RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT
This RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT(this “Agreement”), is made as of December 20, 2018, by and among JUUL Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Altria Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Investor”) and Altria Enterprises LLC, a Virginia limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Investor (“Investor Sub”, and together with the Company and Richard, the “Parties” and, each, a “Party”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Parties entered into that certainClass C-1 Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) providing for, among other things, the purchase by the Investor, through Investor Sub, ofnon-voting shares of the Company’sClass C-1 Common Stock (the “Purchase”, and such shares ofClass C-1 Common Stock, the “Purchased Shares”), which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, shall be automatically converted into an equal number of voting shares of the Company’s Class C Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares” and, collectively, with the Purchased Shares, the “Investor Initial Shares”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement to set out their respective rights, obligations and duties with respect to certain aspects of the Company and its business, management and operations and the Investor’s ownership of the Investor Shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the Parties agrees as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1.Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“409A Valuation” has the meaning set forth inSection 5.1(c).
“Action” means any civil, criminal or administrative claim, demand, litigation, action, suit, investigation, prosecution, arbitration, mediation or proceeding.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly actually Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, neither the Investor nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Investor or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Antitrust Clearance” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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