Form of Lock-Up Agreement] APi Group Corporation Public Offering of Common Stock
Exhibit F
[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]
APi Group Corporation
Public Offering of Common Stock
February 29, 2024
UBS Securities LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o UBS Securities LLC
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10010
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and you as representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Offering”).
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of UBS Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Representatives”), offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period from the date hereof until 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-up Period”).
The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to:
(a) | transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Offering; |
(b) | transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock as a bona fide gift; |
(c) | in the case of a non-natural person, distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock to limited partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; |
(d) | in the case of a natural person, transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock by will or intestate succession or to any trust or entity for the direct or indirect benefit of such person or any member of the immediate family of the undersigned; provided that no public filing, report or announcement shall be voluntarily made and, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the transfer of shares by will or intestacy; |
(e) | the transfer of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock to the Company upon a vesting event of the Company’s securities or upon the exercise of options to purchase the Company’s securities, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise; provided that such securities were granted pursuant to any employment benefit plans or arrangements described in the Prospectus, provided further that any such shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise or vesting of such securities (after giving effect to the settlement of such “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax withholding obligations) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, and provided further that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the disposition of shares of Common Stock to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with the reported vesting or exercise, and no other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer; |
(f) | the entry by the undersigned into a trading plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 (a “Trading Plan”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), provided that sales under any such plan may not occur during the period in which the restrictions otherwise imposed by this agreement apply and no filing under the Exchange Act or any other public filing or disclosure of such trading plan shall be made by any person during the Lock-up Period unless, in any such case, such filing announcement or other disclosure includes a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under the trading plan during the Lock-up Period; |
(g) | pursuant to a Trading Plan that is existing on the date hereof which has been provided to the Underwriters or its legal counsel, provided that, to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding such transfer during the Lock-up Period, such announcement or filing shall include the date that such Trading Plan was entered into and a statement that such transfer is in accordance with an established Trading Plan, and provided further that the existing Trading Plan may not be amended during the Lock-up Period to allow for an increase in the number of securities that may be sold pursuant to such existing Trading Plan; or |
(h) | in the case of a non-natural person, transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the undersigned, or is wholly owned by the undersigned; |
provided that (i) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (d) and (h), such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and each donee, distribute or transferee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c) and (h), no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-up Period.
For purposes of this letter, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, current or former marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Offering and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate.
This letter and any transaction contemplated by this letter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of any other law than the laws of the State of New York (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law).
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
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