The description of the Amendment above is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the complete text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-k and is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01. The Amendment and the summary set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-k should be read in conjunction with the other information regarding the Amendment and the TRA Buyout that will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the proxy statement (the 「Proxy Statement」) that the Company will be filing in connection with the Amendment and the TRA Buyout.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The description of the circumstances surrounding the TRA Buyout in Item 1.01 above are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02. Under the TRA, the Company was generally required to pay the TRA Parties cash payments equal to 85% (less payments made under the TRA Bonus Agreements) of the amount of any tax benefits that the Company actually realizes, or in some cases is deemed to realize, as a result of (i) the Company’s allocable share of the Blocker’s (as defined
in the TRA) share of existing tax basis acquired in connection with the Company’s initial public offering and reorganizational transactions related thereto and certain tax attributes of the Blockers, including net operating losses; (ii) certain increases in the tax basis of assets of OpCo and its subsidiaries resulting from purchases or exchanges of OpCo limited liability company units; (iii) payments made under the TRA Bonus Agreements; and (iv) certain other tax benefits related to the Company’s entry into the TRA, including tax benefits attributable to certain payments that the Company makes under the TRA.
The term of the TRA commenced upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering and would have continued until all such tax benefits had been utilized or expired, unless the Company exercised its rights to terminate the TRA or payments under the TRA were accelerated in the event of a change of control or if the Company materially breached any of its material obligations under the TRA. Upon the consummation of the TRA Buyout following the effectiveness of the Amendment, the TRA Parties will have no further rights to receive payments (past, current or future) under the TRA and the Company will have no further payment obligations (past, current or future) to the TRA Parties under the TRA. If the Amendment does not come into effect and the TRA Buyout is not consummated, the TRA will remain in place, unchanged by the Amendment, and the Company shall continue to be subject to the obligations set forth therein to make payments to the TRA Parties in accordance with the existing terms and provisions of the TRA.