Termination Rights
The Merger Agreement contains certain customary termination rights for the Company and Parent, including (i) if the Merger is not consummated on or before the “outside date” of November 11, 2022 (subject to an extension until April 11, 2023 under certain circumstances, in either case, the “Termination Date”), (ii) if the required written consent of the Company’s stockholders is not obtained, (iii) if the other party breaches its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the conditions to the closing of the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement to not be satisfied and fails to cure such breach, or (iv) if any law or order prohibiting the Merger or the Transactions has become final and non-appealable. In addition, (x) subject to compliance with certain terms of the Merger Agreement, the Merger Agreement may be terminated by the Company in order to enter into a definitive agreement providing for a superior proposal and (y) the Merger Agreement may be terminated by Parent if the Company’s board of directors changes its recommendation.
Termination Fees
If (i) the Merger Agreement is validly terminated by Parent (x) if the written consent of the Company’s stockholders adopting the Merger Agreement had not been delivered by 11:59 p.m. on April 11, 2022 or (y) if the Company breached its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the conditions to the closing of the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement to not be satisfied, (ii) at the time of termination, required regulatory approvals have been obtained and no legal prohibition exists preventing the consummation of the Merger, (iii) prior to Parent’s termination, a third party announced and did not withdraw a proposal for an alternative transaction for the Company, and (iv) within one year following such termination, the Company enters into a definitive agreement providing for an alternative control transaction, the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee equal to $185,665,475 (the “Company Termination Fee”). The Company is also required to pay the Company Termination Fee if (i) Parent terminates the Merger Agreement because the board of directors of the Company changes its recommendation regarding the Merger or (ii) if, prior to 11:59 p.m. on April 11, 2022, the Company had terminated the Merger Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement providing for an alternative control transaction the board of directors of the Company deems to be superior to the Transactions.
Parent will be required to pay the Company a termination fee equal to $371,330,950 (the “Parent Termination Fee”) in the event that (i) the Company terminates the Merger Agreement due to Parent’s breach of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Merger Agreement, (ii) if all conditions to the Merger have been and continue to be satisfied (subject to customary exceptions) and Parent fails to consummate the Merger after receiving written notification from the Company or (iii) either the Company or Parent terminates the Merger Agreement because the Merger has not been consummated by the Termination Date and the Company would have been entitled to terminate the Merger Agreement due to Parent’s breach or because Parent failed to consummate the Merger.
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 report and 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 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.
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 and Preferred Financing described below).
Certain funds affiliated with Insight Venture Management, LLC have committed, pursuant to equity commitment letters dated as of April 11, 2022 (the “Equity Commitment Letters”), to capitalize Parent, at or immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, with an aggregate equity contribution in an amount of $2,726,110,000, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Equity Commitment Letters. Such funds have provided limited guarantees in favor of the Company to guarantee, subject to certain limitations, the payment of such guarantor’s pro rata share of the obligation of Parent to pay the Parent Termination Fee 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.
Golub Capital Markets LLC, Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, Ares Capital Management LLC, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC and Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management L.L.C. (collectively and each with certain affiliates, the “Lenders”) have committed to provide debt financing (the “Debt Financing”) in connection with the Merger consisting of (i) a senior secured initial term facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $3.3 billion; (ii) a senior secured delayed draw term facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $200.0 million; and (iii) a senior secured revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $200.0 million (collectively, the “Senior Facilities”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a commitment letter, dated as of April 11, 2022 and delivered to the Company as of execution of the Merger Agreement (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 representations and warranties, consummation of the Transactions and contribution of the equity contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letters.
Certain institutional investors (collectively, the “Initial Investors”) have committed, pursuant to a commitment letter dated as of April 11, 2022 (the “Preferred Equity Commitment Letter”), to purchase, directly or through one or more of their respective affiliates or managed funds and accounts, preferred equity interests (the “Preferred Equity”) to be issued by Knockout Intermediate Holdings I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Kaseya Holdings Inc., on or prior to the consummation of the Merger, generating gross proceeds in an amount equal to $1.0 billion, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Preferred Equity Commitment Letter (the “Preferred Financing”). The obligations of the Initial Investors to purchase the Preferred Equity pursuant to the Preferred Equity Commitment Letter are subject to a number of conditions, including the receipt of executed investor documentation, accuracy of representations and warranties, consummation of the Transactions and the contribution of the equity contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letters.
Item 5.07 |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 11, 2022, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock entitled to vote thereon executed a written stockholder consent approving and adopting the Merger Agreement and the Transactions.
Pursuant to rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, a Schedule 14C information statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and sent or provided to the stockholders of the Company.
As described in Item 1.01 above, on April 11, 2022, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement. The Company will file an information statement on Schedule 14C setting forth required information about the Merger and related matters.
In light of the pending Merger, the board of directors of the Company has decided to postpone the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, which was previously scheduled to be held on May 5, 2022.
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