Exhibit 10.1
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 30, 2023, is entered into by and among Crewline Buyer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), New Relic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with this Agreement, (i) the Company, (ii) Parent and (iii) Crewline Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger as of the date hereof (as may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder is the record and/or beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the shares of Company Common Stock set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A (the “Owned Shares”);
WHEREAS, the Owned Shares and any additional shares of Company Common Stock (the “Shares”) or other voting securities of the Company acquired by the Stockholders or their respective Controlled Affiliates (as defined herein) between the date hereof and the record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting (the “Record Date”) or pursuant to which the Stockholders or their respective Controlled Affiliates have the right and ability to vote as of the Record Date, including, without limitation, by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such Shares or other voting securities, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities by the Stockholders or their respective Controlled Affiliates are referred to in this Agreement as the “Covered Shares”;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement and to proceed with the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, Parent, the Company and the Stockholders are entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that Parent is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Stockholders and the Company set forth in this Agreement, and would not enter into the Merger Agreement if the Stockholders and the Company did not enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, the Stockholders and the Company hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Agreement to Vote. From and after the date hereof until the Agreement Termination Date (as defined herein), at the Company Stockholder Meeting or any other meeting of the Company’s stockholders, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the Stockholders agree to, and agree to cause their applicable Controlled Affiliates to, take the following actions (or cause the applicable holder of record of their respective Covered Shares to take the following actions):