STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE INVESTORS LISTED HEREIN AND PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. DATED AS OF OCTOBER 27, 2022
Exhibit 10.56
Execution Version
BY AND AMONG
THE INVESTORS LISTED HEREIN
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DATED AS OF OCTOBER 27, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Exhibit A – Schedule of Investors
Exhibit B – Notices
Schedule I – Significant Subsidiaries
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THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 27, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and among the investors listed in Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Investors”) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors desire to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, certain shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following mutual promises and obligations, and for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investors and the Company agree as follows:
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any designated Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such designated Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For the purposes of this Agreement, in no event shall any Investor or any of its Affiliates be deemed Affiliates of the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor shall the Company or any of its Affiliates be deemed Affiliates of any Investor or any of its Affiliates.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble, including all Exhibits attached hereto.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (a) a Blackstone Investor or Blackstone Entity or (b) a Fund that is administered, managed or advised by (i) an Investor, (ii) an Affiliate of an Investor or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, manages or advises an Investor.
“Blackstone Affiliated Entities” shall mean, collectively, the Blackstone Entities, and their Affiliates and Approved Funds.
“Blackstone Investor” means any investor (or an Affiliate of such investor) of a fund managed or advised by Blackstone Credit or Blackstone Life Sciences to which such investor (or an Affiliate of such investor), Blackstone Credit or Blackstone Life Sciences, as applicable, is providing certain administrative and other services.
“Blackstone Entities” shall mean Blackstone Life Sciences, Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C and any of their respective Affiliates and funds and accounts administered, managed, agented or advised by any of them, and any warehouse entity.
“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by applicable Law to remain closed. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any notice or other communication required to be given hereunder, limitations on the operations of commercial banks due to the outbreak of a contagious disease, epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), or any quarantine, shelter-in-place or similar or related directive, shall not prevent a day that would otherwise be a Business Day hereunder from so being a Business Day.
“Change of Control” means and shall be deemed to have occurred if any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) acquires, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, (x) determined on a fully diluted basis, more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company or (y) all or substantially all of the Company’s consolidated assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Section 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, any person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Equity Interests to be acquired by such person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Equity Interests or assets in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
“Credit Agreement” shall mean the credit agreement dated October 27, 2022 between the Company, the Investors and such other parties thereto.
“Disposition” or “Dispose of” shall mean any (i) offer, pledge, sale, contract to sell, sale of any option or contract to purchase, purchase of any option or contract to sell, grant of any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or other disposition of or transfer of any Lock-Up Securities, including, without limitation, any “short sale” or similar arrangement, or (ii) swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise.
“Effect” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Material Adverse Effect.”
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided that convertible debt that constitutes
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Permitted Subordinated Debt (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall not be considered an “Equity Interest”.
“Facility Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any court, agency, authority, department, regulatory authority or other instrumentality of any government or country or of any national, federal, state, provincial, regional, county, city or other political subdivision of any such government or country or any supranational organization of which any such country is a member.
“Healthcare Laws” shall mean the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, the Public Health Service Act of 1944, as amended, Medicare and Medicaid, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, the civil False Claims Act, the administrative False Claims Law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) and the exclusion laws, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, the Sunshine/Open Payments Law, all regulations or guidance promulgated pursuant to such Laws, and any other federal, state or foreign Law that regulates the design, development, testing, studying, manufacturing, processing, storing, importing or exporting, licensing, labeling or packaging, advertising, distributing, selling, pricing, or marketing of pharmaceutical products, or that is related to remuneration (including ownership) to or by physicians or other health care providers (including kickbacks).
“Intellectual Property” shall mean trademarks, trade names, trade dress, service marks, copyrights, and similar rights (including registrations and applications to register or renew the registration of any of the foregoing), patents and patent applications, trade secrets, and any other similar intellectual property rights.
“Intellectual Property License” shall mean any license, permit, authorization, approval, contract or consent granted, issued by or with any Person relating to the use of Intellectual Property.
“Law” or “Laws” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, injunctions and/or ordinances of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or any of its properties or assets.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event or occurrence (each, an “Effect”) that, individually or when taken together with all other Effects, has had, or is reasonably expected to have, (i) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations, or consummate the Transaction, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except in the case of (i) or (ii) to the extent that any such Effect results from or arises out of: (A) changes in conditions in the United States or global economy or capital or financial markets generally, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index, (B) changes in general legal, regulatory, political, economic or business conditions or changes in generally
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accepted accounting principles in the United States or interpretations thereof that, in each case, generally affect the biotechnology or biopharmaceutical industries, (C) any change in the trading prices or trading volume of the Common Stock (it being understood that the facts giving rise to or contributing to any such change may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account when determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect, except to the extent any of such facts is an Effect referred to in clauses (A), (B) or (D) through (G) of this definition), (D) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, (E) earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or other natural disasters, (F) the outbreak of contagious disease, epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), any quarantine, shelter-in-place or similar or related directive, policy or guidance or other action by any Governmental Authority, or (G) any action taken by the Company required by this Agreement; provided that, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (D), (E) and (F), such Effect does not have a material disproportionate and adverse impact on the Company relative to other companies in the biotechnology or biopharmaceutical industries.
“Organizational Documents” shall mean (i) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated as of June 25, 2013, as amended as of June 9, 2021 and (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company effective as of April 21, 2017.
“Permitted Transferee” shall mean the Blackstone Affiliated Entities; provided, however, that no such Blackstone Affiliated Entity shall be deemed a Permitted Transferee for any purpose under this Agreement unless (i) the Permitted Transferee, prior to or simultaneously with such transfer or assignment, shall have agreed in writing with the Company to be subject to and bound by all restrictions and obligations applicable to such Investor set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) such Investor shall, within five (5) days prior to such transfer, furnish to the Company written notice of the name and address of such Permitted Transferee, details of its status as a Permitted Transferee and details of the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned. Following such transfer, the Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to be an Investor for all purposes under this Agreement.
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, firm, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any department or agency thereof or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a Person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Shares, together with any shares of Common Stock issued in respect thereof as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, share exchange, merger, consolidation or similar recapitalization and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange or in replacement of, the shares of Common Stock described in clause (i) of this definition, excluding in all cases, however, (A) any Registrable Securities sold to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction or (B) Registrable Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) under the Securities Act as to such Shares.
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“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the related prospectus, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person (other than a Governmental Authority) other than any Investor, the Company or any Affiliate of an Investor or the Company.
“Transaction” shall mean the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, and the purchase of the Shares by the Investors, in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Underwritten Offering” shall mean a registration in which shares of Common Stock are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right to so vote has been suspended by the happening of such contingency.
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Closing | Section 3.1 |
Common Stock | Recitals |
Company | Preamble |
Company SEC Documents | Section 4.11(a) |
Exchange Act | Section 4.11(a) |
Investor | Preamble |
Lock-Up Securities | Section 9.1 |
Lock-Up Term | Section 9.1 |
Modified Clause | Section 10.7 |
Permits | Section 4.10 |
Registration Notice | Section 9.2(b) |
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Defined Term | Section |
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Required Period | Section 9.2(e) |
Required Registration | Section 9.2(a) |
SEC | Section 4.7 |
Section 4.11(a) | |
Shares | Section 2.1 |
Subsidiaries | Section 4.3 |
Violation | Section 9.2(j)(i) |
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“These securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. They may not be sold, offered for sale, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of a registration statement in effect with respect to the securities under the Securities Act or an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to PTC Therapeutics, Inc.) that such registration is not required or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.”
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(i) | prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that at least five (5) Business Days prior to filing the Registration Statement or any prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (other than any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement), the Company shall furnish to the Investors and their counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, and the Investors shall have the opportunity to comment on any information that is contained therein and the Company shall consider all such comments in good faith and shall make the corrections reasonably requested by the Investors with respect to any information pertaining solely to the Investors and the plan of distribution prior to filing the Registration Statement or other documents; |
(ii) | prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and any prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Required Period, and cause the prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement for the Required Period; provided that at least five (5) Business Days prior to filing any such amendments and post effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement), the Company shall furnish to the Investors and their counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, and the Investors have the opportunity to comment on any information that is contained therein and the Company shall consider all such comments in good faith and make the corrections reasonably requested by the Investors with respect to any information pertaining solely to the Investors and the plan of distribution prior to filing any such documents; |
(iii) | furnish to the Investors such numbers of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other |
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documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them; |
(iv) | notify the Investors, promptly after the Company shall receive notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement becomes or is declared effective or when any amendment or supplement or any prospectus forming a part of such Registration Statement has been filed (other than any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement); |
(v) | notify the Investors promptly of any request by the SEC for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information and promptly deliver to the Investors copies of any comments received from the SEC; |
(vii) | use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky Laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Investors, use all reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification effective, including through new filings, or amendments or renewals, during the Required Period, and notify the Investors of the receipt of any written notification with respect to any suspension of any such qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, except as may be required by the Securities Act; |
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of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; |
(x) | if requested by the Investors, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the Investors reasonably request to be included therein, with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold by the Investors, and promptly make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and |
(xi) | cause the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which equity securities issued by the Company are then listed. |
The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 9.2(f) shall terminate upon the end of the Required Period.
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of a material fact contained in or incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any free writing prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, or in any offering memorandum or other offering document relating to the offering and sale of such securities, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities Law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under any state securities Law, in each case arising from such Registration Statement; provided, however, the Company shall not be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it (A) arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Investor; or (B) is caused by such Investor’s disposition of Registrable Securities after notice from the Company pursuant to Section 9.2(f)(vi) or 9.2(g) during any period during which such Investor is obligated to discontinue any disposition of Registrable Securities as a result of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or prospectus with respect to Registrable Securities or a suspension of the Registration Statement. The Company shall pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 9.2(j)(i), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9.2(j)(i) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. |
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based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation: (i) arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Investor; or (ii) is caused by such Investor’s disposition of Registrable Securities after notice from the Company pursuant to Section 9.2(f)(vi) or 9.2(g) during any period during which such Investor is obligated to discontinue any disposition of Registrable Securities as a result of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or prospectus with respect to Registrable Securities or a suspension of the Registration Statement. Each such Investor shall pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 9.2(j)(ii), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9.2(j)(ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without consent of each such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
(iii) | Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9.2(j) of notice of the commencement of any action (including any action by a Governmental Authority), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9.2(j), deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial in a material respect to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 9.2(j), but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party shall not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 9.2(j). |
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(v) | The obligations of the Company and the Investors under this Section 9.2(j) shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement under this Agreement and otherwise. |
(i) | file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and |
(ii) | furnish to each Investor, so long as such Investor owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing the Investor of any rule or regulation of the SEC (exclusive of Rule |
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144A) which permits the selling of any Registrable Securities without registration. |
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The Standstill Parties also agree during the Standstill Period not to request the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or representatives), directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 9.4 (including this sentence). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.4, it is understood and agreed that the Standstill Parties shall not be prohibited from entering into an agreement and having confidential discussions with legal, accounting or financial advisors for the limited purposes of evaluating any of the transactions contemplated by this Section 9.4. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall in any way limit the activities of Blackstone Inc. or its affiliates in their business distinct from the activities and business of the Standstill Parties. Nothing under this Section 9.4 will impact or limit any rights or obligations of the parties under the Credit Agreement including, without limitation, the rights and obligations under Section 6.21 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Ph.D. |
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Ph.D. |
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement
ACTIVEUS 196896334v.7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.
BLACKSTONE COF IV HOLDCO LP
By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV LP, its general partner
By: GSO Capital Opportunities Associates IV(Delaware) LLC, its general partner
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement
ACTIVEUS 196896334v.7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.
BXLS YIELD – TRANSLATE L.P.
By: Blackstone Life Sciences Advisors L.L.C. on behalf of XXXX Xxxxx – Translate L.P
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Chief Operating Officer |
Signature Page to Stock Purchase Agreement
ACTIVEUS 196896334v.7
EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS
Investor | Number of Shares of Common Stock | Aggregate Purchase Price |
BXLS Yield – Translate L.P. | 547,645 | $24,999,994.25 |
Blackstone COF IV Holdco LP | 547,645 | $24,999,994.25 |
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