Future sales of shares by us or our existing stockholders could cause our stock price to decline.
Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market following this offering and the Repurchase, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate.
Upon the completion of this offering and the Repurchase, we will have 405,218,203 outstanding shares of common stock. A significant portion of these shares, including all of the 73,140,000 shares of common stock sold in our IPO and by selling stockholders in secondary offerings, and the 77,269,547 shares of common stock to be sold in this offering and not purchased by us in the Repurchase, will be immediately tradable without restriction under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except for any shares held by “affiliates,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). On April 14, 2021, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register the shares of common stock to be issued under our equity compensation plans and, as a result, all shares of common stock acquired upon exercise of stock options granted under our plan will also be freely tradable under the Securities Act, subject to the terms of the lock-up agreements, unless purchased by our affiliates. As of May 1, 2023, there were stock options outstanding to purchase a total of 18,015,908 shares of our common stock, of which 12,212,598 options will be exercisable after consummation of this offering and the Repurchase.
In connection with this offering, certain of our officers and directors have entered into lock-up agreements under which they have agreed not to, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, engage in any hedging or similar transaction or arrangement, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our securities that are substantially similar to the securities offered hereby, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus supplement.
The CD&R Investor has also entered into a lock-up agreement under which the CD&R Investor has agreed not to, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, engage in any hedging or similar transaction or arrangement, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our securities that are substantially similar to the securities offered hereby, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, for the following periods: (i) with respect to 100 million shares of our common stock, for a period of 900 days after the date of this prospectus supplement; and (ii) with respect any shares of our common stock in excess of 100 million shares owned by the CD&R Investor after giving effect to this offering, for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus supplement.
Following the expiration of the applicable lock-up periods, 107,726,955 shares of our common stock (or 100,000,000 shares of our common stock if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our common stock is exercised in full) held by the CD&R Investor and 4,244,834 shares of our common stock held by our directors and executive officers (as of March 31, 2023) will be eligible for future sale, subject to the applicable volume, manner of sale, holding period and other limitations of Rule 144 or pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 701. In addition, our significant stockholders may distribute shares that they hold to their investors who themselves may then sell into the public market following the expiration of the lock-up periods. Such sales may not be subject to the volume, manner of sale, holding period and other limitations of Rule 144. The CD&R Investor has the right to require us to register shares of common stock for resale in certain circumstances. As resale restrictions end, the market price of our common stock could decline if the holders of those shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them.
In the future, we may issue additional shares of common stock or other equity or debt securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our common stock in connection with a financing, strategic
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