UNITED STATES
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Introductory Note
On July 30, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and our predecessor company (“Dragoneer”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2021 (as amended on April 22, 2021 by Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement and on July 6, 2021 by Amendment No. 2 to the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Dragoneer, Chariot Opportunity Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Chariot Merger Sub”), and Cypress Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CCC”), and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (together with the Business Combination, the “Transactions”).
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, on the Closing Date, (i) Dragoneer changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”), upon which Dragoneer changed its name to “CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.” (“New CCC” or the “Company”) and (ii) Chariot Merger Sub merged with and into CCC (the “Merger”), with CCC as the surviving company in the Merger and, after giving effect to such Merger, CCC becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of New CCC.
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share and equity award of CCC outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time was exchanged for shares of common stock of New CCC, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), or comparable vested equity awards that are settled or are exercisable for shares of Common Stock, as applicable, based on an implied CCC vested equity value of $5,740,750,000, subject to adjustments set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company, a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references herein to the “Board” refer to the board of directors of the Company. All references herein to the “Closing” refer to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Domestication, the Merger, the transactions contemplated by subscription agreements entered into by Dragoneer and certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investors collectively committed to subscribe for an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,000 (the “PIPE Financing”) and the transactions contemplated by the forward purchase agreements entered into by Dragoneer and certain investors (the “FPA Investors”) pursuant to which the FPA Investors collectively committed to purchase an aggregate of 17,500,000 units, each consisting one Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share for $11.50 per share, for a purchase price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $175,000,000 (the “FPA Financing”).
A description of the Business Combination and the terms of the Business Combination Agreement are included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus (File No. 333-254845) (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) filed by Dragoneer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 6, 2021 in the section titled “Business Combination Proposal.”
Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Shareholder Rights Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Sarah J. Friar, Douglas Merritt, David D. Ossip, Gokul Rajaram, Jay Simons (the “Initial Shareholders”), Cypress Investor Holdings, L.P. GPE VIII CCC Co-Investment (Delaware) Limited Partnership and Advent International GPE VIII-C Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Advent Investor”), OH Cypress Aggregator, L.P. (the “OH Investor”), TCV IX, L.P., TCV IX (A), L.P., TCV IX (B), L.P., TCV Member Fund, L.P. (collectively, the “TCV Investor”), Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Holdings, a Cayman Islands limited liability Company (the “Sponsor”) (the Advent Investor, the OH Investor, the TCV Investor and the Sponsor, collectively, the “Sponsor Holders”), Dragoneer and certain other persons entered into an amended and restated registration and shareholder rights agreement (the “Shareholder Rights Agreement”), which became effective at the Closing, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the shareholders party thereto have agreed not to effect any sale or distribution of any equity securities of New CCC held by any of them during the lock-up period described therein,
(ii) the shareholders party thereto have been granted certain customary registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Common Stock, and (iii) the Sponsor Holders have been granted certain rights to nominate directors for election to the Board and, in the case of the Advent Investor, certain additional rights with respect to such representation, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions therein.
In particular, the Shareholder Rights Agreement provides for the following registration rights:
• | Demand registration rights. New CCC will be required, upon the written request of the Advent Investor or the Sponsor at any time after the Closing Date, or upon the written request of the OH Investor or the TCV Investor at any time after the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, to file a registration statement and use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of all or part of such Sponsor Holder’s registrable securities. New CCC is not obligated to effect any demand registration if a demand registration or piggyback registration was declared effective or an underwritten shelf takedown was consummated within the preceding 90-day period. |
• | Shelf registration rights. New CCC will be required, upon the written request of the Advent Investor or the Sponsor at any time after the Closing Date, or upon the written request of the OH Investor or the TCV Investor at any time after the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of all or a portion of their registrable securities, provided that the Advent Investor shall be deemed to have given such a request as of the Closing Date with respect to all of their registrable securities (and all registrable securities held immediately after the Closing by the shareholders party to the Shareholder Rights Agreement, respectively, will be included on a shelf registration statement filed in connection with such request) and New CCC may satisfy such request by including such registrable securities on the registration statement to be filed in respect of the PIPE Financing. At any time New CCC has an effective shelf registration statement with respect to a Sponsor Holder’s registrable securities, each of the Advent Investor and Sponsor, and, after the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date, each of the OH Investor and the TCV Investor, may make a written request to effect a public offering, including pursuant to an underwritten shelf takedown, provided that New CCC is not obliged to effect any underwritten shelf takedown if a demand registration or piggyback registration was declared effective or an underwritten shelf takedown was consummated within the preceding 90-day period. |
• | Piggyback registration rights. At any time after the Closing Date, if New CCC proposes to file a registration statement to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act or to conduct a public offering, either for its own account or for the account of any other person, subject to certain exceptions, the Sponsor Holders are entitled to include their registrable securities in such registration statement. |
• | Expenses and indemnification. All fees, costs and expenses of underwritten registrations will be borne by New CCC and underwriting discounts and selling commissions will be borne by the holders of the shares being registered. The Shareholder Rights Agreement contains customary cross-indemnification provisions, under which New CCC is obligated to indemnify holders of registrable securities in the event of material misstatements or omissions in the registration statement attributable to New CCC, and holders of registrable securities are obligated to indemnify New CCC for material misstatements or omissions attributable to them. |
• | Registrable securities. Securities of New CCC shall cease to be registrable securities when a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, such securities shall have been transferred pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act or such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. |
• | Lock-up. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each shareholder party to the Shareholder Rights Agreement is prohibited from transferring any securities of New CCC until the earlier of (i) the date that is 180 days following the Closing Date and (ii) the first date on which the daily closing price of Common Stock has been greater than or equal to $12.00 per share (subject to customary adjustments) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading-day period commencing at least 120 days after the Closing Date, in each case, subject to certain customary exceptions, and each Sponsor Holder that holds at least 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, New CCC and New CCC’s directors and officers shall, if requested, deliver a customary lock-up agreement in connection with any underwritten public offering, subject to certain customary exceptions. |
Moreover, under the Shareholder Rights Agreement, each of the Sponsor Holders is entitled to certain rights to nominate directors for election to the Board. For so long as the Advent Investor holds equity securities of New CCC constituting at least 50% of the number of such securities it held immediately after the Closing, it will be entitled to nominate six (6) directors (at least three (3) of whom must be independent under NYSE rules), with such right decreasing to four (4) directors (at least two (2) of whom must be independent under NYSE rules) at such time as the Advent Investor holds at least 25% but less than 50% of the number of such securities it held immediately after the Closing, and decreasing to two directors (at least one of whom must be independent under NYSE rules) at such time as the Advent Investor holds at least 10% but less than 25% of the number of such securities it held at the Closing, and then terminating at such time as the Advent Investor holds less than 10% of the number of such securities it held immediately after the Closing. Each of the OH Investor and the TCV Investor will be entitled to nominate one (1) director for so long as such Sponsor Holder holds a number of equity securities of New CCC constituting at least 60% of the number of such securities it held immediately after the Closing, with such right terminating at such time as such Sponsor Holder holds less than 60% of the number of such securities it held immediately after the Closing. The Sponsor will be entitled to nominate, at its election, either one (1) director or one (1) non-voting board observer until the first annual meeting of New CCC stockholders following the Closing Date. Additionally, for so long as at least one (1) director nominated by the Advent Investor is serving on the Board, the Advent Investor will have the right to have at least one (1) such director serve on each committee of the Board. The Shareholder Rights Agreement also contains customary indemnification, insurance and expense reimbursement obligations of New CCC.
Finally, pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity and any analogous doctrine will not apply to (i) any Sponsor Holder, (ii) any director or officer of New CCC who is not a full-time employee of New CCC or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) any affiliate, partner, advisory board member, director, officer, manager, member or shareholder of any Sponsor Holder who is not a full-time employee of New CCC or any of its subsidiaries, and New CCC will renounce any interest or expectancy in, or being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any such person described in (i), (ii) or (iii).
The foregoing description of the Shareholder Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Shareholder Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
On July 29, 2021, Dragoneer held an extraordinary general meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at which the Dragoneer shareholders considered and adopted, among other matters, the Business Combination Agreement. On July 30, 2021, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement consummated the Transactions.
Prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting, holders of 21,009,998 shares of Dragoneer’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.00 per share for aggregate payments of $210,108,964. Immediately prior to the Closing, Dragoneer issued 17,500,000 forward purchase units. At the Closing, (i) an aggregate of 82,740,002 shares of Class A and Class B ordinary shares of Dragoneer were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Domestication, (ii) an aggregate of 505,430,378 shares of Common Stock were issued in exchange for the shares of CCC outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iii) an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock were issued to the PIPE Investors in the PIPE Financing. Moreover, at the Closing, each equity award of CCC outstanding as of immediately
prior to the Effective Time was exchanged for comparable equity awards of New CCC, and each warrant to purchase Class A or Class B ordinary shares of Dragoneer were exchanged for a warrant to purchase Common Stock. Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, there were 594,545,380 shares of Common Stock outstanding, 35,100,000 warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock outstanding and 57,871,408 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding equity awards under the Incentive Equity Plan (as defined below). After the Closing Date, Dragoneer’s Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and New CCC’s Common Stock and warrants began trading on the NYSE.
The material terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Business Combination Proposal—The Business Combination Agreement”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including those relating to the Business Combination. The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K include statements relating to our and our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including those relating to the Business Combination, future financial performance and business strategies and expectations for its business. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this proxy statement/prospectus include, for example, statements about:
• | the ability to maintain the listing of the Common Stock and the warrants on the NYSE, and the potential liquidity and trading of such securities; |
• | the risk that the Business Combination disrupts our current plans and operations; |
• | the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; |
• | costs related to the Business Combination; |
• | changes in applicable laws or regulations; |
• | our ability to raise financing in the future; |
• | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors; |
• | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business; |
• | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; |
• | our financial performance; |
• | our ability to expand or maintain our existing customer base; |
• | the effect of global economic conditions or political transitions on our customers and their ability to continue to purchase our products; and |
• | the effect of COVID-19 on the foregoing. |
The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or
performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Some of these risks and uncertainties may in the future be amplified by the COVID-19 outbreak and there may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Business and Properties
The business and properties of Dragoneer and CCC prior to the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Information about Dragoneer” and “Information about CCC”, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Risk Factors
The risk factors related to CCC’s business and operations are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Information
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01(a) of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to CCC, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01(b) of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of CCC prior to the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “CCC’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Directors and Executive Officers
New CCC’s directors and executive officers are described in the section titled “Management of New CCC Following the Business Combination” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Common Stock immediately following consummation of the Transactions by:
• | each person known by New CCC to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of New CCC’s outstanding Common Stock immediately following the consummation of the Transactions; |
• | each of New CCC’s named executive officers and directors; and |
• | all of New CCC’s executive officers and directors as a group. |
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security.
Under those rules, beneficial ownership includes securities that the individual or entity has the right to acquire, such as through the exercise of warrants or stock options, within 60 days. Shares subject to warrants or options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date or subject to restricted stock units that vest within 60 days are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such warrants, options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Except as noted by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, based on the information provided to the Company, the Company believes that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. The percentage of beneficial ownership of New CCC is calculated based on 594,545,380 shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the Transactions.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owners(1) | Number of Shares |
% | ||||||
Githesh Ramamurthy |
33,514,136 | 5.5 | % | |||||
Brian Herb |
1,004,623 | * | ||||||
Barrett Callaghan |
2,758,459 | * | ||||||
Steve G. Puccinelli |
— | — | ||||||
William Ingram |
110,678 | * | ||||||
David Yuan |
— | — | ||||||
Eileen Schloss |
85,137 | * | ||||||
Teri Williams |
— | — | ||||||
Christopher Egan |
— | |
— |
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Eric Wei |
— | |
— |
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Lauren Young |
— | |
— |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owners | Number of Shares |
% | ||||||
All directors and named executive officers (15 persons) |
37,473,033 | 6.1 | % | |||||
Five Percent Holders: |
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Advent Investor(2) |
372,634,844 | 62.7 | % | |||||
OH Cypress Aggregator, L.P.(3) |
53,082,833 | 8.9 | % | |||||
TCV Investor(4) |
53,082,832 | 8.9 | % | |||||
Dragoneer Funding LLC(5) |
50,460,716 | 8.5 | % |
* | Less than 1% |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the directors and officers prior to the Business Combination is One Letterman Drive, Building D Suite M500, San Francisco, CA 94129 and the business address of each of the directors and officers after the Business Combination is 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60654. |
(2) | Cypress Investor Holdings, L.P., Advent International GPE VIII-C Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-C”) and GPE VIII CCC Co-Investment (Delaware) Limited Partnership (“GPE VIII CCC Co-Investment”) are the record holders of 273,339,593 shares, 8,645,086 shares and 90,650,165 shares of the Common Stock, respectively. Cypress Investor Holdings, L.P. is beneficially owned by Advent International GPE VIII Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII”), Advent International GPE VIII-A Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-A”), Advent International GPE VIII-B-1 Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-B-1”), Advent International GPE VIII-B-2 Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-B-2”), Advent International GPE VIII-B-3 Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-B-3”), Advent International GPE VIII-B Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-B”), Advent International GPE VIII-D Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-D”), Advent International GPE VIII-E Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-E”), Advent International GPE VIII-F Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-F”), Advent International GPE VIII-G Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-G”), Advent International GPE VIII-H Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-H”), Advent International GPE VIII-I Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-I”), Advent International GPE VIII-J Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-J”), Advent International GPE VIII-K Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-K”), Advent International GPE VIII-L Limited Partnership (“Advent International VIII-L”), Advent Partners GPE VIII Limited Partnership (“Advent Partners VIII”), Advent Partners GPE VIII-A Limited Partnership (“Advent Partners VIII-A”), Advent Partners GPE VIII Cayman Limited Partnership (“Advent Partners VIII Cayman”), Advent Partners GPE VIII-A Cayman Limited Partnership (“Advent Partners VIII-A Cayman”) and Advent Partners GPE VIII-B Cayman Limited Partnership (“Advent Partners VIII-B Cayman”). GPE VIII GP S.à r.l. is the general partner of Advent International VIII, Advent International VIII-B-1, Advent International VIII-B-2, Advent International VIII-B-3, Advent International VIII-B, Advent International VIII-C, Advent International VIII-D, Advent International VIII-F, Advent International VIII-H, Advent International VIII-I and Advent International VIII-J. GPE VIII GP Limited Partnership is the general partner of Advent International VIII-A, Advent International VIII-E, Advent International VIII-G, Advent International VIII-K, Advent International VIII-L and GPE VIII CCC Co-Investment. AP GPE VIII GP Limited Partnership is the general partner of Advent Partners VIII, Advent Partners VIII-A, Advent Partners VIII Cayman, Advent Partners VIII-A Cayman and Advent Partners VIII-B Cayman. Advent International GPE VIII, LLC is the manager of GPE VIII GP S.à r.l. and the general partner of each of GPE VIII GP Limited Partnership and AP GPE VIII GP Limited Partnership. Advent International Corporation is the manager of Advent International GPE VIII, LLC. Voting and investment decisions by Advent International Corporation are made by a number of individuals currently comprised of John L. Maldonado, David M. McKenna and David M. Mussafer. Each entity and individual named in this footnote above disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The address of each of the entities and individuals named in this footnote is c/o Advent International Corporation, Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston St., Suite 3300, Boston, MA 02199 |
(3) | OH Cypress Aggregator, L.P. is beneficially owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Onshore), L.P., Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Onshore Tax Exempt), L.P., Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Offshore), L.P., Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Offshore 892), L.P., Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Management), L.P. (together, including OH Cypress Aggregator, the “Oak Hill Fund IV Entities”) and certain of their co-investors. The general partner of each of the Oak Hill Fund IV Entities is OHCP GenPar IV, L.P. (the “Oak Hill GP”). The general partner of Oak Hill GP is OHCP MGP IV, Ltd. (the “Oak Hill UGP”). The three managing partners of Oak Hill, Tyler Wolfram, Brian Cherry and Steven Puccinelli, serve as the directors of the Oak Hill UGP and may be deemed to exercise voting and investment control over the shares held by the Oak Hill Fund IV Entities. The address for these entities is 65 East 55th Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
(4) | The general partner of TCV Member Fund, L.P. (the “Member Fund”) is Technology Crossover Management IX, Ltd. (“Management IX”), and the general partner of each of TCV IX, L.P., TCV IX (A), L.P., and TCV IX (B), L.P. (together with the Member Fund, the “TCV IX Funds”) is Technology Crossover Management IX, L.P. (“TCM IX”). The general partner of TCM IX is Management IX. Management IX and TCM IX may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by the TCV IX Funds directly or indirectly controlled by them, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Jay C. Hoag, Jon Q. Reynolds Jr., Timothy P. McAdam and Christopher P. Marshall are the Class A Directors of Management IX, and each disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the TCV IX Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address of the entities named in this footnote is 250 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 18,800,000 warrants to purchase Common Stock, (ii) 16,660,716 shares of Common Stock acquired from a transfer by the Sponsor and (iii) 15,000,000 shares of Common stock acquired from transfers from Dragoneer Global Fund II, L.P. and Dragoneer Opportunities Fund V, L.P. |
Independence of our Board of Directors
Information with respect to the independence of New CCC’s directors is set forth in the section titled “Management of New CCC Following the Business Combination—Director Independence” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Information with respect to the composition of the committees of the Board is set forth in the section titled “Management of New CCC Following the Business Combination—Committees of the Board of Directors” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Executive and Director Compensation
A description of the compensation of the executive officers of Dragoneer and named executive officers of CCC before the consummation of the Transactions is set forth in the sections titled “Information About Dragoneer—Executive Compensation and Director Compensation and Other Interests” and “CCC’s Executive and Director Compensation”, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Dragoneer stockholders approved the Incentive Equity Plan (as defined below). The summary of the Incentive Equity Plan is set forth in the section titled “Incentive Equity Plan Proposal” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions
Certain relationships and related person transactions are described in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section titled “Information about CCC—Legal Proceedings” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Company’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New CCC and warrants to purchase Common Stock began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “CCCS” and “CCCS WS”, respectively, on August 2, 2021. As of immediately after the Closing Date, there were approximately 164 registered holders of Common Stock.
New CCC has not paid any cash dividends on shares of its Common Stock. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the sole discretion of the Board and will depend on, among other things, New CCC’s results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the Board may deem relevant.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the issuance and sale of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of Company’s Securities
The description of New CCC’s securities is contained in the section titled “Description of New CCC Securities” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of the Warrants
A description of the Company’s warrants is included in the section titled “Description of New CCC Securities—Warrants” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Information about indemnification of New CCC’s directors and officers is set forth in the section titled “Description of New CCC Securities—Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Dragoneer entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which, at the Closing, the PIPE Investors purchased an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $10.00 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $150,000,000. The shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (the “PIPE Financing Shares”) have not been registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, Dragoneer granted the PIPE Investors certain registration rights in connection with the PIPE Financing. The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions thereof, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Dragoneer entered into forward purchase agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements” with the FPA Investors pursuant to which, at the Closing, the FPA Investors were issued an aggregate of 17,500,000 units, each consisting one Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share for $11.50 per share, for a purchase price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $175,000,000. The units issued pursuant to the FPA Financing have not been registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements, Dragoneer granted the FPA Investors certain registration rights in connection with the FPA Financing. The foregoing description of the Forward Purchase Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions thereof, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.8 and 10.9 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, Dragoneer changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, upon which Dragoneer changed its name to “CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.” and adopted a certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Reference is made to the disclosure described in the sections titled “Domestication Proposal,” “Advisory Governing Documents Proposals,” “Comparison of Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights” and “Description of New CCC Securities” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of New CCC’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), New CCC is the successor issuer to Dragoneer and has succeeded to the attributes of Dragoneer as the registrant. In addition, the shares of Common Stock of New CCC, as the successor to Dragoneer, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b)
of the Exchange Act. Holders of uncertificated shares of Dragoneer’s Class A ordinary shares prior to the Closing have continued as holders of shares of uncertificated shares of New CCC’s Common Stock. After consummation of the Transactions, the Common Stock and warrants to purchase Common Stock were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “CCCS” and “CCCS WS,” respectively, and the CUSIP numbers relating to the Common Stock and warrants were changed to 12510Q 100 and 12510Q 118, respectively. Holders of Dragoneer’s shares who have filed reports under the Exchange Act with respect to those shares should indicate in their next filing, or any amendment to a prior filing, filed on or after the Closing Date that New CCC is the successor to Dragoneer.
Item 5.01. | Changes in Control of Registrant. |
Reference is made to the disclosure in the sections titled “Business Combination Proposal” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Board of Directors
Upon the consummation of the Transactions, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each director and executive officer of Dragoneer ceased serving in such capacities and nine new directors were appointed to the Board. The Board was divided into three classes of directors and each director was assigned to one of the three classes. At each annual meeting of the stockholders, a class of directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the directors of the same class whose terms are then expiring. The terms of the directors will expire upon the election and qualification of successor directors at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held during the year 2022 for Class I directors, 2023 for Class II directors and 2024 for Class III directors. Mr. Egan, Ms. Williams and Mr. Puccinelli were appointed as Class I directors, Mr. Ingram, Ms. Young and Mr. Yuan were appointed as Class II directors, and Ms. Schloss, Mr. Wei and Mr. Ramamurthy were appointed as Class III directors.
Furthermore, following the consummation of the Transactions, the Board established three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. The members of our audit committee are Mr. Ingram, Ms. Williams and Mr. Puccinelli, and Mr. Ingram serves as the chairperson of the audit committee. The members of the compensation committee are Ms. Schloss, Mr. Wei and Mr. Yuan, and Ms. Schloss is the chairperson of the compensation committee. The members of the nominating and corporate governance committee are Mr. Ramamurthy, Mr. Wei, Ms. Young and Ms. Williams, and Mr. Wei is the chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
A description of the compensation of the executive officers of Dragoneer and named executive officers of CCC before the consummation of the Transactions is set forth in sections titled “Information About Dragoneer—Executive Compensation and Director Compensation and Other Interests” and “CCC’s Executive and Director Compensation”, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Following the Transactions, pursuant to New CCC’s non-employee director compensation policy, each non-employee director will receive a quarterly retainer of $15,000. Upon joining the board of directors of CCC, Ms. Schloss received a grant of options to purchase 500 shares of common stock of CCC with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock of CCC on the date of grant, 50% of which were time-vested options vesting in equal annual installments over the five-year period following the grant date, subject to the optionholder’s continued service with CCC or one of its subsidiaries through the applicable vesting date, and 50% of which were performance-vested options, vesting on the same terms as the performance-vested options for non-employee directors described above. The performance-vested options were deemed to vest at Closing as if the transaction had been an initial public offering.
Mr. Ingram was appointed to the board of directors of CCC as a non-employee director in October 2020, and Ms. Williams was appointed to the board of directors of CCC as a non-employee director in January 2021. In January
2021, directors Mr. Ingram and Ms. Williams were each granted time-vested options to purchase 500 shares of common stock of CCC vesting in equal annual installments over the five-year period following the grant date, subject to the optionholder’s continued service with CCC through the applicable vesting date.
Executive Officers
Following consummation of the Transactions, the following individuals were appointed to serve as executive officers of New CCC:
Name | Position | |
Githesh Ramamurthy | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | |
Brian Herb | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer | |
Barrett Callaghan | Executive Vice President, Markets and Customer Success | |
Mary Jo Prigge | Executive Vice President, Chief Service Delivery Officer | |
Peter Morowski | Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer | |
Marc Fredman Shivani Govil |
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer | |
Steven G. Puccinelli | Director | |
William Ingram | Director | |
David Yuan Eileen Schloss Teri Williams Christopher Egan Eric Wei Lauren Young |
Director Director Director Director Director Director |
Reference is made to the disclosure described in the section titled “Management of New CCC Following the Business Combination” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
New CCC 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
At the special meeting of Dragoneer stockholders held on June 29, 2021, Dragoneer stockholders considered and approved New CCC 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Equity Plan”). The Incentive Equity Plan allows New CCC to make equity and equity-based incentive awards to officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The Dragoneer Board anticipates that providing such persons with a direct stake in New CCC will assure a closer alignment of the interests of such individuals with those of New CCC and its stockholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on New CCC’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with New CCC.
CCC has initially reserved 147,035,215 shares of Common Stock for the issuance under the Incentive Equity Plan (the “Initial Limit”), including 57,983,325 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of existing options. The Incentive Equity Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the Incentive Equity Plan will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022, by 5.0% of the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser amount as determined by the Board (the “Annual Increase”). This limit is subject to adjustment in the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or other similar change in New CCC’s capitalization. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of incentive stock options under the Incentive Equity Plan Proposal shall not exceed the Initial Limit cumulatively increased on January 1, 2022 and on each January 1 thereafter by the Annual Increase or a lesser amount determined by the Board.
A more complete summary of the terms of the Incentive Equity Plan is set forth in the section titled “Incentive Equity Plan Proposal” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the
foregoing description of the Incentive Equity Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Incentive Equity Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Employment Agreements
The Company is party to employment agreements with each of its named executive officers: Githesh Ramamurthy, its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Brian Herb, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, and Barrett Callaghan, its Executive Vice President, Markets and Customer Success. The details of such agreements with Mr. Ramamurthy, Mr. Herb and Mr. Callaghan are described in the section titled “CCC’s Executive and Director Compensation—Executive Employment Arrangements,” which is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the foregoing description of the employment agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the employment agreements, which are attached as Exhibits 10.13, 10.14 and 10.15 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification Agreements
As of the Closing Date, New CCC entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by New CCC of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to New CCC or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions thereof, forms of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.16 and are each incorporated herein by reference.
A description of the compensation of the executive officers of Dragoneer and named executive officers of CCC before the consummation of the Transactions is set forth in the sections titled “Information About Dragoneer—Executive Compensation and Director Compensation and Other Interests” and “CCC’s Executive and Director Compensation”, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.06. | Change in Shell Company Status. |
As a result of the Transactions, New CCC ceased to be a shell company upon the Closing. The material terms of the Transactions are described in the section entitled “Business Combination Proposal,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of CCC as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited consolidated financial statements of CCC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Dragoneer as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Dragoneer as of and for the period from July 3, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, the related notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Exhibits.
* | Schedules and exhibits to this Exhibit omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
† | Schedules and exhibits to this Exhibit omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Brian Herb | |
Name: | Brian Herb | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer |
Date: August 5, 2021
Exhibit 3.2
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (hereinafter called the Corporation).
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Pat Robertson, 148 16th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118.
ARTICLE IV
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL). The Corporation is incorporated in connection with the domestication of Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, to a Delaware corporation (Dragoneer), and this Certificate is filed simultaneously with a Certificate of Corporate Domestication effecting such domestication (the Certificate of Domestication).
ARTICLE V
Capital Stock
The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 5,100,000,000, of which (i) 5,000,000,000 shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), and (ii) 100,000,000 shares shall be a class designated as undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Undesignated Preferred Stock).
Except as otherwise provided in any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Undesignated Preferred Stock may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of such class outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto).
Upon the filing of the Certificate of Domestication and this Certificate, which shall occur on the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement entered into on February 2, 2021 by Dragoneer, Chariot Opportunity Merger Sub, Inc. and Cypress Holdings, Inc. (the Closing Date), each share of capital stock of Dragoneer issued and outstanding immediately prior to the filing of the Certificate of Domestication and the Certificate will for all purposes thereafter be deemed to be one issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, without any further action required on the part of Dragoneer, the Corporation or any holder of capital stock of Dragoneer or the Corporation. The powers, preferences and rights of, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions upon, each class or series of stock shall be determined in accordance with, or as set forth hereafter in, this Article V.
A. Common Stock
Subject to all the rights, powers and preferences of the Undesignated Preferred Stock and except as otherwise required by law or provided in this Certificate (or in any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock):
(a) the holders of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors of the Corporation (the Directors) and on all other matters requiring stockholder action, each outstanding share entitling the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, the holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (or on any amendment to a certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock) that alters or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Undesignated Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Undesignated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, on such amendment pursuant to this Certificate (or pursuant to a certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL;
(b) dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends, but only when and as declared by the board of Directors (the Board of Directors), in its discretion, or any authorized committee thereof; and
(c) upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock.
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B. Undesignated Preferred Stock
The Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof is expressly authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to provide by resolution or resolutions for, out of the unissued shares of Undesignated Preferred Stock, the issuance of the shares of Undesignated Preferred Stock in one or more series of such stock, and by filing a certificate of designations pursuant to applicable law of the State of Delaware, to establish or change from time to time the number of shares of each such series, and to fix the designations, powers (including voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers), preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof. Except as otherwise provided by any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock then outstanding or by law, no holder of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled to any voting powers in respect thereof.
ARTICLE VI
Stockholder Action
1. Action without Meeting. Except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to this Certificate (or any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock then outstanding) with respect to the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock then outstanding, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken or effected by a written consent of stockholders in lieu thereof, unless (a) such action has been recommended or approved pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of all of the Directors then in office or (b) the sponsor entity (as defined in Article XII) beneficially owns a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article VI, Section 1.
2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by statute and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and special meetings of stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article VI, Section 2.
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ARTICLE VII
Directors
1. General. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided in this Certificate or required by law.
2. Election of Directors. Election of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation (the By-laws) shall so provide.
3. Number of Directors; Term of Office. Subject to the terms of the Amended and Restated Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2021, by and among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement), the number of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, shall be classified, with respect to the term for which they severally hold office, into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively, among which the total number of Directors shall be apportioned as nearly equally as practicable. The initial Class I Directors of the Corporation shall be Teri Williams, Christopher Egan and Steven Puccinelli; the initial Class II Directors of the Corporation shall be William Ingram, Lauren Young and David Yuan; and the initial Class III Directors of the Corporation shall be Eileen Schloss, Eric Wei and Githesh Ramamurthy. The initial Class I Directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the Closing Date, the initial Class II Directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the Closing Date, and the initial Class III Directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the Closing Date. The mailing address of each person who is to serve initially as a director is c/o CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60654. At each annual meeting of stockholders, Directors elected to succeed those Directors whose terms expire at such annual meeting shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders following their election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors elected to each class shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, death or removal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever, pursuant to the provisions of Article V of this Certificate, the holders of any one or more series of Undesignated Preferred Stock shall have the right, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to elect Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Certificate and any certificate of designations applicable to such series.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article VII, Section 3.
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4. Vacancies. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock to elect Directors and to fill vacancies in the Board of Directors relating thereto, and subject to the terms of the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, any and all vacancies in the Board of Directors, however occurring, including, without limitation, by reason of an increase in the size of the Board of Directors, or the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of a Director, shall be filled solely and exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and not by the stockholders (except as otherwise provided in the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement). Any Director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such Directors successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock to elect Directors, when the total number of Directors is increased or decreased, the Board of Directors shall, subject to Article VII, Section 3 hereof, determine the class or classes to which the increased or decreased number of Directors shall be apportioned; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. In the event of a vacancy in the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors, except as otherwise provided by law, shall exercise the powers of the full Board of Directors until the vacancy is filled.
5. Removal. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock to elect Directors and to remove any Director whom such holders have the right to elect, and subject to the terms of the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, any Director (including persons elected by Directors to fill vacancies in the Board of Directors) may be removed from office (i) only for cause and (ii) only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class. At least forty-five (45) days prior to any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which it is proposed that any Director be removed from office, written notice of such proposed removal and the alleged grounds thereof shall be sent to the Director whose removal will be considered at such meeting.
ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Director of the Corporation will be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a Director. If the DGCL is amended after the effective date of this Certificate to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors of corporations, then the liability of each Director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.
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Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article VIII by either of (i) the stockholders of the Corporation or (ii) an amendment to the DGCL, shall not adversely affect any limitation of personal liability or other right or protection of a Director existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring before such amendment, repeal or modification.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX
Competition and Corporate Opportunities
1. For purposes of this Article IX:
(a) Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person;
(b) Affiliated Entity shall mean (i) any Person (other than the Corporation and any Person that is controlled by the Corporation) of which a Non-Employee Director serves as a director, manager, officer, employee, agent or other representative, (ii) any direct or indirect partner, stockholder, member, manager or other representative of such Person or (iii) any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with any of the foregoing, including any investment fund or vehicle under common management with any of the foregoing;
(c) Identified Person shall mean any Non-Employee Director or any of his or her Affiliates or Affiliated Entities;
(d) Non-Employee Director shall mean any Director who is not an employee of the Corporation; and
(e) Person shall mean shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.
2. In recognition and anticipation that Non-Employee Directors and their respective Affiliates and Affiliated Entities may now or in the future engage (whether by investment, by providing services as a director or advisor or in any other capacity, or otherwise) in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article IX are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve any of the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its stockholders, Directors and officers in connection therewith.
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3. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (a) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates has historically engaged, now engages or proposes to engage at any time or (b) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any transaction or business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and for the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article IX. Subject to Section 4 of this Article IX, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and for the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person.
4. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, a transaction or business opportunity shall not be deemed to be a corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a transaction or business opportunity (a) that the Corporation is not financially or legally able or contractually permitted to undertake, (ii) that, by its nature, is not in the line of the Corporations business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.
5. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX.
6. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article IX, or adoption, amendment or modification of any other provision of this Certificate (or of any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock) that is inconsistent with this Article IX, shall not eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article IX with respect to any transaction or business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption. This Article IX shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any Director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate, the By-laws, the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement or any other agreement or instrument by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to such Director or officer, or applicable law.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article IX.
ARTICLE X
Amendment of By-Laws
1. Amendment by Directors. Except as otherwise required by law or provided in any certificate of designations of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, the By-laws of the Corporation may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, without the assent or vote of any stockholder.
2. Amendment by Stockholders. Except as otherwise provided therein, the By-laws of the Corporation may be amended or repealed at any annual meeting of stockholders, or special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose, by the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE XI
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation; Severability
The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal this Certificate in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute and this Certificate, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Except as otherwise required by this Certificate or by law, whenever any vote of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation is required to amend or repeal any provision of this Certificate, such amendment or repeal shall require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, and the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called expressly for such purpose.
If any provision of this Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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ARTICLE XII
Business Combinations
1. Opt Out of DGCL 203. The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
2. Limitations on Business Combinations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporations Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:
(a) prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or
(b) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers or (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or
(c) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.
3. Definitions. For purposes of this Article XII:
(a) affiliate means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.
(b) associate, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.
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(c) business combination, when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:
(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation (other than a merger effected pursuant to Section 253 or 267 the DGCL) or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (1) with the interested stockholder, or (2) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section 2 of this Article XII is not applicable to the surviving entity;
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;
(iii) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (1) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (2) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g), 253 or 267 of the DGCL; (3) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (4) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (5) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided, however, that in no case under items (3) through (5) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholders proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);
(iv) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or
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(v) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i) through (iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.
(d) control, including the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article XII, 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.
(e) interested stockholder means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided, however, that the term interested stockholder shall not include (1) any sponsor entity, or (2) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such person specified in this clause (2) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of owner below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
(f) owner, including the terms own and owned, when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:
(i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or
(ii) has (1) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such persons affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or
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exchange; or (2) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such persons right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or
(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (2) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.
(g) person means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.
(h) sponsor entity means any investment fund affiliated with or managed by Advent International Corporation or any of its affiliates, or any successor, transferee or affiliate thereof.
(i) stock means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.
(j) transferees means any person who becomes a beneficial owner of voting stock upon having purchased such shares from the investment funds affiliated with the sponsor entities or their respective affiliates, provided, however, that a purchaser of voting stock in a registered public offering shall not be a transferee.
(k) voting stock means, with respect to any corporation, stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any person other than a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the members of the governing body of such entity. Every reference to a percentage of voting stock in this Article XII shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.
ARTICLE XIII
Exclusive Forum
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, employee, agent or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or any of the Corporations stockholders, or any claim for aiding and abetting such an alleged breach, (c) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate (as it may be amended or restated), or the By-laws, or to interpret, apply,
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enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate (as it may be amended or restated) or the By-laws, (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee, agent or stockholder of the Corporation (i) arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate (as it may be amended or restated) or the By-laws or (ii) as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Delaware Court of Chancery, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee, agent or stockholder of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the law of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any claim (A) as to which such court determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of such court (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of such court within ten days following such determination), (B) which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than such court, or for which such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, or (C) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as to which the federal district courts of the United States of America shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article XIII.
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THIS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION is executed as of this 30th day of July, 2021.
CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Pat Robertson | |
Name: | Pat Robertson | |
Title: | Incorporator |
Exhibit 3.3
BY-LAWS
OF
CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
Stockholders
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (any such meeting being referred to in these By-laws as an Annual Meeting) shall be held at the hour, date and place within or without the United States which is fixed by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors), which time, date and place may subsequently be changed at any time by vote of the Board of Directors. If no Annual Meeting has been held for a period of thirteen (13) months after the Corporations last Annual Meeting, a special meeting in lieu thereof may be held, and such special meeting shall have, for the purposes of these By-laws or otherwise, all the force and effect of an Annual Meeting. Any and all references hereafter in these By-laws to an Annual Meeting or Annual Meetings also shall be deemed to refer to any special meeting(s) in lieu thereof.
SECTION 2. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be brought before an Annual Meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-law, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who is present (in person or by proxy) at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this By-law as to such nomination or business. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring nominations or business properly before an Annual Meeting (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 (or any successor rule) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)), and such stockholder must comply with the notice and other procedures set forth in Article I, Section 2(a)(2) and (3) of this By-law to bring such nominations or business properly before an Annual Meeting. In addition to the other requirements set forth in this By-law, for any proposal of business to be considered at an Annual Meeting, it must be a proper subject for action by stockholders of the Corporation under Delaware law.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Article I, Section 2(a)(1) of this By-law, the stockholder must (i) have given Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (ii) have provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this By-law and
(iii) together with the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination or business proposal is made, have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement (as defined below) required by this By-law. To be timely, a stockholders written notice shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding years Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event the Annual Meeting is first convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, or if no Annual Meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled date of such Annual Meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made (such notice within such time periods shall be referred to as Timely Notice). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, for the first Annual Meeting following the initial public offering of common stock of the Corporation, a stockholders notice shall be timely if received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled date of such Annual Meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made or sent by the Corporation. Such stockholders Timely Notice shall set forth:
(A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee with respect to any securities of the Corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of the nominee, (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder or concerning the nominees potential service on the Board of Directors, (vi) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging that as a director of the Corporation, the nominee will owe fiduciary duties under Delaware law with respect to the Corporation and its stockholders, and (vii) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);
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(B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, the text, if any, of any resolutions or By-law amendment proposed for adoption, and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person (as defined below);
(C) (i) the name and address of the stockholder giving the notice, as they appear on the Corporations books, and the names and addresses of the other Proposing Persons (if any) and (ii) as to each Proposing Person, the following information: (a) the class or series and number of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially or of record by such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act), including any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, (b) all Synthetic Equity Interests (as defined below) in which such Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates, directly or indirectly, holds an interest including a description of the material terms of each such Synthetic Equity Interest, including without limitation, identification of the counterparty to each such Synthetic Equity Interest and disclosure, for each such Synthetic Equity Interest, as to (x) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest conveys any voting rights, directly or indirectly, in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) whether or not such Synthetic Equity Interest is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares and (z) whether or not such Proposing Person and/or, to the extent known, the counterparty to such Synthetic Equity Interest has entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such Synthetic Equity Interest, (c) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to, directly or indirectly, vote any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (d) any rights to dividends or other distributions on the shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, and (e) any performance-related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person, directly or indirectly, is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or any Synthetic Equity Interests (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) are referred to, collectively, as Material Ownership Interests) and (iii) a description of the material terms of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether or not in writing) entered into by any Proposing Person or any of its affiliates or associates with any other person for the purpose of acquiring, holding, disposing or voting of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation;
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(D) (i) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings by and among any of the Proposing Persons, or by and among any Proposing Persons and any other person (including with any proposed nominee(s)), pertaining to the nomination(s), or other business proposed to be brought before the meeting of stockholders (which description shall identify the name of each other person who is party to such an agreement, arrangement or understanding), and (ii) identification of the names and addresses of other stockholders (including beneficial owners) known by any of the Proposing Persons to support such nominations or other business proposal(s), and to the extent known the class and number of all shares of the Corporations capital stock owned beneficially or of record by such other stockholder(s) or other beneficial owner(s); and
(E) a statement whether or not the stockholder giving the notice and/or the other Proposing Person(s), if any, will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a business proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation required under applicable law to approve the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation reasonably believed by such Proposing Person to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder (such statement, the Solicitation Statement).
For purposes of this Article I of these By-laws, the term Proposing Person shall mean the following persons: (i) the stockholder of record providing the notice of nominations or business proposed to be brought before a stockholders meeting, and (ii) the beneficial owner(s), if different, on whose behalf the nominations or business proposed to be brought before a stockholders meeting is made. For purposes of this Section 2 of Article I of these By-laws, the term Synthetic Equity Interest shall mean any transaction, agreement or arrangement (or series of transactions, agreements or arrangements), including, without limitation, any derivative, swap, hedge, repurchase or so-called stock borrowing agreement or arrangement, the purpose or effect of which is to, directly or indirectly: (a) give a person or entity economic benefit and/or risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, in whole or in part, including due to the fact that such transaction, agreement or arrangement provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any increase or decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (b) mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk of or manage the risk of share price changes for, any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (c) otherwise provide in any manner the opportunity to profit or avoid a loss from any decrease in the value of any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, or (d) increase or decrease the voting power of any person or entity with respect to any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.
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(3) A stockholder providing Timely Notice of nominations or business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information (including, without limitation, the Material Ownership Interests information) provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this By- law shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such Annual Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the fifth (5th) business day after the record date for the Annual Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than the close of business on the eighth (8th) business day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting).
(4) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Article I, Section 2(a)(2) of this By-law to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least ten (10) days before the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with the second sentence of Article I, Section 2(a)(2), a stockholders notice required by this By-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(b) General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the provisions of this By-law and the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2021, by and among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders (as amended, restated modified or supplemented from time to time, the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement) shall be eligible for election and to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this By-law, the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement or in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law or the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement. If neither the Board of Directors nor such designated committee makes a determination as to whether any stockholder proposal or nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law or the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, the presiding officer of the Annual Meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether the stockholder proposal or nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law or the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement. If the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof or the presiding officer, as applicable, determines that any stockholder proposal or nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this By-law or the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, such proposal or nomination shall be disregarded and shall not be presented for action at the Annual Meeting.
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(2) Except as otherwise required by law or the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, nothing in this Article I, Section 2 shall obligate the Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any nominee for director or any other matter of business submitted by a stockholder.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article I, Section 2, if the nominating or proposing stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting to present a nomination or any business, such nomination or business shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Article I, Section 2, to be considered a qualified representative of the proposing stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, to the presiding officer at the meeting of stockholders.
(4) For purposes of this By-law, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-law, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this By-law. Nothing in this By-law shall be deemed to affect any rights of (i) stockholders to have proposals included in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor rule), as applicable, under the Exchange Act and, to the extent required by such rule, have such proposals considered and voted on at an Annual Meeting or (ii) the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article I, Section 2; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class.
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SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by statute and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and stockholder proposals of other business shall not be brought before a special meeting of stockholders to be considered by the stockholders unless such special meeting is held in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with Article I, Section 1 of these By-laws, in which case such special meeting in lieu thereof shall be deemed an Annual Meeting for purposes of these By-laws and the provisions of Article I, Section 2 of these By-laws shall govern such special meeting.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article I, Section 3; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings; Adjournments.
(a) A notice of each Annual Meeting stating the hour, date and place, if any, of such Annual Meeting and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the Annual Meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat by delivering such notice to such stockholder or by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to such stockholder at the address of such stockholder as it appears on the Corporations stock transfer books. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL).
(b) Unless otherwise required by the DGCL, notice of all special meetings of stockholders shall be given in the same manner as provided for Annual Meetings, except that the notice of all special meetings shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called.
(c) Notice of an Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to a stockholder if a waiver of notice is executed, or waiver of notice by electronic transmission is provided, before or after such meeting by such stockholder or if such stockholder attends such meeting, unless such attendance is for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
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(d) The Board of Directors may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders and any record date with respect thereto, regardless of whether any notice or public disclosure with respect to any such meeting has been sent or made pursuant to Section 2 of this Article I of these By-laws or otherwise. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment, postponement or rescheduling of any previously scheduled meeting of stockholders commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice under this Article I of these By-laws.
(e) When any meeting is convened, the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting if (i) no quorum is present for the transaction of business, (ii) the Board of Directors determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the stockholders to consider fully information which the Board of Directors determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to stockholders, or (iii) the Board of Directors determines that adjournment is otherwise in the best interests of the Corporation. When any Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders is adjourned to another hour, date or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting other than an announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the hour, date and place, if any, to which the meeting is adjourned and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the meeting date, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat and each stockholder who, by law or under the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may hereafter be amended and/or restated, the Certificate) or these By-laws, is entitled to such notice.
SECTION 5. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders. If less than a quorum is present at a meeting, the holders of voting stock representing a majority of the voting power present at the meeting or the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article I. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 6. Voting and Proxies. Stockholders shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote owned by them of record according to the stock ledger of the Corporation as of the record date, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate. Stockholders may vote either (i) in person, (ii) by written proxy or (iii) by a transmission permitted by Section 212(c) of the DGCL. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission permitted by Section 212(c) of the DGCL may be substituted for or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
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writing or transmission. Proxies shall be filed in accordance with the procedures established for the meeting of stockholders. Except as otherwise limited therein or as otherwise provided by law, proxies authorizing a person to vote at a specific meeting shall entitle the persons authorized thereby to vote at any adjournment of such meeting, but they shall not be valid after final adjournment of such meeting. A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by or on behalf of any one of them unless at or prior to the exercise of the proxy the Corporation receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.
SECTION 7. Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, any matter before any such meeting (other than an election of a director or directors) shall be decided by a majority of the votes properly cast for and against such matter, except where a larger vote is required by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws. Any election of directors by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes properly cast on the election of directors.
SECTION 8. Stockholder Lists. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or the Corporations transfer agent or other person authorized by these By-laws or by law) shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting as provided in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 219 of the DGCL (or any successor provision). The list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law.
SECTION 9. Presiding Officer. The Board of Directors shall designate a representative to preside over all Annual Meetings or special meetings of stockholders, provided that if the Board of Directors does not so designate such a presiding officer, then the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside over such meetings. If the Board of Directors does not so designate such a presiding officer and there is no Chairman of the Board or the Chairman of the Board is unable to so preside or is absent, then the Chief Executive Officer, if one is elected, shall preside over such meetings, provided further that if there is no Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer is unable to so preside or is absent, then the President shall preside over such meetings. The presiding officer at any Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders shall have the power, among other things, to adjourn such meeting at any time and from time to time, subject to Sections 4 and 5 of this Article I. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of the stockholders shall be determined by the presiding officer.
SECTION 10. Inspectors of Elections. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Any inspector may, but need not, be an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath
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faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall perform such duties as are required by the DGCL, including the counting of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors. The presiding officer may review all determinations made by the inspectors, and in so doing the presiding officer shall be entitled to exercise his or her sole judgment and discretion and he or she shall not be bound by any determinations made by the inspectors. All determinations by the inspectors and, if applicable, the presiding officer, shall be subject to further review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
ARTICLE II
Directors
SECTION 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by the Certificate or required by law.
SECTION 2. Number and Terms. Subject to the terms of the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors. The directors shall hold office in the manner provided in the Certificate.
SECTION 3. Qualification. No director need be a stockholder of the Corporation.
SECTION 4. Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled in the manner provided in the Certificate and the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement.
SECTION 5. Removal. Directors may be removed from office only in the manner provided in the Certificate and the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement.
SECTION 6. Resignation. A director may resign at any time by electronic transmission or by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. A resignation shall be effective upon receipt, unless the resignation otherwise provides.
SECTION 7. Regular Meetings. Regular and annual meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such hour, date and place as the Board of Directors may by resolution from time to time determine and publicize by means of reasonable notice given to any director who is not present at the meeting at which such resolution is adopted.
SECTION 8. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called, orally or in writing, by or at the request of a majority of the directors, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or the Chief Executive Officer. The person calling any such special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix the hour, date and place thereof.
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SECTION 9. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the hour, date and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or, in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary, by another officer designated by the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or the Chief Executive Officer. Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director in person, by telephone, or by facsimile, electronic mail or other form of electronic communication, sent to his or her business or home address, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting, or by written notice mailed to his or her business or home address, at least forty- eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when hand-delivered to such address, read to such director by telephone, deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid if mailed, dispatched or transmitted if sent by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail or other form of electronic communications. A written waiver of notice signed or electronically transmitted before or after a meeting by a director and filed with the records of the meeting shall be deemed to be equivalent to notice of the meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because such meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Except as otherwise required by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
SECTION 10. Quorum. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if less than a quorum is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Any business which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed may be transacted at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present. For purposes of this section, the total number of directors includes any unfilled vacancies on the Board of Directors.
SECTION 11. Action at Meeting. At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the directors present shall constitute action by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise required by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws.
SECTION 12. Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the records of the meetings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Such consent shall be treated as a resolution of the Board of Directors for all purposes.
SECTION 13. Manner of Participation. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in accordance herewith shall constitute presence in person at such meeting for purposes of these By-laws.
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SECTION 14. Presiding Director. The Board of Directors shall designate a representative to preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors, provided that if the Board of Directors does not so designate such a presiding director or such designated presiding director is unable to so preside or is absent, then the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors. If both the designated presiding director, if one is so designated, and the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, are unable to preside or are absent, the Board of Directors shall designate an alternate representative to preside over a meeting of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 15. Committees. Subject to the terms of the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors, by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, may elect one or more committees, including, without limitation, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and an Audit Committee, and may delegate thereto some or all of its powers except those which by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws may not be delegated. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors or in such rules, its business shall be conducted so far as possible in the same manner as is provided by these By-laws for the Board of Directors. All members of such committees shall hold such offices at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may abolish any such committee at any time. Any committee to which the Board of Directors delegates any of its powers or duties shall keep records of its meetings and shall report its action to the Board of Directors.
SECTION 16. Compensation of Directors. Directors shall receive such compensation for their services as shall be determined by a majority of the Board of Directors, or a designated committee thereof, provided that directors who are serving the Corporation as employees and who receive compensation for their services as such, shall not receive any salary or other compensation for their services as directors of the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
Officers
SECTION 1. Enumeration; Election. The Board of Directors shall elect officers of the Corporation, including a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary. The Board of Directors may also from time to time elect such other officers of the Corporation as it may deem proper or may delegate to any elected officer of the Corporation the power to appoint and remove any such other officers and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties. The Board of Directors may also elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who may or may not also be an officer of the Corporation. Each of the officers of the Corporation elected by the Board of Directors or appointed by an elected officer of the Corporation in accordance with these By-laws shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law, by these By-laws or by the Board of Directors and, in the case of appointed officers, the powers and duties prescribed by the appointing officer, and, unless otherwise prescribed by these By-laws or by the Board of Directors or, if applicable, the appointing officer, shall have such further powers and duties as ordinary pertain to such office.
SECTION 2. Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder or a director. Any person may occupy more than one office of the Corporation at any time.
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SECTION 3. Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate or by these By-laws, each of the officers of the Corporation shall hold office for such a term as may be determined by the Board of Directors or until his or her successor is chosen and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
SECTION 4. Resignation. Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written or electronically transmitted resignation to the Corporation addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt, unless the resignation otherwise provides.
SECTION 5. Removal. Except as otherwise provided by law or by resolution of the Board of Directors, any officer may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, or, in the case of any officer appointed by an elected officer, by any elected officer upon whom such power of removal shall have been conferred by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. Absence or Disability. In the event of the absence or disability of any officer, the Board of Directors may designate another officer to act temporarily in place of such absent or disabled officer.
SECTION 7. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and duties as are prescribed by law, by these By-laws or by the Board of Directors and, in the case of appointed officers, such powers and duties as are prescribed by the appointing officer, and, unless otherwise prescribed by these By-laws or by the Board of Directors or, if applicable, the appointing officer, shall have such further powers and duties as ordinary pertain to their respective offices.
ARTICLE IV
Capital Stock
SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock. Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate of the capital stock of the Corporation in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, except in respect of shares of any class or series of capital stock that the Board of Directors has determined shall be uncertificated in accordance with this By-law. Such certificate shall be signed by any two authorized officers of the Corporation. The Corporation seal and the signatures by the Corporations officers, the transfer agent or the registrar may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the time of its issue. Every certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer and every certificate issued when the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock shall contain such legend with respect thereto as is required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in these By-laws, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares (except that the foregoing shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation), and by the approval and adoption of these By-laws the Board of Directors has determined that all classes or series of the Corporations stock may be uncertificated, whether upon original issuance, re-issuance, or subsequent transfer.
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SECTION 2. Transfers. Subject to any restrictions on transfer and unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, shares of stock that are represented by a certificate may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate theretofore properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with transfer stamps (if necessary) affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Shares of stock that are not represented by a certificate may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by submitting to the Corporation or its transfer agent such evidence of transfer and following such other procedures as the Corporation or its transfer agent may require.
SECTION 3. Record Holders. Except as may otherwise be required by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect thereto, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock, until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these By-laws.
SECTION 4. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date: (a) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting and
(b) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
SECTION 5. Replacement of Certificates. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock of the Corporation, a duplicate certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
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ARTICLE V
Indemnification
SECTION 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Article:
(a) Corporate Status describes the status of a person who is serving or has served (i) as a Director of the Corporation, (ii) as an Officer of the Corporation, (iii) as a Non-Officer Employee of the Corporation, or (iv) as a director, manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, foundation, association, organization or other enterprise or legal entity which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1(a), a Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee of the Corporation who is serving or has served as a director, manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be serving at the request of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Corporate Status shall not include the status of a person who is serving or has served as a director, officer, employee or agent of a constituent corporation absorbed in a merger or consolidation transaction with the Corporation with respect to such persons activities prior to said transaction, unless specifically authorized by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation;
(b) Director means any person who serves or has served the Corporation as a director on the Board of Directors, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any person who has served as a director on the board of directors of Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company;
(c) Disinterested Director means, with respect to each Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder, a Director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to such Proceeding;
(d) Expenses means all reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket attorneys fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of expert witnesses, private investigators and professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, costs of preparation of demonstrative evidence and other courtroom presentation aids and devices, costs incurred in connection with document review, organization, imaging and computerization, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements, costs or expenses of the type customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settling or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding;
(e) Liabilities means judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement;
(f) Non-Officer Employee means any person who serves or has served as an employee or agent of the Corporation, but who is not or was not a Director or Officer;
(g) Officer means any person who serves or has served the Corporation as an officer of the Corporation elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or otherwise in accordance with these By-laws, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any person who has served as an officer of Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company;
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(h) Proceeding means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, inquiry, investigation, administrative hearing or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative; and
(i) Subsidiary shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or entity of which the Corporation owns (either directly or through or together with another Subsidiary of the Corporation) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the voting capital equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise or entity, or (B) fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise or entity.
SECTION 2. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Subject to the operation of Section 4 of this Article V of these By-laws, each Director and Officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), and to the extent authorized in this Section 2.
(a) Actions, Suits and Proceedings Other than by or in the Right of the Corporation. Each Director and Officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation against any and all Expenses and Liabilities that are incurred or paid by such Director or Officer or on such Directors or Officers behalf in connection with any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), which such Director or Officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Directors or Officers Corporate Status, if such Director or Officer acted in good faith and in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Director or Officer subject to such Proceeding did not act in good faith, did not act in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
(b) Actions, Suits and Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Each Director and Officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation against any and all Expenses that are incurred by such Director or Officer or on such Directors or Officers behalf in connection with any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein by or in the right of the Corporation, which such Director or Officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Directors or Officers Corporate Status, if such Director or Officer acted in good faith and in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in
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or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea or nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Director or Officer subject to such Proceeding did not act in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; and further provided, however, that no indemnification shall be made under this Section 2(b) in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Director or Officer shall have been finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent that, the Court of Chancery or another court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Director or Officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such Expenses that such court deems proper.
(c) Survival of Rights. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 2 shall continue as to a Director or Officer after he or she has ceased to be a Director or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives.
(d) Actions by Directors or Officers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall indemnify any Director or Officer seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Director or Officer only if such Proceeding (including any parts of such Proceeding not initiated by such Director or Officer) was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors, unless such Proceeding was brought to enforce such Officers or Directors rights to indemnification or, in the case of Directors, advancement of Expenses under these By-laws in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
SECTION 3. Indemnification of Non-Officer Employees. Subject to the operation of Section 4 of this Article V of these By-laws, each Non-Officer Employee may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against any or all Expenses and Liabilities that are incurred by such Non-Officer Employee or on such Non-Officer Employees behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, which such Non-Officer Employee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Non-Officer Employees Corporate Status, if such Non-Officer Employee acted in good faith and in a manner such Non-Officer Employee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 3 shall exist as to a Non-Officer Employee after he or she has ceased to be a Non-Officer Employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may indemnify any Non-Officer Employee seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Non-Officer Employee only if such Proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 4. Determination. Unless ordered by a court, no indemnification shall be provided pursuant to this Article V to a Director, to an Officer or to a Non-Officer Employee unless a determination shall have been made that such 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 Corporation and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Such determination shall be made by (a) a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, (b) a committee comprised of Disinterested Directors, such committee having been designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), (c) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if a majority of Disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. Advancement of Expenses to Directors Prior to Final Disposition.
(a) The Corporation shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Director in connection with any Proceeding in which such Director is involved by reason of such Directors Corporate Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a written statement from such Director requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Director and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such Director to repay any Expenses so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Director is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Director seeking advancement of expenses hereunder in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Director only if such Proceeding (including any parts of such Proceeding not initiated by such Director) was (i) authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or (ii) brought to enforce such Directors rights to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under these By-laws.
(b) If a claim for advancement of Expenses hereunder by a Director is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Corporation of documentation of Expenses and the required undertaking, such Director may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and if successful in whole or in part, such Director shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of such advancement of Expenses under this Article V shall not be a defense to an action brought by a Director for recovery of the unpaid amount of an advancement claim and shall not create a presumption that such advancement is not permissible. The burden of proving that a Director is not entitled to an advancement of expenses shall be on the Corporation.
(c) In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Director has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
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SECTION 6. Advancement of Expenses to Officers and Non-Officer Employees Prior to Final Disposition.
(a) The Corporation may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, advance any or all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Officer or any Non-Officer Employee in connection with any Proceeding in which such person is involved by reason of his or her Corporate Status as an Officer or Non-Officer Employee upon the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from such Officer or Non-Officer Employee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Officer or Non-Officer Employee and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay any Expenses so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Officer or Non-Officer Employee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.
(b) In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Officer or Non-Officer Employee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
SECTION 7. Contractual Nature of Rights.
(a) The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director and Officer entitled to the benefits hereof at any time while this Article V is in effect, in consideration of such persons past or current and any future performance of services for the Corporation. No amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article V nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article V shall eliminate or reduce any right conferred by this Article V in respect of any act or omission occurring, or any cause of action or claim that accrues or arises or any state of facts existing, at the time of or before such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption of an inconsistent provision (even in the case of a proceeding based on such a state of facts that is commenced after such time), and all rights to indemnification and advancement of Expenses granted herein or arising out of any act or omission shall vest at the time of the act or omission in question, regardless of when or if any proceeding with respect to such act or omission is commenced. The rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.
(b) If a claim for indemnification (following final disposition of such Proceeding) hereunder by a Director or Officer is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of a written claim for indemnification, such Director or Officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and if successful in whole or in part, pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, such Director or Officer shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the
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permissibility of such indemnification under this Article V shall not be a defense to an action brought by a Director or Officer for recovery of the unpaid amount of an indemnification claim and shall not create a presumption that such indemnification is not permissible. The burden of proving that a Director or Officer is not entitled to indemnification shall be on the Corporation.
(c) In any suit brought by a Director or Officer to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder, it shall be a defense that such Director or Officer has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
SECTION 8. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to advancement of Expenses set forth in this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Director, Officer, or Non-Officer Employee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate or these By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise.
SECTION 9. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee against any liability of any character asserted against or incurred by the Corporation or any such Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee, or arising out of any such persons Corporate Status, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL or the provisions of this Article V.
SECTION 10. Other Indemnification.
(a) Subject to any other right which any Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate or these By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise to the contrary, the Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or provide advancement of Expenses to any person under this Article V as a result of such person serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity (other than a Subsidiary) shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity (the Primary Indemnitor). Subject to any other right which any Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate or these By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise to the contrary, any indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Article V owed by the Corporation as a result of a person serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity (other than a Subsidiary) shall only be in excess of, and shall be secondary to, the indemnification or advancement of Expenses available from the applicable Primary Indemnitor(s) and any applicable insurance policies. The obligations, if any, of the Corporation and any Subsidiary to indemnify or provide advancement of Expenses to any person serving as a director, manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of a Subsidiary shall be joint and not several.
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(b) Notwithstanding any right that any Director or Officer may have to indemnification or advancement of Expenses by any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary as a result of such persons Corporate Status as a Director of the Corporation or an Officer of the Corporation (each such other enterprise or entity, an Other Indemnitor), the Corporation (i) shall be the indemnitor of first resort of such Director or Officer with respect to all Liabilities and Expenses for which such Director or Officer is entitled to indemnification or advancement, as applicable, by the Corporation as a result of such persons Corporate Status as a Director of the Corporation or an Officer of the Corporation (Covered Liabilities and Expenses) (i.e., the Corporations obligations to indemnify or provide advancement of Expenses of such Director or Officer with respect to Covered Liabilities and Expenses are primary, and any obligation of an Other Indemnitor to indemnify or provide advancement of Expenses to such Director or Officer with respect to the same Covered Liabilities and Expenses are secondary), (ii) shall be liable for the full amount of all Covered Liabilities and Expenses to which such Director or Officer is entitled to indemnification to the greatest extent permitted hereunder, without regard to any rights such Director or Officer may have against any Other Indemnitor with respect to the same Covered Liabilities and Expenses, and (iii) irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases all Other Indemnitors from any and all claims for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of Covered Liabilities and Expenses. No payment by any Other Indemnitor on behalf of any Director or Officer with respect to any claim for Covered Liabilities and Expenses for which such Director or Officer has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect any of the provisions of this Section 10((b), and each Other Indemnitor that makes any such payment shall have a right of contribution or subrogation, to the extent of such payment, with respect to all of the rights of recovery of the Director or Officer in respect of such Covered Liabilities and Expenses, against the Company. Each Other Indemnitor is an express third-party beneficiary of this Section 10(b).
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Seal. The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt and alter the seal of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Execution of Instruments. All deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes and other obligations to be entered into by the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business without action of the Board of Directors may be executed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer or any other officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may authorize.
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SECTION 4. Voting of Securities. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may waive notice of and act on behalf of the Corporation (including with regard to voting and actions by written consent), or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or attorney in fact for the Corporation with or without discretionary power and/or power of substitution, at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any other corporation or organization, any of whose securities are held by the Corporation.
SECTION 5. Resident Agent. The Board of Directors may appoint a resident agent upon whom legal process may be served in any action or proceeding against the Corporation.
SECTION 6. Corporate Records. The original or attested copies of the Certificate, By-laws and records of all meetings of the incorporators, stockholders and the Board of Directors and the stock transfer books, which shall contain the names of all stockholders, their record addresses and the amount of stock held by each, may be kept outside the State of Delaware and shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation, at an office of its counsel, at an office of its transfer agent or at such other place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. Certificate. All references in these By-laws to the Certificate shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and/or restated and in effect from time to time.
SECTION 8. Amendment of By-laws.
(a) Amendment by Directors. Except as provided otherwise by law, any section or portion of these By-laws may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
(b) Amendment by Stockholders. Except as otherwise required by these By-laws or by law, these By-laws may be amended or repealed at any Annual Meeting, or any special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose in accordance with these By-Laws, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, stockholder approval shall not be required unless mandated by the Certificate, these By-laws, or other applicable law.
SECTION 9. Notices. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.
SECTION 10. Waivers. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.
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Exhibit 4.4
CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE DOMESTICATION OF
DRAGONEER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES CORP.
Pursuant to Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)
Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., presently a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (the Company), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. The Company was first incorporated on July 3, 2020 under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
2. The name of the Company immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Corporate Domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with Section 388 of the DGCL was Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp.
3. The name of the Company as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation being filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with Section 388(b) of the DGCL is CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.
4. The jurisdiction that constituted the seat, siege social, or principal place of business or central administration of the Company, or any other equivalent thereto under applicable law, immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Corporate Domestication in accordance with the provisions of Section 388 of the DGCL was the Cayman Islands.
5. The domestication has been approved in the manner provided for by the document, instrument, agreement or other writing, as the case may be, governing the internal affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business or by applicable non-Delaware law, as appropriate.
The corporate domestication of the Company shall be effective upon the filing of this Certificate of Corporate Domestication and the Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with Section 388 of the DGCL and with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 30th day of July, 2021.
DRAGONEER GROWTH |
OPPORTUNITIES CORP., a Cayman |
Islands exempted company limited by shares |
/s/ Pat Robertson |
Name: Pat Robertson |
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer |
[Signature Page to Certificate of Domestication]
Exhibit 10.16
DIRECTOR AND OFFICER
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (this Agreement) is made as of [], 2021 by and between CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in its own name and on behalf of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and ______________, an individual (Indemnitee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, fiduciaries and other agents (Representatives) in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the corporation or business enterprise itself;
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve as Representatives unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation or business enterprise;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining highly competent persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of protection against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company;
WHEREAS, (a) the Bylaws of the Company (the Bylaws) require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, (b) Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) and (c) the Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and its Representatives with respect to indemnification;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefore, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and
WHEREAS, (a) Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, (b) Indemnitee may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as a Representative without adequate protection, (c) the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity and (d) Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that [he][she] be so indemnified.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
(a) As used in this Agreement:
Advent Entities means Cypress Investor Holdings, L.P., Advent International GPE VIII-C Limited Partnership and GPE VIII CCC Co-Investment (Delaware) Limited Partnership and any of their respective Affiliates who beneficially own shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and any securities into which such shares of common stock shall have been changed or any securities resulting from any reclassification or recapitalization of such shares of common stock from time to time.
Agreement has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble hereto.
Board has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals hereto.
Bylaws has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals hereto.
Certificate of Incorporation means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
Change in Control has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1(b) hereof.
Corporate Status describes the status of an individual who is or was a Representative of an Enterprise.
Company has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble hereto.
DGCL has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals hereto.
Enterprise means the Company and any other Person, employee benefit plan, joint venture or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Representative.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Expenses means all reasonable costs, expenses, fees and charges, including, without limitation, attorneys fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include, without limitation, (i) expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from, incurred by Indemnitee in connection with, arising out of, in respect of or relating to, any Proceeding, including, without limitation, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedes bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) for purposes of Section 12(d) hereof only, expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitees rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise, (iii) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement (on a grossed up basis) and (iv) any interest, assessments or other charges in respect of the foregoing.
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Indemnitee has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble hereto.
Indemnity Obligations means all obligations of the Company to Indemnitee under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Companys obligations to provide indemnification to Indemnitee and advance Expenses to Indemnitee under this Agreement.
Independent Counsel means an attorney or firm of attorneys (following a Change in Control, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 hereof) that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements) or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification; provided, however, that the term Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitees rights under this Agreement.
Liabilities means all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, orders, fines, penalties and other amounts payable in connection with, arising out of, in respect of or relating to or occurring as a direct or indirect consequence of any Proceeding, including, without limitation, amounts paid in whole or partial settlement of any Proceeding, all Expenses in complying with any judgment, order or decree issued or entered in connection with any Proceeding or any settlement agreement, stipulation or consent decree entered into or issued in settlement of any Proceeding, and any consequential damages resulting from any Proceeding or the settlement, judgment, or result thereof.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, governmental agency or body or any other legal entity.
Proceeding means any threatened, pending or completed action, claim, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, formal or informal hearing, inquiry or investigation, litigation, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed judicial, administrative or arbitration proceeding (including, without limitation, any such proceeding under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act or any other federal law, state law, statute or regulation), whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise, and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be, or is threatened to be, involved as a party or witness or otherwise involved, affected or injured (i) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a Representative of the Company, (ii) by reason of any actual or alleged action taken by Indemnitee or of any action on Indemnitees part while acting as Representative of the Company or (iii) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Representative of another Person, whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement.
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Representative has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals hereto.
SOX Act means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
[Sponsor Entities means [] and any of their respective Affiliates who beneficially own shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and any securities into which such shares of common stock shall have been changed or any securities resulting from any reclassification or recapitalization of such shares of common stock from time to time; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall be considered Sponsors hereunder.]
Submission Date has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10(b) hereof.
(b) A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Advent Entities and other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a Person owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power represented by the Companys then outstanding voting securities; (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other Person other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving Person) more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving Person outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Companys assets, other than to the Advent Entities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall be deemed not to have occurred as a result of any transaction or series of transactions following which the Advent Entities possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company (or any successor thereto), whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including, without limitation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the Board or the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of any successor to the Company.
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(c) For the purpose hereof, references to fines shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to serving at the request of the Company shall include, without limitation, any service as a Representative of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such Representative with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner [he][she] reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company as referred to in this Agreement.
Section 2. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf in connection with or as a consequence of any Proceeding (other than any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor which shall be governed by the provisions set forth in Section 3 hereof) or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner [he][she] reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that [his][her] conduct was unlawful. For the avoidance of doubt, a finding, admission or stipulation that an Indemnitee has acted with gross negligence or recklessness shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Indemnitee has failed to meet the standard or conduct required for indemnification in this Section 2.
Section 3. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf in connection with or as a consequence of any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner [he][she] reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed, to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Liabilities and Expenses shall be made under this Section 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. For the avoidance of doubt, a finding, admission or stipulation that an Indemnitee has acted with gross negligence or recklessness shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Indemnitee has failed to meet the standard or conduct required for indemnification in this Section 3.
Section 4. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, and without limiting the rights of Indemnitee under any other provision hereof, to the extent that (a) Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) any Proceeding, (b) the Company is not permitted by applicable law to indemnify Indemnitee with respect to any claim brought in such Proceeding if such claim is asserted successfully against Indemnitee and (c) Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, but is successful, on the merits or otherwise (including, without limitation, settlement thereof), as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, then the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against all Liabilities and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitees
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behalf, in connection with or as a consequence of each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section 4 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by settlement, entry of a plea of nolo contendere or by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitees Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or incurred by [him][her] or on [his][her] behalf in connection therewith.
Section 6. Additional Indemnification. Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 2, 3 or 4 hereof, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to, or threatened to be made a party to, any Proceeding (including, without limitation, a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor), against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding:
(a) to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to, or replacement of, the DGCL, and
(b) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to, or replacements of, the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.
Section 7. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):
(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any statute, insurance policy procured by the Company, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid, subject to any subrogation rights set forth in Section 13 hereof;
(b) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements to which the Indemnitee has consented);
(c) for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the SOX Act or Section 954 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the SOX Act), if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements to which the Indemnitee has consented);
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(d) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees (not by way of defense), unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding), (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise authorized in Section 12(d) or (iv) otherwise required by applicable law; or
(e) if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law in a final judgment from which there is no further right of appeal.
Section 8. Advances of Expenses. In furtherance of the requirement of Article VII, Section 7.02 of the Bylaws and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to, or after, final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitees ability to repay Expenses and without regard to Indemnitees ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including, without limitation, Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking, providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
Section 9. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such Proceeding. Any delay or failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay or failure in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement.
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(b) In the event Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of Expenses with respect to any Proceeding, Indemnitee may, at Indemnitees option, (i) retain legal counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to defend Indemnitee in such Proceeding, at the sole expense of the Company or (ii) have the Company assume the defense of Indemnitee in the Proceeding, in which case the Company shall assume the defense of such Proceeding with legal counsel selected by the Company and approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) within ten days of the Companys receipt of written notice of Indemnitees election to cause the Company to do so. If the Company is required to assume the defense of any such Proceeding, it shall engage legal counsel for such defense, and shall be solely responsible for all Expenses of such legal counsel and otherwise of such defense. Such legal counsel may represent both Indemnitee and the Company (and/or any other party or parties entitled to be indemnified by the Company with respect to such matter) unless, in the reasonable opinion of legal counsel to Indemnitee, there is a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company (or any other such party or parties) or there are legal defenses available to Indemnitee that are not available to the Company (or any such other party or parties). Notwithstanding either partys assumption of responsibility for defense of a Proceeding, each party shall have the right to engage separate legal counsel at its own expense. The party having responsibility for defense of a Proceeding shall provide the other party and its legal counsel with all copies of pleadings and material correspondence relating to the Proceeding. Indemnitee and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in the defense of any Proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought hereunder, regardless of whether the Company or Indemnitee assumes the defense thereof. Indemnitee may not settle or compromise any Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Company may not settle or compromise any proceeding without the prior written consent of Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Section 10. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.
(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof, the Company shall advance Expenses necessary to defend against a Claim pursuant to Section 8 hereof. If any determination by the Company is required by applicable law with respect to Indemnitees ultimate entitlement to indemnification, such determination shall be made (i) if Indemnitee shall request such determination be made by the Independent Counsel, by the Independent Counsel and (ii) in all other circumstances in any manner permitted by the DGCL. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Person(s) making such determination with respect to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification, including, without limitation, providing to such Person(s), upon reasonable advance request, any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Person(s) making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company will not deny
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any written request for indemnification hereunder made in good faith by Indemnitee unless a determination as to Indemnitees entitlement to such indemnification described in this Section 10(a) has been made. The Company agrees to pay Expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify the Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
(b) In the event that the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof, (i) the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Company within ten days of the Submission Date, (ii) the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and (iii) Indemnitee may, within ten days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company Indemnitees written objection to such selection. Absent a timely objection, the Person so selected shall act as the Independent Counsel. If a timely objection is made by Indemnitee, the Person so selected may not serve as the Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn. If no Independent Counsel shall have been selected (whether due to a failure of the Company to appoint such Independent Counsel, an un-withdrawn objection from Indemnitee with respect to the person so appointed or otherwise) before the later of (i) 30 days after the submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof (the date of such submission, the Submission Date) and (ii) ten days after the final disposition of the Proceeding for which indemnity is sought, then (x) each of the Company and Indemnitee shall select a Person meeting the qualifications to serve as the Independent Counsel and (y) such Persons shall (collectively) select the Independent Counsel. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the Person(s) making such determination shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) hereof, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any Person(s) of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including, without limitation, by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including, without limitation, by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
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(b) Subject to Section 12(e) hereof, if the Person(s) empowered or selected under Section 10 hereof to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the request therefore, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if (i) the determination is to be made by the Independent Counsel and Indemnitee objects to the Companys selection of the Independent Counsel and (ii) the Independent Counsel ultimately selected requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto.
(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which [he][she] reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitees conduct was unlawful.
(d) Effect of Settlement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, settlement of any Proceeding without any finding of responsibility, wrongdoing or guilt on the part of Indemnitee with respect to claims asserted in such Proceeding shall constitute a conclusive determination that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to such Proceeding.
(e) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitees action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 11(e) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.
(f) Actions of Others. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any Representative (other than Indemnitee) of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.
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Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) Subject to Section 12(e) hereof, in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 11 hereof that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 hereof, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof within 90 days after the Submission Date, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 4, 5 or 10(a) hereof within ten days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 2, 3 or 6 hereof is not made within ten days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or (vi) in the event that the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee, the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of Indemnitees entitlement to such indemnification and/or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitees option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitees right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission by Indemnitee of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitees rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. In addition, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all such Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for
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indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors and officers liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding; provided that, in the absence of any such determination with respect to such Proceeding, the Company shall pay Liabilities and advance Expenses with respect to such Proceeding as if Indemnitee had been determined to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of Expenses with respect to such Proceeding.
Section 13. Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.
(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitees Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and/or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of Expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)]. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Company shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any Proceeding, Expense, Liability or matter that is the subject of the Indemnity Obligations, (ii) the Company shall be primarily liable for all Indemnity Obligations and any indemnification afforded to Indemnitee in respect of any Proceeding, Expense, Liability or matter that is the subject of Indemnity Obligations, whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract (including, without limitation, this Agreement) or otherwise, (iii) any obligation of any other Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] to indemnify Indemnitee and/or advance Expenses to Indemnitee in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Company hereunder, (iv) the Company shall be required to indemnify
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Indemnitee and advance Expenses to Indemnitee hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] or insurer of any such Person and (v) the Company irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Company hereunder. In the event that any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] or their insurers advances or extinguishes any liability or loss which is the subject of any Indemnity Obligation owed by the Company or payable under any insurance policy provided under this Agreement, the payor shall have a right of subrogation against the Company or its insurer or insurers for all amounts so paid which would otherwise be payable by the Company or its insurer or insurers under this Agreement. In no event will payment of an Indemnity Obligation of the Company under this Agreement by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] or their insurers, affect the obligations of the Company hereunder or shift primary liability for any Indemnity Obligation to any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)]. Any indemnification and/or insurance or advancement of Expenses provided by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)], with respect to any liability arising as a result of Indemnitees Corporate Status or capacity as an officer or director of any Person, is specifically in excess of any Indemnity Obligation of the Company or valid and any collectible insurance (including, without limitation, any malpractice insurance or professional errors and omissions insurance) provided by the Company under this Agreement, and any obligation to provide indemnification and/or insurance or advance Expenses provided by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] shall be reduced by any amount that Indemnitee collects from the Company as an indemnification payment or advancement of Expenses pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain and maintain in full force and effect an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for Representatives of the Company or of any other Enterprise, and Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such Representative under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for Representatives of the Company or of any other Enterprise, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policy or policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Further, in the event of a Change in Control or the Companys becoming insolvent (including being placed into receivership or entering the federal bankruptcy process) the Company shall maintain in force any and all insurance policies then maintained by the
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Company in providing insurance (directors and officers liability, fiduciary, employment practices or otherwise) in respect of Indemnitee, for a fixed period of six years thereafter (otherwise known as a tail policy), and such coverage shall be placed by the incumbent broker using the policies that were in place at the time of the Change in Control, and shall be placed with an insurance carrier with an AM Best rating that is the same or better than the AM Best ratings of the expiring policies.
(d) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall not be subrogated to, and hereby waives any rights to be subrogated to, any rights of recovery of Indemnitee, including, without limitation, rights of indemnification provided to Indemnitee from any other Person or entity with whom Indemnitee may be associated [(including, without limitation, the Sponsor Entities)] as well as any rights to contribution that might otherwise exist; provided, however, that the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of any such payment of all rights of recovery of Indemnitee under insurance policies of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(e) The indemnification and contribution provided for in this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of Indemnitee.
Section 14. Duration of Agreement; Not Employment Contract. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the latest of: (a) ten years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a Representative of the Company or any other Enterprise and (b) one year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 hereof relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement, expressly or to assume and agree to perform this agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that Indemnitees employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a Representative of the Company, by the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and the DGCL.
Section 15. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such
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provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 16. Enforcement.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a Representative of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a Representative of the Company.
(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefore, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
(c) The Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a bar order which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting Indemnitees right to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.
Section 17. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 18. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.
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(b) If to the Company to:
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 900
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Attention: Kevin J. Kane
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice to the Company):
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Willard S. Boothby and Ross M. Leff
Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.
Section 19. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of the Proceeding in order to reflect (a) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (b) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
Section 20. Change in Control. If there is a Change in Control, then with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payments and advance of Expenses under this Agreement or any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws now or hereafter in effect, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
Section 21. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (c) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court of Chancery and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
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Section 22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature) or other 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.
Section 23. [Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Advent Entities and Sponsor Entities are intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.]
Section 24. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. |
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[Signature Page to Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement]
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[Signature Page to Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement]
Exhibit 99.1
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.
The following unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (New CCC) as of March 31, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations of New CCC for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 present the combination of the financial information of Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. (Dragoneer) and Cypress Holdings, Inc. (CCC) after giving effect to the Business Combination, and related adjustments described in the accompanying notes. Dragoneer and CCC are collectively referred to herein as the Companies, and the Companies, subsequent to the Business Combination, are referred to herein as New CCC.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 give pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it was completed on March 31, 2021.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based on and should be read in conjunction with the audited historical financial statements of each of Dragoneer and CCC and the notes thereto, as well as the disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in Dragoneers Registration Statement on Form S-4 in the sections titled Dragoneers Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and CCCs Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements have been presented for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily reflect what New CCCs financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Business Combination occurred on the dates indicated. Further, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information also may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of New CCC. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent managements estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. The assumptions and estimates underlying the pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes.
On February 2, 2021, Dragoneer entered into the Business Combination Agreement with CCC. Dragoneer changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on July 30, 2021 (the Domestication), upon which Dragoneer changed its name to CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (New CCC). Immediately after the Domestication, Chariot Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dragoneer, merged with and into CCC, with CCC as the surviving company in the Merger and, after giving effect to such Merger, CCC became a wholly owned subsidiary of New CCC. After giving effect to the Business Combination, New CCC owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of CCC and its subsidiaries and the equityholders of CCC immediately prior to the Business Combination own a portion of the common stock of New CCC.
NEW CCC
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 2021
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Dragoneer (Historical) |
CCC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 1,517 | $ | 59,174 | $ | 479,897 | (b.1 | ) | $ | 139,034 | ||||||||||
150,000 | (b.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
175,000 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
(24,150 | ) | (d | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(16,439 | ) | (d | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(7,171 | ) | (d | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(2 | ) | (l | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(134,570 | ) | (g | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(10,218 | ) | (i | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(9,004 | ) | (j | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(525,000 | ) | (n | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Accounts and notes receivable, net |
| 67,873 | | 67,873 | ||||||||||||||||
Income taxes receivable |
| 1,888 | | 1,888 | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred contract costs |
| 11,876 | | 11,876 | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses |
329 | | (329 | ) | (k | ) | | |||||||||||||
Other current assets |
| 32,646 | 329 | (k | ) | 30,608 | ||||||||||||||
(2,367 | ) | (d1 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
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Total current assets |
1,846 | 173,457 | 75,976 | 251,279 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash held in Trust Account |
690,006 | (210,109 | ) | (a.1 | ) | | ||||||||||||||
(479,897 | ) | (b.1 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Software, equipment and propertynet |
| 100,315 | | 100,315 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating lease assets |
45,656 | 45,656 | ||||||||||||||||||
Intangible assetsnet |
| 1,287,260 | | 1,287,260 | ||||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| 1,466,884 | | 1,466,884 | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred financing fees, revolvernet |
| 673 | | 673 | ||||||||||||||||
Long-term deferred contract costs |
| 14,678 | | 14,678 | ||||||||||||||||
Other assets |
| 16,293 | | 16,293 | ||||||||||||||||
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TOTAL ASSETS |
691,852 | 3,105,216 | (614,030 | ) | 3,183,038 | |||||||||||||||
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
| 17,519 | | 17,519 | ||||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses |
4,239 | 48,100 | (3,916 | ) | (i | ) | 48,423 | |||||||||||||
Convertible note- related party |
1,000 | | (1,000 | ) | (m | ) | | |||||||||||||
Advance from affiliates |
2 | | (2 | ) | (l | ) | | |||||||||||||
Income taxes payable |
| 4,075 | | 4,075 | ||||||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt |
| 13,846 | (13,846 | ) | (n | ) | | |||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term licensing agreementnet of discount |
| 2,579 | | 2,579 | ||||||||||||||||
Operating lease liabilities |
| 10,137 | | 10,137 | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred revenues |
| 28,100 | | 28,100 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
5,241 | 124,356 | (18,764 | ) | 110,833 |
Dragoneer (Historical) |
CCC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma |
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Long-term debt |
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First Lien Term Loannet of discount and fees |
| 1,301,941 | (504,222 | ) | (n | ) | 797,719 | |||||||||||||
Total long-term debt |
| 1,301,941 | |
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797,719 |
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Deferred income taxesnet |
| 316,269 | | 316,269 | ||||||||||||||||
Long-term licensing agreementnet of discounts |
| 35,671 | | 35,671 | ||||||||||||||||
FPA liability |
7,017 | | (7,017 | ) | (m | ) | | |||||||||||||
Conversion option liability |
1,237 | | (1,237 | ) | (m | ) | | |||||||||||||
Warrant liability |
47,519 | | 10,255 | (m | ) | 57,774 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred underwriting fees payable |
24,150 | | (24,150 | ) | (d | ) | | |||||||||||||
Operating lease liabilities |
| 42,992 | | 42,992 | ||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities |
| 24,532 | | 24,532 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
85,164 | 1,845,761 | (545,135 | ) | 1,385,790 | |||||||||||||||
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Commitments and Contingencies |
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Mezzanine Equity |
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Redeemable non-controlling interests |
| 14,179 | | 14,179 | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption |
690,000 | | (210,109 | ) | (a.1 | ) | | |||||||||||||
(479,891 | ) | (a.2 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
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Total Mezzanine equity |
690,000 | 14,179 | (690,000 | ) | 14,179 | |||||||||||||||
Stockholders equity and Deficit |
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value |
| 1 | 5 | (a.2 | ) | 67 | ||||||||||||||
1 | (b.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | (e | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | (f | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock |
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Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value |
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Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value |
2 | | (2 | ) | (e | ) | | |||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
| 1,514,544 | 479,886 | (a.2 | ) | 2,532,810 | ||||||||||||||
149,999 | (b.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
174,998 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
(10,698 | ) | (d | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(7,171 | ) | (d | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(83,320 | ) | (e | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(50 | ) | (f | ) | |||||||||||||||||
112,070 | (f1 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
204,919 | (h | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
(2,367 | ) | (d1 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(83,314 | ) | (269,005 | ) | (5,741 | ) | (d | ) | (749,544 | ) | ||||||||||
83,314 | (e | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
(112,070 | ) | (f1 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(134,570 | ) | (g | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(204,919 | ) | (h | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(6,302 | ) | (i | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(9,004 | ) | (j | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(1,001 | ) | (m | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(6,932 | ) | (n | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
| (264 | ) | | (264 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total stockholders equity |
(83,312 | ) | 1,245,276 | 621,105 | 1,783,069 | |||||||||||||||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
691,852 | 3,105,216 | (614,030 | ) | 3,183,038 | |||||||||||||||
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NEW CCC
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Dragoneer (Historical) |
CCC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 157,789 | $ | | $ | 157,789 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| 44,593 | 26 | (gg | ) | 44,619 | ||||||||||||||
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Gross margin |
| 113,196 | (26 | ) | 113,170 | |||||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
| 30,624 | 69 | (gg | ) | 30,693 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of Intangible Assets |
| 18,077 | | 18,077 | ||||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing |
| 19,417 | 67 | (gg | ) | 19,484 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
| 37,839 | 1,363 | (gg | ) | 43,605 | ||||||||||||||
4,403 | (hh | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Formation and operating costs |
4,403 | | (4,403 | ) | (hh | ) | | |||||||||||||
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Total operating expenses |
4,403 | 105,957 | 1,499 | 111,859 | ||||||||||||||||
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Operating income (loss) |
(4,403 | ) | 7,239 | (1,525 | ) | 1,311 | ||||||||||||||
Other income (expense): |
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Interest income (expense) |
6 | (18,766 | ) | 5,719 | (jj | ) | (13,041 | ) | ||||||||||||
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of interest rate swaps |
| 3,277 | | 3,277 | ||||||||||||||||
Loss on early retirement of debt |
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Other income, net |
| 87 | | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of warrants |
102,401 | | | 102,401 | ||||||||||||||||
Changes in fair value of conversion option |
762 | | | 762 | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense- amortization of debt discount |
(1,000 | ) | | | (1,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Gain on FPA liability |
62,857 | | | 62,857 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total other income (expense) |
165,026 | (15,402 | ) | 5,719 | 155,343 | |||||||||||||||
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Pretax income (loss) |
160,623 | (8,163 | ) | 4,194 | 156,654 | |||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
3,079 | (35,976 | ) | (ee | ) | (32,897 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
$ | 160,623 | $ | (5,084 | ) | $ | (31,782 | ) | $ | 123,757 | ||||||||||
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Weighted average shares outstanding common stock basic |
1,483,107 | 594,188,108 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted averages shares outstanding common stock diluted |
1,483,107 | 612,279,523 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common stock- basic |
$ | (3.43 | ) | $ | 0.21 | |||||||||||||||
Common stock diluted |
$ | (3.43 | ) | $ | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares |
69,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A ordinary share- basic and diluted |
$ | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding- Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares |
17,250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares- basic and diluted |
$ | 9.31 |
NEW CCC
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Dragoneer (Historical) |
CCC (Historical) |
Pro Forma Adjustments |
Pro Forma |
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Revenue |
$ | | $ | 633,063 | $ | | $ | 633,063 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
| 208,717 | |
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218,610 | |||||||||||
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Gross margin |
| 424,346 | (9,893 | ) | (cc | ) | 414,453 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
| 109,508 | |
22,880 632 |
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133,020 | |||||||||||
Amortization of Intangible Assets |
| 72,310 | 72,310 | |||||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing |
| 74,710 | 39,445 | (bb | ) | 115,245 | ||||||||||||||
1,090 | (cc | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
| 90,838 | 16,508 | (aa | ) | 270,620 | ||||||||||||||
148,971 | (bb | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
4,116 | (cc | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
1,000 | (dd | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
9,187 | (ff | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Formation and operating costs |
1,043 | | (1,043 | ) | (ff | ) | | |||||||||||||
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Total operating expenses |
1,043 | 347,366 | 242,786 | 591,195 | ||||||||||||||||
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Operating income (loss) |
(1,043 | ) | 76,980 | (252,679 | ) | (176,742 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense): |
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Interest expense |
| (77,003 | ) | 22,972 | ii.1 | (54,031 | ) | |||||||||||||
Loss on change in fair value of interest rate swaps |
| (13,249 | ) | | (13,249 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Loss on early retirement of debt |
| (8,615 | ) | (6,932 | ) | ii.2 | (15,547 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other income, net |
| 332 | | 332 | ||||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of warrants |
(106,715 | ) | | | (106,715 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Loss on FPA liability |
(69,875 | ) | | | (69,875 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Compensation expense on private placement warrants |
(6,993 | ) | | 6,993 | (ff | ) | | |||||||||||||
Offering costs allocated to warrant liabilities |
(1,151 | ) | | 1,151 | (ff | ) | | |||||||||||||
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Total other expense |
(184,734 | ) | (98,535 | ) | 24,184 | (259,085 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Pretax loss |
(185,777 | ) | (21,555 | ) | (228,495 | ) | (435,827 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
4,679 | 86,845 | (ee | ) | 91,524 | |||||||||||||||
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders |
$ | (185,777 | ) | $ | (16,876 | ) | $ | (141,650 | ) | $ | (344,303 | ) | ||||||||
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Weighted average shares outstanding- Common stock |
1,480,296 | 593,230,820 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common stock- basic and diluted |
$ | (11.40 | ) | $ | (0.58 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares |
69,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A ordinary shares- basic and diluted |
$ | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding- Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares |
16,748,571 | |||||||||||||||||||
Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares- basic and diluted |
$ | (11.09 | ) |
Note 1Description of the Business Combination
On February 2, 2021, Dragoneer entered into the Business Combination Agreement with CCC. Dragoneer changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Domestication), upon which Dragoneer changed its name to CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (New CCC). Immediately after the Domestication, Chariot Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dragoneer, merged with and into CCC, with CCC as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, CCC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of New CCC. After giving effect to the Business Combination, New CCC owns directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of CCC and its subsidiaries and the equityholders of CCC immediately prior to the Business Combination own a portion of the common stock of New CCC.
The following table illustrates ownership levels in New CCC Common Stock immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination based on actual redemptions by the public shareholders and the following additional circumstances: (i) 505,430,378 at $66.51 shares of New CCC Common Stock were issued to the holders of shares of common stock of CCC at closing of the Business Combination; (ii) 15,000,000 shares of New CCC Common Stock were issued in the PIPE Financing; (iii) the forward purchase units were issued pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements prior to the closing of the Business Combination; (iv) no public warrants or private placement warrants to purchase New CCC Common Stock that were outstanding immediately following closing of the Business Combination have been exercised; (v) no vested and unvested options to purchase shares of New CCC Common Stock that were held by equity holders of CCC immediately following the closing of the Business Combination have been exercised; and (vi) no exercise of the 2,000,000 working capital warrants received by Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Holdings (the Sponsor) upon the conversion of the outstanding $2,000,000 balance of the working capital loan provided by the Sponsor to Dragoneer. In addition, these percentages give effect to $134,551,667 of permitted recapitalization dividends declared and paid since the signing of the Business Combination Agreement and $134,627,317 of permitted recapitalization dividends, along with a one-time cash payment of $8,999,359 per option paid to certain option holders to compensate for the reduction in the fair value of the underlying shares without a corresponding decrease in the exercise price, that CCC paid substantially concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination.
Shares | Ownership % |
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Advent Investor(1) |
372,634,844 | 62.7 | % | 62.7 | % | |||||||
OH Investor(1) |
53,082,833 | 8.9 | % | 8.9 | % | |||||||
TCV Investor(1) |
53,082,832 | 8.9 | % | 8.9 | % | |||||||
Other legacy CCC shareholders(1)(4) |
26,629,869 | 4.5 | % | 4.5 | % | |||||||
Dragoneer public shareholders(2) |
47,990,002 | 8.1 | % | 8.1 | % | |||||||
Sponsor and other initial shareholders and certain affiliates of Willett Advisors LLC(3) |
26,125,000 | 4.4 | % | 4.4 | % | |||||||
PIPE Investors |
15,000,000 | 2.5 | % | 2.5 | % | |||||||
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594,545,380 | 100.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
(1) | These ownership percentages do not give effect to the CCC Earnout Shares that may be issued upon the CCC Triggering Event and exclude the Sponsor Earnout Shares that are subject to forfeiture if a Sponsor Triggering Event does not occur. |
(2) | Excludes shares acquired by certain public investors in connection with the PIPE Financing. |
(3) | Includes the shares of New CCC Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to Dragoneer Funding LLC and certain affiliates of Willett Advisors LLC as part of the forward purchase units that were issued immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Forward Purchase Agreements. |
(4) | Excludes shares owned by the Advent Investor, OH Investor and TCV Investor. |
Note 2Basis of Presentation
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses. Release No. 33-10786 replaces the existing pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (Transaction Accounting Adjustments) and present the reasonably estimable synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur (Managements Adjustments). CCC has elected not to present Managements Adjustments and are only presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The historical financial information of Dragoneer and CCC has been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give effect to events that are transaction accounting adjustments. The pro forma adjustments are prepared to illustrate the effect of the Business Combination and certain other adjustments.
The Business Combination is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization because CCC has been determined to be the accounting acquirer under Financial Accounting Standards Boards Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations (ASC 805). The determination is primarily based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:
| The pre-combination equityholders of CCC will hold the majority of voting rights in New CCC; |
| The pre-combination equityholders of CCC will have the right to appoint the majority of the directors on the New CCC Board; |
| Senior management of CCC will comprise the senior management of New CCC; and |
| Operations of CCC will comprise the ongoing operations of New CCC. |
Under the reverse recapitalization model, the Business Combination is treated as CCC issuing equity for the net assets of Dragoneer, with no goodwill or intangible assets recorded.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet presents pro forma effects of the Business Combination and the related proposed equity commitments as of March 31, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 presents pro forma effects to the Business Combination as if it had been completed on January 1, 2020. The pro forma information is presented as if Dragoneer is the acquired entity.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 has been prepared using and should be read in conjunction with the following:
| Dragoneers unaudited condensed balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the related notes, incorporated by reference, and |
| CCCs unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the related notes, incorporated by reference. |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 has been prepared using and should be read in conjunction with the following:
| Dragoneers condensed statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021, incorporated by reference, and |
| CCCs condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2021, incorporated by reference. |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 has been prepared using and should be read in conjunction with the following:
| Dragoneers restated statement of operations for the period from July 3, 2020 through December 31, 2020, incorporated by reference, and |
| CCCs consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2020, incorporated by reference. |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on the actual withdrawal of $210 million from the Trust Account to fund the Dragoneer public stockholders exercise of their redemption rights on July 27, 2021 with respect to 21,009,998 Class A ordinary shares, as well as the reclassification of the remaining 47,990,002 Class A Ordinary Shares formerly deemed redeemable at March 31, 2021 to New CCC common stock.
CCC modified its existing equity awards such that the consummation of the Business Combination will satisfy the performance condition. Pro forma adjustments were recorded for the incremental stock compensation expense as the adjustments were material.
New CCC expects to enter into new equity awards with its employees upon the consummation of the Business Combination. No effect has been given to the unaudited pro forma combined financial information for the new awards.
The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination and the completion of related proposed equity commitments are based on certain currently available information at the closing of the Business Combination and certain assumptions and methodologies that CCC believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the differences may be material. New CCC believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Business Combination and related proposed equity commitments contemplated based on information available to management at the time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the date indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the combined company. They should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of Dragoneer and CCC.
Note 3Pro Forma Adjustments
The adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 are as follows:
(a) Reflects (1) the redemption of 21,009,998 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares for an aggregate payment of $210 million at $10 per share and (2) the exchange of the remaining 47,990,002 Class A Ordinary Shares formerly deemed redeemable at March 31, 2021 for New CCC Common Stock.
(b) Reflects cash funding as follows: (1) the transfer of approximately $480 million from the Trust Account to fund the transaction and (2) the proceeds from the PIPE Financing consisting of 15,000,000 shares of New CCC Common Stock at a purchase price of $10 per share for proceeds of approximately $150 million.
(c) Reflects the proceeds from the Sponsor Funding consisting of 17,500,000 of New CCC Common Stock (15,000,000 and 2,500,000 shares to Dragoneer Funding and certain affiliates of Willett Advisors LLC, respectively) at a purchase price of $10 per unit for proceeds of approximately $175 million.
(d) Reflects the settlement of estimated remaining unpaid transaction costs totaling approximately $47.7 million. Break-up of the total transaction costs is as follows: (1) Dragoneers deferred underwriting fees of approximately $24.1 million that are recorded on the historical balance sheet as of December 31, 2020, (2) CCCs costs to be incurred in connection with issuance of equity of approximately $10.7 million with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital, (3) CCCs costs unrelated to the issuance of equity that are expected to be expensed as incurred of approximately $5.7 million, and (4) Dragoneers expected costs to be incurred of approximately $7.2 million, with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital.
(d1) Reflects reclassification of deferred transaction costs incurred in connection with the issuance of equity of $2.4 million from other current assets to additional paid-in capital.
(e) Reflects the exchange of Dragoneers Redeemable Class AOrdinary Shares and Class BOrdinary Shares for 77,625,000 shares of New CCC Common Stock.
(f) Reflects the issuance of 505,363,389 shares of New CCC Common Stock to the shareholders of Common StockSeries A and Common StockSeries B of CCC.
Note: CCC shareholders and option holders (subject to continued employment) have the right to receive up to an additional 15,000,000 shares (Company Earnout Shares) of New CCC Common Stock if the Company Triggering Event occurs before the 10th anniversary of the closing i.e., the earlier of: (a) The first date on which the share price has been greater than or equal to $15 per share for any twenty trading days within any thirty consecutive trading day period beginning after the closing, or (b) a Change of Control. 1.5 million of these Company Earnout Shares are allocated to the vested and unvested option holders (Option Holder Earnout Shares) (see adjustment [cc] for detail).
Note: In addition, shares (Sponsor Earnout Shares) of New CCC Common Stock held by Sponsor are subject to forfeiture if the Sponsor Triggering Event does not occur before the 10th anniversary of the closing i.e., the earlier of: (a) The first date on which the share price has been greater than or equal to $13 per share for any twenty trading days within any thirty consecutive trading day period beginning after the closing, or (b) a Change of Control.
(f1) Reflects the fair value of the Company Earnout Shares in the aggregate amount of $112 million, $8.33 per share, in accumulated deficit with a corresponding credit to additional paid in capital (APIC).
(g) Reflects an additional dividend (Additional Dividend) payment of $90.66 per share to CCC shareholders on 1,450,978 and 33,178 of Series A and B common shares, respectively. The Additional Dividend was paid substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Business Combination. The proceeds from the Business Combination were used, in part, to fund the Additional Dividend distribution. The Additional Dividend is incremental to the initial dividend paid on March 17, 2021, which is already reflected on the interim condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. See Note 16 in Cypress Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2021.
(h) Reflects the stock-based compensation expense for 81,768 performance-vested stock options with a total value of $204.9 million.
Note: According to the original terms of the 2017 Stock Option Plan, performance-based options would not vest on occurrence of an initial public offering through Form S-4. The board has approved a modification that resulted in vesting of the performance-based options when the Business Combination occurs. Therefore, the estimated new fair value of the performance-based options was calculated using an estimated date of modification which resulted in a higher fair value compared to the grant date fair value. The stock-based compensation expense will be recognized based on the fair value determined on the modification date.
(i) Reflects the net settlement of the phantom shares as a result of the Business Combination, which includes the recognition of additional compensation expense of approximately $6.3 million and the reduction of accrued expenses of approximately $3.9 million as of March 31, 2021.
Note: According to the original terms of the 2017 Stock Option Plan, phantom shares would not vest on occurrence of an initial public offering through Form S-4. The board has approved a modification that resulted in vesting of the phantom shares when the Business Combination occurs. Therefore, the incremental fair value of the phantom shares was calculated using an estimated date of modification which resulted in a higher fair value compared to the grant date fair value. The unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the phantom shares including the incremental fair value is expensed upon the consummation of the Business Combination.
(j) Reflects estimated one-time cash payment of $9.0 million at $66.40 per option paid to certain option holders to compensate for a reduction in the fair value of the underlying shares without a corresponding decrease in the exercise price (also see adjustment [bb]).
(k) Reflects the reclassification of Dragoneers prepaid expenses to other current assets.
(l) Reflects the settlement of advances from an affiliate of Dragoneer.
(m) Reflects (i) conversion of Dragoneers $2,000,000 convertible noterelated party to Private Placement Warrants, resulting in an increase of warrant liability by $3.2 million with a corresponding decrease in the convertible noterelated party balance of $1 million, conversion option liability of $1.2 million and an increase in accumulated deficit of $1 million (see adjustment [dd]) (ii) reclassification of the FPA liability of $7 million to warrant liability.
(n) Reflects the repayment of long-term debt (including short-term portion) that occurred at the closing of the Business Combination and the associated loss on debt extinguishment related to unamortized debt issuance costs.
The adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:
(aa) Represents CCCs transaction costs of $8.1 million that are unrelated to the issuance of equity and Dragoneers transaction costs of $8.4 million in connection with the Business Combination expected to be incurred subsequent to December 31, 2020. The remaining transaction costs expected to be incurred by CCC subsequent to December 31, 2020 of $13.1 million in connection with the Business Combination are recognized in APIC and are therefore excluded from New CCCs unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 (see adjustment [d]).
(bb) Reflects additional estimated compensation expenses totaling $220.9 million related to: (1) performance-vested stock options of $204.9 million (see adjustment [h]), (2) additional estimated compensation expense of $7.0 million included in the net settlement of phantom shares (see adjustment [i]), (3) one-time estimated cash payment of $9.0 million at $66.40 per option paid to certain option holders to compensate for a reduction in the fair value of the underlying shares without a corresponding decrease in the exercise price (see adjustment [j]).
Additional estimated compensation expense related to items (1), (2) and (3) will not affect New CCCs unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations beyond 12 months after the closing of the Business Combination.
These additional estimated compensation expenses are reflected in the following financial statement line items: (1) cost of revenues of $9.6 million, (2) research and development expenses of $22.9 million, (3) selling and marketing expenses of $39.4 million, and (4) general and administrative expenses of $149.0 million.
(cc) Reflects compensation expenses related to Option Holder Earnout Shares of $6.1 million, reflected in the following financial statement line items: (1) cost of revenues of $0.3 million, (2) research and development expenses of $0.6 million, (3) selling and marketing expenses of $1.1 million, and (4) general and administrative expenses of $4.1 million.
Note: The vested and unvested option holders employed or in service when the Company Triggering Event occurs are eligible for a total of 1.5 million Company Earnout Shares. The total fair value of the Option Holder Earnout Shares of $12.9 million will be accounted for as additional compensation expense prospectively after consummating the Business Combination by New CCC over the implicit service period of 2.11 years. The compensation expenses related to Option Holder Earnout Shares for the 12-month period of $6.1 million is reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, however this adjustment is not reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet.
(dd) Reflects amortization charge of the unamortized discount of $1 million, the difference between (A) the fair value of Private Placement Warrants of $3.2 million as of March 31, 2021 and (B) the carrying value of the convertible noterelated party of $1 million plus fair value of the conversion option liability of $1.2 million (see adjustment [m]).
(ee) Reflects adjustments to income tax benefit (expense) as a result of the tax impact on the pro forma adjustments at the estimated statutory tax rate of 21.0% for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
(ff) Reflects reclassification of $9.2 million of Dragoneer expenses to conform to CCCs financial statement presentation.
(gg) Reflects compensation expense related to Option Holder Earnout Shares of $1.5 million, reflected in the following financial statement line items: (1) cost of revenues of $0.03 million, (2) research and development expenses of $0.1 million, (3) selling and marketing expenses of $0.1 million, and (4) general and administrative expenses of $1.3 million (see adjustment [cc]).
(hh) Reflects reclassification of $4.4 million of Dragoneer expenses to conform to CCCs financial statement presentation.
(ii) Adjustment to (1) eliminate the interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and (2) include the loss on debt extinguishment on repayment of the long-term debt at the closing of the Business Combination.
(jj) Reflects the elimination of the interest expense associated with the long-term debt repaid at the closing of the Business Combination.
Note 4Earnings (Loss) per Share
The table below represents the unaudited earnings (loss) per share calculated based on the recapitalization resulting from the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Business Combination and related equity transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire period presented. The following tables set forth the computation of pro forma basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020. Amounts are stated in thousands of United States Dollars, except for share/unit and per share/unit amounts.
Three Months ended March 31, 2021 |
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Pro Forma Basic Income per Share |
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Numerator: |
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Pro forma net income attributable to common stockholders totalBasic and Diluted |
$ | 123,757 | ||
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Denominator: Basic |
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Historical weighted average shares outstandingBasic (as reported) |
1,483,107 | |||
Exchange Ratio |
340.55 | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, as exchangedBasic |
505,073,106 | |||
Pro forma adjustment for shares issued |
89,115,002 |
Three Months ended March 31, 2021 |
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Pro forma weighted average shares outstandingBasic (actual redemptions) |
594,188,108 | |||
Denominator: Diluted |
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Historical weighted average shares outstandingDiluted |
1,536,231 | |||
Exchange ratio |
340.55 | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, as exchangedDiluted |
523,164,521 | |||
Pro forma adjustment for shares issued |
89,115,002 | |||
Pro forma weighted average shares outstandingDiluted (actual redemptions) |
612,279,523 | |||
Pro forma net income per share: |
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Basic |
$ | 0.21 | ||
Diluted |
$ | 0.20 | ||
Year ended December 31, 2020 |
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Pro Forma Basic Loss per Share |
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Numerator: |
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Pro forma net loss attributable to common stockholders totalBasic and Diluted |
$ | (344,303 | ) | |
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Denominator: |
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Historical weighted average shares outstandingBasic and Diluted (as reported) |
1,480,296 | |||
Exchange Ratio |
340.55 | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, as exchangedBasic and Diluted |
504,115,818 | |||
Pro forma adjustment for shares issued |
89,115,002 | |||
Year ended December 31, 2020 |
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Pro forma weighted average shares outstandingBasic and Diluted |
593,230,820 | |||
Pro forma net loss per share: |
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Basic |
$ | (0.58 | ) | |
Diluted |
$ | (0.58 | ) |