The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby in this Current Report on Form 8-K is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Voting and Support Agreements
As an inducement to Pioneer entering into the Merger Agreement, on October 20, 2020, Q-Jagged Peak Energy Investment Partners, LLC (“Quantum”), which beneficially owns 65,412,650 shares of Parsley Class A Common Stock entered into a Voting and Support Agreement with Pioneer (the “Quantum Voting Agreement”), pursuant to which Quantum has agreed to vote its shares (i) in favor of the matters to be submitted to Parsley’s stockholders in connection with the Mergers and (ii) against specific actions that could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, postpone or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Mergers, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Quantum Voting Agreement.
Additionally, as an inducement to Pioneer entering into the Merger Agreement, on October 20, 2020, Bryan Sheffield, executive chairman of Parsley, who beneficially owns 10,129,559 shares of Parsley Class A Common Stock and 21,198,751 shares of Parsley Class B Common Stock entered into a Voting and Support Agreement with Pioneer (the “Sheffield Voting Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Sheffield has agreed to vote his shares (i) in favor of the matters to be submitted to Parsley’s stockholders in connection with the Mergers and (ii) against specific actions that could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, postpone or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Mergers, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Sheffield Voting Agreement. The Sheffield Voting Agreement contains a lock-up agreement providing that Mr. Sheffield may not, without Pioneer’s prior written consent, subject to limited exceptions, offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of more than 15% of the shares of Pioneer Common Stock issued to Mr. Sheffield pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement for a period of 90 days following the closing date of the Mergers, or more than 30% of such shares for a period of 180 days following the closing date of the Mergers.
Tax Receivable Agreement Amendment
Parsley, Bryan Sheffield, and certain other members of Opco LLC are party to a Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2014 (the “TRA” and such parties entitled to payment under the TRA, the “TRA Holders”), which was entered into in connection with Parsley’s initial public offering. Under the terms of the TRA, a change of control (as defined under the TRA, which includes certain mergers and business combinations, including the First Parsley Merger) will result in a lump-sum payment equal to the present value of hypothetical future payments that could be required to be paid under the TRA (determined by applying a discount rate of one-year LIBOR plus 3%) (the “Termination Payments”). In connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Parsley, Bryan Sheffield, and certain other parties to the TRA entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement Amendment (the “TRA Amendment”), pursuant to which such parties agree to terminate the TRA, immediately after the Effective Time of the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement, on the terms set forth in the TRA Amendment. In connection with the termination of the TRA, Parsley will pay the Termination Payments in an amount calculated in a manner consistent with the methodology specified in the TRA Amendment, which methodology is consistent with Parsley’s historical methodology for calculating potential liabilities (including the estimated termination payment that would be due in connection with a change of control) under the TRA reported in its filings with the SEC. In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated, the TRA Amendment will no longer be of any force and effect.
The foregoing description of the TRA Amendment is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the TRA Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement
On October 19, 2020, Parsley, Opco LLC, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of Opco LLC (the “Guarantors”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other lenders party thereto entered into the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Tenth Amendment”). The Tenth Amendment amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2016 (as previously amended