WHEREAS, the Parties desire that each Series B Holder convert all of such Series B Holder’s Series B Shares on the Effective Date and immediately thereafter, the Company shall, as further set forth herein, repurchase certain of the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Series B Shares, for cash in a combination of immediately available funds and the deemed funding of the 2024 Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Amendment (as defined below)) pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated on the date hereof (the “Credit Amendment”), which amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2019, by and among the Company as Holdings, APi Group DE, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the Borrower, Citibank, N.A., as the Agent, the lending institutions parties thereto and the other agents and entities party thereto (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2020, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated December 16, 2021, Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated May 19, 2023, and Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement, dated October 11, 2023, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Credit Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by the 2024 Incremental Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Amendment) to the Company in connection with the Company’s incurrence of the 2024 Incremental Term Loans pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement, as further set forth in the Cross Receipts (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to take the actions described above and the other actions set forth in this Agreement, in each case, for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, representations, warranties and the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CONVERSION AND REPURCHASE OF THE CONVERSION SHARES
Section 1.1 Exercise of Optional Conversion Right.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Effective Date, each of the Series B Holders shall exercise such Series B Holder’s right to effect an Optional Conversion pursuant to Section 11(b) of the Certificate of Designation with respect to all (and not less than all) of such Series B Holder’s Series B Shares, by the delivery of the required documents set forth in Section 11(d)(ii)(1) of the Certificate of Designation to the Transfer Agent on the Effective Date (the “Optional Conversion Exercise”).
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Effective Date, immediately following the Optional Conversion Exercise, the Company shall issue the number of shares of Common Stock to each Series B Holder as set forth opposite each such Series B Holder’s name on Annex A hereto under the heading “Aggregate Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued Upon Optional Conversion,” free and clear of all liens, pledges, hypothecations, charges, security interests or encumbrances of any kind (such restrictions, collectively, the “Liens”), other than Liens arising under applicable securities laws (the “Optional Conversion Issuance”).
(c) The parties intend that the conversion of Series B Shares into Common Stock pursuant to this Section 1.1 shall be treated as a “reorganization” under Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1086, as amended (the “Code”) (and this Agreement is hereby adopted as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code), and the parties shall not file tax returns or statements inconsistent with such treatment unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Section 1.2 Repurchase.
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