TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT by and among MILAN LASER INC. MILAN PARENT, LLC, THE SEVERAL TRA HOLDERS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO Dated as of [ ● ], 2021

Exhibit 10.1

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

by and among

MILAN LASER INC.

MILAN PARENT, LLC,

THE SEVERAL TRA HOLDERS (AS DEFINED HEREIN)
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

Dated as of [ ● ], 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.1.	Definitions	2
SECTION 1.2.	Rules of Construction	12

ARTICLE II

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

SECTION 2.1.	Basis Adjustments; Milan LLC 754 Election	13
SECTION 2.2.	Basis Schedules	13
SECTION 2.3.	Tax Benefit Schedules	13
SECTION 2.4.	Procedures; Amendments	14

ARTICLE III

Tax Benefit Payments

SECTION 3.1.	Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments	15
SECTION 3.2.	No Duplicative Payments	17
SECTION 3.3.	Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Holders	18

ARTICLE IV

Termination

SECTION 4.1.	Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events	18
SECTION 4.2.	Early Termination Notice	19
SECTION 4.3.	Payment upon Early Termination	20

ARTICLE V

Subordination and Late Payments

SECTION 5.1.	Subordination	20
SECTION 5.2.	Late Payments by the Corporation	20

ARTICLE VI

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

SECTION 6.1.	Participation in the Corporation’s and Milan LLC’s Tax Matters	21
SECTION 6.2.	Consistency	21

SECTION 6.3.

Cooperation

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.1.	Notices	22
SECTION 7.2.	Counterparts; Electronic Signature	23
SECTION 7.3.	Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries	23
SECTION 7.4.	Severability	23
SECTION 7.5.	Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver	24
SECTION 7.6.	Titles and Subtitles.	25
SECTION 7.7.	Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law	25
SECTION 7.8.	Reconciliation Procedures	26
SECTION 7.9.	Withholding	27
SECTION 7.10.	Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets	28
SECTION 7.11.	Confidentiality	28
SECTION 7.12.	Change in Law	29
SECTION 7.13.	Interest Rate Limitation	29
SECTION 7.14.	Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations	30

Exhibits

Exhibit A	-	Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B-1	-	Form of Agreement and Consent of Spouse
Exhibit B-2	-	Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property

Annexes

Annex 1

Non-Blocker TRA Holders

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [ ● ], 2021, is hereby entered into by and among Milan Laser Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Milan Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Milan LLC”), the Persons identified on Annex 1 to this Agreement (the “Non-Blocker TRA Holders”) and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Blocker Shareholder”, and collectively with the Non-Blocker TRA Holders and each other Person who becomes party hereto by satisfying the Joinder Requirement, the “TRA Holders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Milan LLC is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO (as defined herein), Milan LLC entered into the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) wherein (i) all of the existing membership interests in Milan LLC were recapitalized into membership interests in the form of “Class A Units” and “Class B Units” and (ii) the Corporation will be designated the sole managing member of Milan LLC upon the Primary Purchase and the Secondary Purchase (each as defined herein);

WHEREAS, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Blocker Corporation”), is classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO (as defined herein) all of the equity interests of the Blocker Corporation were owned by the Blocker Shareholder;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Blocker Merger Agreement (as defined herein), the Blocker Shareholder’s interests in the Blocker Corporation were exchanged for shares of Class C Common Stock and cash using a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO (the “Blocker Merger”);

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Corporation issued shares of its Class A common stock in an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, immediately following the Blocker Merger and the IPO, the Corporation acquired (i) newly issued Class A Units from Milan LLC (the “Primary Purchase”) and (ii) a portion of Class A Units from certain TRA Holders (the “Secondary Purchase”), in each case, using a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO;

WHEREAS, the Non-Blocker TRA Holders own Class A Units (together with Permitted Transferees (as defined herein), the “Members”);

WHEREAS, as a result of the Blocker Merger, the Corporation will obtain the benefit of the Blocker Attributes (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, the Operating Agreement (as defined herein) provides each Member a redemption right pursuant to which such Member may cause Milan LLC to redeem all or a portion of its Class A Units from time to time for shares of Class C Common Stock or, at the Corporation’s option, cash (a “Redemption”), subject to the Corporation’s right, in its sole discretion, to elect to effect a direct exchange of cash or shares of Class C Common Stock for such Class A Units between the Corporation and the applicable Member in lieu of such a Redemption (a “Direct Exchange”);

WHEREAS, Milan LLC and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined herein) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (as defined herein) for the Taxable Year (as defined herein) in which any Exchange (as defined herein) occurs, which election will cause any such Exchange to result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the assets owned by Milan LLC and such Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Tax Attributes (as defined herein) and the making of payments under this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to (i) the singular and plural, (ii) the active and passive and (iii) for defined terms that are nouns, the verified forms of the terms defined).

“Milan LLC” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Milan LLC Group” means Milan LLC and each of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, other than (i) any such Subsidiary classified as a corporation for applicable tax purposes and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Person described in clause (i).

“Actual Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Covered Taxes of the Corporation (a) appearing on Tax Returns of the Corporation for such Taxable Year and the portion of any liability for Covered Taxes imposed directly on the Milan LLC Group (including but not limited to under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code) that is allocable to the Corporation under Section 704 of the Code and for which it is liable under Section 5.06 of the Operating Agreement or (b) if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination; provided, that (i) for purposes of determining Actual Tax Liability, the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining liabilities for all state and local Covered Taxes and (ii) assuming, solely for purposes of calculating the liability for U.S. federal income taxes, in order to prevent double counting, that state and local income and franchise taxes are not deductible by the Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

“Agreed Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

“Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.4(b).

“Amount Realized” means, with respect to any Exchange at any time, the sum of (i) the Market Value of the shares of Class C Common Stock or the amount of cash (as applicable) transferred to a Member pursuant to such Exchange, (ii) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange (but excluding any portions thereof attributable to Imputed Interest) and (iii) the amount of liabilities allocated to the Class A Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange under Section 752 of the Code.

“Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the tax rate equal to the sum of the product of (i) the Corporation’s income and franchise tax apportionment factor for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income or franchise Tax Returns for the relevant Taxable Year and (ii) the highest corporate income and franchise tax rate(s) for each such state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation files income or franchise Tax Returns for each relevant Taxable Year; provided, that the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate calculated pursuant to the foregoing shall be reduced by the assumed federal benefit received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income taxes (with such benefit calculated as the product of (A) the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year and (B) the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate (without regard to this proviso)). At the Corporation’s election, the Corporation shall be entitled to determine the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for a given Taxable Year as of January 1 of the relevant Taxable Year based on good faith estimates of its expected apportionment rates for such Taxable Year and on the tax rates in effect in relevant jurisdictions as of January 1 of the relevant Taxable Year.

“Attributable” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i).

“Attribute Schedule” is defined in Section 2.2.

“Basis Adjustment” means the increase or decrease to, or the Corporation’s proportionate share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets under Section 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code as a result of any payment made under this Agreement or any Exchange. For purposes of determining the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the Reference Assets with respect to the Class A Units transferred in an Exchange under Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(b), the consideration paid by the Corporation for such Class A Units shall be the Amount Realized. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Class A Units is to be determined as if any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Class A Units had not occurred.

“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, with respect to such security or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security.

“Blocker Attributes” means (i) the tax basis of any Reference Asset resulting from any adjustment under Section 743(b) of the Code attributable to the existing membership interests in Milan LLC acquired by the Blocker Corporation prior to the consummation of the IPO and (ii) the Blocker Corporation’s portion of the tax basis of any Reference Asset resulting from any transfer or distribution in respect of the existing membership interests in Milan LLC that occurs prior to the consummation of the IPO and to which Section 734(b) of the Code applies.

“Blocker Corporation” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Blocker Merger Agreement” means the certain agreement pursuant to which the Corporation will acquire ownership of the Blocker Corporation.

“Blocker Merger” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Blocker Shareholder” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act but excluding any (A) employee benefit plan of such person and its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan or (B) “person” or “group” who, on the date of the consummation of the IPO, is the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote;

(ii) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a transaction or series of related transactions for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Milan LLC);

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, and immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, all of the Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or

(iv) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of Milan LLC.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions immediately following which (i) the beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions or (ii) in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) or (iii), either LGP or the Co-founder Entities (in each case, as defined in the Operating Agreement) are the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote (or, in the case of a transaction described in the foregoing clause (iii), more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger of consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof).

“Class A Common Stock” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Class B Common Stock” means shares of the Corporation’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Class C Common Stock” means shares of the Corporation’s Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Class A Units” mean the Class A common units of Milan LLC.

“Class B Units” mean the Class B common units of Milan LLC.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Control” means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Corporation” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Covered Taxes” means any U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest imposed in respect thereof under applicable Law.

“Credit Agreement” means that Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2021, by and among Milan Laser Holdings LLC, Milan Intermediate LLC, the other guarantors party thereto, Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders and issuing banks party thereto from time to time (as amended, amended and restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).

“Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii).

“Default Rate” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

“Default Rate Interest” is defined in Section 5.2.

“Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.

“Direct Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Dispute” is defined in Section 7.7(a).

“Early Termination Effective Date” means (i) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(a), the date an Early Termination Notice is delivered, (ii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b), the date of the applicable Change of Control and (iii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(c), the date of the applicable Material Breach.

“Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.2(a).

“Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.3(b).

“Early Termination Reference Date” is defined in Section 4.2(b).

“Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.2(b).

“Exchange” means (i) any Direct Exchange, (ii) any Redemption, (iii) the Secondary Purchase or (iv) any distribution (including a deemed distribution) by Milan LLC to a Member that results (or resulted) in a Basis Adjustment.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

“Existing Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made nor any basis adjustments described in the definition of “Blocker Attributes” existed.

“Expert” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

“Final Payment Date” means any date on which a Payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. The Final Payment Date in respect of (i) a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and (ii) an Early Termination Payment is determined pursuant to Section 4.3(a).

“Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes and the portion of any liability for Covered Taxes imposed directly on the Milan LLC Group (including but not limited to under Section 6225 or any similar provision of the Code) that is allocable to the Corporation under Section 704 of the Code and for which it liable under Section 5.06 of the Operating Agreement, in each case using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the actual relevant Tax Returns of the Corporation but (i) calculating depreciation, amortization or other similar deductions, or otherwise calculating any items of income, gain or loss, using the Corporation’s proportionate share of the Existing Basis as reflected on the Attribute Schedule, including amendments thereto, for such Taxable Year, (ii) without duplication, excluding the effect of any and all Blocker Attributes for the Taxable Year; (iii) excluding any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest for such Taxable Year and (iv) assuming, solely for purposes of calculating the liability for U.S. federal income taxes, in order to prevent double counting, that state and local income and franchise taxes are not deductible by the Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability, the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local Covered Taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any of the items described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the previous sentence.

“Imputed Interest” means any interest imputed under Section 483, 1272 or 1274 or any other provision of the Code with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

“Independent Directors” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.

“Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi).

“IPO” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

“Joinder Requirement” is defined in Section 7.5(a).

“Law” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the U.S. and each state, city, county, municipality, regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

“LGP Representative” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“LIBOR” means, during any period, a rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in dollars for a period of one month (for delivery on the first day of such period), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of such period.

“Market Value” means the Class A Common Unit Redemption Price, as defined in the Operating Agreement.

“Material Breach” means the (i) material breach by the Corporation of a material obligation under this Agreement; (ii) the rejection of this Agreement by operation of law in a case commenced in bankruptcy or otherwise; (iii) a breach of (x) the Senior Obligations or (y) the Credit Agreement, any replacement thereof or any other principal bank or bond indebtedness of the Milan LLC Group having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $100,000,000 million, in each case of clauses (x) and (y) if the result of such breach is that the holders of such indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holders) cause such indebtedness to become immediately due and payable and such breach is unremedied and not waived by the holders of such indebtedness prior to such acceleration.

“Members” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii).

“Non-Blocker TRA Holders” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Objecting Party” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

“Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(ii).

“Operating Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, of Milan LLC, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Parties” means the parties named on the signature pages to this agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.

“Payment” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment and in each case, unless otherwise specified, refers to the entire amount of such Payment or any portion thereof.

“Permitted Transferee” means a holder of Class A Units pursuant to any transfer of such Class A Units permitted by the Operating Agreement.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

“Pre-Exchange Transfer” means any transfer (or deemed transfer) of one or more Class A Units (i) that occurs after the consummation of the IPO but prior to an Exchange of such Class A Units and (ii) to which Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code applies.

“Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv).

“Realized Tax Detriment” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v).

“Reconciliation Dispute” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

“Reconciliation Procedures” is defined in Section 7.8(a).

“Redemption” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Reference Asset” means any property of any member of the Milan LLC Group on the relevant date of determination under this Agreement (including at the time of an Exchange, the Blocker Merger and the IPO, as applicable). A Reference Asset also includes any property the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of a property that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.

“Representatives” means (i) each of the LGP Representative, the Saxena Representative and the Xxxxxxxxxx Representative and (ii) any transferee of such Representatives’ rights under this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.5.

“Saxena Representative” means Saxena Milan Aggregator, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company.

“Schedule” means any of the following: (i) an Attribute Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, (iii) an Early Termination Schedule and (iv) any Amended Schedule.

“Xxxxxxxxxx Representative” means Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Aggregator, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company.

“Secondary Purchase” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and as of any determination date, any other Person as to which such first Person (i) owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests of such other Person or (ii) is the sole general partner or managing member of, or holds a similar interest in, such other Person.

“Tax Attributes” means the (i) Blocker Attributes, (ii) Basis Adjustments and (iii) Imputed Interest; provided that it is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplication among the respective Tax Attributes, and the definitions of each such Tax Attribute shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent. For the avoidance of doubt, Tax Attributes shall include any net operating loss carryforwards or similar attributes that are attributable to the tax items described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the preceding sentence.

“Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b).

“Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.3(a).

“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.

“Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is filed), ending on or after the closing date of the IPO.

“Taxing Authority” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.

“TRA Holder” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

“TRA Holder Approval” means written approval by each of the Representatives.

“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) and as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

“U.S.” means the United States of America.

“Primary Purchase” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:

(i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the deductions arising from the Tax Attributes during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;

(ii) the U.S. federal income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other applicable Law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date and the combined U.S. state and local income tax rates shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate as of the Early Termination Effective Date, except, in each case, to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into Law;

(iii) all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period; provided, that the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local income taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate as of the Early Termination Effective Date;

(iv) any loss carryovers or carrybacks generated by any Tax Attributes (including any Basis Adjustments or Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments made or deemed to be made under this Agreement or Blocker Attributes) and available (taking into account any known and applicable limitations) as of the date of the Early Termination Schedule and, without duplication, any Blocker Attributes described in clause (i) of the definition thereof that have not been previously utilized in determining a Tax Benefit Payment as of the Early Termination Effective Date will be used by the Corporation ratably in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning with the Taxable Year that includes the date of the Early Termination Schedule (but, in the case of any such carryover or carryback or Blocker Attribute that has less than 5 remaining Taxable Years, ratably through the scheduled expiration date under applicable tax law of such carryover or carryback or Blocker Attribute) (by way of example, if on the date of the Early Termination Schedule the Corporation had $100 of net operating losses, $20 of such net operating losses would be used in each of the 5 consecutive Taxable Years beginning in the Taxable Year of such Early Termination Schedule);

(v) any non-amortizable assets (other than stock of Subsidiaries) will be disposed of on the fifteenth anniversary of the earlier of (A) the applicable Exchange (in the case of Basis Adjustments) or the date of the IPO (in the case of Blocker Attributes) and (B) the Early Termination Effective Date; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, if the fifteenth anniversary of any date described in clause (A) has occurred prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, the relevant non-amortizable assets will be disposed of on the Early Termination Effective Date;

(vi) if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, any Member has Class A Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Class A Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class C Common Stock that would be received by such Member had such Class A Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date;

(vii) any future payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement that are used to calculate the Early Termination Payment will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which any such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions; and

(viii) with respect to Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, any unpaid Tax Benefit Payments and any applicable Default Rate Interest will be paid.

“Voluntary Early Termination” is defined in Section 4.2(a)(i).

SECTION 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified herein:

(a) For purposes of interpretation of this Agreement:

(i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Unless specified otherwise, references to an Article, Annex, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Article, Annex, Section or clause in this Agreement.

(iii) References to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the U.S.

(iv) The terms “include” or “including” are by way of example and not limitation and shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation”.

(v) The term “or”, when used in a list of two or more items, means “and/or” and may indicate any combination of the items.

(vi) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to organizational documents (including the Operating Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby, and (ii) references to any Law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

ARTICLE II

Determination of Realized Tax Benefit

SECTION 2.1. Basis Adjustments; Milan LLC 754 Election.

(a) Basis Adjustments. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) each Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Class A Units by the Corporation from the applicable Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (i.e., equivalent to a Direct Exchange) and (ii) each Exchange will give rise to Basis Adjustments.

(b) Milan LLC Section 754 Election. The Corporation shall cause Milan LLC and each of its Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code and any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax law for each Taxable Year. The Corporation shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Person in which Milan LLC owns a direct or indirect equity interest (other than a Subsidiary) that is so treated as a partnership to have in effect any such election for each Taxable Year.

SECTION 2.2. Attribute Schedules. Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the Representatives a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (a) the Blocker Attributes for such Taxable Year, calculated (i) in the aggregate and (ii) solely with respect to each applicable TRA Holder, (b) the Basis Adjustments to the Reference Assets for such Taxable Year, calculated (i) in the aggregate and (ii) solely with respect to each applicable TRA Holder, and (c) the period over which the Blocker Attributes and the Basis Adjustments are amortizable, depreciable or otherwise utilizable (such schedule, an “Attribute Schedule”). The Attribute Schedule shall also list any limitations on the ability of the Corporation to utilize any Tax Attributes under applicable laws (including as a result of the operation of Section 382 of the Code or Section 383 of the Code). An Attribute Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

SECTION 2.3. Tax Benefit Schedules.

(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within 150 calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the Representatives a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). A Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).

(b) Applicable Principles. Subject to the provisions hereunder, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year attributable to the Tax Attributes, as determined using a “with and without” methodology described in Section 2.4(a). Carryovers or carrybacks of any tax item attributable to any of the Tax Attributes shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations governing the use, limitation or expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall be entitled to make reasonable simplifying assumptions in making determinations contemplated by this Agreement, including the assumption that the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate is to be applied against the amount of taxable income of the Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is used in calculating the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability (and the Parties hereby agree that the Corporation’s determination of the Realized Tax Benefit and the Realized Tax Detriment with respect to U.S. state and local taxes will not take into account jurisdiction-specific U.S. state and local adjustments to the U.S. federal taxable income base). If a carryover or carryback of any tax item includes a portion that is attributable to any Tax Attribute (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not attributable to any Tax Attribute (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)) and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the prior Taxable Year. Except (1) with respect to the portion of any Payment attributable to Imputed Interest or (2) as may be necessary to give effect to a separation pursuant to Section 7.5(a) of the beneficial ownership of Class A Units and the related rights under this Agreement, all Tax Benefit Payments (and any other payments hereunder treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as additional purchase price, as determined by the Corporation) attributable to the Basis Adjustments will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that, in the case of an Exchange, give rise to further Basis Adjustments for the Corporation beginning in the Taxable Year of payment, and as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into such Taxable Year and into future Taxable Years, as appropriate until any incremental Basis Adjustments equal an immaterial amount (as determined by the Corporation in good faith). The Parties agree that, except with respect to the portion attributable to Imputed Interest, all Tax Benefit Payments (and any other payments hereunder treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as additional purchase price, as determined by the Corporation) attributable to Blocker Attributes will be treated as non-qualifying property or money received in connection with the Blocker Merger for purposes of Section 356 of the Code.

SECTION 2.4. Procedures; Amendments.

(a) Procedures. Each time the Corporation delivers a Schedule to the Representatives under this Agreement, the Corporation shall, with respect to such Schedule, also (i) deliver to the Representatives supporting schedules and work papers, as determined by the Corporation or as reasonably requested by any Representative, in each case, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding relevant data and calculations and (ii) allow the Representatives and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as determined by the Corporation, at the Corporation or its advisors in connection with a review of relevant information. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall ensure that any Tax Benefit Schedule that is delivered to the Representatives, along with any supporting schedules and work papers, provides a reasonably detailed presentation of the calculations of the Actual Tax Liability for the relevant Taxable Year and the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year, and identifies any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of such calculations. A Schedule will become final and binding on the TRA Holders thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which the Representatives first received the applicable Schedule unless a Representative, within such period, provides the Corporation with written notice of a material objection (made in good faith) to such Schedule and sets forth in reasonable detail such TRA Representative’s material objection (an “Objection Notice”). If the Parties, for any reason, are unable to resolve the issues raised in such Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and such Representative shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures described in Section 7.8 and the finalization of the Schedule will be conducted in accordance therewith.

(b) Amended Schedule. A Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) for any Taxable Year shall be amended from time to time by the Corporation in the following circumstances (and only in such circumstances): (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in such Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date such Schedule was originally provided to the Representatives, (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryover or carryback of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year, or (vi) to adjust a Schedule to take into account any Tax Benefit Payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule in its amended form, an “Amended Schedule”). The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to the applicable Representatives within thirty (30) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in any of clauses (i) through (vi) of the preceding sentence, and the delivery and finalization of any such Amended Schedule shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a).

ARTICLE III

Tax Benefit Payments

SECTION 3.1. Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.

(a) Timing of Payments. Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3, by the date that is five (5) Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of any Tax Benefit Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each relevant TRA Holder the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such TRA Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, no TRA Holder shall be required under any circumstances to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such TRA Holder. For purposes of this Agreement, and also for the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be required to be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, any estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.

(b) Amount of Payments. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Tax Benefit Payment” with respect to any TRA Holder means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Holder and the Interest Amount. No Tax Benefit Payment shall be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including any estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.

(i) Attributable. A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to a TRA Holder with respect to any Tax Attribute under the following principles:

(A) any Blocker Attributes are Attributable to the Blocker Shareholder; and

(B) any Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest shall be determined separately with respect to each Member and each Exchange undertaken by or with respect such Member in an amount equal to the total Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest relating to the Class A Units Exchanged by or with respect to such Member.

(ii) Net Tax Benefit. The “Net Tax Benefit” with respect to a TRA Holder for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (A) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Holder as of the end of such Taxable Year over (B) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such TRA Holder under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts). For the avoidance of doubt, if Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Holder as of the end of such Taxable Year is less than the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made, no TRA Holder shall be required to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously made by the Corporation to such TRA Holder.

(iii) Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit. The “Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

(iv) Realized Tax Benefit. The “Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

(v) Realized Tax Detriment. The “Realized Tax Detriment” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

(vi) Interest Amount. The “Interest Amount” in respect of a TRA Holder equals interest on the unpaid amount of the Net Tax Benefit with respect to such TRA Holder for a Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the earlier of (A) the date on which no remaining Tax Benefit Payment to the TRA Holder is due in respect of such Net Tax Benefit and (B) the applicable Final Payment Date.

(vii) The TRA Holders acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. federal income or other applicable tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if such TRA Holder notifies the Corporation in writing of a stated maximum selling price (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 15A.453-1(c)(2)) to be applied with respect to such Exchange, the amount of the initial consideration received in connection with such Exchange and the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments to such TRA Holder in respect of such Exchange (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed such stated maximum selling price.

SECTION 3.2. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions hereunder will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions hereunder shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.

SECTION 3.3. Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Holders.

(a) Insufficient Taxable Income. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b) to the contrary, if the aggregate potential Covered Tax benefit of the Corporation as calculated with respect to the Tax Attributes (in each case, without regard to the Taxable Year of origination) is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the TRA Holders in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payment that would have been payable if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income. For example, if the Corporation had $200 of aggregate potential Covered Tax benefits with respect to the Tax Attributes in a particular Taxable Year (with $50 of such Covered Tax benefits Attributable to TRA Holder A and $150 Attributable to TRA Holder B), such that TRA Holder A would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $42.50 and TRA Holder B would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $127.50 if the Corporation had sufficient actual taxable income, and if the Corporation instead had insufficient actual taxable income in such Taxable Year, such that the Covered Tax benefit was limited to $100, then $25 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to TRA Holder A and $75 would be allocated to TRA Holder B, such that TRA Holder A would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $21.25 and TRA Holder B would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $63.75.

(b) Late Payments. If for any reason the Corporation is not able to fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) interest at the Default Rate will accrue pursuant to Section 4.1(d) or Section 5.2, as the case may be, (ii) the Corporation shall pay the available amount of such Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of such Taxable Year to each TRA Holder pro rata in accordance with Section 3.3(a) and (iii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable interest at the Agreed Rate or Default Rate Interest, as the case may be) to all TRA Holders in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

ARTICLE IV

Termination

SECTION 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events.

(a) Corporation’s Early Termination Right. With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, by paying in full each and every TRA Holder the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) due to such TRA Holder; provided, however, that (i) this Agreement shall only terminate pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) upon the receipt in full of the Early Termination Payment by the TRA Holders and (ii) the Corporation shall deliver an Early Termination Notice only if it is able to make all required Early Termination Payments under this Agreement.

(b) Acceleration upon Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Change of Control) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein.

(c) Acceleration upon Breach of Agreement. In the event of a Material Breach which is not cured by the Corporation within thirty (30) days of its notice thereof, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Material Breach) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein. Subject to Section 4.1(d), the Corporation’s failure to make a Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) within thirty (30) calendar days of the applicable Final Payment Date shall be deemed to constitute a Material Breach.

(d) Lack of Funds. To the extent that any Tax Benefit Payment or any other payment required to be made under this Agreement is not made by the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the relevant Final Payment Date because the Corporation (i) (x) is prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1, (y) is not permitted or does not have sufficient cash, in each case, by reason of restrictions set forth in any agreement governing any Senior Obligations (or any other debt agreements to which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is a party) or (z) is not permitted to make such payment under applicable law or (ii) does not have, and cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain, sufficient funds to make such payment, such failure will not constitute a Material Breach; provided that (A) such payment obligation nevertheless will accrue for the benefit of the TRA Holders, (B) the Corporation shall promptly (and in any event, within 3 Business Days) pay the entirety of the unpaid amount (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) once the Corporation is not prohibited from making such payment and the Corporation has sufficient funds to make such payment and (C) the failure of the Corporation to do so will constitute a Material Breach; provided further that that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation did not make such payment for a reason described in Section 4.1(d)(i), in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate). It shall be a Material Breach if the Corporation makes any distribution of cash or other property (other than shares of Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock) to its stockholders or uses cash or other property to repurchase any capital stock of the Corporation (other than Class B Common Stock repurchased in an Exchange), in each case before all Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) have been paid for any Taxable Year that has ended. The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement.

(e) In the case of a termination pursuant to any of the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), upon the Corporation’s payment in full of the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) to each TRA Holder, the Corporation shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement other than with respect to any Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of any Taxable Year ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, and such payment obligations shall survive the termination of, and be calculated and paid in accordance with, this Agreement. If an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Class A Units for which the Corporation has paid the Early Termination Payment in full, the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.

SECTION 4.2. Early Termination Notice.

(a) If (i) the Corporation chooses to exercise its termination right under Section 4.1(a) (“Voluntary Early Termination”), (ii) a Change of Control occurs or (iii) a Material Breach occurs, the Corporation shall, in each case, deliver to the Representatives a reasonably detailed notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right or the occurrence of such event, as applicable (an “Early Termination Notice”). In the case of an Early Termination Notice delivered with respect to a Voluntary Early Termination, the Corporation may withdraw such Early Termination Notice and rescind its Voluntary Early Termination at any time prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment is paid.

(b) The Corporation shall deliver a schedule showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (an “Early Termination Schedule”) (i) simultaneously with the delivery of an Early Termination Notice or (ii) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c), as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of the Change of Control or Material Breach giving rise to such termination. The date on which such Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) shall be the “Early Termination Reference Date”.

SECTION 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination.

(a) Timing of Payment. By the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Early Termination Reference Date (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of the Early Termination Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each TRA Holder an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment applicable to such TRA Holder in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.1(a).

(b) Amount of Payment. The “Early Termination Payment” payable to a TRA Holder pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Agreed Rate and determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments (other than any Tax Benefit Payments in respect of Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date) that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such TRA Holder, beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions. For the avoidance of doubt, an Early Termination Payment shall be made to each TRA Holder in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether a TRA Holder has Exchanged all of its Class A Units as of the Early Termination Effective Date.

ARTICLE V

Subordination and Late Payments

SECTION 5.1. Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made by the Corporation to the TRA Holders under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.

SECTION 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporation. Subject to Section 4.1(d), the amount of any Payment not made to any TRA Holder by the applicable Final Payment Date shall be payable together with “Default Rate Interest”, calculated at the Default Rate and accruing on the amount of the unpaid Payment from the applicable Final Payment Date until the date on which the Corporation makes such Payment to such TRA Holder.

ARTICLE VI

Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation

SECTION 6.1. Participation in the Corporation’s and Milan LLC’s Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein or in Article VI of the Operating Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation and Milan LLC, including preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Corporation shall notify the Representatives of, and keep them reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit by any Taxing Authority of the Corporation, Milan LLC or any of Milan LLC’s Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially affect the applicable TRA Holders’ rights and obligations under this Agreement and (ii) the Corporation shall not settle or fail to contest any issue pertaining to Covered Taxes that is reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the applicable TRA Holders’ rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Representatives, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (iii) each Representative shall have the right to participate in and to monitor at their own expense (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not to control) any such issue in any such tax audit. If any Representative fails to respond to any notice with respect to the settlement or other disposition of any such issue within fifteen (15) days of its receipt of the applicable notice, such Representative shall be deemed to have consented to the proposed settlement or other disposition. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Operating Agreement as it relates to tax matters concerning Covered Taxes and the Corporation and Milan LLC, including preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes, this Agreement shall control.

SECTION 6.2. Consistency. Except as otherwise required by law, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including any Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies and positions taken by the Corporation and Milan LLC on their respective Tax Returns. Each TRA Holder shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any related calculations or determinations made hereunder, including the terms of Section 2.1 and the Schedules provided to each Representative, except as otherwise required by Law.

SECTION 6.3. Cooperation.

(a) Each TRA Holder shall (i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return of Milan LLC or any of its Subsidiaries or contesting or defending any related audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.

(b) The Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Holders for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a).

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.1. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by e-mail or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:

If to the Corporation, to:

Milan Laser Inc.

00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000

Xxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, General Counsel

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation) to:

Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP

00000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx.

Xxxxx 0000

Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx

Facsimile: (000) 000-0000

E-mail: Xxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xx.xxx

If to the Saxena Representative, to:

Saxena Milan Aggregator, LLC

0000 X 000^xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, M.D.

E-mail: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx

If to the Xxxxxxxxxx Representative, to:

Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Aggregator, LLC

0000 X 000^xx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, M.D.

E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx

If to the LGP Representative, to:

Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Partners, LP

00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

Xxxxx 0000

Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: J. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

E-mail: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

If to any other TRA Holder, to the address and e-mail address specified on such TRA Holder’s signature page hereto or to the applicable Joinder.

Any Party may change its address, fax number or e-mail address by giving each of the other Parties written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.

SECTION 7.2. Counterparts; Electronic Signature. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the TRA Holders and delivered to the other TRA Holders, it being understood that all TRA Holders need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by e-mail transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. The Parties hereby agree that this Agreement may be executed by way of electronic signatures and that the electronic signature has the same binding effect as a physical signature. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that this Agreement, or any part thereof, shall not be denied legal effect, validity or enforceability solely on the ground that it is in the form of an electronic record.

SECTION 7.3. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.4. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any Law or public policy, all other terms and provisions hereunder shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner.

SECTION 7.5. Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.

(a) Assignment. No TRA Holder may assign, sell, pledge or otherwise alienate or transfer any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any payments under this Agreement, to any Person without such Person executing and delivering a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such TRA Holder’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “Joinder Requirement”); provided, that each Representative’s rights as a “Representative” under this Agreement (including its respective approval and consent rights described in Section 6.1) shall not be transferrable or assignable to any Person (other than Permitted Transferees in connection with the transfer of more than fifty percent (50%) of such Representative’s and its Affiliates’ interest in this Agreement, taken as a whole). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Member sells, exchanges, distributes or otherwise transfers Class A Units to any Person (other than the Corporation or Milan LLC) in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, such Member shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such Class A Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Class A Units; provided that such transferee has satisfied the Joinder Requirement. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Member transfers Class A Units in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Class A Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Class A Units, such Member shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Class A Units (and any such transferred Class A Units shall be separately identified, so as to facilitate the determination of payments hereunder). The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person (other than any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation) without TRA Holder Approval (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).

(b) Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by the Corporation with TRA Holder Approval; provided that amendment of the definition of Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that LIBOR is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. loan market in U.S. dollars, or replaced with an alternative interest rate pursuant to the terms of the secured indebtedness of the Corporation, Milan LLC and/or its Subsidiaries or otherwise ceases to be available, the Corporation may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with the analogous interest rate (and corresponding spread adjustment) that is consistent with market practice applicable to the secured indebtedness of the Corporation, Milan LLC and/or its Subsidiaries and make any other conforming changes, as applicable, or such other successor rate mutually acceptable to the Corporation and the Representatives.

(c) Successors. Except as provided in Section 7.5(a), all of the terms and provisions hereunder shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by equity purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

(d) Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

(e) Spousal Consent. In connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any TRA Holder who is a natural person will deliver to the Corporation an executed consent from such TRA Holder’s spouse (if any) in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto or a TRA Holder’s spouse confirmation of separate property in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto. If, at any time subsequent to the date of this Agreement such TRA Holder becomes legally married (whether in the first instance or to a different spouse), such TRA Holder shall cause his or her spouse to execute and deliver to the Corporation a consent in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2 attached hereto. Such TRA Holder’s non-delivery to the Corporation of an executed consent in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2 at any time shall constitute such TRA Holder’s continuing representation and warranty that such TRA Holder is not legally married as of such date.

SECTION 7.6. Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

SECTION 7.7. Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law.

(a) Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.8, any and all disputes which cannot be settled after good faith negotiation within 30 calendar days, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this Section 7.7 or Section 7.8) (each, a “Dispute”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration by the majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall designate one arbitrator and the TRA Holders that are party to such Dispute shall designate one arbitrator, in each case in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Resolution Rule 5.4. The arbitration shall be governed by the federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of the arbitration shall be New York City, New York.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) above, any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 7.7 to any such action or proceeding and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions hereunder would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.7 shall not apply to the Reconciliation Disputes to be settled in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.8.

(c) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof. Subject to this Section 7.7 and Section 7.8, the Parties agree that any suit or proceeding in connection with, arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted only in a Delaware state court (or U.S. federal court) located in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Parties, for the purpose of any such suit or proceeding, irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such suit or proceeding. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.

(d) Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in Section 7.7(b) or 7.7(c) and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(e) Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.

(f) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND WITH THE ADVICE OF ITS COUNSEL, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER A CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).

SECTION 7.8. Reconciliation Procedures.

(a) In the event that the Corporation and any Representative (the “Objecting Party”) are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4 or Section 4.2, as applicable, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “Reconciliation Dispute”), the procedures described in this paragraph (the “Reconciliation Procedures”) will apply. The Objecting Party and the Corporation shall, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the commencement of a Reconciliation Dispute, mutually select a nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement (the “Expert”) and submit the Reconciliation Dispute to such Expert for determination. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and the Objecting Party agree otherwise, the Expert (and its employing firm) shall not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such Objecting Party or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the Corporation and the Objecting Party are unable to agree on an Expert within such fifteen (15) calendar-day time period, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.7 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the applicable parties or other actual or potential conflict of interest. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to (i) an Attribute Schedule, Early Termination Schedule or an amendment to either within thirty (30) calendar days and (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid by the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute, and its determinations pursuant to this Section 7.8(a) shall be binding on the applicable Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.8 or a Dispute within the meaning of Section 7.7 shall be decided and resolved as a Dispute subject to the procedures set forth in Section 7.7.

(b) The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporation and the Objecting Party shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert entirely adopts the position of the Objecting Party, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the Objecting Party for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert entirely adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the Objecting Party shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding.

SECTION 7.9. Withholding. The Corporation and its Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment by applicable Law. As soon as reasonably practicable prior to deducting and withholding from any payment, the Corporation shall notify the relevant TRA Holder and reasonably cooperate in good faith with the TRA Holder to reduce or mitigate any such deduction or withholding. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant TRA Holder in respect of whom the deduction and withholding was made. Each TRA Holder shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required by applicable Law.

SECTION 7.10. Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.

(a) If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a federal consolidated income Tax Return, (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole and (ii) Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

(b) If the Corporation or any member of the Milan LLC Group transfers one or more Reference Assets to a Person treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (with which, in the case of the Corporation, the Corporation does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), such transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by the Corporation or Milan LLC Group member, as the applicable transferor, shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset (without regard to any encumbrances thereon) or, if greater, the amount of nonrecourse debt to which such asset is subject in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset. For purposes of this Section 7.10, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s applicable share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Corporation or any member of a group described in Section 7.10(a) transfers its assets pursuant to a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” (within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code) in which such entity does not survive or pursuant to any other transaction to which Section 381(a) of the Code applies (other than any such reorganization or any such other transaction, in each case, pursuant to which such entity transfers assets to a corporation with which the Corporation or any member of the group described in Section 7.10(a) (other than any such member being transferred in such reorganization or other transaction) does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), the transfer will not cause such entity to be treated as having transferred any assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) pursuant to this Section 7.10(b) so long as the relevant successor is bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.11. Confidentiality. Each TRA Holder and each of its respective assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by Law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any other Person any confidential information, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or its controlled Affiliates or their successors. This Section 7.11 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any TRA Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the TRA Holders and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Holders or their assignees, as applicable) may disclose at their discretion to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Corporation, the TRA Holders and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Holders relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. If a TRA Holder or an assignee commits, or threatens to commit, a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 7.11, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.11 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates and that money damages alone will not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at Law or in equity.

SECTION 7.12. Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Law, a TRA Holder reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Holder (or direct or indirect equity holders in such TRA Holder) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income (other than with respect to assets described in Section 751(a) of the Code) rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such TRA Holder or any direct or indirect owner of such TRA Holder, then, at the written election of such TRA Holder in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such TRA Holder and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such TRA Holder, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such TRA Holder, or may be amended in a manner reasonably determined by such TRA Holder; provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the Corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

SECTION 7.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any TRA Holder hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any TRA Holder shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the applicable payment (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by any TRA Holder exceeds the Maximum Rate, such TRA Holder may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof or (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such TRA Holder hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury Laws.

SECTION 7.14. Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations. The rights and obligations of each TRA Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A TRA Holder shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a TRA Holder have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than obligations of the Corporation). The obligations of a TRA Holder hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered in connection herewith, and no action taken by any TRA Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the TRA Holders acting as a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the TRA Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.

CORPORATION:

	MILAN LASER INC.

	By:
	Name:
	Title:

MILAN LLC:

	MILAN PARENT, LLC

	By:	Milan Laser Inc.
	Its:	Managing Member


	By:
	Name:
	Title:

[Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement]

TRA HOLDERS:

	[ ● ]

	By:
	Name:
	Title:

	Email:

	Address:

[Signature Page to Tax Receivable Agreement]

Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of _______________, 20___ (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among Milan Laser Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Milan Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Milan LLC”) and each of the TRA Holders from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned has been assigned an interest in the Tax Receivable Agreement from a TRA Holder.

Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a TRA Holder under the Tax Receivable Agreement, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a party thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

Address. All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

	[Name]
	[Address]
	[City, State, Zip Code]
	Attn:
	Facsimile:
	E-mail:

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

	[NAME OF NEW TRA HOLDER]

	by

		Name:
		Title:

Acknowledged and agreed
as of the date first set forth above:

MILAN LASER INC.

by

	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit B-1

FORM OF AGREEMENT AND CONSENT OF SPOUSE

The undersigned spouse of _____________________________, a party to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among Milan Laser Inc., a Delaware corporation, Milan Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and each of the TRA Holders from time to time party thereto (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement), acknowledges on his or her own behalf that:

I have read the Tax Receivable Agreement and understand its contents. I acknowledge and understand that under the Agreement, any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in the Tax Receivable Agreement is subject to the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement which include certain restrictions on transfer.

I hereby consent to and approve the Tax Receivable Agreement. I agree that any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in the Tax Receivable Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Tax Receivable Agreement and that I will take no action at any time to hinder operation of the Tax Receivable Agreement on any interest I may have, community property or otherwise, in said Tax Receivable Agreement.

I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of the Tax Receivable Agreement have been explained fully to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Tax Receivable Agreement and consent without any duress and of free will.

Dated:

	[NAME OF SPOUSE]

	By:
	Name:

Exhibit B-2

FORM OF SPOUSE’S CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY

I, the undersigned, the spouse of _____________________________ (the “Specified TRA Holder”), who is a party to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [ · ], 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among Milan Laser Inc., a Delaware corporation, Milan Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and each of the TRA Holders from time to time party thereto (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement), acknowledge and confirm that the interest of the Specified TRA Holder in the Tax Receivable Agreement is the sole and separate property of said Specified TRA Holder, and I hereby disclaim any interest in same.

I hereby acknowledge that the meaning and legal consequences of this Specified TRA Holder’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property have been fully explained to me and are understood by me, and that I am signing this Specified TRA Holder’s spouse’s confirmation of separate property without any duress and of free will.

Dated:

	[NAME OF SPOUSE]

	By:
	Name:

Annex 1

NON-BLOCKER TRA HOLDERS

Green Equity Investors VII, L.P.

Milan Co-Invest, LLC

Saxena Milan Aggregator, LLC

Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Aggregator, LLC

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