Description of Merger Agreement Not Complete
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The Merger Agreement and the above description have been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the Merger Agreement. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company or Parent. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of that agreement and as of specific dates; were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement; and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the parties, including being qualified and modified by confidential disclosures made by each contracting party to the other for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between them. Investors should be aware that the representations, warranties and covenants or any description thereof may not reflect the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or Parent. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Merger Agreement. Further, investors should read the Merger Agreement not in isolation, but only in conjunction with the other information that the respective companies include in reports, statements and other filings they make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Financing Commitments
Parent obtained equity and debt financing commitments for the Transactions, the aggregate proceeds of which will be sufficient for Parent to pay the aggregate Merger consideration and all related fees and expenses of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub (including in connection with the Debt Financing described below and giving effect to the “rollover” of certain stockholders’ equity as described under “Support and Rollover Agreements” below).
Certain investment funds advised by Bain Capital Private Equity, LP have committed, pursuant to the equity commitment letter dated June 6, 2024 (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), to capitalize Parent, at or immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, with an aggregate equity contribution in an amount of $1,748,566,902, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Equity Commitment Letter. Such funds have also provided limited guarantees in favor of the Company, pursuant to the limited guarantee dated as of June 6, 2024 (the “Limited Guarantee”), to guarantee, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Limited Guarantee, the payment of such guarantor’s pro rata share of the obligation of Parent to pay the Parent Termination Fee, certain indemnification obligations of Parent and Merger Sub and the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, cost and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any suit contemplated by, and solely to the extent reimbursable under the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee.
Ares Capital Management LLC, Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC, Golub Capital LLC, HPS Investment Partners LLC, and Sixth Street Partners, LLC (collectively and each with certain affiliates, the “Lenders”) have committed to provide debt financing (the “Debt Financing”) in connection with the Merger consisting of a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $2,375,000,000, a delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $500,000,000, and a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $300,000,000, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a commitment letter, dated June 6, 2024 (the “Debt Commitment Letter”). The obligations of the Lenders to provide the Debt Financing under the Debt Commitment Letter are subject to a number of conditions, including the receipt of executed loan documentation, accuracy of certain representations and warranties, consummation of the Transactions and contribution of equity contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter.
Support and Rollover Agreements
In connection with entering into the Merger Agreement, on June 6, 2024, Parent, certain of its affiliates and the Company entered into support and rollover agreements with investment funds affiliated with Vista Equity Partners and Onex Partners Managers LP. Under the support and rollover agreements, the applicable stockholders have agreed to vote or execute consents with respect to all of their shares of the Company’s common stock in favor of the Transactions, subject to certain terms and conditions contained therein. In addition, the applicable stockholders have agreed to “rollover” a portion of their existing equity in the Company and its subsidiaries into an ownership interest in the parent company of Parent.