Exhibit 10.5
DIRECTOR NOMINATION AGREEMENT
THIS DIRECTOR NOMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 24, 2020, by and among Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Maravai Life Sciences Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MLSH 1”), Maravai Life Sciences Holdings 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MLSH 2”), GTCR Fund XI/C LP, a Delaware limited partnership, GTCR Fund XI/B LP, a Delaware limited partnership, GTCR Co-Invest XI LP, a Delaware limited partnership, GTCR Partners XI/A&C LP, a Delaware limited partnership, GTCR Partners XI/B LP, a Delaware limited partnership and GTCR Investment XI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, “GTCR”). This Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, GTCR beneficially owns a majority of the equity interests in the Company;
WHEREAS, GTCR is contemplating causing the Company to effect an initial public offering (the “IPO”);
WHEREAS, GTCR currently has the authority to appoint all directors of the Company;
WHEREAS, in consideration of GTCR agreeing to undertake the IPO, the Company has agreed to permit GTCR to designate persons for nomination for election to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) following the Effective Date on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees as follows:
1. Board Nomination Rights.
(a) From the Effective Date, GTCR shall have the right, but not the obligation, to nominate to the Board a number of designees equal to at least: (i) 100% of the Total Number of Directors (as defined below), so long as GTCR Beneficially Owns shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”) and the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock” and together with the Class A common stock, the “Common Stock”) representing at least 40% of the Original Amount of GTCR, (ii) 40% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that GTCR Beneficially Owns shares of Common Stock representing at least 30% but less than 40% of the Original Amount of GTCR, (iii) 30% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that GTCR Beneficially Owns shares of Common Stock representing at least 20% but less than 30% of the Original Amount of GTCR, (iv) 20% of the Total Number of Directors, in the event that GTCR Beneficially Owns shares of Common Stock representing at least 10% but less than 20% of the Original Amount of GTCR and (v) one Director, in the event that GTCR Beneficially Owns shares of Common Stock representing at least 5% of the Original Amount of GTCR (such persons, the “Nominees”). For