Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will generally be made pro rata among all TRA Holders entitled to payments on an annual basis to the extent the Issuer has sufficient taxable income to utilize the increased depreciation and amortization deductions. The availability of sufficient taxable income to utilize the increased depreciation and amortization expense will not be determined until such time as the financial results for the year in question are known and tax estimates prepared, which typically occurs within 90 days after the end of the applicable calendar year. The Issuer expects to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, to the extent they are required, within 125 days after its federal income tax return is filed for each fiscal year. Interest on such payments will begin to accrue at a rate equal to SOFR plus 100 basis points from the due date (without extensions) of such tax return.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Tax Receivable Agreement, included with this Schedule 13D as Exhibit 5, and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On June 7, 2022, in connection with the completion of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Issuer, SVF Sponsor III (DE) LLC (the “Sponsor”), certain legacy directors of the Issuer, and certain directors, officers and stockholders of the Issuer (the “Registration Rights Holders”), including certain Reporting Persons, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”).
Pursuant to the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer will agree to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the A&R Registration Rights Agreement) held by the Registration Rights Holders within 45 days of the date of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement. Up to three times in any 12-month period, certain of the Symbotic Equityholders (as defined in the A&R Registration Rights Agreement) and the Sponsor (including their respective permitted transferees) may request to sell all or any portion of their Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, so long as the total offering price is reasonably expected to exceed $25,000,000. The A&R Registration Rights Agreement provides for customary “demand” and “piggyback” registration rights. The A&R Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Issuer will pay certain expenses relating to such registrations and indemnify the equityholders party thereto against certain liabilities.
Further, each of the Reporting Persons, along with certain other Symbotic Equityholders, agrees that it will not transfer any OpCo Units (or shares of the Class A Common Stock received in exchange therefor) for one year after the Closing Date, subject in each case to exceptions set out in the A&R Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding this provision, the Symbotic Equityholders and their respective permitted transferees may make transfers during the lock-up period: (i) to Symbotic’s or Symbotic Holdings’ officers or directors, any affiliate or family member of any of Symbotic’s or Symbotic Holdings’ officers or directors; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; or (v) if otherwise permitted under the Second A&R LLC Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (v), any such permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the foregoing transfer restrictions.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, included with this Schedule 13D as Exhibit 6, and incorporated herein by reference.
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo
On June 7, 2022, in connection with the completion of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Symbotic, OpCo and each of the other members of OpCo entered into the Second A&R LLC Agreement, which, among other things, appointed Symbotic as the managing member of OpCo. The operations of OpCo, and the rights and obligations of its unitholders, including the following redemption rights, are set forth in the Second A&R LLC Agreement.