Fund V, L.P., an affiliate of the BCPE Reporting Persons (the “BCPE Sponsor”), and Keppel Funds Investments Pte. Ltd. (“Keppel”, together with BCPE Chivalry Newco, L.P., an affiliate of the BCPE Reporting Persons, and the Rollover Shareholders, each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), pursuant to which each of the BCPE Sponsor and Keppel has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to provide equity contribution in the amount of US$251,905,969 and US$91,243,684, respectively, for the purpose of funding the aggregate Merger Consideration, any other amounts required to be paid by Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the consummation of the Transactions pursuant to the Merger Agreement and other fees and expenses incurred by Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the Transactions.
Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Debt Commitment Letter, the Arrangers and Underwriters have committed to arrange and underwrite senior term loan facilities of US$1,650,000,000 (or its RMB equivalent) to finance, among other things, a portion of the consideration payable for the Merger.
Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Investors entered into support agreements, dated as of August 11, 2023 (each, a “Support Agreement” and collectively, the “Support Agreements”) with Topco and Parent, whereby, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Support Agreement, the Investors (as applicable) have agreed to (a) vote any equity securities of the Company held by such Investors, together with any equity securities of the Company acquired by such Investors after the date of the Support Agreements, in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions, and to take certain other actions in furtherance of the Transactions, (b) have the Rollover Shares (including Rollover Shares represented by ADSs) beneficially owned by such applicable Investors cancelled at the Effective Time for no consideration from the Company and receive newly issued Topco Shares, at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, (c) make a cash contribution in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letters and to subscribe for newly issued Topco Shares at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (d) act in accordance with certain terms and conditions that will govern the actions of Topco, Parent, Merger Sub and such Investors with respect to the Transactions.
Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, each of the BCPE Sponsor, BCPE Stack, BCPE Bridge, ESOP Holdco, Bridge Management (collectively “Bain Guarantors”) and Keppel executed and delivered a limited guaranty (collectively, the “Limited Guaranties”) in favor of the Company with respect to a portion of the payment obligations of Parent under the Merger Agreement for the termination fee that may become payable to the Company by Parent under certain circumstances and certain costs and expenses, as set forth in the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guaranties.
References to the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement entered into by the Reporting Persons and BCPE Chivalry Newco, L.P., the Limited Guaranties issued and delivered by each of the Bain Guarantors, the Equity Commitment Letter issued and delivered by the BCPE Sponsor, and the Debt Commitment Letter are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement entered into by the Reporting Persons and BCPE Chivalry Newco, L.P., the Limited Guaranties issued and delivered by each of the Bain Guarantors, the Equity Commitment Letter issued and delivered by the BCPE Sponsor, and the Debt Commitment Letter, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits C, D, E, F and G, and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Other than as described above, the Reporting Persons do not currently have any plans or proposals that relate to, or would result in, any of the matters listed in Items 4(a)-(j) of Schedule 13D, although, depending on the factors discussed herein, the Reporting Persons may change their purpose or formulate different plans or proposals with respect thereto at any time.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a)-(b) | The responses of each Reporting Person to Rows (7) through (13), including the footnotes thereto, of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D and Item 2 above are hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5. |
As a result of entering into the Support Agreements, the BCPE Reporting Persons and BCC Reporting Persons may be deemed to be members of a “group” with AGP, SK and Mr. Chengyan Liu (collectively, the “Other Rollover Shareholders”) pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Act, who are separately reporting beneficial ownership on Schedules 13D. As of August 11, 2023, APG beneficially owns 64,506,034 Class A Ordinary Shares, SK beneficially owns 55,290,887 Class A Ordinary Shares, and Mr. Chengyan Liu beneficially owns 32,018,466 Class A Ordinary Shares represented by 16,009,233 ADSs.
The rights of the holders of the Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares are substantially identical, except with respect to voting and conversion rights. Each Class A Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B Ordinary Share is entitled to 15 votes and is convertible into one Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof. Class A Ordinary Shares are not convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares under any circumstances. In addition, all of the Class B Ordinary Shares held by the BCC Reporting Persons will automatically and immediately convert into an equal number of Class A Ordinary Shares on the earlier of (i) such date when the number of Ordinary Shares held by them and their affiliates (taken as a whole) falls below 10% of the Company’s aggregate number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding and (ii) October 2, 2025.