Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
The Reporting Person isa co-founder and the president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of the Issuer.
The Reporting Person was previously party to aRule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 22, 2018 pursuant to which the Reporting Person engaged in periodic sales of shares of his Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the trading plan. The Reporting Person terminated such trading plan effective October 31, 2018.
On November 9, 2018, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Bellevue Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Bellevue Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Issuer (the “Merger”), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent and Merger Sub were formed by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners Fund VI, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, each share of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger will be automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $38.00 per share.
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Parent has entered into a voting and support agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with the Reporting Person and the Gupta Trust. Under the Voting Agreement, these parties have agreed, during the term of the Voting Agreement, to vote their shares of Class A Common Stock (i) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and anynon-binding advisory vote on “golden parachute” executive compensation matters and/or (ii) against any acquisition proposal or any action or agreement which would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Issuer’s obligations to consummate the Merger as specified in the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled and any alternative acquisition proposals.
In addition, pursuant to the Voting Agreement and subject to certain exceptions as set forth therein, each of the Reporting Person and the Gupta Trust agreed not to (i) transfer, assign, sell, gift-over, hedge, pledge or otherwise dispose (whether by sale, liquidation, dissolution, dividend or distribution) of, enter into any derivative arrangement with respect to, or create any lien or encumbrance (other than certain permitted encumbrances) on or enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing (“Transfer”), any or all of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such party; (ii) enter into any contract, option or other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any Transfer; (iii) grant any proxy,power-of-attorney or other authorization or consent with respect to any of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such party with respect to any matter that is in contravention of the obligations of such party under the Voting Agreement with respect to such shares of Class A Common Stock; (iv) deposit any of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such party into a voting trust, or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any such shares of Class A Common Stock in contravention of the obligations of such party under the Voting Agreement with respect to such shares of Class A Common Stock; or (v) knowingly take or cause the taking of any other action that would materially restrict or prevent the performance of such party’s obligations under the Voting Agreement, excluding any bankruptcy filing.
The Voting Agreement further provides that each of the Reporting Person and the Gupta Trust is entering into the Voting Agreement solely in such party’s capacity as a holder of the Class A Common Stock and not in such party’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Issuer, and nothing in the Voting Agreement shall limit or restrict any actions or omissions of a director and/or officer of the Issuer, including, without limitation, in the exercise of his or her fiduciary duties as a director and/or officer of the Issuer.
The obligations under the Voting Agreement terminate with respect to the Reporting Person or the Gupta Trust, as applicable, upon the earliest of (i) termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; (ii) the consummation of the Merger; (iii) any changes (in a manner adverse to the Reporting Person or the Gupta Trust, as applicable) to the terms of the Merger without the prior written consent of the Reporting Person or the Gupta Trust, as applicable; (iv) the date that the Reporting Person or the Gupta Trust, as applicable, ceases to own any Class A Common Stock; or (v) the mutual written consent of Parent and each of the Reporting Person and the Gupta Trust.