the fifteenth anniversary of the earlier of (A) the applicable Exchange (in the case of Basis Adjustments or Exchange Basis) or the date of the IPO (in the case of Blocker Transferred Basis and Existing Basis) and (B) the Early Termination Effective Date;

(vi) if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, any Member has Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash that would be received by such Member had such Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date;

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(viii) with respect to Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, any unpaid Tax Benefit Payments and any applicable Default Rate Interest will be paid.

Voluntary Early Termination” is defined in Section 4.2(a)(i).

SECTION 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified herein:

(a) For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:

(i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Unless specified otherwise, references to an Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Article, Section or clause in this Agreement.

(iii) References to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the U.S.

(iv) The terms “include” or “including” are by way of example and not limitation and shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation”.

(v) The term “or”, when used in a list of two or more items, means “and/or” and may indicate any combination of the items.

(vi) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to organizational documents (including the Operating Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby, and (ii) references to any Law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

 

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ARTICLE II

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

SECTION 2.1. Basis Adjustments; GoHealth Holdings 754 Election.

(a) Basis Adjustments. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) each Redemption and the IPO Unit Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Units by the Corporation from the applicable Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) (i.e., equivalent to a Direct Exchange) and (ii) each Exchange will give rise to Basis Adjustments.

(b) GoHealth Holdings Section 754 Election. The Corporation shall cause GoHealth Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) for each Taxable Year. The Corporation shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Person in which GoHealth Holdings owns a direct or indirect equity interest (other than a Subsidiary) that is so treated as a partnership to have in effect any such election for each Taxable Year.

SECTION 2.2. Basis Schedules. Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the TRA Holders a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (a) the Blocker Transferred Basis of the Reference Assets in respect of such TRA Holder, (b) the Existing Basis of the Reference Assets in respect of such TRA Holder, (c) the Non-Exchange Basis of the Reference Assets in respect of such TRA Holder as of each applicable Exchange Date, (d) Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, (e) the Exchange Basis and the Basis Adjustments to the Reference Assets for such Taxable Year, calculated (i) in the aggregate and (ii) solely with respect to each applicable TRA Holder, (f) the periods over which the Reference Assets are amortizable or depreciable and (g) the period over which the Blocker Transferred Basis, the Existing Basis, the Exchange Basis and the Basis Adjustments are amortizable or depreciable (such schedule, a “Basis Schedule”). A Basis Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

SECTION 2.3. Tax Benefit Schedules.

(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the TRA Holders a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). A Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

 

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(b) Applicable Principles. Subject to the provisions hereunder, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the Actual Tax Liability of the Corporation for such Taxable Year attributable to the Tax Attributes, as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a). Carryovers or carrybacks of any tax item attributable to any of the Tax Attributes shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, and the appropriate provisions of state, local and foreign tax Law, governing the use, limitation or expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any tax item includes a portion that is attributable to any Tax Attribute (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not attributable to any Tax Attribute (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)) and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year. Except with respect to the portion of any Payment attributable to Imputed Interest and the portion of any Payment attributable to Existing Basis, all Tax Benefit Payments and payments of Default Rate Interest attributable to the Exchange Basis or Basis Adjustments will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation beginning in the Taxable Year of payment, and as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into such Taxable Year and into future Taxable Years, as appropriate. The Parties agree that, except with respect to the portion attributable to Imputed Interest, all Tax Benefit Payments attributable to Blocker Transferred Basis will be treated as non-qualifying property or money received in connection with the Blocker Mergers for purposes of Section 356 of the Code.

SECTION 2.4. Procedures; Amendments.

(a) Procedures. At any time at least 90 calendar days before a Schedule is due, the TRA Holders may, by written notice, require the Corporation to retain and cause the Advisory Firm to prepare all subsequently due Schedules necessitated by this Agreement. Each time the Corporation delivers a Schedule to the TRA Holders under this Agreement, the Corporation shall, with respect to such Schedule, also (i) deliver to the TRA Holders supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by any TRA Holder, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding relevant data and calculations and (ii) allow the TRA Holders and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by the TRA Holders, at the Corporation or the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of relevant information. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to the TRA Holders, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculations of the Actual Tax Liability for the relevant Taxable Year and the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year, and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. A Schedule will become final and binding on the TRA Holders 30 calendar days from the date on which the TRA Holders first received the applicable Schedule unless a TRA Holder, within such period,

 

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provides the Corporation with written notice of a material objection (made in good faith) to such Schedule and sets forth in reasonable detail such TRA Holder’s material objection (an “Objection Notice”). If the Parties, for any reason, are unable to resolve the issues raised in such Objection Notice within 30 calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and the applicable TRA Holder shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures described in Section 7.8 and the finalization of the Schedule will be conducted in accordance therewith.

(b) Amended Schedule. A Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) for any Taxable Year may only and shall be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in such Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date such Schedule was originally provided to the TRA Holders, (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryover or carryback of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year or (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year (any such Schedule in its amended form, an “Amended Schedule”). The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to the applicable TRA Holders within 30 calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in any of clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence, and the delivery and finalization of any such Amended Schedule shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a).

ARTICLE III

Tax Benefit Payments

SECTION 3.1. Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.

(a) Timing of Payments. Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3, by the date that is 3 Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of any Tax Benefit Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each relevant TRA Holder the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such TRA Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, no TRA Holder shall be required under any circumstances to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such TRA Holder.

(b) Amount of Payments. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Tax Benefit Payment” with respect to any TRA Holder means an amount equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Holder and the Interest Amount. No Tax Benefit Payment shall be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including any estimated U.S. Federal income tax payments.

 

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(i) Attributable. A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to a TRA Holder with respect to any Tax Attribute under the following principles:

(A) any Blocker Transferred Basis is Attributable to the Blocker Shareholders in accordance with such Blocker Shareholders’ proportionate ownership of the total equity interests of the Blocker Corporation immediately prior to the Blocker Mergers;

(B) any Existing Basis shall be determined separately with respect to each Member and is Attributable to a Member based on such Member’s relative pro rata share in accordance with percentage interest of Units held immediately after the Recapitalization and prior to the IPO Unit Redemption and the IPO or, in the case of a Subsequent Capital Contribution, immediately prior to such Subsequent Capital Contribution;

(C) any Exchange Basis, Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest shall be determined separately with respect to each Member and each Exchange undertaken by or with respect such Member in an amount equal to the total Exchange Basis, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest relating to the Units Exchanged by or with respect to such Member.

(ii) Net Tax Benefit. The “Net Tax Benefit” with respect to a TRA Holder for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (A) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Holder as of the end of such Taxable Year over (B) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such TRA Holder under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts).

(iii) Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit. The “Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

(iv) Realized Tax Benefit. The “Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

(v) Realized Tax Detriment. The “Realized Tax Detriment” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

 

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(vi) Interest Amount. The “Interest Amount” in respect of a TRA Holder equals interest on the unpaid amount of the Net Tax Benefit with respect to such TRA Holder for a Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the earlier of (A) the date on which no remaining Tax Benefit Payment to the TRA Holder is due in respect of such Net Tax Benefit and (B) the applicable Final Payment Date.

(vii) The TRA Holders acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. Federal income or other applicable tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless the applicable TRA Holder notifies the Corporation otherwise, the stated maximum selling price (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 15A.453-1(c)(2)) (A) with respect to the Blocker Mergers (including amounts payable to the Blocker Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement) shall not exceed sum of (I) the value of the Class A Common Stock delivered to the Blocker Shareholders in the Blocker Mergers on the closing date of such Blocker Mergers, (II) the amount of cash, if any, delivered to the Blocker Shareholders in the Blocker Mergers plus (III) 40% of Blocker Transferred Basis, and the aggregate Payments under this Agreement to such Blocker Shareholders (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed the amount described in this clause (III) and (B) with respect to any transfer of Units by a Member pursuant to an Exchange shall not exceed the sum of (I) the value of the Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash delivered to the Member, in each case, in the Exchange plus (II) 65% of all Basis Adjustments arising from such Exchange, and the aggregate Payments under this Agreement to such Member (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed the amount described in this clause (II).

SECTION 3.2. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions hereunder will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions hereunder shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.

SECTION 3.3. Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Holders.

(a) Insufficient Taxable Income. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b) to the contrary, if the aggregate potential Covered Tax benefit of the Corporation as calculated with respect to the Tax Attributes (in each case, without regard to the Taxable Year of origination) is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the TRA Holders in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payment that would have been payable if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income. For example, if the Corporation had $200 of aggregate potential Covered Tax benefits with

 

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respect to the Tax Attributes in a particular Taxable Year (with $50 of such Covered Tax benefits Attributable to TRA Holder A and $150 Attributable to TRA Holder B), such that TRA Holder A would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $42.50 and TRA Holder B would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $127.50 if the Corporation had sufficient actual taxable income, and if the Corporation instead had insufficient actual taxable income in such Taxable Year, such that the Covered Tax benefit was limited to $100, then $25 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to TRA Holder A and $75 would be allocated to TRA Holder B, such that TRA Holder A would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $21.25 and TRA Holder B would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $63.75.

(b) Late Payments. If for any reason the Corporation is not able to fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) Default Rate Interest will accrue pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the Corporation shall pay the available amount of such Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of such Taxable Year to each TRA Holder pro rata in line with Section 3.3(a) and (iii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) to all TRA Holders in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

ARTICLE IV

Termination

SECTION 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events.

(a) Corporations Early Termination Right. With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, by paying in full each and every TRA Holder the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) due to such TRA Holder.

(b) Acceleration upon Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Change of Control) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein.

(c) Acceleration upon Breach of Agreement. In the event of a Material Breach, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Material Breach) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein. Subject to the next sentence, the Corporation’s failure to make a Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) within 30 calendar days of the applicable Final Payment Date shall be deemed to constitute a Material Breach. To the extent that any Tax Benefit Payment is not made by the date that is 30 calendar days after the relevant Final Payment Date because the Corporation (i) is prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of any agreement governing any Senior Obligations or (ii) does not have, and cannot take

 

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commercially reasonable actions to obtain, sufficient funds to make such payment, such failure will not constitute a Material Breach; provided that (A) such payment obligation nevertheless will accrue for the benefit of the TRA Holders, (B) the Corporation shall promptly (and in any event, within 3 Business Days) pay the entirety of the unpaid amount (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) once the Corporation is not prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of the agreements governing the Senior Obligations and the Corporation has sufficient funds to make such payment and (C) the failure of the Corporation to do so will constitute a Material Breach; provided further that that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate). It shall be a Material Breach if the Corporation makes any distribution of cash or other property (other than shares of Class A Common Stock) to its stockholders or uses cash or other property to repurchase any capital stock of the Corporation (including Class A Common Stock), in each case before all Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) have been paid for any Taxable Year that has ended. The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (1) obtain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement and (2) avoid entering into any agreements that could be reasonably anticipated to materially delay the timing of the making of any Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement.

(d) In the case of a termination pursuant to any of the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), upon the Corporation’s payment in full of the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) to each TRA Holder, the Corporation shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement other than with respect to any Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of any Taxable Year ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, and such payment obligations shall survive the termination of, and be calculated and paid in accordance with, this Agreement. If an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Units for which the Corporation has paid the Early Termination Payment in full, the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.

SECTION 4.2. Early Termination Notice.

(a) If (i) the Corporation chooses to exercise its termination right under Section 4.1(a) (“Voluntary Early Termination”), (ii) a Change of Control occurs or (iii) a Material Breach occurs, the Corporation shall, in each case, deliver to the TRA Holders a reasonably detailed notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right or the occurrence of such event, as applicable (an “Early Termination Notice”). In the case of an Early Termination Notice delivered with respect to a Voluntary Early Termination, the Corporation may withdraw such Early Termination Notice and rescind its Voluntary Early Termination at any time prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment is paid.

(b) The Corporation shall deliver a schedule showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (an “Early Termination Schedule”) (i) simultaneously with the delivery of an Early Termination Notice or (ii) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c), as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of the Change of Control or Material Breach giving rise to such termination. The date on which such Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) shall be the “Early Termination Reference Date”.

 

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SECTION 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination.

(a) Timing of Payment. By the date that is 3 Business Days after the Early Termination Reference Date (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of the Early Termination Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each TRA Holder an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment applicable to such TRA Holder. Such Early Termination Payment shall be made by the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the applicable TRA Holder.

(b) Amount of Payment. The “Early Termination Payment” payable to a TRA Holder pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Agreed Rate and determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments (other than any Tax Benefit Payments in respect of Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date) that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such TRA Holder, beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions. For the avoidance of doubt, an Early Termination Payment shall be made to each TRA Holder in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether a TRA Holder has Exchanged all of its Units as of the Early Termination Effective Date.

ARTICLE V

Subordination and Late Payments

SECTION 5.1. Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made by the Corporation to the TRA Holders under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of secured indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.

SECTION 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporation. The amount of any Payment not made to any TRA Holder by the applicable Final Payment Date shall be payable together with “Default Rate Interest”, calculated at the Default Rate and accruing on the amount of the unpaid Payment from the applicable Final Payment Date until the date on which the Corporation makes such Payment to such TRA Holder.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

SECTION 6.1. Participation in the Corporations and GoHealth Holdings Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein or in Article IX of the Operating Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation and GoHealth Holdings, including preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Corporation shall notify the relevant TRA Holders of, and keep them reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit by any Taxing Authority of the Corporation, GoHealth Holdings or any of GoHealth Holdings’ Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect such TRA Holders’ rights and obligations under this Agreement and (ii) the Corporation shall not settle or fail to contest any issue pertaining to Covered Taxes that is reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the TRA Holders’ rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of Centerbridge and NVX Holdings, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (iii) Centerbridge and NVX Holdings shall have the right to participate in and to monitor at their own expense (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not to control) any such issue in any such Tax audit. If Centerbridge or NVX Holdings fails to respond to any notice with respect to the settlement of any such issue within fifteen (15) days of its receipt of the applicable notice, Centerbridge or NVX Holdings, as applicable, shall be deemed to have consented to the proposed settlement or other disposition. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Operating Agreement as it relates to tax matters concerning Covered Taxes and the Corporation and GoHealth Holdings, including preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes, this Agreement shall control.

SECTION 6.2. Consistency. Except upon the written advice of the Advisory Firm, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including any Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies and positions taken by the Corporation and GoHealth Holdings on their respective Tax Returns. Each TRA Holder shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any related calculations or determinations made hereunder, including the terms of Section 2.1 and the Schedules provided to each such TRA Holder, except as otherwise required by Law. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm acceptable to the Audit Committee, the TRA Holders shall cause such replacement Advisory Firm to perform its services necessitated by this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with those of the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by Law or unless the Corporation and all of the TRA Holders agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.

SECTION 6.3. Cooperation.

(a) Each TRA Holder shall (i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return of GoHealth Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or contesting or defending any related audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.

 

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(b) The Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Holders for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a).

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.1. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by e-mail or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:

If to the Corporation, to:

GoHealth, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attn:          Chief Legal Officer

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn:          Ian D. Schuman

Facsimile: (212) 751-4864

E-mail:####@lw.com

If to Centerbridge or the Blocker Shareholders, to:

c/o Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

375 Park Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10152

Attn:          Office of the General Counsel

E-mail:      ####@centerbridge.com

If to NVX Holdings, to:

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attn: General Counsel

E-mail: ####@gohealth.com

with copies (which shall not constitute notice to NVX Holdings) to:

Clinton Jones

####

####

E-mail:####@gohealth.com

 

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and

Brandon Cruz

####

####

E-mail:####@gohealth.com

If to any other TRA Holder, to the address and e-mail address specified on such TRA Holder’s signature page to the applicable Joinder.

Any Party may change its address, fax number or e-mail address by giving each of the other Party written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.

SECTION 7.2. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the TRA Holders and delivered to the other TRA Holders, it being understood that all TRA Holders need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by e-mail transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.3. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.4. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions hereunder shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner.

SECTION 7.5. Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.

(a) Assignment. No TRA Holder may assign, sell, pledge or otherwise alienate or transfer any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any payments under this Agreement, to any Person without such Person executing and delivering a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such TRA Holder’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “Joinder Requirement”);

 

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provided, that Centerbridge’s and NVX Holdings’ approval and consent rights described in Section 6.1 shall not be transferrable or assignable to any Person (other than Permitted Transferees) without the prior written consent of the Corporation, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Member sells, exchanges, distributes or otherwise transfers Units to any Person (other than the Corporation or GoHealth Holdings) in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, such Member shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units; provided that such transferee has satisfied the Joinder Requirement. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member transfers Units in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such Member shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Units (and any such transferred Units shall be separately identified, so as to facilitate the determination of payments hereunder). The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person without TRA Holder Approval (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).

(b) Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by the Corporation with TRA Holder Approval; provided that amendment of the definition of Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors; provided further that, to the extent any amendment would materially, adversely and disproportionately affect a TRA Holder with respect to any rights under this Agreement, such amendment shall require the written approval of such affected TRA Holder. In the event that LIBOR ceases to be available, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with a mutually acceptable successor rate.

(c) Successors. Except as provided in Section 7.5(a), all of the terms and provisions hereunder shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by equity purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

(d) Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

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SECTION 7.6. Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

SECTION 7.7. Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law.

(a) Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.8, any and all disputes which cannot be settled after good faith negotiation within 30 calendar days, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this Section 7.7 or Section 7.8) (each, a “Dispute”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration by the majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall designate one arbitrator and the TRA Holders that are party to such Dispute shall designate one arbitrator, in each case in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Resolution Rule 5.4. In addition to monetary damages, the arbitrators shall be empowered and permitted to award equitable relief, including an injunction and specific performance of any obligation under this Agreement. The arbitrators are not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each TRA Holder hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive, exemplary or similar damages with respect to any Dispute. Any award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the TRA Holders regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the arbitrators. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of the arbitration shall be New York, New York.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) above, any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 7.7 to any such action or proceeding and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions hereunder would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate.

(c) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof. Subject to this Section 7.7 and Section 7.8, the Parties agree that any suit or proceeding in connection with, arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted only in a New York state court (or U.S. Federal court) located in New York, New York, and the Parties, for the purpose of any such suit or proceeding, irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such suit or proceeding. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.

 

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(d) Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in Section 7.7(b) or 7.7(c) and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(e) Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

(f) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND WITH THE ADVICE OF ITS COUNSEL, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER A CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).

SECTION 7.8. Reconciliation Procedures.

(a) In the event that the Corporation and any TRA Holder are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4 or Section 4.2, as applicable, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “Reconciliation Dispute”), the procedures described in this paragraph (the “Reconciliation Procedures”) will apply. The applicable TRA Holders shall, within 15 calendar days of the commencement of a Reconciliation Dispute, mutually select a nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement (the “Expert”) and submit the Reconciliation Dispute to such Expert for determination. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and such TRA Holder agree otherwise, the Expert (and its employing firm) shall not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such TRA Holder or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the applicable Parties are unable to agree on an Expert within such 15 calendar-day time period, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.7 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the applicable Parties or other actual or potential conflict of interest. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to (i) a Basis Schedule, Early Termination Schedule or an amendment to either within 30 calendar days and (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within 15 calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid by the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute, and its determinations pursuant to this Section 7.8(a) shall be binding

 

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on the applicable Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.8 or a Dispute within the meaning of Section 7.7 shall be decided and resolved as a Dispute subject to the procedures set forth in Section 7.7.

(b) Subject to the next sentence, the applicable Parties shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts the TRA Holder’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Holder for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the TRA Holders shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation.

SECTION 7.9. Withholding. The Corporation and its Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment by applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant TRA Holder in respect of whom the deduction and withholding was made. Each TRA Holder shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required by applicable Law.

SECTION 7.10. Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

(a) If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 or other applicable sections of the Code governing affiliated or consolidated groups, or any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign tax Law, then (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole, and (ii) Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

(b) If the Corporation or any member of the GoHealth Holdings Group transfers one or more Reference Assets to a Person treated as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (with which, in the case of the Corporation, the Corporation does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), such transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by the Corporation or GoHealth Holdings Group member, as the applicable transferor, shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset plus the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset. For purposes of this Section 7.10, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the

 

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transferring partner’s applicable share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Corporation or any member of a group described in Section 7.10(a) transfers its assets pursuant to a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” (within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code) in which such entity does not survive or pursuant to any other transaction to which Section 381(a) of the Code applies (other than any such reorganization or any such other transaction, in each case, pursuant to which such entity transfers assets to a corporation with which the Corporation or any member of the group described in Section 7.10(a) (other than any such member being transferred in such reorganization or other transaction) does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), the transfer will not cause such entity to be treated as having transferred any assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes) pursuant to this Section 7.10(b).

SECTION 7.11. Confidentiality. Each TRA Holder and each of its respective assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by Law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any other Person any confidential information, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or its controlled Affiliates or their successors. This Section 7.11 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any TRA Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the TRA Holders and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Holders or their assignees, as applicable) may disclose at their discretion to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Corporation, the TRA Holders and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Holders relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. If a TRA Holder or an assignee commits, or threatens to commit, a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 7.11, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.11 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates and that money damages alone will not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at Law or in equity.

SECTION 7.12. Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Law, a TRA Holder reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Holder (or direct or indirect equity holders in such TRA Holder) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as

 

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ordinary income (other than with respect to assets described in Section 751(a) of the Code) rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such TRA Holder or any direct or indirect owner of such TRA Holder, then, at the written election of such TRA Holder in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such TRA Holder and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such TRA Holder, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such TRA Holder, or may be amended in a manner reasonably determined by such TRA Holder; provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the Corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

SECTION 7.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any TRA Holder hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any TRA Holder shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the applicable payment (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by any TRA Holder exceeds the Maximum Rate, such TRA Holder may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof or (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such TRA Holder hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury Laws.

SECTION 7.14. Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations. The rights and obligations of each TRA Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A TRA Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a TRA Holder have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than obligations of the Corporation). The obligations of a TRA Holder hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered in connection herewith, and no action taken by any TRA Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the TRA Holders acting as a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the TRA Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  CORPORATION:
    GOHEALTH, INC.
    By:   

 

    Name:    Clinton P. Jones
    Title:    Chief Executive Officer
  GOHEALTH HOLDINGS:
    GOHEALTH HOLDINGS, LLC
    By:    GoHealth, Inc.
    Its:    Managing Member
    By:   

 

    Name:    Clinton P. Jones
    Title:    Chief Executive Officer

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TRA HOLDERS:

 

CB BLIZZARD CO-INVEST HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Centerbridge Associates III, L.P.

Its: General Partner

By: CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.

Its: General Partner

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Jeremy W. Gelber

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

CCP III AIV VII HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Centerbridge Associates III, L.P.

Its: General Partner

By: CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.

Its: General Partner

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Jeremy W. Gelber

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

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BLIZZARD AGGREGATOR, LLC

By: CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.

Its: Manager

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Jeremy W. Gelber

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

BLIZZARD MANAGEMENT FEEDER, LLC

By: CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.

Its: Manager

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Jeremy W. Gelber

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

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NVX HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Brandon M. Cruz

Title:

 

President

BCCJ, LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Brandon M. Cruz

Title:

 

Manager

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NORWEST EQUITY PARTNERS IX, LP

By: Itasca Partners IX, LLC

Its: General Partner

By: Norwest Venture Capital Management, Inc.

Its: Managing Member

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Timothy C. DeVries

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer

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GREINER INVESTMENTS, LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Jeffrey Greiner

Title:

 

President

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OR GH I LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Alexis Maged

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

OR GH II LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Alexis Maged

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

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Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of _______________, 20___ (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of July [ 🌑 ], 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GoHealth Holdings”), CB Blizzard Co-Invest Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CB Blizzard”), CCP III AIV VII Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“CCP III AIV”, and together with CB Blizzard, the “Blocker Shareholders”) and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

  1.

Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned has been assigned an interest in the Tax Receivable Agreement from a TRA Holder.

 

  2.

Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a TRA Holder under the Tax Receivable Agreement, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a party thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

  3.

Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

  4.

Address. All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Attn:

Facsimile:

E-mail:

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW TRA HOLDER]

by

 

 

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Acknowledged and agreed

as of the date first set forth above:

GOHEALTH, INC.

by

 

 

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

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EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT OF

GOHEALTH, INC.

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of [ 🌑 ], 2020 (as it may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Centerbridge Capital Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Centerbridge” and the Persons (as defined below) listed on Schedule A hereto, together with Centerbridge, the “Centerbridge Parties”), and NVX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NVX Holdings” and, together with the Centerbridge Parties, the “Original Members”). Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 9.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, each Original Member owns, directly or indirectly, outstanding limited liability company interests in GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GoHealth LLC”), which limited liability company interests constitute and are defined as “Common Units” pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of GoHealth LLC, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”, and such limited liability company interests, the “Common Units”);

WHEREAS, the Corporation is contemplating an offering and sale of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Class A Common Stock”) in an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”) and using a portion of the net proceeds received from the IPO to purchase Common Units;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Common Unit Subscription Agreement by and between the Corporation and GoHealth LLC, dated as of the date hereof (the “Common Unit Subscription Agreement”), the Corporation will hold Common Units;

WHEREAS, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Common Unit Subscription Agreement, it is contemplated that the Corporation will be admitted as a member, and appointed as the sole managing member, of GoHealth LLC;

WHEREAS, in connection with, and prior to, the consummation of the IPO, it is anticipated that the Original Members, the Corporation, GoHealth LLC and certain of their respective affiliates will enter into a series of related transactions pursuant to which, among other things, the Original Members will become holders of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Class B Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, the Original Members will be the record holders of shares of Class B Common Stock; and

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Original Members (x) to approve the sale and issuance of Common Units by GoHealth LLC to the Corporation and the appointment of the Corporation as the sole managing member of GoHealth LLC in connection with the IPO and (y) to take such other actions as shall be necessary to effectuate the transactions related to the IPO, the parties hereto desire to set forth their agreement with respect to the matters set forth herein in connection with their respective investments in the Corporation.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Corporation and the Original Members agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

Section 1. Election of the Board of Directors.

(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 1, the number of Directors constituting the full Board shall initially be fixed at nine (9).

(b) Subject to this Section 1(b), (i) for so long as the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), Centerbridge shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent Centerbridge Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being two (2) Centerbridge Directors on the Board and (ii) if at any time, the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate less than ten percent (10%) but at least five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), Centerbridge shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent Centerbridge Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being one (1) Centerbridge Director on the Board. The Centerbridge Directors shall be apportioned among the three (3) classes of Directors as nearly equal in number as possible. Centerbridge shall not be entitled to designate any individuals in accordance with this Section 1(b) if at any time the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares).

(c) Subject to this Section 1(c), (i) for so long as NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate at least ten percent (10%) of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), NVX Holdings shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent NVX Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being two (2) NVX Directors on the Board and (ii) if at any time, NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate less than ten percent (10%) but at least five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares) NVX Holdings shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent NVX Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being one (1) NVX Director on the Board. The NVX Directors shall be apportioned among the three (3) classes of Directors as nearly equal in number as possible. NVX Holdings shall not be entitled to designate any NVX Directors in accordance with this Section 1(c) if at any time NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, less than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares).

 

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(d) Subject to this Section 1(d), (i) for so long as the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate at least twenty percent (20%) of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), Centerbridge shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election, that number of individuals who satisfy the Independence Requirements, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being two (2) Centerbridge-Designated Independent Directors on the Board and (ii) if at any time, the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate less than twenty percent (20%) but at least fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), Centerbridge shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals who each satisfy the Independence Requirements, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being one (1) Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director serving on the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, individuals designated pursuant to this Section 1(d) shall not be counted against the number of Centerbridge Directors that may be designated pursuant to Section 1(b). Centerbridge shall not be entitled to designate any individuals in accordance with this Section 1(d) if at any time the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares).

(e) Subject to this Section 1(e), (i) for so long as NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate at least twenty percent (20%) of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), NVX Holdings shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election, that number of individuals who satisfy the Independence Requirements, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent NVX-Designated Independent Director, would result in there being two (2) NVX-Designated Independent Directors serving on the Board and (ii) if at any time, NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate less than twenty percent (20%) but at least fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), NVX Holdings shall be entitled to designate for nomination by the Board in any applicable election that number of individuals who each satisfy the Independence Requirements, which, assuming all such individuals are successfully elected to the Board, when taken together with any incumbent NVX-Designated Independent Director not standing for election in such election, would result in there being one (1) NVX-Designated Independent Director serving on the Board. For avoidance of doubt, any individuals designated pursuant to this Section 1(e) shall not be counted against the number of NVX Directors that may be designated pursuant to Section 1(c). NVX Holdings shall not be entitled to designate any NVX-Designated Independent Directors in accordance with this Section 1(e) if at any time NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, less than fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares).

(f) Subject to the foregoing Sections 1(b), (c), (d) and (e), each of the Original Members (and any of their respective Permitted Transferees) hereby agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, held by such Original Members (or any of their respective Permitted Transferees) at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation at which Directors of the Corporation are to be elected or removed, or to take all Necessary Action to cause the election or removal of the Centerbridge Directors, NVX Directors, Centerbridge-Designated Independent Directors and NVX-Designated Independent Directors as Directors, as provided herein.

 

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Section 2. Vacancies and Replacements.

(a) If the number of Directors that Centerbridge or NVX Holdings have the right to designate to the Board is decreased pursuant to Section 1(b), Section 1(c), Section 1(d) or Section 1(e) (each such occurrence, a “Decrease in Designation Rights”), then:

(i) unless a majority of Directors agree in writing that a Director or Directors shall not resign as a result of a Decrease in Designation Rights, each of the Centerbridge Parties or NVX Holdings, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each of (x) the appropriate number of Centerbridge Directors or Centerbridge-Designated Independent Directors that Centerbridge ceases to have the right to designate to serve as a Centerbridge Director or Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director, as applicable, or (y) the appropriate number of NVX Directors or NVX-Designated Independent Directors that NVX Holdings ceases to have the right to designate to serve as the NVX Directors or NVX-Designated Independent Directors, respectively, to offer to tender his, her or their resignation(s), and each of such Centerbridge Directors or Centerbridge-Designated Independent Directors or NVX Directors or NVX-Designated Independent Directors so tendering a resignation, as applicable, shall resign within thirty (30) days from the date that Centerbridge and/or NVX Holdings, as applicable, incurs a Decrease in Designation Rights. In the event any such Centerbridge Director, Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director, NVX Director or NVX-Designated Independent Director, as applicable, does not resign as a Director by such time as is required by the foregoing, the Centerbridge Parties and NVX Holdings, as holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, the Corporation and the Board, to the fullest extent permitted by law and, with respect to the Board, subject to its fiduciary duties to the Corporation’s stockholders, shall thereafter take all Necessary Action, including voting in accordance with Section1(f), to cause the removal of such individual as a Director; and

(ii) the vacancy or vacancies created by such resignation(s) and/or removal(s) shall be filled with one or more Directors, as applicable, designated by the Board upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, so long as it is established.

(b) Each of Centerbridge and NVX Holdings shall have the sole right to request that one or more of their respective designated Directors (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director or NVX-Designated Director, as applicable), as applicable, tender their resignations as Directors of the Board, in each case, with or without cause at any time, by sending a written notice to such Director and the Corporation’s Secretary stating the name of the Director or Directors whose resignation from the Board is requested (the “Removal Notice”). If the Director subject to such Removal Notice does not resign within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof by such Director, the Centerbridge Parties and NVX Holdings, as holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, the Corporation and the Board, to the fullest extent permitted by law and, with respect to the Board, subject to its fiduciary duties to the Corporation’s stockholders, shall thereafter take all Necessary Action, including voting in accordance with Section 1(f) to cause the removal of such Director from the Board (and such Director shall only be removed by the parties to this Agreement in such manner as provided herein).

(c) Each of Centerbridge and NVX Holdings, as applicable, shall have the exclusive right to designate a replacement Director for nomination or election by the Board to fill vacancies created as a result of not designating their respective Directors initially or by death, disability, retirement, resignation, removal (with or without cause) of their respective Directors, or otherwise by designating a successor for nomination or election by the Board to fill the vacancy of their respective Directors created thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions of Section 1.

 

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Section 3. Initial Directors.

The initial Centerbridge Directors pursuant to Section 1(b) shall be Jeremy W. Gelber (as a Class III Director) and Miriam A. Tawil (as a Class II Director). The initial NVX Directors pursuant to Section 1(c) shall be Brandon M. Cruz (as a Class II Director) and Clinton P. Jones (as a Class III Director). The initial Centerbridge-Designated Independent Directors pursuant to Section 1(d) shall be Joseph G. Flanagan (as a Class II Director) and Alexander E. Timm (as a Class I Director). The initial NVX-Designated Independent Directors pursuant to Section 1(e) shall be Helene D. Gayle (as a Class I Director) and Anita V. Pramoda (as a Class III Director). The one (1) remaining initial Director shall satisfy the Independence Requirements, and shall be Rahm Emanuel (as Class I Director). Clinton P. Jones and Brandon M. Cruz shall serve as the initial Chairpersons of the Board (as defined in the Bylaws) for the initial term, in accordance with this Agreement and the Bylaws, after which the Chairperson(s) of the Board shall be determined in accordance with this Agreement and the Bylaws.

Section 4. Committees.

With respect to any committee of Directors established by the Board, any such committee shall include one Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director and one NVX-Designated Independent Director to serve on such committee, in each case, for so long as Centerbridge or NVX Holdings, as applicable, retains designation rights pursuant to Section 1.

Section 5. Board Observers.

Until such time as (a) the Centerbridge Parties no longer beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, at least five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), Centerbridge shall be entitled to appoint one (1) individual (such individual, the “Centerbridge Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board (including, for the avoidance of doubt, telephonic and video meetings) and any committee thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, telephonic and video meetings) in a nonvoting observer capacity and (b) NVX Holdings no longer beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, at least five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares), NVX Holdings shall be entitled to appoint one (1) individual (such individual, the “NVX Observer”, and together with the Centerbridge Observer, each, an “Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board (including, for the avoidance of doubt, telephonic and video meetings) and any committee thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, telephonic and video meetings) in a nonvoting observer capacity. Each Observer shall execute and deliver a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Corporation. In connection therewith, the Board of the Company shall provide each Observer with copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that it provides Directors or any committees substantially concurrently therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the Corporation may withhold any information or exclude any Observer from any such meeting or portion thereof, including closing and/or executive sessions, if the Board determines in good faith that such exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve attorney-client privilege or under circumstances that present an actual or potential conflict of interest. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the designation of the Centerbridge Observer and the NVX Observer is a right, and not an obligation, of Centerbridge and NVX Holdings, respectively and (ii) no Observer shall owe any fiduciary duties to the Corporation or any of its stockholders (other than to a Centerbridge Party or NVX Holdings pursuant to a separate agreement by and between an Observer and any such Centerbridge Party or NVX Holdings).

 

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Section 6. Rights of the Original Members.

In addition to any voting requirements contained in the organizational documents of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, the Corporation shall not take, and shall cause GoHealth LLC and its Subsidiaries and any of the Corporation’s controlled affiliates not to take, (i) any of the actions set forth in the following clauses that constitute Material Actions (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) without the prior written approval of each of (A) Centerbridge for as long as the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate fifteen percent (15%) or more of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for these purposes the Underlying Class A Shares) and (B) NVX Holdings for as long as NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate fifteen percent (15%) or more of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for these purposes the Underlying Class A Shares) or (ii) any of the actions set forth in the following clauses that constitute Fundamental Actions (whether by merger, consolidation, division or otherwise) without the prior written approval of each of (A) Centerbridge for as long as the Centerbridge Parties beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate five percent (5%) or more of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for these purposes the Underlying Class A Shares) and (B) NVX Holdings for as long as NVX Holdings beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate five percent (5%) or more of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for these purposes the Underlying Class A Shares):

(a) any transaction or series of related transactions, in each case, to the extent within the reasonable control of the Corporation, (i) in which any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding the Centerbridge Parties and any “group” that includes the Centerbridge Parties and NVX Holdings)) acquires, directly or indirectly, in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of any class of capital stock (or equivalent) of the Corporation, GoHealth LLC or any of their respective Subsidiaries (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or transfer of capital stock or partnership, limited liability company or other equity interests, tender offer, exchange offer, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise), (ii) following which any “person” or “group” referred to in clause (i) hereof has the direct or indirect power to elect a majority of the members of the Board or to replace the Corporation as the sole manager of GoHealth LLC (or to add another Person as a co-manager of GoHealth LLC) or (iii) which would result in a Change of Control (as defined in the Charter);

(b) the reorganization, recapitalization, voluntary bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, GoHealth LLC or any of their respective Subsidiaries;

(c) the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(d) the (i) resignation, replacement or removal of the Corporation as the sole manager of GoHealth LLC or (ii) appointment of any additional Person as a manager of GoHealth LLC;

(e) any acquisition or disposition by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries of assets, Persons, equity interests or businesses, or entry into any joint venture by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, where the aggregate consideration is greater than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in any single transaction or series of related transactions, other than transactions solely between or among the Corporation and/or one or more of the Corporation’s direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries;

(f) the creation of a new class or series of capital stock or equity securities of the Corporation, GoHealth LLC or any of their respective Subsidiaries;

 

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(g) any issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Corporation, GoHealth LLC or any of their respective Subsidiaries after the date hereof, other than any issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries (i) under any stock option or other equity compensation plan of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries approved by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, (ii) pursuant to the exercise or conversion of any options, warrants or other securities existing as of the date of this Agreement, or (iii) in connection with any redemption of Common Units as set forth in the LLC Agreement;

(h) any amendment or modification of the organizational documents of the Corporation, GoHealth LLC or any of their respective Subsidiaries, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the LLC Agreement;

(i) any increase or decrease of the size of the Board;

(j) other than as contemplated by the LLC Agreement, any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any equity interests or other securities of, or other ownership interests in, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

(k) any material change to the primary nature of the Corporation’s and its Subsidiaries’ business;

(l) other than as provided on Schedule B hereto, any transaction with any affiliate, director or officer of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (other than employment arrangements with any such director or officer (which shall be governed by clause (q) of this Section 6)) involving an amount in excess of three million dollars ($3,000,000);

(m) any incurrence of new indebtedness or refinancing of existing indebtedness by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, any guarantee made by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any grant of any security interest in any of the assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case with a value in excess of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000);

(n) settlement of any material litigation or similar action to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary is a party or could otherwise be bound;

(o) any engagement of, or change to, the Corporation’s independent auditor;

(p) the hiring or termination (other than a termination for cause) of the Chief Executive Officer; provided, with respect to the hiring of the Chief Executive Officer, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld if the candidate for Chief Executive Officer has been approved by the Board;

(q) (i) any increase, decrease or change in compensation (including equity compensation or other employment terms) with respect to the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Strategy Officer or (ii) any approval, authorization or implementation of, or any change, amendment or modification to, any employee equity incentive plan, agreement or arrangement of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; or

 

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(r) any agreement, authorization or commitment to do any of the foregoing.

Section 7. Covenants of the Corporation.

(a) The Corporation agrees to take all Necessary Action to cause (i) the Board to be comprised at least of nine (9) Directors or such other number of Directors as the Board may determine, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Charter or the Bylaws of the Corporation; (ii) the individuals designated in accordance with Section 1 to be included in the slate of nominees to be elected at the next annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation at which Directors are to be elected, in accordance with the Bylaws, Charter and General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and at each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation thereafter at which such Director’s term expires; (iii) the individuals designated in accordance with Section 2(c) to fill the applicable vacancies on the Board, in accordance with the Bylaws, Charter, Securities Laws, General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the NASDAQ rules; (iv) Clinton P. Jones and Brandon M. Cruz to be the Chairpersons of the Board and (v) to adhere to, implement and enforce the provisions set forth in Sections 5 and 6.

(b) The Centerbridge Parties and NVX Holdings shall comply with the requirements of the Charter and Bylaws when designating and nominating individuals as Directors, in each case, to the extent such requirements are applicable to Directors generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in the event that the Board determines, within sixty (60) days after compliance with the first sentence of this Section 7(b), in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that its nomination, appointment or election of a particular Director designated in accordance with Section 1 or Section 2, as applicable, would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Corporation’s stockholders or does not otherwise comply with any requirements of the Charter or Bylaws, then the Board shall inform the Centerbridge Parties and/or NVX Holdings, as applicable, of such determination in writing and explain in reasonable detail the basis for such determination and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, nominate, appoint or elect another individual designated for nomination, election or appointment to the Board by the Centerbridge Parties and/or NVX Holdings, as applicable (subject in each case to this Section 7(b)). The Board and the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, take all Necessary Action required by this Section 7 with respect to the election of such substitute designees to the Board.

(c) The Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following information to each Original Member, in each case, for so long as such Original Member beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate at least one percent (1%) or more of all issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (including for this purpose the Underlying Class A Shares): (i) as soon as available after the end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Corporation, and in any event within forty-five (45) days thereafter, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for such quarterly period and for the current fiscal year to date, together with all related notes and schedules thereto, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, in reasonable detail and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, and reviewed by the Corporation’s independent auditor; (ii) as soon as available after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter, an audited consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for such year, together with all related notes and schedules thereto, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by the audit reports thereon of the Corporation’s independent auditor, in reasonable detail and certified by

 

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the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation; (iii) reasonably promptly after the end of each calendar month, monthly management reports and information packets, including budgets, forecasts, business plans, results of operations and other similar matters; and (iv) with reasonable promptness, such other information and data (including such information and reports made available to any lender of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under any credit agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries as may be necessary for such Original Member to comply with its respective reporting, regulatory, or other legal requirements and/or as may from time to time be reasonably requested by any such Original Member.

Section 8. Termination.

This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of any one of the following events:

(a) each of (i) the Centerbridge Parties and (ii) NVX Holdings ceasing to own any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock; or

(b) the unanimous written consent of the parties hereto.

Subject to Section 12, for the avoidance of doubt, the rights and obligations (i) of the Centerbridge Parties under this Agreement shall terminate upon the Centerbridge Parties ceasing to own any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock and (ii) of NVX Holdings under this Agreement shall terminate upon NVX Holdings ceasing to own any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall modify, limit or otherwise affect, in any way, any and all rights to indemnification, exculpation and/or contribution owed by any of the parties hereto, to the extent arising out of or relating to events occurring prior to the date of termination of this Agreement or the date the rights and obligations of such party under this Agreement terminates in accordance with this Section 8.

Section 9. Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, any term that it is not defined herein, shall have the following meanings:

Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

Bylaws” means the amended and restated bylaws of the Corporation, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Centerbridge Director” means any Director who had initially been designated for nomination by Centerbridge in accordance with Section 1(b).

Centerbridge-Designated Independent Director” means any Director who had initially been designated for nomination by Centerbridge in accordance with Section 1(d).

Charter” means the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, effective as of the date hereof, as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Director” means a member of the Board.

 

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Fundamental Action” means (I) any of the matters described in Sections 6(b), (d), (i), (k) and (l) (and clause (r) of Section 6 with respect to any of the preceding clauses) and (II) any of the matters described in Sections 6(f), (g), (h) and (j) (and clause (r) of Section 6 with respect to any of the preceding clauses) to the extent, in the case of this clause (II), that the taking of the applicable action would have a disproportionate and materially adverse impact on the Person asserting a consent right pursuant to Section 6, relative to other equityholders of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries holding the same type of equity as such Person.

Independence Requirements” means, with respect to a Director, an individual who is (i) an “independent director” within the meaning of that term used in Rules 5005(a)(20) and 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, as amended, and (ii) “independent” for purposes of Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder.

Material Action” means any of the matters described in Sections 6(a), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (m), (n), (o), (p) and (q) (and clause (r) of Section 6 with respect to any of the preceding clauses).

Necessary Action” means, with respect to a specified result, all commercially reasonable actions required to cause such result that are within the power of a specified Person, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to the equity securities owned by the Person obligated to undertake the necessary action, (ii) voting in favor of the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Corporation, (iii) executing agreements and instruments, and (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board or any committee of the Board authorized to perform the function of recommending to the Board the nominees for election as Directors or nominating the nominees for election as Directors.

NVX Director” means any Director who had initially been designated for nomination by NVX Holdings in accordance with Section 1(c).

NVX-Designated Independent Director” means any Director who had initially been designated for nomination by NVX Holdings in accordance with Section 1(e).

Permitted Transferees” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, joint stock company, business trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity or organization, including a government or any subdivision or agency thereof.

Preferred Stock” means the shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.

Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder.

Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other form of legal entity, of which (a) such first Person directly or indirectly owns or controls at least a majority of the securities or other interests having by their terms voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions, or (b) such first Person is a general partner or managing member (excluding partnerships in which such Person or any Subsidiary thereof does not have a majority of the voting interests in such partnership).

 

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Underlying Class A Shares” means all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon redemption of Common Units in accordance with the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement, assuming all such Common Units are redeemed for Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively; (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iv) the terms “Article” or “Section” refer to the specified Article or Section of this Agreement; (v) the word “including” shall mean “including, without limitation”; (vi) each defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Agreement, whether the definition of such term appears before or after such term is used; and (vii) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive. References to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto. References to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation.

Section 10. Choice of Law and Venue; Waiver of Right to Jury Trial.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED, APPLIED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE NON-BREACHING PARTY WOULD BE IRREPARABLY HARMED AND COULD NOT BE MADE WHOLE BY MONETARY DAMAGES, AND THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDY TO WHICH THEY MAY BE ENTITLED AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, THE PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SUCH EQUITABLE OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT OF A DELAWARE FEDERAL OR STATE COURT, OR THE TAKING OF ANY ACTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ENFORCE SUCH A JUDGMENT, IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

(b) IN THE EVENT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT COMMENCES ANY LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTERS DESCRIBED OR CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY (1) AGREE UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES ABSOLUTELY AND IRREVOCABLY TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR IF (AND ONLY IF) SUCH COURT FINDS IT LACKS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (COMPLEX COMMERCIAL DIVISION), OR IF UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF, WITH RESPECT TO ALL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY; (2) AGREE THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION, SUCH PARTIES WILL CONSENT AND SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE (1) OF THIS

 

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SECTION 10(B) AND TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND STATUTES GOVERNING SERVICE OF PROCESS; (3) AGREE TO WAIVE TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION WAS BROUGHT IN ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM; (4) AGREE TO WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (5) AGREE TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING BY MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO SUCH PARTY; (6) AGREE THAT ANY SERVICE MADE AS PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (7) AGREE THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTY TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

Section 11. Notices.

Any notice, request, claim, demand, document and other communication hereunder to any party shall be effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt) and shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by facsimile, or by electronic mail, or first class mail, or by Federal Express or other similar courier or other similar means of communication, as follows:

 

  (a)

If to Centerbridge or the Centerbridge Parties, addressed as follows:

c/o Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

375 Park Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10152

Attn: Office of the General Counsel

E-mail: legalnotices@centerbridge.com

 

  (b)

If to NVX Holdings, addressed as follows:

NVX Holdings, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attn: General Counsel

E-mail: ####@gohealth.com

 

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

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attn: Gregory J. Bynan and Courtney Tygesson

Facsimile: 312-558-5700

E-mail: ####@winston.com and ####@winston.com

 

  (c)

If to the Corporation, addressed as follows:

GoHealth, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

E-mail: ####@gohealth.com

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Ian Schuman, Stelios Saffos, Jonathan Solomon

Facsimile: +1 (212) 751-4864

E-mail: ####@lw.com, ####@lw.com, ####@lw.com

or, in each case, to such other address or email address as such party may designate in writing to each party by written notice given in the manner specified herein. All such communications shall be deemed to have been given, delivered or made when so delivered by hand or sent by facsimile (with confirmed transmission), on the next business day if sent by overnight courier service (with confirmed delivery) or when received if sent by first class mail, or in the case of notice by electronic mail, when the relevant email enters the recipient’s server.

Section 12. Assignment; Aggregation of Shares.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. This Agreement may not be assigned (by operation of law or otherwise) without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment, without such consents, will be null and void; provided, however, that each of the Original Members (and any subsequent Permitted Transferees thereof) is permitted to assign this Agreement to their respective Permitted Transferees of the Class B Common Stock or Common Units and each Original Member (and any such Permitted Transferee) is permitted to assign this Agreement to its respective affiliates in connection with a transfer of the Class A Common Stock to such affiliate (or receipt by any such affiliate of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exchange and redemption provisions of the LLC Agreement) (it being understood that no such assignment shall relieve any such Original Member or Permitted Transferee of its obligations hereunder so long as it continues to hold Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Common Units). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Original Members (and any subsequent Permitted Transferee thereof) shall cause any of their respective

 

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Permitted Transferees of the Class B Common Stock or Common Units, or, any of their affiliates that receives shares of Class A Common Stock (whether through a transfer, or via the exchange and redemption provisions of the LLC Agreement), to become a party to this Agreement by executing a joinder hereto reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, as a pre-condition to the effectiveness of such transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of (a) determining whether any party meets any threshold contained herein which is based on ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock (including any Underlying Class A Shares) and/or Class B Common Stock, (b) any provisions that require the parties hereto to vote or take any other actions with respect to any shares of Class A Common Stock (including any Underlying Class A Shares) and/or Class B Common Stock, such determinations or provisions shall be deemed to include all shares of Class A Common Stock (including any Underlying Class A Shares) and/or Class B Common Stock held by any Permitted Transferee or affiliate of any Original Member (or subsequent Permitted Transferee thereof) that becomes party to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12; provided, however, that for purposes hereof, in no event shall (x) beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock (including any underlying Class A Shares) by one party hereto be counted towards the beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock of any other party hereto solely as a result of such parties being in the same “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) or party to this Agreement and (y) any party hereto by considered an affiliate of any other party hereto solely by virtue of being in the same “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act) party to this Agreement.

Section 13. Amendment and Modification; Waiver of Compliance.

This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered or supplemented except by means of a written instrument executed on behalf of each of the Corporation, Centerbridge and NVX Holdings. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any failure of any of the parties to comply with any obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived by the party or parties entitled to the benefits thereof only by a written instrument signed by the party or parties granting such waiver, but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

Section 14. Waiver.

No failure on the part of either party hereto to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of either party hereto in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver thereof; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.

Section 15. Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance or in any jurisdiction, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, (i) the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, and each other provision hereof shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, (ii) as to such Person or circumstance or in such jurisdiction such provision shall be reformed to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law and (iii) the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances or in other jurisdictions shall not be affected thereby.

Section 16. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and signatures may be delivered by facsimile, each of which may be executed by less than all parties, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

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Section 17. Further Assurances.

At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as any other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the provisions of this Agreement and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

Section 18. Titles and Subtitles.

The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

Section 19. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Each Original Member and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement after the date hereof, severally and not jointly and solely with respect to itself, represents and warrants to the Corporation as of the time such party becomes a party to this Agreement that (a) if applicable, it is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; (b) this Agreement has been duly executed by such party and is a valid and binding agreement of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms; and (c) the execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Agreement does not violate or conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default under any agreement to which such party is a party or, if applicable, the organizational documents of such party.

(b) The Corporation represents and warrants to each other party hereto that (a) the Corporation is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; (b) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and is a valid and binding agreement of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms; and (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Corporation of this Agreement does not violate or conflict with or result in a breach by the Corporation of or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default by the Corporation under the Charter or Bylaws, any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, or decree of any governmental authority exercising any statutory or regulatory authority of any of the foregoing, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, or any agreement or instrument to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound.

Section 20. No Strict Construction.

This Agreement shall be deemed to be collectively prepared by the parties hereto, and no ambiguity herein shall be construed for or against any party based upon the identity of the author of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Stockholders Agreement to be executed on the day and year first above written.

 

GOHEALTH, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


[CENTERBRIDGE]

By: [] ,

its [●]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 
NVX HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

Centerbridge Parties

1. CB Blizzard Co-Invest Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

2. CCP III AIV VII Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

3. Blizzard Aggregator, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

4. CB Blizzard Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

5. CCP III AIV VII L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

6. Centerbridge Capital Partners, SBS III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership


SCHEDULE B

Affiliate Transactions

EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [ 🌑 ], 2020 by and among GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and each Person identified on the Schedule of Holders attached hereto as of the date hereof (such Persons, collectively, the “Original Equity Owner Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Corporation is contemplating an offer and sale of its shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock” and such shares, the “Shares”), to the public in an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”);

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to use a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO to purchase Common Units (as defined below) of GoHealth Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “LLC Company”), and the LLC Company desires to issue its Common Units to the Corporation in exchange for such portion of the net proceeds from the IPO;

WHEREAS, immediately prior to or simultaneously with the purchase by the Corporation of the Common Units, the Corporation, the LLC Company and the Original Equity Owner Parties and certain other parties will enter into that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the LLC Company (such agreement, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified form time to time, the “LLC Agreement”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the IPO, (i) the Corporation will become the sole managing member of the LLC Company, (ii) under the LLC Agreement, the equity interests held by the Original Equity Owner Parties and the other equity owners in the LLC Company prior to such time will be cancelled and new Common Units (as defined in the LLC Agreement, the “Common Units”) of the LLC Company will be issued, (iii) each Continuing Equity Owner Party and certain other equity owners in the LLC Company will become non-managing members of the LLC Company, but otherwise continue to hold Common Units in the LLC Company (such persons, collectively, the “Continuing Equity Owners”), and (iv) in consideration of the Corporation acquiring the Common Units and becoming the managing member of the LLC Company and for other good consideration, the LLC Company has provided the Continuing Equity Owners with a redemption right pursuant to which the Continuing Equity Owners can redeem their Common Units for, at the Corporation’s option, shares of Class A Common Stock or cash on the terms set forth in the LLC Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO and the transactions described above, the Corporation has agreed to grant to the Holders (as defined below) certain rights with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth herein.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1:

Acquired Common” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Additional Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section 15, and shall be deemed to include each such Person’s Affiliates, immediate family members, heirs, successors and assigns who may succeed to such Person as a Holder hereunder.

Adverse Disclosure” means public disclosure of material non-public information which, in the Board’s judgment, after consultation with outside legal counsel to the Corporation, (i) would be required to be made in any report or Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Corporation so that such report or Registration Statement would not be materially misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such report or Registration Statement; and (iii) the Corporation has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly at such time.

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such Person; provided that the Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Holder. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise).

Affiliate Transferee” means, with respect to any Person, any Transferee that is an Affiliate of such Person.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405.

Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

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

Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests or equivalents in capital stock of such corporation (whether voting or nonvoting and whether common or preferred), (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, individual or governmental entity, any and all partnership, membership, limited liability company or other equity interests of such Person that confer on the holder thereof the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or the distribution of assets of the issuing Person, and (iii) any and all warrants, rights (including conversion and exchange rights) and options to purchase any security described in the clause (i) or (ii) above.

CBP” means Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor to its investment management business.

 

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CBP Holders” means the entities designated as Centerbridge Holders on the Schedule of Holders (the “CBP Members”), any Affiliate of the CBP Members, any of its Affiliate Transferees and any Affiliate Transferee of any of the foregoing.

CBP Initiating Holders” means one or more CBP Holders or any CBP Affiliate Transferee to whom a CBP Holder has transferred rights pursuant to Section 9 below acting pursuant to Sections 2(d) and 3(a)(x).

Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

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

Common Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Continuing Equity Owner Parties” has the meaning set forth in the recitals, and shall be deemed to include their respective Affiliates, immediate family members, heirs, successors and assigns who may succeed to such Person as a Holder hereunder.

Continuing Equity Owners” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Demand Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

Eligible Demand Participation Holders” mean each of the CBP Holders, the NVX Holders, the NEP Holders and any other Holders that the CBP Holders have designated as Eligible Demand Participation Holders.

Eligible Take-Down Holders” means each of the CBP Holders, the NVX Holders, the NEP Holders and any other Holders that the CBP Holders have designated as Eligible Take-Down Holders, in each case, to the extent it is a Shelf Holder.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Free Writing Prospectus” means a free-writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

Holder” means any Person that is a party to this Agreement from time to time, as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

Initiating Holder” means the CBP Initiating Holders, the NVX Initiating Holders (subject to Section 3(a)(y)) or the NEP Initiating Holders (subject to Section 3(a)(z)), as applicable.

IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

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Joinder” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.

LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

LLC Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Marketed” means an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that involves the use or involvement of a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by underwriters over a period of at least 48 hours.

MNPI” means material non-public information within the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act.

NEP Holders” means Norwest Equity Partners IX, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “NEP Member”), any Affiliate of the NEP Member, any of its Affiliate Transferees and any Affiliate Transferee of any of the foregoing.

NEP Initiating Holders” means the NEP Holders acting pursuant to Sections 2(d) and 3(a)(z). Any election or exercise of rights by the NEP Holders must be coordinated by Norwest Equity Partners IX, LP.

Non-Marketed” means an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is not a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

NVX Holders” means NVX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “NVX Member”), any Affiliate of the NVX Member, any of its Affiliate Transferees and any Affiliate Transferee of any of the foregoing.

NVX Initiating Holders” means the NVX Holders acting pursuant to Sections 2(d) and 3(a)(y).

Original Equity Owner Parties” has the meaning set forth in the recitals, and shall be deemed to include their respective Affiliates, immediate family members, heirs, successors and assigns who may succeed to such Person as a Holder hereunder.

Original Equity Owners” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.

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

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

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Public Offering” means any sale or distribution to the public of Capital Stock of the Corporation pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act, whether by the Corporation, by Holders and/or by any other holders of the Corporation’s Capital Stock.

“register”, “registered” and “registration” means a registration effected pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering by the SEC of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

Registrable Securities” means (i) any Class A Common Stock issued by the Corporation in a Share Settlement in connection with (x) the redemption by the LLC Company of Common Units owned by any Continuing Equity Owner Parties or (y) at the election of the Corporation, in a direct exchange for Common Units owned by any Continuing Equity Owner Party, in each case in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement, (ii) any Capital Stock of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) above by way of dividend, distribution, split or combination of securities, or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, and (iii) any other Shares owned, directly or indirectly, by Holders. As to any particular Registrable Securities owned by any Person, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (a) on the date such securities have been sold or distributed pursuant to a Public Offering, (b) on the date such securities have been sold in compliance with Rule 144 following the consummation of the IPO, (c) on the date such securities have been repurchased by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation or (d) on the date the Holder which, together with his, her or its Permitted Transferees, beneficially owns less than one percent (1%) of the Capital Stock of the Corporation that is outstanding at such time and such Holder is able to dispose of all of its Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 in a single transaction without volume limitation or other restrictions on transfer thereunder (subject to the demand rights of the CBP Initiating Holder in Section 3(a) and Section 3(d)(i)) and the Corporation has delivered an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the transfer agent of the Corporation’s equity securities certifying that such Registrable Securities may be so sold. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a Holder, and the Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be in existence, whenever such Person has the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected, and such Person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities hereunder; provided a holder of Registrable Securities may only request that Registrable Securities in the form of Capital Stock of the Corporation that is registered or to be registered as a class under Section 12 of the Exchange Act be registered pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, while Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock may constitute Registrable Securities, under no circumstances shall the Corporation be obligated to register Common Units or shares of Class B Common Stock, and only Shares issuable upon redemption or exchange of Common Units will be registered.

Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to the performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) all SEC or stock exchange registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter,” as such term is defined in Rule 5121 of FINRA (or any successor

 

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provision), and of its counsel), (ii) all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange and all rating agency fees, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vi) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers or sellers of securities, including liability insurance if the Corporation so desires or if the underwriters so require, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained in connection with the requested registration, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, (vii) the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of (a) one counsel for the CBP Holders, (b) one counsel for the NVX Holders and (c) one counsel for the NEP Holders, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Corporation relating to analyst and investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken in connection with the registration and/or marketing of the Registrable Securities (including Expenses incurred by the CBP Holders, the NVX Holders and the NEP Holders in connection therewith) and (ix) any other fees and disbursements customarily paid by the issuers of securities.

Rule 144,” “Rule 158,” “Rule 405” and “Rule 415” mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) by the SEC, as the same shall be amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in force.

Schedule of Holders” means the schedule attached to this Agreement entitled “Schedule of Holders,” which shall reflect each Holder from time to time party to this Agreement.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Share Settlement” shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.

Shares” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Shelf Holder” means any Holder that owns Registrable Securities that have been registered on a Shelf Registration Statement.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement of the Corporation filed with the SEC on Form S-3 for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Registrable Securities, as applicable.

Shelf Take-Down” means any offering or sale of Registrable Securities initiated by an Initiating Holder pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Corporation, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of Capital Stock of such Person entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity, either (x) a majority of the Capital Stock of such Person entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of managers, general partners or other oversight board vested with the authority to direct management of such Person is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or (y) the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries is the sole manager or general partner of such Person.

Third Party Holder” means any holder (other than a Holder) of Shares who exercises contractual rights to participate in a registered offering of Shares.

Third Party Shelf Holder” means any Third Party Holders whose Registrable Securities are registered on a Shelf Registration Statement on which Registrable Securities of the Holders are also registered.

Transferee” means any Person to whom any Holder directly or indirectly transfers Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

WKSI” means a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

Section 2. Shelf Registration.

(a) Filing. Subject to the Corporation’s rights under Section 2(c), for so long as any Holder holds at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Corporation, the Corporation hereby agrees that it shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to file on the first day of the calendar month following 12 full calendar months after the consummation of the IPO or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter or, if the Corporation is not then eligible to file a Shelf Registration Statement, upon the Corporation becoming eligible to file a Shelf Registration Statement (the “Shelf Registration Date”) a Shelf Registration Statement (which Shelf Registration Statement shall be designated by the Corporation as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Corporation is a WKSI at the time of filing such Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC), as will permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all Registrable Securities owned by the Holders (or such lesser amount of the Registrable Securities of any Holder as such Holder shall request to the Corporation in writing), and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Shelf Registration Date. No later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement, the Corporation shall give written notice to all Holders (a “Shelf Registration Notice”) of the anticipated date of the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement. If the Corporation is permitted by applicable law, rule or regulation to add selling securityholders or additional Registrable Securities, as applicable, to a Shelf Registration Statement without filing a post-effective amendment, a Holder that requested that not all of its Registrable Securities be included in a Shelf Registration Statement that is currently effective may request the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities (such amount not in any event to exceed the total Registrable Securities owned by such Holder) in such Shelf Registration Statement at any time or from time to time, and the Corporation shall add such Registrable Securities to the Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable, and such Holder shall be

 

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deemed a Shelf Holder. The Corporation shall also use its reasonable best efforts to file any replacement or additional Shelf Registration Statement and use reasonable best efforts to cause such replacement or additional Shelf Registration Statement to become effective prior to the expiration of the initial Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2(a).

(b) Continued Effectiveness. The Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2 hereof, including any replacement or additional Shelf Registration Statement, continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by the Shelf Holders until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities registered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold or cease to be Registrable Securities and (ii) such shorter period as the CBP Initiating Holders may determine (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”).

(c) Suspension of Filing or Registration. If the Corporation shall furnish to the Holders (if a Shelf Registration Statement has not yet become effective) or the Shelf Holders (after a Shelf Registration Statement has become effective), a certificate signed by the chief executive officer or equivalent senior executive of the Corporation, stating that the filing, effectiveness or continued use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure, then the Corporation shall have a period of not more than sixty (60) days or such longer period as the applicable Initiating Holder shall consent to in writing, within which to delay the filing or effectiveness (but not the preparation) of such Shelf Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has been declared effective, to suspend the use by Shelf Holders of such Shelf Registration Statement (in each case, a “Shelf Suspension”); provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by the applicable Initiating Holder, the Corporation shall not be permitted to exercise in any twelve (12) month period (i) more than two (2) Shelf Suspensions pursuant to this 2(c) and Demand Delays pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) in the aggregate or (ii) aggregate Shelf Suspensions pursuant to this Section 2(c) and Demand Delays pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) of more than one hundred twenty (120) days. Each Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Shelf Suspension is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Shelf Suspension or until otherwise notified by the Corporation, except (A) for disclosure to such Holder’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (C) as required by law, rule or regulation. In the case of a Shelf Suspension that occurs after the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus for the permitted duration of such Shelf Suspension in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the certificate referred to above. The Corporation shall immediately notify the Holders or Shelf Holders, as applicable, upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, and (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has not been declared effective, shall promptly thereafter file the Shelf Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and (ii) in the case of an effective Shelf Registration Statement, shall amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any material misstatement or omission prior to the expiration of the Shelf Suspension and furnish to the Shelf Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Shelf Holders may reasonably request. The Corporation agrees, if necessary, to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement if

 

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required by the registration form used by the Corporation for the shelf registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by the Shelf Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.

(d) Shelf Take-Downs.

(i) Generally. Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, for so long as the Initiating Holder (the “Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder”) may initiate a Shelf Take-Down pursuant to this Section 2(d), at the option of such Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder, such Shelf Take-Down (a) may be in the form of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (provided, however, that an NVX Initiating Holder shall have the right to initiate an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down on only two occasions and an NEP Initiating Holder shall have the right to initiate an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down on only one occasion) or a Shelf Take-Down that is not an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and (b) in the case of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, may be Non-Marketed or Marketed, in each case, as shall be specified in the written demand delivered by the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder to the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2(d). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2(d), no Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder, other than the CBP Holder, shall have the right to initiate a Shelf Take-Down if such Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder could sell or otherwise distribute its Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act in a single transaction without any volume or manner of sale limitations.

(ii) Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs.

(a) A Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder may elect in a written demand delivered to the Corporation (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”) for any Shelf Take-Down that it has initiated (including any Restricted Shelf Take-Down) to be in the form of an underwritten offering (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”), and the Corporation shall, if so requested, file and effect an amendment or supplement of the Shelf Registration Statement for such purpose as soon as practicable but in no event later than twenty (20) days after the delivery of such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice; provided, that any such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down must comply with Section 3(d) and involve the offer and sale by such Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities having a reasonably anticipated net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter commissions and offering expenses) of at least $50,000,000 unless such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is for all of the Registrable Securities then held by the Initiating Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees (in which case there is no minimum other than the inclusion of all of such Registrable Securities). The Shelf Holders that own a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters to administer such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down; provided, that such underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation.

 

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(b) With respect to any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (including any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), in the event that a Shelf Holder otherwise would be entitled to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2(d)(iii) or Section 2(d)(iv), as the case may be, the right of such Shelf Holder to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be conditioned upon such Shelf Holder’s right of participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shelf Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided and requested herein. The Corporation shall, together with all Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders of Registrable Securities of the Corporation proposing to distribute their securities through such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected in accordance with Section 2(d)(ii)(a). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2, if the underwriter shall advise the Corporation that marketing factors (including an adverse effect on the per security offering price) require a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten in a Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, then the Corporation shall so advise all Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in such Underwritten Shelf Take Down shall be allocated first pro rata among such Shelf Holders and second pro rata among the Third Party Shelf Holders thereof in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders at the time of such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down; provided, that any Registrable Securities thereby allocated to a Shelf Holder or Third Party Shelf Holder that exceeds such Shelf Holder’s or Third Party Shelf Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining Shelf Holders and Third Party Shelf Holders in like manner. No Registrable Securities excluded from an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such underwritten offering. To the extent that a Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder is not able to include at least 50% of its Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, then such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall not reduce the number of initiated Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs pursuant to Section 2(d)(i).

(iii) Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs. The Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder submitting an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice shall indicate in such notice that it delivers to the Corporation pursuant to Section 2(d)(ii) whether it intends for such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to be Marketed (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”); provided, that any such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 3(a), a Demand Registration and shall be subject to the limits set forth in Section 3(d). Upon receipt of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice indicating that such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down will be a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Corporation shall promptly (but in any event no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on (X) the second trading day prior to the date on which the preliminary prospectus or prospectus supplement intended to be used in connection with pre-pricing marketing efforts for the Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is expected to be finalized and (Y) the second trading day prior to the date on which the pricing of the relevant a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down occurs) give written notice of such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to all other Eligible Take-Down Holders of Registrable Securities under such Shelf Registration Statement and any such Eligible Take-Down Holders requesting inclusion in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down must respond in writing by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earlier of

 

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(I) the trading day prior to the date on which the preliminary prospectus or prospectus supplement intended to be used in connection with pre-pricing marketing efforts for the relevant Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is expected to be finalized and (II) the trading day prior to the date on which the pricing of the relevant Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down occurs. Each such Eligible Take-Down Holder that timely delivers any such request shall be permitted to sell in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2(d)(ii).

(iv) Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs and Non-Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs.

(a) Any Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder may initiate a (x) Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or a (y) Shelf Take-Down that is not an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (a Shelf Take-Down referred to in (x) or (y) is referred to as a “Restricted Shelf Take-Down”) by providing written notice thereof to the Corporation and, to the extent required by Section 2(d)(iv)(b), all other Eligible Take-Down Holders; provided, that any such Restricted Shelf Take-Down must involve the offer and sale by such Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities having a reasonably anticipated net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter commissions and offering expenses) of at least $15,000,000, unless such Restricted Shelf Take-Down is for all of the Registrable Securities then held by the Initiating Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees (in which case there is no minimum other than the inclusion of all of such Registrable Securities). Any notice delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall include (i) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Shelf Take-Down and (ii) the expected timing and plan of distribution of such Shelf Take-Down. For the avoidance of doubt, an Eligible Take-Down Holder that is not a Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder cannot initiate an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

(b) With respect to each Restricted Shelf Take-Down, the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder initiating such Restricted Shelf Take-Down shall provide written notice (a “Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice”) of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down to the Corporation and all other Eligible Take-Down Holders promptly (but in any event no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time two (2) Business Days prior to the completion of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down) which Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice shall set forth (I) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down, (II) the expected timing and plan of distribution of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down, (III) an invitation to each Eligible Take-Down Holder to elect (such Eligible Take-Down Holders who make such an election being “Take-Down Tagging Holders” and, together with the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders and all other Persons (other than any Affiliates of the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders) who otherwise are Transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to Transfer, Registrable Securities in connection with such Restricted Shelf Take-Down, the “Restricted Take-Down Selling Holders”) to include in the Restricted Shelf Take-Down Registrable Securities held by such Take-Down Tagging Holder (but subject to Section 2(d)(ii)(b)) and (IV) the action or actions required (including the timing thereof) in connection with such Restricted Shelf Take-Down with respect to each Eligible Take-Down Holder that elects to exercise such right (including the delivery of one or more stock certificates representing Registrable Securities of such Eligible Take-Down Holder to be sold in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down).

 

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(c) Upon delivery of a Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, each Eligible Take-Down Holder may elect to sell Registrable Securities in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down, at the same price per Registrable Security and pursuant to the same terms and conditions with respect to payment for the Registrable Securities as agreed to by the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders, by sending an irrevocable written notice (a “Take-Down Participation Notice”) to the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders within the time period specified in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, indicating his, her or its election to sell up to the number of Registrable Securities in the Restricted Shelf Take-Down specified by such Eligible Take-Down Holder in such Take-Down Participation Notice (but, in all cases, subject to Section 2(d)(ii)(b)). Following the time period specified in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, each Take-Down Tagging Holder that has delivered a Take-Down Participation Notice shall be permitted to sell in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down on the terms and conditions set forth in the Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, concurrently with the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders and the other Restricted Take-Down Selling Holders, the number of Registrable Securities calculated pursuant to Section 2(d)(ii)(b). For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise his, her or its right to sell Registrable Securities in a Restricted Shelf Take-Down pursuant to this Section 2(d)(iv), each Take-Down Tagging Holder must agree to make the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements, if any, as the Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holders agree to make in connection with the Restricted Shelf Take-Down, with such additions or changes as are required of such Take-Down Tagging Holder by the underwriters.

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(a) Notwithstanding the delivery of any Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, for the first two (2) years following the consummation of the IPO, (i) all determinations as to whether to complete any Restricted Shelf Take-Down and as to the timing of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the NVX Holders and the CBP Holders, provided that (x) for any Restricted Shelf Take-Down initiated by the NVX Initiating Holders, the CBP Holders shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay their consent and any decisions regarding timing of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down and (y) for any Restricted Shelf Take-Down initiated by the CBP Initiating Holders, the NVX Holders shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay their consent and any decisions regarding timing of such Restricted Shelf Take-Down and (ii) all determinations with respect to the manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Restricted Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the Shelf Holders that own a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down (the “Majority Holders”) (after reasonable consultation with the CBP Holder and/or the NVX Holder to the extent the CBP Holder and/or the NVX Holder, as applicable, are participating therein and are not the Majority Holders). Following the two (2) year anniversary of the consummation of the IPO and notwithstanding the delivery of any Restricted Shelf Take-Down Notice, all determinations with respect to the manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Restricted Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the Shelf Holders that own a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such Restricted Shelf Take-Down. Each of the Eligible Take-Down Holders agrees to reasonably cooperate with each Shelf Take-Down Initiating Holder and each other Eligible Take-Down Holder to establish notice, delivery and documentation procedures and measures to facilitate such other Eligible Take-Down Holder’s participation in future potential Restricted Shelf Take-Downs pursuant to this Section 2(d)(v)(a).

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for any Shelf Take-Downs that do not constitute Restricted Shelf Take-Downs, all determinations as to the timing, manner, price and other terms and conditions of any Shelf Take-Downs that do not constitute Restricted Shelf Take-Downs shall be at the sole discretion of the Shelf Holders that own a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such Shelf Take-Down (after reasonable consultation with the CBP Holder and/or the NVX Holder to the extent the CBP Holder and/or the NVX Holder, as applicable, are participating therein and are not the Holders that own a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such Shelf Take-Down).

(vi) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of the IPO, no Holder other than the CBP Holders may effectuate an unregistered block trade of any Registrable Securities; provided that in the event of any such transaction effectuated by the CBP Holders, the CBP Holders shall notify the NVX Holders and the NEP Holders in advance and use reasonable best efforts to afford the NVX Holders and the NEP Holders the opportunity to participate in such transaction on a pro rata basis.

Section 3. Demand Registration; Restrictions on Registered Offerings.

(a) Holders Demand for Registration. Subject to Section 3(d), if, following the consummation of the IPO, the Corporation shall receive a written demand from: (x) the CBP Holders; (y) the NVX Holders, provided that the NVX Holders shall only have two (2) such demand rights, or (z) the NEP Holders, provided that the NEP Holders shall only have one (1) such demand right for so long as the NEP Holders collectively own 75% of the Capital Stock of the Corporation held by the NEP Holders on the closing date of the IPO, in the case of each of clauses (x), (y) and (z), that the Corporation effect any registration other than a shelf registration or a Shelf Take-Down (a “Demand Registration”) of Registrable Securities held by such Holder(s) having a reasonably anticipated net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter commissions and offering expenses) of at least, in the case of a Demand Registration pursuant to clause (x) or (y), $10,000,000, and in the case of a Demand Registration pursuant to clause (z), $25,000,000 unless such registration is for all of the Registrable Securities then held by the Initiating Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees (in which case there is no minimum other than the inclusion of all of such Registrable Securities), the Corporation will:

 

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(i) promptly (but in any event within ten (10) days prior to the date such registration becomes effective under the Securities Act) give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Eligible Demand Participation Holders; and

(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration as soon as practicable as will permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Initiating Holder(s)’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such demand, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Eligible Demand Participation Holders joining in such demand as are specified in a written demand received by the Corporation within five (5) days after such written notice is given; provided, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to file any Registration Statement or other disclosure document pursuant to this Section 3 (but shall be obligated to continue to prepare such Registration Statement or other disclosure document) if the Corporation shall furnish to such Eligible Demand Participation Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer or equivalent senior executive of the Corporation, stating that the filing or effectiveness of such Registration Statement would require the Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure, in which case the Corporation shall have an additional period (each, a “Demand Delay”) of not more than sixty (60) days (or such longer period as may be agreed upon by the Initiating Holders) within which to file such Registration Statement; provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by the Initiating Holders, the Corporation shall not exercise, in any twelve (12) month period, (x) more than two (2) Demand Delays pursuant to this 3(a)(ii) and Shelf Suspensions pursuant to 2(c) in the aggregate or (y) aggregate Demand Delays pursuant to this Section 3(a)(ii) and Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 2(c) of more than one hundred twenty (120) days. Each Eligible Demand Participation Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Demand Delay is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Demand Delay or until otherwise notified by the Corporation, except (A) for disclosure to such Eligible Demand Participation Holder’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (C) as required by law.

No Initiating Holder, other than the CBP Initiating Holder, shall have the right to demand that the Corporation file a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3(a) if such Initiating Holder could sell or otherwise distribute its Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act in a single transaction without any volume or manner of sale limitations.

(b) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holder(s) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their demand by means of an underwritten offer, they shall so advise the Corporation as part of their demand made pursuant to this Section 3, and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 3(a)(i). In such event, the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 3 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Corporation shall, together with all holders of Registrable Securities of the Corporation proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or

 

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underwriters selected by the Initiating Holder owning a majority of the Registrable Securities to be offered for sale in such underwriting by the Initiating Holders and reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the underwriter shall advise the Corporation that marketing factors (including an adverse effect on the per security offering price) require a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such offering, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated pro rata among such Holders and other holders of Registrable Securities exercising a contractual right pursuant to this Section 3 to dispose of Registrable Securities in such underwriting thereof in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such persons at the time of filing the Registration Statement; provided, that if such demand is in respect of the IPO, the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Corporation; provided, further, that any Registrable Securities thereby allocated to any such person that exceed such person’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders and other requesting holders of Registrable Securities in like manner; and provided, further, that the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten, the Corporation may include securities for its own account (or for the account of any other Persons) in such registration if the underwriter so agrees and if the number of Registrable Securities would not thereby be limited. The per security offering price in a Demand Registration shall be determined by the holder of the majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration.

(c) Effective Registration. The Corporation shall be deemed to have effected a Demand Registration if the Registration Statement pursuant to such registration is declared effective by the SEC and remains effective for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or withdrawn), or, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as, in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters, a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer (the applicable period, the “Demand Period”). No Demand Registration shall be deemed to have been effected if (i) during the Demand Period such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court or (ii) the conditions specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied other than by reason of a wrongful act, misrepresentation or breach of such applicable underwriting agreement by a participating Holder.

(d) Restrictions on Registered Offerings. Notwithstanding the rights and obligations set forth in this Section 3, in no event shall the Board be obligated to take any action to effect:

(i) any Demand Registration or Shelf Take-Down at the request of any Initiating Holder (other than a CBP Initiating Holder) prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the consummation of the IPO;

 

 

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(ii) in the aggregate, more than two (2) Demand Registrations or Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs, in either case, at the request of the NVX Initiating Holders; or

(iii) in the aggregate, more than one (1) Demand Registration or Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, in either case, at the request of the NEP Initiating Holders.

Section 4. Piggyback Registration.

(a) If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its equity securities, either for its own account or for the account of security holders (other than (1) in a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, (2) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or such other similar successor forms then in effect under the Securities Act), (3) a registration pursuant to which the Corporation is offering to exchange its own securities for other securities, (4) a Registration Statement relating solely to dividend reinvestment or similar plans, (5) a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to which only the initial purchasers and subsequent transferees of debt securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary that are convertible for Units and that are initially issued pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act may resell such notes and sell the Units into which such notes may be converted or (6) a registration pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3 hereof) the Corporation will:

(i) promptly (but in no event less than ten (10) days before the effective date of the relevant Registration Statement) give to each of the Members (as defined in the LLC Agreement), Brandon Cruz and Clinton P. Jones written notice thereof; and

(ii) include in such registration (and any related qualification under state securities laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation by any Member, Brandon Cruz or Clinton P. Jones and their respective Permitted Transferees except as set forth in Section 4(b) below.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 4 shall not apply to any Holder (other than an NVX Holder or an NEP Holder, for which this Section 4 shall apply following the expiration of the IPO Lock-Up Period) (i) prior to the two (2) year anniversary of the consummation of the IPO, unless (x) one or more of the CBP Holders elect to participate in such registration, in which case this Section 4 shall only apply to Eligible Demand Participation Holders or (y) the CBP Holders, in their sole discretion, elect by written notice to the Corporation for this Section 4 to apply to the Registrable Securities of any one or more other such Holders specified in such notice and/or (ii) to any Shelf Take-Down irrespective of whether such Shelf Take-Down is an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or not an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.

(b) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 4(a)(i). In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 4 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s

 

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participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to dispose of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting, together with the Corporation and the other parties distributing their securities through such underwriting, shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4, if the underwriters shall advise the Corporation that marketing factors (including, without limitation, an adverse effect on the per security offering price) require a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation may limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting, subject to the terms of this Section 4. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such offering, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated in the following manner: first, to the Corporation and second, to the Holders and other holders of Registrable Securities exercising a contractual right pursuant to this Section 4 to dispose of Registrable Securities in such underwriting on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by such persons; provided, that any Registrable Securities thereby allocated to any such person that exceed such person’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders and other requesting holders of Registrable Securities in like manner. No such reduction shall (i) reduce the securities being offered by the Corporation for its own account to be included in the registration and underwriting, or (ii) reduce the amount of securities of the selling Holders included in the registration to below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of Class A Common Stock included in such registration, unless such offering does not include Class A Common Stock of any other selling security holders, in which event any or all of the Registrable Securities of the Holders may be excluded in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. No securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 4(b) is intended to diminish the number of securities to be included by the Corporation in the underwriting.

(c) Right to Terminate Registration. The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 4 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.

Section 5. Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with all registrations effected pursuant to Section 2, Section 3 or Section 4, shall be borne by the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay stock transfer taxes, underwriters’ discounts or selling commissions relating to Registrable Securities; provided, further, that the Registration Expenses incurred by the Holders (except for the CBP Holders, the NVX Holders and the NEP Holders) which are to be borne by the Corporation shall be limited to the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations effected pursuant to Section 2(d)(iii) and Section 3 only.

 

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Section 6. Obligations of the Corporation. Whenever required under this Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Corporation shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, and keep such Registration Statement effective for (x) the lesser of one hundred eighty (180) days or until the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution relating thereto or (y) for such longer period as may be prescribed herein;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

(c) permit any Holder that (in the good faith reasonable judgment of such Holder) might be deemed to be a controlling person of the Corporation to participate in good faith in the preparation of such Registration Statement and to cooperate in good faith to include therein material, furnished to the Corporation in writing, that in the reasonable judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included;

(d) furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;

(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement;

(f) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as soon as reasonably possible after notice thereof is received by the Corporation of any written comments by the SEC or any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or such prospectus or for additional information;

(g) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such 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;

 

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(h) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 6(g) above, promptly prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(i) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Corporation of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, or any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

(j) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order as soon as practicable;

(k) make available for inspection by each Holder including Registrable Securities in such registration, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to such registration, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation, as such parties may reasonably request, and cause the Corporation’s officers, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement;

(l) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the “Blue Sky” or securities laws of each state and other jurisdiction of the United States as any such Holder or underwriters, if any, or their respective counsel reasonably request in writing, and do any and all other things reasonably necessary or advisable to keep such registration or qualification in effect for such period as required by Section 2(b) and Section 2(c), as applicable; provided, that the Corporation shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or take any action which would subject it to taxation or service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

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(m) obtain for delivery to the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and to the underwriters, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Corporation, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in customary form, scope and substance, which opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such holders or underwriters, as the case may be, and their respective counsel;

(n) in the case of an underwritten offering, obtain for delivery to the Corporation and the underwriters, with copies to the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, a “comfort letter” from the Corporation’s independent certified public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request, dated the date of execution of the underwriting agreement and brought down to the closing under the underwriting agreement;

(o) use its reasonable best efforts to list the Registrable Securities that are covered by such Registration Statement with any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are then listed;

(p) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(q) cooperate with Holders including Registrable Securities in such registration and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, if such Registrable Securities are to be sold in certificated form, such certificates to be in such denominations and registered in such names as such Holders or the managing underwriters may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities;

(r) use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws and make available to its Holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

(s) in the case of an underwritten offering, cause the senior executive officers of the Corporation to participate in the customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the underwriters and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate with and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and customary selling efforts related thereto.

Section 7. Indemnification.

(a) The Corporation will, and does hereby undertake to, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities and each of such Holder’s officers, managers, trustees, employees, partners, managers, members, equityholders, beneficiaries, affiliates and agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder, within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any registration, qualification, compliance or sale effected pursuant to this Agreement, and each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls any underwriter, of the Registrable Securities held by or issuable to such Holder, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) to which

 

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they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other similar document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale effected pursuant to this Agreement, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, (B) any violation or alleged violation by the Corporation of any federal, state or common law rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation in connection with any such registration, qualification, compliance or sale, or (C) any failure to register or qualify Registrable Securities in any state where the Corporation or its agents have affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing (including pursuant to Section 6(l)) that the Corporation (the undertaking of any underwriter being attributed to the Corporation) will undertake such registration or qualification on behalf of the Holders of such Registrable Securities (provided, that in such instance the Corporation shall not be so liable if it has undertaken its reasonable best efforts to so register or qualify such Registrable Securities) and will reimburse, as incurred, each such Holder, each such underwriter and each such manager, officer, trustee, employee, partner, manager, member, equityholder, beneficiary, affiliate, agent and controlling person, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided, that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission made in reliance and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein.

(b) Each Holder (if Registrable Securities held by or issuable to such Holder are included in such registration, qualification, compliance or sale pursuant to this Agreement) does hereby undertake to indemnify and hold harmless, severally and not jointly, the Corporation, each of its officers, managers, employees, equityholders, affiliates and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Corporation within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls any underwriter, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, and each other Holder, each of such other Holder’s officers, managers, employees, partners, equityholders, affiliates and agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, and will reimburse, as incurred, the Corporation, each such underwriter, each such other Holder, and each such officer, manager, trustee, employee, partner, equityholder, beneficiary, affiliate, agent and controlling person of the foregoing, for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) was made in such Registration Statement, prospectus, offering circular, Free Writing Prospectus or other document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information that (i) relates to such Holder in its

 

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capacity as a selling security holder and (ii) was furnished to the Corporation by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of each Holder hereunder shall be limited to the gross proceeds after underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. It is understood and agreed that the indemnification obligations of each Holder pursuant to any underwriting agreement entered into in connection with any Registration Statement shall be limited to the obligations contained in this Section 7(b).

Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 7 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide such indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any claim as to which indemnification may be sought promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge thereof, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be subject to approval by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may retain its own counsel at the Indemnifying Party’s expense if (i) representation of such Indemnified Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding and (ii) if the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party; and provided, further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 7, except to the extent that such failure to give notice materially prejudices the Indemnifying Party in the defense of any such claim or any such litigation. An Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, may, without the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that (i) includes as a term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff therein to such Indemnified Party of an unconditional release from all liability with respect to such claim or litigation and (ii) does not include any recovery (including any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party) other than monetary damages, and provided that any sums payable in connection with such settlement are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party.

(c) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in case indemnification is prohibited or limited by law, the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and such Person’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such actions; provided, however, that, in any case, (i) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the gross proceeds after underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation and (ii) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(d) The indemnities provided in this Section 7 shall survive the Transfer of any Registrable Securities by such Holder.

Section 8. Information by Holder. The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement.

Section 9. Transfer of Registration Rights. Any Holder may assign or otherwise convey the rights contained in Section 2, Section 3 and Section 4 hereof to cause the Corporation to register the Registrable Securities and comply with its other obligations hereunder if, after such assignment or conveyance, the applicable transferee holds at least 5% of the outstanding Registrable Securities.

Section 10. Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain, and hereby waives any right to seek, an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.

Section 11. Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Corporation shall not, without the prior written consent of the CBP Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Corporation that would allow such holder or prospective holder to (i) require the Corporation to effect a registration or (ii) include any securities in any registration filed under Section 2, Section 3 and Section 4 hereof.

Section 12. Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation, following the IPO, agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to:

(a) make and keep current public information available, within the meaning of Rule 144 (or any similar or analogous rule) promulgated under the Securities Act, at all times after it has become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act;

(b) file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and Exchange Act (after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); and

(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder forthwith upon request: (i) a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144 (at any time commencing ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration filed by the Corporation for an offering of its securities to the general public), the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject

 

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to such reporting requirements); (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation; and (iii) such other reports and documents as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing it to sell any such securities without registration.

Section 13. “Market Stand Off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that during (i) such period beginning on the date hereof and ending no more than one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of the Registration Statement of the Corporation filed in connection with the IPO or such shorter period as the CBP Holders may agree to with the underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering (the “IPO Lock-Up Period”) and (ii) with respect to underwritten offerings only (other than the IPO), such period beginning seven (7) days immediately preceding and ending no more than ninety (90) days following the effective date of a registration statement of the Corporation (or, in the case of an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, following the date of the filing or effectiveness of a preliminary prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to such underwritten offering (or if there is no such filing, the first contemporaneous press release announcing commencement of such underwritten offering)) or such shorter period as the applicable Initiating Holder may agree to with the underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering (provided, that, in each case, such period shall not exceed forty five (45) days following such effective date, date of filing, effectiveness or first contemporaneous press release without the prior written consent of the CBP Holders), such Holder or its Affiliates shall not sell, pledge, hypothecate, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option or right to purchase of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of (other than to donees who agree to be similarly bound) any Registrable Securities held by it at any time during such period except Registrable Securities included in such registration. Each Holder agrees that it shall deliver to the underwriter or underwriters or any offering to which clause (i) or (ii) is applicable a customary agreement (with customary terms, conditions and exceptions) that is substantially similar to the agreement delivered to the underwriter or underwriters as the agreements delivered by each of the CBP Holders reflecting its agreement set forth in this Section 13.

Section 14. Termination of Registration Rights. The rights of any particular Holder to cause the Corporation to register securities under Section 2, Section 3 or Section 4 hereof shall terminate as to any Holder on the date that such Holder no longer beneficially owns any Registrable Securities.

Section 15. Additional Parties; Joinder. Subject to the prior written consent of each Holder, the Corporation may make any Person who acquires Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock from the Corporation after the date hereof (including without limitation any Person who acquires Common Units) a party to this Agreement (each such Person, an “Additional Holder”) and to succeed to all of the rights and obligations of a Holder under this Agreement by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Additional Holder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “Joinder”). Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder by such Additional Holder, the Class A Common Stock of the Corporation acquired by such Additional Holder or issuable upon redemption or exchange of Common Units acquired by such Additional Holder (the “Acquired Common”) shall be Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein, such Additional Holder shall be a Holder under this Agreement with respect to the Acquired Common, and the Corporation shall add such Additional Holder’s name and address to the Schedule of Holders and circulate such information to the parties to this Agreement.

 

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Section 16. Transfer of Registrable Securities. No assignment or transfer of any Holder’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Corporation, and no Transferee shall be deemed a Holder hereunder, unless and until the Corporation shall have received a Joinder, duly executed by such Transferee, agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Any transfer or attempted transfer of any Holder’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder in violation of any provision of this Agreement shall be void, and the Corporation, in its sole discretion, may refuse to acknowledge or sign any Joinder entered into in violation of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 17. MNPI Provisions.

(a) Each Holder acknowledges that the provisions of this Agreement that require communications by the Corporation or other Holders to such Holder may result in such Holder and its Representatives (as defined below) acquiring MNPI (which may include, solely by way of illustration, the fact that an offering of the Corporation’s securities is pending or the number of Corporation securities to be offered by, or the identity of, the selling Holders).

(b) Each Holder agrees that it will maintain the confidentiality of such MNPI and, to the extent such Holder is not a natural person, such confidential treatment shall be in accordance with procedures adopted by it in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Holder (“Policies”); provided that a holder may deliver or disclose MNPI to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, members, affiliates and financial and other advisors (collectively, the “Representatives”), but solely to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to its evaluation of exercise of its rights under this Agreement and the sale of any Registrable Securities in connection with the subject of the notice, (ii) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Holder, (iii) any Person if necessary to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Holder, (iv) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, or (v) in connection with any litigation to which such Holder is a party; provided further, that in the case of clause (i), the recipients of such MNPI are subject to the Policies or agree to hold confidential the MNPI in a manner substantially consistent with the terms of this Section 17 and that in the case of clauses (ii) through (v), such disclosure is required by law and such Holder shall promptly notify the Corporation of such disclosure to the extent such Holder is legally permitted to give such notice.

(c) Each Holder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time (including after receiving information regarding any potential Public Offering), to elect to not receive any notice that the Corporation or any other Holders otherwise are required to deliver pursuant to this Agreement by delivering to the Corporation a written statement signed by such Holder that it does not want to receive any notices hereunder (an “Opt-Out Request”); in which case and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement the Corporation and other Holders shall not be required to, and shall not, deliver any notice or other information required to be provided to Holders hereunder to the extent that the Corporation or such other Holders reasonably expect would result in a Holder acquiring MNPI. An Opt-Out Request may state a date on which it expires or, if no such date is specified, shall remain in effect indefinitely. A Holder who previously has given the Corporation an Opt-Out Request may revoke such request at any time, and there shall be no limit on the ability of a Holder to issue and revoke subsequent Opt-Out Requests; provided that each Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the administrative burden on the Corporation arising in connection with any such Opt-Out Requests.

 

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Section 18. General Provisions.

(a) Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, terminated or waived only with the prior written consent of the Corporation and each of the CBP Holders and the NVX Holders; provided that no such amendment, modification, termination or waiver that would materially and adversely affect a Holder in a manner materially different than any other Holder (provided that the accession by Additional Holders to this Agreement pursuant to Section 15 shall not be deemed to adversely affect any Holder), shall be effective against such Holder without the consent of such Holder that is materially and adversely affected thereby. The failure or delay of any Person to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such Person thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. A waiver or consent to or of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other obligations of that Person under this Agreement.

(b) Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce their rights under this Agreement specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that a breach of this Agreement would cause irreparable harm and money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any such breach and that, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing hereunder, any party shall be entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement.

(c) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or regulation in any jurisdiction, such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement in such jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

(d) Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement contains the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit and be enforceable by the Corporation and its successors and assigns and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns (whether so expressed or not). In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of Holders are also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent or successor Holder.

 

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(f) Notices. Any notice, demand or other communication to be given under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient but, if not, then on the next Business Day, (iii) one Business Day after it is sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) or (iv) three Business Days after it is mailed to the recipient by first class mail, return receipt requested. Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Corporation at the address specified below and to any party subject to this Agreement at such address as indicated on the Schedule of Holders, or at such address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any party may change such party’s address for receipt of notice by providing prior written notice of the change to the sending party as provided herein. The Corporation’s address is:

GoHealth, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

With a copy to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Ian Schuman, Esq. and Stelios Saffos, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 751-1894

or to such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

(g) Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day that is not a Business Day, the time period shall automatically be extended to the immediately following Business Day.

(h) Governing Law. The corporate law of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues and questions concerning the relative rights of the Corporation and its stockholders. All other issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(i) MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. AS A SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(j) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY U.S. REGISTERED MAIL TO SUCH PARTY’S RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTERS TO WHICH IT HAS SUBMITTED TO JURISDICTION IN THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND HEREBY AND THEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

(k) No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation and each Holder agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement, shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Holder or any current or future member of any Holder or any current or future director, officer, employee, partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such for any obligation of any Holder under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

(l) Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation.

(m) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

(n) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signature of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(o) Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of such signed writing using a facsimile machine or electronic mail shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

(p) Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Holder shall execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments and perform any additional acts that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(q) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Corporation shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

GOHEALTH, INC.
By:    
Name:   Clinton P. Jones
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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BLIZZARD AGGREGATOR, LLC
By: CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.,
its Manager
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
GoHealth Holdings, LLC
By: GoHealth, Inc.,
its Manager
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
NVX Holdings, LLC
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
NORWEST EQUITY PARTNERS IX, LP
By: ITASCA PARTNERS IX, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: Norwest Venture Capital Management, I nc.
Its: Managing Member
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE OF HOLDERS

 

Holder

  

Holder Affiliation

Blizzard Aggregator, LLC    Centerbridge Holder
CB Blizzard Co-Invest Holdings, L.P.    Centerbridge Holder
CCP III AIV VII Holdings L.P.    Centerbridge Holder
NVX Holdings, Inc.    NVX Holder
Norwest Equity Partners IX, LP    NEP Holder

 

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EXHIBIT A

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [ 🌑 ], 2020 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and the other person named as parties therein.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Corporation, and upon acceptance hereof by the Corporation upon the execution of a counterpart hereof, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s shares of Class A Common Stock shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement to the extent provided therein. The Corporation is directed to add the address below the undersigned’s signature on this Joinder to the Schedule of Holders attached to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day of                             , 20      .

 

Signature of Stockholder

 

Print Name of Stockholder
Its:
Address:

 

Agreed and Accepted as of                             , 20      

 

GoHealth, Inc.
By:    
Name:  
Its:  

 

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EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

GOHEALTH, INC.

2020 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

ARTICLE 1.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the GoHealth, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (as it may be amended or restated from time to time, the “Plan”) is to promote the success and enhance the value of GoHealth, Inc. (the “Company”) by linking the individual interests of Directors, Employees, and Consultants to those of Company stockholders and by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns to Company stockholders. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of Directors, Employees, and Consultants upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent.

ARTICLE 2.

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

Wherever the following terms are used in the Plan they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.

2.1 “Administrator” shall mean the Board or a Committee to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee.

2.2 “Affiliate” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary; and (b) any domestic eligible entity that is disregarded, under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3, as an entity separate from either (i) the Company or (ii) any Subsidiary.

2.3 “Applicable Accounting Standards” shall mean Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, International Financial Reporting Standards or such other accounting principles or standards as may apply to the Company’s financial statements under United States federal securities laws from time to time.

2.4 “Applicable Law” shall mean any applicable law, including, without limitation: (a) provisions of the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any rules or regulations thereunder; (b) corporate, securities, tax or other laws, statutes, rules, requirements or regulations, whether federal, state, local or foreign; and (c) rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded.

2.5 “Award” shall mean an Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Restricted Stock award, a Restricted Stock Unit award, an Other Stock or Cash Based Award or a Dividend Equivalent award, which may be awarded or granted under the Plan.

 

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2.6 “Award Agreement” shall mean any written notice, agreement, terms and conditions, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award, including through electronic medium, which shall contain such terms and conditions with respect to an Award as the Administrator shall determine consistent with the Plan.

2.7 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.8 “Change in Control” shall mean and includes each of the following:

(a) A transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any acquisition which complies with Sections 2.8(c)(i), 2.8(c)(ii) or 2.8(c)(iii); or (iv) in respect of an Award held by a particular Holder, any acquisition by the Holder or any group of persons including the Holder (or any entity controlled by the Holder or any group of persons including the Holder); or

(b) The Incumbent Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board;

(c) The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination, (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a transaction:

(i) which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and

(ii) after which no person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 2.8(c)(ii) as beneficially owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of the transaction; and

 

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(iii) after which at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Successor Entity were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such transaction; or

(d) The date specified by the Board following approval by the Company’s stockholders of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award (or any portion of an Award) that provides for the deferral of compensation that is subject to Section 409A, to the extent required to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A, the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) with respect to such Award (or portion thereof) shall only constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the payment timing of such Award if such transaction also constitutes a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

The Administrator shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its sole discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to the above definition, the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto; provided that any exercise of authority in conjunction with a determination of whether a Change in Control is a “change in control event” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) shall be consistent with such regulation.

2.9 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, together with the regulations and official guidance promulgated thereunder, whether issued prior or subsequent to the grant of any Award.

2.10 “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, or another committee or subcommittee of the Board which may be comprised of one or more Directors and/or executive officers of the Company as appointed by the Board, to the extent permitted in accordance with Applicable Law.

2.11 “Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock of the Company.

2.12 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 1.

2.13 “Consultant” shall mean any consultant or adviser engaged to provide services to the Company or any parent of the Company or Affiliate who qualifies as a consultant or advisor under the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of shares on a Form S-8 Registration Statement.

2.14 “Director” shall mean a member of the Board, as constituted from time to time.

2.15 “Director Limit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

 

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2.16 “Dividend Equivalent” shall mean a right to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends paid on Shares, awarded under Section 9.2.

2.17 “DRO” shall mean a “domestic relations order” as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, or the rules thereunder.

2.18 “Effective Date” shall mean the day prior to the Public Trading Date.

2.19 “Eligible Individual” shall mean any person who is an Employee, a Consultant or a Non-Employee Director, as determined by the Administrator.

2.20 “Employee” shall mean any officer or other employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) of the Company or of any parent of the Company or Affiliate.

2.21 “Equity Restructuring” shall mean a nonreciprocal transaction between the Company and its stockholders, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering or recapitalization through a large, nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the number or kind of Shares (or other securities of the Company) or the share price of Common Stock (or other securities) and causes a change in the per-share value of the Common Stock underlying outstanding Awards.

2.22 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

2.23 “Exchange Program” shall mean a Program under which (i) outstanding Awards are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for Awards of the same type (which may have higher or lower exercise prices and different terms), Awards of a different type, and/or cash, (ii) Participants would have the opportunity to transfer any outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Administrator, and/or (iii) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced or increased. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of any Exchange Program in its sole discretion.

2.24 “Expiration Date” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 12.1(c).

2.25 “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any given date, the value of a Share determined as follows:

(a) If the Common Stock is (i) listed on any established securities exchange (such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq Global Select Market), (ii) listed on any national market system or (iii) quoted or traded on any automated quotation system, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a Share as quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing sales price for a Share on the date in question, the closing sales price for a Share on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

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(b) If the Common Stock is not listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system, but the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no high bid and low asked prices for a Share on such date, the high bid and low asked prices for a Share on the last preceding date for which such information exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

(c) If the Common Stock is neither listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system nor regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be established by the Administrator in its discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award granted on the pricing date of the Company’s initial public offering, the Fair Market Value shall mean the initial public offering price of a Share as set forth in the Company’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.26 “Greater Than 10% Stockholder” shall mean an individual then owning (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary corporation (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) or parent corporation thereof (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code).

2.27 “Holder” shall mean a person who has been granted an Award.

2.28 “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option and conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code.

2.29 “Incumbent Directors” shall mean for any period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board together with any new Director(s) (other than a Director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Section 2.8(a) or 2.8(c)) whose election or nomination for election to the Board was approved by a vote of at least a majority (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for Director without objection to such nomination) of the Directors then still in office who either were Directors at the beginning of the 12-month period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved. No individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to Directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be an Incumbent Director.

2.30 “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a Director of the Company who is not an Employee.

2.31 “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option or which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option but does not meet the applicable requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

 

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2.32 “Option” shall mean a right to purchase Shares at a specified exercise price, granted under Article 5. An Option shall be either a Non-Qualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option; provided, however, that Options granted to Non-Employee Directors and Consultants shall only be Non-Qualified Stock Options.

2.33 “Option Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.

2.34 “Organizational Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Company’s articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar organizational documents relating to the creation and governance of the Company, and (b) the Committee’s charter or other similar organizational documentation relating to the creation and governance of the Committee.

2.35 “Other Stock or Cash Based Award” shall mean a cash payment, cash bonus award, stock payment, stock bonus award, performance award or incentive award that is paid in cash, Shares or a combination of both, awarded under Section 9.1, which may include, without limitation, deferred stock, deferred stock units, performance awards, retainers, committee fees, and meeting-based fees.

2.36 “Permitted Transferee” shall mean, with respect to a Holder, any “family member” of the Holder, as defined in the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (or any successor form thereto), or any other transferee specifically approved by the Administrator after taking into account Applicable Law.

2.37 “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criteria (and adjustments) that the Administrator selects for an Award for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that may be used to establish Performance Goals include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) net earnings or losses (either before or after one or more of the following: (A) interest, (B) taxes, (C) depreciation, (D) amortization and (E) non-cash equity-based compensation expense); (ii) gross or net sales or revenue or sales or revenue growth; (iii) net income (either before or after taxes); (iv) adjusted net income; (v) operating earnings or profit (either before or after taxes); (vi) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); (vii) return on assets; (viii) return on capital (or invested capital) and cost of capital; (ix) return on stockholders’ equity; (x) total stockholder return; (xi) return on sales; (xii) gross or net profit or operating margin; (xiii) costs, reductions in costs and cost control measures; (xiv) expenses; (xv) working capital; (xvi) earnings or loss per share; (xvii) adjusted earnings or loss per share; (xviii) price per share or dividends per share (or appreciation in and/or maintenance of such price or dividends); (xix) regulatory achievements or compliance (including, without limitation, regulatory body approval for commercialization of a product); (xx) implementation or completion of critical projects; (xxi) market share; (xxii) economic value; and (xxiii) individual employee performance, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or decrease or as compared to results of a peer group or other employees or to market performance indicators or indices.

2.38 “Performance Goals” shall mean, for a Performance Period, one or more goals established in writing by the Administrator for the Performance Period based upon one or more Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance

 

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Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of an Affiliate, division, business unit, or an individual. The achievement of each Performance Goal shall be determined with reference to Applicable Accounting Standards or other methodology as determined appropriate by the Administrator.

2.39 “Performance Period” shall mean one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Holder’s right to, vesting of, and/or the payment in respect of, an Award.

2.40 “Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 1.

2.41 “Program” shall mean any program adopted by the Administrator pursuant to the Plan containing the terms and conditions intended to govern a specified type of Award granted under the Plan and pursuant to which such type of Award may be granted under the Plan.

2.42 “Public Trading Date” shall mean the first date upon which Common Stock is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system.

2.43 “Restricted Stock” shall mean Common Stock awarded under Article 7 that is subject to certain restrictions and may be subject to risk of forfeiture or repurchase.

2.44 “Restricted Stock Units” shall mean the right to receive Shares awarded under Article 8.

2.45 “SAR Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.

2.46 “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date.

2.47 “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.48 “Shares” shall mean shares of Common Stock.

2.49 “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean an Award entitling the Holder (or other person entitled to exercise pursuant to the Plan) to exercise all or a specified portion thereof (to the extent then exercisable pursuant to its terms) and to receive from the Company an amount determined by multiplying (i) the difference obtained by subtracting (x) the exercise price per share of such Award from (y) the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of such Award by (ii) the number of Shares with respect to which such Award shall have been exercised, subject to any limitations the Administrator may impose.

2.50 “Subsidiary” shall mean any entity (other than the Company), whether domestic or foreign, in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain beneficially owns, at the time of the determination, securities or interests representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of securities or interests in one of the other entities in such chain.

 

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2.51 “Substitute Award” shall mean an Award granted under the Plan in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, combination, consolidation or acquisition of property or stock, in any case, upon the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding equity awards previously granted by a company or other entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the term “Substitute Award” be construed to refer to an award made in connection with the cancellation and repricing of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

2.52 “Termination of Service” shall mean the date the Holder ceases to be an Eligible Individual. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to any Termination of Service, including, without limitation, whether a Termination of Service has occurred, whether a Termination of Service resulted from a discharge for cause and all questions of whether particular leaves of absence constitute a Termination of Service; provided, however, that, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, unless the Administrator otherwise provides in the terms of any Program, Award Agreement or otherwise, or as otherwise required by Applicable Law, a leave of absence, change in status from an employee to an independent contractor or other change in the employee-employer relationship shall constitute a Termination of Service only if, and to the extent that, such leave of absence, change in status or other change interrupts employment for the purposes of Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the then-applicable regulations and revenue rulings under said Section. For purposes of the Plan, a Holder’s employee-employer relationship or consultancy relations shall be deemed to be terminated in the event that the Affiliate employing or contracting with such Holder ceases to remain an Affiliate following any merger, sale of stock or other corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a spin-off).

ARTICLE 3.

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

3.1 Number of Shares.

(a) Subject to Sections 3.1(b) and 12.2, Awards may be made under the Plan covering an aggregate number of Shares equal to the sum of: (i) [                    ] and (ii) an annual increase on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on and including January 1, 2030, equal to the lesser of (A) [            ]% of the Shares outstanding (on an as-converted basis) on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) such smaller number of Shares as determined by the Board; provided, however, no more than [                            ] Shares may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options. Any Shares distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Common Stock, treasury Common Stock or Common Stock purchased on the open market.

(b) If any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited or expire, are converted to shares of another person in connection with a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares or other similar event, are surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program, or such Award is settled for cash (in whole or in

 

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part) (including Shares repurchased by the Company under Section 7.4 at the same price paid by the Holder), the Shares subject to such Award shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement, again be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following Shares shall not be added to the Shares authorized for grant under Section 3.1(a) and shall not be available for future grants of Awards: (i) Shares tendered by a Holder or withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of an Option; (ii) Shares tendered by the Holder or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award; (iii) Shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right or other stock-settled Award (including Awards that may be settled in cash or stock) that are not issued in connection with the settlement or exercise, as applicable, of the Stock Appreciation Right or other stock-settled Award; and (iv) Shares purchased on the open market by the Company with the cash proceeds received from the exercise of Options. Any Shares repurchased by the Company under Section 7.4 at the same price paid by the Holder so that such Shares are returned to the Company shall again be available for Awards. The payment of Dividend Equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.1(b), no Shares may again be optioned, granted or awarded if such action would cause an Incentive Stock Option to fail to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.

(c) Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate, notwithstanding limitations on Awards in the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan, except as may be required by reason of Section 422 of the Code, and Shares subject to such Substitute Awards shall not be added to the Shares available for Awards under the Plan as provided in Section 3.1(b) above. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any Affiliate combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by its stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may, subject to Applicable Law, be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan (and Shares subject to such Awards shall not be added to the Shares available for Awards under the Plan as provided in Section 3.1(b) above); provided that Awards using such available Shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employed by or providing services to the Company or its Affiliates immediately prior to such acquisition or combination.

ARTICLE 4.

GRANTING OF AWARDS

4.1 Participation. The Administrator may, from time to time, select from among all Eligible Individuals those to whom an Award shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award, which shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Plan. Except for any Non-Employee Director’s right to Awards that may be required pursuant to any non-

 

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employee director compensation policy adopted by the Board, no Eligible Individual or other person shall have any right to be granted an Award pursuant to the Plan and neither the Company nor the Administrator is obligated to treat Eligible Individuals, Holders or any other persons uniformly. Participation by each Holder in the Plan shall be voluntary and nothing in the Plan or any Program shall be construed as mandating that any Eligible Individual or other person shall participate in the Plan.

4.2 Award Agreement. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations for such Award as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion (consistent with the requirements of the Plan and any applicable Program). Award Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain such terms and conditions as may be necessary to meet the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals that are based on one or more Performance Criteria or achievement of one or more Performance Goals or any such other criteria or goals as the Administrator shall establish.

4.3 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Plan, and any Award granted or awarded to any individual who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and any amendments thereto) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

4.4 At-Will Service. Nothing in the Plan or in any Program or Award Agreement hereunder shall confer upon any Holder any right to continue in the employ of, or as a Director or Consultant for, the Company or any Affiliate, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any Affiliate, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Holder at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, and with or without notice, or to terminate or change all other terms and conditions of employment or engagement, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Holder and the Company or any Affiliate.

4.5 Foreign Holders. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or applicable Program to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company and its Affiliates operate or have Employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants, or in order to comply with the requirements of any foreign securities exchange or other Applicable Law, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (a) determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (b) determine which Eligible Individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (c) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Individuals outside the United States to comply with Applicable Law (including, without limitation, applicable foreign laws or listing requirements of any foreign securities exchange); (d) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable; provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitation contained in Section 3.1 or the Director Limit; and (e) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals or listing requirements of any foreign securities exchange.

 

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4.6 Non-Employee Director Awards. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or in any non-employee director compensation policy adopted by the Board, the sum of the amount of any cash-based Awards or other fees and the value (determined as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of equity-based Awards granted to a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director during any calendar year following the Public Trading Date shall not exceed $500,000, increased to $750,000 with respect to the calendar year of a Non-Employee Director’s initial service as a Non-Employee Director (the applicable amount, the “Director Limit”). The Administrator may make exceptions to this limit for individual Non-Employee Directors in extraordinary circumstances, as the Administrator may determine in its discretion, provided that the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation or in other contemporaneous compensation decisions involving Non-Employee Directors.

ARTICLE 5.

GRANTING OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

5.1 Granting of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Individuals. The Administrator is authorized to grant Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Individuals from time to time, in its sole discretion, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, which shall not be inconsistent with the Plan, including any limitations in the Plan that apply to Incentive Stock Options.

5.2 Qualification of Incentive Stock Options. The Administrator may grant Options intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options only to employees of the Company, any of the Company’s present or future “parent corporations” or “subsidiary corporations” as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code, respectively, and any other entities the employees of which are eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options under the Code. No person who qualifies as a Greater Than 10% Stockholder may be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless such Incentive Stock Option conforms to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that the aggregate fair market value of stock with respect to which “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to Section 422(d) of the Code) are exercisable for the first time by a Holder during any calendar year under the Plan, and all other plans of the Company and any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation thereof (as defined in Section 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code, respectively), exceeds $100,000, the Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code. The rule set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied by taking Options and other “incentive stock options” into account in the order in which they were granted and the fair market value of stock shall be determined as of the time the respective options were granted. Any interpretations and rules under the Plan with respect to Incentive Stock Options shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. Neither the Company nor the Administrator shall have any liability to a Holder, or any other person, (a) if an Option (or any part thereof) which is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option fails to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option or

 

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(b) for any action or omission by the Company or the Administrator that causes an Option not to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, including, without limitation, the conversion of an Incentive Stock Option to a Non-Qualified Stock Option or the grant of an Option intended as an Incentive Stock Option that fails to satisfy the requirements under the Code applicable to an Incentive Stock Option.

5.3 Option and Stock Appreciation Right Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share subject to each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall be set by the Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, is granted (or, as to Incentive Stock Options, on the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code). In addition, in the case of Incentive Stock Options granted to a Greater Than 10% Stockholder, such price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the Option is granted (or the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is a Substitute Award, the exercise price per share of the Shares subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, may be less than the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant; provided that the exercise price of any Substitute Award shall be determined in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 424 and 409A of the Code.

5.4 Option and SAR Term. The term of each Option (the “Option Term”) and the term of each Stock Appreciation Right (the “SAR Term”) shall be set by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the Option Term or SAR Term, as applicable, shall not be more than (a) ten (10) years from the date the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, is granted to an Eligible Individual (other than a Greater Than 10% Stockholder), or (b) five (5) years from the date an Incentive Stock Option is granted to a Greater Than 10% Stockholder. Except as limited by the requirements of Section 409A or Section 422 of the Code and regulations and rulings thereunder or the first sentence of this Section 5.4 and without limiting the Company’s rights under Section 10.7, the Administrator may extend the Option Term of any outstanding Option or the SAR Term of any outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, and may extend the time period during which vested Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised, in connection with any Termination of Service of the Holder or otherwise, and may amend, subject to Section 10.7 and 12.1, any other term or condition of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right relating to such Termination of Service of the Holder or otherwise.

5.5 Option and SAR Vesting. The period during which the right to exercise, in whole or in part, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right vests in the Holder shall be set by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing and unless determined otherwise by the Company, in the event that on the last business day of the term of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right (other than an Incentive Stock Option) (a) the exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is prohibited by Applicable Law, as determined by the Company, or (b) Shares may not be purchased or sold by the applicable Participant due to any Company insider trading policy (including blackout periods) or a “lock-up” agreement undertaken in connection with an issuance of securities by the Company, the term of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be extended until the date that is thirty (30) days after the end of the legal prohibition, black-out period or lock-up agreement, as determined by the Company; provided, however, in no event shall the extension last beyond the ten year term of the applicable

 

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Option or Stock Appreciation Right. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in the Award Agreement, the applicable Program or by action of the Administrator following the grant of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (i) no portion of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right which is unexercisable at a Holder’s Termination of Service shall thereafter become exercisable and (ii) the portion of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is unexercisable at a Holder’s Termination of Service shall automatically expire thirty (30) days following such Termination of Service.

ARTICLE 6.

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

6.1 Exercise and Payment. An exercisable Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised in whole or in part. However, unless the Administrator otherwise determines, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall not be exercisable with respect to fractional Shares and the Administrator may require that, by the terms of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, a partial exercise must be with respect to a minimum number of Shares. Payment of the amounts payable with respect to Stock Appreciation Rights pursuant to this Article 6 shall be in cash, Shares (based on its Fair Market Value as of the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised), or a combination of both, as determined by the Administrator.

6.2 Manner of Exercise. All or a portion of an exercisable Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be deemed exercised upon delivery of all of the following to the Secretary of the Company, the stock plan administrator of the Company or such other person or entity designated by the Administrator, or his, her or its office, as applicable:

(a) A written notice of exercise in a form the Administrator approves (which may be electronic) complying with the applicable rules established by the Administrator. The notice shall be signed or otherwise acknowledge electronically by the Holder or other person then entitled to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right or such portion thereof;

(b) Such representations and documents as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with Applicable Law.

(c) In the event that the Option shall be exercised pursuant to Section 10.3 by any person or persons other than the Holder, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator; and

(d) Full payment of the exercise price and applicable withholding taxes for the Shares with respect to which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, or portion thereof, is exercised, in a manner permitted by the Administrator in accordance with Sections 10.1 and 10.2.

6.3 Notification Regarding Disposition. The Holder shall give the Company prompt written or electronic notice of any disposition or other transfers (other than in connection with a Change in Control) of Shares acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option which occurs within (a) two years from the date of granting (including the date the Option is modified, extended

 

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or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code) such Option to such Holder, or (b) one year after the date of transfer of such Shares to such Holder. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Holder in such disposition or other transfer.

ARTICLE 7.

AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK

7.1 Award of Restricted Stock. The Administrator is authorized to grant Restricted Stock, or the right to purchase Restricted Stock, to Eligible Individuals, and shall determine the terms and conditions, including the restrictions applicable to each award of Restricted Stock, which terms and conditions shall not be inconsistent with the Plan or any applicable Program, and may impose such conditions on the issuance of such Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate. At the time of grant, the Administrator shall specify the date or dates on which the Restricted Stock shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and may specify such conditions to vesting as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, vesting based upon the Holder’s duration of service to the Company or any Affiliate, one or more Performance Goals or other specific criteria, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods, as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator shall establish the purchase price, if any, and form of payment for Restricted Stock; provided, however, that if a purchase price is charged, such purchase price shall be no less than the par value, if any, of the Shares to be purchased, unless otherwise permitted by Applicable Law. In all cases, legal consideration shall be required for each issuance of Restricted Stock to the extent required by Applicable Law.

7.2 Rights as Stockholders. Subject to Section 7.4, upon issuance of Restricted Stock, the Holder shall have, unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to said Shares, subject to the restrictions in the Plan, any applicable Program and/or the applicable Award Agreement, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect to the Shares to the extent such dividends and other distributions have a record date that is on or after the date on which the Holder to whom such Restricted Stock are granted becomes the record holder of such Restricted Stock; provided, however, that, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, any extraordinary dividends or distributions with respect to the Shares may be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7.3. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to a share of Restricted Stock, dividends which are paid prior to vesting shall only be paid out to the Holder to the extent that the share of Restricted Stock vests.

7.3 Restrictions. All shares of Restricted Stock (including any shares received by Holders thereof with respect to shares of Restricted Stock as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or any other form of recapitalization) and, unless the Administrator provides otherwise, any property (other than cash) transferred to Holders in connection with an extraordinary dividend or distribution shall be subject to such restrictions and vesting requirements as the Administrator shall provide in the applicable Program or Award Agreement.

 

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7.4 Repurchase or Forfeiture of Restricted Stock. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if no price was paid by the Holder for the Restricted Stock, upon a Termination of Service during the applicable restriction period, the Holder’s rights in unvested Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled without consideration on the date of such Termination of Service. If a price was paid by the Holder for the Restricted Stock, upon a Termination of Service during the applicable restriction period, the Company shall have the right to repurchase from the Holder the unvested Restricted Stock then subject to restrictions at a cash price per share equal to the price paid by the Holder for such Restricted Stock or such other amount as may be specified in the applicable Program or Award Agreement.

7.5 Section 83(b) Election. If a Holder makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed with respect to the Restricted Stock as of the date of transfer of the Restricted Stock rather than as of the date or dates upon which the Holder would otherwise be taxable under Section 83(a) of the Code, the Holder shall be required to deliver a copy of such election to the Company promptly after filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service along with proof of the timely filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service.

ARTICLE 8.

AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator is authorized to grant Awards of Restricted Stock Units to any Eligible Individual selected by the Administrator in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator. A Holder will have no rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to any Restricted Stock Unit unless and until the Shares are delivered in settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit.

8.2 Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. At the time of grant, the Administrator shall specify the date or dates on which the Restricted Stock Units shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and may specify such conditions to vesting as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, vesting based upon the Holder’s duration of service to the Company or any Affiliate, one or more Performance Goals or other specific criteria, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods, as determined by the Administrator. An Award of Restricted Stock Units shall only be eligible to vest while the Holder is an Employee, a Consultant or a Director, as applicable; provided, however, that the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may provide (in an Award Agreement or otherwise) that a Restricted Stock Unit award may become vested subsequent to a Termination of Service in the event of the occurrence of certain events, including a Change in Control, the Holder’s death, retirement or disability or any other specified Termination of Service, subject to Section 11.7.

8.3 Maturity and Payment. At the time of grant, the Administrator shall specify the maturity date applicable to each grant of Restricted Stock Units, which shall be no earlier than the vesting date or dates of the Award and may be determined at the election of the Holder (if permitted by the applicable Award Agreement); provided that, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, and subject to compliance with Section 409A, in no event shall the maturity date relating to each Restricted Stock Unit occur following the later of (a) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the applicable portion of the

 

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Restricted Stock Unit vests; and (b) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the applicable portion of the Restricted Stock Unit vests. On the maturity date, the Company shall, in accordance with the applicable Award Agreement and subject to Section 10.4(f), transfer to the Holder one unrestricted, fully transferable Share for each Restricted Stock Unit scheduled to be paid out on such date and not previously forfeited, or in the sole discretion of the Administrator, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the maturity date or a combination of cash and Common Stock as determined by the Administrator.

ARTICLE 9.

AWARD OF OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS AND DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS

9.1 Other Stock or Cash Based Awards. The Administrator is authorized to grant Other Stock or Cash Based Awards, including awards entitling a Holder to receive Shares or cash to be delivered immediately or in the future, to any Eligible Individual. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any applicable Program, the Administrator shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock or Cash Based Award, including the term of the Award, any exercise or purchase price, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals, transfer restrictions, vesting conditions and other terms and conditions applicable thereto, which shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Other Stock or Cash Based Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares, as determined by the Administrator, and may be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan, as stand-alone payments, as a part of a bonus, deferred bonus, deferred compensation or other arrangement, and/or as payment in lieu of compensation to which an Eligible Individual is otherwise entitled.

9.2 Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents may be granted by the Administrator, either alone or in tandem with another Award, based on dividends declared on the Common Stock, to be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date the Dividend Equivalents are granted to a Holder and the date such Dividend Equivalents terminate or expire, as determined by the Administrator. Such Dividend Equivalents shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such restrictions and limitations as may be determined by the Administrator. In addition, Dividend Equivalents with respect to an Award that are based on dividends paid prior to the vesting of such Award shall only be paid out to the Holder to the extent that the vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied and the Award vests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Dividend Equivalents shall be payable with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

ARTICLE 10.

ADDITIONAL TERMS OF AWARDS

10.1 Payment. The Administrator shall determine the method or methods by which payments by any Holder with respect to any Awards granted under the Plan shall be made, including, without limitation: (a) cash, wire transfer of immediately available funds or check, (b)

 

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Shares (including, in the case of payment of the exercise price of an Award, Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of the Award) or Shares held for such minimum period of time as may be established by the Administrator, in each case, having a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate payments required, (c) delivery of a written or electronic notice that the Holder has placed a market sell order with a broker acceptable to the Company with respect to Shares then issuable upon exercise or vesting of an Award, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the aggregate payments required; provided that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale, (d) other form of legal consideration acceptable to the Administrator in its sole discretion, or (e) any combination of the above permitted forms of payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Holder who is a Director or an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act shall be permitted to make payment with respect to any Awards granted under the Plan, or continue any extension of credit with respect to such payment, with a loan from the Company or a loan arranged by the Company in violation of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

10.2 Tax Withholding. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Holder to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including the Holder’s FICA, employment tax or other social security contribution obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event concerning a Holder arising as a result of the Plan or any Award. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement, or in satisfaction of such additional withholding obligations as a Holder may have elected, allow a Holder to satisfy such obligations by any payment means described in Section 10.1 hereof, including without limitation, by allowing such Holder to elect to have the Company or any Affiliate withhold Shares otherwise issuable under an Award (or allow the surrender of Shares). The number of Shares that may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Shares that have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum statutory withholding rates in such Holder’s applicable jurisdictions for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such taxable income. The Administrator shall determine the fair market value of the Shares, consistent with applicable provisions of the Code, for tax withholding obligations due in connection with a broker-assisted cashless Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise involving the sale of Shares to pay the Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise price or any tax withholding obligation.

10.3 Transferability of Awards.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 10.3(b) and 10.3(c):

(i) No Award under the Plan may be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than (A) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or (B) subject to the consent of the Administrator, pursuant to a DRO, unless and until such Award has been exercised or the Shares underlying such Award have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such Shares have lapsed;

 

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(ii) No Award or interest or right therein shall be liable for or otherwise subject to the debts, contracts or engagements of the Holder or the Holder’s successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy) unless and until such Award has been exercised, or the Shares underlying such Award have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such Shares have lapsed, and any attempted disposition of an Award prior to satisfaction of these conditions shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by Section 10.3(a)(i); and

(iii) During the lifetime of the Holder, only the Holder may exercise any exercisable portion of an Award granted to such Holder under the Plan, unless it has been disposed of pursuant to a DRO. After the death of the Holder, any exercisable portion of an Award may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under the Plan or the applicable Program or Award Agreement, be exercised by the Holder’s personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Holder’s will or under the then-applicable laws of descent and distribution.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 10.3(a), the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine to permit a Holder or a Permitted Transferee of such Holder to transfer an Award other than an Incentive Stock Option (unless such Incentive Stock Option is intended to become a Nonqualified Stock Option) to any one or more Permitted Transferees of such Holder, subject to the following terms and conditions: (i) an Award transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall not be assignable or transferable by the Permitted Transferee other than (A) to another Permitted Transferee of the applicable Holder or (B) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, subject to the consent of the Administrator, pursuant to a DRO; (ii) an Award transferred to a Permitted Transferee shall continue to be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Award as applicable to the original Holder (other than the ability to further transfer the Award to any person other than another Permitted Transferee of the applicable Holder); (iii) the Holder (or transferring Permitted Transferee) and the receiving Permitted Transferee shall execute any and all documents requested by the Administrator, including, without limitation documents to (A) confirm the status of the transferee as a Permitted Transferee, (B) satisfy any requirements for an exemption for the transfer under Applicable Law and (C) evidence the transfer; and (iv) the transfer of an Award to a Permitted Transferee shall be without consideration. In addition, and further notwithstanding Section 10.3(a), hereof, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine to permit a Holder to transfer Incentive Stock Options to a trust that constitutes a Permitted Transferee if, under Section 671 of the Code and other Applicable Law, the Holder is considered the sole beneficial owner of the Incentive Stock Option while it is held in the trust.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 10.3(a), a Holder may, in the manner determined by the Administrator, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Holder and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Holder’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights pursuant to the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Program or Award Agreement applicable to the Holder and any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrator. If the Holder is married or a domestic partner in a domestic partnership qualified under Applicable Law and resides

 

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in a community property state, a designation of a person other than the Holder’s spouse or domestic partner, as applicable, as the Holder’s beneficiary with respect to more than 50% of the Holder’s interest in the Award shall not be effective without the prior written or electronic consent of the Holder’s spouse or domestic partner. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Holder, payment shall be made to the person entitled thereto pursuant to the Holder’s will or the laws of descent and distribution. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Holder at any time; provided that the change or revocation is delivered in writing to the Administrator prior to the Holder’s death.

10.4 Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

(a) The Administrator shall determine the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Holders. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Award, unless and until the Administrator has determined that the issuance of such Shares is in compliance with Applicable Law and the Shares are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Administrator may require that a Holder make such reasonable covenants, agreements and representations as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems advisable in order to comply with Applicable Law.

(b) All share certificates delivered pursuant to the Plan and all Shares issued pursuant to book entry procedures are subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with Applicable Law. The Administrator may place legends on any share certificate or book entry to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares (including, without limitation, restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock).

(c) The Administrator shall have the right to require any Holder to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement, distribution or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the sole discretion of the Administrator.

(d) Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, no fractional Shares shall be issued and the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding down.

(e) The Company, in its sole discretion, may (i) retain physical possession of any stock certificate evidencing Shares until any restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and/or (ii) require that the stock certificates evidencing such Shares be held in custody by a designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Holder deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to such Shares.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or required by Applicable Law, the Company shall not deliver to any Holder certificates evidencing Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead such Shares shall be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator).

 

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10.5 Forfeiture and Claw-Back Provisions. All Awards (including any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit actually or constructively received by a Holder upon any receipt or exercise of any Award or upon the receipt or resale of any Shares underlying the Award and any payments of a portion of an incentive-based bonus pool allocated to a Holder) shall be subject to the provisions of any claw-back policy implemented by the Company, including, without limitation, any claw-back policy adopted to comply with the requirements of Applicable Law, including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not such claw-back policy was in place at the time of grant of an Award, to the extent set forth in such claw-back policy and/or in the applicable Award Agreement.

10.6 Amendment of Awards. Subject to Applicable Law, the Administrator may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or settlement, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The Holder’s consent to such action shall be required unless (a) the Administrator determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Holder, or (b) the change is otherwise permitted under the Plan (including, without limitation, under Section 10.6, 12.2 or 12.10).

10.7 Lock-Up Period. The Company may, in connection with registering the offering of any Company securities under the Securities Act, prohibit Holders from, directly or indirectly, selling or otherwise transferring any Shares or other Company securities during a period of up to one hundred eighty days following the effective date of a Company registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or such longer period as determined by the underwriter. In order to enforce the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to place restrictive legends on the certificates of any securities of the Company held by the Holder and to impose stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent with respect to any securities of the Company held by the Holder until the end of such period.

10.8 Data Privacy. As a condition of receipt of any Award, each Holder explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this Section 10.8 by and among, as applicable, the Company and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Holder’s participation in the Plan. The Company and its Affiliates may hold certain personal information about a Holder, including but not limited to, the Holder’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title(s), any shares of stock held in the Company or any of its Affiliates, details of all Awards, in each case, for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan and Awards (the “Data”). The Company and its Affiliates may transfer the Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of a Holder’s participation in the Plan, and the Company and its Affiliates may each further transfer the Data to any third parties assisting the Company and its Affiliates in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. These recipients may be located in the Holder’s country, or elsewhere, and the Holder’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than the recipients’ country. Through acceptance of an Award, each Holder authorizes such recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and

 

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managing the Holder’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates or the Holder may elect to deposit any Shares. The Data related to a Holder will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer, and manage the Holder’s participation in the Plan. A Holder may, at any time, view the Data held by the Company with respect to such Holder, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data with respect to such Holder, recommend any necessary corrections to the Data with respect to the Holder or refuse or withdraw the consents herein in writing, in any case without cost, by contacting his or her local human resources representative. The Company may cancel the Holder’s ability to participate in the Plan and, in the Administrator’s discretion, the Holder may forfeit any outstanding Awards if the Holder refuses or withdraws his or her consents as described herein. For more information on the consequences of refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Holders may contact their local human resources representative.

ARTICLE 11.

ADMINISTRATION

11.1 Administrator. The Committee shall administer the Plan (except as otherwise permitted herein). To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3, it is intended that each member of the Committee will be, at the time the Committee takes any action with respect to an Award that is subject to Rule 16b-3, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. Additionally, to the extent required by Applicable Law, each of the individuals constituting the Committee shall be an “independent director” under the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action taken by the Committee shall be valid and effective, whether or not members of the Committee at the time of such action are later determined not to have satisfied the requirements for membership set forth in this Section 11.1 or the Organizational Documents. Except as may otherwise be provided in the Organizational Documents or as otherwise required by Applicable Law, (a) appointment of Committee members shall be effective upon acceptance of appointment, (b) Committee members may resign at any time by delivering written or electronic notice to the Board and (c) vacancies in the Committee may only be filled by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the full Board, acting by a majority of its members in office, shall conduct the general administration of the Plan with respect to Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors and, with respect to such Awards, the term “Administrator” as used in the Plan shall be deemed to refer to the Board and (ii) the Board or Committee may delegate its authority hereunder to the extent permitted by Section 11.6.

11.2 Duties and Powers of Administrator. It shall be the duty of the Administrator to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Administrator shall have the power to interpret the Plan, all Programs (including Exchange Programs) and Award Agreements, and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and any Program as are not inconsistent with the Plan, to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules and to amend the Plan or any Program or Award Agreement; provided that the rights or obligations of the Holder of the Award that is the subject of any such Program or Award Agreement are not materially and adversely affected by such amendment, unless the consent of the Holder is obtained or such amendment is otherwise permitted under Section 10.7 or Section

 

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12.10. In its sole discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee in its capacity as the Administrator under the Plan except with respect to matters which under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor rule, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder, or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

11.3 Action by the Administrator. Unless otherwise established by the Board, set forth in any Organizational Documents or as required by Applicable Law, a majority of the Administrator shall constitute a quorum and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved in writing by all members of the Administrator in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Administrator. Each member of the Administrator is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan. Neither the Administrator nor any member or delegate thereof shall have any liability to any person (including any Holder) for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award.

11.4 Authority of Administrator. Subject to the Organizational Documents, any specific designation in the Plan and Applicable Law, the Administrator has the exclusive power, authority and sole discretion to:

(a) Designate Eligible Individuals to receive Awards;

(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Eligible Individual (including, without limitation, any Awards granted in tandem with another Award granted pursuant to the Plan);

(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of Shares to which an Award will relate;

(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted pursuant to the Plan, including, but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price, purchase price, any Performance Criteria and/or Performance Goals, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for vesting, lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, and any provisions related to non-competition and claw-back and recapture of gain on an Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Administrator in its sole discretion determines;

(e) Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;

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(g) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;

(h) Institute and determine the terms and conditions of an Exchange Program;

(i) Establish, adopt, or revise any Programs, rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;

(j) Interpret the terms of, and any matter arising pursuant to, the Plan, any Program or any Award Agreement; and

(k) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required pursuant to the Plan or as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.

11.5 Decisions Binding. The Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, any Program or any Award Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Administrator with respect to the Plan are final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

11.6 Delegation of Authority. The Board or Committee may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more Directors or one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant or amend Awards or to take other administrative actions pursuant to this Article 11; provided, however, that in no event shall an officer of the Company be delegated the authority to grant Awards to, or amend Awards held by, the following individuals: (a) individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or (b) officers of the Company (or Directors) to whom authority to grant or amend Awards has been delegated hereunder; provided, further, that any delegation of administrative authority shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under any Organizational Documents and Applicable Law. Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Board or Committee specifies at the time of such delegation or that are otherwise included in the applicable Organizational Documents, and the Board or Committee, as applicable, may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegatee. At all times, the delegatee appointed under this Section 11.6 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Board or the Committee, as applicable, and the Board or the Committee may abolish any committee at any time and re-vest in itself any previously delegated authority.

11.7 Acceleration. Subject to the Organizational Documents, any specific designation in the Plan and Applicable Law, the Administrator has the exclusive power, authority and sole discretion to accelerate, wholly or partially, the vesting or lapse of restrictions (and, if applicable, the Company shall cease to have a right of repurchase) of any Award or portion thereof at any time after the grant of an Award.

 

 

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ARTICLE 12.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

12.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.1(b), the Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board; provided that, except as provided in Section 10.7 and Section 12.10, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Holder, materially and adversely affect any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted or awarded, unless the Award itself otherwise expressly so provides.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(a), the Board may not, except as provided in Section 12.2, increase the limit imposed in Section 3.1 on the maximum number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan without approval of the Company’s stockholders given within twelve (12) months before or after such increase.

(c) No Awards may be granted or awarded during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event may any Award be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the earlier of (i) the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board or (ii) the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders (such anniversary, the “Expiration Date”). Any Awards that are outstanding on the Expiration Date shall remain in force according to the terms of the Plan, the applicable Program and the applicable Award Agreement.

12.2 Changes in Common Stock or Assets of the Company, Acquisition or Liquidation of the Company and Other Corporate Events.

(a) In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the shares of the Company’s stock or the share price of the Company’s stock other than an Equity Restructuring, the Administrator may make equitable adjustments to reflect such change with respect to: (i) the aggregate number and kind of Shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Section 3.1 on the maximum number and kind of Shares which may be issued under the Plan); (ii) the number and kind of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) the terms and conditions of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, any applicable Performance Criteria and Performance Goals with respect thereto); (iv) the grant or exercise price per share for any outstanding Awards under the Plan; and (v) the number and kind of Shares (or other securities or property) for which automatic grants are subsequently to be made to new and continuing Non-Employee Directors pursuant to any non-employee director compensation policy adopted by the Board.

(b) In the event of any transaction or event described in Section 12.2(a) or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or of changes in Applicable Law or Applicable Accounting Standards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of the Award or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction or event, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any Award under the Plan, to facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes in Applicable Law or Applicable Accounting Standards:

 

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(i) To provide for the termination of any such Award in exchange for an amount of cash and/or other property with a value equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Holder’s rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction or event described in this Section 12.2 the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Holder’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment);

(ii) To provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and applicable exercise or purchase price, in all cases, as determined by the Administrator;

(iii) To make adjustments in the number and type of Shares of the Company’s stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and/or in the terms and conditions of (including the grant or exercise price), and the criteria included in, outstanding Awards and Awards which may be granted in the future;

(iv) To provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable or fully vested with respect to all Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Program or Award Agreement;

(v) To replace such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator; and/or

(vi) To provide that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after such event.

(c) In connection with the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 12.2(a) and 12.2(b):

(i) The number and type of securities subject to each outstanding Award and the exercise price or grant price thereof, if applicable, shall be equitably adjusted (and the adjustments provided under this Section 12.2(c)(i) shall be nondiscretionary and shall be final and binding on the affected Holder and the Company); and/or

(ii) The Administrator shall make such equitable adjustments, if any, as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate to reflect such Equity Restructuring with respect to the aggregate number and kind of Shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitation in Section 3.1 on the maximum number and kind of Shares which may be issued under the Plan).

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event of a Change in Control, unless the Administrator elects to (i) terminate an Award in exchange for cash, rights or property, or (ii) cause an Award to become fully exercisable and no longer subject to any forfeiture restrictions prior to the consummation of a Change in Control, pursuant to Section 12.2, (A) such Award (other than any portion subject to performance-based vesting) shall continue in effect or be assumed or an equivalent Award (which may include, without limitation, an Award settled in cash) substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation and (B) the portion of such Award subject to performance-based vesting shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement and, in the absence of applicable terms and conditions, the Administrator’s discretion. In the event an Award continues in effect or is assumed or an equivalent Award substituted, and a Holder incurs a Termination of Service without “cause” (as such term is defined in the sole discretion of the Administrator, or as set forth in the Award Agreement relating to such Award) upon or within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control, then such Holder shall be fully vested in such continued, assumed or substituted Award.

(e) In the event that the successor corporation in a Change in Control refuses to assume or substitute for an Award, the Administrator may cause (i) any or all of such Award (or portion thereof) to terminate in exchange for cash, rights or other property pursuant to Section 12.2(b)(i) or (ii) any or all of such Award (or portion thereof) to become fully exercisable immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and all forfeiture restrictions on any or all of such Award to lapse. If any such Award is exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the Holder that such Award shall be fully exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, contingent upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, and such Award shall terminate upon the expiration of such period.

(f) For the purposes of this Section 12.2, an Award shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change in Control was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Award, for each Share subject to an Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market value to the per-share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change in Control.

(g) The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may include such further provisions and limitations in any Award, agreement or certificate, as it may deem equitable and in the best interests of the Company that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

(h) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, no adjustment or action described in this Section 12.2 or in any other provision of the Plan shall be authorized to the extent it would (i) cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, (ii) result in short-swing profits liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or violate the exemptive conditions of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, or (iii) cause an Award to fail to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A.

 

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(i) The existence of the Plan, any Program, any Award Agreement and/or the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

(j) In the event of any pending stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the Shares or the share price of the Common Stock including any Equity Restructuring, for reasons of administrative convenience, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may refuse to permit the exercise of any Award during a period of up to thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of any such transaction.

12.3 Approval of Plan by Stockholders. The Plan shall be submitted for the approval of the Company’s stockholders within twelve (12) months after the date of the Board’s initial adoption of the Plan. Awards may be granted or awarded prior to such stockholder approval; provided that such Awards shall not be exercisable, shall not vest and the restrictions thereon shall not lapse and no Shares shall be issued pursuant thereto prior to the time when the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders; and provided, further, that if such approval has not been obtained at the end of said twelve (12) month period, all Awards previously granted or awarded under the Plan shall thereupon be canceled and become null and void.

12.4 No Stockholders Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein or in an applicable Program or Award Agreement, a Holder shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Holder becomes the record owner of such Shares.

12.5 Paperless Administration. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the documentation, granting or exercise of Awards, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless documentation, granting or exercise of Awards by a Holder may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.

12.6 Effect of Plan upon Other Compensation Plans. The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or any Affiliate. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Affiliate: (a) to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for Employees, Directors or Consultants of the Company or any Affiliate, or (b) to grant or assume options or other rights or awards otherwise than under the Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose including without limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the acquisition by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm or association.

 

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12.7 Compliance with Laws. The Plan, the granting and vesting of Awards under the Plan and the issuance and delivery of Shares and the payment of money under the Plan or under Awards granted or awarded hereunder are subject to compliance with all Applicable Law (including but not limited to state, federal and foreign securities law and margin requirements), and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such restrictions, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Company, provide such assurances and representations to the Company as the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all Applicable Law. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may take whatever actions it deems necessary or appropriate to effect compliance with Applicable Law, including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop-transfer notices to agents and registrars. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate Applicable Law. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to Applicable Law.

12.8 Titles and Headings, References to Sections of the Code or Exchange Act. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only and, in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control. References to sections of the Code or the Exchange Act shall include any amendment or successor thereto.

12.9 Governing Law. The Plan and any Programs and Award Agreements hereunder shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws thereof or of any other jurisdiction.

12.10 Section 409A. To the extent that the Administrator determines that any Award granted under the Plan is subject to Section 409A, the Plan, the Program pursuant to which such Award is granted and the Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall incorporate the terms and conditions required by Section 409A. In that regard, to the extent any Award under the Plan or any other compensatory plan or arrangement of the Company or any of its Affiliates is subject to Section 409A, and such Award or other amount is payable on account of a Holder’s Termination of Service (or any similarly defined term), then (a) such Award or amount shall only be paid to the extent such Termination of Service qualifies as a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A, and (b) if such Award or amount is payable to a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A then to the extent required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A, such Award or other compensatory payment shall not be payable prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the Holder’s Termination of Service, or (ii) the date of the Holder’s death. To the extent applicable, the Plan, the Program and any Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that following the Effective Date the Administrator determines that any Award may be subject to Section 409A, the Administrator may (but is not obligated to), without a Holder’s consent, adopt such amendments to the Plan and the

 

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applicable Program and Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to (A) exempt the Award from Section 409A and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Award, or (B) comply with the requirements of Section 409A and thereby avoid the application of any penalty taxes under Section 409A. The Company makes no representations or warranties as to the tax treatment of any Award under Section 409A or otherwise. The Company shall have no obligation under this Section 12.10 or otherwise to take any action (whether or not described herein) to avoid the imposition of taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A with respect to any Award and shall have no liability to any Holder or any other person if any Award, compensation or other benefits under the Plan are determined to constitute non-compliant, “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to the imposition of taxes, penalties and/or interest under Section 409A.

12.11 Unfunded Status of Awards. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Holder pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Program or Award Agreement shall give the Holder any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.

12.12 Indemnification. To the extent permitted under Applicable Law and the Organizational Documents, each member of the Administrator (and each delegate thereof pursuant to Section 11.6) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such member in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action or failure to act pursuant to the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her, with the Board’s approval, in satisfaction of judgment in such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her; provided he or she gives the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf and, once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume such defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choosing. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of the person seeking indemnity giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled pursuant to the Organizational Documents, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

12.13 Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment pursuant to the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement thereunder.

12.14 Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates.

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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of GoHealth, Inc. on                         , 2020.

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I hereby certify that the foregoing Plan was approved by the stockholders of GoHealth, Inc. on                         , 2020.

Executed on this          day of                     , 2020.

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

 

GOHEALTH, INC.

2020 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

ARTICLE I.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Plan is to assist Eligible Employees of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries in acquiring a stock ownership interest in the Company.

The Plan consists of two components: (i) the Section 423 Component and (ii) the Non-Section 423 Component. The Section 423 Component is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code and shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. The Non-Section 423 Component authorizes the grant of rights which need not qualify as rights granted pursuant to an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. Rights granted under the Non-Section 423 Component shall be granted pursuant to separate Offerings containing such sub-plans, appendices, rules or procedures as may be adopted by the Administrator and designed to achieve tax, securities laws or other objectives for Eligible Employees and Designated Subsidiaries but shall not be intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided herein, the Non-Section 423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the Section 423 Component. Offerings intended to be made under the Non-Section 423 Component will be designated as such by the Administrator at or prior to the time of such Offering.

For purposes of this Plan, the Administrator may designate separate Offerings under the Plan in which Eligible Employees will participate. The terms of these Offerings need not be identical, even if the dates of the applicable Offering Period(s) in each such Offering are identical, provided that the terms of participation are the same within each separate Offering under the Section 423 Component (as determined under Section 423 of the Code). Solely by way of example and without limiting the foregoing, the Company could, but shall not be required to, provide for simultaneous Offerings under the Section 423 Component and the Non-Section 423 Component of the Plan.

ARTICLE II.

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

Wherever the following terms are used in the Plan they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

2.1 “Administrator” means the entity that conducts the general administration of the Plan as provided in Article XI.

2.2 Agent” means the brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution, entity or person(s), if any, engaged, retained, appointed or authorized to act as the agent of the Company or an Employee with regard to the Plan.

2.3 Applicable Law” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity incentive plans under U.S. federal and state securities, tax and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, the applicable rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which Shares are listed or quoted and the applicable laws and rules of any foreign country or other jurisdiction where rights under this Plan are granted.

2.4 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.


2.5 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.

2.6 “Common Stock” means the Class A common stock of the Company and such other securities of the Company that may be substituted therefore.

2.7 “Company” means GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor.

2.8 “Compensation” of an Eligible Employee means, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the gross base compensation received by such Eligible Employee as compensation for services to the Company or any Designated Subsidiary.

2.9 “Designated Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary designated by the Administrator in accordance with Section 11.2(b), such designation to specify whether such participation is in the Section 423 Component or Non-Section 423 Component. A Designated Subsidiary may participate in either the Section 423 Component or Non-Section 423 Component, but not both; provided that a Subsidiary that, for U.S. tax purposes, is disregarded from the Company or any Subsidiary that participates in the Section 423 Component shall automatically constitute a Designated Subsidiary that participates in the Section 423 Component.

2.10 “Effective Date” means the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

2.11 “Eligible Employee” means:

(a) an Employee who does not, immediately after any rights under this Plan are granted, own (directly or through attribution) stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of Shares and other securities of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary (as determined under Section 423(b)(3) of the Code). For purposes of the foregoing, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code with regard to the attribution of stock ownership shall apply in determining the stock ownership of an individual, and stock that an Employee may purchase under outstanding options shall be treated as stock owned by the Employee.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may provide in an Offering Document that an Employee shall not be eligible to participate in an Offering Period under the Section 423 Component if: (i) such Employee is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code; (ii) such Employee has not met a service requirement designated by the Administrator pursuant to Section 423(b)(4)(A) of the Code (which service requirement may not exceed two years); (iii) such Employee’s customary employment is for twenty hours per week or less; (iv) such Employee’s customary employment is for less than five months in any calendar year; and/or (v) such Employee is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction and the grant of a right to purchase Shares under the Plan to such Employee would be prohibited under the laws of such foreign jurisdiction or the grant of a right to purchase Shares under the Plan to such Employee in compliance with the laws of such foreign jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided, further, that any exclusion in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) shall be applied in an identical manner under each Offering Period to all Employees, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(e).

(c) Further notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Non-Section 423 Component, the first sentence in this definition shall apply in determining who is an “Eligible Employee,” except (i) the Administrator may limit eligibility further within the Company or a Designated Subsidiary so as to only designate some Employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary as Eligible Employees, and (ii) to the extent the restrictions in the first sentence in this definition are not consistent with applicable local laws, the applicable local laws shall control.

 

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2.12 “Employee” means any individual who renders services to the Company or any Designated Subsidiary in the status of an employee, and, with respect to the Section 423 Component, a person who is an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. For purposes of an individual’s participation in, or other rights under the Plan, all determinations by the Company shall be final, binding and conclusive, notwithstanding that any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company or Designated Subsidiary and meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2). 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 shall be deemed to have terminated on the first day immediately following such three (3)-month period.

2.13 “Enrollment Date” means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

2.14 “Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the value of a Share determined as follows:

(a) If the Common Stock is (i) listed on any established securities exchange (such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq Global Select Market), (ii) listed on any national market system or (iii) quoted or traded on any automated quotation system, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a Share as quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing sales price for a Share on the date in question, the closing sales price for a Share on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

(b) If the Common Stock is not listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system, but the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no high bid and low asked prices for a Share on such date, the high bid and low asked prices for a Share on the last preceding date for which such information exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

(c) If the Common Stock is neither listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system nor regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be established by the Administrator in its discretion.

2.15 “Non-Section 423 Component” means those Offerings under the Plan, together with the sub-plans, appendices, rules or procedures, if any, adopted by the Administrator as a part of this Plan, in each case, pursuant to which rights to purchase Shares during an Offering Period may be granted to Eligible Employees that need not satisfy the requirements for rights to purchase Shares granted pursuant to an “employee stock purchase plan” that are set forth under Section 423 of the Code.

2.16 “Offering” means an offer under the Plan of a right to purchase Shares that may be exercised during an Offering Period as further described in Article IV hereof. Unless otherwise specified by the Administrator, each Offering to the Eligible Employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary shall be deemed a separate Offering, even if the dates and other terms 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 Treas. Reg. § 1.423-2(a)(1), the terms of each separate Offering under the Section 423 Component need not be identical, provided that the terms of the Section 423 Component and an Offering thereunder together satisfy Treas. Reg. § 1.423-2(a)(2) and (a)(3).

 

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2.17 “Offering Document” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.1.

2.18 “Offering Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.1.

2.19 “Parent” means any corporation, other than the Company, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if, at the time of the determination, each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

2.20 “Participant” means any Eligible Employee who has executed a subscription agreement and been granted rights to purchase Shares pursuant to the Plan.

2.21 “Payday” means the regular and recurring established day for payment of Compensation to an Employee of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary.

2.22 Plan” means this 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including both the Section 423 Component and Non-Section 423 Component and any other sub-plans or appendices hereto, as amended from time to time.

2.23 “Purchase Date” means the last Trading Day of each Offering Period or such other date as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Offering Document.

2.24 “Purchase Price” means the purchase price designated by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document (which purchase price, for purposes of the Section 423 Component, shall not be less than 85% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Enrollment Date or on the Purchase Date, whichever is lower); provided, however, that, in the event no purchase price is designated by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document, the purchase price for the Offering Periods covered by such Offering Document shall be 85% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Enrollment Date or on the Purchase Date, whichever is lower; provided, further, that the Purchase Price may be adjusted by the Administrator pursuant to Article VIII and shall not be less than the par value of a Share.

2.25 “Section 423 Component” means those Offerings under the Plan, together with the sub-plans, appendices, rules or procedures, if any, adopted by the Administrator as a part of this Plan, in each case, pursuant to which rights to purchase Shares during an Offering Period may be granted to Eligible Employees that are intended to satisfy the requirements for rights to purchase Shares granted pursuant to an “employee stock purchase plan” that are set forth under Section 423 of the Code.

2.26 “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.27 “Share” means a share of Common Stock.

2.28 “Subsidiary” means any corporation, other than the Company, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of the determination, each of the corporations other than the last corporation in an unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain; provided, however, that a limited liability company or partnership may be treated as a Subsidiary to the extent either (a) such entity is treated as a disregarded entity under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(a) by reason of the Company or any other Subsidiary that is a corporation being the sole owner of such entity, or (b) such entity

 

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elects to be classified as a corporation under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(a) and such entity would otherwise qualify as a Subsidiary. In addition, with respect to the Non-Section 423 Component, Subsidiary shall include any corporate or non-corporate entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect equity interest or significant business relationship.

2.29 “Trading Day” means a day on which national stock exchanges in the United States are open for trading.

2.30 “Treas. Reg.” means U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations.

ARTICLE III.

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

3.1 Number of Shares. Subject to Article VIII, the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to rights granted under the Plan shall be [            ] Shares. In addition to the foregoing, subject to Article VIII, on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on and including January 1, 2030, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be increased by that number of Shares equal to the lesser of (a) [            ]% of the Shares outstanding on the final day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (b) such smaller number of Shares as determined by the Board. If any right granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the Shares not purchased under such right shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.1 to the contrary, the number of Shares that may be issued or transferred pursuant to the rights granted under the Section 423 Component of the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of [            ] Shares, subject to Article VIII.

3.2 Shares Distributed. Any Shares distributed pursuant to the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares, treasury shares or Shares purchased on the open market.

ARTICLE IV.

OFFERING PERIODS; OFFERING DOCUMENTS; PURCHASE DATES

4.1 Offering Periods. The Administrator may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of rights to purchase Shares under the Plan to Eligible Employees during one or more periods (each, an “Offering Period”) selected by the Administrator. The terms and conditions applicable to each Offering Period shall be set forth in an “Offering Document” adopted by the Administrator, which Offering Document shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate and shall be incorporated by reference into and made part of the Plan and shall be attached hereto as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings or Offering Periods under the Plan need not be identical.

4.2 Offering Documents. Each Offering Document with respect to an Offering Period shall specify (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference or otherwise):

(a) the length of the Offering Period, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven months;

(b) the maximum number of Shares that may be purchased by any Eligible Employee during such Offering Period, which, in the absence of a contrary designation by the Administrator, shall be [            ] Shares; and

 

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(c) such other provisions as the Administrator determines are appropriate, subject to the Plan.

ARTICLE V.

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

5.1 Eligibility. Any Eligible Employee who shall be employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on a given Enrollment Date for an Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of this Article V and, for the Section 423 Component, the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code.

5.2 Enrollment in Plan.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth in an Offering Document or determined by the Administrator, an Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan for an Offering Period by delivering a subscription agreement to the Company by such time prior to the Enrollment Date for such Offering Period (or such other date specified in the Offering Document) designated by the Administrator and in such form as the Company provides.

(b) Each subscription agreement shall designate a whole percentage or fixed dollar amount of such Eligible Employee’s Compensation to be withheld by the Company or the Designated Subsidiary employing such Eligible Employee on each Payday during the Offering Period as payroll deductions under the Plan. The percentage of Compensation designated by an Eligible Employee may not be less than 1% and may not be more than the maximum percentage specified by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document (which percentage shall be 40% in the absence of any such designation) as payroll deductions. The payroll deductions made for each Participant shall be credited to an account for such Participant under the Plan and shall be deposited with the general funds of the Company.

(c) A Participant may increase or decrease the percentage of Compensation designated in his or her subscription agreement, subject to the limits of this Section 5.2, or may suspend his or her payroll deductions, at any time during an Offering Period; provided, however, that the Administrator may limit the number of changes a Participant may make to his or her payroll deduction elections during each Offering Period in the applicable Offering Document (and in the absence of any specific designation by the Administrator, a Participant shall be allowed to decrease (but not increase) his or her payroll deduction elections one time during each Offering Period). Any such change or suspension of payroll deductions shall be effective with the first full payroll period following five business days after the Company’s receipt of the new subscription agreement (or such shorter or longer period as may be specified by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document). In the event a Participant suspends his or her payroll deductions, such Participant’s cumulative payroll deductions prior to the suspension shall remain in his or her account and shall be applied to the purchase of Shares on the next occurring Purchase Date and shall not be paid to such Participant unless he or she withdraws from participation in the Plan pursuant to Article VII.

(d) Except as otherwise set forth in an Offering Document or determined by the Administrator, a Participant may participate in the Plan only by means of payroll deduction and may not make contributions by lump sum payment for any Offering Period.

5.3 Payroll Deductions. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Offering Document, payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence on the first Payday following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last Payday in the Offering Period to which the Participant’s authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Article VII or suspended by the Participant or the Administrator as provided in Section 5.2 and Section 5.6, respectively. Notwithstanding any other

 

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provisions of the Plan to the contrary, in non-U.S. jurisdictions where participation in the Plan through payroll deductions is prohibited, the Administrator may provide that an Eligible Employee may elect to participate through contributions to the Participant’s account under the Plan in a form acceptable to the Administrator in lieu of or in addition to payroll deductions; provided, however, that, for any Offering under the Section 423 Component, the Administrator shall take into consideration any limitations under Section 423 of the Code when applying an alternative method of contribution.

5.4 Effect of Enrollment. A Participant’s completion of a subscription agreement will enroll such Participant in the Plan for each subsequent Offering Period on the terms contained therein until the Participant either submits a new subscription agreement, withdraws from participation under the Plan as provided in Article VII or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan.

5.5 Limitation on Purchase of Shares. An Eligible Employee may be granted rights under the Section 423 Component only if such rights, together with any other rights granted to such Eligible Employee under “employee stock purchase plans” of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary, as specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, do not permit such employee’s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 of the fair market value of such stock (determined as of the first day of the Offering Period during which such rights are granted) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time. This limitation shall be applied in accordance with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code.

5.6 Suspension of Payroll Deductions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 5.5 (with respect to the Section 423 Component) or the other limitations set forth in this Plan, a Participant’s payroll deductions may be suspended by the Administrator at any time during an Offering Period. The balance of the amount credited to the account of each Participant that has not been applied to the purchase of Shares by reason of Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, Section 5.5 or the other limitations set forth in this Plan shall be paid to such Participant in one lump sum in cash as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchase Date.

5.7 Foreign Employees. In order to facilitate participation in the Plan, the Administrator may provide for such special terms applicable to Participants who are citizens or residents of a foreign jurisdiction, or who are employed by a Designated Subsidiary outside of the United States, as the Administrator may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Except as permitted by Section 423 of the Code, with respect to the Section 423 Component, such special terms may not be more favorable than the terms of rights granted under the Section 423 Component to Eligible Employees who are residents of the United States. Such special terms may be set forth in an addendum to the Plan in the form of an appendix or sub-plan (which appendix or sub-plan may be designed to govern Offerings under the Section 423 Component or the Non-Section 423 Component, as determined by the Administrator). To the extent that the terms and conditions set forth in an appendix or sub-plan conflict with any provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the appendix or sub-plan shall govern. The adoption of any such appendix or sub-plan shall be pursuant to Section 11.2(f). Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures, with respect to Participants who are foreign nationals or employed in non-U.S. jurisdictions, regarding the exclusion of particular Subsidiaries from participation in the Plan, eligibility to participate, the definition of Compensation, handling of payroll deductions or other contributions by Participants, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, data privacy security, payroll tax, withholding procedures, establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold payroll deductions or contributions.

 

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5.8 Leave of Absence. During leaves of absence approved by the Company meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2) under the Code, a Participant may continue participation in the Plan by making cash payments to the Company on his or her normal Payday equal to the Participant’s authorized payroll deduction.

ARTICLE VI.

GRANT AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

6.1 Grant of Rights. On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted a right to purchase the maximum number of Shares specified under Section 4.2, subject to the limits in Section 5.5, and shall have the right to buy, on each Purchase Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price), such number of whole Shares as is determined by dividing (a) such Participant’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Purchase Date and retained in the Participant’s account as of the Purchase Date, by (b) the applicable Purchase Price (rounded down to the nearest Share). The right shall expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

6.2 Exercise of Rights. On each Purchase Date, each Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions and any other additional payments specifically provided for in the applicable Offering Document will be applied to the purchase of whole Shares, up to the maximum number of Shares permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering Document, at the Purchase Price. No fractional Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of rights granted under the Plan, unless the Offering Document specifically provides otherwise. Any cash in lieu of fractional Shares remaining after the purchase of whole Shares upon exercise of a purchase right will be credited to a Participant’s account and carried forward and applied toward the purchase of whole Shares for the next following Offering Period. Shares issued pursuant to the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Administrator may determine and may be issued in certificated form or issued pursuant to book-entry procedures.

6.3 Pro Rata Allocation of Shares. If the Administrator determines that, on a given Purchase Date, the number of Shares with respect to which rights are to be exercised may exceed (a) the number of Shares that were available for issuance under the Plan on the Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period, or (b) the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan on such Purchase Date, the Administrator may in its sole discretion provide that the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the Shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Purchase Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants for whom rights to purchase Shares are to be exercised pursuant to this Article VI on such Purchase Date, and shall either (i) continue all Offering Periods then in effect, or (ii) terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Article IX. The Company may make 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. The balance of the amount credited to the account of each Participant that has not been applied to the purchase of Shares shall be paid to such Participant in one lump sum in cash as soon as reasonably practicable after the Purchase Date or such earlier date as determined by the Administrator.

6.4 Withholding. At the time a Participant’s rights under the Plan are exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Shares issued under the Plan is disposed of, the Participant must make adequate provision for the Company’s federal, state, or other tax withholding obligations, if any, that arise upon the exercise of the right or the disposition of the Shares. At any time, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation or Shares received pursuant to the Plan the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Shares by the Participant.

 

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6.5 Conditions to Issuance of 6.6 Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for, or make any book entries evidencing, Shares purchased upon the exercise of rights under the Plan prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (a) the admission of such Shares to listing on all stock exchanges, if any, on which the Shares are then listed; (b) the completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or under the rulings or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental regulatory body, that the Administrator shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable; (c) the obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency that the Administrator shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; (d) the payment to the Company of all amounts that it is required to withhold under federal, state or local law upon exercise of the rights, if any; and (e) the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the rights as the Administrator may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience.

ARTICLE VII.

WITHDRAWAL; CESSATION OF ELIGIBILITY

7.1 Withdrawal. A Participant may withdraw all but not less than all of the payroll deductions credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise his or her rights under the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Company in a form acceptable to the Company no later than one week prior to the end of the Offering Period. All of the Participant’s payroll deductions credited to his or her account during an Offering Period shall be paid to such Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of notice of withdrawal and such Participant’s rights for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for the purchase of Shares shall be made for such Offering Period. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions shall not resume at the beginning of the next Offering Period unless the Participant timely delivers to the Company a new subscription agreement.

7.2 Future Participation. A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary or in subsequent Offering Periods that commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.

7.3 Cessation of Eligibility. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee for any reason, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan pursuant to this Article VII and the payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account during the Offering Period shall be paid to such Participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 12.4, as soon as reasonably practicable, and such Participant’s rights for the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated. If a Participant transfers employment from the Company or any Designated Subsidiary participating in the Section 423 Component to any Designated Subsidiary participating in the Non-Section 423 Component, such transfer shall not be treated as a termination of employment, but the Participant shall immediately cease to participate in the Section 423 Component; however, any contributions made for the Offering Period in which such transfer occurs shall be transferred to the Non-Section 423 Component, and such Participant shall immediately join the then-current Offering under the Non-Section 423 Component upon the same terms and conditions in effect for the Participant’s participation in the Section 423 Component, except for such modifications otherwise applicable for Participants in such Offering. A Participant who transfers employment from any Designated Subsidiary participating in the Non-Section 423 Component to the Company or any Designated Subsidiary participating in the Section 423 Component shall not be treated as terminating the Participant’s employment and shall remain a Participant in the Non-Section 423 Component until the earlier of (i) the end of the current Offering Period under the Non-Section 423 Component or (ii) the Enrollment Date of the first Offering Period in which the Participant is eligible to participate following such transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may establish different rules to govern transfers of employment between entities participating in the Section 423 Component and the Non-Section 423 Component, consistent with the applicable requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN SHARES

8.1 Changes in Capitalization. Subject to Section 8.3, in the event that the Administrator determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), change in control, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, combination, repurchase, redemption, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or sale or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event, as determined by the Administrator, affects the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended by the Company to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any outstanding purchase rights under the Plan, the Administrator shall make equitable adjustments, if any, to reflect such change with respect to (a) the aggregate number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Section 3.1 and the limitations established in each Offering Document pursuant to Section 4.2 on the maximum number of Shares that may be purchased); (b) the class(es) and number of Shares and price per Share subject to outstanding rights; and (c) the Purchase Price with respect to any outstanding rights.

8.2 Other Adjustments. Subject to Section 8.3, in the event of any transaction or event described in Section 8.1 or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting the Company, any affiliate of the Company, or the financial statements of the Company or any affiliate, or of changes in Applicable Law or accounting principles, the Administrator, in its discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any right under the Plan, to facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes in laws, regulations or principles:

(a) To provide for either (i) termination of any outstanding right in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been obtained upon the exercise of such right had such right been currently exercisable or (ii) the replacement of such outstanding right with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion;

(b) To provide that the outstanding rights under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar rights covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;

(c) To make adjustments in the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding rights under the Plan and/or in the terms and conditions of outstanding rights and rights that may be granted in the future;

(d) To provide that Participants’ accumulated payroll deductions may be used to purchase Shares prior to the next occurring Purchase Date on such date as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion and the Participants’ rights under the ongoing Offering Period(s) shall be terminated; and

 

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(e) To provide that all outstanding rights shall terminate without being exercised.

8.3 No Adjustment Under Certain Circumstances. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, no adjustment or action described in this Article VIII or in any other provision of the Plan shall be authorized to the extent that such adjustment or action would cause the Section 423 Component of the Plan to fail to satisfy the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

8.4 No Other Rights. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any dividend, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger, or consolidation of the Company or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or pursuant to action of the Administrator under the Plan, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of Shares subject to outstanding rights under the Plan or the Purchase Price with respect to any outstanding rights.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

9.1 Amendment, Modification and Termination. The Administrator may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and from time to time; provided, however, that approval of the Company’s stockholders shall be required to amend the Plan to: (a) increase the aggregate number, or change the type, of shares that may be sold pursuant to rights under the Plan under Section 3.1 (other than an adjustment as provided by Article VIII), (b) change the corporations or classes of corporations whose employees may be granted rights under the Plan or (c) as otherwise required under Section 423 of the Code with respect to the Section 423 Component.

9.2 Certain Changes to Plan. Without stockholder consent and without regard to whether any Participant rights may be considered to have been adversely affected (and, with respect to the Section 423 Component of the Plan, after taking into account Section 423 of the Code), the Administrator shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld from Compensation during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Shares for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant’s Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion to be advisable that are consistent with the Plan.

9.3 Actions In the Event of Unfavorable Financial Accounting Consequences. 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 or amend the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:

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

(b) shortening any Offering Period so that the Offering Period ends on a new Purchase Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Administrator action; and

 

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(c) allocating Shares.

Such modifications or amendments shall not require stockholder approval or the consent of any Participant.

9.4 Payments Upon Termination of Plan. Upon termination of the Plan, the balance in each Participant’s Plan account shall be refunded as soon as practicable after such termination, without any interest thereon, or the Offering Period may be shortened so that the purchase of Shares occurs prior to the termination of the Plan.

ARTICLE X.

TERM OF PLAN

The Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date. The effectiveness of the Plan shall be subject to approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders within twelve months following the date the Plan is first approved by the Board. No right may be granted under the Plan prior to such stockholder approval. No rights may be granted under the Plan during any period of suspension of the Plan or after termination of the Plan.

ARTICLE XI.

ADMINISTRATION

11.1 Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Administrator of the Plan shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board (or another committee or a subcommittee of the Board to which the Board delegates administration of the Plan). The Board may at any time vest in the Board any authority or duties for administration of the Plan. The Administrator may delegate administrative tasks under the Plan to the services of an Agent or Employees to assist in the administration of the Plan, including establishing and maintaining an individual securities account under the Plan for each Participant.

11.2 Authority of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

(a) To determine when and how rights to purchase Shares shall be granted and the provisions of each offering of such rights (which need not be identical).

(b) To designate from time to time which Subsidiaries of the Company shall be Designated Subsidiaries, which designation may be made without the approval of the stockholders of the Company.

(c) To impose a mandatory holding period pursuant to which Employees may not dispose of or transfer Shares purchased under the Plan for a period of time determined by the Administrator in its discretion.

(d) To construe and interpret the Plan and rights granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Administrator, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

(e) To amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as provided in Article IX.

 

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(f) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Administrator deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to carry out the intent that the Plan be treated as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code for the Section 423 Component.

(g) The Administrator may adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Designated Subsidiaries or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 3.1 hereof, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.

11.3 Decisions Binding. The Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan, any rights granted pursuant to the Plan, any subscription agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Administrator with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.

ARTICLE XII.

MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Restriction upon Assignment. A right granted under the Plan shall not be transferable other than by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant. Except as provided in Section 12.4 hereof, a right under the Plan may not be exercised to any extent except by the Participant. The Company shall not recognize and shall be under no duty to recognize any assignment or alienation of the Participant’s interest in the Plan, the Participant’s rights under the Plan or any rights thereunder.

12.2 Rights as a Stockholder. With respect to Shares subject to a right granted under the Plan, a Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder of the Company, and the Participant shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder, until such Shares have been issued to the Participant or his or her nominee following exercise of the Participant’s rights under the Plan. No adjustments shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash securities, or other property) or distribution or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date of such issuance, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as determined by the Administrator.

12.3 Interest. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions or contributions of a Participant under the Plan.

12.4 Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) A Participant may, in the manner determined by the Administrator, file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Shares and/or cash, if any, from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to a Purchase Date on which the Participant’s rights are exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such Shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written 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 Participant’s rights under the Plan. If the Participant is married and resides in a community property state, a designation of a person other than the Participant’s spouse as his or her beneficiary shall not be effective without the prior written consent of the Participant’s spouse.

(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by written notice to the Company. 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 shall

 

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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.

12.5 Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

12.6 Equal Rights and Privileges. Subject to Section 5.7, all Eligible Employees will have equal rights and privileges under the Section 423 Component so that the Section 423 Component of this Plan qualifies as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. Subject to Section 5.7, any provision of the Section 423 Component that is inconsistent with Section 423 of the Code will, without further act or amendment by the Company, the Board or the Administrator, be reformed to comply with the equal rights and privileges requirement of Section 423 of the Code. Eligible Employees participating in the Non-Section 423 Component need not have the same rights and privileges as other Eligible Employees participating in the Non-Section 423 Component or as Eligible Employees participating in the Section 423 Component.

12.7 Use of Funds. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

12.8 Reports. Statements of account shall be given to Participants at least annually, which statements shall set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the Purchase Price, the number of Shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.

12.9 No Employment Rights. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to give any person (including any Eligible Employee or Participant) the right to remain in the employ of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary or affect the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person (including any Eligible Employee or Participant) at any time, with or without cause.

12.10 Notice of Disposition of Shares. Each Participant shall give prompt notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any Shares purchased upon exercise of a right under the Section 423 Component of the Plan if such disposition or transfer is made: (a) within two years from the Enrollment Date of the Offering Period in which the Shares were purchased or (b) within one year after the Purchase Date on which such Shares were purchased. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Participant in such disposition or other transfer.

12.11 Governing Law. The Plan and any agreements hereunder shall be administered, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, disregarding any state’s choice of law principles requiring the application of a jurisdiction’s laws other than the State of Delaware.

12.12 Electronic Forms. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law and in the discretion of the Administrator, an Eligible Employee may submit any form or notice as set forth herein by means of an electronic form approved by the Administrator. Before the commencement of an Offering Period, the Administrator shall prescribe the time limits within which any such electronic form shall be submitted to the Administrator with respect to such Offering Period in order to be a valid election.

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EX-10.8

Exhibit 10.8

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT AGREEMENT

This Indemnification and Advancement Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of                         , 2020 by and between GoHealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                         , a member of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Company (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the Company and Indemnitee covering indemnification and advancement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) believes that highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as directors, officers, or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification and advancement of expenses against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The bylaws and certificate of incorporation of the Company (each as may be amended from time to time, the “Bylaws” and “Certificate of Incorporation”, respectively) require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation, and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification and advancement of expenses;

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance, to indemnification, and to advancement of expenses may increase the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law (as defined below) so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;


WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and is not a substitute therefor, nor diminishes or abrogates any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and

WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation, DGCL and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as an officer or director without adequate additional protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified and be advanced expenses.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

Section 1.

Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law). This Agreement does not create any obligation on the Company to continue Indemnitee in such position and is not an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee.

Section 2.

Definitions. As used in this Agreement:

(a)    “Agent” means any person who is authorized by the Company or an Enterprise to act for or represent the interests of the Company or an Enterprise, respectively.

(b)    “Applicable Law” means applicable law, including as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment.

(c)    A “Change in Control” occurs upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

i.    Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities unless the change in relative beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

ii.    Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(c)(i), 2(c)(iii) or 2(c)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds

 

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of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;

iii.    Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;

iv.    Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and

v.    Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

vi.    For purposes of this Section 2(c), the following terms have the following meanings:

1    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

2    “Person” has the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person excludes (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

3    “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner excludes any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity.

(d)     “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was acting as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or Agent of the Company or an Enterprise.

(e)    “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

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(f)    “Enterprise” means any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity for which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, or Agent.

(g)    “Expenses” includes all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, do not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(h)    “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” does not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

(i)    The term “Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee (or a failure to take action by Indemnitee) or of any action (or failure to act) on Indemnitee’s part while acting pursuant to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. A Proceeding also includes a situation the Indemnitee believes in good faith may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding.

 

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Section 3.

Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company will indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 4.

Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company will indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. The Company will not indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses under this Section 4 related to any claim, issue or matter in a Proceeding for which Indemnitee has been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless, and only to the extent that, the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Delaware Court”) or any court in which the Proceeding was brought determines upon application by Indemnitee that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

Section 5.

Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding to the extent that Indemnitee is successful, on the merits or otherwise. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by law. For purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, will be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

Section 6.

Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party but to which Indemnitee is a witness, deponent, interviewee, or otherwise asked to participate.

Section 7.

Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

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Section 8.

Additional Indemnification. Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor).

Section 9.

Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company is not obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment to Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding:

(a)    for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except to the extent provided in Section 15(b) and except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or

(b)    for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 15(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act; or

(c)    initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Proceeding or part of any Proceeding is to enforce Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification or advancement, of Expenses, including a Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement, (ii) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) or (iii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under Applicable Law.

Section 10.

Advances of Expenses.

(a)    The Company will advance, to the fullest extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) not initiated by Indemnitee or any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee if (i) the Proceeding or part of any Proceeding is to enforce Indemnitee’s rights to obtain indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company or Enterprise, including a proceeding initiated pursuant to Section 14 or (ii) the Board authorized the

 

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Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation. The Company will advance the Expenses within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding.

(b)    Advances will be unsecured and interest free. Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Thus Indemnitee qualifies for advances upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement to the Company. No other form of undertaking is required other than the execution of this Agreement. The Company will make advances without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement.

Section 11.

Procedure for Notification of Claim for Indemnification or Advancement.

(a)    Indemnitee will notify the Company in writing of any Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. Indemnitee will include in the written notification to the Company a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding and provide such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such Proceeding. Indemnitee’s failure to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any obligation it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company will not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company will, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification or advancement, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification or advancement.

(b)    The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

Section 12.

Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.

(a)    Unless a Change in Control has occurred, the determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification will be made:

i.    by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board;

ii.    by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board;

iii.     if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by written opinion provided by Independent Counsel selected by the Board; or

iv.    if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company.

(b)    If a Change in Control has occurred, the determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification will be made by written opinion provided by Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee requests such selection be made by the Board)

 

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(c)     The party selecting Independent Counsel pursuant to subsection (a)(iii) or (b) of this Section 12 will provide written notice of the selection to the other party. The notified party may, within ten (10) days after receiving written notice of the selection of Independent Counsel, deliver to the selecting party a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection will set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected will act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within thirty (30) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, Independent Counsel has not been selected or, if selected, any objection to has not been resolved, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by such court or by such other person as such court designates. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel will be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(d)    Indemnitee will cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. The Company will advance and pay any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making the indemnification determination irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing of the determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied and providing a copy of any written opinion provided to the Board by Independent Counsel.

(e)    If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee within sixty (60) days after such determination.

Section 13.

Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a)    In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination will, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a) of this Agreement, and the Company will, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action

 

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pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(b)    If the determination of the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification has not been made pursuant to Section 12 within sixty (60) days after the later of (i) receipt by the Company of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding for which Indemnitee requested Indemnification (the “Determination Period”), the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification will, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee will be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under Applicable Law. The Determination Period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, the Determination Period may be extended an additional fifteen (15) days if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 12(a)(iv) of this Agreement.

(c)    The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

(d)    For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee will be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee acted based on the records or books of account of the Company, its subsidiaries, or an Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Company, its subsidiaries, or an Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company, its subsidiaries, or an Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Company, its subsidiaries or an Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser, financial advisor or other expert selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, its subsidiaries, or an Enterprise. Further, Indemnitee will be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company,” as referred to in this Agreement if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan. The provisions of this Section 13(d) is not exclusive and does not limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

(e)    The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise may not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

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Section 14.

Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a)    Indemnitee may commence litigation against the Company in the Delaware Court to obtain indemnification or advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) the Company does not advance the full amount of Expenses pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) the determination of entitlement to indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement within the Determination Period, (iv) the Company does not indemnify Indemnitee pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the second to last sentence of Section 12(d) of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) the Company does not indemnify Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3, 4, 7, or 8 of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder. Alternatively, the Indemnitee or the Company, at their option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee must commence such Proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such Proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause does not apply in respect of a Proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company will not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration and the Indemnitee will not oppose the Company’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b)    If a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 will be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee may not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 the Company will have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and will not introduce evidence of the determination made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement.

(c)    If a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company will be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under Applicable Law.

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procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and will stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

(e)    It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will (within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance to Indemnitee such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action concerning this Agreement, Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company, or concerning any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, and will indemnify Indemnitee against any and all such Expenses unless the court determines that each of the Indemnitee’s claims in such action were made in bad faith or were frivolous or are prohibited by law.

Section 15.

Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.

(a)    The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement are not exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under Applicable Law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement may not be limited or restricted by any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement in any way with respect to any action taken or omitted by Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status occurring prior to any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

(b)    The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of Expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more other Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated. The relationship between the Company and such other Persons, other than an Enterprise, with respect to the Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification, advancement of Expenses, and insurance is described by this subsection, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 15 with respect to a Proceeding concerning Indemnitee’s Corporate Status with an Enterprise.

 

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i.    The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees:

1)    the Company is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any request for indemnification or advancement of Expenses made pursuant to this Agreement concerning any Proceeding;

2)     the Company is primarily liable for all indemnification and indemnification or advancement of Expenses obligations for any Proceeding, whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract (including this Agreement) or otherwise;

3)    any obligation of any other Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated to indemnify Indemnitee and/or advance Expenses to Indemnitee in respect of any proceeding are secondary to the obligations of the Company’s obligations; and

4)    the Company will indemnify Indemnitee and advance Expenses to Indemnitee hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated or insurer of any such Person.

ii.    The Company irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases (A) any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated from any claim of contribution, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration or indemnification, or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Company to Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement and (B) any right to participate in any claim or remedy of Indemnitee against any Person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right.

iii.    In the event any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated or their insurers advances or extinguishes any liability or loss for Indemnitee, the payor has a right of subrogation against the Company or its insurers for all amounts so paid which would otherwise be payable by the Company or its insurers under this Agreement. In no event will payment by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated or their insurers affect the obligations of the Company hereunder or shift primary liability for the Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance of Expenses to any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated.

iv.    Any indemnification or advancement of Expenses provided by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated is specifically in excess over the Company’s obligation to indemnify and advance Expenses or any valid and collectible insurance (including but not limited to any malpractice insurance or professional errors and omissions insurance) provided by the Company.

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providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company, the Company will obtain a policy or policies covering Indemnitee to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies, including coverage in the event the Company does not or cannot, for any reason, indemnify or advance Expenses to Indemnitee as required by this Agreement. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to this Agreement, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company will give prompt notice of such claim or of the commencement of a Proceeding, as the case may be, to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company will thereafter take all reasonably necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Indemnitee agrees to assist the Company efforts to cause the insurers to pay such amounts and will comply with the terms of such policies, including selection of approved panel counsel, if required.

(d)    The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee for any Proceeding concerning Indemnitee’s Corporate Status with an Enterprise will be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such Enterprise. The Company and Indemnitee intend that any such Enterprise (and its insurers) be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to indemnification and advancement of Expenses for any Proceeding related to or arising from Indemnitee’s Corporate Status with such Enterprise. The Company’s obligation to indemnify and advance Expenses to Indemnitee is secondary to the obligations the Enterprise or its insurers owe to Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees to take all reasonably necessary and desirable action to obtain from an Enterprise indemnification and advancement of Expenses for any Proceeding related to or arising from Indemnitee’s Corporate Status with such Enterprise.

(e)    In the event of any payment made by the Company under this Agreement, the Company will be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee from any Enterprise or insurance carrier. Indemnitee will execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

Section 16.

Duration of Agreement. This Agreement continues until and terminates upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee ceases to have a Corporate Status or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement relating thereto. The indemnification and advancement of Expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement are binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise, and inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.

Section 17.

Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any

 

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Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions will be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to Applicable Law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

Section 18.

Interpretation. Any ambiguity in the terms of this Agreement will be resolved in favor of Indemnitee and in a manner to provide the maximum indemnification and advancement of Expenses permitted by law. The Company and Indemnitee intend that this Agreement provide to the fullest extent permitted by law for indemnification and advancement in excess of that expressly provided, without limitation, by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, vote of the Company stockholders or disinterested directors, or Applicable Law.

Section 19.

Enforcement.

(a)    The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving or continuing to serve as a director or officer of the Company.

(b)    This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and Applicable Law, and is not a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

Section 20.

Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement is binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed or constitutes a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor will any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

Section 21.

Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company does not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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Section 22.

Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand to the other party, (b) sent by reputable overnight courier to the other party or (c) sent by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, with receipt of oral confirmation that such communication has been received:

(a)    If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee provides to the Company.

(b)    If to the Company to:

GoHealth, Inc.

214 West Huron St.

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Email: ####@gohealth.com    

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.

Section 23.

Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under Applicable Law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, will contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

Section 24.

Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties are governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or Proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought only in the Delaware Court and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or Proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or Proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or Proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

Section 25.

Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together constitutes one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

Section 26.

Headings. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute part of this Agreement or affect the construction thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

GOHEALTH, INC.       INDEMNITEE
By:                                                                    By:                                                             
Name:       Name:
Office:       Address:
EX-10.9

Exhibit 10.9

BLIZZARD PARENT, LLC

PROFITS UNIT PLAN

Article I

Purpose

Blizzard Parent, LLC has established this Plan to foster and promote its long-term financial success. Capitalized terms have the meaning given in Article VIII.

Article II

Powers of the Administrator

Section 2.1 Power to Grant Awards. The Administrator may select Eligible Persons to participate in the Plan. The Administrator shall determine the terms of each Award, consistent with the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, after the Closing Date, the Administrator shall consult with, and consider in good faith, the opinions expressed by each of the President and the CEO of the Company with respect to the (i) Participants to whom Awards will be granted under the Plan and (ii) the number of Profits Units or Common Units, as applicable, subject to each Award (the “Consultation Requirement”). Subject to Article IV, a maximum of 97,918,115.8 Profits Units will be available for issuance under the Plan (which figure shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 1.2(b) of the Rollover Agreements upon completion of the purchase price adjustment process contemplated by Section 3.5(a) through (e) of the Merger Agreement). Upon the grant of any Award, this maximum number shall be reduced by the maximum number of Profits Units that are issued or may be issued pursuant to such Award; provided, that grants of Awards to non-employee directors of the Company and to advisors to the CBP Member and its Affiliates shall not reduce the number of Awards available for grant under this Section 2.1. If any Award or portion thereof that has reduced the number of Profits Units available for grant under the Plan is for any reason forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated, the Profits Units subject to such forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated Award, or portion thereof, shall again be available for grant under the Plan.


Section 2.2 Administration. Subject to the Consultation Requirement, the Administrator shall, subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Award Agreements and the Company Operating Agreement, have the power and authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and procedures governing the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to the full power and authority to (a) interpret the terms of the Plan, the terms of any Awards made under the Plan, and any rules and procedures established by the Administrator governing any Awards, (b) determine the rights of any Person under the Plan, or the meaning of requirements imposed by the terms of the Plan or an Award, or any rule or procedure established by the Administrator, (c) select the Participants to whom Awards will be granted under the Plan, (d) establish any vesting or other terms and conditions applicable to an Award, (e) impose such limitations, restrictions and conditions upon, or in connection with, such Awards as it shall deem appropriate, (f) adopt, amend, and rescind administrative guidelines and other rules and regulations relating to the Plan, ( g) correct any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in any Award Agreement or between the Plan, any Award Agreement and/or the Company Operating Agreement, (h) provide for conditions and assurances it deems necessary or advisable to protect the interest of the Company and (i) make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary or advisable for the implementation and administration of the Plan and Awards, subject to the Company Operating Agreement and such limitations as may be imposed by the Code or other applicable law. Each action of the Administrator including each interpretation or other determination of the Administrator with respect to the Plan or any Awards made under the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Persons.

Section 2.3 Delegation by the Administrator. Any of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Administrator specified in this Plan may be delegated to be performed by any duly constituted subcommittee thereof or by members of senior management of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and any determination, interpretation or other action taken by such subcommittee or by members of management consistent with such delegation shall have the same effect hereunder as if made or taken by the Administrator.

 

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Article III

Grants of Profits Units

Section 3.1 Grant of Profits Units. The Administrator may grant Profits Units of the Company to Eligible Persons or to Management LLC (corresponding to Eligible Persons who hold Profits Units of Management LLC as provided herein) at such time or times as it shall determine. Each Profits Unit granted to a Participant or to Management LLC (corresponding to a Participant who holds Profits Units in Management LLC) shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of Profits Units granted and such other terms as the Administrator shall determine (including, but not limited to, terms relating to the effect of Competitive Activity by a Participant). All grants of Profits Units shall be made in accordance with, and the terms of the Profits Units shall be subject to, the Company Operating Agreement and, if applicable, the Management LLC Agreement, in each case as in effect from time to time, and the Award Agreement evidencing such Profits Units. As a condition to any such grant, the Participant shall enter into such joinders to the Company Operating Agreement and/or the Management LLC Agreement as the Administrator shall require. Unless otherwise permitted by the Administrator, as a condition to the grant of Profits Units, a Participant shall make an election under section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such Profits Units. If determined in good faith by the Administrator to be necessary or appropriate, any acquisition of Profits Units of the Company by any Participant may be effected by the acquisition of an equal number of Profits Units of Management LLC, and in such case both the Participant and Management LLC shall enter into an Award Agreement with Company.

Section 3.2 Status as Company Profits Interests. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator on or before the Grant Date, each Profits Unit is intended to be a partnership profits interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and, if and to the extent necessary to effect such status, a Hurdle Amount shall be assigned to the Profits Unit in addition to the Benchmark Amount.

Section 3.3 Vesting of Profits Units; Transfer. Profits Units shall become vested in accordance with such vesting schedule and/or upon the attainment of such performance criteria as shall be specified by the Administrator on or before the Grant Date and set forth in the Award Agreement. The Administrator may accelerate the vesting of any Profits Unit, all Profits Units or any class of Profits Units at any time and from time to time. Profits Units (whether or not vested) may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, in each case directly or indirectly, other than as permitted by the Administrator.

 

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Section 3.4 Effect of Termination of Employment. The effect of a termination of employment of a Participant to whom Profits Units have been granted by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be as specified by the Administrator on or before the Grant Date and set forth in the Award Agreement.

Section 3.5 Related Purchases of Common Units. Whether in connection with the grant of Profits Interests or otherwise, the Administrator may permit a Participant to purchase such number of Common Units as the Administrator shall determine. The terms and conditions of any such purchase, including but not limited to the purchase price to be paid therefor and any applicable vesting, forfeiture and repurchase provisions, shall be as set forth in the Award Agreement applicable thereto. Common Units issued under the Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company Operating Agreement and, if applicable, the Management LLC Agreement, in each case as in effect from time to time, and the applicable Award Agreement. As a condition to any such purchase, the Participant shall enter into such joinders to the Company Operating Agreement and/or the Management LLC Agreement as the Administrator shall require. If determined in good faith by the Administrator to be necessary or appropriate, any purchase of Common Units of the Company by any Participant may be effected by the acquisition of an equal number of Common Units of Management LLC. The sale and issuance of Common Units pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall not reduce the number of Profits Units available for grant under Section 2.1.

Article IV

Adjustment upon Change in Capitalization

Section 4.1 Generally. Subject to the Company Operating Agreement, if and to the extent necessary or appropriate to reflect any extraordinary dividend, split or combination or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of equity interests, spin-off, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or other similar transaction affecting the equity interests of the Company, including an IPO and any reorganization transactions that occur in connection with an IPO, the Administrator shall have discretion to adjust the number of Profits Units available for issuance under the Plan and the number and terms of outstanding Profits Units, and/or make such substitution, revision or other provisions or take such other actions with respect to any outstanding Award of Profits Units or the holder or holders thereof, in each case as it reasonably determines to be equitable in order to prevent inappropriate dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, in the event of any such transaction, the Administrator shall have the power to make such changes in the number and type of equity

 

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interests covered by outstanding Awards, the Hurdle Amount applicable thereto, the vesting terms applicable thereto, and the securities, cash or other property to be received in respect to such Awards. After any adjustment made pursuant to this Article IV, the number of Profits Units or other equity interests subject to each outstanding Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, no adjustment shall be made or required to be made in connection with the issuance of any Earnout Consideration (including the issuance of Common Units or Senior Preferred Earnout Units), the issuance of any Senior Preferred Earnout Dividends, or the issuance of any Units in connection with a Special Funding Event (each as defined within the Company Operating Agreement). The adjustments made pursuant to this Article IV shall be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator.

Section 4.2 IPO Restructuring. The Administrator may make such modifications to the Plan and to outstanding Awards as it determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate in connection with an IPO Restructuring or otherwise to the extent that the Awards will relate to stock of the public company following an IPO, in each case as it reasonably determines to be equitable in order to prevent inappropriate dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan (excluding tax treatment and option value).

Article V

Right of Repurchase of Units

Section 5.1 Repurchase Rights of the Company and the CBP Member. If

(i) a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason or (ii) the Administrator determines that a Participant is engaging or has engaged in Competitive Activity during employment or during the period during which such Competitive Activity is prohibited under any applicable agreement, the Company and/or the CBP Member may elect to purchase all or a portion of the Common Units and vested Profits Units of the Company held (x) by such Participant directly, and/or (y) by Management LLC that correspond to the Common Units and vested Profits Units of Management LLC held by the Participant, in each case, by written notice by the CBP Member to Management LLC and/or the Participant (as applicable) delivered on or before the later of (A) the ninetieth (90th) day after the Determination Date and (B) the ninetieth (90th) day after the date on which the Participant’s employment terminates. If the Company does not purchase all of the Units during such period as provided herein (subject to delay as provided in Section 5.6, if applicable), the CBP Member may elect, within the thirty (30) day period following the applicable ninety (90) day period, to purchase all or any

 

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portion of the Common Units and vested Profits Units of the Company that the Company has not purchased. If the Units are held by Management LLC, then to effect such repurchase, Management LLC shall either (x) have the right to elect, and shall elect, to repurchase the same number of Common Units and Profits Units of Management LLC held by the Participant that correspond to the Units repurchased by the Company or the CBP Member, and at the same repurchase price, or (y) redeem the portion of the Participant’s Common Units and Profits Units of Management LLC attributable to the Common Units and Profits Units of the Company that the Company and/or the CBP Member have elected to repurchase under this Article V in exchange for an in-kind distribution of the corresponding Common Units and Profits Units of the Company, in which case the repurchase rights of the Company and the CBP Member under this Article V shall be exercised directly against the Participant.

Section 5.2 Competitive Activity. Prior to the application of clause (ii) of Section 5.1 to a Participant, the Company shall provide the Participant with written notice of the action that is alleged to constitute Competitive Activity within thirty (30) days of becoming aware of such action (the date notice is provided, the “Competitive Activity Notice Date”) and thirty (30) days to cure such action, if the Administrator determines that such action is reasonably susceptible of being cured. In the event the Participant fails to cure such action within such thirty (30) day period, or if Administrator determines that such action is not reasonably susceptible of being cured, then in addition to the rights provided in Section 5.1, the Company may cause any or all of the Participant’s Profits Units, whether vested or unvested, to be forfeited without any payment to the Participant. In the event that whether an alleged action constitutes Competitive Active is not reasonably determinable without additional investigation, the time periods set forth in this Section 5.2 shall be tolled pending the Administrator’s completion of a reasonable investigation of such action.

Section 5.3 Repurchase Price. The purchase price per Unit pursuant to this Article V shall equal the “Repurchase Price” as of the “Determination Date”, determined pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c), as applicable:

(a) If the employment of a Participant terminates for any reason (whether initiated by the Company or the Participant) other than by the Company for Cause, (I) the Determination Date shall mean the later of (x) the effective date of the Participant’s termination of employment and (y) six months and one day from the date of the Participant’s acquisition of the Units, (II) the Repurchase Price per Common Unit shall equal the Common Unit Repurchase Price of such Unit as of the Determination Date and (III) the Repurchase Price per Profits Unit shall equal the Profits Unit

 

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Repurchase Price of such Unit as of the Determination Date. For purposes of this Section 5.3, the Company may, at its discretion, treat Units that are acquired less than six months and one day prior to the effective date of the Participant’s termination of employment (such Units, the “Immature Units”) as having separate Determination Dates from the Determination Date applicable to Units that are not Immature Units.

(b) If the employment of a Participant is terminated by the Company for Cause, (I) the Determination Date shall be the effective date of the Participant’s termination of employment and (II) the Repurchase Price per Common Unit shall equal the lesser of (i) the Common Unit Repurchase Price of such Unit as of the Determination Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the price at which the Participant acquired such Common Unit over (b) the aggregate amount of any distributions made prior to the Determination Date to the Participant in respect of such Common Units. For avoidance of doubt, in the event of a termination by the Company for Cause, no repurchase of Profits Units will occur (and therefore no Repurchase Price is necessary) because all Profits Units would be forfeited without consideration.

(c) If the repurchase occurs by reason of a Participant having engaged in Competitive Activity, (I) the Determination Date shall be the Competitive Activity Notice Date and (II) the Repurchase Price per Common Unit shall equal the lesser of (i) the Common Unit Repurchase Price of such Unit as of the Determination Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the price at which the Participant acquired such Common Unit over (b) the aggregate amount of any distributions made by the Company prior to the Determination Date to the Participant in respect of such Common Units. If the Participant has disposed of any Units for cash or other consideration prior to the repurchase date (including, but not limited to, to the Company or the CBP Member pursuant to this Article V), the Company shall have the right to recoup from the Participant an amount of cash in respect of the Units disposed of equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate amount of cash and the aggregate value of all securities or other property actually received by the Participant in connection with all of such dispositions over (B) the aggregate amount of cash that would have been received by the Participant in respect of the disposed Units pursuant to the first sentence of this clause (c) if the disposed Units had been owned by the Participant on the Determination Date (such right of recoupment, the “Sold Unit Clawback”). Any amount to be repaid by the Participant pursuant to this clause (c) shall not be subject to further reduction for taxes paid by the Participant on the amounts received for the Units disposed of, if and to the extent that the Administrator reasonably determines that the taxes paid by the Participant will be able to be recouped by the Participant in any manner in the same or a subsequent tax year.

 

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(d) For purposes of this Article V, (I) the “Common Unit Repurchase Price” shall equal the Fair Market Value of a Common Unit as of the Determination Date, and (II) the “Profits Unit Repurchase Price” of a Profits Unit shall equal the Fair Market Value of such Profits Unit assuming the occurrence of an Exit Sale (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement) on the Determination Date, based on the fair market value of the Company on the Determination Date, and a full distribution of proceeds from such Exit Sale in accordance with the terms of Company Operating Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, after taking into account the Benchmark Amount and any Hurdle Amount applicable to such Profits Unit. For avoidance of doubt, if the Profits Unit Repurchase Price of a Profits Unit is not greater than zero as of the Determination Date, then the Profits Unit shall be forfeited to the Company without any payment to the Participant and without further action required by any Person.

Section 5.4 Closing of Purchase; Payment of Repurchase Price. Subject to Section 5.6, the closing of a purchase pursuant to this Article V shall take place at the principal office of the Company on a business day selected by the Company or the CBP Member (as applicable) no later than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the date on which notice of repurchase is given pursuant to Section 5.1. Subject to the periods specified in the immediately preceding sentence, the closing date, once scheduled, may be adjourned or accelerated by the Company or the CBP Member (as applicable) in its discretion. At the closing, (i) the Company or the CBP Member, as the case may be, shall, subject to Sections 5.5 and 5.6, pay the Repurchase Price to the Participant and (ii) if the Participant actually holds any certificates or other instruments representing Units acquired, the Participant shall deliver to the Company such certificates or other instruments, appropriately endorsed by the Participant or directing that the Units be so transferred to the purchaser thereof, as the Company or Management LLC may reasonably require. Prior to the closing, at the request of the Company, the Participant (or, if applicable, the Participant’s estate or legal representative) and Management LLC shall execute and deliver a unit repurchase agreement evidencing the purchase pursuant to this Article V in form delivered to the Participant and Management LLC by the Company consistent with the provisions of this Article V and containing customary representations, warranties and releases relating to such purchase. By accepting a grant of Profits Units and entering into a Subscription Agreement, each Participant and Management LLC hereby appoint the Company as their true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and authorize the Company to take such actions as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate to effect the sale and transfer of the Units pursuant to this Article V on the closing date, including but not limited to executing any powers of attorney or stock power or stock repurchase agreement.

 

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Section 5.5 Application of the Repurchase Price to Certain Loans or Other Obligations. The Company and the CBP Member shall be entitled to apply any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Article V to discharge any indebtedness of a Participant to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or indebtedness that is guaranteed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to offset any such amounts against any other obligations of a Participant to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

Section 5.6 Certain Restrictions on Repurchases; Delay of Payment of Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding any other provision of any Subscription Agreement or this Article V, if the Company intends to effect a repurchase pursuant to this Article V and (i) such repurchase (or the payment of a dividend by a Subsidiary to the Company to fund such repurchase) would result in a violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or an event of default under any of the Financing Agreements, (ii) such repurchase would violate any of the terms or provisions of the Company Operating Agreement, the Management LLC Agreement or applicable law, (iii) the Company has no funds legally available to make such payment under applicable law or (iv) such repurchase would otherwise violate applicable law, then (x) the payment of the applicable Repurchase Price (and the corresponding required repurchase actions with respect to Management LLC) shall be postponed and will take place at the first opportunity thereafter when the Company has funds legally available to make such payment and when such payment will not result in any default, event of default or violation under any of the Financing Agreements or in a violation of any term or provision of the Company Operating Agreement, the Management LLC Agreement or applicable law, (y) such repurchase obligation shall rank against other similar repurchase obligations with respect to Units according to priority in time of the effective date of the event giving rise to such repurchase and (z) the Repurchase Price, except in the case of a termination for Cause or a repurchase by reason of a Participant’s Competitive Activity, shall be increased by an amount equal to interest on such Repurchase Price for the period during which payment is delayed at an annual rate equal to the applicable federal rate published pursuant to the Code for the month in which such postponement first occurs. The delay set forth in this Section 5.6 shall not be applicable in the event of a repurchase by the CBP Member.

 

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Section 5.7 Right to Retain Units. If the options of the Company and the CBP Member to purchase the Units pursuant to this Article V are not exercised within the applicable time periods specified herein with respect to all of the Units, the Participant and Management LLC shall be entitled to retain the remaining Units, although those Units shall remain subject to all of the other provisions of the applicable Subscription Agreement, the Company Operating Agreement and the Management LLC Agreement, as applicable.

Section 5.8 Notice of Termination; Etc. Prior to an IPO, the Company shall give prompt written notice to the CBP Member of any termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company or any determination of Competitive Activity by a Participant and of the Administrator’s decision whether or not to purchase Units pursuant to the Article V.

Section 5.9 Allocation of Purchase Rights. By receiving an award of Profits Units, each Participant acknowledges and agrees that the CBP Member may allocate the purchase rights under this Article V, as among itself and its Affiliates, in such manner as it, in its sole discretion, may determine from time to time.

Article VI

Authority to Vary Terms or Establish Local Jurisdiction Plans

The Administrator may vary the terms of Awards under the Plan, or establish sub-plans under the Plan to authorize the grant of awards that have additional or different terms or features from those otherwise provided for in the Plan, if and to the extent the Administrator determines necessary or appropriate to permit the grant of awards that are best suited to further the purposes of the Plan and to comply with applicable securities laws in a particular jurisdiction or provide terms appropriately suited for Participants in such jurisdiction in light of the tax laws of such jurisdiction while being as consistent as otherwise possible with the terms of Awards under the Plan; provided that this Article V shall not be deemed to authorize any increase in the number of Profits Units set forth in Section 2.1 as available for issuance under the Plan.

Article VII

Amendment, Modification, and Termination of the Plan

The Administrator may terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, and may amend or modify the Plan from time to time; provided, that no change that materially and adversely economically affects any Participant disproportionately as compared to all other Participants shall be effective without such Participant’s written consent. Approval of the Plan by holders of equity interests in the Company or of any such amendment, modification, termination or suspension shall be obtained to the extent mandated by applicable law, or if otherwise required or deemed appropriate by the Administrator.

 

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Article VIII

Definitions

Section 8.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

Affiliate” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Award” shall mean the grant of any Profits Units issued on or following the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

Award Agreement” means the agreement entered into between or among the Company, Management LLC (if applicable) and a Participant embodying and evidencing the terms of any acquisition of Common Units of the Company and/or any corresponding equity interests in Management LLC and, if applicable, any grant of Profits Units of the Company and/or any corresponding equity interests in Management LLC made pursuant to the Plan and in the form approved by the Administrator from time to time for such purpose. The Award Agreements shall constitute the “Subscription Agreements” under the Company Operating Agreement.

Benchmark Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Company Operating Agreement.

Administrator” means the Compensation Committee of the Company, as constituted from time to time pursuant to the Company Operating Agreement.

CBP Member” means Blizzard Aggregator, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Cause” shall, as to any Participant, have the meaning set forth in the employment or services agreement to which the Participant is a party with the Company or an Affiliate, or, in the absence of such an employment or services agreement, shall have the meaning set forth in the Company Operating Agreement.

 

 

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Closing Date” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

Common Unit” means, as required by context, a Class B Common Unit of the Company (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement) and/or a common unit of Management LLC that relates to such Class B Common Unit of the Company, and in each case, if applicable, any securities which may be issued after the Effective Date in respect of, or in exchange for, a Common Unit (which are sometimes referred to herein as “successor equity interests”).

Company” means Blizzard Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor thereto; provided that for purposes of determining the status of a Participant’s employment with the “Company,” such term shall include whichever of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates is the employer of the Participant.

Company Operating Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended from time to time.

Competitive Activity” with respect to a Participant means that the Participant, directly or indirectly, has engaged in a material breach of the provisions of any agreement to which the Participant and the Company or any of its Affiliates are parties (including but not limited to any Award Agreement) that prohibits or otherwise limits or conditions actions of the Participant related to competition with the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; interference with key business relationships of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; solicitation of customers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; disclosure of confidential information of the Company; ownership of intellectual property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and disparagement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the directors or executive officers of any such Person.

Common Unit Repurchase Price” has the meaning given in Article V.

Competitive Activity Notice Date” has the meaning given in Section 5.2.

 

 

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Disability” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, a Participant’s long-term disability within the meaning of the long-term disability insurance plan or program of the Company or any Subsidiary then covering the Participant, or in the absence of such a plan or program, as determined in good faith by the Administrator.

Determination Date” has the meaning given in Article V.

Effective Date” has the meaning given in Section 9.9.

Eligible Person” means any executive, officer or other employee of, non-employee director of, or independent contractor to, the Administrator, the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company.

Fair Market Value” with respect to a Unit means the fair market value of such Unit under the Company Operating Agreement, as determined in good faith by the Administrator giving due regard to any relevant valuation indicia with respect to the Company, including, if applicable, any valuation obtained under Section 409A of the Code.

Financing Agreements” means any guaranty, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary from time to time.

Grant Date” means, with respect to any Award, the date as of which such Award is granted pursuant to the Plan.

Hurdle Amount” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Immature Units” has the meaning given in Section 5.3(a).

IPO” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

IPO Restructuring” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Management LLC ” means Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor thereto. To the extent necessary for any purpose, this Plan shall also be deemed to be the equity incentive plan of Management LLC with respect to the Common Units and Profits Units issued by Management LLC to Eligible Persons (other than Management LLC).

 

 

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Management LLC Agreement ” means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Management LLC, dated as of the Closing Date and as amended from time to time.

Merger Agreement” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Participant” means any Eligible Person who is granted an Award (including indirectly by virtue of Management LLC).

Person” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Plan” means this Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan, as amended from time to time.

Profits Unit” means, as required by context, a Profits Unit of the Company (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement) granted hereunder and/or a corresponding partnership profits interest in Management LLC that relates to such Profits Unit of the Company, in each case subject to the terms of the Plan and in each case, if applicable, any securities which may be issued after the Effective Date in respect of, or in exchange for, a Profits Unit (which are sometimes referred to herein as “successor equity interests”).

Profits Unit Repurchase Price” has the meaning given in Article V.

Repurchase Price” has the meaning given in Article V.

Rollover Agreement” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Securities Act” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Sold Unit Clawback” has the meaning given in Section 5.3(c).

Subsidiary” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

 

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Units” means Common Units (including successor equity interests) and Profits Units (including successor equity interests).

Vesting Commencement Date” means the date on which the vesting period of an Award granted hereunder begins, as set forth in the Award Agreement (which may be earlier than or later than the Grant Date); or, if no such date is set forth therein, the Grant Date.

Section 8.2 Rules of Construction.

(a) Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.

(b) Use of the term “Employ”. The phrase “employee”, “employment with the Company” and corollary terms used herein and in an Award Agreement (x) with respect to an employee shall be construed to refer to the employment with the Company and/or the Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company that actually employ the employee, and (y) with respect to a director or independent contractor shall be construed to refer to whichever of the Company and/or the Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company to which the director or independent contractor actually provides services.

(c) Termination of Employment. It shall be condition of each Award under the Plan that the date of termination of a Participant’s employment shall be determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period, unless otherwise required by law.

(d) “Participant” Status. For purposes of this Plan, an Eligible Person who holds equity interests in Management LLC that correspond to Common Units or Profits Units granted by the Company to Management LLC shall be deemed a Participant for the substantive provisions of this Plan (including those relating to termination of employment and Competitive Activity) notwithstanding that such Eligible Person may not hold Common Units of the Company or Profits Units of the Company directly.

(e) Overriding Effect of the Company Agreement and Award or Other Agreements. If there is any inconsistency between any express term of the Plan or any Award Agreement, on the one hand, and any express term of the Company Operating Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of the Company Operating Agreement shall govern.

 

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Article IX

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9.1 Nontransferability of Awards; Holdback Agreement.

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, in an Award Agreement, in the Company Operating Agreement or as the Administrator may permit on such terms as it shall determine, no Awards granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, hedged, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime by such Participant only (or, in the event of the Participant’s Disability, such Participant’s legal representative). Following a Participant’s death, all rights with respect to Awards that were outstanding at the time of such Participant’s death and have not terminated shall be exercised by his designated beneficiary or by his estate in the absence of a designated beneficiary

(b) Holdback Agreements. If the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate (or a successor thereto, including in connection with an IPO Restructuring) files a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an underwritten public offering of Units (including successor equity interests), no Participant shall effect any public sale (including a sale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or other similar provision of applicable law) or distribution of any Units (including successor equity interests), other than as part of such underwritten public offering, during the 20 days prior to and the 180 days after the effective date of such registration statement (or such other period as may be generally applicable to or agreed by the Company’s senior-most executives in consultation with the managing underwriter(s), if any, of such offering). If the Company files a prospectus in connection with a takedown from a shelf registration statement, no Participant shall effect any public sale (including a sale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or other similar provision of applicable law in consultation with the managing underwriter(s), if any, of such offering) or distribution of any Units (including successor equity interests), other than as part of such offering, for 20 days prior to and 90 days after the date the prospectus supplement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or such other period as may be generally applicable to or agreed by the Company’s senior-most executives).

 

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Section 9.2 Tax Withholding. The Company or the Subsidiary employing a Participant shall have the power to withhold up to the maximum statutory requirement, or to require such Participant to remit to the Company or such Subsidiary, an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. federal, state, local and any non-U.S. withholding tax and other governmental tax, charge or fee requirements in respect of any Award granted under the Plan (excluding, where applicable, the employer portion of any employment, social or similar taxes).

Section 9.3 Beneficiary Designation. Pursuant to such rules and procedures as the Administrator may from time to time establish, a Participant may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) by whom any right under the Plan is to be exercised in case of such Participant’s death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form reasonably prescribed by the Administrator, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Administrator during his lifetime.

Section 9.4 No Guarantee of Employment or Participation; No Right to Awards of Equal Amount or Terms; No Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment or retention at any time, or confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ or retention of the Company or any Subsidiary. No Person shall have a right to be selected as a Participant or, having been so selected, to receive any other or future Awards. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants regarding the number of Profits Units awarded or the manner in which Awards are made. The terms and conditions made under the Plan need not be the same with respect to each Participant. Neither the Administrator nor the Company make any guarantees to any person regarding the tax treatment of any Award or payments or distributions made with respect to any Award. Neither the Administrator nor the Company have any duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of any Award to any Participant, including but not limited to tax consequences that may result from changes to applicable law and none of the Administrator, the Company, any Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company, or any of their employees or representatives, shall have any liability to any person with respect to such tax consequences.

 

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Section 9.5 No Limitation on Compensation; No Impact on Benefits. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its employees, in cash or property, in a manner that is not expressly authorized under the Plan. Except as may otherwise be specifically and unequivocally stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participant’s rights under any such plan, policy or program. The selection of an Eligible Person as a Participant shall neither entitle such Eligible Person to, nor disqualify such Eligible Person from, participation in any other award or incentive plan.

Section 9.6 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Units pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan, and no Units shall be sold or issued under the Plan, if such grant, sale or issuance would result in a violation of applicable law, including U.S. federal securities laws and any applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws.

Section 9.7 Freedom of Action. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement evidencing an Award shall be construed as limiting or preventing the Company or any Subsidiary from taking any action that it deems appropriate or in its best interest (as determined in its sole and absolute discretion), including without limitation any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Subsidiary, any issue of debt or equity securities, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding. No Participant (or person claiming by or through a Participant) shall have any right relating to the diminishment in the value of any Award as a result of any such action. This Section 9.7 shall not be construed to enlarge the rights of the Company or the Administrator hereunder with respect to the interpretation or administration of the Plan or any Award Agreements.

Section 9.8 Unfunded Plan; Plan Not Subject to ERISA. The Plan is an unfunded plan and Participants shall have the status of unsecured creditors of the Company. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Section 9.9 Term of Plan. The Plan shall be effective as of the Closing Date (the “Effective Date”) and shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to Article VII, until the tenth anniversary of such date. The provisions of the Plan shall continue thereafter to govern all outstanding Awards (which Awards, for clarity, shall not be terminated).

 

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Section 9.10 Governing Law. The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

Section 9.11 Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and the Award Agreements entered into pursuant to the Plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, and no such construction or interpretation of the Plan or an Award Agreement shall be treated as an amendment or modification of the Plan under Article VII. In no event shall any provision of the Plan be construed as an indemnification of a Participant by the Company in the event that the additional taxes under Section 409A of the Code apply to Awards granted hereunder.

 

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EX-10.10

Exhibit 10.10

Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement

This Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement, dated as of the date set forth on the page immediately following the signature page hereof, is entered into by and among Blizzard Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Management LLC”), and the Executive whose name appears on the signature page hereof (the “Executive”), pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan. The meaning of each capitalized term may be found in Section 8.

The Company, Management LLC and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Grant of Profits Units

(a) In General. Subject to all the terms of this Agreement, the Company has elected to indirectly grant to the Executive the number of Profits Units of the Company specified on the page immediately following the signature page hereof, to be held indirectly as provided herein. This grant of Profits Units is being made, and the terms of the Profits Units are subject to, this Agreement, the Profits Unit Plan, the Company Operating Agreement and the Management LLC Agreement. Such grant shall be effected by (x) the grant by Management LLC of Profits Units of Management LLC equal to the number of Profits Units of the Company set forth on the page immediately following the signature page hereof, and (y) the grant, concurrently therewith, by the Company to Management LLC of the Profits Units referred to in the first sentence of this Section 1(a).

(b) 83(b) Election. As a condition to the grant of Profits Units of Management LLC, the Executive shall complete and return to the Company the election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such Profits Units in the form attached hereto as Appendix C on or prior to the due date specified therefor.

(c) Hurdle Amount. To the extent necessary for a Profits Unit to be a partnership profits interest for U.S. federal tax purposes, such Profits Unit shall have a Hurdle Amount maintained in the records of the Company, which shall be in addition to the Benchmark Amount as specified in the Company Operating Agreement

 

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Section 2. The Closing as to the Grant of Profits Units

(a) Time and Place. The grant of the Profits Units pursuant to Section 1 (the “Closing”) shall take place at a time and place selected by the Company on or within five (5) business days following the date on which the Closing requirements of the Executive and Management LLC set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) have been completed.

(b) Delivery by the Executive. At or prior to the Closing, the Executive shall deliver (1) to the Company, a counterpart signature to this Agreement, (2) to the Company and Management LLC, a completed accredited investor questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Appendix D and (3) to Management LLC, a joinder to the Management LLC Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix B. If requested by the Company or Management LLC, the Executive shall at the Closing also deliver to the Company and Management LLC a customary spousal waiver.

(c) Delivery by the Company and Management LLC. At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall (1) deliver to the Executive the Management LLC Agreement and the Company Operating Agreement and (2) evidence Management LLC’s ownership of the Profits Units of the Company in its customary manner, and Management LLC shall evidence the Executive’s ownership of the Profits Units of Management LLC in its customary manner.

(d) Status as an “Other Member”. Notwithstanding that the Executive is not directly acquiring Profits Units of the Company, the Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Executive, as a member of Management LLC, shall have the same rights and be subject to the same obligations as an “Other Member” under the Company Operating Agreement as if the Executive directly held Profits Units of the Company, in addition to any rights and obligations of the Executive under the Management LLC Agreement. For clarity and the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of Profits Units to Management LLC, rather than directly to Executive, shall not enlarge, diminish or otherwise alter the rights and obligations of the individual that would apply if Executive directly held Profits Units of the Company and, if requested by the Company, shall enter into any reasonable arrangement to implement the foregoing.

(e) Restrictive Covenants. The Executive, in consideration of the grant of the Profits Units pursuant to Section 1 and the receipt of certain confidential information and trade secrets of the Company and its Affiliates, agrees to be bound by the covenants set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement. These covenants shall be in addition to, and shall not supersede, the covenants set forth in any other agreement to which the Executive and the Company or an Affiliate of the Company are or hereafter become parties. In agreeing and accepting these covenants, the Executive acknowledges having reviewed them and agrees that these covenants are reasonable in time and scope and do not pose an undue hardship on the Executive. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that the Company would not have entered into this Agreement and issued Units under this Agreement if the Executive did not agree to these covenants.

 

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Section 3. Vesting and Forfeiture of Profits Units; Effect of Termination of Employment of Profits Units

(a) Service Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(c) or Section 3(d) of this Agreement or as agreed in writing between the Company and the Executive, the Service Units of the Company and the corresponding Profits Units of Management LLC, each in an amount specified on the page immediately following the signature page hereof, shall each become vested in five (5) equal annual installments on each of the first (1st) through fifth (5th) anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to the continuous employment of the Executive with the Company until the applicable vesting date; provided, that in the event of a Centerbridge Exit, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Company until the Centerbridge Exit, any Service Units which are then unvested and outstanding shall automatically become vested upon the occurrence of the Centerbridge Exit.

(b) Performance Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(c) or Section 3(d) of this Agreement or as agreed in writing between the Company and the Executive, the Performance Units of the Company and the corresponding Profits Units of Management LLC, each in an amount specified on the page immediately following the signature page hereof, shall be subject to vesting based on the following criteria, and, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), subject to the continuous employment of the Executive through the applicable vesting date:

(i) No portion (0%) of the Performance Units shall become vested unless and until the Centerbridge MOIC is at least two (2);

(ii) One-third (33.33%) of the Performance Units shall become vested from and after the date on which the Centerbridge MOIC is two (2) or greater but less than two and one-half (2.5);

(iii) An additional one-third (33.33%) of Performance Units shall become vested from and after the date on which the Centerbridge MOIC is two and one-half (2.5) or greater but less than three (3); and

(iv) The final one-third (33.33%) of the Performance Units shall become vested from and after the date on which the Centerbridge MOIC is three (3) or greater.

 

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In addition, no Performance Units will vest unless and until the CBP Member receives a cumulative internal rate of return of eight percent (8%) per annum as calculated in good faith by the Administrator, in connection with its investment in the Company.

If the Centerbridge MOIC is at least two (2) and less than three (3), then vesting between the express thresholds above will be determined by the Administrator by linear interpolation.

(c) General Principles Applicable to Vesting of the Profits Units

(i) Discretionary Acceleration. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting of all or a portion of the Profits Units at any time and from time to time.

(ii) No Other Accelerated Vesting. The vesting provisions set forth in this Section 3, or expressly set forth in the Profits Unit Plan, shall be the exclusive vesting provisions applicable to the Profits Units and shall supersede any other provisions relating to vesting, unless such other such provision expressly refers to the Profits Unit Plan by name and this Agreement by name and date.

(iii) Effect of Vesting. In the event that any portion of Profits Units of the Company become vested under this Agreement for any reason, the corresponding portion of Profits Units of Management LLC that were issued in respect of such Profits Units of the Company shall also simultaneously and automatically become vested. In addition, in the event that any portion of Profits Units of the Company are forfeited under this Agreement for any reason, the corresponding portion of Profits Units of Management LLC that were issued in respect of such Profits Units of the Company shall also simultaneously and automatically be forfeited.

(d) Effect of Termination of Employment

(i) By Reason of Death or Disability. Subject to Section 3(d)(iv), if the Executive’s employment terminates as a result of the Executive’s death or Disability, (x) all of the Executive’s unvested Service Units shall become fully and immediately vested upon such termination of employment, and (y) all of the Executive’s unvested Performance Units shall automatically be forfeited.

 

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(ii) Without Cause or with Good Reason. Subject to Section 3(d)(iv), if the Executive’s employment terminates and such termination is (x) by the Company without Cause (excluding death or Disability) or (y) if applicable to the Executive, by the Executive with “good reason” (as expressly defined in a written services agreement to which the Company or a Subsidiary and the Executive are parties), then (A) a pro rata portion of the Service Units scheduled to vest on the next following anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (or Grant Date, if applicable) shall vest, with such prorated amount to be determined by multiplying such number of Service Units by a fraction, the numerator of which is number of whole and partial months elapsed since the most recent anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (or Grant Date, if applicable), and the denominator of which is twelve (12), and (B) all unvested Profits Units (whether Service Units or Performance Units) shall automatically be forfeited.

(iii) With Cause or without Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment terminates and such termination is by the Executive (other than by Executive with “good reason” only to the extent expressly defined in any written services agreement to which the Company or a Subsidiary and the Executive are parties), then all of the Executive’s unvested Profits Units shall automatically be forfeited. If the Executive’s employment terminates and such termination is by the Company with Cause, then all of the Executive’s Profits Units, whether vested or unvested, will automatically be forfeited.

(iv) “Tail Period” Vesting. Notwithstanding Section 3(d)(i) and Section 3(d)(ii), if (x) the Executive’s employment terminates and such termination is (A) by the Company without Cause (or by the Executive with “good reason” (as defined in 3(d)(ii) above)) or (B) as a result of the Executive’s death or Disability, and (y) there shall occur during the six (6) months following the date of such termination any event that would have caused any of such unvested Profits Units to become vested if the Executive had remained employed through the date of such event, then an additional number of unvested Profits Units shall vest determined by reference to the occurrence of such event. In such event, then for purposes of the repurchase provisions of Section 6, any date of such additional vesting shall be treated as the Executive’s date of termination of employment with respect to such additionally vested Profits Units, mutatis mutandis. For the avoidance of doubt, any Profits Units that have not vested as of the six (6) month anniversary of such termination shall be forfeited for no consideration.

Section 4. Executives Representations and Warranties. In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Executive hereby provides the Company and Management LLC with the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 12 of the Management LLC Agreement.

 

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Section 5. Restriction on Transfer of Units

(a) In General. The Executive shall not Transfer any Common Units of Management LLC held by the Executive other than to the extent that the Common Units of the Company to which such Common Units of Management LLC relate would be transferable if held directly by the Executive, and subject to the same conditions and limitations as provided in the Company Operating Agreement. Any permitted Transfer of Common Units of Management LLC shall occur in a manner that complies with all applicable securities laws and, if Management LLC so reasonably requests, prior to any permitted Transfer the Executive shall provide Management LLC with such customary and reasonable information relating to the compliance of such proposed Transfer with the terms of this Agreement and applicable securities laws as Management LLC shall reasonably request. In the event that there occurs a Transfer of any Common Units of Management LLC issued hereunder, each transferee shall enter into a subscription agreement or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to Management LLC governing the Common Units so Transferred that contains repurchase rights, transfer and other restrictions on such Common Units reasonably equivalent to those contained herein.

(b) Profits Units. Profits Units may not be Transferred except to the extent approved by the Administrator or as otherwise permitted by the Profits Units Plan, and subject to such conditions and limitations as may be determined by the Administrator.

(c) Expiration Upon a Qualified IPO. The provisions of this Section 5 shall terminate upon the consummation of a Qualified IPO with respect to any security received by the Executive that is of the same class of securities as those registered under the Securities Act in connection with such Qualified IPO, subject to any lockup or holdback agreement (including pursuant to the Plan or otherwise in connection with any underwritten offering).

Section 6. Repurchase Rights on Termination of Employment. By entering into this Agreement and accepting the award of Profits Units, the Executive accepts and agrees to the repurchase rights applicable to Units set forth in Article V of the Profits Unit Plan.

Section 7. Cooperation related to an IPO. The Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrator in order to effectuate an IPO Restructuring and an IPO undertaken in accordance with the terms of the Company Operating Agreement.

 

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Section 8. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Administrator” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Affiliate” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Agreement” means this Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

[“Airplane Reimbursement Arrangement” has the meaning given in Section 9(a)].

Benchmark Amount” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Cause” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

CBP Member” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Centerbridge Exit” means a transaction in which the CBP Member disposes of all or substantially all of its investment in the Company. Neither an IPO nor a business combination in which the CBP Member or an Affiliate of the CBP Member controls the resulting combined entity shall constitute a Centerbridge Exit. In the event of a Centerbridge Exit other than a transaction in which the sole consideration paid to the Members is cash, any non-cash consideration for which an observable market price or third party valuations are not readily available shall be valued by a valuation process (including an appropriate illiquidity discount) that is determined by the Administrator.

Centerbridge MOIC” means the quotient of the aggregate Realized Cash Proceeds (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement) received by the CBP Member under the Company Operating Agreement (including in connection with a Centerbridge Exit) divided by the aggregate amount of capital invested by the CBP Member in the Company, calculated as of immediately following each such distribution (and, for avoidance of doubt, including the distribution that triggers such calculation). For clarity, the amounts payable in respect of the Profits Units shall reduce the Centerbridge MOIC, and the calculation of the Centerbridge MOIC shall be performed on an iterative basis as necessary so as to give full effect to such reduction.

Closing” has the meaning given in Section 2(a).

Code” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

 

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Common Unit” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Company” means Blizzard Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Company Operating Agreement” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Competitive Activity” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Disability” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Effective Date” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Exit Sale” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Hurdle Amount” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Executive” has the meaning given in the preamble to this Agreement.

Fair Market Value” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Grant Date” means the date on which the Closing of the grant of Profits Units occurs.

IPO” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

IPO Restructuring” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Management LLC” means Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Management LLC Agreement” means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Management LLC, dated as of September 13, 2019, as amended from time to time.

Performance Units” means Profits Units of the Company designated as Performance Units on page immediately following the signature page hereof and the vesting of which is determined by reference to Section 3(b) of this Agreement.

Person” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

 

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Profits Unit” has the meaning given in the Profits Unit Plan.

Profits Unit Plan” means the Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan adopted by the Board, as amended from time to time.

Qualified IPO” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto).

Securities Act” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Service Units” means the Profits Units of the Company designated as Service Units on page immediately following the signature page hereof and the vesting of which is determined by reference to Section 3(a) of this Agreement.

Subsidiary” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Transfer” has the meaning given in the Company Operating Agreement.

Units” means Common Units and Profits Units.

Vesting Commencement Date” means the date set forth on the page immediately following the signature page hereof.

Section 9. [Airplane Reimbursement].1

(a) Following the date of this Agreement, the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall, quarterly in arrears upon presentation of customary invoices and, if requested by the Company, reasonable supporting documentation, reimburse the Executive for the per-hour costs incurred by the Executive in connection with his use of a private airplane owned by or on behalf of [Brandon M. Cruz or the Executive]2[the Executive or Clint Jones]3: (i) on an unlimited basis for bona fide business purposes (for himself and for [Clint Jones][ Brandon M. Cruz]) and (ii) for up to one hundred (100) hours of personal use per calendar year (the “Airplane Reimbursement Arrangement”); provided, however, that the costs to be reimbursed and the terms of use associated with such private airplane use shall be commercially reasonable when compared with private airplane use costs and terms at comparable companies; and provided, further, that such reimbursement shall not include hangar costs or catering (other than hangar costs and catering incurred during bona fide business use), insurance or personal property taxes. The Executive shall not be entitled to any gross-up payment with respect to any taxes incurred in connection with the reimbursement of the Executive’s personal use of the private airplane described in the foregoing clause (ii), and the Executive shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company to satisfy any withholding tax obligation if applicable) associated with the reimbursement of such personal use.

(b) At any time and from time to time, the Board shall have the authority to choose not to reimburse any amounts pursuant to Section 9(a) to the extent that, in the Board’s reasonable and good faith determination (which shall include the determination of the Independent Manager (as such term is defined in the Company Operating Agreement)), such amounts represent a material increase relative to the fair market value of such amounts on the date hereof.

(c) In the event of an IPO or an Exit Sale, the Company shall terminate the Airplane Reimbursement Arrangement and any equivalent arrangement in the future with respect to private airplane use shall be determined by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Company or the IPO Corporation, as applicable.]

Section 10. Miscellaneous

(a) Authorization to Use Personal Data. The Executive authorizes any Affiliate of the Company that employs the Executive or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Executive to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent required by law; provided, however, that the Company or its Affiliate, as applicable, shall provide the Executive with prior written notice thereof if and to the extent required by law.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, or when received in the form of a facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission (receipt confirmation requested), to the Company, Management LLC, the CBP Member or the Executive, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company, Management LLC, the CBP Member or the Executive, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the others:

 

 

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Note to Draft: Section 9 to be included for Brandon Cruz and Clint Jones.

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For Clint.

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For Brandon.

 

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(i) if to the Company, to it as provided in the Company Operating Agreement;

(ii) if to Management LLC, to it as provided in the Management LLC Agreement;

(iii) if to the Executive, to the Executive at the Executive’s most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary employing the Executive; and

(iv) if to the CBP Member, to it as provided in the Company Operating Agreement;

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

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Fax: (212) 909-6836

Attention: Andrew L. Bab or Jonathan F. Lewis

Email:    ####@debevoise.com or ####@debevoise.com

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by electronic mail, or on the third business day if delivered by regular mail. Copies of any notice or other communication given under this Agreement shall also be given to the CBP Member pursuant to clause (iv) above.

(c) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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(d) Waiver; Amendment.

(i) Waiver. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by a party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

(ii) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument executed by the Executive, the Company and Management LLC; provided, further, that any amendment adversely affecting the rights or economic benefits of the CBP Member hereunder must be consented to by the CBP Member.

(e) Assignability. Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company, Management LLC or the Executive without the prior written consent of the other parties.

(f) Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

(g) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section [9(g)][10(g)].

(h) Consent to Electronic Delivery. The Executive hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Executive pursuant to the Management LLC Agreement or applicable securities laws) regarding the Company, Management LLC, this Agreement and the Units via electronic delivery, including electronic mail.

(i) Section and Other Headings, etc. The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(k) Interpretive Rule. In the event of any ambiguity regarding the interpretation of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be interpreted by the Administrator to effect the same result, as nearly as practicable, as if the Executive had acquired Common Units of the Company and Profits Units of the Company directly.

(l) Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is not intended to confer in or on behalf of any Person not a party to this Agreement (and their successors and assigns) any rights, benefits, causes of action or remedies with respect to the subject matter or any provision thereof except for the CBP Member, which is an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement (other than Appendix A hereof) and entitled to enforce its terms and provisions (other than Appendix A hereof).

(m) No Right to Continued Employment or Service. Nothing in the Company Operating Agreement, the Management LLC Agreement or this Agreement shall confer upon the Executive any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict the right of any member of the Company to terminate the Executive’s employment or services to the Company at any time for any reason whatsoever.

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

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THE EXECUTIVE
By:  

 

  Name: [________________]
BLIZZARD PARENT, LLC
By:   Blizzard Aggregator, LLC
Its:   Managing Member
By:   CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.
Its:   Manager
By:  

 

Name:   Jeremy Gelber
Title:   Authorized Signatory
BLIZZARD MANAGEMENT FEEDER, LLC
By:   CCP III Cayman GP Ltd.
Its:   Manager
By:  

 

Name:   Jeremy Gelber
Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Executive Common Unit and Profits Unit Agreement]


Name: [________________]

Address: [________________]

               [________________]

Email address: [________________]

* * *

Date of Agreement: [________________]

Profits Units

 

Total Number of Profits

Units Granted:

   [________]

Number of Service Units:

   [________]4

Number of Performance Units:

   [________]5

Hurdle Amount:

   $0 (none)

Vesting Commencement

Date:

   [________]

 

4 

To represent one third (1/3) of the total number of Profits Units granted.

5 

To represent two thirds (2/3) of the total number of Profits Units granted.

 

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Appendix A

Restrictive Covenants

The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has gained and will gain access to certain confidential information, trade secrets, and proprietary methods and processes relating to the operations, strategy and financial initiatives of the Company, and that the Company has a legitimate business interest in protecting such information, trade secrets, methods, and processes. In consideration for access to this confidential information, trade secrets, methods and processes, the Executive agrees to abide by the covenants and restrictions contained in this Appendix A.

(a) Noncompetition. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, the Executive shall not, during the Noncompetition Restricted Period (as defined below) and in the Restricted Area (as defined below), be engaged, directly or indirectly (other than as the passive owner of not in excess of 5% of the outstanding equity interests of any entity [or, subject to the last sentence of this clause (a), as the member of the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing body]6), whether as a principal, partner, member, employee, independent contractor, consultant, shareholder or otherwise in (i) a business or endeavor which is competitive with or substantially similar to any business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducted during the twelve (12) months preceding the date the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any potential business (A) which has been submitted to the Board for consideration and is under active consideration by the Board, and (B) of which the Executive was aware as evidenced by contemporaneous documentation, in each case, during the twelve (12) months preceding the date the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries. [Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (a), [(i) such clause (a) shall not apply to any of the Executive’s current memberships on the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing bodies of a business as of the date hereof[, which consist of HealthJoy, Inc., Creatix, Inc. and GoHealthJoy, LLC]7[, which consist of GoHealthJoy, LLC]8[, which consist of Spartan Motors, Inc., Chicago Hope Academy and GoHealthJoy, LLC]9 and (ii)]10 if the Executive advises the Board that he proposes to serve as the member of the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing body of a business that the Board determines in good faith is competitive with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, such service may be provided only if the Board has not provided Executive written notice (within ten (10) days of Executive so advising the Board regarding such service), of its determination

 

 

6 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

7

For Brandon only.

8 

For Clint only.

9 

For Jim only.

10 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

 

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that such service would reasonably be expected result in competitive harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that in no event (other than with the prior written consent of the Company) may such service be provided to a Competitor (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement).]11

(b) (i) Confidentiality. All Confidential Information shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party except: (i) information which is or becomes publicly available (other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive in violation hereof or a third party’s violation of such third party’s contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to any Person); (ii) information which is independently developed, discovered or arrived at by the Executive without use of Confidential Information; (iii) in order to comply with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to the Executive, or in response to any summons, subpoena or other legal process or formal or informal investigative demand issued to such recipient in the course of any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding; (iv) information that was or becomes available to the Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any Subsidiary which source is not under a contractual, legal or fiduciary duty of confidentiality with respect to such information; (v) information that is approved for disclosure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in writing; or (vi) disclosures under clause (b)(ii) below. In the event that the Executive or any representative thereof becomes legally compelled by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar judicial or administrative process to disclose any Confidential Information, the disclosing party shall, unless legally prohibited, provide the Company with prompt prior written notice of such requirement and cooperate with the Company, at the Company’s expense, to obtain a protective order or similar remedy to cause such Confidential Information not to be disclosed, including interposing all available objections thereto, such as objections based on settlement privilege. In the event that such protective order or other similar remedy is not obtained, the disclosing party shall furnish only that portion of such Confidential Information that has been legally compelled to be furnished. The Executive shall, during such employment, disclose Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Company and in accordance with any restrictions placed on its disclosure in this paragraph (b). For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means non-public information that has value in or to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not labeled or identified as proprietary or confidential and that is obtained by the Executive, or to which the Executive had access, in the scope of the Executive’s employment. Confidential Information includes without limitation any and all non-public information that relates to the actual or anticipated business and/or products, research or development of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or to the technical data, trade secrets or know-how of any such Person, including without limitation research, product plans or other information regarding the products or services and markets, customer lists and customers (which may include but is not limited to customers on which the Executive called or with whom the Executive may have become acquainted

 

11 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

 

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while employed by the Company), software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, finances, and other business information disclosed by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate either directly or indirectly in writing or orally.

(ii) Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement or policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prohibits or restricts the Executive or the Executive’s attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; ( b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any regulatory or supervisory authority, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards; or (d) filing a charge with, initiating communications with, providing documents or other disclosures to, or responding to any inquiry from, any governmental agency, legislative body, or any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good-faith concerns about possible violations of law including, without limitation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that ( i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to such Person’s attorney and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose the trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that the Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement or policy of the Company or its Subsidiaries is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are permitted by such statute.

(c) Nonsolicitation of Employees. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, during the Nonsolicitation Restricted Period, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly (i) solicit any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or induce such employee to terminate employment with such entity, and (ii) either individually or as owner, agent, employee, consultant or otherwise, employ or offer employment to any person who is, or who within the six (6) months preceding such action was, employed by the Company or such Subsidiary, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), other than an Excluded Employee; provided, that nothing in this clause (c) shall preclude the Executive from placing advertisements during the Nonsolicitation Restricted Period in periodicals

 

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of general circulation or on non-industry specific online recruiting sites and forums soliciting persons for employment. For purposes of this clause (c), an “Excluded Employee” means (1) administrative assistants and (2) non-managerial call center employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d) Nonsolicitation of Customers, Clients and Distributors. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, during the Noncompetition Restricted Period, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit or otherwise attempt to establish for himself or any other Person any competing business relationship with any Person which is, or during the six (6) month period preceding any date of determination was, a customer, client or distributor (including any marketing, brokerage, or insurance carrier partner) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and as to which the Executive (x) conducted business on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) has access to Confidential Information relating thereto.

(e) Injunctive Relief with Respect to Covenants. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants and obligations of the Executive with respect to noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality, as the case may be, set forth herein relate to special, unique and extraordinary matters and that a violation or threatened violation of any of the terms of such covenants or obligations will cause the Company irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not available at law. Therefore, the Executive agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or such other equitable relief restraining the Executive from committing any violation of the covenants or obligations contained in this Appendix A. These injunctive remedies are cumulative and are in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company may have at law or in equity. In connection with the provisions of this Appendix A, the Executive acknowledges that the Executive is agreeing to these provisions (1) in connection with the receipt of the Profits Units and (2) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which have provided and are intended in the future to provide the Executive with material economic benefits.

(f) Unenforceable Restriction. It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Appendix A to be reasonable, if a final determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that any restriction contained in this Appendix A is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the provisions of this Appendix A shall not be rendered void but shall be reformed to apply as to such maximum time and to such maximum extent as such court may determine to be enforceable. Alternatively, if such court finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be reformed so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

 

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For purposes of this Appendix A:

“Noncompetition Restricted Period” means the period beginning on the date that the Executive’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary that employs such individual terminates (whether initiated by the Executive or by the Company or such Subsidiary) and ending on the first (1st) anniversary of the date thereof (unless the Executive and the Company mutually agree to a longer period).

“Nonsolicitation Restricted Period” means the period beginning on the date that the Executive’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary that employs such individual terminates (whether initiated by the Executive or by the Company or such Subsidiary) and ending on the second (2nd) anniversary of the date thereof (unless the Executive and the Company mutually agree to a longer period).

“Restricted Area” means, as of any date of determination, those counties and states within the United States and, if applicable, those comparable political subdivisions of other countries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly (x) conducts its business activities as of such date or (y) has regularly conducted or is actively planning to conduct its business activities on such date or at any time during the twelve months prior to such date. The Restricted Area with respect to an employee whose services do not otherwise relate to a specific geographic region shall be determined on the basis of the Company and its Subsidiaries conducting its business in locations without having any physical presence (such as leased property, equipment or employees) in such location, including but not limited to any counties and states in which the Company or its Subsidiaries market, broker or sell insurance policies or related products and services.

 

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Appendix B

JOINDER AGREEMENT

                    , 20    

Reference is made to that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC (“Management LLC”, and such agreement, the “Management LLC Agreement”). The undersigned acknowledges receipt of ( x) the Management LLC Agreement, and (y) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Blizzard Parent, LLC, each as in effect on the date hereof.

The undersigned signatory, in order to become the owner or holder of Units of Management LLC, hereby agrees that by the undersigned’s execution hereof, the undersigned is a party to the Management LLC Agreement and shall be a Member of Management LLC with respect to the Common Units, if any, and the Profits Units, if any, held by the undersigned, in all cases subject to all of the rights, restrictions, conditions and obligations applicable to the Members in respect of such Common Units and/or Profits Units, as applicable, set forth in the Management LLC Agreement. For purposes of this Joinder Agreement, the terms “Units”, “Member”, “Common Units” and “Profits Units” shall be as defined in the Management LLC Agreement. This Joinder Agreement shall take effect and shall become a part of the Management LLC Agreement as of the date first written above (or, if earlier, the effective date of the relevant issuance and/or transfer of Units to the undersigned).

 

                                                                             

Pls. Print Name:                                                  

ACCEPTED:

BLIZZARD MANAGEMENT

FEEDER, LLC

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

                                                                   

 

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Appendix C

SECTION 83(B) ELECTION FORM

[attached]

Information Relating to Section 83(b) Election

Below you will find instructions for completing and filing a tax form in connection with your receipt of Profits Units representing a partnership interest of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC.

Pursuant to the terms governing the Profits Units, you must file an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, within 30 days of the issuance to you of the Profits Units. The consequences of making an 83(b) election are complex and depend on individual circumstances and expectations. We recommend that you consult your own tax advisor regarding your receipt of Profits Units and the tax treatment of Profits Units.

For your convenience, attached is an 83(b) election form for you to complete, which the Company’s General Counsel will then file with the Internal Revenue Service on your behalf. To complete the form, enter your social security number, sign and date the form. A copy of the completed form must be returned to Bradley M. Burd by email at ####@gohealth.com no later than October 11, 2019.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bradley M. Burd via email at ####@gohealth.com or by phone at ####.

 

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STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 83(b) OF THE

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND TREASURY REGULATION § 1.83-2(e)

 

 

This statement is made pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). I hereby elect the tax treatment described in Section 83(b) of the Code for the property described below. The following information is supplied in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.83-2(e).

 

1.

Taxpayer.

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

SSN:  

 

 

2.

Description of Property. The property with respect to which the election is made is                  units (the “Units”) of a partnership interest (the “ Interest”) of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Management LLC”). The Units referred to herein are those Profits Units described in the Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

3.

Date of Transfer and Taxable Year of Election. The Interest was transferred on October 3, 2019. This election is being made with respect to calendar year 2019.

 

4.

Nature of Restrictions. Retention of all or a portion of the Interest is conditioned on my continuing to provide services to the entity to which I provide services as well as the achievement of specified performance conditions.

 

5.

Fair Market Value of the Property. The fair market value of the Interest on the date of transfer (determined without regard to any lapse restriction, as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.83-3(i)) was equal to $0.00 per Unit, as set forth in item 6 below.

 

6.

Amount Paid for the Property. The amount paid for the Interest was $0.00 per Unit, the fair market value of each Unit at the time of transfer.

 

7.

Copies of Election. A copy of this election has been furnished to Management LLC pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.83-2(d).

 

 

Name:  
Dated:  

 

 

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Appendix D

Accredited Investor Questionnaire

[attached]

 

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BLIZZARD MANAGEMENT FEEDER, LLC

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

In connection with your potential investment in Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC (“Management LLC”), Management LLC must determine whether you are an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined by Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Please provide answers to each of the statements below, indicating whether or not each statement applies to you. Your responses to these statements will be kept confidential.

 

Yes

   No   
                                                       

1.  My individual net worth, or my joint net worth with my spouse at the time of my investment, exceeds $1,000,000. Please see the explanation in footnote one as to how your primary residence relates to your net worth or joint net worth.12

                                                       

2.  My individual income was in excess of $200,000 in each of the preceding two calendar years, or my joint income with my spouse was in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and I (or we) have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current fiscal year.

 

Please sign:  

 

Please print name:  

 

Please print date:  

 

 

Please print your home address:

 

 

 

 

 

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As a general rule, the term “net worth” means the excess of (i) your total assets, excluding your primary residence, over (ii) your total liabilities. For purposes of computing net worth, the value of a primary residence should be excluded from total assets and the value of any mortgage secured by a primary residence should be excluded from total liabilities. However, the portion of any mortgage secured by a primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence (i.e., if applicable, the portion of a mortgage that is “underwater”) should be included in total liabilities.

 

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Appendix A

Restrictive Covenants

The Executive acknowledges that the Executive has gained and will gain access to certain confidential information, trade secrets, and proprietary methods and processes relating to the operations, strategy and financial initiatives of the Company, and that the Company has a legitimate business interest in protecting such information, trade secrets, methods, and processes. In consideration for access to this confidential information, trade secrets, methods and processes, the Executive agrees to abide by the covenants and restrictions contained in this Appendix A.

(a)     Noncompetition. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, the Executive shall not, during the Noncompetition Restricted Period (as defined below) and in the Restricted Area (as defined below), be engaged, directly or indirectly (other than as the passive owner of not in excess of 5% of the outstanding equity interests of any entity [or, subject to the last sentence of this clause (a), as the member of the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing body]6), whether as a principal, partner, member, employee, independent contractor, consultant, shareholder or otherwise in (i) a business or endeavor which is competitive with or substantially similar to any business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducted during the twelve (12) months preceding the date the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any potential business (A) which has been submitted to the Board for consideration and is under active consideration by the Board, and (B) of which the Executive was aware as evidenced by contemporaneous documentation, in each case, during the twelve (12) months preceding the date the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries. [Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (a), [(i) such clause (a) shall not apply to any of the Executive’s current memberships on the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing bodies of a business as of the date hereof[, which consist of HealthJoy, Inc., Creatix, Inc. and GoHealthJoy, LLC]7[, which consist of GoHealthJoy, LLC]8[, which consist of Spartan Motors, Inc., Chicago Hope Academy and GoHealthJoy, LLC]9 and (ii)]10 if the Executive advises the Board that he proposes to serve as the member of the board of directors, board of managers or comparable governing body of a business that the Board determines in good faith is competitive with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, such service may be provided only if the Board has not provided Executive written notice (within ten (10) days of Executive so advising the Board regarding such service), of its determination

 

 

6 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

7 

For Brandon only.

8 

For Clint only.

9 

For Jim only.

10 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

 

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that such service would reasonably be expected result in competitive harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that in no event (other than with the prior written consent of the Company) may such service be provided to a Competitor (as defined in the Company Operating Agreement).]11

(b)     (i)    Confidentiality. All Confidential Information shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party except: (i) information which is or becomes publicly available (other than as a result of disclosure by the Executive in violation hereof or a third party’s violation of such third party’s contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to any Person); (ii) information which is independently developed, discovered or arrived at by the Executive without use of Confidential Information; (iii) in order to comply with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to the Executive, or in response to any summons, subpoena or other legal process or formal or informal investigative demand issued to such recipient in the course of any litigation, investigation or administrative proceeding; (iv) information that was or becomes available to the Executive on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any Subsidiary which source is not under a contractual, legal or fiduciary duty of confidentiality with respect to such information; (v) information that is approved for disclosure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in writing; or (vi) disclosures under clause (b)(ii) below. In the event that the Executive or any representative thereof becomes legally compelled by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar judicial or administrative process to disclose any Confidential Information, the disclosing party shall, unless legally prohibited, provide the Company with prompt prior written notice of such requirement and cooperate with the Company, at the Company’s expense, to obtain a protective order or similar remedy to cause such Confidential Information not to be disclosed, including interposing all available objections thereto, such as objections based on settlement privilege. In the event that such protective order or other similar remedy is not obtained, the disclosing party shall furnish only that portion of such Confidential Information that has been legally compelled to be furnished. The Executive shall, during such employment, disclose Confidential Information only for the benefit of the Company and in accordance with any restrictions placed on its disclosure in this paragraph (b). For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means non-public information that has value in or to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not labeled or identified as proprietary or confidential and that is obtained by the Executive, or to which the Executive had access, in the scope of the Executive’s employment. Confidential Information includes without limitation any and all non- public information that relates to the actual or anticipated business and/or products, research or development of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or to the technical data, trade secrets or know-how of any such Person, including without limitation research, product plans or other information regarding the products or services and markets, customer lists and customers (which may include but is not limited to customers on which the Executive called or with whom the Executive may have become acquainted

 

 

11 

For Brandon, Clint and Jim only.

 

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while employed by the Company), software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, finances, and other business information disclosed by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate either directly or indirectly in writing or orally.

(ii)     Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement or policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prohibits or restricts the Executive or the Executive’s attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any regulatory or supervisory authority, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards; or (d) filing a charge with, initiating communications with, providing documents or other disclosures to, or responding to any inquiry from, any governmental agency, legislative body, or any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good-faith concerns about possible violations of law including, without limitation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that ( i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to such Person’s attorney and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose the trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that the Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement or policy of the Company or its Subsidiaries is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are permitted by such statute.

(c)     Nonsolicitation of Employees. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, during the Nonsolicitation Restricted Period, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly (i) solicit any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or induce such employee to terminate employment with such entity, and (ii) either individually or as owner, agent, employee, consultant or otherwise, employ or offer employment to any person who is, or who within the six (6) months preceding such action was, employed by the Company or such Subsidiary, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), other than an Excluded Employee; provided, that nothing in this clause (c) shall preclude the Executive from placing advertisements during the Nonsolicitation Restricted Period in periodicals

 

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of general circulation or on non-industry specific online recruiting sites and forums soliciting persons for employment. For purposes of this clause (c), an “Excluded Employee” means (1) administrative assistants and (2) non-managerial call center employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d)     Nonsolicitation of Customers, Clients and Distributors. Unless otherwise approved by the Company, during the Noncompetition Restricted Period, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly solicit or otherwise attempt to establish for himself or any other Person any competing business relationship with any Person which is, or during the six (6) month period preceding any date of determination was, a customer, client or distributor (including any marketing, brokerage, or insurance carrier partner) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and as to which the Executive (x) conducted business on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) has access to Confidential Information relating thereto.

(e)     Injunctive Relief with Respect to Covenants. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants and obligations of the Executive with respect to noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality, as the case may be, set forth herein relate to special, unique and extraordinary matters and that a violation or threatened violation of any of the terms of such covenants or obligations will cause the Company irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not available at law. Therefore, the Executive agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or such other equitable relief restraining the Executive from committing any violation of the covenants or obligations contained in this Appendix A. These injunctive remedies are cumulative and are in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company may have at law or in equity. In connection with the provisions of this Appendix A, the Executive acknowledges that the Executive is agreeing to these provisions (1) in connection with the receipt of the Profits Units and (2) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which have provided and are intended in the future to provide the Executive with material economic benefits.

(f)    Unenforceable Restriction. It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Appendix A to be reasonable, if a final determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that any restriction contained in this Appendix A is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the provisions of this Appendix A shall not be rendered void but shall be reformed to apply as to such maximum time and to such maximum extent as such court may determine to be enforceable. Alternatively, if such court finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be reformed so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

For purposes of this Appendix A:

 

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“Noncompetition Restricted Period” means the period beginning on the date that the Executive’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary that employs such individual terminates (whether initiated by the Executive or by the Company or such Subsidiary) and ending on the first (1st) anniversary of the date thereof (unless the Executive and the Company mutually agree to a longer period).

“Nonsolicitation Restricted Period” means the period beginning on the date that the Executive’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary that employs such individual terminates (whether initiated by the Executive or by the Company or such Subsidiary) and ending on the second (2nd) anniversary of the date thereof (unless the Executive and the Company mutually agree to a longer period).

“Restricted Area” means, as of any date of determination, those counties and states within the United States and, if applicable, those comparable political subdivisions of other countries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly (x) conducts its business activities as of such date or (y) has regularly conducted or is actively planning to conduct its business activities on such date or at any time during the twelve months prior to such date. The Restricted Area with respect to an employee whose services do not otherwise relate to a specific geographic region shall be determined on the basis of the Company and its Subsidiaries conducting its business in locations without having any physical presence (such as leased property, equipment or employees) in such location, including but not limited to any counties and states in which the Company or its Subsidiaries market, broker or sell insurance policies or related products and services.

 

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Appendix B

JOINDER AGREEMENT

                , 20    

Reference is made to that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC (“Management LLC”, and such agreement, the “Management LLC Agreement”). The undersigned acknowledges receipt of (x) the Management LLC Agreement, and (y) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Blizzard Parent, LLC, each as in effect on the date hereof.

The undersigned signatory, in order to become the owner or holder of Units of Management LLC, hereby agrees that by the undersigned’s execution hereof, the undersigned is a party to the Management LLC Agreement and shall be a Member of Management LLC with respect to the Common Units, if any, and the Profits Units, if any, held by the undersigned, in all cases subject to all of the rights, restrictions, conditions and obligations applicable to the Members in respect of such Common Units and/or Profits Units, as applicable, set forth in the Management LLC Agreement. For purposes of this Joinder Agreement, the terms “Units”, “Member”, “Common Units” and “Profits Units” shall be as defined in the Management LLC Agreement. This Joinder Agreement shall take effect and shall become a part of the Management LLC Agreement as of the date first written above (or, if earlier, the effective date of the relevant issuance and/or transfer of Units to the undersigned).

 

 

Pls. Print Name:  

 

ACCEPTED:

BLIZZARD MANAGEMENT

FEEDER, LLC

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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Appendix C

SECTION 83(B) ELECTION FORM

[attached]

Information Relating to Section 83(b) Election

Below you will find instructions for completing and filing a tax form in connection with your receipt of Profits Units representing a partnership interest of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC.

Pursuant to the terms governing the Profits Units, you must file an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, within 30 days of the issuance to you of the Profits Units. The consequences of making an 83(b) election are complex and depend on individual circumstances and expectations. We recommend that you consult your own tax advisor regarding your receipt of Profits Units and the tax treatment of Profits Units.

For your convenience, attached is an 83(b) election form for you to complete, which the Company’s General Counsel will then file with the Internal Revenue Service on your behalf. To complete the form, enter your social security number, sign and date the form. A copy of the completed form must be returned to Bradley M. Burd by email at ####@gohealth.com no later than October 11, 2019.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bradley M. Burd via email at ####@gohealth.com or by phone at ####.

 

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STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 83(b) OF THE

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND TREASURY REGULATION § 1.83-2(e)

 

 

This statement is made pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). I hereby elect the tax treatment described in Section 83(b) of the Code for the property described below. The following information is supplied in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.83-2(e).

 

1.

Taxpayer.

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

SSN:  

 

 

2.

Description of Property. The property with respect to which the election is made is                  units (the “Units”) of a partnership interest (the “Interest”) of Blizzard Management Feeder, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Management LLC”). The Units referred to herein are those Profits Units described in the Blizzard Parent, LLC Profits Unit Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

3.

Date of Transfer and Taxable Year of Election. The Interest was transferred on October 3, 2019. This election is being made with respect to calendar year 2019.

 

4.

Nature of Restrictions. Retention of all or a portion of the Interest is conditioned on my continuing to provide services to the entity to which I provide services as well as the achievement of specified performance conditions.

 

5.

Fair Market Value of the Property. The fair market value of the Interest on the date of transfer (determined without regard to any lapse restriction, as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.83-3(i)) was equal to $0.00 per Unit, as set forth in item 6 below.

 

6.

Amount Paid for the Property. The amount paid for the Interest was $0.00 per Unit, the fair market value of each Unit at the time of transfer.

 

7.

Copies of Election. A copy of this election has been furnished to Management LLC pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.83-2(d).

 

 

Name:  
Dated:  

 

 

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Exhibit C

Accredited Investor Questionnaire

[attached]


BLIZZARD PARENT, LLC

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

In connection with your potential investment in Blizzard Parent, LLC (the “Company”), the Company must determine whether you are an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined by Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Please provide answers to each of the statements below, indicating whether or not each statement applies to you. Your responses to these statements will be kept confidential.

 

Yes

   No   
                                                       

1.  My individual net worth, or my joint net worth with my spouse at the time of my investment, exceeds $1,000,000. Please see the explanation in footnote one as to how your primary residence relates to your net worth or joint net worth.1

                                                       

2.  My individual income was in excess of $200,000 in each of the preceding two calendar years, or my joint income with my spouse was in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and I (or we) have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current fiscal year.

 

Please sign:  

 

Please print name:  

 

Please print date:  

 

 

Please print your home address:

 

 

 

 

 

1 

As a general rule, the term “net worth” means the excess of (i) your total assets, excluding your primary residence, over (ii) your total liabilities. For purposes of computing net worth, the value of a primary residence should be excluded from total assets and the value of any mortgage secured by a primary residence should be excluded from total liabilities. However, the portion of any mortgage secured by a primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence (i.e., if applicable, the portion of a mortgage that is “under water”) should be included in total liabilities.

 

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EX-10.16

Exhibit 10.16

GOHEALTH, INC.

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

Non-employee members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of GoHealth, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be eligible to receive cash and equity compensation as set forth in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (this “Policy”). The cash and equity compensation described in this Policy shall be paid or be made, as applicable, automatically and without further action of the Board, to each member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Non-Employee Director”) who may be eligible to receive such cash or equity compensation, unless such Non-Employee Director declines the receipt of such cash or equity compensation by written notice to the Company. This Policy shall become effective after the effectiveness of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) and shall remain in effect until it is revised or rescinded by further action of the Board. This Policy may be amended, modified or terminated by the Board at any time in its sole discretion. The terms and conditions of this Policy shall supersede any prior cash and/or equity compensation arrangements for service as a member of the Board between the Company and any of its Non-Employee Directors and between any subsidiary of the Company and any of its non-employee directors.

1. Cash Compensation.

(a) Annual Retainers. Each Non-Employee Director shall receive an annual retainer of $150,000 for service on the Board.

(b) Payment of Retainers. The annual retainers described in Section 1(a) shall be earned on a quarterly basis based on a calendar quarter and shall be paid by the Company in arrears not later than the fifteenth day following the end of each calendar quarter. In the event a Non-Employee Director does not serve as a Non-Employee Director for an entire calendar quarter, such Non-Employee Director shall receive a prorated portion of the retainer otherwise payable to such Non-Employee Director for such calendar quarter pursuant to Section 1(a), with such prorated portion determined by multiplying such otherwise payable retainer by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during which the Non-Employee Director serves as a Non-Employee Director during the applicable calendar quarter and the denominator of which is the number of days in the applicable calendar quarter.

2. Equity Compensation. Non-Employee Directors shall be granted the equity awards described below. The awards described below shall be granted under and shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan or any other applicable Company equity incentive plan then-maintained by the Company (such plan, as may be amended from time to time, the “Equity Plan”) and shall be granted subject to the execution and delivery of award agreements, including attached exhibits, in substantially the forms approved by the Board. All applicable terms of the Equity Plan apply to this Policy as if fully set forth herein, and all equity grants hereunder are subject in all respects to the terms of the Equity Plan.


(a) IPO Awards. Each Non-Employee Director who (i) serves on the Board as of the date the IPO price of the shares of the Company’s common stock (the “IPO Price”) is established in connection with the Company’s IPO (the “Pricing Date”) and (ii) will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following the Pricing Date shall be automatically granted, on the Pricing Date, an award of restricted stock units that have an aggregate fair value on the date of grant of $150,000 for each Non-Employee Director who does not serve as Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of the Board or of any committee of the Board or as the Lead Director of the Board (a “Non-Chairperson Director”) and $250,000 for each Non-Employee Director who serves as the Chairperson or Co-Chairperson of the Board or of any committee of the Board or as the Lead Director of the Board (in each case, a “Chairperson Director”) (as determined in accordance with FASB Accounting Codification Topic 718 (“ASC 718”) and subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan in each case). The awards described in this Section 2(a) shall be referred to herein as the “IPO Awards”).

(b) Annual Awards. Each Non-Employee Director who (i) serves on the Board as of the date of any annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (an “Annual Meeting”) after the Pricing Date and (ii) will continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director immediately following such Annual Meeting shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting, an award of restricted stock units that have an aggregate fair value on the date of grant of $150,000 for Non-Chairperson Directors and $250,000 for Chairperson Directors (as determined in accordance with ASC 718 and subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan); provided, however, that the Annual Awards (as defined in this Section 2(b)) granted under this Policy at the first and second Annual Meetings following the adoption of this Policy shall have the number of restricted stock units awarded on their respective date of grant determined using the IPO Price (rather than the fair value of a share of the Company’s common stock as of such date of grant), subject to any restrictions imposed by the Director Limit (as such term is defined in the Equity Plan). The awards described in this Section 2(b) shall be referred to as the “Annual Awards.” For the avoidance of doubt, a Non-Employee Director elected for the first time to the Board at an Annual Meeting shall receive only an Annual Award in connection with such election, and shall not receive any Initial Award on the date of such Annual Meeting as well.

(c) Initial Awards. Except as otherwise determined by the Board, each Non-Employee Director who is initially elected or appointed to the Board after the Pricing Date on any date other than the date of an Annual Meeting shall be automatically granted, on the date of such Non-Employee Director’s initial election or appointment (such Non-Employee Director’s “Start Date”), an award of restricted stock units that have an aggregate fair value on such Non-Employee Director’s Start Date equal to the product of (i) $150,000 for Non-Chairperson Directors and $250,000 for Chairperson Directors (as determined in accordance with ASC 718) and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) 365 minus (y) the number of days in the period beginning on the date of the Annual Meeting immediately preceding such Non-Employee Director’s Start Date (or, if no such Annual Meeting has occurred, the effective date of the Company’s IPO) and ending on such Non-Employee Director’s Start Date and the denominator of which is 365 (with the number of shares of common stock underlying each such award subject to adjustment as provided in the Equity Plan); provided, however, that the Initial Awards (as defined in this Section 2(c)) granted under this Policy prior to the second Annual Meeting following the adoption of this Policy shall have the number of restricted stock units awarded on their respective date of grant determined using the IPO Price (rather than the fair value of a share of the Company’s common stock as of such date of grant), subject to any restrictions imposed by the Director Limit (as such term is defined in the Equity Plan). The awards described in this Section 2(c) shall be referred to as “Initial Awards.” For the avoidance of doubt, no Non-Employee Director shall be granted more than one Initial Award.

 

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(d) Termination of Employment of Employee Directors. Members of the Board who are employees of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company who subsequently terminate their employment with the Company and any parent or subsidiary of the Company and remain on the Board will not receive an Initial Award pursuant to Section 2(c) above, but to the extent that they are otherwise eligible, will be eligible to receive, after termination from employment with the Company and any parent or subsidiary of the Company, Annual Awards as described in Section 2(b) above.

(e) Vesting of Awards Granted to Non-Employee Directors. Each IPO Award shall vest and become exercisable in four equal installments on the first four quarterly anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director continuing in service on the Board through the applicable vesting date, and each Annual Award and Initial Award shall vest and become exercisable in four equal installments on the first four quarterly anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director continuing in service on the Board through the applicable vesting date; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, each Annual Award and Initial Award shall vest and become exercisable in its entirety on the day immediately preceding the date of the first Annual Meeting following the date of grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director continuing in service on the Board through such date. No portion of an IPO Award, Annual Award or Initial Award that is unvested or unexercisable at the time of a Non-Employee Director’s termination of service on the Board shall become vested and exercisable thereafter. All of a Non-Employee Director’s IPO Awards, Annual Awards and Initial Awards shall vest in full immediately prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the Equity Plan), to the extent outstanding at such time.

3. Expenses

The Company will reimburse each Non-Employee Director for ordinary, necessary and reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses to cover in-person attendance at and participation in Board meetings and meetings of any committee of the Board; provided, that the Non-Employee Director timely submit to the Company appropriate documentation substantiating such expenses in accordance with the Company’s travel and expense policy applicable to directors, as in effect from time to time. To the extent that any taxable reimbursements are provided to any Non-Employee Director, they will be provided in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including, but not limited to, the following provisions: (i) the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement during such individual’s taxable year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year; (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense must be made no later than the last day of such individual’s taxable year that immediately follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to any reimbursement may not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

* * * * *

 

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EX-21.1

Exhibit 21.1

 

Legal Name                                    

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization

GoHealth Holdings, LLC

  

Delaware

Blizzard Midco, LLC

  

Delaware

Norvax, LLC

  

Delaware

GoHealth, LLC

  

Delaware

Creatix, Inc.

  

Illinois

Connected Benefits, LLC

  

Delaware

GoHealth, s.r.o.

  

Slovakia