UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 23, 2024
OneStream, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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87-3199478 |
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191 N. Chester Street
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 650-1490
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Class A common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
In connection with the initial public offering (the “Offering”) by OneStream, Inc. (the “Company”) of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001, described in the prospectus dated July 23, 2024 (the “Prospectus”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which is deemed to be part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280573) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), the Company entered into the following agreements:
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Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OneStream LLC”), dated as of July 23, 2024, by and among OneStream LLC, the Company and each of the other Members (as defined therein) (the “Amended LLC Agreement”); |
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Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2024, by and among the Company, OneStream LLC and each of the Members (as defined therein); |
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2024, by and among the Company and each of the Holders (as defined therein); and |
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Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2024, by and among the Company and KKR Dream Holdings LLC. |
The Company also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers.
The terms of the fore going agreements are substantially identical to the forms of such agreements filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement and as described therein. Certain parties to certain of these agreements have various relationships with the Company. For further information, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in the Prospectus.
The Amended LLC Agreement, Tax Receivable Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Stockholders’ Agreement and form of indemnification agreement are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03 |
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The information set forth under Item 5.03 below is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
Item 5.03 |
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On July 23, 2024, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in connection with the “Reorganization Transactions” described in the Prospectus, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement. A description of the Restated Certificate is set forth in the section titled “Description of Capital Stock” in the Prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Certificate filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Effective as of July 23, 2024, the Company’s bylaws were amended and restated (the “Restated Bylaws”) in connection with the “Reorganization Transactions” described in the Prospectus, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement. A description of the Restated Bylaws is set forth in the section of the Prospectus titled “Description of Capital Stock” and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Bylaws filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7.01 |
Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Channels for Disclosure of Information
Investors and others should note that the Company may announce material information to the public through filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, its website (www.onestream.com), press releases, public conference calls and public webcasts. The Company uses these channels, as well as social media, to communicate with the public about the Company and other matters. As such, investors, the media and others are encouraged to review the information disclosed through the Company’s social media and other channels listed above as such information could be deemed to be material information. Please note that this list may be updated from time to time.
The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 on this Form 8-K, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 8.01 |
Other Events. |
On July 25, 2024, the Company closed the Offering of 28,175,000 shares of its Class A common stock, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 3,675,000 additional shares, at a price to the public of $20.00 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering of the 21,729,333 shares sold by the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, was $402.6 million. Immediately following the closing, the Company used $56.7 million of the net proceeds to purchase 3,006,037 common units of OneStream LLC from KKR Dream Holdings LLC and certain other members of OneStream LLC, together with an equal number of shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of OneStream, Inc., held by the same sellers that were canceled for no consideration.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of OneStream, Inc. |
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Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: July 26, 2024 |
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/s/ Holly Koczot |
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Holly Koczot |
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General Counsel and Secretary |
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
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ONESTREAM, INC.
OneStream, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is OneStream, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, Delaware 19904. The name of its registered agent at such address is Cogency Global Inc.
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 DGCL, including, without limitation, (i) investing in securities of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor entities thereto (“OneStream Software 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.
ARTICLE IV
Section 4.1 Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 3,800,000,000, which shall be divided into two classes, consisting of 3,700,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The Common Stock shall be divided into four series, of which 2,500,000,000 shares are designated as Class A Common Stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), 300,000,000 shares are designated as Class B Common Stock (the “Class B Common Stock”), 300,000,000 shares are designated as Class C Common Stock (the “Class C Common Stock”) and 600,000,000 shares are designated as Class D Common Stock (the “Class D Common Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock is a series of the class of Common Stock for all purposes, including, without limitation, under Section 242 of the DGCL.
Immediately upon the effectiveness of the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), (i) each share of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding or held as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Class A Common Stock”) shall, automatically and without further action by any stockholder, be reclassified as, and shall become, one share of Class A Common Stock, (ii) each share of the Corporation’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding or held as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Class B Common Stock”) shall, automatically and without further action by any stockholder, be reclassified as, and shall become, one share of Class B Common Stock, (iii) each share of the Corporation’s Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding or held as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Class C Common Stock”) shall, automatically and without further action by any stockholder, be reclassified as, and shall become, one share of Class C Common Stock, and (iv) each share of the Corporation’s Class D Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding or held as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively with the Old Class A Common Stock, the Old Class B Common Stock, and the Old Class C Common Stock, the “Old Common Stock”) shall, automatically and without further action by any stockholder, be reclassified as, and shall become, one share of Class D Common Stock ((i)-(iv), collectively, the “Reclassification”). The stockholders registered on the Corporation’s books as the owner of any shares of Old Common Stock shall be registered on the Corporation’s books as the owners of shares of the applicable series of Common Stock issued upon the Reclassification. Each stock certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Old Common Stock shall, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, from and after the Effective Time, be deemed to represent the shares of Common Stock into which such shares have been reclassified pursuant to the Reclassification until such time as the same shall have been cancelled or exchanged.
Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized 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 or alter, by resolution or resolutions, the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and purchase fund provisions), redemption price or prices, restrictions on the issuance of shares of such series, dissolution preferences and rights in respect of any distribution of assets of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting any such series, and the designation thereof, or any of them and to increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) 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.
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Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Preferred Stock Designation(s), if the authorized number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the Corporation shall take all such steps as are necessary to cause the shares constituting such decrease to resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series. Unless otherwise provided in any 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, powers, 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. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the requisite vote of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, without a separate class vote of the holders of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, unless a separate vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.
Section 4.4 Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock and the Class D Common Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are as follows:
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Section 4.5 Transfer of Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock; Conversion of Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.
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Section 4.6 Certificates. All certificates representing shares of Class B Common Stock and/or Class C 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 ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION AS IT MAY BE AMENDED AND/OR RESTATED AND THE OPERATING AGREEMENT OF ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC AS IT MAY BE AMENDED AND/OR RESTATED (COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR).
A notice of such legend shall be given to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and/or Class C Common Stock in accordance with applicable law.
All certificates representing shares of Class D 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 ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE 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).
A notice of such legend shall be given to holders of shares of Class D Common Stock in accordance with applicable law.
Section 4.7 Amendment.
Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D 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 rights, powers, or preferences of, the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of, or the other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock.
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ARTICLE V
Section 5.1 Shares Reserved for Issuance.
ARTICLE VI
Section 6.1 In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the DGCL, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation as in effect from time to time (the “Bylaws”). From and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, the stockholders may not adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws unless such action is approved, in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
Section 6.2 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in addition to any other vote or consent required by this Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the Disinterested Majority Quorum Condition (as defined in the Bylaws) may not be amended, altered or repealed, and no provision of the Bylaws inconsistent therewith may be adopted, unless such amendment, alteration or repeal is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
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ARTICLE VII
Section 7.1 Ballot. Elections of directors of the Corporation (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 one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, to elect directors, the number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors (as defined below); 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 KKR Investors are entitled to nominate from time to time pursuant to Section 2(a) thereof. Each Director shall be entitled to one vote on each matter presented to the Board of Directors; provided, that for so long as the Disinterested Majority Quorum Condition is satisfied, the affirmative vote of the Disinterested Majority (as defined in the LLC Agreement) shall be required for the authorization by the Board of Directors of any of the matters expressly requiring such approval as set forth in the Bylaws or the LLC Agreement. 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 so long as the KKR Director Quorum Requirement (as defined in the Bylaws) is applicable, the presence of at least one KKR Director (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) shall be required to have a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board of Directors; provided further, however, that the KKR Director Quorum Requirement shall not apply to any meeting of the Disinterested Majority to the extent that each KKR Director would be an interested director for purposes of any transaction to be considered by the Disinterested Majority at such meeting and a Disinterested Majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business as long as such Disinterested Majority comprises at least one-third of the Whole Board of Directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present; provided, that if a quorum does not exist at any properly called meeting of the Board of Directors due to the failure to satisfy the KKR Director Quorum Requirement, such meeting shall be adjourned and, subject to the obligation to provide prior notice pursuant to these bylaws to the Whole Board of Directors, recalled for the same purpose at least 24 hours and not more than 10 days from the date of such adjournment, and the attendance of a KKR Director shall not be required to establish quorum for such recalled meeting.
Section 7.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, to elect Directors, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any Director (including pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement) or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, and shall not be filled by the stockholders unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancy or newly created directorship shall be filled by the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for as long as the Stockholders’ Agreement is in effect, any vacancy caused by the death, disability, removal or resignation of any KKR Director shall, at KKR’s option, be filled solely by (x) KKR in a written instrument delivered to the Corporation or (y) a majority of the remaining Directors, even if less than a quorum, in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement, so long as, after giving effect to the filling of such vacancy, the number of KKR Directors in office does not exceed the number of Directors the KKR Investors are entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Stockholders’ Agreement. Any Director elected to fill a newly created directorship or vacancy in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 7.3 shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders held to elect the class of Directors to which such Director is elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal.
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Section 7.4 Term and Removal for Cause. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, to elect Directors, each Director shall hold office until the annual meeting at which such Director’s term expires and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, to elect Directors, the Board of Directors or any individual Director may be removed from office at any time either with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of capital stock representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that from and after the time when the KKR Related Parties (as defined below) and the Shea Related Parties first cease to beneficially own, in the aggregate, a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation (the “Trigger Event”), (i) any individual Director (other than any Director elected by the separate vote of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock) may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of the holders of capital stock representing at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon and (ii) for so long as the Board of Directors is classified as provided in Section 7.5, no such Director may be removed without cause.
Section 7.5 Classified Board. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, to elect Directors, the Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, by dividing them into three 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 time at which the initial classification of the Board of Directors becomes effective; the initial Class II Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the time at which the initial classification of the Board of Directors becomes effective; and the initial Class III Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the time at which the initial classification of the Board of Directors becomes effective. Following the initial term as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected and 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 Certificate of Incorporation. 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. If the number of Directors is changed, any newly created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned hereafter among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as is practicable; provided, that no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. 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.
Section 7.7 Preferred Directors. Whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more such other series, to elect Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, removal and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) applicable thereto.
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The number of Directors that may be elected by the holders of any such series of Preferred Stock shall be in addition to the number fixed pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, and the total number of Directors constituting the Whole Board of Directors shall be automatically adjusted accordingly. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional Directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional Directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional Directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such Director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a Director) and the total authorized number of Directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.
Section 7.8 No Cumulative Voting. No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of Directors.
Section 7.9 Chairperson of the Board of Directors. For so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% in voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, KKR shall have the sole power to appoint any Director as chairperson of the Board of Directors (including, without limitation, appointing any Director to fill a vacancy in the role of chairperson of the Board of Directors) and to remove any person serving as chairperson of the Board of Directors from such position.
Section 7.10 Lead Independent Director. For so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% in voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (i) KKR shall have the sole power to appoint any Director as Lead Independent Director (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) (including, without limitation, appointing any Director to fill a vacancy in the role of Lead Independent Director) and to remove any person serving as Lead Independent Director from such position and (ii) the Corporate Governance Guidelines (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) of the Corporation shall not be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated with respect to the role, responsibilities or duties of the Lead Independent Director without the consent of KKR.
Section 7.11 Committees. For so long as the KKR Investors are entitled to elect at least one Director pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Stockholders’ Agreement, KKR shall have the power to appoint or direct the appointment of at least one KKR Director to each committee of the Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions on the right of any KKR Director to serve on any such committee set forth in Section 2(e) of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 7.12 Chief Executive Officer. For so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% in voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall not terminate, hire or appoint the Corporation’s chief executive officer (or other Person performing duties of principal executive officer of the Corporation) without first obtaining the written consent or agreement of KKR.
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ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.1 Consent of Stockholders In Lieu of Meeting. Prior to the occurrence of the Trigger Event, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents, setting forth the action so taken, are (i) signed by the holders of outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation representing not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of the Corporation then issued and outstanding entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (ii) delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law. From and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, and shall not be taken by 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(s).
Section 8.2 Special Meetings of Stockholders. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, from and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, a special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by (i) the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors, (ii) the chairperson of the Board of Directors, or (iii) the chief executive officer. Prior to the Trigger Event, a special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by (i) the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board of Directors, (ii) the chairperson of the Board of Directors, (iii) the chief executive officer, or (iv) the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock. Except as set forth in this Section 8.2, a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. Only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting.
ARTICLE IX
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change, adopt 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, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, from and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Section 6.1 , Section 7.3, Section 7.4, Section 7.5, Section 7.6, Section 7.8, Section 8.1, Section 8.2 or this Article IX; provided further, that (i) for so long as the KKR Director Quorum Requirement remains in effect, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Section 6.2, and (ii) any amendment (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) to this Certificate of Incorporation that gives holders of the Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (A) any rights to receive dividends (other than as set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.4(b) of Article IV) or any other kind of distribution, (B) any right to convert into or be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock or (C) any other economic rights (except for payments in cash in lieu of receipt of fractional shares of stock) shall, in addition to the vote of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, also require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock voting separately as a series and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class D Common Stock voting separately as a series.
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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. Each reference in this Certificate of Incorporation to any article, section or provision of the Bylaws, the Stockholders’ Agreement or the LLC Agreement, as applicable, shall include, without limitation, any equivalent provision and any such article, section or provision as renumbered as a result of any amendment alteration, change, repeal or adoption of any other provision thereof.
ARTICLE X
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended, no Director or officer of the Corporation 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 or officer. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a Director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. All references in this Article X to a Director shall also be deemed to refer to such other person or persons who, pursuant to a provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, exercise or perform any of the powers or duties otherwise conferred or imposed upon the Board of Directors by the DGCL. 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.
ARTICLE XI
Section 11.1 Corporate Opportunities. To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and in accordance with Section 122(17) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), (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 KKR Related Parties or any Directors who are employees of or Affiliates of KKR Related Parties (other than any such Director who is also an employee of 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 or any of his or her respective Affiliates 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 Article XI shall not apply to any potential transaction or business opportunity that is expressly offered to any Exempt Person solely in his or her capacity as a Director, officer, employee or other service provider of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.
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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.
ARTICLE XII
Section 12.1 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 12.2 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 any of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class D 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 years following the time that such stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, unless:
Section 12.3 Definitions. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed on this 23rd day of July, 2024.
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General Counsel and Secretary |
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
ONESTREAM, INC.
(initially adopted on October 15, 2021)
(as amended on July 8, 2024; effective as of the Effective Time as defined in
the Company’s certificate of incorporation filed on July 23, 2024)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES |
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REGISTERED OFFICE |
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1.2 |
OTHER OFFICES |
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ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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2.1 |
PLACE OF MEETINGS |
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2.2 |
ANNUAL MEETING |
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2.3 |
SPECIAL MEETING |
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2.4 |
ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES |
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2.5 |
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS |
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2.6 |
QUORUM |
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2.7 |
ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE |
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2.8 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS |
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2.9 |
VOTING |
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2.10 |
STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
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2.11 |
RECORD DATES |
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2.12 |
PROXIES |
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2.13 |
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE |
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2.14 |
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION |
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ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS |
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POWERS |
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3.2 |
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS |
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3.3 |
ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS |
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3.4 |
RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES |
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3.5 |
PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE |
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3.6 |
REGULAR MEETINGS |
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3.7 |
SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE |
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3.8 |
QUORUM; VOTING |
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3.9 |
BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
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3.10 |
FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS |
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3.11 |
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS |
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ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES |
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COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS |
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COMMITTEE MINUTES |
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4.3 |
MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES |
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4.4 |
SUBCOMMITTEES |
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ARTICLE V - OFFICERS |
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OFFICERS |
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APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS |
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REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS |
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VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
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REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES |
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AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
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ARTICLE VI - STOCK |
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STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES |
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SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES |
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6.3 |
LOST CERTIFICATES |
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6.4 |
DIVIDENDS |
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TRANSFER OF STOCK |
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STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS |
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REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS |
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ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER |
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NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS |
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS |
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NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL |
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WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION |
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INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS |
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INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY |
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8.3 |
SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE |
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8.4 |
INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS |
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8.5 |
ADVANCED PAYMENT OF EXPENSES |
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8.6 |
LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION |
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DETERMINATION; CLAIM |
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NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
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8.9 |
INSURANCE |
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8.10 |
SURVIVAL |
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8.11 |
EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION |
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8.12 |
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS |
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EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS |
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FISCAL YEAR |
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9.3 |
SEAL |
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9.4 |
CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS |
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FORUM SELECTION |
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ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
ONESTREAM, INC.
ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES
The registered office of OneStream, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be fixed in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.
The Company may at any time establish other offices.
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at a place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware, determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”). 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 as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any successor legislation (the “DGCL”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Company’s principal executive office.
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year. The Board of Directors shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business, brought in accordance with Section 2.4 of these bylaws, may be transacted. The Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board (as defined below) may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders. For the purposes of these bylaws, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directorships whether or not there exist any vacancies or any unfilled newly created directorships.
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Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given in accordance with Section 232 of the DGCL, and such notice 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 determining 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. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
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The holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed.
If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (a) the chairperson of the meeting, or (b) the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Unless these bylaws otherwise require, when a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using remote communication), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, 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 (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication, or (iii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with Section 222(a) of the DGCL. At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 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 stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 2.11 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.
The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business and discussion as seem to the chairperson in order. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall be designated by the Board of Directors; in the absence of such designation, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or the chief executive officer (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors) or the president (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the Company, shall serve as chairperson of the stockholder meeting.
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The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time, whether or not a quorum is present.
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.
Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder as of the applicable record date that has voting power upon the matter in question.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company (if any), prior to the occurrence of the Trigger Event, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents, setting forth the action so taken, are (a) signed by the holders of outstanding shares of stock of the Company representing not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of capital stock of the Company then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (b) delivered to the Company in accordance with applicable law. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company, from and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
In order that the Company 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 not be more than 60 nor less than 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.
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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 provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL and this Section 2.11 at the adjourned meeting.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, in order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to express 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 express consent to corporate action without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (a) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Company in accordance with applicable law, and (b) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board 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 be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by a document or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The authorization of a person to act as a proxy may be documented, signed and delivered in accordance with Section 116 of the DGCL; provided that such authorization shall set forth, or be delivered with information enabling the Company to determine, the identity of the stockholder granting such authorization. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.
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The Company shall prepare, no later than the tenth day before each 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 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth 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. The Company shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of 10 days ending on the day before the meeting date: (a) 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 (b) during ordinary business hours, at the Company’s principal place of business. In the event that the Company determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Company may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Company.
Before any meeting of stockholders, the Company shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. The Company may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.
Such inspectors shall:
The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are multiple inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS
The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation.
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The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the number of directors, the total number of directors constituting the Whole Board shall be determined from time to time by a resolution of the Board of Directors approved by a majority of the Whole Board; provided, however, that for as long as the Stockholders’ Agreement is in effect, the total number of directors constituting the Whole Board shall never be less than the aggregate number of directors that KKR is entitled to nominate from time to time pursuant to Section 2(a) thereof. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. The certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the Stockholders’ Agreement may prescribe other qualifications for directors.
If so provided in the certificate of incorporation, the directors of the Company shall be divided into three classes.
Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Company. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director may provide that it is irrevocable. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, when one or more directors resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws or permitted in the specific case by resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company and the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by stockholders. If the directors are divided into classes, a person so chosen to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
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Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the Lead Independent Director (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) or Secretary or by a majority of the Whole Board; provided that the person(s) authorized to call a special meeting of the Board of Directors may authorize another person or persons to send notice of such meeting.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Company’s records.
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone or (ii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered, sent or otherwise directed to each director, as applicable, at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice of the time and place of the meeting may be communicated to the director in lieu of written notice if such notice is communicated at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Company’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting, unless required by statute.
At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, that, for so long as, pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, KKR has the right to designate at least two directors to the Board of Directors and there are at least two KKR Directors then serving on the Board of Directors, the presence of at least one KKR Director shall be required to have a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board of Directors (the “KKR Director Quorum Requirement”); provided further, however, that the KKR Director Quorum Requirement shall not apply to any meeting of the Disinterested Majority (as defined in the Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of OneStream Software 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”)) to the extent, and solely in the case, that each KKR Director would be an interested director for purposes of any transaction to be considered by the Disinterested Majority at such meeting (the “Disinterested Majority Quorum Condition”) and a Disinterested Majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business as long as such Disinterested Majority comprises at least one-third of the Whole Board.
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If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present; provided, that if a quorum does not exist at any properly called meeting of the Board of Directors due to the failure to satisfy the KKR Director Quorum Requirement, such meeting shall be adjourned and, subject to the obligation to provide prior notice pursuant to these bylaws to the Whole Board, recalled for the same purpose at least 24 hours and not more than 10 days from the date of such adjournment, and the attendance of a KKR Director shall not be required to establish quorum for such recalled meeting.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
If the certificate of incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein or therein and denoted with the phrase “notwithstanding the final paragraph of Section 3.8 of the bylaws” or language to similar effect, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, (i) 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 committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and (ii) a consent may be documented, signed and delivered in any manner permitted by Section 116 of the DGCL. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given for purposes of this Section 3.9 at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors, or the committee thereof, in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.
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.
Subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office by stockholders of the Company in the manner specified in the certificate of incorporation and applicable law. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.
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ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company (if any) and the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, or a Disinterested Majority if the Disinterested Majority Quorum Condition is satisfied, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Company. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, 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 the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in these bylaws, 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 Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (b) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Company.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, each committee and subcommittee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report to the Board of Directors as appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors, meetings and actions of committees and subcommittees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:
with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee or subcommittee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members. However, (i) the time and place of regular meetings of committees or subcommittees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee or subcommittee; (ii) special meetings of committees or subcommittees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors or the committee or the subcommittee; and (iii) notice of special meetings of committees and subcommittees shall also be given to all alternate members who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee or subcommittee.
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The Board of Directors or a committee or subcommittee may also adopt other rules for the governance of any committee or subcommittee.
Any provision in the certificate of incorporation providing that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter shall apply to voting in any committee or subcommittee, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions 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.
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the officers of the Company shall be a president and a secretary. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the Company may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chairperson of the Board of Directors, a vice chairperson of the Board of Directors, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer or treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant secretaries and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws (provided that other than the president and secretary, persons holding any other titles shall not be officers of the Company unless specifically designated as such by the Board of Directors) and, in the case of the chief executive officer and the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the certificate of incorporation and the Stockholders’ Agreement. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Company.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or, for the avoidance of doubt, any duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof, or by any officer who has been conferred such power of removal.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, to the Company. 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. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the officer is a party.
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Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement, any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and except with respect to OneStream Software LLC, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Company all rights incident to any and all shares or other securities of, or interests in, or issued by, any other entity or entities, and all rights incident to any management authority conferred on the Company in accordance with the governing documents of any entity or entities, standing in the name of the Company, including the right to act by written consent. 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. All rights, obligations, decisions, determinations, votes or approvals of the Company, as the manager or as a member of OneStream Software LLC, under the LLC Agreement or under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act shall be exercised by the Board of Directors or its designee.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each officer of the Company shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Company as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or, for the avoidance of doubt, any duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof or by any officer who has been conferred such power of designation and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to such office, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI - STOCK
The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the Company by any two officers of the Company representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Company shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
The Company may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly-paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Company in the case of uncertificated partly-paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.
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Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully-paid shares, the Company shall declare a dividend upon partly-paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
If the Company is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 6.2 or Sections 151, 156, 202(a), 218(a) or 364 of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 6.2 a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
Except as provided in this Section 6.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Company and cancelled at the same time. The Company may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Company may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company 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 or uncertificated shares.
The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Company’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Company shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, subject to Section 6.3 of these bylaws, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.
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The Company shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes or series of stock of the Company to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Company of any one or more classes or series owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
The Company:
ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER
Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner set forth in the DGCL.
Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Company under the provisions of the DGCL, 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 Company. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Company, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Company of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. This Section 7.2 shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.
Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Company is such as to require the filing of a certificate under the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
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Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, 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 need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION
The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or otherwise becomes involved in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation, inquiry, hearing, mediation, arbitration or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, investigative or otherwise (as further defined in Section 8.12, a “Proceeding”) (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or, while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, manager, member, partner, tax matters partner, employee, fiduciary, trustee, agent or other representative of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not-for-profit, including any subsidiaries of the Company, any entities formed by the Company and any employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Company (each such entity, an “Other Enterprise” and each such director or officer, a “Covered Person”), against Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Covered Person in connection with such Proceeding if such Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that a Covered Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful.
The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, any Covered Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or otherwise becomes involved in, any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by or in the right of the Company against Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Covered Person in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding if such Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner such Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Covered 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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To the extent that a present or former director or officer (for purposes of this Section 8.3 only, as such term is defined in Section 145(c)(1) of the DGCL) of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. The Company may indemnify any other person who is not a present or former director or officer of the Company against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.
The Company, by action of the Board of Directors, shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents and any other person whom it is permitted to indemnify under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding and within 20 days following receipt by the Company of a written request therefor (together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or the DGCL. The Covered Person’s undertaking to repay the Company any amounts advanced for Expenses shall not be required to be secured and shall not bear interest, and except as otherwise provided in the DGCL or this Section 8.5, the Company shall not impose on the Covered Person additional conditions to the advancement of Expenses or require from the Covered Person additional undertakings regarding repayment. Advancements of Expenses shall be made without regard to the Covered Person’s ability to repay the Expenses. Advancements of Expenses pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall not require approval of the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Company, or of any other person or body. The Secretary shall promptly advise the Board of Directors in writing of the request for advancement of Expenses, of the amount and other details of the request and of the undertaking to make repayment provided pursuant to this Section 8.5. Advancements of Expenses to a Covered Person shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advancements claimed. The right to advancement of Expenses shall not apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) to the extent indemnity is excluded pursuant to these bylaws, but shall apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 8.6(b) or 8.6(c) prior to a determination that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 8.8, no advance shall be made by the Company to an officer of the Company (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Company, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any Proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (a) by a vote of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such directors designated by the vote of the majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII, but subject to the requirements in Section 8.3 and the DGCL, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to this Article VIII in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):
If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the written request therefor, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. The Company shall indemnify such person against any and all Expenses that are actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Article VIII, to the extent such person is successful in such action, and to the extent not prohibited by law. In any such suit, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of Expenses.
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The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The Company is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article VIII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal or elimination of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the Proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.
For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting entity, any constituent company (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as such person would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Article VIII.
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For purposes of this Article VIII, (a) the term “Proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, mediation, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation (including any internal investigation), inquiry, hearing, mediation, arbitration, other alternative dispute mechanism or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative or otherwise and whether formal or informal, including an action initiated by a Covered Person to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification under these Bylaws, and whether instituted by or in the right of the Company, a governmental agency, the Board of Directors, any committee thereof, a class of its security holders or any other party, and (b) the term “Expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include all direct and indirect losses, liabilities, expenses, including fees and expenses of attorneys, fees and expenses of accountants, court costs, transcript costs, fees and expenses of experts, witness fees and expenses, travel expenses, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, delivery service fees, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any bond (including cost bonds, appraisal bonds, or their equivalents), judgments, fines (including excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with (i) the investigation, prosecution, defense, appeal or settlement of a Proceeding, (ii) serving as an actual or prospective witness, or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or other participation in, or other preparation for, any Proceeding, (iii) any compulsory interviews or depositions related to a Proceeding, (iv) any non-compulsory interviews or depositions related to a Proceeding, subject to the person receiving advance written approval by the Company to participate in such interviews or depositions, (v) responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding, and (vi) any federal, state, local and foreign taxes imposed on a person as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS
Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, or employee or employees, to enter into any contract or execute any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Company; 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, agent or employee, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Company by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
The fiscal year of the Company shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.
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The Company may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Company may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
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, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and a natural person. Any reference in these bylaws to a section of the DGCL shall be deemed to refer to such section as amended from time to time and any successor provisions thereto.
Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (b) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, stockholder, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (c) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director, stockholder, officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws (as either may be amended and/or restated from time to time), (d) any action, suit or proceeding as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (e) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director, stockholder, officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Any person or entity purchasing, holding or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 9.5. This provision shall be enforceable by any party to a complaint covered by the provisions of this Section 9.5. If any provision of this Section 9.5 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Section 9.5 (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Section 9.5 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 or entities or circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby Subject to the last sentence of this Article X and unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws may be adopted, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that, subject to the last sentence of this Article X, from and after the occurrence of the Trigger Event, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any other vote required by the certificate of incorporation, shall be required for the stockholders of the Company to adopt, alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any bylaw inconsistent with, any bylaw of the Company.
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ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
Subject to the last sentence of this Article X and unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws; provided, however, that a bylaw amendment adopted by stockholders which specifies the votes that shall be necessary for the election of directors shall not be further amended or repealed by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Disinterested Majority Quorum Condition of Section 3.8 of these bylaws (including, without limitation, any such Article or Section as renumbered as a result of any amendment, alteration, change, repeal, or adoption of any other bylaw) may not be amended, altered or repealed, and no provision inconsistent therewith may be adopted, unless such amendment, alteration or repeal is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
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Exhibit 10.1
ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 23, 2024
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page |
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
2 |
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ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS |
16 |
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Section 2.01 |
Organization |
15 |
Section 2.02 |
Amended and Restated Operating Agreement |
15 |
Section 2.03 |
Name |
16 |
Section 2.04 |
Purpose; Powers |
16 |
Section 2.05 |
Principal Office; Registered Office |
16 |
Section 2.06 |
Term |
16 |
Section 2.07 |
No State-Law Partnership |
17 |
Section 2.08 |
Liability |
17 |
ARTICLE III. MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION |
17 |
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Section 3.01 |
Members |
17 |
Section 3.02 |
Units |
18 |
Section 3.03 |
Recapitalization; the Corporation’s Capital Contribution; the Corporation’s Purchase of Common Units |
18 |
Section 3.04 |
Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units |
19 |
Section 3.05 |
Repurchase or Redemption of Shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock; Other Redemptions or Repurchases |
21 |
Section 3.06 |
Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units |
22 |
Section 3.07 |
Negative Capital Accounts |
22 |
Section 3.08 |
No Withdrawal |
22 |
Section 3.09 |
Loans From Members |
23 |
Section 3.10 |
Corporate Stock Option Plans and Equity Plans |
23 |
Section 3.11 |
Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan |
25 |
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS |
25 |
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Section 4.01 |
Distributions |
25 |
ARTICLE V. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS |
29 |
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Section 5.01 |
Capital Accounts |
29 |
Section 5.02 |
Allocations |
30 |
Section 5.03 |
Regulatory Allocations |
30 |
Section 5.04 |
Final Allocations |
31 |
Section 5.05 |
Tax Allocations |
32 |
Section 5.06 |
Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member |
33 |
ARTICLE VI. MANAGEMENT |
34 |
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Section 6.01 |
Authority of Manager; Officer Delegation |
34 |
Section 6.02 |
Actions of the Manager |
35 |
Section 6.03 |
Resignation; No Removal |
35 |
Section 6.04 |
Vacancies |
36 |
Section 6.05 |
Transactions Between the Company and the Manager |
36 |
Section 6.06 |
Reimbursement for Expenses |
36 |
Section 6.07 |
Delegation of Authority |
37 |
Section 6.08 |
Limitation of Liability of Manager |
37 |
Section 6.09 |
Investment Company Act |
38 |
ARTICLE VII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER |
39 |
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Section 7.01 |
Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members |
39 |
Section 7.02 |
Lack of Authority |
39 |
Section 7.03 |
No Right of Partition |
40 |
Section 7.04 |
Indemnification |
40 |
ARTICLE VIII. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
43 |
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Section 8.01 |
Records and Accounting |
43 |
Section 8.02 |
Fiscal Year |
43 |
Section 8.03 |
Inspection Rights |
43 |
ARTICLE IX. TAX MATTERS |
43 |
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Section 9.01 |
Preparation of Tax Returns |
43 |
Section 9.02 |
Tax Elections |
44 |
Section 9.03 |
Tax Controversies |
44 |
ARTICLE X. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS; CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS |
45 |
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Section 10.01 |
Transfers by Members |
45 |
Section 10.02 |
Permitted Transfers |
45 |
Section 10.03 |
Restricted Units Legend |
46 |
Section 10.04 |
Transfer |
46 |
Section 10.05 |
Assignee’s Rights |
47 |
Section 10.06 |
Assignor’s Rights and Obligations |
47 |
Section 10.07 |
Overriding Provisions |
47 |
Section 10.08 |
Spousal Consent |
49 |
Section 10.09 |
Certain Transactions with respect to the Corporation |
49 |
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ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION AND DIRECT EXCHANGE RIGHTS |
51 |
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Section 11.01 |
Redemption Right of a Member |
51 |
Section 11.02 |
Election and Contribution of the Corporation |
56 |
Section 11.03 |
Direct Exchange Right of the Corporation |
57 |
Section 11.04 |
Reservation of Shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation |
58 |
Section 11.05 |
Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Direct Exchange |
58 |
Section 11.06 |
Tax Treatment |
59 |
ARTICLE XII. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS |
59 |
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Section 12.01 |
Substituted Members |
59 |
Section 12.02 |
Additional Members |
60 |
ARTICLE XIII. WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS |
60 |
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Section 13.01 |
Withdrawal and Resignation of Members |
60 |
ARTICLE XIV. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION |
60 |
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Section 14.01 |
Dissolution |
60 |
Section 14.02 |
Winding Up |
61 |
Section 14.03 |
Deferment; Distribution in Kind |
61 |
Section 14.04 |
Cancellation of Certificate |
62 |
Section 14.05 |
Reasonable Time for Winding Up |
62 |
Section 14.06 |
Return of Capital |
62 |
ARTICLE XV. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
62 |
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Section 15.01 |
Power of Attorney |
62 |
Section 15.02 |
Confidentiality |
63 |
Section 15.03 |
Amendments |
64 |
Section 15.04 |
Title to Company Assets |
65 |
Section 15.05 |
Addresses and Notices |
65 |
Section 15.06 |
Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries |
66 |
Section 15.07 |
Creditors |
66 |
Section 15.08 |
Waiver |
66 |
Section 15.09 |
Counterparts |
66 |
Section 15.10 |
Applicable Law |
66 |
Section 15.11 |
Severability |
67 |
Section 15.12 |
Further Action |
67 |
Section 15.13 |
Execution and Delivery by Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission |
67 |
Section 15.14 |
Right of Offset |
68 |
Section 15.15 |
Entire Agreement |
68 |
Section 15.16 |
Remedies |
68 |
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Section 15.17 |
Descriptive Headings; Interpretation |
68 |
Section 15.18 |
Approval of Agreement |
69 |
Schedules
SCHEDULE 1 - Schedule of Pre-IPO Members
SCHEDULE 2 - Schedule of Members
Exhibits
Exhibit A - Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Agreement and Consent of Spouse
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
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ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC
This SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of July 23, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among the Company, OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), as the sole Manager (as defined herein) of the Company, and each of the other Members (as defined herein).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein have the respective meaning ascribed to them in Article I;
WHEREAS, the Company was initially formed on November 15, 2012, under the name OneStream LLC as a limited liability company under the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act by the filing of Articles of Organization with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (the “Articles of Organization”);
WHEREAS, the Company changed its name to “OneStream Software LLC” effective January 1, 2013, by the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Organization on December 26, 2012;
WHEREAS, the Company was converted to a Delaware limited liability company under the Delaware Act and the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act upon the filing of a Certificate of Conversion with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on February 5, 2019, and the filing of a Certificate of Conversion and a Certificate of Formation with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 5, 2019;
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the date hereof, the Company was governed by that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 5, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto, the “Prior LLC Agreement”), which the parties listed on Schedule 1 hereto executed in their capacity as members (including pursuant to consents and joinders thereto) prior to the Effective Date (collectively, the “Pre-IPO Members”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Company was a party to a series of reorganization transactions (the “Reorganization”) with the Corporation and various other parties, including, without limitation, the transactions set forth in the Reorganization Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Company, the Corporation and the Pre-IPO Members desire to reclassify the Original Units into Common Units (the “Recapitalization”) as provided herein; WHEREAS, the Corporation will sell shares of its Class A Common Stock to public investors in the IPO and will use the net proceeds received from the IPO (the “IPO Net Proceeds”) to (i) purchase newly issued Common Units from the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Reorganization Agreement and (ii) purchase certain Common Units held by certain of the Members;
WHEREAS, the Corporation may issue additional shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the IPO as a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) and, if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in whole or in part, any additional net proceeds (the “Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds”) shall be used by the Corporation to purchase newly issued Common Units from the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Reorganization Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing matters, the Company and the Members desire to continue the Company without dissolution and amend and restate the Prior LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the Effective Date to reflect, among other things, (a) the Recapitalization and the Reorganization, (b) the admission of the Corporation as a Member and its designation as sole Manager of the Company and (c) the other rights and obligations of the Members as provided and agreed upon in the terms of this Agreement as of the Effective Date, at which time the Prior LLC Agreement shall be superseded entirely by this Agreement and shall be of no further force or effect.
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 Prior LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and the Company, the Corporation and the other Members, each intending to be legally bound, each hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.
“Additional Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02.
“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:
(a) reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704- 1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and
(b) increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) (relating to minimum gain).
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“Admission Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06.
“Affiliate” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Affiliated”) means, (i) with respect to any Person (other than KKR Related Parties), an “affiliate” of such Person as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, and (ii) with respect to any KKR Related Party, an “affiliate” of such KKR Related Party as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and any investment fund, vehicle, managed account or holding company with respect to which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or an Affiliate thereof serves as the general partner, managing member, discretionary manager or advisor, or in any such similar capacity; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no KKR Related Party shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Company (or vice versa). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such Person holds Units, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article I, 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.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Assignee” means a Person to whom a Unit has been transferred but who has not become a Member pursuant to Article XII.
“Assumed Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Member, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the product of (A) the Distribution Tax Rate multiplied by (B) the estimated or actual cumulative taxable income or gain of the Company, as determined for federal income tax purposes, allocated to such Member for Taxable Years or Fiscal Periods (or portions thereof) commencing on or after the Effective Date, less prior losses of the Company allocated to such Member for Taxable Years or Fiscal Periods (or portions thereof) commencing on or after the Effective Date, to the extent such prior losses are available to reduce such income and have not previously been taken into account in the calculation of Assumed Tax Liability for any prior period, in each case, as determined by the Manager and, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any Code Section 704(c) allocations (including “reverse” Section 704(c) allocations) over (ii) the cumulative Tax Distributions made to such Member after the Effective Date pursuant to Sections 4.01(b)(i), 4.01(b)(ii) and 4.01(b)(iii); provided that, in the case of the Corporation, such Assumed Tax Liability (x) shall be computed without regard to any increases to the tax basis of the Company’s property pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code and (y) shall in no event be less than an amount that will enable the Corporation to meet both its tax obligations and its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement for the relevant Taxable Year.
“Base Rate” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.
“Black-Out Period” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeeming Member is subject (or will be subject at such time as it owns Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable), which period restricts the ability of such Redeeming Member to immediately resell shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeeming Member in connection with a Share Settlement.
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“Book Value” means, with respect to any property of the Company, the Company’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) through (g) and (m) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks located in New York City, New York are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01.
“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member (or such Member’s predecessor) contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.
“Cash Settlement” means immediately available funds in U.S. dollars in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Redeemed Units Equivalent (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.02) and (ii) if the Redemption Notice provides that the Redemption is to be contingent upon the consummation of a transaction with another Person and specifies the amount of cash to be received therein, such amount of cash which the Redeeming Member would be entitled to receive in such transaction.
“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) 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, and excluding the Permitted Transferees) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of voting securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation;
(b) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a sale 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 the Company);
(c) 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 outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, voting securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all 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 (d) the Corporation ceases to be the sole Manager of the Company.
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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 integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Class D 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.
“Change of Control Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(a).
“Change of Control Transaction” means any Change of Control that was approved by the Corporate Board prior to such Change of Control.
“Class A Common Stock” means the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class B Common Stock” means the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class C Common Stock” means the shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class D Common Stock” means the shares of Class D common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Code” means the United States 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.
“Common Unit” means a Unit designated as a “Common Unit” and having the rights, powers and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.
“Common Unit Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Redemption, the VWAP for the five (5) consecutive full Trading Days ending on and including the last full Trading Day immediately prior to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to appropriate and equitable adjustment for any stock splits, reverse splits, stock dividends or similar events affecting the Class A Common Stock. If the Class A Common Stock no longer trades on the Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system as of any particular Redemption Date, then the Manager (through a Disinterested Majority of the Corporate Board) shall determine the Common Unit Redemption Price in good faith.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.02(a).
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“Corporate Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
“Corporate Incentive Award Plan” means the 2024 Incentive Award Plan of the Corporation, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
“Corresponding Rights” means any rights issued with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class D Common Stock pursuant to a “poison pill” or similar stockholder rights plan approved by the Corporate Board.
“Credit Agreements” means any promissory note, mortgage, loan agreement, indenture or similar instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a borrower, as such instruments or agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancing or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, for as long as the payee or creditor to whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company.
“Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“Direct Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(a).
“Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.
“Disinterested Majority” means a majority of the directors of the Corporate Board who are disinterested, as determined by the Corporate Board in accordance with the DGCL and applicable common law, with respect to the matter being considered by the Corporate Board; provided, that to the extent a matter being considered by the Corporate Board is required to be considered by disinterested directors under the rules of the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such rules with respect to the definition of disinterested director shall apply solely with respect to such matter. For purposes of any election to be made by the Corporation between a Cash Settlement and a Share Settlement upon a Redemption of Common Units, the Disinterested Majority shall exclude any director who is (i) the beneficial owner of such Common Units; (ii) Affiliated with the beneficial owner of such Common Units; or (iii) serving on the Corporate Board as a nominee of the beneficial owner of such Common Units or its Affiliates.
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“Distributable Cash” means, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a), the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with any applicable Credit Agreements (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of any applicable Credit Agreements) and applicable Law.
“Distribution” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Distribute”) means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided, however, that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any recapitalization or any exchange of securities of the Company, in each case, that does not result in the distribution of cash or property (other than securities of the Company) to Members, and any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units or (b) any other payment made by the Company to a Member that is not properly treated as a “distribution” for purposes of Sections 731, 732, or 733 or other applicable provisions of the Code.
“Distribution Tax Rate” means a rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate (including, if relevant, any corporate-level tax rate applicable to the income of Subchapter S corporations) for a Taxable Year applicable to a corporate taxpayer or an individual taxpayer (including any individual taxpayer earning income through a Subchapter S corporation that is fully taxable in New York, New York or California) (whichever combined rate is highest) that may potentially apply to any Member or any direct or indirect partner or member (that is tax resident in only the United States) of any Member for such Taxable Year, taking into account the character of the relevant items of income or gain (e.g., ordinary or capital), the estimated deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes (but only to the extent such taxes are deductible under the Code), as reasonably determined by the Manager. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be a single Distribution Tax Rate for all Members.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Equity Plan” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or the Corporation.
“Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, (a) Units or other equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person (including, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into any equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person, and (c) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person.
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“Event of Withdrawal” means the occurrence of any event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company. “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, (i) a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, (ii) a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Code Sections 336 or 338, or (iii) merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member) but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Units of such trust that is a Member).
“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.
“Exchange Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(b).
“Fair Market Value” of a specific asset of the Company will mean the amount that the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02, the Liquidators) in its good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it deems to be pertinent.
“Fiscal Period” means any interim accounting period within a Taxable Year established by the Manager and which is permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code.
“Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Founder Members” means each Pre-IPO Member and its Permitted Transferees, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries.
“Governmental Entity” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, county, municipal, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including, but not limited to, any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any agency, arbitrator or arbitral body (public or private), authority, board, body, bureau, commission, court, department, entity, instrumentality, organization (including any public international organization such as the United Nations) or tribunal exercising executive, legislative, judicial, quasi-judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).
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“Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2024, by and among Kohlberg Kravis & Co, L.P., the funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. identified therein, the Corporation and the Company, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Internal Revenue Service” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
“IPO” means the initial underwritten public offering of shares of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock.
“IPO Common Unit Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b).
“IPO Net Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.
“KKR” means KKR Dream Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“KKR Related Parties” means KKR and its Affiliates.
“Law” means all laws, statutes, acts, constitutions, treaties, principles of common law, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any Governmental Entity.
“Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.
“LLC Employee” means an employee of, or other service provider (including, without limitation, any management member whether or not treated as an employee for the purposes of U.S. federal income tax) to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case acting in such capacity.
“Losses” means items of loss or deduction of the Company determined according to Section 5.01(b).
“M&A Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).
“Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Market Price” means, with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock as of a specified date, the last sale price per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board.
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“Member” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each of the members named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII, but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as the owner of one or more Units, each in its capacity as a member of the Company.
“Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
“Minimum Exchange Requirement” means, with respect to a Member, the lesser of (a) 1,000 Common Units and (b) the total number of Common Units then held by such Member.
“Net Loss” means, with respect to a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of Losses for such Taxable Year over Profits for such Taxable Year (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04).
“Net Profit” means, with respect to a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of Profits for such Taxable Year over Losses for such Taxable Year (excluding Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 and Section 5.04).
“Non-Foreign Person Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(a).
“Officer” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).
“Optionee” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Option Plan.
“Original Units” means the Series A Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units (each as defined in Section 2.10(b) of the Prior LLC Agreement) of the Company and the Common Units and Incentive Units (each as defined in Section 2.10(a) of the Prior LLC Agreement) of the Company.
“Other Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.
“Over-Allotment Option” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.
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“Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing the number of such Member’s Units by the total number of Units of all Members at such time. The Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the fourth decimal place.
“Permitted Redemption Event” means any of the following events, which has or is occurring, or is otherwise satisfied, as of the Redemption Date:
(a) The Redemption is part of one or more Redemptions by a Member and any related persons (within the meaning of Section 267(b) or 707(b)(1) of the Code) during any 30 calendar day period representing in the aggregate of more than 2% of all outstanding Common Units (excluding any Common Units held by the Corporation, so long as the Corporation is the Manager and owns more than 10% of all outstanding Common Units at any point during the taxable year during which such Redemption or Redemptions occurs or occur determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(k)(1)),
(b) The Redemption is in connection with a Pubco Offer; provided that any such Redemption pursuant to this clause (b) shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of the closing of the Pubco Offer (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be effective if such Pubco Offer is not consummated), or
(c) The Redemption is permitted by the Manager, in its sole discretion, in connection with circumstances not otherwise set forth herein, if the Manager determines, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and tax advisor, that the Company would not be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704 of the Code (or any successor or similar provision) as a result of or in connection with such Redemption.
“Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
“Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
“Person” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.
“Pre-IPO Members” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Prior LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Private Placement Safe Harbor” means the “private placement” safe harbor set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1); provided that whether the Private Placement Safe Harbor shall be treated as satisfied at any time for any purpose under this Agreement shall be determined by the Manager in its sole and absolute discretion.
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“Pro rata,” “pro rata portion,” “according to their interests,” “ratably,” “proportionately,” “proportional,” “in proportion to,” “based on the number of Units held,” “based upon the percentage of Units held,” “based upon the number of Units outstanding,” and other terms with similar meanings, when used in the context of a number of Units of the Company relative to other Units, means as amongst an individual class of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units within such class of Units.
“Profits” means items of income and gain of the Company determined according to Section 5.01(b).
“Pubco Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(b).
“Qualifying Offering” means a public or private offering of shares of Class A Common Stock by the Corporation following the date hereof.
“Quarterly Exchange Date” means, either (x) for each fiscal quarter, the first (1st) Business Day occurring after the thirtieth (30th) day after the expiration of the applicable Quarterly Exchange Notice Period or (y) such other date as the Manager shall determine in its sole discretion; provided that such date is at least thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Quarterly Exchange Notice Period.
“Quarterly Exchange Notice Period” means, for each fiscal quarter, the period commencing on the second (2nd) Business Day after the day on which the Company releases its earnings for the prior fiscal period, beginning with the first such date that falls on or after the waiver or expiration of any contractual lock-up period relating to the shares of the Corporation that may be applicable to a Member (or such other date within such quarter as the Manager shall determine in its sole discretion) and ending five (5) Business Days thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may change the definition of Quarterly Exchange Notice Period with respect to any Quarterly Exchange Notice Period scheduled to occur in a calendar quarter subsequent to the then-current calendar quarter if (x) the revised definition provides for a Quarterly Exchange Notice Period occurring at least once in each calendar quarter, (y) the first Quarterly Exchange Notice Period pursuant to the revised definition will occur no less than 10 Business Days from the date written notice of such change is sent to each Member (other than the Corporation) and (z) the revised definition, together with the revised Quarterly Exchange Date resulting therefrom, do not materially adversely affect the ability of the Members to exercise their Redemption Rights pursuant to this Agreement.
“Quarterly Tax Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i).
“Recapitalization” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Redeemed Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redeemed Units Equivalent” means the product of (a) the number of Redeemed Units to be redeemed by Cash Settlement, multiplied by (b) the Common Unit Redemption Price.
“Redeeming Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
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“Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, certain of the Members as of the date hereof and certain other Persons whose signatures are affixed thereto (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
“Regulatory Allocations” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(f).
“Reorganization” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Reorganization Agreement” means that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, by and between the Corporation, the Company and the other parties thereto.
“Retraction Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c).
“Revised Partnership Audit Provisions” means Section 1101 of Title XI (Revenue Provisions Related to Tax Compliance) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, H.R. 1314, Public Law Number 114-74, as amended. Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to a specific section of the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
“Schedule of Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Secondary Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.
“Share Settlement” means a number of shares of Class A Common Stock or, in the event of a Redemption by a Founder Member holding Class C Common Stock, a number of shares of Class D Common Stock (together with any Corresponding Rights), as applicable, equal to the number of Redeemed Units.
“Stock Exchange” means The Nasdaq Stock Market.
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“Stock Option Plan” means any stock option plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or by the Corporation, including the Corporate Incentive Award Plan.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the “Subsidiaries” of the Company shall include any and all of the Company’s direct and indirect, greater than fifty percent (50%) owned joint ventures.
“Substituted Member” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01.
“Tax Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i).
“Tax Receivable Agreement” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Corporation and the Company, on the one hand, and the TRA Parties (as such term is defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) party thereto, on the other hand (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
“Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).
“Transfer” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Transferred” and “Transferring”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, redemption, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities of the Company or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member that is not an institutional investor if substantially all of the assets of such Member consist solely of Units.
“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) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
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“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, the Company, certain stockholders of the Corporation named therein and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
“Unit” means a limited liability company interest in the Company representing the fractional interest of a Member in Profits, Losses and Distributions of the Company, and otherwise having the rights, powers and obligations specified with respect to “Units” in this Agreement; provided, however, that any class or group of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and obligations set forth in this Agreement applicable to such class or group of Units.
“Unvested Corporate Shares” means shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Corporate Incentive Award Plan that are not Vested Corporate Shares.
“Value” means (a) for any Stock Option Plan, the Market Price for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under such Stock Option Plan and (b) for any Equity Plan other than a Stock Option Plan, the Market Price for the Trading Day immediately preceding the Vesting Date.
“Vested Corporate Shares” means the shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to awards granted under the Corporate Incentive Award Plan that are vested pursuant to the terms thereof or any award or similar agreement relating thereto.
“Vesting Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(c)(ii).
“VWAP” means with respect to shares of Class A Common Stock, the daily per share volume-weighted average price per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in shares of Class A Common Stock selected by the Corporate Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for the shares of Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board.
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ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.01 Organization. The Company is a limited liability company under the Delaware Act.
Section 2.02 Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of amending, restating and superseding the Prior LLC Agreement in its entirety and otherwise establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06 the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. Neither any Member nor the Manager nor any other Person shall have appraisal rights with respect to any Units. The Prior LLC Agreement is hereby superseded and of no further force or effect.
Section 2.03 Name. The name of the Company is “OneStream Software LLC”. The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.
Section 2.04 Purpose; Powers. The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such activities as are permitted under the Delaware Act and determined from time to time by the Manager in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Company shall have the power and authority to take (directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) any and all actions and engage in any and all activities necessary, appropriate, desirable, advisable, ancillary or incidental to accomplish the foregoing purpose.
Section 2.05 Principal Office; Registered Office. The principal office of the Company shall be located at such place or places as the Manager may from time to time designate, each of which may be within or outside the State of Delaware. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Formation of the Company, as amended and/or restated from time to time. The Manager may from time to time change the Company’s registered agent and registered office in the State of Delaware.
Section 2.06 Term. The Company shall continue in perpetuity unless dissolved in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation in accordance with the Delaware Act and Section 14.04.
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Section 2.07 No State-Law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes, and each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
Section 2.08 Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member or Manager shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or a Manager.
ARTICLE III. MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION
Section 3.01 Members.
(a) In connection with the Reorganization, among other things, the Corporation is hereby admitted as a Member upon the Effective Date and will acquire Common Units pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Reorganization Agreement.
(b) The Company shall maintain a schedule setting forth: (i) the name and address of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of outstanding Units and the number and class of Units held by each Member; (iii) the Capital Account of each Member on the Effective Date; (iv) the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that has been made by the Members with respect to their Units; and (v) the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed by the Members with respect to their Units (including, if applicable, a description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which contributed property is subject) (such schedule, the “Schedule of Members”). The applicable Schedule of Members in effect as of the Effective Date and after giving effect to the Recapitalization, the IPO Common Unit Purchase and any Common Units to be purchased by the Corporation from the Members with the IPO Net Proceeds is set forth as Schedule 2 to this Agreement. The Schedule of Members may be updated by the Manager without the consent of any Member in the Company’s books and records from time to time, and as so updated, it shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit of the Company and all relevant information with respect to each Member. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person properly registered on its records as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act or other applicable Law.
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(c) No Member shall be required, except for a deemed Capital Contribution by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(ii) or Section 3.10(c)(ii) or a Capital Contribution by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(a)(i), Section 3.10(b)(iv), or, except as approved by the Manager pursuant to Section 6.01 and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, permitted to (i) loan any money or property to the Company, (ii) borrow any money or property from the Company or (iii) make any additional Capital Contributions.
Section 3.02 Units.
(a) Interests in the Company shall be represented by Units, or such other securities of the Company, in each case as the Manager may establish in its discretion in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions hereof. At the Effective Date, the Units will be comprised of a single class of Common Units.
(b) Subject to Section 3.04(a), the Manager, without the vote or consent of any Member or any other Person, may (i) issue additional Common Units at any time in its sole discretion and (ii) create and issue one or more classes or series of Units or preferred Units solely to the extent such new class or series of Units or preferred Units are substantially economically equivalent to a class or series of common or other stock of the Corporation or class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation, respectively; provided, that as long as there are any Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), unless approved by the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Units then outstanding (excluding all Units held directly or indirectly by the Corporation), (A) no such new class or series of Units may deprive such Members of, or dilute or reduce, the allocations and distributions they would have received, and the other rights and benefits to which they would have been entitled, in respect of their Units if such new class or series of Units had not been created and (B) no such new class or series of Units may be issued, in each case, except to the extent (and solely to the extent) the Company actually receives cash in an aggregate amount, or other property with a Fair Market Value in an aggregate amount, equal to the aggregate distributions that would be made in respect of such new class or series of Units if the Company were liquidated immediately after the issuance of such new class or series of Units. When any such other Units or other Equity Securities are issued, the Schedule of Members and this Agreement shall be amended by the Manager without the consent of any other Person to reflect such additional issuances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company has one hundred (100) or fewer “partners” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to restrict issuances of Units in an amount sufficient for the Company to be eligible for the Private Placement Safe Harbor.
(c) Subject to Sections 15.03(b) and Section 15.03(c), the Manager may amend this Agreement, without the consent of any Member or any other Person, in connection with the creation and issuance of such classes or series of Units, pursuant to Sections 3.02(b), 3.04(a) or 3.10.
Section 3.03 Recapitalization; the Corporation’s Capital Contribution; the Corporation’s Purchase of Common Units.
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(a) In order to effect the Recapitalization, the number of Original Units that were issued and outstanding and held by the Pre-IPO Members immediately prior to the Effective Date as set forth opposite the respective Pre-IPO Member’s name in Schedule 1 are hereby reclassified, as of the Effective Date, and after giving effect to such reclassification and the other transactions related to the Recapitalization, into the number of Common Units set forth opposite the name of the respective Pre-IPO Member’s name on the Schedule of Members attached hereto as Schedule 2 (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the number of Common Units set forth on Schedule 2 includes the Common Units issued on the Effective Date to the Corporation pursuant to the IPO Common Unit Purchase and reflects any Common Units to be purchased by the Corporation from the Members with a portion of the IPO Net Proceeds on the closing date of the IPO), and such Common Units are hereby issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date and the holders of such Common Units hereby continue as members of the Company (and, for the avoidance of doubt, are Members hereunder) and the Company is hereby continued without dissolution.
(b) Following the Recapitalization, (i) the Company shall issue to the Corporation, and the Corporation will acquire from the Company 15,048,296 newly issued Common Units in exchange for a portion of the IPO Net Proceeds payable to the Company upon consummation of the IPO pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Reorganization Agreement (the “IPO Common Unit Purchase”). The IPO Common Unit Purchase and the purchase by the Corporation of Common Units from the Members with a portion of the IPO Net Proceeds on the closing date of the IPO shall be reflected on the Schedule of Members. In addition, to the extent the underwriters in the IPO exercise the Over-Allotment Option in whole or in part, upon the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the Corporation will use the Over-Allotment Option Net Proceeds to purchase Common Units from the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Reorganization Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall be admitted as a Member with respect to all Common Units it holds from time to time.
Section 3.04 Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units.
(a) The Company and the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, undertake all actions, including, without limitation, an issuance, reclassification, distribution, division, repurchase, redemption, cancellation or recapitalization, with respect to the Common Units, the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, the Class C Common Stock or the Class D Common Stock, as applicable, to maintain at all times (i) a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, and the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, and (ii) a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly, and the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, in each case disregarding, for purposes of maintaining the one-to-one ratio, (A) Unvested Corporate Shares, (B) treasury stock or (C) preferred stock or other debt or Equity Securities (including any Corresponding Rights) issued by the Corporation that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class D Common Stock (except to the extent the net proceeds from such other securities, including any exercise or purchase price payable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, has been contributed by the Corporation to the equity capital of the Company). In the event the Corporation issues, transfers or delivers from treasury stock or repurchases or redeems Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock in a transaction not contemplated in this Agreement, the Manager, the Company and the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the number of outstanding Common Units owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation will equal on a one-for-one basis the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock.
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In the event the Corporation issues, transfers or delivers from treasury stock or repurchases or redeems the Corporation’s capital stock (other than the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock) or preferred stock in a transaction not contemplated in this Agreement, the Manager, the Company and the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the Corporation, directly or indirectly, holds (in the case of any issuance, transfer or delivery) or ceases to hold (in the case of any repurchase or redemption) Equity Securities in the Company which (in the good faith determination by the Manager) are in the aggregate substantially economically equivalent to the outstanding capital stock (other than the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock) or preferred stock of the Corporation so issued, transferred, delivered, repurchased or redeemed. In the event the Corporation issues, transfers or delivers from treasury stock or repurchases or redeems Class B Common Stock in a transaction not contemplated in this Agreement, the Manager, the Company and the Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, take all actions such that, after giving effect to all such issuances, transfers, deliveries, repurchases or redemptions, the number of outstanding Common Units owned, directly or indirectly, by the Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly, will equal on a one-for-one basis the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock. The Company, the Manager and the Corporation shall not undertake any subdivision (by any Common Unit split, stock split, Common Unit distribution, stock distribution, reclassification, division, recapitalization or similar event) or combination (by reverse Common Unit split, reverse stock split, reclassification, division, recapitalization or similar event) of the Common Units or the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock or Common Units respectively, to maintain at all times (x) a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation and the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, and (y) a one-to-one ratio between the number of Common Units owned by Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly, and the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, in each case, unless such action is necessary to maintain at all times a one-to-one ratio between each of (i) the number of Common Units owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation and the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, (ii) the number of Common Units owned by Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly, and the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, in each case as contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 3.04(a).
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(b) The Company shall only be permitted to issue additional Common Units, and/or establish other classes or series of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company to the Persons and on the terms and conditions provided for in Section 3.02, this Section 3.04, Section 3.10 and Section 3.11. Subject to the foregoing, the Manager may cause the Company to issue additional Common Units authorized under this Agreement and/or establish other classes or series of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company at such times and upon such terms as the Manager shall determine and the Manager shall amend this Agreement solely to the extent necessary in connection with the issuance of additional Common Units, to establish other classes or series of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company, or admission of additional Members under this Section 3.04, in each case without the requirement of any consent or acknowledgement of any other Member or any other Person and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, including Section 15.03. Without the prior written consent of the Members holding a majority of the Units then outstanding, at any other time (excluding for purposes of such calculation the Corporation and all Units held directly or indirectly by it), the Corporation agrees not to form or hold any interest in any Subsidiary other than (X) indirectly through the Company or (Y) a Subsidiary of the Corporation that holds no assets other than, directly or indirectly, Equity Securities of the Company.
Section 3.05 Repurchase or Redemption of Shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock; Other Redemptions or Repurchases. If at any time, any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock are repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the Corporation for cash, then the Manager shall cause the Company, immediately prior to such repurchase or redemption of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, to redeem a corresponding number of Common Units held (directly or indirectly) by the Corporation, at an aggregate redemption price equal to the aggregate purchase or redemption price of the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by the Corporation (plus any expenses related thereto) and upon such other terms as are the same for the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock being repurchased or redeemed by the Corporation; provided, if the Corporation uses funds received from distributions from the Company or the net proceeds from an issuance of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock to fund such repurchase or redemption, then the Company shall cancel a corresponding number of Common Units held (directly or indirectly) by the Corporation for no consideration. The Corporation may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any other Equity Securities of the Corporation unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires (and the Company agrees to so redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire) from the Corporation (and the Corporation agrees to deliver to the Company) an equal number of Equity Securities of the Company of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to distributions (including distributions upon dissolution) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Corporation for the same price per security. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Company nor the Corporation shall make any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition if such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition, or the corresponding repurchase, redemption or other acquisition at the other of the Company or the Corporation, would violate any applicable Law.
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Section 3.06 Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units.
(a) Units shall not be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Manager. If the Manager determines that one or more Units shall be certificated, each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary or any other officer designated by the Manager, representing the number and class or series of Units held by such holder. Such certificate shall, subject to Section 10.03, be in such form (and shall contain such legends) as the Manager may determine. Any or all of such signatures on any certificate representing one or more Units may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. No Units shall be treated as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code unless all Units then outstanding are certificated; notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, including Section 15.03, the Manager is authorized to amend this Agreement in order for the Company to opt-in to the provisions of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code without the consent or approval of any Member or any other Person.
(b) If Units are certificated, the Manager may direct that a new certificate representing one or more Units be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Manager of an affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such allegation. The Manager may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company 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 any such new certificate.
(c) To the extent Units are certificated, upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company, if any, of a certificate for one or more Units, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, in compliance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall issue a new certificate representing one or more Units to the Person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, Transfer and registration of Units.
Section 3.07 Negative Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).
Section 3.08 No Withdrawal. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
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Section 3.09 Loans From Members. Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(c), the amount of any such loans shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such loans are made.
Section 3.10 Corporate Stock Option Plans and Equity Plans.
(a) Options Granted to Persons other than LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Stock Option Plan, a stock option granted over shares of Class A Common Stock to a Person other than an LLC Employee is duly exercised, the following will occur or be deemed to have occurred:
(b) Options Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Stock Option Plan, a stock option granted over shares of Class A Common Stock to an LLC Employee is duly exercised:
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(c) Restricted Stock Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan (other than a Stock Option Plan) any shares of Class A Common Stock are issued to an LLC Employee (including any shares of Class A Common Stock that are subject to forfeiture in the event such LLC Employee terminates his or her employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or that are otherwise subject to vesting or other conditions) in consideration for services performed for the Company or any Subsidiary:
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(d) Future Stock Incentive Plans. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Corporation from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the Corporation, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates. The Members acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the Corporation, amendments to this Section 3.10 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent to any such amendments requested by the Corporation shall be deemed granted by the Manager and the Members, as applicable, without the requirement of any further consent or acknowledgement of any other Member or any other Person.
(e) Anti-dilution Adjustments. For all purposes of this Section 3.10, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and the corresponding number of Common Units shall be determined after giving effect to all anti-dilution or similar adjustments that are applicable, as of the date of exercise or vesting, to the option, warrant, restricted stock or other equity interest that is being exercised or becomes vested under the applicable Stock Option Plan or other Equity Plan and applicable award or grant documentation.
Section 3.11 Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article III, all amounts received or deemed received by the Corporation in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the Corporation to effect open market purchases of shares of Class A Common Stock, or (b) if the Corporation elects instead to issue new shares of Class A Common Stock with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the Corporation to the Company in exchange for additional Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Company will issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of new shares of Class A Common Stock so issued.
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.01 Distributions.
(a) Distributable Cash; Other Distributions.
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(b) Tax Distributions.
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(c) Special Distributions to Facilitate Acquisitions. The Manager shall be permitted to cause a distribution, loan or other transfer of cash by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries to be made solely to the Corporation (or one of its Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (such distribution, loan or other transfer satisfying the following proviso, an “M&A Distribution”); provided, however, that (i) each such distribution, loan or other transfer is (A) made at or following such time as the Manager reasonably determines that a specific acquisition is reasonably likely to be consummated and (B) used solely to facilitate the consummation of an acquisition by the Corporation or its Subsidiary (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) within the time reasonably specified therefor by the Manager at the time of such M&A Distribution (with any interest accrued thereon for the benefit of the Company), and (ii) the Corporation or such Subsidiary (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (x) contributes (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), (y) transfers in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or (z) sells solely in exchange for the applicable previously made M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan, or causes to be contributed (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), transferred in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or sold solely in exchange for the applicable previously made M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan, as soon as practicable thereafter, to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company the assets directly or indirectly acquired with such distribution, loan or other transfer, as directed by the Manager. If the M&A Distribution is not used solely to facilitate the consummation of an acquisition in accordance with the foregoing clause (i) within the time specified therefor by the Manager, the Corporation (or its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries)) will contribute (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was a distribution), transfer in repayment of the applicable M&A Distribution that was a loan, or retransfer (in the case of an M&A Distribution that was not a distribution or a loan) the full amount of such M&A Distribution and any interest accrued thereon to the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company at or prior to 5:00 pm New York time on the applicable date. During any time period between the time of the M&A Distribution and the contribution, repayment or sale contemplated by the foregoing clause (ii) of the immediately foregoing sentence, the Corporation (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) shall hold such cash, and operate any acquired assets, for the benefit of the Company. The number of Common Units held by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) in the aggregate shall not change as a result of any M&A Distribution or the re-contribution, repayment or retransfer of such M&A Distribution (together with any interest accrued thereon) or contribution, repayment or sale of any assets directly or indirectly acquired with such M&A Distribution, in each case as described in this Section 4.01(c). For purposes of this Agreement, the amount of any M&A Distribution that has not been repaid to the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company (including, to the extent an acquisition has been consummated with the proceeds of such M&A Distribution but the assets so acquired have not yet been contributed, repaid or sold to the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company as required hereby, the value of the assets so acquired) shall be treated as an asset owned by the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of the Company and not by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries). To the extent that any fees, costs and expenses are incurred in connection with the pursuit of an acquisition described in this Section 4.01(c), such fees, costs and expenses will be subject to the reimbursement provisions in Section 6.06.
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(d) Distribution of Class C Common Stock. In connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and immediately following the Recapitalization, the Company shall, and the Manager shall cause the Company to, distribute to the Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) the Class C Common Stock held by the Company pro rata based on the number of Common Units held by such Members.
ARTICLE V. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
Section 5.01 Capital Accounts.
(a) The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may (as reasonably determined by the Manager), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), and shall, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, the IPO Common Unit Purchase and other transactions taking place in connection therewith, increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such Treasury Regulations and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of the Company’s property; provided, that if any noncompensatory options are outstanding upon the occurrence of any revaluation of the Company’s property, the Company shall adjust the Book Values of its properties in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2).
(b) For purposes of computing the amount of any item of book income, gain, loss or deduction with respect to the Company to be allocated pursuant to Section 5.02 and Section 5.03 and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose); provided, however, that:
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Section 5.02 Allocations. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03 and Section 5.04, Net Profits and Net Losses for any Taxable Year or Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests; provided that the Manager may make such adjustments to the allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses as is reasonably necessary to reflect the economic arrangement among the Members as reflected in this Agreement or to comply with the requirements of Code Section 704 or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 5.03 Regulatory Allocations.
(a) Losses attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). Except as otherwise provided for in Section 5.03(b), if there is a net decrease during a Taxable Year in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3)), Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
(b) Nonrecourse deductions (as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Taxable Year shall be allocated pro rata among the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests. If there is a net decrease in the Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Member shall be allocated Profits for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.03(b) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(c) If any Member that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or Distribution described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, after all other allocations pursuant to Sections 5.02, 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05 have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.03(c) were not in this Agreement, then Profits for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This Section 5.03(c) is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
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(d) If the allocation of Net Losses (or items of Losses) to a Member as provided in Section 5.02 would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, there shall be allocated to such Member only that amount of Losses as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. The Net Losses that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Member shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to this Section 5.03(d).
(e) Profits and Losses described in Section 5.01(b)(v) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j) and (m).
(f) The allocations set forth in Section 5.03(a) through and including Section 5.03(e) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations. The Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Members intend to allocate Net Profit and Net Loss of the Company or make Distributions. Accordingly, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, but subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction and loss with respect to the Company shall be reallocated among the Members so as to eliminate the effect of the Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the Members to be in the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would have been if Net Profit and Net Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations. In general, the Members anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) among the Members so that the net amount of the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is zero. In addition, if in any Taxable Year or Fiscal Period there is a decrease in partnership minimum gain, or in partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain, and application of the minimum gain chargeback requirements set forth in Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(b) would cause a distortion in the economic arrangement among the Members, the Manager may, if it does not expect that the Company will have sufficient other income to correct such distortion, request the Internal Revenue Service to waive either or both of such minimum gain chargeback requirements pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(4). If such request is granted, this Agreement shall be applied in such instance as if it did not contain such minimum gain chargeback requirement.
(g) If any holder of Common Units which are subject to vesting conditions forfeits (or the Company has repurchased at less than fair market value) all or a portion of such holder’s unvested Common Units, the Company shall make forfeiture allocations in respect of such unvested Common Units in the manner and to the extent required by Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(xii) (as such Proposed Treasury Regulations may be amended or modified, including upon the issuance of temporary or final Treasury Regulations).
Section 5.04 Final Allocations. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement except Section 5.03, the Manager shall make appropriate adjustments to allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses to (or, if necessary, allocate items of gross income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company, which allocations shall be made first out of items described in Section 5.01(b)(ii), among) the Members upon the liquidation of the Company (within the meaning of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Treasury Regulations), upon the transfer of substantially all the Units (whether by sale or exchange or merger), upon the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or to the extent necessary in connection with a distribution in respect of a shortfall pursuant to the second clause of the last sentence of Section 4.01(b)(ii) or pursuant to the last sentence of Section 4.01(b)(iii), such that, to the maximum extent possible, the Capital Accounts of the Members are proportionate to their Percentage Interests.
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In each case, such adjustments or allocations shall occur, to the maximum extent possible, in the Taxable Year of the event requiring such adjustments or allocations.
Section 5.05 Tax Allocations.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05, the income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts.
(b) Items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Code Section 704(c) so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value using any permissible method selected by the Manager.
(c) If the Book Value of any asset of the Company is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.01(b), including adjustments to the Book Value of any asset of the Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement, subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value using any permissible method selected by the Manager; provided, that the Company shall use the “traditional method” with respect to any “reverse” Code Section 704(c) layer created in connection with the Reorganization, Recapitalization or IPO.
(d) Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members as determined by the Manager taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
(e) For purposes of determining a Member’s share of the Company’s “excess nonrecourse liabilities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Member’s interest in income and gain shall be determined pursuant to any proper method, as reasonably determined by the Manager; provided, that each year the Manager shall use its reasonable best efforts (using in all instances any proper method permitted under applicable Law, including without limitation the “additional method” described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3)) to allocate a sufficient amount of the excess nonrecourse liabilities to those Members who would have at the end of the applicable Taxable Year, but for such allocation, taxable income due to the deemed distribution of money to such Member pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code that is in excess of such Member’s adjusted tax basis in its Units.
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(f) If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x). If, pursuant to Section 5.03(f), the Manager causes a Capital Account reallocation in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Manager shall make corrective allocations in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).
(g) Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.05 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other items of the Company pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
Section 5.06 Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member.
(a) The Company is hereby authorized at all times to make payments with respect to each Member in amounts required to discharge any obligation of the Company (as determined by the Manager) to withhold or make payments to any Governmental Entity with respect to any distribution or allocation by the Company of income or gain to such Member and to withhold the same from distributions to such Member. If the Company or any other Person in which the Company holds an interest is obligated to pay (including by way of withholding) any amount to a Governmental Entity (or otherwise makes a payment to a Governmental Entity) that is specifically attributable to a Member or a Member’s status as such (including U.S. federal income taxes, additions to tax, interest and penalties as a result of obligations of the Company pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, U.S. federal withholding taxes, state personal property taxes and state unincorporated business taxes, but excluding payments such as payroll taxes, withholding taxes, benefits or professional association fees and the like required to be made or made voluntarily by the Company on behalf of any Member based upon such Member’s status as an employee of the Company), then such Member shall indemnify the Company in full for the entire amount paid (including interest, penalties and related expenses). The Manager may offset Distributions to which a Member is otherwise entitled under this Agreement (including Tax Distributions paid or to be paid pursuant to Section 4.01(b)) against such Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each Member agrees that any Cash Settlement such Member is entitled to receive pursuant to Article XI may be offset by an amount equal to such Member’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.06 and that such Member shall be treated as receiving the full amount of such Cash Settlement and paying to the Company an amount equal to such obligation. A Member’s obligation to make payments to the Company under this Section 5.06 shall survive the transfer or termination of any Member’s interest in any Units of the Company, the termination of this Agreement and the dissolution, liquidation, winding up and termination of the Company. In the event that the Company has been terminated prior to the date such payment is due, such Member shall make such payment to the Manager (or its designee), which shall distribute such funds in accordance with this Agreement. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.06 and Section 5.07, including instituting a lawsuit to collect such contribution with interest calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus 300 basis points (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by Law).
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(b) Each Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Company such information and forms (including IRS Form W-9 or IRS Form W-8, as may be applicable) as required or reasonably requested by the Company in order to comply with any Laws and regulations governing withholding of tax or in order to claim any reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding to which the Member is legally entitled. The Company may withhold any amount that it reasonably determines is required to be withheld from any amount otherwise payable to any Member hereunder in order to comply with applicable Law, and any such withheld amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Member for all purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise reimbursed by such Member under this Section 5.06. For the avoidance of doubt, any income taxes, penalties, additions to tax and interest payable by the Company or any fiscally transparent entity in which the Company owns an interest that are attributable to income or gain that is (or otherwise would be) passed through to the Members under applicable Law shall be treated as specifically attributable to the Members and shall be allocated among the Members such that the burden of (or any diminution in distributable proceeds resulting from) any such amounts is borne by those Members to whom such amounts are specifically attributable, in each case as reasonably determined by the Manager.
(c) Neither the Company nor the Manager shall be liable for any excess taxes withheld in respect of any distribution or allocation of income or gain to a Member. In the event of an over-withholding, a Member’s sole recourse shall be to apply for a refund from the appropriate taxing authority. The Company shall provide any such Member reasonable assistance (but shall not be required to incur any material unreimbursed expense) in respect of any such application for a refund.
ARTICLE VI. MANAGEMENT
Section 6.01 Authority of Manager; Officer Delegation.
(a) Except for situations in which the approval of any Member(s) is specifically required by this Agreement, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Corporation, as the sole manager of the Company (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “Manager”), (ii) the Manager shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company and (iii) no Member shall have any right, authority or power to vote, consent or approve any matter, whether under the Delaware Act, this Agreement or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision of the Delaware Act to the contrary, Units will have no voting rights or voting power, and each Member or other holder of Units (x) shall have only the right or power to vote on, approve or consent to matters in its capacity as such as expressly provided in this Agreement and (y) expressly acknowledges and agrees it has no additional or different rights or powers to vote on, approve or consent to matters under the Delaware Act. The Manager shall be the “manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Delaware Act. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of all such powers and rights conferred on members of a limited liability company by the Delaware Act with respect to the management and control of the Company.
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Any vacancies in the position of Manager shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.04.
(b) Without limiting the authority of the Manager to act on behalf of the Company, the day-to-day business and operations of the Company shall be overseen and implemented by officers of the Company (each, an “Officer” and collectively, the “Officers”), subject to the limitations imposed by the Manager. An Officer may, but need not, be a Member. Each Officer shall be appointed by the Manager and shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any one Person may hold more than one office. Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement (including Section 6.07 below), the salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager. The authority and responsibility of the Officers shall be limited to such duties as the Manager may, from time to time, delegate to them. Unless the Manager decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the DGCL (including, without limitation, chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer and secretary), the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. All Officers shall be, and shall be deemed to be, officers and employees of the Company. An Officer may also perform one or more roles as an officer of the Manager. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Manager.
(c) Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Manager shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, conversion, division, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity or entities, for the avoidance of doubt, without the prior consent of any Member or any other Person being required.
Section 6.02 Actions of the Manager. All rights, obligations, decisions, determinations, votes or approvals of the Corporation as the Manager under this Agreement (as amended or amended and restated from time to time) or under the Delaware Act shall be exercised by the Corporate Board or its designee.
Section 6.03 Resignation; No Removal. The Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members; provided, however, that any such resignation shall be subject to the appointment of a new Manager in accordance with Section 6.04. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon delivery thereof to the Members (subject to the appointment of a new Manager in accordance with Section 6.04), and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members have no right under this Agreement to remove or replace the Manager. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no replacement of the Corporation as the Manager shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of the Corporation, its successor or assign (if applicable) and any new Manager and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect.
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No appointment of a Person other than the Corporation (or its successor or assign, as applicable) as the Manager shall be effective unless the Corporation (or its successor or assign, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable) provide all other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against the Corporation (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable), to cause (a) the Corporation to comply with all of the Corporation’s obligations under this Agreement (in its capacity as a Member) and (b) the new Manager to comply with all of the Manager’s obligations under this Agreement.
Section 6.04 Vacancies. Vacancies in the position of Manager occurring for any reason shall be filled by the Corporation (or, if the Corporation has ceased to exist without any successor or assign, then by the holders of a majority in voting power of the voting capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such cessation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Members (other than the Corporation) have no right under this Agreement to fill any vacancy in the position of Manager.
Section 6.05 Transactions Between the Company and the Manager. Notwithstanding any duty existing at law or in equity, the Manager may cause the Company to contract and deal with the Manager, or any Affiliate of the Manager, provided, that such contracts and dealings (other than contracts and dealings between the Company and its Subsidiaries) are (i) in the ordinary course of the Company's business, (ii) de minimis in nature (it being understood that any transaction or series of related transactions that involves goods, services, property or other consideration valued in excess of $1,000,000 will not be deemed to be de minimis), (iii) on terms comparable to and competitive with those available to the Company from others dealing at arm’s length, (iv) approved by the disinterested Members (other than the Manager in its capacity as a Member) holding a majority of the Percentage Interests of the disinterested Members (other than the Manager in its capacity as a Member) or (v) approved by the Disinterested Majority, and in each case, otherwise are permitted by the Credit Agreements; provided that the foregoing shall in no way limit the Manager’s rights under Sections 3.02, 3.04, 3.05 or 3.10. (A) Any contracts or agreements between or among the Manager or a Member or their respective Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and the Company or a Member or their respective Affiliates (other than the Manager and any of the Company’s Subsidiaries), on the other hand, entered into on or prior to the date of this Agreement or that the Board (as defined in the Prior LLC Agreement) of the Company or the Corporate Board has approved in connection with the Recapitalization, the Reorganization or the IPO as of the date of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Reorganization Agreement, the IPO Common Unit Purchase, the Tax Receivable Agreement, any transactions, matters or actions disclosed in any SEC disclosure material for the IPO or, from time to time, for the Corporation, and the reorganization agreement related to the Reorganization, and (B) the Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement, and all documents, agreements, certificates or other instruments contemplated thereby or related thereto, and any amendment and/or amendment and restatement of any of the foregoing, are hereby approved, authorized, confirmed and ratified in all respects notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement.
Section 6.06 Reimbursement for Expenses. The Manager shall not be compensated for its services as Manager of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
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The Members acknowledge and agree that, upon consummation of the IPO, the Manager’s Class A Common Stock will be publicly traded and, therefore, the Manager will have access to the public capital markets and that such status and the services performed by the Manager will inure to the benefit of the Company and all Members; therefore, the Manager shall be reimbursed by the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of, or that inure to the benefit of, the Company, including, without limitation, all fees, expenses and costs associated with the IPO and all fees, expenses and costs of being a public company (including, without limitation, public reporting obligations, proxy statements, stockholder meetings, Stock Exchange fees, transfer agent fees, legal fees, SEC and FINRA filing fees, offering expenses and indemnification and advancement obligations of the Manager to its officers and directors and to other persons) and maintaining its corporate existence. In the event that shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to underwriters in the IPO (or in any Qualifying Offering) at a price per share that is lower than the price per share for which such shares of Class A Common Stock are sold to the public in the IPO (or in such Qualifying Offering), after taking into account underwriters’ discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions (such difference, the “Discount”) (i) the Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company in exchange for newly issued Common Units the full amount for which such shares of Class A Common Stock were sold to the public and (ii) the Company shall be deemed to have paid the Discount as an expense. To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by the Manager on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the Manager or any of its Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.06 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) (unless otherwise required by the Code and Treasury Regulations) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not bear any obligations with respect to income tax of the Manager or any payments made pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement other than in a manner that is expressly contemplated under this Agreement.
Section 6.07 Delegation of Authority. The Manager (a) may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons (who may, but need not be, Officers or employees of the Company) such authority and duties as the Manager may deem advisable, and (b) may assign titles and delegate certain authority and duties to such Persons, which may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of such agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager, subject to the other provisions in this Agreement.
Section 6.08 Limitation of Liability of Manager.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager’s Affiliates or Manager’s officers, directors, employees or other agents (collectively “Manager’s Representatives”) shall be liable to the Company, to any Member that is not the Manager or to any other Person (other than the Manager) bound by this Agreement for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Manager or such Manager's Representative in its capacity as the sole manager of the Company or as an Affiliate, officer, director, employee or agent of the Manager, as applicable, pursuant to authority granted to the Manager by this Agreement; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to the Manager’s or a Manager’s Representative’s intentional fraud, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of Law or for any present or future material breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by the Manager or any Manager’s Representative contained herein or in the Other Agreements with the Company; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not limit the exculpation of the Manager and the Manager’s Representatives in respect of the performance of its or their duties to the fullest extent permitted by Law.
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The Manager may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Manager and each Manager’s Representative shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, as to matters the Manager or such Manager’s Representative reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and any act of or failure to act by the Manager or such Manager’s Representative in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Manager or any Manager’s Representative to liability to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager or any other Person (other than the Manager) bound by this Agreement.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or in any agreement contemplated herein or applicable provisions of law or equity or otherwise, whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein provides that the Manager is permitted to or shall act or make a decisions (i) in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Manager shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or any other Person, (ii) in its reasonable discretion or in a manner which is, or provide terms which are, “fair and reasonable” to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager, the Manager shall determine such appropriate action or provide such terms considering, in each case, the relative interests of each party to such agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable United States generally accepted accounting practices or principles, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or in any agreement contemplated herein or applicable provisions of Law or equity or otherwise, or (iii) in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard.
(c) In connection with the performance of its duties as the Manager, except as otherwise set forth herein, the Manager acknowledges that, solely in its capacity as Manager, it will owe to the Company and the Members the same fiduciary duties as it would owe to a Delaware corporation and its stockholders if it were a member of the board of directors of such a corporation and the Members were stockholders of such corporation.
Section 6.09 Investment Company Act. The Manager shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.
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ARTICLE VII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER
Section 7.01 Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members or the Manager for liabilities of the Company.
(b) In accordance with the Delaware Act and the laws of the State of Delaware, a Member may, under certain circumstances, be required to return amounts previously distributed to such Member. It is the intent of the Members that no Distribution to any Member pursuant to Articles IV or XIV shall be deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the Delaware Act. The payment of any such money or Distribution of any such property to a Member shall be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning of Section 18-502(b) of the Delaware Act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any Member receiving any such money or property shall not be required to return any such money or property to the Company or any other Person, unless such distribution was made by the Company to its Members in clerical error. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Delaware Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (but subject, and without limitation, to Section 6.08 with respect to the Manager in its capacity as such) or in any agreement contemplated herein or applicable provisions of Law or equity or otherwise, the parties hereto hereby agree that to the extent that any Member in its capacity as such (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Manager in its capacity as such) (or any Member’s Affiliate or any manager, managing member, partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of any Member or of any Affiliate of a Member) has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, to the Manager, to another Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Unit or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties (including fiduciary duties) are hereby eliminated; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The elimination of duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Unit and each other Person bound by this Agreement, are approved by the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Unit and each other Person bound by this Agreement. Any exculpation or indemnification standards contained in this Agreement shall not restore or create, whether in contract or otherwise, any duties otherwise restricted or eliminated by this Agreement.
Section 7.02 Lack of Authority. No Member, other than the Manager or a duly appointed Officer or other agent of the Company, in each case in its capacity as such, has the authority or power to act for or on behalf of the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of the powers conferred on them by Law and this Agreement.
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Section 7.03 No Right of Partition. No Member, other than the Manager, shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of Law of any property of the Company, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.
Section 7.04 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to Section 5.06, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Person (each an “Indemnified Person”) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced, against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member, Manager, tax matters partner, Partnership Representative, or officer of the Company (other than solely as a result of an ownership interest in the Corporation) or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, officer, director, principal, member, employee or agent of another Person; provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Indemnified Person’s or its Affiliates’ intentional fraud, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of Law or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Indemnified Person or its Affiliates contained herein or in Other Agreements with the Company; provided, that the foregoing shall not limit the Company’s ability to provide indemnification to the Manager and its officers in respect of the performance of its or their duties to the fullest extent permitted by Law. Reasonable expenses, including out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
(b) The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 7.04 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, bylaw, action by the Manager or otherwise.
(c) The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or substantially equivalent insurance, at its expense, to protect any Indemnified Person against any expense, liability or loss described in Section 7.04(a) whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Person against such expense, liability or loss under the provisions of this Section 7.04. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain property, casualty and liability insurance in types and at levels customary for companies of similar size engaged in similar lines of business, as determined by the Manager, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including employment practices coverage) with a carrier and in an amount determined necessary or desirable as determined by the Manager.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for in this Section 7.04 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only. No Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a non-appealable decision by a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company.
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The Company hereby acknowledges that one or more of the Indemnified Persons may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more of the Members and certain of their Affiliates (collectively, the “Member Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to any such Indemnified Person are primary and any obligation of the Member Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person are secondary (or tertiary in accordance with the Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement)), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Indemnified Person to the extent legally permitted and as required by this Agreement (or any other agreement between the Company and such Indemnified Person), without regard to any rights such Indemnified Person may have against the Member Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Member Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Member Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Member Indemnitors on behalf of any such Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Member Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnified Person against the Company. Any applicable Indemnified Person and the Member Indemnitors are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 7.04(c) and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Section 7.04(c) as though they were a party to this Agreement.
(d) If this Section 7.04 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 7.04 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 7.04 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, no Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company, to any Member or to any other Person bound by this Agreement for any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to such Indemnified Person’s intentional fraud, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exculpation rights in this Section 7.04(e) shall not apply to the Manager or any Manager’s Representative, whose exculpation rights shall be governed by Section 6.08.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to make any indemnification payment or advance any expenses in connection with any proceeding initiated by an Indemnified Person unless the Manager authorized the proceeding prior to its initiation or the Manager otherwise approves such indemnification payment and/or advancement.
(g) The rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Agreement on any Person shall continue as to such Person following such Person's cessation as a Person having rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person.
(h) If the Company or any of its successors or assigns consolidates with or merges, converts or divides into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation, merger, conversion or division, then to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company assume the obligations of the Company with respect to indemnification of Indemnified Persons as in effect immediately before such transaction, whether such obligations are contained in this Agreement, or elsewhere, as the case may be.
(i) Investor Business Opportunities. The Company, the Manager and each Member hereby renounces, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act and applicable law, any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered, an opportunity to participate in, any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of, (i) any Manager's Representative who is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any Member (other than the Corporation) or any holder of Units (other than the Corporation), any stockholder of the Corporation or any partner, member, director, manager, stockholder, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of any Member or of any such holder, other than someone who is an employee of the Corporation, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Covered Persons”), unless such matter, transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Person’s capacity as a Manager's Representative (an “Investor Business Opportunity”), and the pursuit or acquisition of any Investor Business Opportunity, direction of such opportunity to another Person or failure to present any Investor Business Opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not constitute a breach of any duty or of this Agreement. Notwithstanding, and in addition to, the immediately preceding sentence, the Company, the Manager and each Member expressly acknowledge and agree that (A) KKR Dream Holdings LLC, its Affiliates, any current or former limited partner, member or other equityholder of any of its Affiliates, and any Manager's Representative that is a current or former employee, adviser, consultant, partner, member, officer or equity holder of KKR Dream Holdings LLC or any of its Affiliates have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company, the Manager or any of their Subsidiaries, including those deemed to be competing with the Company, the Manager or any of their Subsidiaries; and (B) in the event that any of the foregoing Persons acquire knowledge of an Investor Business Opportunity, such Person shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such company opportunity to the Company, the Manager or any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
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contrary, the pursuit or acquisition of any Investor Business Opportunity, direction of such opportunity to another Person or failure to present any Investor Business Opportunity to the Company, the Manager or any of their Subsidiaries shall not constitute a breach of any duty or of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and solely in connection therewith, the Company hereby waives any claim against a Covered Person, and agrees to indemnify all Covered Persons against any claim, that is based on fiduciary duties, the corporate opportunity doctrine or any other legal theory which could limit any Covered Person from pursuing or engaging in any Investor Business Opportunity in accordance with this Section 7.05. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.05 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any director, officer, manager or other agent of the Company existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VIII. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 8.01 Records and Accounting. The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required pursuant to applicable Laws. All matters concerning (a) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and Distributions among the Members pursuant to Articles IV and V and (b) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Manager in a fair and reasonable manner, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error or common law fraud.
Section 8.02 Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each year or such other date as may be established by the Manager.
Section 8.03 Inspection Rights. The Company shall permit each Member and each of its designated representatives, at such Member’s sole cost and expense, to examine the books and records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the principal office of the Company or such other location as the Manager shall reasonably approve during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a member of the Company; provided, that the Manager has a right to keep confidential from the Members certain information in accordance with Section 18-305 of the Delaware Act.
ARTICLE IX. TAX MATTERS
Section 9.01 Preparation of Tax Returns. The Manager shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company. The Manager shall use reasonable efforts (taking into account applicable extensions of time to file tax returns) to furnish, within one hundred and ninety (190) days of the close of each Taxable Year, to each Member an IRS Schedule K-1 (and any comparable state and local income tax form), either in final form or in estimated form subject to completion, and such other information as is reasonably requested by such Member relating to the Company that is necessary for such Member to comply with its tax reporting obligations.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in its capacity as Partnership Representative, the Corporation shall have the authority to prepare the tax returns of the Company using such permissible methods and elections as it determines in its reasonable discretion, including without limitation the use of any permissible method under Section 706 of the Code for purposes of determining the varying Units of its Members.
Section 9.02 Tax Elections. The Taxable Year shall be the Fiscal Year set forth in Section 8.02, unless otherwise required by Section 706 of the Code. The Manager shall cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax Law) for the Taxable Year that includes the Effective Date and each subsequent Taxable Year, and the Manager shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Person in which the Company 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 such Taxable Years. Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such elections.
Section 9.03 Tax Controversies. The Manager shall cause the Company to take all necessary actions required by Law to designate the Corporation as the “tax matters partner” of the Company within the meaning of Section 6231 of the Code (as in effect prior to repeal of such section pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions) with respect to any Taxable Year beginning on or before December 31, 2017. The Manager shall further cause the Company to take all necessary actions required by Law to designate the Corporation as the “partnership representative” of the Company as provided in Section 6223(a) of the Code with respect to any Taxable Year of the Company beginning after December 31, 2017, and the Corporation is hereby authorized to designate an individual to be the sole individual through which the Corporation, as a “partnership representative,” will act (in such capacities, including in similar capacities under analogous provisions of state or local Law, collectively, the “Partnership Representative”). The Company and the Members shall cooperate fully with each other and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Corporation (or its designated individual, as applicable) to become the Partnership Representative with respect to any taxable period of the Company with respect to which the statute of limitations has not yet expired (and causing any tax matters partner, partnership representative or designated individual designated prior to the Effective Time to resign, be revoked or replaced, as applicable), including (as applicable) by filing certifications pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1(d) and completing IRS Form 8979 or any other form or certificate required pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.6223-1(e)(1). The Partnership Representative shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, by the Code and Treasury Regulations (and analogous provisions of state or local Law) for the Partnership Representative and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including any resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and the Partnership Representative and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company or the Partnership Representative with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any audit or other proceeding, the Partnership Representative shall be entitled to cause the Company (and any of its Subsidiaries) to make any available elections pursuant to Section 6226 of the Code (and similar provisions of state, local and other Law), and the Members shall cooperate to the extent reasonably requested by the Company in connection therewith.
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The Company shall reimburse the Partnership Representative for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Partnership Representative, including reasonable fees of any professional attorneys, in carrying out its duties as the Partnership Representative. The provisions of this Section 9.03 shall survive the transfer or termination of any Member’s interest in any Units of the Company, the termination of this Agreement and the termination of the Company, and shall remain binding on each Member for the period of time necessary to resolve all tax matters relating to the Company, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Tax Receivable Agreement, as applicable. The Partnership Representative will, within ten (10) days of the receipt of any notice from the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority of any audit, investigation or other proceeding relating to any flow-through income tax matters, mail a copy of such notice to each Member.
ARTICLE X. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS; CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Section 10.01 Transfers by Members. No holder of Units shall Transfer any interest in any Units, except Transfers (a) pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 10.02 and 10.09 or (b) approved in advance and in writing by the Manager, in the case of Transfers by any Member other than the Manager, or (c) in the case of Transfers by the Manager, to any Person who succeeds to the Manager in accordance with Section 6.04. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Transfer” shall not include (i) an event that terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Code Sections 336 or 338, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state Law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Units of such trust that is a Member) or (ii) any indirect Transfer of Units held by the Manager by virtue of any Transfer of Equity Securities in the Corporation.
Section 10.02 Permitted Transfers. The restrictions contained in Section 10.01 shall not apply to any of the following (each, a “Permitted Transfer” and each transferee, a “Permitted Transferee”): (i)(A) a Transfer pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange in accordance with Article XI hereof or that are necessary to comply with Sections 3.04 or 3.05 as determined by the Manager, or (B) a Transfer by a Member to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) a Transfer to an Affiliate of such Member; provided, however, that (x) the restrictions contained in this Agreement will continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units, and (y) in the case of the foregoing clause (ii), the Permitted Transferees of the Units so Transferred shall at the time of the Permitted Transfer agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, and prior to such Transfer the transferor will deliver a written notice to the Company and the Members, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed Permitted Transferee. If a Permitted Transfer pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence would result in a Change of Control, such Member must provide the Manager with written notice of such proposed Permitted Transfer at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the consummation of such Permitted Transfer.
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In the case of a Permitted Transfer of any Common Units by any Member holding Class B Common Stock to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with this Section 10.02, such Member shall also transfer a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units that were transferred by such Member in the transaction to such Permitted Transferee. In the case of a Permitted Transfer of any Common Units by any Member holding Class C Common Stock to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with this Section 10.02, such Member shall also transfer a number of shares of Class C Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units that were transferred by such Member in the transaction to such Permitted Transferee. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 10.07(b).
Section 10.03 Restricted Units Legend. The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or if an exemption from such registration is then available with respect to such sale. To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED, OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.”
The Company shall imprint such legend on certificates (if any) evidencing Units. The legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates (if any) evidencing any Units which cease to be Units in accordance with the definition thereof.
Section 10.04 Transfer. Prior to Transferring any Units (other than in connection with a Redemption or Direct Exchange), the Transferring holder of Units shall cause the prospective Permitted Transferee to be bound by this Agreement and any other agreements executed by the holders of Units and relating to such Units in the aggregate to which the Transferring Member was a party (collectively, the “Other Agreements”) by executing and delivering to the Company counterparts of or joinders to this Agreement and any applicable Other Agreements.
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Section 10.05 Assignee’s Rights.
(a) The Transfer of a Unit in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of such Transfer (assuming compliance with all of the conditions to such Transfer set forth herein), and such Transfer shall be shown on the books and records of the Company. Profits, Losses and other items of the Company shall be allocated between the transferor and the transferee according to Code Section 706, using any permissible method as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Manager. Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made on or after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.
(b) Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article XII, the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that, without relieving the Transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 10.06, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein by which a Member would be bound on account of the Assignee’s Units (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Units).
Section 10.06 Assignor’s Rights and Obligations. Any Member who shall Transfer any Unit in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth Section 5.06, Section 9.03 or in this Section 10.06, duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Sections 6.08 and 7.04 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article XII (the “Admission Date”), (i) such Transferring Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units, and (ii) the Manager may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Units that may exist as of the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act or for any liability to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the Other Agreements with the Company or as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 5.06 or Section 9.03 of this Agreement.
Section 10.07 Overriding Provisions.
(a) Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of this Agreement (including any prohibited indirect Transfers) shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, null and void ab initio, and the provisions of Sections 10.05 and 10.06 shall not apply to any such Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom a Transfer is made or attempted in violation of this Agreement shall not become a Member and shall not have any other rights in or with respect to any rights of a Member of the Company with respect to the applicable Units. The approval of any Transfer in any one or more instances shall not limit or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance.
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The Manager shall promptly amend the Schedule of Members without the consent or approval of any Member or any other Person to reflect any Permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article X.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 10.01 and Article XI and Article XII), in no event shall any Member Transfer any Units to the extent such Transfer would:
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Member that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code Transfer any Units (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with a Redemption or a Direct Exchange), unless such Member and the transferee have delivered to the Company, in respect of the relevant Transfer (or Redemption or Direct Exchange, as applicable), written evidence that all required withholding under Section 1446(f) of the Code will have been done and duly remitted to the applicable Governmental Entity or duly executed certifications (prepared in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations or other authorities) of an exemption from such withholding; provided, that the Company shall cooperate in the manner set forth in Section 11.06(a) with any reasonable requests from such Member for certifications or other information from the Company in connection with satisfying this Section 10.07(c) prior to the relevant Transfer (or Redemption or Direct Exchange, as applicable).
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Section 10.08 Spousal Consent. In connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Member who is a natural person will deliver to the Company an executed consent from such Member’s spouse (if any) in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto or a Member’s spouse confirmation of separate property in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto. If, at any time subsequent to the date of this Agreement, such Member becomes legally married (whether in the first instance or to a different spouse), such Member shall cause his or her spouse to execute and deliver to the Company a consent in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2 attached hereto. Such Member’s non-delivery to the Company of an executed consent in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2 at any time shall constitute such Member’s continuing representation and warranty that such Member is not legally married as of such date.
Section 10.09 Certain Transactions with respect to the Corporation.
(a) In connection with a Change of Control Transaction, the Manager shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require (y) each Member (other than the Founder Members, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) to effect a Redemption of all or a portion of such Member’s Units together with an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock, pursuant to which such Units and such shares of Class B Common Stock will be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock (or to the extent being received by or offered to other stockholders of the Corporation economically equivalent cash or securities of a successor entity (or an offer thereof)), provided, however, that in the event of a Change of Control Transaction intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or as a transfer described in Section 351(a) or Section 721 of the Code, the Members shall not be required to exchange Units pursuant to this Section 10.09 unless, as a part of such transaction, the Members are permitted to exchange their Units for securities in a transaction that is expected to permit such exchange without current recognition of gain or loss, for U.S. and non-U.S. tax purposes, for the direct and indirect holders of Units (except to the extent that property other than securities is received in such exchange), based on a “should” or “will” level opinion from independent tax counsel of recognized standing and expertise, and (z) each Founder Member to effect a Redemption of all or a portion of such Member’s Units together with an equal number of shares of Class C Common Stock, pursuant to which such Units and such shares of Class C Common Stock will be exchanged for shares of Class D Common Stock (or to the extent being received by or offered to other stockholders of the Corporation economically equivalent cash or securities of a successor entity (or an offer thereof)), provided, however, that in the event of a Change of Control Transaction intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or as a transfer described in Section 351(a) or Section 721 of the Code, the Founder Members shall not be required to exchange Units pursuant to this Section 10.09 unless, as a part of such transaction, the Founder Members are permitted to exchange their Units for securities in a transaction that is expected to permit such exchange without current recognition of gain or loss, for U.S. and non-U.S. tax purposes, for the direct and indirect holders of Units (except to the extent that property other than securities is received in such exchange), based on a “should” or “will” level opinion from independent tax counsel of recognized standing and expertise, in each case in accordance with the Redemption provisions of Article XI, mutatis mutandis (applied for this purpose as if the Corporation had delivered an Election Notice that specified a Share Settlement with respect to such Redemption) and otherwise in accordance with this Section 10.09(a). Any such Redemption pursuant to this Section 10.09(a) shall be effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control Transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be contingent upon the consummation of such Change of Control Transaction and shall not be effective if such Change of Control Transaction is not consummated) (the date of such Redemption pursuant to this Section 10.09(a), the “Change of Control Date”).
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From and after the Change of Control Date, (i) the Units and any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, subject to such Redemption shall be deemed to be transferred to the Company and the Corporation, as applicable, on the Change of Control Date and (ii) each such Member shall cease to have any rights with respect to the Units and any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, subject to such Redemption (other than the right to receive shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable (or economically equivalent cash or Equity Securities in a successor entity) pursuant to such Redemption). In the event the Manager desires to initiate the provisions of this Section 10.09, the Manager shall provide written notice of an expected Change of Control Transaction to all Members no later than the earlier of (x) five (5) Business Days following the execution of a definitive agreement with respect to such Change of Control Transaction and (y) ten (10) Business Days before the proposed date upon which the contemplated Change of Control Transaction is to be effected, including in such notice such information as may reasonably describe the Change of Control Transaction, subject to applicable Law, including the date of execution of such definitive agreement or such proposed effective date, as applicable, the amount and types of consideration to be paid for shares of Class A Common Stock in the Change of Control Transaction and any election with respect to types of consideration that a holder of shares of Class A Common Stock, as applicable, shall be entitled to make in connection with a Change of Control Transaction (which election shall be available to each Member on the same terms as holders of shares of Class A Common Stock). Following delivery of such notice and on or prior to the Change of Control Date, the Members shall take all actions necessary to effect such Redemption, including taking any action and delivering any document required pursuant to this Section 10.09(a) to effect such Redemption.
(b) In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid, recapitalization, or similar transaction with respect to Class A Common Stock (a “Pubco Offer”) is proposed by the Corporation or is proposed to the Corporation or its stockholders and approved by the Corporate Board or is otherwise effected or to be effected with the consent or approval of the Corporate Board, the Manager shall provide written notice of the Pubco Offer to all Members no later than the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days following the execution of a definitive agreement (if applicable) with respect to, or the commencement of (if applicable), such Pubco Offer and (ii) ten (10) Business Days before the proposed date upon which the Pubco Offer is to be effected, including in such notice such information as may reasonably describe the Pubco Offer, subject to applicable Law, including the date of execution of such definitive agreement (if applicable) or of such commencement (if applicable), the material terms of such Pubco Offer, including the amount and types of consideration to be received by holders of shares of Class A Common Stock in the Pubco Offer, any election with respect to types of consideration that a holder of shares of Class A Common Stock, as applicable, shall be entitled to make in connection with such Pubco Offer, and the number of Units (and the corresponding shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock) held by such Member that is applicable to such Pubco Offer. The Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) shall be permitted to participate in such Pubco Offer by delivering a written notice of participation that is effective immediately prior to the consummation of such Pubco Offer (and that is contingent upon consummation of such offer and shall not be effective if such Pubco Offer is not consummated), and shall include such information necessary for consummation of such offer as requested by the Corporation.
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In the case of any Pubco Offer that was initially proposed by the Corporation, the Corporation shall use reasonable best efforts to enable and permit the Members (other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries) to participate in such transaction to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, and to enable such Members to participate in such transaction without being required to exchange Units or shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, prior to the consummation of such transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Members be entitled to receive in such Pubco Offer aggregate consideration for each Common Unit that is less or greater than the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock in connection with a Pubco Offer (it being understood that payments under or in respect of the Tax Receivable Agreement shall not be considered part of any such consideration).
(c) In the event that a transaction or proposed transaction constitutes both a Change of Control Transaction and a Pubco Offer, the provisions of Section 10.09(b) shall take precedence over the provisions of Section 10.09(a) with respect to such transaction, and the provisions of Section 10.09(a) shall be subordinate to provisions of Section 10.09(b), and may only be triggered if the Manager elects to waive the provisions of Section 10.09(b) (and such waiver shall not require the consent of any Member or any other Person).
ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION AND DIRECT EXCHANGE RIGHTS
Section 11.01 Redemption Right of a Member.
(a) Each Member (other than the Corporation) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem (a “Redemption”) its Common Units (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Common Units that are subject to vesting conditions or rights of repurchase or risk of forfeiture, or are subject to Transfer limitations pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement) in whole or in part (the “Redemption Right”) from time to time following the waiver or expiration of any contractual lock-up period relating to the shares of the Corporation that may be applicable to such Member. A Member desiring to exercise its Redemption Right (each, a “Redeeming Member”) shall exercise such right by giving written notice (the “Redemption Notice”) to the Company with a copy to the Corporation, which Redemption Notice may be submitted on any Business Day that is not during a Black-Out Period (if applicable to such Redeeming Member), if (A) the applicable Redemption is in connection with a Permitted Redemption Event or (B) the Company meets the requirements of the Private Placement Safe Harbor (each of (A) and (B), an “Unrestricted Redemption”), or, in any case other than an Unrestricted Redemption, during the Quarterly Exchange Notice Period preceding the desired Redemption Date.
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The Redemption Notice shall specify the number of Common Units (subject, in the case of a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption, to the Minimum Exchange Requirement, it being understood that a Member may specify in its Redemption Notice a number of Common Units in excess of the Minimum Exchange Requirement) (the “Redeemed Units”) that the Redeeming Member intends to have the Company redeem and either (X) with respect to any Unrestricted Redemption, a date not less than three (3) Business Days nor more than ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of such Redemption Notice (unless, and to the extent, that the Manager in its sole discretion agrees in writing to waive such time periods), or (Y) in any other case, the Quarterly Exchange Date, which date in each case shall be the date on which the exercise of the Redemption Right shall be completed (as applicable, the “Redemption Date”); provided, that solely with respect to Unrestricted Redemptions, the Company, the Corporation and the Redeeming Member may change the number of Redeemed Units and/or the Redemption Date specified in such Redemption Notice to another number and/or date by mutual agreement signed in writing by each of them; provided, further, that the Company and the Corporation shall not be required to comply with a Redemption Notice delivered in connection with a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption if such Redemption Notice does not comply with the Minimum Exchange Requirement (and such Redemption Notice shall be deemed null and void ab initio and ineffective with respect to the Redemption specified therein); provided, further, that any Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption may be conditioned (including as to timing) by the Redeeming Member (in the Redeeming Member’s sole discretion) on (i) the Corporation and/or the Redeeming Member having entered into a valid and binding agreement with a third party for the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption (whether in a tender or exchange offer, private sale, public sale or otherwise) and such agreement is subject to customary closing conditions for agreements of this kind and the delivery of the Class A Common Stock by the Corporation or the Redeeming Member, as applicable, to such third party, (ii) the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction or event in which the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption would be exchanged or converted or become exchangeable or convertible into cash or other securities or property and/or (iii) the closing of an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued in connection with such proposed Redemption; provided, further, that if the Corporation closes an underwritten distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the Members (other than, or in addition to, the Corporation) were entitled to resell shares of Class A Common Stock in connection therewith (by the exercise by such Members of the Redemption Right in connection with a Share Settlement or otherwise) (a “Secondary Offering”), then, except as provided in the following proviso, the immediately succeeding Quarterly Exchange Date shall be automatically cancelled and of no force or effect (and no Member shall be entitled to exercise its Redemption Right or deliver a Redemption Notice with respect to a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption in respect of such Quarterly Exchange Date); provided, further, however, that the next Quarterly Exchange Date in the Taxable Year ending December 31, 2024 shall not automatically be cancelled if there have been, in the aggregate, no more than three Quarterly Exchange Dates and Secondary Offerings in such Taxable Year; provided, further that the Company may effect a Redemption if the Manager determines (in its sole and absolute discretion), after consultation with its legal counsel and tax advisors, that such Redemption, together with any other Redemptions that have occurred or are expected to occur, would not be reasonably likely to result in the Company being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, (a) for so long as the Company does not meet the requirements of the Private Placement Safe Harbor, any such Secondary Offering (other than that pursuant to which all Redemptions are Unrestricted Redemptions) shall only be undertaken if, during the applicable Taxable Year, the total number of Quarterly Exchange Dates and prior Secondary Offerings (other than any pursuant to which all Redemptions are Unrestricted Redemptions) on which Redemptions occur is three (3) or fewer and (b) the Company and the Corporation shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with their respective obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement if a Secondary Offering cannot be undertaken due to the restriction set forth in the preceding clause (a).
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Subject to Section 11.03 and unless the Redeeming Member timely has delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(c) or Section 11.01(e) or has revoked or delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(d), on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date):
(b) In exercising its Redemption Right, a Redeeming Member shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, be entitled to receive the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement; provided, that the Corporation shall have the option as provided in Section 11.02 and subject to Section 11.01(f) to select whether the redemption payment is made by means of a Share Settlement or a Cash Settlement in any combination. Within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Redemption Notice, the Corporation shall give written notice (the “Contribution Notice”) to the Company (with a copy to the Redeeming Member) of its intended settlement method; provided, that if the Corporation does not timely deliver a Contribution Notice, the Corporation shall be deemed to have elected the Share Settlement method (subject to the limitations set forth above). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) nor the Company shall effectuate a Cash Settlement unless the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) has authorized and consummated a Qualifying Offering by no later than the Redemption Date for the purpose of satisfying such Cash Settlement. If for any reason the Corporation is unable to complete such Qualifying Offering by the Redemption Date, then the applicable Redeemed Units shall instead be redeemed by Share Settlement, notwithstanding that the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) may have initially elected a Cash Settlement of such Redeemed Units.
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(c) In the event the Corporation elects the Cash Settlement in connection with any portion of a Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption, the Redeeming Member may retract its Redemption Notice with respect to such Redemption by giving written notice (the “Retraction Notice”) to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Contribution Notice. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice under this Section 11.01(c) shall terminate all of the Redeeming Member’s, Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.01 arising from the Redemption Notice.
(d) In the event the Corporation elects a Share Settlement in connection with a Redemption that is an Unrestricted Redemption, a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to revoke its Redemption Notice by delivering a Retraction Notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) or delay the consummation of such Redemption by giving written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation), in either case, within three (3) Business Days of delivery of the Contribution Notice (or, if the Corporation does not timely deliver a Contribution Notice, within three (3) Business Days after the delivery period therefor shall have lapsed), if any of the following conditions exists:
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If a Redeeming Member delays the consummation of a Redemption pursuant to this Section 11.01(d), the Redemption Date shall occur on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date on which the conditions giving rise to such delay cease to exist (or such earlier day as the Corporation, the Company and such Redeeming Member may agree in writing).
(e) Subject to the last two sentences of this Section 11.01(e), if, in the case of a Redemption that is not an Unrestricted Redemption, the Common Unit Redemption Price on a date (determined treating such date as Redemption Date) decreases by more than 10% following the delivery of a Redemption Notice by a Redeeming Member, such Redeeming Member may revoke its Redemption Notice by delivering a Retraction Notice to the Company (with a copy to the Corporation) no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice under this Section 11.01(e) shall terminate all of the Redeeming Member’s, Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.01 arising from the Redemption Notice. A Redeeming Member may only revoke a Redemption under this Section 11.01(e) once in every twelve (12)-month period (and any additional Retraction Notice delivered by a Redeeming Member within such twelve-month period shall be deemed null and void ab initio and ineffective with respect to the revocation of the Redemption specified therein). A Redeeming Member who revokes a Redemption under this Section 11.01(e) may not participate in the Redemption to occur on the next Quarterly Exchange Date immediately following the Quarterly Exchange Date with respect to which the Retraction Notice pertains.
(f) The number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, or the Redeemed Units Equivalent that a Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b) (whether through a Share Settlement or Cash Settlement) shall not be adjusted on account of any Distributions previously made with respect to the Redeemed Units or dividends previously paid with respect to Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable; provided, however, that if a Redeeming Member causes the Company to redeem Redeemed Units and the Redemption Date occurs subsequent to the record date for any Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units but prior to payment of such Distribution, the Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive such Distribution with respect to the Redeemed Units on the date that it is made notwithstanding that the Redeeming Member transferred and surrendered the Redeemed Units to the Company prior to such date; provided, further, however, that a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive any and all Tax Distributions that such Redeeming Member otherwise would have received in respect of income allocated to such Member for the portion of any Fiscal Year irrespective of whether such Tax Distribution(s) are declared or made after the Redemption Date.
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(g) In the case of a Share Settlement, in the event of a reclassification or other similar transaction as a result of which the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock are converted into another security, then in exercising its Redemption Right a Redeeming Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security that the Redeeming Member would have received if such Redemption Right had been exercised and the Redemption Date had occurred immediately prior to the record date of such reclassification or other similar transaction.
Section 11.02 Election and Contribution of the Corporation. In connection with the exercise of a Redeeming Member’s Redemption Rights under Section 11.01(a), the Corporation shall contribute to the Company the consideration the Redeeming Member is entitled to receive under Section 11.01(b). The Corporation, at its option, subject to the succeeding sentence and to the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b), shall determine whether to contribute, pursuant to Section 11.01(b), the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement. The Corporation’s election to contribute pursuant to the Cash Settlement shall be made by the Disinterested Majority. Unless the Redeeming Member has timely delivered a Retraction Notice as provided in Section 11.01(c), (d) or (e), or has delayed a Redemption as provided in Section 11.01(d), on the Redemption Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Redemption Date) (i) the Corporation shall make its Capital Contribution to the Company (in the form of the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement) required under this Section 11.02, and (ii) in the event of a Share Settlement, the Company shall issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of Redeemed Units surrendered by the Redeeming Member. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Corporation elects (through the Disinterested Majority) a Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall only be obligated to contribute to the Company an amount in respect of such Cash Settlement equal to the net proceeds (after deduction of any Discounts) from the sale by the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to a Qualified Offering equal to the number of Redeemed Units to be redeemed with such Cash Settlement, which in no event shall exceed the amount paid by the Company to the Redeeming Member as Cash Settlement; provided, that (i) the Discount shall be an expense of the Company as described in Section 6.06 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, if the Cash Settlement to which the Redeeming Member is entitled exceeds the amount that is contributed to the Company by the Corporation, the Company shall only be required to pay the Redeeming Member the amount contributed to the Company by the Corporation. If the net proceeds from the Qualifying Offering consummated for the purpose of satisfying such Cash Settlement exceed the amount required to satisfy such Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall retain, contribute or otherwise manage such excess cash in its discretion, consistent with how the Corporation manages any other excess cash it may obtain or receive from time to time. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Company’s and the Corporation’s rights and obligations under this Section 11.02 arising from the Redemption Notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) nor the Company shall effectuate a Cash Settlement unless the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) has authorized and consummated a Qualifying Offering by no later than the Redemption Date for the purpose of satisfying such Cash Settlement. If for any reason the Corporation is unable to complete such Qualifying Offering by the Redemption Date, then the applicable Redeemed Units shall instead be redeemed by Share Settlement, notwithstanding that the Corporation (acting through the Disinterested Majority) may have initially elected a Cash Settlement of such Redeemed Units.
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Section 11.03 Direct Exchange Right of the Corporation.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XI (save for the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b) regarding the Corporation’s option to select the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, and without limitation to the rights of the Members under Section 11.01, including the right to revoke a Redemption Notice), the Corporation may, in its sole and absolute discretion (as determined solely by the Disinterested Majority) (subject to the limitations set forth on such discretion in Section 11.01(b)), elect to effect on the Redemption Date the exchange of Redeemed Units for the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, as the case may be, through a direct exchange of such Redeemed Units and the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, as applicable, between the Redeeming Member and the Corporation (a “Direct Exchange”) (rather than contributing the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, as the case may be, to the Company in accordance with Section 11.02 for purposes of the Company redeeming the Redeemed Units from the Redeeming Member in consideration of the Share Settlement or the Cash Settlement, as applicable). Upon such Direct Exchange pursuant to this Section 11.03, the Corporation shall acquire the Redeemed Units and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Units.
(b) The Corporation may, at any time prior to a Redemption Date deliver written notice (an “Exchange Election Notice”) to the Company and the Redeeming Member setting forth its election to exercise its right to consummate a Direct Exchange; provided, that such election is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.01(b) and does not unreasonably prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date. An Exchange Election Notice may be revoked by the Corporation at any time; provided, that any such revocation does not unreasonably prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate a Redemption or Direct Exchange on the Redemption Date. The right to consummate a Direct Exchange in all events shall be exercisable for all of the Redeemed Units that would have otherwise been subject to a Redemption.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this Section 11.03, a Direct Exchange shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe as the relevant Redemption would have been consummated if the Corporation had not delivered an Exchange Election Notice and as follows:
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Section 11.04 Reservation of Shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation. At all times the Corporation shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon a Share Settlement in connection with a Redemption or Direct Exchange, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, as shall be issuable upon any such Share Settlement pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such Share Settlement pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange by delivery of purchased Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable (which may or may not be held in the treasury of the Corporation), or by way of Cash Settlement. The Corporation shall deliver Class A Common Stock that has been registered under the Securities Act with respect to any Share Settlement for Class A Common Stock pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange to the extent a registration statement is effective and available with respect to such shares. The Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon any such Share Settlement pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange prior to such delivery upon each national securities exchange upon which the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are listed at the time of such Share Settlement for Class A Common Stock pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange (it being understood that any such shares may be subject to transfer restrictions under applicable securities Laws). The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D Common Stock, as applicable, issued in connection with a Share Settlement pursuant to a Redemption or Direct Exchange will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The provisions of this Article XI shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with any corresponding provisions of the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation (if any).
Section 11.05 Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Direct Exchange. This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding the consummation of a Redemption or Direct Exchange by a Member and all rights set forth herein shall continue in effect with respect to the remaining Members and, to the extent the Redeeming Member has any remaining Units following such Redemption or Direct Exchange, the Redeeming Member. No Redemption or Direct Exchange shall relieve a Redeeming Member of any prior breach of this Agreement by such Redeeming Member.
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Section 11.06 Tax Treatment.
(a) In connection with any Redemption or Direct Exchange, the Redeeming Member shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to deliver such form, deliver to the Manager or the Company, as applicable, a certificate, dated as of the Redemption Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Manager or the Company, as applicable, certifying as to such Redeeming Member’s taxpayer identification number and that such Redeeming Member is a not a foreign person for purposes of Section 1445 and Section 1446(f) of the Code (which certificate may be an IRS Form W-9 if then sufficient for such purposes under applicable Law) (such certificate a “Non-Foreign Person Certificate”). If a Redeeming Member is unable to provide a Non-Foreign Person Certificate in connection with a Redemption or a Direct Exchange, then (i) such Redeeming Member and the Company shall cooperate to provide any other certification or determination described in proposed Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1446(f)-2(b) and 1.1446(f)-2(c) or otherwise permitted under applicable Law at the time of such Redemption or Direct Exchange, and the Manager or the Company, as applicable, shall be permitted to withhold on the amount realized by such Redeeming Member in respect of such Redemption or Direct Exchange to the extent required under in Section 1446(f) of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder after taking into account the certificate or other determination provided pursuant this sentence and (ii) upon request and to the extent permitted under applicable Law, the Company shall deliver a certificate pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-11T(d)(2) certifying that fifty percent (50%) or more of the value of the gross assets of the Company does not consist of “U.S. real property interests” (as used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-11T), and that ninety percent (90%) or more of the value of the gross assets of the Company does not consist of “U.S. real property interests” plus “cash or cash equivalents” (as used in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-11T); provided, that if the other certification described in clause (i) of this sentence is not available, or the Company is not legally entitled to provide the certificate described in clause (ii), the Corporation shall be permitted to withhold on the amount realized by such Redeeming Member in respect of such Redemption or Direct Exchange to the extent required under Section 1445 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.
(b) Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that a Redemption or a Direct Exchange, as the case may be, shall be treated as a direct exchange of a Share Settlement or a Cash Settlement, as applicable, on the one hand, and the Redeemed Units, on the other hand, between the Corporation and the Redeeming Member for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes.
ARTICLE XII. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS
Section 12.01 Substituted Members. Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, in connection with the Permitted Transfer of a Unit hereunder, the Permitted Transferee shall become a Substituted Member on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.
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Section 12.02 Additional Members. Subject to the provisions of Article X hereof, any Person that is not a Member as of the Effective Date may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member (any such Person, an “Additional Member”) only upon furnishing to the Manager (a) duly executed Joinder and counterparts to any applicable Other Agreements and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as may reasonably be requested by the Manager). Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Manager determines in its sole discretion that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company, including the Schedule of Members.
ARTICLE XIII. WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS
Section 13.01 Withdrawal and Resignation of Members. Except in the event of Transfers pursuant to Section 10.06 or redemptions pursuant to Section 3.05 or Article XI and the Manager’s right to resign pursuant to Section 6.03, no Member shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV. Any Member, however, that attempts to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company without the prior written consent of the Manager upon or following the dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article XIV, but prior to such Member receiving the full amount of Distributions from the Company to which such Member is entitled pursuant to Article XIV, shall be liable to the Company for all damages (including all lost profits and special, indirect and consequential damages) directly or indirectly caused by the withdrawal or resignation of such Member. Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer or a redemption of all of a Member's Units, in each case as permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 10.06, such Member shall cease to be a Member.
ARTICLE XIV. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 14.01 Dissolution. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted resignation, removal, dissolution, bankruptcy or resignation of a Member. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:
(a) the decision of the Manager together with the written approval of the Members holding at least 80% of the Units then outstanding to dissolve the Company (excluding for purposes of such calculation the Corporation and all Units held directly or indirectly by it);
(b) a dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801(a)(4) of the Delaware Act, unless the Company is continued without dissolution pursuant thereto; or
(c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.
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Except as otherwise set forth in this Article XIV, the Company is intended to have perpetual existence. An Event of Withdrawal shall not in and of itself cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, continue in existence without dissolution subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section 14.02 Winding Up. Subject to Section 14.05, on dissolution of the Company, the Manager shall act as liquidating trustee or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidating trustee (each such Person, a “Liquidator”). The Liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of winding up the Company shall be borne as an expense of the Company. Until final distribution, the Liquidators shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, continue to operate the properties of the Company with all of the power and authority of the Manager. The steps to be accomplished by the Liquidators are as follows:
(a) as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after the last sale of Company property, the Liquidators shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;
(b) Liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from the Company’s funds, or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including, without limitation, the establishment of a cash fund for contingent, conditional and unmatured liabilities in such amount and for such term as the Liquidators may reasonably determine) the following: first, all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company owed to creditors other than the Members, including all expenses incurred in connection with the liquidation and winding up of the Company; and second, all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company owed to the Members (other than any payments or distributions owed to such Members in their capacity as Members pursuant to this Agreement); and
(c) following satisfaction of the Company’s debts, liabilities and obligations pursuant to the foregoing Section 14.02(b), all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(i).
The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.02 and Section 14.03 below shall constitute a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions, a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all of the Company’s property and shall constitute a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.
Section 14.03 Deferment; Distribution in Kind. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.02, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the Liquidators determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the Liquidators may, in their sole discretion and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy the Company’s liabilities (other than loans to the Company by any Member(s)) and reserves.
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Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 14.02, the Liquidators may, with the written approval of the Members holding a majority of the Units then outstanding, at any other time (excluding for purposes of such calculation the Corporation and all Units held directly or indirectly by it), distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (a) all or any portion of such remaining assets in-kind of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), (b) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), undivided interests in all or any portion of such assets of the Company or (c) a combination of the foregoing. Any such Distributions in-kind shall be subject to (y) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the Liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and (z) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any assets of the Company distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V. The Liquidators shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed.
Section 14.04 Cancellation of Certificate. On completion of the winding up of the Company as provided herein, the Manager (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the existence of the Company. The Company shall continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 14.04.
Section 14.05 Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 14.02 and 14.03 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.
Section 14.06 Return of Capital. The Liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from assets of the Company).
ARTICLE XV. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15.01 Power of Attorney.
(a) Each Member hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager (or the Liquidator, if applicable) with full power of substitution and re-substitution, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his, her or its name, place and stead, to:
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(b) The foregoing power of attorney coupled with an interest and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, is irrevocable, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any Member and the transfer of all or any portion of his, her or its Units and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.
Section 15.02 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Members (other than the Corporation) agrees to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and may not disclose or use such information except as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager. “Confidential Information” as used herein includes all information concerning the Corporation, the Company or their Subsidiaries, in whatever form, whether written, electronic or oral, including, but not limited to, ideas, financial product structuring, business strategies, innovations and materials, all aspects of the Corporation’s and/or the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code and system and product designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, the methods and means by which either the Corporation or the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, tradenames and all intellectual property associated with the Corporation’s and/or Company’s business. With respect to each Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (a) is, or becomes, generally available to the public other than as a direct or indirect result of a disclosure by such Member or its Affiliates or representatives; (b) is, or becomes, available to such Member from a source other than the Corporation, the Company or their representatives, provided that such source is not, and was not, known to such Member to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or any other contractual, fiduciary or other legal obligation of confidentiality to, the Corporation, the Company or any of their Affiliates or representatives; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or General Counsel of the Company or of the Corporation, or any other officer designated by the Manager; (d) is or becomes independently developed by such Member or its respective representatives without use of or reference to the Confidential Information; or (e) that is shared or used in accordance with the Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement.
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(b) Solely to the extent it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations or to exercise its rights under this Agreement, any Other Agreement or any other agreement to which such Member is party with the Corporation, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information to its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, members, directors, officers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents, on the condition that such Persons keep the Confidential Information confidential to the same extent as such Member is required to keep the Confidential Information confidential; provided, that such Member shall remain liable with respect to any breach of this Section 15.02 by any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, employees, counsel, advisers, consultants, outside contractors and other agents (as if such Persons were party to this Agreement for purposes of this Section 15.02).
(c) Notwithstanding Section 15.02(a) or Section 15.02(b), each of the Members may disclose Confidential Information (i) to the extent that such Member is required by Law (by oral questions, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any of the Confidential Information or to regulatory authorities requesting information from such Member, (ii) for purposes of reporting to its stockholders and direct and indirect equity holders (each of whom are bound by customary confidentiality obligations) the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for purposes of including applicable information in its financial statements to the extent required by applicable Law or applicable accounting standards, or (iii) to any bona fide prospective purchaser of the equity or assets of a Member, or the Units held by such Member, or a prospective merger partner of such Member (provided, that (i) such Persons will be informed by such Member of the confidential nature of such information and shall agree in writing to keep such information confidential in accordance with the contents of this Agreement and (ii) each Member will be liable for any breaches of this Section 15.02 by any such Persons (as if such Persons were party to this Agreement for purposes of this Section 15.02)). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 15.02 will restrict in any manner the ability of the Corporation to comply with its disclosure obligations under Law, and the extent to which any Confidential Information is necessary or desirable to disclose.
Section 15.03 Amendments. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended or modified upon the prior written consent of the Manager, together with the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Units then outstanding (excluding all Units held directly or indirectly by the Corporation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification:
(a) to this Section 15.03 that would adversely affect any Member disproportionately from the other Members may be made without the prior written consent of such affected Member;
(b) to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which terms and conditions expressly require the approval or action of certain Persons (including for the avoidance of doubt, provisions that require the approval of or action through the Disinterested Majority), may be made without obtaining the consent of the requisite number or specified percentage of such Persons who are entitled to approve or take action on such matter; and
(c) to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which would (A) reduce the amounts distributable to a Member pursuant to Articles IV and XIV in a manner that is not pro rata with respect to all Members, (B) increase the liabilities of such Member hereunder, (C) otherwise adversely affect in any material respect a holder of Units in a manner materially disproportionate to any other holder of Units (other than amendments, modifications and waivers necessary to implement the provisions of Article XII) or (D) adversely affect in any material respect the rights of any Member under Article XI, shall be effective against such affected Member or holder of Units, as the case may be, without the prior written consent of such Member or holder of Units, as the case may be.
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Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Manager may make any amendment to this Agreement (i) of an administrative nature that is necessary in order to implement the substantive provisions hereof, without the consent of any Member or any other Person; provided, that any such amendment does not adversely change the rights of the Members hereunder in any respect, or (ii) to reflect any changes to the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Class D Common Stock or the issuance of any other capital stock of the Corporation without the consent of any other Member or any other Person. The Manager shall deliver a copy of any amendment or modification to this Agreement that does not receive the consent of all Members promptly (but in any event within 30 days) after the effectiveness thereof to all Members that did not consent to such amendment or modification.
Section 15.04 Title to Company Assets. Company assets shall be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such assets of the Company or any portion thereof. The Company shall hold title to all of its property in the name of the Company and not in the name of any Member. All assets of the Company shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such assets is held. The Company’s credit and assets shall be used solely for the benefit of the Company, and no asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for, or in payment of, any individual obligation of any Member.
Section 15.05 Addresses and Notices. All notices and other communications to be given to any party hereunder shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing and delivered by hand, courier or overnight delivery service, or when received in the form of an electronic transmission (receipt confirmation requested), and shall be directed to the address set forth, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the Company or the sending party.
To the Company:
OneStream Software LLC
362 South Street
Rochester, MI 48307
Attention:
Email:
with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attn: Allison B. Spinner; Michael Nordtvedt
E-mail:
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To the Corporation:
OneStream, Inc.
362 South Street
Rochester, MI 48307
Attn:
E-mail:
with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attn: Allison B. Spinner; Michael Nordtvedt
E-mail:
To the Members, as set forth on Schedule 2.
Section 15.06 Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
Section 15.07 Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company (other than Indemnified Persons) or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property of the Company other than as a secured creditor.
Section 15.08 Waiver. 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.
Section 15.09 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.
Section 15.10 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any suit, dispute, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be heard in the state or federal courts of the State of Delaware, and the parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE SERVED ON ANY PARTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT (INCLUDING BY PREPAID CERTIFIED MAIL WITH A VALIDATED PROOF OF MAILING RECEIPT) AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF SERVED UPON SUCH PARTY PERSONALLY WITHIN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 15.05 (INCLUDING BY PREPAID CERTIFIED MAIL WITH A VALIDATED PROOF OF MAILING RECEIPT), TOGETHER WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH SERVICE TO SUCH PARTY, SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH PARTY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
Section 15.11 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will 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 invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced with a valid, legal and enforceable provision for such jurisdiction that as closely as possible reflects the parties’ intent with respect thereto, or if not possible, this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
Section 15.12 Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 15.13 Execution and Delivery by Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby or entered into by the Company in accordance herewith, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic signature and/or electronic transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, 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 electronic signature or electronic transmission to execute and/or deliver a document or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
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Section 15.14 Right of Offset. Whenever the Company or the Corporation is to pay any sum (other than pursuant to Article IV) to any Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company or the Corporation which are not the subject of a good faith dispute may be deducted from that sum before payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution of Units to the Corporation shall not be subject to this Section 15.14.
Section 15.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, those documents expressly referred to herein (including the Reorganization Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Tax Receivable Agreement and the Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement), any indemnity agreements entered into in connection with the limited liability company agreement governing the Company prior to the Effective Date with any member of the board of directors, board of managers or other management body at that time and other documents that are executed, adopted or become effective in connection with the IPO or the Reorganization embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. For the avoidance of doubt, the Prior LLC Agreement is superseded in its entirety by this Agreement as of the Effective Date and shall be of no further force and effect thereafter, except to the extent reference thereto is contemplated in this Agreement, and only for such limited purposes as stated herein.
Section 15.16 Remedies. Each Member shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any Law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by Law.
Section 15.17 Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any agreement, document or instrument that requires the consent of any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment or modification. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. Each of the parties hereto agrees that they have been represented by independent counsel of its own choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the parties hereto and their counsel have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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Section 15.18 Approval of Agreement. By signing below, each of the signatories to this Agreement (a) approves, ratifies and authorizes the adoption of this Agreement, the Reorganization, the Recapitalization and agrees that the adoption of this Agreement, the Reorganization and the Recapitalization are permitted, ratified and approved notwithstanding any provision of the Prior LLC Agreement and that the Prior LLC Agreement is amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in this Agreement, (b) approves, authorizes, ratifies and consents to the issuance of (i) Class A Common Stock by the Corporation in the IPO, (ii) Class C Common Stock by the Corporation to the Company and the Distribution thereof by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) Common Units to the Corporation pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement and (c) waives any rights of participation arising under Article XI of the Prior LLC Agreement with respect to the issuance of any of the foregoing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement as of the date first written above.
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ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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ONESTREAM, INC. |
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/s/ Bill Koefoed |
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Name: Bill Koefoed |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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OLIVIER DE GAETANO |
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/s/ Olivier de Gaetano |
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MIDWEST FISH HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Abram Gordon |
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Name: Abram Gordon |
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Title: Manager |
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MAERTSENO HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Anthony Cracchiolo |
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Name: Anthony Cracchiolo |
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Title: Assistant Secretary |
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DATASENSE HOLDINGS LLC. |
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By: |
/s/ Jack Lucci |
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Name: Jack Lucci |
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Title: Member |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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TIDEMARK EXECUTIVE FUND I LP |
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By: |
Tidemark I GP LP, its General Partner |
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Tidemark Capital LLC, its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Yuan |
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Name: David Yuan |
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Title: Managing Member |
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TIDEMARK FUND I LP |
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Tidemark I GP LP, its General Partner |
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Tidemark Capital LLC, its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Yuan |
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Name: David Yuan |
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Title: Managing Member |
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FARMCO |
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By: |
Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Long Beach |
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By: |
/s/ Alexandra Chamber |
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Name: Alexandra Chamber |
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Title: Principal Officer |
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IGSB AVATAR P I, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Timothy K. Bliss |
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Name: Timothy K. Bliss |
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Title: Manager |
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LA CENTRA-SUMERLIN FOUNDATION |
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By: |
/s/ Abby Honikman |
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Name: Abby Honikman |
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Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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KKR DREAM HOLDINGS LLC |
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KKR Dream Aggregator, L.P., its sole member |
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KKR Dream Aggregator GP, LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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GROWTH EQUITY OPPORTUNITY FUND LP |
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By: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, its Investment Manager |
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By: |
/s/ Jason Kreuziger |
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Name: Jason Kreuziger |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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BROAD STREET PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Jason Kreuziger |
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Name: Jason Kreuziger |
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Title: Vice President |
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STONEBRIDGE 2019, LP |
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Bridge Street Opportunities Advisors, L.L.C. |
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By: |
/s/ Jason Kreuziger |
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Name: Jason Kreuziger |
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Title: Vice President |
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FIRE JACK CONSULTING, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Anthony Dimitrie |
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Name: Anthony Dimitrie |
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Title: President |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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ONE STREAM INTERESTS LLC. |
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By: |
/s/ Mark Reed |
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Name: Mark Reed |
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Title: RVP Sales |
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GERMAINE, MT LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Micheal Germaine |
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Name: Micheal Germaine |
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Title: Managing Member |
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CAITRYAN LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Ken Hohenstein |
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Name: Ken Hohenstein |
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Title: Chief Revenue Officer |
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JOHN E. KINZER TRUST |
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By: |
/s/ John Kinzer |
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Name: John Kinzer |
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Title: Trustee |
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MICHAEL BURKLAND |
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By: |
/s/ Michael Burkland |
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FUGERE HOLDING LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Peter Fugere |
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Name: Peter Fugere |
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Title: Chief Solutions Officer |
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IRONSTREAM, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Steve Mebius |
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Name: Steve Mebius |
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Title: Sole Member |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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FALKEN PEAK MANAGEMENT, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Ricardo Rasche |
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Name: Ricardo Rasche |
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Title: Managing Member |
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CALLAWOODY LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Jim Campbell |
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Name: Jim Campbell |
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Title: Owner |
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A CIABURRO SERVICES LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Anthony Ciaburro |
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Name: Anthony Ciaburro |
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Title: Vice President |
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B LOVELACE SERVICES, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Bill Lovelace |
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Name: Bill Lovelace |
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Title: Global Vice President – Solution Consulting |
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SHADY OAKS ENTERPRISES LLC. |
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By: |
/s/ Matthew Dellenger |
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Name: Matthew Dellenger |
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Title: President |
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CKOA LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Chad Hart |
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Name: Chard Hart |
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Title: CEO |
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BLAZING ELK MANAGEMENT I, INC. |
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/s/ William Koefoed |
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Name: William Koefoed |
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Title: Trustee |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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BLAZING ELK MANAGEMENT II, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ William Koefoed |
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Name: William Koefoed |
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Title: Trustee |
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KARA WILSON |
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By: |
/s/ Kara Wilson |
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JONATHAN MARINER |
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By: |
/s/ Jonathan Mariner |
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JONATHAN D MARINER REVOCABLE TRUST |
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By: |
/s/ Jonathan Mariner |
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Name: Jonathan Mariner |
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Title: Trustee |
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TSICU Corp. |
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By: |
/s/ Tom Shea |
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Name: Tom Shea |
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Title: CEO |
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JDICU Corp. |
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By: |
/s/ Jeffrey DeGrieck |
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Name: Jeffrey DeGrieck |
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Title: Member |
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CCICU Corp. |
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/s/ Craig Colby |
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Name: Craig Colby |
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Title: President |
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POWERS OS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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/s/ Bob Powers |
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Name: Bob Powers |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
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CALLAWOODY II, LLC |
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/s/ Jim Campbell |
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Name: Jim Campbell |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement]
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE OF PRE-IPO MEMBERS
Name |
Common (CU) |
Incentive Common (ICU) |
Series A Preferred (PA) |
Series B Preferred Unit (PB) |
Outstanding Units |
A CIABURRO Services LLC |
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B Lovelace Services, LLC |
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Blazing Elk Management I, Inc. |
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Blazing Elk Management II, Inc. |
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Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. |
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CaitRyan LLC |
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Callawoody II, Inc. |
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Callawoody LLC |
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CCICU Corp. |
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CKOA LLC |
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DataSense Holdings LLC |
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Falken Peak Management, LLC |
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FARMCO |
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Fire Jack Consulting, LLC |
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Fugere Holding LLC |
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Germaine, MT LLC |
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Growth Equity Opportunity Fund LP |
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IGSB Avatar P I, LLC |
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IronStream, LLC |
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JDICU Corp. |
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John E. Kinzer Trust |
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Jonathan D Mariner Revocable Trust |
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Jonathan Mariner |
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Kara Wilson |
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KKR Dream Aggregator L.P. |
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La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation |
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Maertseno Holdings LLC |
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Mariner Family Equity Trust |
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Michael Burkland |
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Midwest Fish Holdings LLC |
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Olivier de Gaetano |
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ONE STREAM INTERESTS LLC |
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Powers OS Holdings, Inc. |
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Shady Oaks Enterprises LLC |
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StoneBridge 2019, L.P. |
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Tidemark Fund I LP |
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Tidemark Executive Fund I LP |
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TSICU Corp. |
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SCHEDULE 2*
SCHEDULE OF MEMBERS
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OneStream, Inc. |
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A CIABURRO Services LLC |
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B Lovelace Services, LLC |
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Blazing Elk Management I, Inc. |
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Blazing Elk Management II, Inc. |
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Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. |
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CaitRyan LLC |
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Callawoody II, Inc. |
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Callawoody LLC |
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CCICU Corp. |
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CKOA LLC |
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DataSense Holdings LLC |
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Falken Peak Management, LLC |
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FARMCO |
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Fire Jack Consulting, LLC |
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Fugere Holding LLC |
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Germaine, MT LLC |
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Growth Equity Opportunity Fund LP |
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IGSB Avatar P I, LLC |
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IronStream, LLC |
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JDICU Corp. |
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John E. Kinzer Trust |
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Jonathan Mariner |
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Jonathan D. Mariner Revocable Trust |
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Kara Wilson |
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KKR Dream Aggregator L.P. |
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La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation |
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Maertseno Holdings LLC |
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Michael Burkland |
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Midwest Fish Holdings LLC |
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Olivier de Gaetano |
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ONE STREAM INTERESTS LLC |
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Powers OS Holdings, Inc. |
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Shady Oaks Enterprises LLC |
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StoneBridge 2019, L.P. |
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Tidemark Executive Fund I LP |
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Tidemark Fund I LP |
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TSICU Corp. |
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A CIABURRO Services LLC |
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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 Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of July 23, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”) by and among the Company, OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole manager of the Company (the “Corporation”), 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 LLC Agreement.
[Name]
[Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Attn:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
Form of Joinder Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.
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Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B-1
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND CONSENT OF SPOUSE
The undersigned spouse of _____________________________ (the “Member”), a party to that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of July 23, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) by and among the Company, OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole manager of the Company, 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 Agreement), acknowledges on his or her own behalf that:
I have read the Agreement and understand its contents. I acknowledge and understand that under the Agreement, any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in the Units owned by the Member is subject to the terms of the Agreement, which include certain restrictions on Transfer.
I hereby consent to and approve the Agreement. I agree that said Units and any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in such Units are subject to the provisions of the Agreement and that I will take no action at any time to hinder operation of the Agreement on said Units or any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in said Units.
I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of the Agreement have been explained fully to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Agreement and consent without any duress and of free will.
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Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property
Exhibit B-2
FORM OF SPOUSE’S CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY
I, the undersigned, the spouse of _____________________________ (the “Member”), who is a party to that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of July 23, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) by and among the Company, OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole manager of the Company, 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 Agreement), acknowledge and confirm that the Units owned by said Member are the sole and separate property of said Member, and I hereby disclaim any interest in same.
I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of this Member’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property have been fully explained to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Member’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property without any duress and of free will.
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Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property
Exhibit 10.2
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
by and among
ONESTREAM, INC.
ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC
and
THE MEMBERS OF ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
Dated as July 23, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1. |
Definitions |
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Section 1.2. |
Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE II DETERMINATION OF REALIZED TAX BENEFIT |
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Section 2.1. |
Basis Adjustments; LLC 754 Election |
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Section 2.2. |
Basis Schedules |
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Section 2.3. |
Tax Benefit Schedules |
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Section 2.4. |
Procedures; Amendments |
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ARTICLE III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS |
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Section 3.1. |
Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments |
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Section 3.2. |
No Duplicative Payments |
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Section 3.3. |
Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members |
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Section 3.4. |
Overpayments |
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Section 3.5. |
Optional Estimated Tax Benefit Payment Procedure |
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ARTICLE IV TERMINATION |
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Section 4.1. |
Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events |
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Section 4.2. |
Early Termination Notice |
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Section 4.3. |
Payment upon Early Termination |
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ARTICLE V SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS |
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Section 5.1. |
Subordination |
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Section 5.2. |
Late Payments by the Corporation |
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ARTICLE VI TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION |
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Section 6.1. |
Participation in the Corporation’s and the LLC’s Tax Matters |
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Section 6.2. |
Consistency |
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Section 6.3. |
Cooperation |
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.1. |
Notices |
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Section 7.2. |
Counterparts |
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Section 7.3. |
Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 7.4. |
Severability |
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Section 7.5. |
Right of First Refusal; Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver |
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Section 7.6. |
Titles and Subtitles |
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Section 7.7. |
Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law |
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Section 7.8. |
Reconciliation Procedures |
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Section 7.9. |
Withholding |
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Section 7.10. |
Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets |
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Section 7.11. |
Confidentiality |
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Section 7.12. |
Change in Law |
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Section 7.13. |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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Section 7.14. |
Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations |
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Section 7.15. |
LLC Agreement |
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Section 7.16. |
Representative |
32 |
Section 7.17. |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
33 |
Section 7.18. |
Confirmation of Consent |
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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 23, 2024, is hereby entered into by and among OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “LLC”), and each of the Members (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the LLC is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, each of the members of the LLC as of the date hereof owns limited liability company interests in the LLC in the form of Units (as defined herein) (such members (other than the Corporation), together with each Person that sells Units in the Secondary Purchase, each Person that holds stock of a Blocker immediately prior to the Reorganization and each other Person that becomes party hereto by satisfying the Joinder requirements, the “Members”);
WHEREAS, the Corporation is the sole managing member of the LLC;
WHEREAS, the Corporation will issue 18,054,333 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) to certain purchasers in an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “IPO”);
WHEREAS, the Corporation will use a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO to acquire newly issued Units directly from the LLC, which proceeds will be used by the LLC for general company purposes;
WHEREAS, the Corporation will use a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO to acquire Units from certain Person that hold Units immediately prior to the IPO (the “Secondary Purchase”);
WHEREAS, the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) provides each Member a redemption right pursuant to which each Member may cause the LLC to redeem all or a portion of its Units from time to time for shares of Class A Common Stock or Class D 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 or Class D Common Stock for such Units between the Corporation and the applicable Member in lieu of such a Redemption (a “Direct Exchange”);
WHEREAS, the LLC 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 the LLC or certain of its Subsidiaries; WHEREAS, pursuant to those certain Merger Agreements, dated as of July 23, 2024, among the Corporation and the parties named therein, each Blocker and OneStream Software Holdings Corp.
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will merge with and into the Corporation (the “Reorganization”);
WHEREAS, the income, gain, loss, expense, deduction and other Tax items of the Corporation may be affected by (i) Basis Adjustments, (ii) Blocker NOLs, and (iii) Imputed Interest; and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to the effect of the Basis Adjustments, Blocker NOLs and Imputed Interest on the liability for Covered Taxes of the Corporation.
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 verified forms of the terms defined).
“Actual Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vii).
“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 (and the LLC, but only to the extent allocable to the Corporation) filed for such Taxable Year or (b) if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination; provided, that for purposes of determining Actual Tax Liability for all U.S. state and local Covered Taxes (as well as the federal benefit relating to state and local Covered Taxes), the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate.
“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 a per annum rate of Term SOFR for an Interest Period of one-month plus 100 basis points.
“Agreement” is defined in the preamble.
“Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.4(b).
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“Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the assumed blended maximum state and local tax rate applicable to the Corporation, based on its income tax apportionment factor for each applicable state and local jurisdiction, which shall initially be 5.06% and which may be adjusted from time to time by the Corporation in its reasonable discretion if such adjustment is necessary to take into account any change in applicable Law or any material change in (i) the apportionment factor on the Tax Returns of the Corporation in the applicable U.S. state or local jurisdiction or (ii) the U.S. state and local jurisdictions in which the Corporation is liable for Covered Taxes, in each case, from Taxable Year to Taxable Year.
“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 Corporation’s proportionate share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets (i) if the LLC continues to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes following an Exchange, under Section 734(b), 743(b), 754, 755 of the Code, in each case, or any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax Law, and (ii) if the LLC becomes treated as an entity disregarded from its owner for U.S. federal tax purposes following an Exchange, under Section 362(a), 732 or 1012, in each case, or any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax Law, in each case of (i) and (ii), as a result of any Exchange or any payment made under this Agreement (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, as a result of the Reorganization). 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, and, further, payments under this Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are treated as Imputed Interest. Any adjustments to tax basis occurring pursuant to Section 743(b) shall also refer to any new Section 743(b) adjustments with respect to the same Units that occur in tax-deferred transactions following an Exchange with respect to such Units.
“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, such security, or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.
“Blocker” means KKR Americas XII (Dream) Blocker L.P., KKR Americas XII (Dream II) Blocker L.P., KKR Americas XII EEA (Dream) Blocker L.P., KKR NGT (Dream) Blocker (EEA) LP, KKR NGT (Dream) Blocker L.P., KKR Wolverine I Tax Sub LLC, KKR Dream Blocker LLC, StoneBridge Dream Offshore, Inc., K-Prime Dream Blocker LLC, Alkeon Innovation I Blocker, LLC, Alkeon Innovation II Blocker, LLC, Alkeon Innovation II, Private Series Blocker, LLC, Alkeon Innovation Lux Blocker, LLC, Alkeon Innovation Opportunity Blocker, LLC, Tidemark Fund I (OS) Blocker LLC and Tiger Global PIP 14-1 Inc.
“Blocker NOLs” means the net operating losses of any Blocker relating to taxable periods ending on or prior to IPO Date that the Corporation is entitled to utilize following the Blockers’ participation in the Reorganization and that arise out of such Blocker’s ownership of equity interests of the LLC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Blocker NOLs” shall not include any Tax attribute of a Blocker that is used to offset Covered Taxes of such Blocker, if such offset Covered Taxes are attributable to taxable periods ending on or prior to the date of the Reorganization.
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“Blocker Stock” means, with respect to any Blocker, the membership interests, stock or other equity interests of such Blocker, as applicable, outstanding immediately prior to the Reorganization.
“Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
“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.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
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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 integrated transactions immediately following which (a) the record holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Class D Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) 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 or (b) in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) or (iv), Representative is 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, Class C Common Stock, Class D 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 capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote (or, in the case of a transaction described in the foregoing clause (iv), more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof).
“Class A Common Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Class B Common Stock” means the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class C Common Stock” means the shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class D Common Stock” means the shares of Class D common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“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 Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.3(a) of this Agreement.
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“Covered Taxes” means any U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest and penalties imposed in respect thereof under applicable Law.
“Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii).
“Default Rate” means a per annum rate of the Agreed Rate 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 U.S. state or local 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.
“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 any (i) Direct Exchange, (ii) Redemption, (iii) other purchase (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of Units by the Corporation (including a purchase by the LLC deemed or treated as a purchase by the Corporation under Section 707(a) of the Code) from a Member, including the Secondary Purchase, or (iv) distribution (including a deemed distribution) by the LLC to a Member that results in a Basis Adjustment.
“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 Date” means the date of any Exchange.
“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).
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“Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation (and the LLC, but only to the extent allocable to the Corporation) that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used in computing the Actual Tax Liability 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 the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis as reflected on the Basis Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year, (ii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest, Actual Interest Amounts, or Default Rate Interest for such Taxable Year and (iii) excluding any Blocker NOLs; 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), (ii) or (iii) 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 U.S. state or local 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 Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any determination of Term SOFR, the period commencing on the date of determination and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one month thereafter; provided that (x) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (y) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“IPO” if defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“IPO Date” means the closing date of the IPO.
“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(b).
“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.
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“LLC” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“LLC Group” means the LLC 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)).
“Market Value” means the Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the Operating Agreement.
“Material Breach” means the (i) material breach by the Corporation of a material obligation under this Agreement that cannot be cured or has not been cured within twenty (20) Business Days after the Corporation receives notice thereof from any Member 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 at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.
“Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Operating Agreement” means that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the LLC, 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.
“Permitted Transfer” means the Transfer of Units by a holder of Units to any Transferee as permitted by the Operating Agreement.
“Permitted Transferee” means a holder of Units pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.
“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 of one or more Units (including upon the death of a Member) (i) that occurs after the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies.
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“Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv).
“Realized Tax Detriment” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v).
“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 LLC Group at the time of an Exchange. 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 any “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset.
“Reorganization” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Replacement Rate” is defined in Section 7.17.
“Representative” means initially, KKR Dream Holdings LLC, and thereafter, that Member or committee of Members determined from time to time by a plurality vote of the Members ratably in accordance with their right to receive Early Termination Payments under this Agreement determined as if all Members directly holding Common Units had fully Exchanged their Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock, Class D Common Stock or other consideration and the Corporation had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange.
“Schedule” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, and (iii) an Early Termination Schedule and, in each case, any amendments thereto.
"Secondary Purchase” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1.
“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10% per annum for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or other Person acting as the SOFR Administrator at such time.
“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.
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“Subsidiary Stock” means any stock or other equity interest in any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
“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 schedules or other attachments thereto), 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 comparable 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 date of the Effective Time.
“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.
“Term SOFR” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; provided that if the Term SOFR determined pursuant to the foregoing would otherwise be less than zero, the Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Corporation) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time).
“Transfer” has the meaning set forth in the Operating Agreement and the terms “Transferee,” “Transferor,” “Transferred,” and other forms of the word “Transfer” shall have the correlative meanings.
“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.
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“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“Units” means Common Units, as defined in the Operating Agreement.
“Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:
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“Voluntary Early Termination” is defined in Section 4.2(a).
Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified herein:
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ARTICLE II
Determination of Realized Tax Benefit
Section 2.1. Basis Adjustments; LLC 754 Election.
Section 2.2. Basis Schedules. Within one hundred twenty (120) 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 Representative a schedule showing, in reasonable detail as necessary in order to understand and as necessary to perform the calculations required by this Agreement, (a) the Non-Adjusted Tax Basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, (b) the Basis Adjustments to the Reference Assets for such Taxable Year, (c) the periods over which the Reference Assets are amortizable or depreciable, (d) the Blocker NOLs of each Blocker for the Taxable Year and (d) the period over which each Basis Adjustment is 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(a).
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Section 2.3. Tax Benefit Schedules.
Section 2.4. Procedures; Amendments.
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ARTICLE III
Tax Benefit Payments
Section 3.1. Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.
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Section 3.2. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) that may be required under this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.
Section 3.3. Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the Members.
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Section 3.4. Overpayments. Subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a), to the extent the Corporation makes a payment to a Member in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to such Member in respect of such Taxable Year (taking into account Section 3.3) under the terms of this Agreement, then such Member shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until such Member has foregone an amount of payments equal to such excess; provided, that for the avoidance of the doubt, no Member shall be required to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such Member.
Section 3.5. Optional Estimated Tax Benefit Payment Procedure. As long as the Corporation is current in respect of its payment obligations owed to each Member pursuant to this Agreement and there are no delinquent Tax Benefit Payments (including interest thereon) outstanding in respect of prior Taxable Years for any Member, the Corporation may, at any time on or after the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for a Taxable Year and at the Corporation’s option, in its sole discretion, make one or more estimated payments to the Members in respect of any anticipated amounts to be owed with respect to a Taxable Year to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement (any such estimated payments referred to as an “Estimated Tax Benefit Payment”); provided that any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made to a Member pursuant to this Section 3.5 is matched by a proportionately equal Estimated Tax Benefit Payment to all other Members then entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment. Any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment made under this Section 3.5 shall be paid by the Corporation to the Members and applied against the final amount of any Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1. The payment of an Estimated Tax Benefit Payment by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall also terminate the obligation of the Corporation to make payment of any Actual Interest Amount that might have otherwise accrued with respect to the proportionate amount of the Tax Benefit Payment that is being paid in advance of the applicable Tax Benefit Schedule being finalized pursuant to Section 2.4. Upon the making of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payment pursuant to this Section 3.5, the amount of such Estimated Tax Benefit Payment shall first be applied to any estimated Actual Interest Amount, then to Imputed Interest, and then applied to the remaining residual amount of the Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1. In determining the final amount of any Tax Benefit Payment to be made pursuant to Section 3.1, and for purposes of finalizing the Tax Benefit Schedule pursuant to Section 2.3(a), the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments that may have been made with respect to the Taxable Year shall be increased, if the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment for a Taxable Year exceeds the Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made for such Taxable Year, with such increase being paid by the Corporation to the Members along with an appropriate Actual Interest Amount in respect of the amount of such increase (a “True-Up”). If the Estimated Tax Benefit Payment to a Member for a Taxable Year exceeds the finally determined Tax Benefit Payment to the Member for such Taxable Year, such excess, along with an appropriate Actual Interest Amount in respect of such excess (being charged by the Corporation to the Member), shall be applied to reduce the amount of any subsequent future Tax Benefit Payments (including Estimated Tax Benefit Payments, if any) to be paid by the Corporation to such Member. As of the date on which any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments are made, and as of the date on which any True-Up is made, all such payments shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as otherwise contemplated by Section 3.1 and all other applicable terms of this Agreement.
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For the avoidance of doubt, as is the case with Tax Benefit Payments made by the Corporation to the Members pursuant to Section 3.1, the amount of any Estimated Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Section 3.5 that are attributable to (i) an Exchange shall also be treated, in part, as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that give rise to Basis Adjustments in the Taxable Year of payment to the extent permitted by applicable law and as of the date on which such payments are made; provided that any additional Basis Adjustments arising from an Estimated Tax Benefit Payment will be determined on an iterative basis continuing until any incremental Basis Adjustments are immaterial as reasonably determined by the Corporation and Representative; and (ii) Blocker NOLs will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, be treated as additional consideration received by each applicable Member that held stock of the applicable Blocker immediately prior to the Reorganization pursuant to the Reorganization.
ARTICLE IV
Termination
Section 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events.
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Section 4.2. Early Termination Notice.
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Section 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination.
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 Members 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 indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any trade payables, intercompany debt or other similar obligations) (“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. To the extent that any Payment is not permitted to be made when due as a result of this Section 5.1 and the terms of the agreements governing Senior Obligations, such Payment nevertheless shall accrue for the benefit of the Members and the Corporation shall make such Payment at the first opportunity that such Payment is permitted to be made in accordance with the terms of the Senior Obligations.
Section 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporation. Subject to the proviso in the third sentence of Section 4.1(c), the amount of any Payment not made to any Member 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 Member; provided, further, that if any unpaid portion of any Tax Benefit Payment is the subject of a Reconciliation Dispute and is finally determined in such Reconciliation Dispute to be due and payable, then interest shall accrue on such unpaid portion at the Default Rate (in place of the Agreed Rate) from the date that is thirty (30) days following the due date for the applicable Tax Benefit Schedule until the date of actual payment.
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ARTICLE VI
Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation
Section 6.1. Participation in the Corporation’s and the LLC’s 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 or the LLC, including preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not settle any issue pertaining to Covered Taxes that is reasonably expected to adversely affect the rights and obligations of a Member under this Agreement in any material respect without the consent of Representative, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If Representative fails to respond to any notice with respect to the settlement of any such issue within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the applicable notice, Representative shall be deemed to have consented to the proposed settlement or other disposition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall notify Representative of, and keep it reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit by any Taxing Authority of the Corporation, the LLC or any of the LLC’s Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the Members’ rights and obligations under this Agreement, and Representative shall have the right to participate in and to monitor at its own expense (but not to control) any such portion of any such audit; provided, that neither the Corporation nor the LLC shall be required to take any action, or refrain from taking any action, that is a violation of any provision of the Operating Agreement.
Section 6.2. Consistency. Except upon the written advice of the Advisory Firm and except for items that are explicitly described as “deemed” or treated in a similar manner by the terms of this Agreement, 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 the LLC on their respective Tax Returns. Each Member 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 Member, except as otherwise required by Law or a Determination. If the Corporation and any Member, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve any disagreement with respect to the foregoing within sixty (60) calendar days, the Corporation and such Member shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under Section 7.8 or the Resolution of Dispute procedures under Section 7.7, as applicable, unless otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such Member. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm acceptable to the Audit Committee, the Parties 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 applicable Law or a Determination or unless the Corporation and all of the Members agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.
Section 6.3. Cooperation.
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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:
OneStream, Inc.
362 South Street
Rochester, MI 48307
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
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with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attn: Allison B. Spinner; Michael Nordtvedt
E-mail:
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If to Representative, to:
KKR Dream Holdings LLC
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
Attn: David Welsh
E-mail:
with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Jones Day
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
Attn: Timothy Curry
E-mail:
If to any other Member, to the address and e-mail address specified on such Member’s signature page to the applicable Joinder.
Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices, requests, consents or other communications shall be deemed effective (i) on the date received, if personally delivered, (ii) on the date received if delivered by e-mail on a Business Day, or if not delivered on a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (iii) two (2) Business Days after being sent by overnight courier. Each of the Parties shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other Parties.
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 Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by 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.
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Section 7.5. Right of First Refusal; Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.
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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.
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Section 7.8. Reconciliation Procedures.
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Section 7.9. Withholding. The Corporation and its Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any Member 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. The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify each Member in writing of its (or any of its Affiliate’s) intent to deduct and withhold any applicable Taxes with respect to any payment that is payable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement prior to any such withholding, except with respect to any withholding applicable as a result of a failure by such Member to provide a valid Form W-8 or a valid Form W-9, as may be applicable; provided that if the Corporation has previously notified a Member of its intent to deduct or withhold Taxes from any payment pursuant to this Agreement, the Corporation shall not be required to provide notifications of its intent to deduct or withhold Taxes from subsequent payments to such Members on the same basis as such prior deduction or withholding was made. The Corporation shall cooperate with each Member in a commercially reasonable manner to reduce or eliminate any applicable withholding. 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 Member in respect of whom the deduction and withholding was made. Each Member 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.
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Section 7.11. Confidentiality. Section 15.02 (Confidentiality) of the Operating Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to any information of the Corporation provided to the Members and their assignees pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 7.12. Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Law, a Member 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 Member (or direct or indirect equity holders in such Member) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as 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 Member or any direct or indirect owner of such Member, then, at the written election of such Member in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such Member and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such Member, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such Member, or may be amended in a manner reasonably determined by such Member; 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; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, such amendment shall not be treated as a termination of this Agreement that results in an Early Termination Payment obligation of the Corporation.
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 Member hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).
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If any Member 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 Member exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Member 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 Member 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 Member hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A Member shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than its Affiliates or representatives as described herein), nor shall a Member have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than obligations of the Corporation). The obligations of a Member hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation.
Section 7.15. LLC Agreement. This Agreement shall be treated as part of the LLC Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations; provided, however, that the Members that held Blocker Stock prior to the Reorganization shall not be treated as partners of the LLC for tax purposes or for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 7.16. Representative By executing this Agreement, each of the Members shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed Representative as its agent and attorney in fact with full power of substitution to act from and after the date hereof and to do any and all things and execute any and all documents on behalf of such Member which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate any matters under this Agreement, including: (i) execution of the documents and certificates required pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) except to the extent provided in this Agreement, receipt and forwarding of notices and communications pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) administration of the provisions of this Agreement; (iv) any and all consents, waivers, amendments or modifications deemed by Representative to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the execution or delivery of any documents that may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith; (v) taking actions Representative is authorized to take pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement; (vi) negotiating and compromising, on behalf of such Members, any dispute that may arise under, and exercising or refraining from exercising any remedies available under, this Agreement and executing, on behalf of such Members, any settlement agreement, release or other document with respect to such dispute or remedy; and (vii) engaging attorneys, accountants, agents or consultants on behalf of such Members in connection with this Agreement and paying any fees related thereto on behalf of such Members, subject to reimbursement by such Members. Representative may resign upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Corporation.
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Section 7.17. Alternate Rate of Interest If the Corporation has made the determination (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) Term SOFR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars or (ii) the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of Term SOFR has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which Term SOFR shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, then the Corporation shall (as determined by the Corporation to be consistent with market practice generally), establish a replacement interest rate (the “Replacement Rate”), in which case, the Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace Term SOFR for all purposes under this Agreement. In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this Agreement shall be amended solely with the consent of the Corporation and the LLC, as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation, to effect the provisions of this section. The Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that, in each case, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Corporation, such Replacement Rate shall be applied as otherwise reasonably determined by the Corporation in a manner consistent with the purposes and use of SOFR in this Agreement.
Section 7.18. Confirmation of Consent. Each of the parties to this Agreement, including any Member that becomes a party by executing a Joinder, acknowledges, agrees, ratifies and consents to the Reorganization and the adoption of the Operating Agreement and any transaction contemplated thereby or related thereto notwithstanding any provision of the Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the LLC, dated as of April 5, 2021. To the extent not already a party thereto, any Member holding Units executing this Agreement or a Joinder agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of the Operating Agreement.
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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.
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ONESTREAM, INC. |
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/s/ Bill Koefoed |
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Name: Bill Koefoed |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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ONESTREAM SOFTWARE LLC |
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/s/ Bill Koefoed |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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KKR AMERICAS XII (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR AMERICAS XII (DREAM II) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR AMERICAS XII EEA (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR NGT (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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KKR Associates NGT L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Next Gen Tech Growth Limited, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR NGT (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT (EEA) L.P. |
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KKR Associates NGT L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Next Gen Tech Growth Limited, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR WOLVERINE I LTD. |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey B. Van Horn, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR TFO PARTNERS L.P. |
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KKR ASSOCIATES TFO L.P., its general partner |
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KKR TFO GP Limited, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey B. Van Horn, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR CUSTOM EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FUND L.P. |
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KKR Associates Custom Equity Opportunities L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Custom Equity Opportunities Limited, its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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KKR-MILTON STRATEGIC PARTNERS L.P. |
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KKR Associates Milton Strategic L.P., its general partner |
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KKR Milton Strategic Limited, its general partner |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
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STONEBRIDGE 2019 OFFSHORE HOLDINGS, L.P. |
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/s/ Jason Kreuziger |
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Title: Vice President |
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K-PRIME AG FINANCING L.P. |
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K-PRIME Hedge-Finance GP Limited., its general partner |
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/s/ David Welsh |
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Name: David Welsh |
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Title: Attorney-in-fact for Sung Bum Cho, Authorized Signatory |
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ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND, LP |
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Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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Title: Managing Director |
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ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND II, LP |
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Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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Title: Managing Director |
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ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND II, PRIVATE SERIES, LP |
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Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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ALKEON INNOVATION LUX, SCSP SICAV-RAIF |
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Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Portfolio Manager |
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/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
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Title: Managing Director |
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ALKEON INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LP |
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Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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Title: Managing Director |
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TIGER GLOBAL INTERMEDIARY 3 LLC |
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Title: Manager |
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TIDEMARK FUND I-A LP |
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Tidemark I GP LP, its General Partner |
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Tidemark Capital LLC, its General Partner |
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OLIVIER DE GAETANO |
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MIDWEST FISH HOLDINGS LLC |
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/s/ Abram Gordon |
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Title: Manager |
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MAERTSENO HOLDINGS LLC |
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Title: Assistant Secretary |
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DATASENSE HOLDINGS LLC. |
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Title: Member |
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TIDEMARK EXECUTIVE FUND I LP |
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Tidemark I GP LP, its General Partner |
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Tidemark Capital LLC, its General Parenter |
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Title: Managing Member |
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TIDEMARK FUND I LP |
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Tidemark I GP LP, its General Partner |
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Tidemark Capital LLC, its General Partner |
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FARMCO |
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Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Long Beach |
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Title: Principal Officer |
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IGSB AVATAR P I, LLC |
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/s/ Timothy K. Bliss |
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Title: Manager |
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LA CENTRA-SUMERLIN FOUNDATION |
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Title: Secretary |
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KKR DREAM HOLDINGS LLC |
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KKR Dream Aggregator, L.P., its sole member |
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KKR Dream Aggregator GP, LLC, its general partner |
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GROWTH EQUITY OPPORTUNITY FUND LP |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, its Investment Manager |
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BROAD STREET PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS, LLC |
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/s/ Jason Kreuziger |
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Title: Vice President |
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STONEBRIDGE 2019, LP |
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Bridge Street Opportunities Advisors, L.L.C. |
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FIRE JACK CONSULTING, LLC |
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Name: Anthony Dimitrie |
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Title: President |
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ONE STREAM INTERESTS LLC. |
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/s/ Mark Reed |
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Title: RVP Sales |
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GERMAINE, MT LLC |
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/s/ Micheal Germaine |
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Name: Micheal Germaine |
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Title: Managing Member |
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CAITRYAN LLC |
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Title: Chief Revenue Officer |
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JOHN E. KINZER TRUST |
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Name: John Kinzer |
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Title: Trustee |
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MICHAEL BURKLAND |
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FUGERE HOLDING LLC |
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/s/ Peter Fugere |
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Name: Peter Fugere |
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Title: Chief Solutions Officer |
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IRONSTREAM, LLC |
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Title: Sole Member |
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FALKEN PEAK MANAGEMENT, LLC |
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/s/ Ricardo Rasche |
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Name: Ricardo Rasche |
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Title: Managing Member |
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CALLAWOODY LLC |
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Name: Jim Campbell |
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Title: Owner |
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A CIABURRO SERVICES LLC |
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Name: Anthony Ciaburro |
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Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
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B LOVELACE SERVICES, LLC |
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Name: Bill Lovelace |
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Title: Global Vice President – Solution Consulting |
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SHADY OAKS ENTERPRISES LLC. |
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Name: Matthew Dellenger |
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Title: President |
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CKOA LLC |
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/s/ Chad Hart |
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Name: Chard Hart |
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Title: CEO |
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BLAZING ELK MANAGEMENT I, INC. |
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Name: William Koefoed |
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Title: Trustee |
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BLAZING ELK MANAGEMENT II, INC. |
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Name: William Koefoed |
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Title: Trustee |
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KARA WILSON |
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JONATHAN MARINER |
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[Signature Page to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
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JONATHAN D MARINER REVOCABLE TRUST |
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By: |
/s/ Jonathan Mariner |
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Name: Jonathan Mariner |
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Title: Trustee |
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TSICU Corp. |
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/s/ Tom Shea |
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Name: Tom Shea |
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Title: CEO |
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JDICU Corp. |
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/s/ Jeffrey DeGrieck |
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Name: Jeffrey DeGrieck |
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Title: Member |
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CCICU Corp. |
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/s/ Craig Colby |
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Name: Craig Colby |
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Title: President |
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POWERS OS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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Name: Bob Powers |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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CALLAWOODY II, LLC |
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/s/ Jim Campbell |
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Name: Jim Campbell |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to the Tax Receivable Agreement]
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 [ • ], 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “LLC”), 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.
[Name]
[Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Attn:
E-mail:
[Signature Page Follows this Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of July 23, 2024 (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 OneStream, 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 “Holders”).
WHEREAS, the Corporation is contemplating an offering and sale of shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below) in an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Corporation, OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and the other parties thereto are entering into the Reorganization Agreement (as defined below) providing for, among other things, the Corporation’s entry into this Agreement which is intended to set forth certain rights with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities (as defined below) for the purpose of superseding the registration rights provided to the Holders in that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 5, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein made and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION III TERMINATION
SECTION IV MISCELLANEOUS
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OneStream, Inc.
191 N. Chester Street
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Attn: General Counsel and Secretary
Email:
with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Allison Spinner; Michael Nordtvedt; Victor Nilsson
Email:
If to any KKR Holder, to:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
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Attn: David Welsh
Email:
with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Jones Day
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
Attn: Timothy Curry
Email:
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
ONESTREAM, INC. |
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General Counsel |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
THOMAS SHEA |
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/s/ Thomas Shea |
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Thomas Shea |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
CRAIG COLBY |
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/s/ Craig Colby |
Name: |
Craig Colby |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
MIDWEST FISH HOLDINGS LLC |
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/s/ Abram Gordon |
Name: |
Abram Gordon |
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Manager |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
MAERTSENO HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Anthony Cracchiolo |
Name: |
Anthony Cracchiolo |
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Assistant Secretary |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR DREAM HOLDINGS LLC |
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By:KKR Dream Aggregator, L.P., its sole member |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR AMERICAS XII (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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By: KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR AMERICAS XII EEA (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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By: KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR AMERICAS XII (DREAM II) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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By: KKR ASSOCIATES AMERICAS XII AIV L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Americas XII AIV GP LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR TFO PARTNERS L.P. |
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By: KKR ASSOCIATES TFO L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR TFO GP Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey B. Van Horn, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR CUSTOM EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FUND L.P. |
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By: KKR Associates Custom Equity Opportunities L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Custom Equity Opportunities Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR-MILTON STRATEGIC PARTNERS L.P. |
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By: KKR Associates Milton Strategic L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Milton Strategic Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR NGT (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT L.P. |
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By: KKR Associates NGT L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Next Gen Tech Growth Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR NGT (DREAM) BLOCKER PARENT (EEA) L.P. |
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By: KKR Associates NGT L.P., its general partner |
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By: KKR Next Gen Tech Growth Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Christopher Lee, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
KKR WOLVERINE I LTD. |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey B. Van Horn, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
K-PRIME AG FINANCING L.P. |
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By: K-PRIME Hedge-Finance GP Limited., its general partner |
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By: KKR Next Gen Tech Growth Limited, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Welsh |
Name: |
David Welsh |
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact for Sung Bum Cho, Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND, LP |
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By: Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
Name: |
Jennifer Shufro |
Title: |
Managing Director |
ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND II, LP |
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By: Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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By: |
/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
Name: |
Jennifer Shufro |
Title: |
Managing Director |
ALKEON INNOVATION MASTER FUND II, PRIVATE SERIES, LP |
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By: Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
Name: |
Jennifer Shufro |
Title: |
Managing Director |
ALKEON INNOVATION LUX, SCSP SICAV-RAIF |
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By: Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Portfolio Manager |
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By: |
/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
Name: |
Jennifer Shufro |
Title: |
Managing Director |
ALKEON INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LP |
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By: Alkeon Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Adviser and Attorney-in-Fact |
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By: |
/s/ Jennifer Shufro |
Name: |
Jennifer Shufro |
Title: |
Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
FARMCO |
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/s/ Alexandra Chambers |
Name: |
Alexandra Chambers |
Title: |
Principal Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
IGSB AVATAR P I, LLC |
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/s/ Timothy K. Bliss |
Name: |
Timothy K. Bliss |
Title: |
Manager |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
LA CENTRA-SUMERLIN FOUNDATION |
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/s/ Abby Honikman |
Name: |
Abby Honikman |
Title: |
Secretary |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
TIDEMARK FUND I-A LP |
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By: Tidemark I GP LP |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: Tidemark Capital LLC |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Yuan |
Name: |
David Yuan |
Title: |
Managing Member |
TIDEMARK FUND I LP |
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By: Tidemark I GP LP |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: Tidemark Capital LLC |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Yuan |
Name: |
David Yuan |
Title: |
Managing Member |
TIDEMARK EXECUTIVE FUND I LP |
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By: Tidemark I GP LP |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: Tidemark Capital LLC |
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Its: General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ David Yuan |
Name: |
David Yuan |
Title: |
Managing Member |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
TIGER GLOBAL INTERMEDIARY 3 LLC |
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/s/ Rick Fortunato |
Name: |
Richard Fortunato |
Title: |
Manager |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
SCHEDULE OF HOLDERS
Holder |
Address |
Thomas Shea |
c/o OneStream, Inc. 191 N. Chester Street Birmingham, Michigan 48009. |
Craig Colby |
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Midwest Fish Holdings LLC |
27777 Franklin Road, Suite 2500 Southfield, MI 48034 |
Maertseno Holdings LLC |
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KKR Dream Holdings LLC* |
30 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 |
KKR Americas XII (Dream) Blocker Parent L.P.* |
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KKR Americas XII EEA (Dream) Blocker Parent L.P.* |
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KKR Americas XII (Dream II) Blocker Parent L.P.* |
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KKR TFO Partners L.P.* |
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KKR Custom Equity Opportunities Fund L.P.* |
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KKR-Milton Strategic Partners L.P.* |
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KKR NGT (Dream) Blocker Parent L.P.* |
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KKR NGT (Dream) Blocker Parent (EEA) L.P.* |
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KKR Wolverine I Ltd.* |
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K-PRIME AG Financing L.P.* |
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Alkeon Innovation Master Fund, LP |
c/o Alkeon Capital Management 350 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017 |
Alkeon Innovation Master Fund II, LP |
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Alkeon Innovation Master Fund II, Private Series, LP |
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Alkeon Innovation Lux, SCSP SICAV-RAIF |
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Alkeon Innovation Opportunity Master Fund, LP |
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FARMCO |
1034 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Attn: Alexandra Chambers Email:
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IGSB Avatar P I, LLC |
1482 East Valley Road, Suite 30 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 P.O. Box 50440 Santa Barbara, CA 93150 Attn: Timothy K. Bliss Email: |
La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation |
1483 East Valley Road, Suite L Santa Barbara, CA 93108 P.O. Box 5518 Santa Barbara, CA 93150 Attn: Abby Honikman Email: |
Tidemark Fund I LP |
555 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 |
Tidemark Fund I-A LP |
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Tidemark Executive Fund I LP |
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Tiger Global Intermediary 3 LLC |
c/o Tiger Global Management, LLC 9 West 57th Street, 35th Floor New York, New York 10019 Attention: Legal Counsel Email: |
* KKR Holder
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF JOINDER
The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 23, 2024 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and the other parties thereto.
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 (and shares convertible into or exchangeable for 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___.
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Exhibit 10.4
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
This STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, dated as of July 23, 2024 (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 OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and KKR Dream Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KKR”).
WHEREAS, KKR and certain of its Affiliates are stockholders of the Corporation;
WHEREAS, the Corporation is contemplating an offering and sale of shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below) in an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”);
WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation of the IPO, KKR and certain of its Affiliates will remain stockholders of the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Corporation and KKR wish to set forth certain understandings between such parties, including with respect to certain governance and voting matters.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein made and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Action” means any claim, charge, demand, action, cause of action, inquiry, audit, suit, arbitration, indictment, litigation, hearing or other proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, whether public or private).
“Affiliate” means (i) with respect to any Person (other than a KKR Investor), an “affiliate” of such Person as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, and (ii) with respect to any KKR Investor, an “affiliate” of such KKR Investor as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and any investment fund, vehicle, managed account or holding company with respect to which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or an Affiliate thereof serves as the general partner, managing member, discretionary manager or advisor, or in any such similar capacity; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no KKR Investor shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Corporation (or vice versa).
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“Applicable Exchange Listing Standards” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Associated Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(o).
“Board” means the Corporation’s board of directors.
“Business Day” means any calendar day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required to close.
“Certificate of Incorporation” means the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as in effect on the date hereof and as may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Chosen Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(h).
“Class A Common Stock” means a series of Common Stock designated in the Certificate of Incorporation as Class A Common Stock.
“Class B Common Stock” means a series of Common Stock designated in the Certificate of Incorporation as Class B Common Stock.
“Class C Common Stock” means a series of Common Stock designated in the Certificate of Incorporation as Class C Common Stock.
“Class D Common Stock” means a series of Common Stock designated in the Certificate of Incorporation as Class D Common Stock.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Company” means OneStream Software LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“control”, “controlled” or “controlling” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of company securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“Directors” means the directors of the Corporation at the applicable time.
“EDGAR” means the SEC’s publicly available electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system.
“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.
“Equity Incentive Plan” means the Corporation’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, including any assumed equity originally issued by the Company pursuant to its 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Governmental Entity” means the United States of America or any other nation, any state or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, including any court, in each case, having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the property or other assets of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Lead Independent Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“KKR” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“KKR Director(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“KKR Investors” means KKR, its Affiliates and its and their respective successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation).
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“Person” means an individual, a partnership (including a limited partnership), a corporation, a limited liability company, an exempted company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, association or other entity or a Governmental Entity.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Stockholders” means holders of Common Stock.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the limited liability company, partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any managing member, general partner or analogous controlling Person of such limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity. Unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Corporation.
2. Operative Provisions.
(a) Nomination of Directors. As of the date hereof and for so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own, on a collective basis:
The Corporation agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the listing standards of the stock exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed (the “Applicable Exchange Listing Standards”), to take all necessary and desirable actions to (1) include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing Directors the individuals designated pursuant to this Section 2(a) (to the extent that Directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified), (2) nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a Director as provided herein, and (3) solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof.
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The Corporation is entitled, solely for the purposes set forth in this Section 2(a), to identify each such individual as a KKR Director pursuant to this Agreement.
In the event that KKR has nominated fewer than the total number of designees KKR is entitled to nominate pursuant to this Section 2(a), KKR shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which it is entitled, in which case the Corporation and the Directors shall take all necessary corporate action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to (x) enable KKR to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals, and (y) to effect the election or appointment of such additional individuals nominated by KKR to fill such newly-created directorships or to fill any other existing vacancies.
Any such Director(s) nominated pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be the “KKR Director” or “KKR Directors,” as applicable.
(b) Vacancies of Directors. Unless the Board otherwise requests, in the event of a reduction in the number of KKR Directors to be nominated in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(a), KKR shall use its best efforts to obtain the resignations of the number of KKR Directors corresponding with such reduction. If a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, removal or resignation of any KKR Director nominated pursuant to Section 2(a), other than the removal or resignation of a KKR Director due to a reduction in the number of KKR Directors to be nominated in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(a), if requested by KKR, the remaining Directors shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled by a new nominee, designee or appointee of KKR as soon as possible, and the Corporation agrees to take, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law at any time and from time to time, all actions necessary to accomplish the same.
(c) Chairperson of the Board. As of the date hereof and for so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall take all action necessary to ensure that KKR shall have the right to appoint (including filling any vacancy in the position of chairperson of the Board) a then-serving Director as the chairperson of the Board and to remove any person serving as chairperson of the Board of Directors from such position.
(d) Lead Independent Director. As of the date hereof, and for so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall take all action necessary to ensure that KKR shall have the right to appoint (including filling any vacancy in the position of Lead Independent Director) a then-serving Director as the Lead Independent Director (as defined in the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines, as may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Corporate Governance Guidelines”) of the Board and to remove any person serving as Lead Independent Director from such position. For so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall take all action necessary to ensure that the Corporate Governance Guidelines are not amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated with respect to the role, responsibilities or duties of the Lead Independent Director without the consent of KKR.
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(e) Committee Membership. Subject to applicable law and Applicable Exchange Listing Standards, the Board may delegate any of its power and authority to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation to any standing or special committee upon such terms as it sees fit as permitted by law and as set forth in the resolutions creating such committee. As of the date hereof, the Board has designated the following committees: the (i) Audit Committee and (ii) Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee. For so long as KKR is entitled to nominate at least one KKR Director to the Board in accordance with Section 2(a), KKR shall also be entitled to designate at least one KKR Director to each committee of the Board, including those formed after the date hereof; provided, however, that any such KKR Director designee must at all times remain eligible to serve on the applicable committee under applicable law and the Applicable Exchange Listing Standards, including any applicable general and heightened independence requirements (subject in each case to any applicable exceptions, including those for newly public companies and for “controlled companies,” and any applicable phase-in periods); provided, further, that any special committee established to evaluate any transaction in which any of the KKR Investors or KKR Directors has an interest which is in conflict with the interests of the Corporation, as reasonably determined by a number of Directors equal to at least one-third of the Whole Board of Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), shall not include any KKR Director. If the continued service of a committee member designated by KKR would cause the Corporation to violate any applicable law or Applicable Exchange Listing Standard, including any applicable general and heightened independence requirements, KKR shall use their best efforts to obtain the resignation of such nominee from the applicable committee. It is understood by the parties hereto that no KKR Director is required to be designated by KKR on any committee and any failure by KKR to exercise such right in this section in a prior period shall not constitute any waiver of such right in a subsequent period. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board as appropriate.
(f) No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors. None of the Corporation, the KKR Investors, nor any officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee or agent of any such party, makes any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the nominee of any party hereunder to serve on the Board by virtue of such party’s execution of this Agreement or by the act of such party in voting for such nominee pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) Protective Provisions. As of the date hereof and for so long as the KKR Investors beneficially own on a collective basis at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the written consent or agreement of KKR, take any of the following actions:
(h) Information Rights.
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provided, that the Corporation may satisfy any or all of its obligations under this Section 2(h)(ii) in whole or in part by reference to its filings with the SEC that are publicly available on EDGAR.
3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made (i) when delivered personally to the recipient, (ii) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) or (iii) when transmitted, if sent by email transmission before 5:00 p.m. Birmingham, Michigan time on a Business Day, and otherwise on the next Business Day. Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the Corporation and KKR at the addresses indicated below or, in each case, to any 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.
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If to the Corporation, to:
OneStream, Inc.
191 N. Chester Street
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Attn: Chief Financial Officer; General Counsel and Secretary
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with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Allison Spinner; Michael Nordtvedt; Victor Nilsson
Email:
If to KKR Dream Holdings LLC, to:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attn: David Welsh
Email:
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Jones Day
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
Attn: Timothy Curry
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(b) 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 invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced with a valid, legal and enforceable provision for such jurisdiction that as closely as possible reflects the parties’ intent with respect thereto, or if not possible, this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
(c) Headings and Sections. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the words “including” or “include” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive.
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(d) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the Corporation and KKR.
(e) Waiver. 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. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. Any waiver by the Corporation or KKR of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall only be effective if executed in writing by the party making such waiver.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned 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 KKR shall be entitled to assign, in whole or in part, any of its rights hereunder to any of its Permitted Transferees without such prior written consent.
(g) Remedies. Each party hereto shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any applicable law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. It is agreed and understood that monetary damages would not adequately compensate an injured party for the breach of this Agreement by any party, that this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable, and that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement shall be the proper subject of a temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order. Further, each party hereto waives any claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law for such breach or threatened breach.
(h) Governing Law; Venue and Forum. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware, or, if both the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal courts within the State of Delaware decline to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any other state court within the State of Delaware, and, in each case, any appellate court therefrom (together, the “Chosen Courts”), for the purposes of any Action arising out of this Agreement (and agrees that no such Action relating to this Agreement shall be brought by it or any of its Subsidiaries except in such courts). Each of the parties further agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such person’s respective address set forth in Section 3(a) shall be effective service of process for any Action in the State of Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives (and agrees not to plead or claim), any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in the Chosen Courts, or that any such Action, brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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(i) Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial. As a specifically bargained inducement for each of the parties to enter into this Agreement (with each party having had opportunity to consult counsel), each party hereto expressly and irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury in any lawsuit or legal proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, and any lawsuit or legal proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein shall be tried in a court of competent jurisdiction by a judge sitting without a jury.
(j) No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such conflict.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no other agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those expressly set forth herein.
(l) Counterparts. 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, may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument with respect to each agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other electronic transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other electronic transmission method to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of such method as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract, and each such party forever waives any such defense.
(m) Further Action. The parties agree to execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
(n) Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to occur of (i) such time as the KKR Investors no longer beneficially own on a collective basis at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and (ii) the delivery of a written notice by KKR to the Corporation requesting that this Agreement terminate; provided, however, that such termination shall not affect rights or obligations expressly stated to survive such cessation of ownership of Common Stock.
(o) No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that any party hereto may be a partnership or limited liability company, each party hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the named parties hereto shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or employee of any other party (or any of their
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successors or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any KKR Investor (or any successors or permitted assignees of a KKR Investor) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the named parties hereto (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the named parties hereto, an “Associated Person”), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such party against the Associated Persons, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Associated Person, as such, for any obligations of the applicable party under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit 10.5
ONESTREAM, INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of [insert date], and is between OneStream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [insert name of indemnitee] (“Indemnitee”).
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The parties therefore agree as follows:
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