in compliance with the applicable provisions of Rule 5121. Pursuant to that rule, the appointment of a “qualified independent underwriter” is not required in connection with this offering because a “bona fide public market,” as defined in Rule 5121, exists for our Common Stock. In accordance with Rule 5121, Apollo Global Securities, LLC will not confirm sales to discretionary accounts without the prior written consent of the account holder.
Other Relationships
The underwriters and certain of their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities and other financial and non-financial activities and services. The underwriters and certain of their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for us, for which they have received or may receive customary fees and expenses.
Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates may have an indirect ownership interest in us through various private equity funds, including the Apollo Group. In addition, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc., the representatives and underwriters of this offering, Apollo Global Securities, LLC, an underwriter of this offering, and certain affiliates of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and Fifth Third Securities, Inc., each underwriters of this offering, are each a lender, lead arranger and bookrunner, syndication agent, documentation agent, and/or co-manager, in each case, under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or modified from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), by and between Prime Security Services Holdings, LLC, Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC, The ADT Security Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and in connection therewith, have received and may continue to receive customary fees and expenses in connection therewith. An affiliate of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc., the representatives and underwriters of this offering, and certain affiliates of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., each underwriters of this offering, are each a lender and lead arranger, in each case, under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2023 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), by and between Prime Security Services Holdings, LLC, Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC, The ADT Security Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and in connection therewith, have received and may continue to receive customary fees and expenses in connection therewith. In addition, an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc., a representative and an underwriter of this offering, serves as the administrative agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, and in connection therewith, have received and may continue to receive customary fees and expenses in connection therewith.
In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the underwriters and certain of their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments, including serving as counterparties to certain derivative and hedging arrangements and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account or for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve or relate to assets, securities or instruments of the issuer (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) or persons and entities with relationships with the issuer. If the underwriters or their affiliates have a lending relationship with us, certain of those underwriters or their affiliates may hedge their credit exposure to us consistent with their customary risk management policies. Typically, the underwriters and their affiliates would hedge such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities or the securities of our affiliates, including potentially the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. Any such credit default swaps or short positions could adversely affect future trading prices of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas or publish or express independent research views in respect of
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