As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 10, 2024.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Waystar Holding Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware |
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84-2886542 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1550 Digital Drive, #300
Lehi, Utah 84043
(844) 492-9782
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and
Zip Code)
Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive
Plan
Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive
Plan
Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Matthew R. A. Heiman
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
888 W. Market Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(844) 492-9782
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
William B. Brentani
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
Tel: (650) 251-5000
Fax: (650) 251-5002 |
Xiaohui (Hui) Lin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 455-2000
Fax: (212) 455-2502 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
x |
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2
of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”)
in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be delivered to the participants in the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Stock Incentive Plan”),
the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Equity Incentive Plan”), and the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan”) covered by this Registration Statement as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
| (b) | The
Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 001-42125) filed on June 7, 2024 with the Commission, relating
to the Registrant’s Common Stock, including all other amendments and reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents that the Registrant subsequently
files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for
any portions of the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof
and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated
a law, authorized the payment of a dividend, or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper
personal benefit. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL (“Section 145”)
provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee, or agent
of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation
or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good
faith, and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation
may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity
may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith, and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval
if the officer, director, employee, or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on
the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against
any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.
The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws
provides that the Registrant must indemnify, and advance expenses to, the Registrant’s directors and officers to the full extent
authorized by the DGCL. The Registrant also entered into indemnification agreements with the Registrant’s directors, which agreements
require the Registrant to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may
arise by reason of their service to the Registrant, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to
which they could be indemnified.
The indemnification rights set forth above shall
not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Registrant’s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders,
or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registrant shall not be obligated to indemnify a director
or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof)
has been authorized by the Registrant’s board of directors pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the amended and restated
bylaws.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other
things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption,
may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or
dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes
of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of
the unlawful acts.
The Registrant expects to maintain standard policies
of insurance that provide coverage (1) to the Registrant’s directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason
of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Registrant with respect to indemnification payments that the Registrant may
make to such directors and officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Registrant under any of the foregoing provisions,
in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit
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Description
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4.1* |
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. |
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4.2* |
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. |
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4.3 |
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Derby
TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 filed with the Registrant’s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on October 26, 2023). |
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4.4 |
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Form of
Option Agreement under the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 filed
with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on October 26, 2023). |
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4.5 |
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Form of
Substitute Option Agreement under the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15
filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on October 26, 2023). |
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4.6* |
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Waystar
Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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4.7 |
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Form of
Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.19 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on May 16,
2024). |
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4.8 |
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Form of
Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.20 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on May 16,
2024). |
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4.9 |
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Form of
Option Agreement under the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 filed
with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on May 16, 2024). |
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4.10 |
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Form of
Notice of Amendment to Outstanding Options Granted under the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.22 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on May 28,
2024). |
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4.11* |
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Waystar
Holding Corp. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. |
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5.1* |
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Opinion
of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. |
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23.1* |
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Consent
of KPMG LLP. |
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23.2* |
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Consent
of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1* |
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Power
of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement). |
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107* |
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Filing
Fee Table. |
Item 9. Undertakings.
| (a) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
| (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
| (i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
| (ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement; and |
| (iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. |
| (b) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (c) | The undersigned Registrant further undertakes that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Lehi, Utah, on June 10, 2024.
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WAYSTAR HOLDING CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Matthew J. Hawkins |
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Name: |
Matthew J. Hawkins |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
The undersigned directors and officers of Waystar
Holding Corp. hereby constitute and appoint Matthew J. Hawkins and Steven M. Oreskovich and each of them, any of whom may act without
joinder of the other, the individual’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any or all
amendments, including post effective amendments to the Registration Statement and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed
with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 10,
2024.
Signature |
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Title |
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/s/ Matthew J. Hawkins |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer) |
Matthew J. Hawkins |
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/s/ Steven M. Oreskovich |
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Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and principal accounting
officer) |
Steven M. Oreskovich |
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/s/ Samuel Blaichman |
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Director |
Samuel Blaichman |
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/s/ Robert DeMichiei |
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Director |
Robert DeMichiei |
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/s/ John Driscoll |
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Director |
John Driscoll |
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/s/ Priscilla Hung |
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Director |
Priscilla Hung |
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/s/ Eric C. Liu |
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Director |
Eric C. Liu |
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/s/ Heidi G. Miller |
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Director |
Heidi G. Miller |
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/s/ Paul Moskowitz |
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Director |
Paul Moskowitz |
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/s/ Vivian E. Riefberg |
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Director |
Vivian E. Riefberg |
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/s/ Ethan Waxman |
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Director |
Ethan Waxman |
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Exhibit 4.1
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
WAYSTAR
HOLDING CORP.
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The present name of the corporation
is Waystar Holding Corp. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was incorporated under the name “Derby TopCo, Inc.”
by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 13, 2019.
This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which
restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as presently in
effect, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(as the same exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, the “DGCL”) and by the written consent of its stockholders
in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as presently in effect is hereby
amended, integrated, and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation
is Waystar Holding Corp.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED
OFFICE AND AGENT
The
address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such
address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation
is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL
STOCK
The total number of shares of
all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,600,000,000 shares, which shall be divided into two classes
as follows:
2,500,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”); and
100,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).
Upon this Certificate of Incorporation
becoming effective pursuant to the DGCL (the “Reclassification Effective Time”), each share of the Corporation’s
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Old Class A Common Stock”), issued immediately prior
to the Reclassification Effective Time will be automatically reclassified as and become one share of Common Stock (the “Reclassification”)
without any further action by the Corporation or the holders of the shares of Old Class A Common Stock. Any stock certificate that,
immediately prior to the Reclassification Effective Time, represented shares of the Old Class A Common Stock will, from and after
the Reclassification Effective Time, automatically be cancelled without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, and the shares
of Common Stock into which such shares of Old Class A Common Stock shall have been reclassified shall be uncertificated.
I. Capital
Stock.
A. The
Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions,
to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series,
to fix, without further stockholder approval, the designation of such series, the powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative,
participating, optional, and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, of such series of Preferred
Stock and the number of shares of such series, which number the Board of Directors may, except where otherwise provided in the designation
of such series, increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number
of shares of such series then outstanding), as may be permitted by the DGCL. The powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional,
and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock, if any, may
differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.
B. Each
holder of record of Common Stock, as such, shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its
name on the books of the Corporation on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally. The holders of shares of Common
Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote
on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock)
that relates solely to the terms, number of shares, powers, designations, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special
rights (including, without limitation, voting rights), or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of one or more outstanding
series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or
more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating
to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.
C. Except
as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights, if any, as shall
expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to such series of
Preferred Stock).
D. Subject
to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock
having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions
in cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation, dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid ratably on the Common
Stock out of the assets of the Corporation which are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board
of Directors in its discretion shall determine.
E. Upon
the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities
of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series
of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the
Corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held
by them.
F. The
number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof
then outstanding) by the requisite vote of the holders of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon and no vote of the holders
of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of
the DGCL, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation
relating to any series of Preferred Stock).
ARTICLE V
AMENDMENT
OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS
A. Commencing
on the day on which the Institutional Investors (as defined in Article VI(K) below) collectively beneficially own, in
the aggregate, less than 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors and ending immediately following the final adjournment of the Triggering Annual Meeting (as defined in Article VI(D) below)
(such period, the “Protective Period”), in addition to any vote required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation
(including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), any amendment, alteration, repeal or rescission
of, in whole or in part, or the adoption of any provision inconsistent with, the following provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation
shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class: this Article V, Article VI, Article VII,
Article VIII, Article IX and Article X. For the purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, beneficial
ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”).
B. The
Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend, and rescind, in whole or in part, the bylaws of the Corporation
(as in effect from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent
with the laws of the State of Delaware or this Certificate of Incorporation. At any time during the Protective Period, in addition to
any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by this Certificate of Incorporation (including
any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), by the Bylaws or by applicable law, the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon,
voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind,
in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.
ARTICLE VI
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV
(including any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) and this Article VI relating to the
rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the total number of directors shall be determined
from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors; provided that, at any time the Institutional Investors
collectively beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, the stockholders may also fix the number of directors by resolution adopted by
the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as any of the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB Stockholders or the Bain Stockholders
have rights to nominate directors under this Article IV, the total number of directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall be not more than ten (10) directors and not less than the number of directors as is required to allow for the election of each
EQT Director Nominee, CPPIB Director Nominee, and Bain Director Nominee, as well as each Independent Director Nominee and the CEO Director
Nominee. In connection with the election of directors at each annual meeting of stockholders (and any special meeting of stockholders
at which directors are to be elected), (i) the EQT Stockholders shall have the right to nominate, or direct the Corporation to nominate,
the number of designees as set forth in Section (C)(i) or (iv) of this Article VI (each, an “EQT
Director Nominee”), (ii) the CPPIB Stockholders shall have the right to nominate, or direct the Corporation to nominate,
the number of designees as set forth in Section (C)(ii) or (iv) of this Article VI (the “CPPIB
Director Nominee”), (iii) the Bain Stockholders shall have the right to nominate, or direct the Corporation to nominate,
the number of designees as set forth in Section (C)(iii) or (iv) of this Article VI (the “Bain
Director Nominee” and, together with the EQT Director Nominees and the CPPIB Director Nominee, the “Stockholder Nominees”),
(iv) the Corporation shall cause the nomination of five (5) independent director nominees (each, an “Independent Director
Nominee”), and (v) the Corporation shall cause the nomination of the person who, as of the date of nomination, is then-serving
as Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (provided, however, that if, as of the date of such nomination, the person
then-serving as Chief Executive Officer is not expected to be in office as the Chief Executive Officer as of the date of the relevant
meeting, the Corporation shall not be required to nominate such person and may instead nominate such person, if any, who is expected to
be serving as Chief Executive Officer (or interim Chief Executive Officer) as of the date of such meeting (the “CEO Director
Nominee”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI.A, no party shall have the right
to nominate any director, and the Corporation shall not be required to take any action to cause any such person to be nominated, if and
to the extent such nominee would result, assuming all such nominees are elected as members of the Board of Directors, in a number of directors
nominated by such party to exceed the number of directors that such party is then entitled to nominate for membership on the Board of
Directors pursuant to this Article VI.A. and Article VI.C. below.
B. Subject
to the provisions of Article VI.D, the directors (other than those directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock,
voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) shall be divided into three classes
designated Class I, Class II, and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total
number of such directors. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders
following the date the Common Stock is first publicly traded (the “IPO Date”), Class II directors shall initially
serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO Date, and Class III directors shall initially
serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO Date. Commencing with the first annual meeting
following the IPO Date, directors in the class whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the
number of such directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the classes so as to
maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill
a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining
term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. Any
such director shall hold office until the annual meeting at which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected
and qualified, or his or her death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. The Board of Directors is authorized
to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Triggering
Annual Meeting (as defined below), (a) the CPPIB Director Nominee and two (2) Independent Director Nominees shall serve as Class I
directors, (b) one (1) EQT Director Nominee, the Bain Director Nominee and two (2) Independent Director Nominees shall
serve as Class II directors, and (c) one (1) EQT Director Nominee, the CEO Director Nominee and one (1) Independent
Director Nominee shall serve as Class III directors; provided that, in the event that the EQT Stockholders have the right
to nominate only one (1) director pursuant to Section C(i) or (iv) of this Article VI, such EQT
Director Nominee shall serve as either a Class II or a Class III director, and in the event that the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB
Stockholders or the Bain Stockholders no longer have the right to nominate any director pursuant to this Article VI, the foregoing
shall not apply with respect to such stockholder.
C. (i) The
Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Corporation for election as directors
at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, a number of individuals designated
by the EQT Stockholders that, if elected, will result in the EQT Stockholders having a number of directors serving on the Board of Directors
as shown below:
Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the EQT Stockholders
as a Percentage of the then-outstanding Common
Stock of the Corporation |
Number of EQT
Director Nominees |
25% or greater |
2 |
5% or greater, but less than 25% |
1 |
Less than 5% |
0 |
For so long as the Board of Directors is divided
into three classes, the Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to apportion the EQT Director Nominees among such classes so as to
maintain the proportion of the EQT Director Nominees in each class as nearly as possible to the relative apportionment of the EQT Director
Nominees among the classes as contemplated in Article VI.B above.
(ii) The
Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Corporation for election as directors
at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, a number of individuals designated
by the CPPIB Stockholders that, if elected, will result in the CPPIB Stockholders having a number of directors serving on the Board of
Directors as shown below:
Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the CPPIB
Stockholders as a Percentage of the then-outstanding Common
Stock of the Corporation |
Number of CPPIB
Director Nominees |
5% or greater |
1 |
Less than 5% |
0 |
(iii) The
Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Corporation for election as directors
at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, a number of individuals designated
by the Bain Stockholders that, if elected, will result in the Bain Stockholders having a number of directors serving on the Board of
Directors as shown below:
Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Bain Stockholders
as a Percentage of the then-outstanding Common Stock of the
Corporation |
Number of Bain
Director Nominees |
5% or greater |
1 |
Less than 5% |
0 |
(iv) The
EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB Stockholders, or the Bain Stockholders, as applicable, shall have the exclusive right to (a) remove without
cause their respective nominees from the Board of Directors (and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or otherwise,
(x) any such director may be removed with or without cause, and (y) for so long as the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB Stockholders
or the Bain Stockholders have the right to nominate their respective directors, the shares of Common Stock held by the EQT Stockholders,
the CPPIB Stockholders, and the Bain Stockholders, as applicable, shall be the only shares entitled to vote on the removal without cause
of any of their respective nominees, and the shares of Common Stock owned by any holders as of the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to vote thereon shall have no voting rights on such matter), and the Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to facilitate
the removal of any such nominee from the Board of Directors at the request of the applicable party and (b) appoint to the Board of
Directors a director to fill any vacancy created by reason of death, removal, or resignation of their respective nominees to the Board
of Directors (and the Corporation shall take all Necessary Action to facilitate the appointment of the person designated by the applicable
party to fill any such vacancy). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI.C(iv), no party shall
have the right to designate a replacement director to fill any vacancy, and the Corporation shall not be required to take any action to
cause any such vacancy to be filled, if and to the extent the appointment of a designee by a party to the Board of Directors would result
in a number of directors nominated or designated by such party and then serving on the Board of Directors exceeding the number of directors
that such party is then entitled to nominate for membership on the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article VI.C.
D. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, immediately prior to the opening of the polls at the second annual meeting of stockholders after the date on which the
Institutional Investors collectively own less than 15% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors (such meeting, the “Triggering Annual Meeting”), the Board of Directors
shall cease to be divided into three classes as provided in Article VI.B above and, subject to the rights granted to the holders
of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, shall consist of a single class. At the Triggering Annual Meeting, and
at each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, all directors elected by a vote of the stockholders generally shall be elected to hold
office for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders, notwithstanding that any such director may have been previously
elected to a term extending beyond the Triggering Annual Meeting or any subsequent annual meeting.
E. Subject
to the rights granted to the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, the rights granted pursuant to the
Stockholders Agreement or the rights specified in this Article VI.E or Article VI.A or Article VI.C
above, any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy
occurring on the Board of Directors (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) shall be filled
only by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, by a sole remaining director, or by the stockholders;
provided, however, that, subject to the aforementioned rights granted to holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock,
the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement or rights specified in Article VI.C(iv), this Article VI.E
or Article VI.A above, at any time when the Institutional Investors collectively beneficially own, in the aggregate, less
than 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
any newly created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring
in the Board of Directors shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director (and not by stockholders). Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until
the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified,
or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chair, who
shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in the Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe;
provided that for so long as the EQT Stockholders continue to Beneficially Own at least twenty percent (20%) or more of the then-outstanding
Common Stock of the Corporation, the EQT Stockholders shall have the right to nominate, designate, and remove the chairperson of the Board
of Directors, subject to CPPIB Consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and provided,
further, that no person shall be qualified to serve as chairperson of the Board of Directors unless such person is an Independent
Director Nominee.
F. Any
or all of the directors (other than the directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, voting separately
as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) may be removed at any time either with or without cause
by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote thereon, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that at any time during the Protective Period, any
such director or all such directors may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3%
in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class;
provided, however, that this Article VI.F. shall be subject to the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders
Agreement and rights specified in Article VI.C(iv).
G. Elections
of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.
H. During
any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more series, have
the right to elect additional directors pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of
designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) with respect of such series, then upon commencement and for the duration of
the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall
automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the
additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until
such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates
pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification
or removal. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors
in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to
elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional
directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification
or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director shall thereupon cease to be qualified
as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced
accordingly.
I. As
used in this Article VI only, the term “Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person.
J. Subject
to applicable laws and stock exchange regulations, and subject to requisite independence requirements applicable to such committee, for
so long as the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB Stockholders, and the Bain Stockholders collectively Beneficially Own Common Stock representing
at least five percent (5%) of then-outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation, (i) the Bain Stockholders shall have the power to
appoint the Bain Director Nominee to the Audit Committee, (ii) the CPPIB Stockholder shall have the power to appoint the CPPIB Director
Nominee to each of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, (iii) the EQT Stockholders shall
have the power to appoint one (1) EQT Director Nominee to serve on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee; provided that (x) the foregoing shall not be deemed to limit the power of the Board of Directors to appoint any
person to any committee of the Board of Directors and (y) the power of the Bain Stockholders to appoint the Bain Director Nominee
to serve on the Audit Committee shall cease after the one (1)-year anniversary of the consummation of an initial public offering to the
extent the Bain Stockholders collectively Beneficially Own at least ten percent (10%) of then-outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation
on such date; provided that, in the event that the EQT Stockholders have the right to nominate only one (1) director pursuant
to Section C(i) or (iv) of this Article VI, the EQT Stockholders shall only have the power to cause the EQT
Director Nominee to serve on either the Compensation Committee or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, as chosen by the
EQT Stockholders at their option, and in the event that the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB Stockholders, or the Bain Stockholders, as applicable,
no longer have the right to nominate any director pursuant to this Article VI, the powers of the EQT Stockholders, the CPPIB
Stockholders, or the Bain Stockholders, as applicable, to make the appointments as provided in this Article VI(J) shall
cease.
K. For
purposes of this Article VI and Article IX, references to:
1. “Bain
Stockholders” shall mean, in each case only for so long as such Person or Permitted Transferee is a holder of Shares, (i) BCPE
DERBY INVESTOR, LP and (ii) their respective Permitted Transferees (other than the Corporation), as evidenced by an executed joinder
agreement to the Stockholders Agreement indicating that such Permitted Transferee will be a Bain Stockholder.
2. “Beneficially
Own” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or any successor act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
3. “CPPIB
Consent” shall mean the prior written consent of the CPPIB Stockholders holding a majority of the Shares held by the CPPIB Stockholders.
4. “CPPIB
Stockholders” shall mean, in each case only for so long as such Person or Permitted Transferee is a holder of Shares, (i) CPP
Investment Board Private Holdings (4) Inc. and (ii) their respective Permitted Transferees (other than the Corporation), as
evidenced by an executed joinder agreement to the Stockholders Agreement indicating that such Permitted Transferee will be a CPPIB Stockholder.
5. “EQT
Stockholders” shall mean, in each case only for so long as such Person or Permitted Transferee is a holder of Shares, (i) Derby
Luxco S.à r.l and (ii) their respective Permitted Transferees (other than the Corporation) who receive Shares from such Person
as evidenced by an executed joinder agreement to the Stockholders Agreement indicating that such Permitted Transferee will be an EQT Stockholder.
6. “Incentive
Plan” shall mean the Waystar Holding Corp. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, together with any other
compensatory stock plan adopted by the Corporation, as amended from time to time.
7. “Necessary
Action” shall mean all actions (to the extent such actions are not prohibited by applicable law and are within the Corporation’s
control, and in the case of any action that requires a vote or other action on the part of the Board of Directors to the extent such action
is consistent with fiduciary duties that the Corporation’s directors may have in such capacity) necessary to cause such result,
including (a) calling meetings of stockholders, (b) assisting in preparing or furnishing forms of ballots, proxies, consents
or similar instruments, if applicable, in each case, with respect to shares of Common Stock, and facilitating the collection or processing
of such ballots, proxies, consents or instruments, (c) executing agreements and instruments, (d) making, or causing to be made,
with any government, governmental department or agency, or political subdivision thereof, all filings, registrations, or similar actions
that are required to achieve such result, and (e) nominating or appointing, or taking steps to cause the nomination or appointment
of, certain Persons (including to fill vacancies) and providing the highest level of support for the election or appointment of such Persons
to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, including in connection with the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation.
8. “Options”
shall mean the options granted to certain stockholders under the Incentive Plan to purchase Shares on the terms set forth therein and
in the certificates and agreements issued pursuant thereto.
9. “Permitted
Transferee” shall mean any Person who shall have acquired and who shall hold Shares or Options pursuant to a permitted transfer
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Stockholders Agreement.
10. “Person”
shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization
or entity, or any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.
11. “Shares”
shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock held by stockholders of the Corporation from time to time, including upon exercise of any Options,
(ii) other equity securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries held by the stockholders or (iii) securities of the Corporation
or its Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, upon reclassification of, or as a dividend or distribution in respect of, the foregoing.
12. “Stockholders
Agreement” shall mean that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2024, by and among the Corporation, certain
affiliates of EQT AB (together with its Affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries),
“EQT”), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (together with its Affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns (other
than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), “CPPIB”), and certain investment funds of Bain Capital, LP and its affiliates
(“Bain,” together with EQT and CPPIB, the “Institutional Investors”), and certain other parties
named therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
ARTICLE VII
limitation
of director AND OFFICER liability
A. To
the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director or officer of the Corporation shall
not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation
or its stockholders. All references in this Article VII to a director shall also be deemed to refer to such other Person or
Persons, if any, who, pursuant to a provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation) in accordance
with Section 141(a) of the DGCL, exercise or perform any of the powers or duties otherwise conferred or imposed upon the Board
of Directors by the DGCL (any such person, a “141(a) Person”).
B. Neither
the amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, nor,
to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or
protection of a current or former director or officer of the Corporation or 141(a) Person existing at the time of such amendment,
repeal, adoption or modification.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSENT
OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING, ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGs OF STOCKHOLDERS
A. At
any time when the Institutional Investors collectively beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding
shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken
by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected
by any consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken
by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken
without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate(s) of
designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock.
B. Except
as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, at any time when the Institutional
Investors collectively beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose
or purposes may be called at any time by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall
be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of at least two of the Institutional Investors. Except as otherwise required
by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, when the Institutional Investors collectively beneficially
own, in the aggregate, less than 40% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any
time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
C. An
annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as shall be fixed
exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.
ARTICLE IX
competition
and corporate opportunities
A. In
recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, principals, officers, employees, and/or other representatives of EQT, CPPIB,
and/or Bain may serve as directors, officers, or agents of the Corporation, (ii) EQT, CPPIB, and/or Bain may now engage and may continue
to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may
engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may
engage, and (iii) members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Corporation (“Non-Employee Directors”)
and their respective affiliates (as defined below) may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related
lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap
with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article IX
are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of
business opportunities as they may involve any of EQT, CPPIB, Bain, the Non-Employee Directors, or their respective Affiliates and the
powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers, and stockholders in connection therewith.
B. None
of (i) EQT, CPPIB, or Bain, or (ii) any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer
of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) or his or her Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) identified
in (i) and (ii) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified
Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging
in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes
to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary
duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business
opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided
in Section (D) of this Article IX. Subject to said Section (D) of this Article IX, in the
event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter or business opportunity which may be a
corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, have no fiduciary duty or other duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate, present, or offer such
transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall
not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty or other
duty (contractual or otherwise) as a stockholder, director, or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified
Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, offers or directs such corporate opportunity to
another Person, or does not present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.
C. Neither
the Corporation nor any its Affiliates has or shall have any rights in and to the business ventures of any Identified Person, or the income
or profits derived therefrom, and the Corporation, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates, hereby renounces any interest or
expectancy therein. The Corporation further agrees that each of the Identified Persons may do business with any potential or actual customer
or supplier of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and may employ or otherwise engage any officer or employee of the Corporation
or any of its Affiliates.
D. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including
any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of this Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely
in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of Section (B) or (C) of this Article IX
shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.
E. In
addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a
potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially
or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business
or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.
F. For
purposes of this Article IX, “Affiliate” shall mean (i) in respect of EQT, any Person that, directly
or indirectly, is controlled by EQT, controls EQT, or is under common control with EQT and shall include any principal, member, director,
manager, partner, stockholder, officer, employee, or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any
entity that is controlled by the Corporation), (ii) in respect of CPPIB, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by
CPPIB, controls CPPIB, or is under common control with CPPIB and shall include any principal, member, director, manager, partner, stockholder,
officer, employee, or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the
Corporation), (iii) in respect of Bain, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by Bain, controls Bain, or is under
common control with Bain and shall include any principal, member, director, manager, partner, stockholder, officer, employee, or other
representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), (iv) in
respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by such Non-Employee Director
(other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), and (v) in respect of the Corporation, any Person
that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation.
G. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation
shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX. Neither the alteration, amendment,
addition to or repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (including
any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) inconsistent with this Article IX, shall eliminate
or reduce the effect of this Article IX in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring,
or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment,
addition, repeal or adoption.
ARTICLE X
DGCL
SECTION 203 AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
A. The
Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
B. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Common
Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below)
for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:
1. prior
to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming
an interested stockholder, or
2. upon
consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned
at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for
purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those
shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants
do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer,
or
3. at
or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting
of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation
that is not owned by the interested stockholder, or
4. the
stockholder became an interested stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divested itself of ownership of sufficient
shares so that the stockholder ceased to be an interested stockholder and (ii) was not, at any time within the three-year period
immediately prior to a business combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent
acquisition of ownership.
C. For
purposes of this Article X, references to:
1. “affiliate”
means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, another person.
2. “associate,”
when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other
entity of which such person is a director, officer, or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of
voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person
serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse,
who has the same residence as such person.
3. “business
combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:
(i) any
merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested
stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation
is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section (B) of this Article X
is not applicable to the surviving entity;
(ii) any
sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately
as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of
the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value
equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the
aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;
(iii) any
transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the
Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise,
exchange, or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary
which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of
the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange, or conversion of securities exercisable
for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all
holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant
to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance
or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided, however, that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection
(iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of
the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);
(iv) any
transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that has the effect, directly
or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of
any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary that is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial
changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or
indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or
(v) any
receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation),
of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i)-(iv) above)
provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.
4. “control,”
including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with,”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person,
whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding
voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity,
in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall
not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article X, as
an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian, or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such
entity.
5. “Institutional
Investor Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any Institutional
Investor or any of its successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under
Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.
6. “Institutional
Investor Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any
Institutional Investor Direct Transferee or any other Institutional Investor Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of
the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.
7. “interested
stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation)
that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate
of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year
period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder; and the
affiliates and associates of such person; but “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) any Institutional Investor,
any Institutional Investor Direct Transferee, any Institutional Investor Indirect Transferee or any of their respective affiliates or
successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the
Exchange Act, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action
taken solely by the Corporation, provided that in the case of clause (b) such person shall be an interested stockholder if
thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not
caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting
stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition
of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation that may be issuable pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
8. “owner,”
including the terms “own,” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that
individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:
(i) beneficially
owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or
(ii) has
(a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to
any agreement, arrangement, or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;
provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer
made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange;
or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding; provided, however, that
a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement,
or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation
made to ten (10) or more persons; or
(iii) has
any agreement, arrangement, or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy
or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially
owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.
9. “person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other entity.
10. “stock”
means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.
11. “voting
stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity
that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every
reference in this Article X to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
A. If
any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any
circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality, and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance
and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of
this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
(ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation,
each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable)
shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees, and agents from personal liability in
respect of their good faith service or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.
B. Unless
the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if such
court does not have subject matter jurisdiction another state or federal court (as appropriate) located within the State of Delaware)
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought
on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director,
officer or other employee, or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, creditors or
other constituents, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer, employee,
or stockholder of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (as
either may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Unless the Corporation consents
in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United
States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the federal
securities laws of the United States of America. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise
acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the
provisions of this Article XI(B).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Waystar Holding Corp. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by
its duly authorized officer on this 10th day of June, 2024.
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Waystar Holding Corp. |
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/s/ Matthew R.
A. Heiman |
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Matthew R. A. Heiman |
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Chief Legal and Administrative Officer |
[Signature Page to Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]
Exhibit 4.2
Amended
AND RESTATED
bylaws
of WAYSTAR HOLDING CORP.
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ARTICLE I
Offices
SECTION 1.01 Registered
Office. The registered office and registered agent of Waystar Holding Corp. (the “Corporation”) in the State of
Delaware shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) from time to time. The Corporation may also have
offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”)
may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders
SECTION 2.01 Annual
Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at
such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole
discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote
communication, including by webcast, as described in Section 2.11 of these Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”)
in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule, or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.02 Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Corporation’s certificate of
incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”)
and may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors
or the Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Chairman”) shall determine and state in the notice of such meeting.
The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that special meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but
may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as described in Section 2.11 of these Bylaws in accordance with Section 211(a)(2) of
the DGCL. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule, or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board
of Directors or the Chairman; provided, however, that with respect to any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled
by the Board of Directors or the Chairman at the request of the Institutional Investors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation),
the Board of Directors shall not postpone, reschedule or cancel such special meeting without the prior written consent of the Institutional
Investors.
SECTION 2.03 Notice
of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(A) Annual
Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made
at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation),
(b) as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, (c) subject to the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and Certificate
of Incorporation pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04
of Article II of these Bylaws, (d) subject to the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and Certificate of Incorporation
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, or (e) subject to the provisions of the Stockholders
Agreement and Certificate of Incorporation by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who, subject
to paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, complied with the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of
this Section 2.03 and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Chief Legal & Administrative
Officer of the Corporation.
(2) For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (e) of paragraph
(A)(1) of this Section 2.03, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Chief Legal &
Administrative Officer of the Corporation, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall
be delivered to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the one hundred and twentieth (120th)
day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s
first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) are first publicly
traded, be deemed to have occurred on May 24, 2024); provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from the anniversary date of the previous
year’s meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered
not earlier than the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business
on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day
on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate
for election at the annual meeting on such stockholder’s own behalf (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice of on behalf
of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial
owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting. Public announcement of an adjournment or postponement
of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of
Directors at an annual meeting is increased after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under this Section and
there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board
of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders,
then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any
new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation not
later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made
by the Corporation.
(3) A
stockholder’s notice delivered pursuant to this Section 2.03(A) shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant
to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement and accompanying
proxy card and to serving as a director if elected, (iii) a questionnaire completed and signed by such person (in the form to be
provided by the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer upon written request of any stockholder of record within ten (10) days
of such request) with respect to the background and qualification of such proposed nominee and the background of any other person or entity
on whose behalf the nomination is being made, and (iv) a written representation and agreement (in the form to be provided by the
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer upon written request of any stockholder of record within ten (10) days of such request)
that such proposed nominee (A) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not
given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation,
will act or vote on any issue or question that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or that could limit or interfere with such proposed
nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding
with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification
in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, and (C) would
be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with, all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance,
code of conduct and ethics, conflict of interest, confidentiality, corporate opportunities, trading and any other policies and guidelines
of the Corporation applicable to directors; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting,
a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text
of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language
of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as
they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares
of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial
owner, including any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such stockholder and such beneficial
owner or any of its affiliates or associates has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, (iii) a representation
that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice, will be entitled to
vote at such meeting and will appear in person (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes remote appearance at virtual meetings) or
by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner,
if any, will be or is part of a group that will (x) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage
of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee
and/or (y) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and/or (z) solicit
proxies in support of any proposed nominee in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act, (v) a certification
regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements
in connection with (x) the stockholder’s and/or beneficial owner’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities
of the Corporation and/or (y) the stockholder’s and/or the beneficial owner’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the
Corporation, and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in
a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or
for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect
to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder
giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates
or associates and/or any other person (collectively, “proponent persons”), including, in the case of a nomination,
the nominee, including any agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to any compensation or payments to be paid to any such
proposed nominee(s), pertaining to the nomination(s) or other business proposed to be brought before the meeting of stockholders
(which description shall identify the name of each other person who is party to such an agreement, arrangement or understanding); (e) a
description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including without limitation any contract to purchase or sell, acquisition
or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell, swap or other instrument) to which any proponent person is a party, the
intent or effect of which may be (i) to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of any security of the Corporation, (ii) to increase or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect
to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or (iii) to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly,
with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease
in the value of any security of the Corporation; (f) a description of any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given in response to
a public proxy solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship
pursuant to which such stockholder or beneficial owner has or shares a right, directly or indirectly, to vote any shares of any class
or series of capital stock of the Corporation; (g) a description of any agreement, arrangement our understanding with respect to
rights to dividends or other distributions on the shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, directly or indirectly,
owned beneficially by such stockholder or beneficial owner that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;
(h) a description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder or beneficial owner, directly
or indirectly, is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation or any interests described in clause (c)(iv) of this Section 2.03(A)(3); and (i) the names and addresses of
other stockholders and beneficial owners known by any stockholder giving the notice (and/or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the nomination or proposal is made) to support financially such nomination or proposal, and to the extent known, the class and number
of all shares of the Corporation’s capital stock owned beneficially and/or of record by such other stockholder(s) and beneficial
owner(s). A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or other business proposed to
be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (A)(3) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.03 of these
Bylaws) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required
to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (x) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice
of the meeting and (y) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof,
provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days
prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such record date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this Section 2.03(A)(3) or any other
section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any stockholder’s notice,
including, without limitation, any representation required herein, extend any applicable deadlines under these Bylaws or enable or be
deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted a stockholder’s notice under these Bylaws to amend or update any proposal
or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding nominees, matters, business and/or resolutions proposed to be brought before
a meeting of stockholders. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of any update and supplement required to
be made as of the record date for notice of the meeting, not later than five (5) days after the later of such record date and the
public announcement of such record date and (ii) in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days
prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof, not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably
require to determine whether the proposed nominee is qualified under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or
regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or any law or regulation applicable to the Corporation, to serve as a
director of the Corporation and to determine the independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder
and applicable stock exchange rules.
(B) Special
Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before
the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. At any time that the stockholders are not prohibited from filling vacancies
or newly created directorships on the Board of Directors, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors to fill any vacancy
or unfilled newly created directorship may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which any proposal to fill any vacancy or unfilled
newly created directorship is to be presented to the stockholders (1) as provided in the Stockholders Agreement, (2) as provided
in the Certificate of Incorporation, (3) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, subject
to the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and Certificate of Incorporation or (4) provided that the Board of Directors has
determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, subject to the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and Certificate of
Incorporation by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such matters, who (subject to paragraph
(C)(4) of this Section 2.03) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 and who is a stockholder
of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation. The number of
nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting on such stockholder’s own behalf (or in the case of a stockholder
giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting
on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such special meeting. In the event a special
meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to fill any vacancy or newly created directorship
on the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the
case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting if the stockholder’s
notice as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.03 shall be delivered to the Chief Legal & Administrative
Officer at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior
to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special
meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the Corporation first makes a public announcement of the date of
the special meeting at which directors are to be elected. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement
of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described
above.
(C) General.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (C)(4) of this Section 2.03, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement shall be eligible to
serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought
before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting (and in advance of the meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors or authorized
committee thereof) shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the
power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the
case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case
may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation
as required by clause (A)(3)(c)(iv) of this Section 2.03) and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with
these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The date and time of the opening and the closing
of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the
meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders
as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors,
the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting,
to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for
the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the
chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business
for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations
on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted
proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the
time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative
of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business,
such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that such proposal or nomination
is set forth in the notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been
received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a
person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder
or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such
person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at
the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, the meeting
of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in these Bylaws, unless otherwise required by law, if any stockholder or proponent person (i) provides notice pursuant
to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to any proposed nominee and (ii) subsequently fails to
comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient
to satisfy the Corporation that such stockholder has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange
Act in accordance with the following sentence), then the nomination of each such proposed nominee shall be disregarded, notwithstanding
that the nominee is included as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials for any
annual meeting (or any supplement thereto) and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of the election of such proposed nominees
may have been received by the Corporation (which proxies and votes shall be disregarded). If any stockholder or proponent person provides
notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation, no
later than five (5) business days prior to the date of the meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof, reasonable evidence
that it or such Stockholder Associated Person has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(2) Whenever
used in these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation,
provided such press release is released by the Corporation following its customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News
Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire, or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet news
sites, or (b) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13,
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(3) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided,
however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as
to any other business to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws (including paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03),
and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(d) and (B) of this Section 2.03 of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for
a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders
of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances pursuant to any applicable provision of the Certificate
of Incorporation.
(4) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, for as long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect with respect
to the Institutional Investors, the Institutional Investors (to the extent then subject to the Stockholders Agreement) shall not be subject
to the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2), (A)(3) or (B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual
or special meeting of stockholders. In addition, so long as certain stockholders shall have the right to nominate directors pursuant to
the Certificate of Incorporation, such stockholders shall no be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (A)(2), (A)(3) or
(B) of this Section 2.03 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders with respect to the directors such stockholders
are entitled to nominate pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 2.04 Notice
of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic
transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time
of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person
and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different
from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes
for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed or transmitted electronically by the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of
the Corporation to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled
to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting
shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to
vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
SECTION 2.05 Quorum.
Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s
securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series
is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to
organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.
SECTION 2.06 Voting.
Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at
any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder that has voting power upon
the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action without
a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided under Section 212(c) of
the DGCL or as otherwise provided under applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from
its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and
only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy
that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Certificate of Incorporation
or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a
vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy. When
a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present
in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless
the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable
to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these
Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, (i) all elections of directors shall be determined by a
plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on
the election of directors and (ii) the vote of holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock
of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be required for the stockholders to amend these Bylaws.
SECTION 2.07 Chairman
of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or disability or refusal to act,
the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (the “Chief Executive Officer”), or in the absence, disability or refusal
to act of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall
be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.
SECTION 2.08 Secretary
of Meetings. The Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders.
In the absence, disability, or refusal to act of the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, the Chief Executive Officer or the
chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as secretary at such meetings.
SECTION 2.09 Consent
of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders
of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote only to the extent permitted by and in the
manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 2.10 Adjournment.
At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding
a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, shall
have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time (including to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using
remote communication) without notice of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communication,
if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed present in person and may vote at such meeting are (i) announced at
the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic
network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication, or (iii) set
forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with Section 2.04. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that
might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination
of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders
entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote
at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.
SECTION 2.11 Remote
Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the
Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote
communication:
(A) participate in a meeting
of stockholders; and
(B) be deemed present in
person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,
provided,
that
(1) the Corporation shall
implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication
is a stockholder or proxyholder;
(2) the Corporation shall
implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and
to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially
concurrently with such proceedings; and
(3) if any stockholder
or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall
be maintained by the Corporation.
SECTION 2.12 Inspectors
of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors
of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof.
The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that
no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or
more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an
oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector
or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding
and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting
and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a
record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the
number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots.
Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting
of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted
by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
SECTION 2.13 Delivery
to the Corporation. Whenever Section 2.03 requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) other
than any party to the Stockholders Agreement to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent
thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), except as otherwise
requested or consented to by the Corporation, such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission)
and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so
delivered.
ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
SECTION 3.01 Powers.
Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation
and do all such lawful acts and things as are not, by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, directed or required to be exercised
or done by the stockholders.
SECTION 3.02 Number
and Term; Chairman. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors shall be fixed exclusively by resolution
of the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting, and the term of each director so elected
shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings
of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer (if the Chief Executive Officer is a director and is not also the Chairman) shall preside at such meeting, and, if the
Chief Executive Officer is not present at such meeting or is not a director, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall
elect one of their members to preside over such meeting.
SECTION 3.03 Resignations.
Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman,
the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect
at the time or upon the happening of any event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. The
acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.
SECTION 3.04 Removal.
Directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
SECTION 3.05 Vacancies
and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation
and the Stockholders Agreement, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification,
removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the
next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified,
or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
SECTION 3.06 Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board
of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman or as provided by
the Certificate of Incorporation, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
of the Corporation if directed by a majority of the directors then in office and shall be at such places and times as they or he or she
shall fix. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least twenty four (24) hours before each special
meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone)
of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and
all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
SECTION 3.07 Quorum,
Voting and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a majority of the
total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.08 Committees;
Committee Rules. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, including but not limited to an Audit Committee, a Compensation
Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each such committee shall be comprised of one or more of the directors
of the Corporation, subject to any requirements set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Stockholders Agreement. The Board
of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such
committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs
of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee
shall have the power or authority to: (a) approve, adopt, or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter (other than the election
or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopt, amend, or repeal
any provisions of these Bylaws. All committees of the Board of Directors shall keep minutes of their meetings and shall report their proceedings
to the Board of Directors when requested or required by the Board of Directors. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own
rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of
the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority
of the members of the committee then serving shall be necessary to constitute a quorum unless there are only one or two members then serving,
in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at
a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and
that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified,
the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute
a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified
member.
SECTION 3.09 Action
Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors
or any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the
consent or consents, or electronic transmission or transmissions, shall be filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors
in accordance with applicable law. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic
form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
SECTION 3.10 Remote
Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated
by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications
equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 3.11 Compensation.
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for
services to the Corporation in any capacity.
SECTION 3.12 Reliance
on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall,
in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon
such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees,
or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
SECTION 4.01 Number.
The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, each of whom
shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and
until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may
elect one or more Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents,
a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and any other additional officers as the
Board of Directors deems necessary or advisable, who shall hold their respective offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers
and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
SECTION 4.02 Other
Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their
office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.03 Chief
Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the business and affairs
of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities
or that are delegated to the Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman or
in the absence, inability, or refusal to act of such elected person to act as the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise
all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman, but only if the Chief Executive Officer is a director of the Corporation.
He or she shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation and shall have general supervision
and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation.
SECTION 4.04 Presidents
and Vice Presidents. Each President and each Vice President, if any are appointed, of whom one or more may be designated an Executive
Vice President or Senior Vice President, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the
Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.05 Chief
Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any is appointed, shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences
of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of
the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Chief
Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. The Chief Financial Officer shall render
to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation.
If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his
or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
In addition, the Chief Financial
Officer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer as from time to
time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.06 Chief
Legal & Administrative Officer. The Chief Legal & Administrative Officer shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings
of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to
be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books, and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation
are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when
and as required. The Chief Legal & Administrative Officer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed
from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.07 Assistant
Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are appointed, shall be vested
with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Legal & Administrative Officer,
respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall
otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties
as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.08 Corporate
Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the
Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by
the Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.09 Contracts
and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer,
or such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific
authority in the premises by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, shall have power
to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances and contracts, and any and all other documents requiring execution
by the Corporation.
SECTION 4.10 Ownership
of Stock of Another Entity. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, or the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, or such other officer or agent as shall
be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any
meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of
the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting,
including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation.
SECTION 4.11 Delegation
of Duties. In the absence, disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors
may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.
SECTION 4.12 Resignation
and Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors.
Any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or other officer of the Corporation (other than the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer) may also be removed by the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer whenever, in his or her judgment, the
best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03
of these Bylaws.
SECTION 4.13 Vacancies.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.
ARTICLE V
Stock
SECTION 5.01 Shares
With Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated and shall not be represented by certificates, except
to the extent as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors. If shares of stock of the Corporation
shall be certificated, such certificates shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name
of the Corporation by, any two authorized officers of the Corporation (it being understood that each of the Chairman (if an officer),
the Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Chief Legal &
Administrative Officer, and an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall be an authorized officer for such purpose), certifying the
number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a
facsimile or other electronic signature as permitted by applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or
more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require stock certificates
to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars.
SECTION 5.02 Shares
Without Certificates. So long as the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates in accordance with Section 5.01,
the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates,
send the stockholder a statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation
and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of
such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 5.03 Transfer
of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly
authorized attorneys or legal representatives, in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, and in these Bylaws,
upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge
of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if
the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a
certificate shall be transferred in accordance with any procedures adopted by the Corporation or its agents and applicable law. A record
shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be
so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated shares
requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Corporation shall have power and
authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of
certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.
SECTION 5.04 Lost,
Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any
certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion,
require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in
such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection
therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the
Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation,
the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it
in connection therewith.
SECTION 5.05 List
of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, no later than the tenth (10th) day before each meeting
of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, that if the record
date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall
reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open
to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of ten (10) days ending on the day before
the meeting date (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided that the information required to gain access
to such list is provided with the notice of meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of
the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may
take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided
by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required
by this Section 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 5.06 Fixing
Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.
(A) In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof,
the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60)
nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the
record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it
fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no
record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting
of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived,
at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled
to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such
case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
(B) In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record
date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which
the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
(C) Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express
consent to corporate action without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten
(10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date
for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (a) when
no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed
consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and
(b) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business
on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
SECTION 5.07 Registered
Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification
to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation
may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications
and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation
shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether
or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.
ARTICLE VI
Notice and Waiver of Notice
SECTION 6.01 Notice.
If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder
at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and if given by any other form, including any form
of electronic transmission, permitted by the DGCL, shall be deemed given as provided in the DGCL. Without limiting the manner by which
notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner
provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.
SECTION 6.02 Waiver
of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person,
whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required
to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any
meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance for the express purpose of objecting
at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification
SECTION 7.01 Right
to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”),
by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer
of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan
(hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee,
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter
be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, if permitted, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide
broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability
and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually
and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided
in Section 7.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any
compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding
(or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Any
reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article VII shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Legal & Administrative Officer of the Corporation appointed pursuant to
Article IV of these Bylaws, and to any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, or other officer of the Corporation
appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, including, without limitation, any “executive officer”
or “Section 16 officer,” and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors or equivalent
governing body of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of
such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is
or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan,
or other enterprise, but not an officer thereof as described in the preceding sentence, has been given or has used the title of “Vice
President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be such an officer of the Corporation
or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise shall not result in such person
being constituted as, or being deemed to be, such an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article VII.
SECTION 7.02 Right
to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.01, an indemnitee shall also have
the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating
in or defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce
a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VII (which shall be governed by Section 7.03 (hereinafter
an “advancement of expenses”)); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advancement
of expenses made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, an advancement
of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity
in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made
solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right
to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under Sections
7.01 and 7.02 or otherwise.
SECTION 7.03 Right
of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.01 or 7.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) sixty
(60) days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation or (b) thirty (30) days after a claim for
an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation
to recover the unpaid amount of the claim or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
if the indemnitee is successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement
of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending
such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee
to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification
set forth in the DGCL, and in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking,
the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard
for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such
action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement
of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such
action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought
by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover
an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified,
or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
SECTION 7.04 Indemnification
Not Exclusive.
(A) The
provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VII, or the entitlement
of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in
any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by law or
be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs
may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s
capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.
(B) Given
that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer
of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Corporation shall be fully and primarily
responsible for the payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines
and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws of the Corporation (or any other agreement between the Corporation and such persons, as applicable) in connection with any such
jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Article VII, irrespective of any right of recovery
the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Any obligation on the part of any indemnitee-related entities to indemnify
or advance expenses to any indemnitee shall be secondary to the Corporation’s obligation and shall be reduced by any amount that
the indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement from the Corporation. The Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and
releases the indemnitee-related entities from any and all claims it may have against the indemnitee-related entities for contribution,
subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation be entitled to any right
of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from
the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation hereunder.
In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement
of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to
the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute
all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution
of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each
of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII,
entitled to enforce this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII.
For purposes of this Section 7.04(B) of
Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) The term “indemnitee-related
entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request,
to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee
may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have
an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).
(2) The term “jointly
indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which
the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the indemnitee-related entities and the Corporation
pursuant to Delaware law, any agreement or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate
of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities,
as applicable.
SECTION 7.05 Corporate
Obligations; Reliance. The rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this Article VII shall vest at the time a person becomes
a director or officer of the Corporation and shall be deemed to create a binding contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation
to the persons who from time to time are elected as officers or directors of the Corporation, and such persons in acting in their capacities
as officers or directors of the Corporation or any subsidiary shall be entitled to rely on such provisions of this Article VII without
giving notice thereof to the Corporation. Such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and
shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this
Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate,
or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act
that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
SECTION 7.06 Insurance.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
SECTION 7.07 Indemnification
of Employees and Agents of the Corporation and Others. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board
of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any
person (in addition to an indemnitee) serving at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of any other
enterprise to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses
of indemnitees hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 8.01 Electronic
Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving
the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including
one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient
thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
SECTION 8.02 Corporate
Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge
of the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates
of the seal may be kept and used by the Chief Financial Officer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
SECTION 8.03 Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on such day as the Board of Directors may designate.
SECTION 8.04 Section Headings.
Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting
or otherwise construing any provision herein.
SECTION 8.05 Inconsistent
Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation,
the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency
but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
SECTION 9.01 Amendments.
The Board of Directors is authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or
vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, at any time
during the Protective Period (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or
series of capital stock of the Corporation required by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating
to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote
of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon,
voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind,
in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, this Section 9.01) or to adopt any provision inconsistent
herewith.
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Exhibit 4.6
Waystar
Holding Corp.
2024 Equity Incentive Plan
1. Purpose.
The purpose of the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and the other
members of the Company Group may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees,
consultants, and advisors of the Company and the other members of the Company Group can acquire and maintain an equity interest in
the Company, or be paid incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their
commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s
stockholders.
2. Definitions.
The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) “Adjustment
Event” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10(a) of the Plan.
(b) “Affiliate”
means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. The term “control”
(including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to
any 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 or other securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(c) “Applicable
Law” means each applicable law, rule, regulation, and requirement, including, but not limited to, each applicable U.S. federal,
state, or local law, any rule or regulation of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities
of the Company may be listed or quoted and each applicable law, rule, or regulation of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards
are granted under the Plan or Participants reside or provide services, as each such law, rule, and regulation shall be in effect from
time to time.
(d) “Award”
means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock,
Restricted Stock Unit, and Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan.
(e) “Award
Agreement” means the document or documents by which each Award is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form.
(f) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) “Cause”
means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Cause,” as defined in any
employment, severance, consulting, or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time
of such Termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment, severance, consulting, or other similar agreement (or the absence
of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), the Participant’s (A) willful neglect in the performance of the
Participant’s duties for the Service Recipient or willful or repeated failure or refusal to perform such duties; (B) engagement
in conduct in connection with the Participant’s employment or service with the Service Recipient, which results in, or could reasonably
be expected to result in, material harm to the business or reputation of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group;
(C) conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, (I) any felony (or similar crime in any non-U.S. jurisdiction for Participant’s
outside the U.S.) or (II) any other crime that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material harm to the business
or reputation of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group; (D) material violation of the written policies of
the Service Recipient, including, but not limited to, those relating to sexual harassment, or those set forth in the manuals or statements
of policy of the Service Recipient; (E) fraud, misappropriation, or embezzlement related to the Service Recipient or any other member
of the Company Group; (F) act of personal dishonesty that involves personal profit in connection with the Participant’s employment
or service to the Service Recipient; or (G) engagement in any Detrimental Activity; provided, in any case, that a Participant’s
resignation after an event that would be grounds for a Termination for Cause will be treated as a Termination for Cause hereunder.
(h) “Change
in Control” means:
(i) the
acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, combination, or other similar transaction) by any Person, other than a Permitted
Holder, of Equity Interests of the Company representing more than fifty (50%) (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the Outstanding
Common Stock or (B) the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; provided, however, that for purposes of the Plan, the following
acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate; (II) any acquisition
by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; or (III) in respect of an Award held by a particular
Participant, any acquisition by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant
or any group of Persons including the Participant);
(ii) the
consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar corporate transaction involving the Company that
requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following
such Business Combination: more than fifty (50%) of the total voting power of (A) the entity resulting from such Business Combination
(the “Surviving Company”) or (B) if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial
ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of
the Surviving Company, is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business
Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant
to such Business Combination); or
(iii) the
sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company Group (taken as a whole) to any Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Company, other than a Permitted Holder.
Notwithstanding the preceding
or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person shall not be deemed to beneficially own any stock (x) to
be acquired by such Person pursuant to an equity 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 such stock in
connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement or (y) solely as a result of a veto or approval rights in any joint
venture agreement, shareholder agreement, investor rights agreement or similar agreement, (ii) a Person will not be deemed to beneficially
own stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of equity interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent entity
(or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the voting stock of such parent entity, (iii) the
right to acquire stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of such stock subject to such right) or any
veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner of such stock
and (iv) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company, directly
or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group
or any other member of such group.
(i) “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall
be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to
such section, regulations or guidance.
(j) “Committee”
means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof or, if no such Compensation Committee or
subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(k) “Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common
Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(l) “Company”
means Waystar Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(m) “Company
Group” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n) “Date
of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(o) “Designated
Foreign Subsidiaries” means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the United States of America.
(p) “Detrimental
Activity” means any of the following: (i) unauthorized disclosure or use of any confidential or proprietary information
of any member of the Company Group; (ii) any activity that would be grounds to terminate the Participant’s employment or service
with the Service Recipient for Cause; (iii) a breach by the Participant of any restrictive covenant by which such Participant is
bound, including, without limitation, any covenant not to compete or not to solicit, in any agreement with any member of the Company Group;
or (iv) the Participant’s fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities, in each case, as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(q) “Disability”
means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Disability,” as defined in
any employment, severance, consulting, or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time
of Termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment, severance, consulting, or other similar agreement (or the absence of
any definition of “Disability” contained therein), a condition entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term
disability plan of the Service Recipient or other member of the Company Group in which such Participant is eligible to participate, or,
in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability of the Participant by reason of illness or accident to perform the
duties of the position at which the Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability
exists in the absence of a long-term disability plan shall be made by the Company (or its designee) in its sole and absolute discretion.
(r) “Effective
Date” means June 6, 2024.
(s) “Eligible
Person” means: any (i) individual employed by any member of the Company Group; provided, however, that no such U.S.
employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set
forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of any member of the
Company Group; or (iii) consultant or advisor to any member of the Company Group, or any other Person, in each case, who may be offered
securities registrable pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act (or, for consultants or advisors
outside of the U.S., can be offered securities consistent with Applicable Law).
(t) “Equity
Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
(u) “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section
of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations, or other interpretative guidance
under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(v) “Exercise
Price” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(w) “Fair
Market Value” means, as of any date, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock, as reasonably determined by the Company
and consistently applied for purposes of the Plan, which may include, without limitation, the closing sales price on the trading day immediately
prior to or on such date, or a trailing average of previous closing prices prior to such date.
(x) “GAAP”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(y) “Grant
Date Fair Market Value” means, as of a Date of Grant, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange,
the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date,
or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common
Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis, the average
between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding
date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer
quotation system on a last-sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common
Stock; provided, however, as to any Awards granted on or with a Date of Grant of the date of the pricing of the Company’s
initial public offering, “Grant Date Fair Market Value” shall be equal to the per share price at which the Common Stock is
offered to the public in connection with such initial public offering.
(z) “Immediate
Family Member” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12(b)(ii) of the Plan.
(aa) “Incentive
Stock Option” means an Option which is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422
of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.
(bb) “Indemnifiable
Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(cc) “Management
Investors” means current and/or former directors, officers, partners, members and employees of the Company, any parent entity
thereof and/or any of their respective subsidiaries who are (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) holders of
Equity Interests of the Company or any such parent entity or subsidiary on the Effective Date.
(dd) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not
an employee of any member of the Company Group.
(ee) “Nonqualified
Stock Option” means an Option which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(ff) “Option”
means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.
(gg) “Option
Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan.
(hh) “Other
Equity-Based Award” means an Award that is not an Option, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Unit, that is granted under
Section 9 of the Plan and is (i) payable by delivery of Common Stock and/or (ii) measured by reference to the value of
Common Stock.
(ii) “Outstanding
Common Stock” means the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, the exercise of any similar right
to acquire such Common Stock, and the exercise or settlement of then-outstanding Awards (or similar awards under any prior equity incentive
plans maintained by the Company).
(jj) “Outstanding
Company Voting Securities” means the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors.
(kk) “Participant”
means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and granted an Award pursuant to the Plan.
(ll) “Performance
Conditions” means specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more members of the Company Group, divisions
or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, or any combination of the
foregoing), which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis, including, without limitation, the following measures:
(i) net earnings, net income (before or after taxes), or consolidated net income; (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before
or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross
profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return
on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, but not
limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, or cash flow return on capital), which may be but are not required to be measured on
a per share basis; (viii) actual or adjusted earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation, and/or amortization (including
EBIT and EBITDA); (ix) gross or net operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, but not limited
to, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xii) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense
savings; (xiii) operating efficiency; (xiv) objective measures of customer/client satisfaction; (xv) working capital targets;
(xvi) measures of economic value added or other ‘value creation’ metrics; (xvii) enterprise value; (xviii) sales;
(xix) stockholder return; (xx) customer/client retention; (xxi) competitive market metrics; (xxii) employee retention;
(xxiii) objective measures of personal targets, goals, or completion of projects (including, but not limited to, succession and hiring
projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions,
expansions of specific business operations, and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxiv) comparisons of continuing operations
to other operations; (xxv) market share; (xxvi) cost of capital, debt leverage, year-end cash position, or book value; (xxvii) strategic
objectives; (xxviii) gross or net authorizations; (xxix) backlog; or (xxx) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or
more of the aforementioned performance criteria may be stated as a percentage of another performance criteria, or used on an absolute
or relative basis to measure the performance of one or more members of the Company Group as a whole or any divisions or operational and/or
business units, product lines, brands, business segments, or administrative departments of the Company and/or one or more members of the
Company Group or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above performance criteria may be compared
to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion,
deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices.
(mm) “Permitted
Holder” means (i) the Sponsor, (ii) the Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees, and (iii) any group
of which the Persons described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) are members and any other member of such group; provided, that
the Persons described in clauses (i) and (ii), without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, collectively
own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the Equity Interests of the Company held by such group and (iv) any employee benefit
plan of the Company or its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of
any such plan.
(nn) “Permitted
Transferees” means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (i) such
Person’s Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants
and (ii) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Person’s heirs, legatees, executors and/or administrators upon
the death of such Person and any other Person who was an affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death,
directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests of the Company.
(oo) “Person”
means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect
on the Effective Date).
(pp) “Plan”
means this Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
(qq) “Plan
Share Reserve” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6(a) of the Plan.
(rr) “Qualifying
Director” means a Person who is, with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act.
(ss) “Restricted
Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions, including vesting
conditions.
(tt) “Restricted
Stock” means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that
the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 8
of the Plan.
(uu) “Restricted
Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities, or other property,
subject to certain restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed
or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(vv) “Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated
under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations, or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule,
and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations, or guidance.
(ww) “Service
Recipient” means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original
recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such original recipient provides,
or following a Termination was most recently providing, services, as applicable.
(xx) “SAR
Base Price” means, as to any Stock Appreciation Right, the price per share of Common Stock designated as the base value above
which appreciation in value is measured.
(yy) “Sponsor”
means EQT AB, its affiliates and any funds, partnerships, co-investment entities and other investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled
thereby or by one or more directors thereof or under common control therewith (other than any portfolio company of any of the foregoing).
(zz) “Stock
Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Other-Equity Based Award designated in an applicable Award Agreement
as a stock appreciation right.
(aaa) “Sub-Plans”
means any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting or facilitating the offering
of Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the jurisdiction of the United States of America,
with each such Sub-Plan designed to comply with Applicable Law in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated
a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with Applicable Law, the Plan Share Reserve and the other limits specified
in Section 6(a) of the Plan shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.
(bbb) “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) any
corporation, association, or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of such entity’s voting
securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and
(ii) any
partnership (or any comparable foreign entity) (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general
partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof)
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
(ccc) “Substitute
Awards” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6(e) of the Plan.
(ddd) “Termination”
means the termination of a Participant’s employment or service, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason (including
death or Disability).
3. Effective
Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The Plan will continue
in effect until terminated under Section 11; provided, however, that such termination shall not affect Awards then outstanding,
and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing (a) no Incentive Stock
Options may be granted after tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date (or the date of stockholder approval of the Plan,
if earlier) and (ii) Section 6(a) relating to automatic increase in the Plan Share Reserve will no longer apply following
the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date.
4. Administration.
(a) General.
The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the
time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying
Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(b) Committee
Authority. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and Applicable Law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition
to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine
the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by,
or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms
and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in, or exercised
for, cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method
or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent,
and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property and other
amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee;
(vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in, and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any
instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and
regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) adopt
Sub-Plans; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the
administration of the Plan.
(c) Delegation.
Except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to
any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any Person or Persons selected by
it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Committee may delegate to one or more officers of any member of the Company Group, the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with
respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of, or which is allocated to, the Committee herein,
and which may be so delegated in accordance with Applicable Law, except with respect to grants of Awards to Persons (i) who are Non-Employee
Directors or (ii) who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Finality
of Decisions. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions
under or with respect to the Plan, any Award, or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made
at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group,
any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(e) Indemnification.
No member of the Board or the Committee or any employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (each such Person, an “Indemnifiable
Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any
Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed
upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit, or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable
Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination
made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the
Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action,
suit, or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly
upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it
shall ultimately be determined, as provided below, that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided,
that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit, or proceeding and once the Company
gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s
choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or
other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts,
omissions, or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s
fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law or by the organizational
documents of any member of the Company Group. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede
any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under (i) the organizational documents of
any member of the Company Group, (ii) pursuant to Applicable Law, (iii) an individual indemnification agreement or contract
or otherwise, or (iv) any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold such Indemnifiable
Persons harmless.
(f) Board
Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and
from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. Any such actions by the Board shall be subject to
the applicable rules of the securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. In
any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
5. Grants
of Awards; Eligibility. The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible
Persons. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Persons.
6. Shares
Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
(a) Share
Reserve. Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Plan Share Reserve”)
shall be available for Awards under the Plan. Each Award granted under the Plan will reduce the Plan Share Reserve by the number of shares
of Common Stock underlying the Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Share Reserve shall be automatically increased on the first
day of each fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the Effective Date falls by a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
lesser of (i) the positive difference, if any, between (A) 5% of the Outstanding Common Stock on the last day of the immediately
preceding fiscal year, minus (B) the Plan Share Reserve on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii) the
number of shares of Common Stock as may be determined by the Board.
(b) Additional
Limits. Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, (i) no more than 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued in the aggregate
pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and (ii) during a single fiscal year, the number of Awards
eligible to be made to any Non-Employee Director, taken together with any cash fees paid to such Non-Employee Director during such fiscal
year, shall not exceed a total value of $1,050,000 (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such
Awards for financial reporting purposes).
(c) Share
Counting. Other than with respect to Substitute Awards, to the extent that an Award expires or is canceled, forfeited, or terminated
without issuance to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the unissued shares underlying
such Award will be returned to the Plan Share Reserve and again be available for grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be
deemed to have been issued in settlement of Awards if the Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash; provided, however,
that no shares shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of a SAR, Other Equity-Based Award, or Restricted Stock Unit that only
provides for settlement in, and settles only in, cash. Shares of Common Stock withheld in payment of the Exercise Price, SAR Base Price,
or taxes relating to an Award shall constitute shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant and shall reduce the Plan Share Reserve.
(d) Source
of Shares. Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares of Common
Stock held in the treasury of the Company, shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination
of the foregoing.
(e) Substitute
Awards. Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding
awards previously granted by an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute
Awards”). Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Plan Share Reserve; provided, that Substitute Awards issued
in connection with the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as “incentive stock options”
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for
Awards of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Subject to applicable stock exchange requirements, available shares under a stockholder-approved
plan of an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect
the acquisition or combination transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Plan.
7. Options.
(a) General.
Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which agreement need not be the same for each Participant.
Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent
with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options
unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options
may be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of a member of the Company Group. No Option may be treated as an Incentive Stock
Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval
requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code. Any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option which does not qualify as
an Incentive Stock Option for any reason, including by reason of grant to an Eligible Person who is not an employee or the Plan not being
properly approved by the stockholders of the Company under Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, then, to the extent of such non-qualification,
such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.
(b) Exercise
Price. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price (“Exercise Price”)
per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Grant Date Fair Market Value of such
share; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of
such Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company
Group, the Exercise Price per share shall be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Grant Date Fair Market Value per share.
(c) Vesting
and Expiration; Termination.
(i) Options
shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee,
including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions; provided, however, that notwithstanding any such vesting
dates or events, the Committee may in its sole discretion accelerate the vesting of any Options at any time and for any reason.
(ii) Options
shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the “Option Period”);
provided, that if the Option Period (other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option) would expire on a date when (A) trading
in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”)
and (B) the Fair Market Value exceeds the Exercise Price per share on such expiration date, then the Option Period shall be automatically
extended until the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of such prohibition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall the Option Period exceed five (5) years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a
Participant who on the Date of Grant owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of
any member of the Company Group.
(iii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of: (A) a Participant’s Termination
by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a
Participant’s Termination due to death or Disability, each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately
terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond
the expiration of the Option Period); and (C) a Participant’s Termination for any other reason, each outstanding unvested Option
granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for ninety
(90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period).
(d) Method
of Exercise and Form of Payment. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment
in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any Federal,
state, local and non-U.S. income, employment, and any other applicable taxes that are required to be withheld under Applicable Law, as
determined in accordance with Section 12(d) hereof. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written
or electronic notice (or telephonic instructions to the extent provided by the Committee) of exercise to the Company (or any third-party
administrator, as applicable) in accordance with the terms of the Option and any other exercise procedure established by the Committee,
accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise,
the Exercise Price shall be payable: (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent, and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market
Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership
of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual issuance of such shares to the Company); provided, that such
shares of Common Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and have been held by the Participant for at least six
(6) months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment
applying generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)) or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may
permit, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise
equal to the Exercise Price; (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted
“cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered (including telephonically to the extent permitted by the Committee)
a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option
and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price; or (C) a “net exercise” procedure effected
by withholding the minimum number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay the Exercise
Price and any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment, and any other applicable taxes that are required to be withheld under
Applicable Law, as determined in accordance with Section 12(d) hereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any fractional
shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
(e) Notification
upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option. Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall
notify the Company in writing immediately after the date the Participant makes a disqualifying disposition of any shares of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation,
any sale) of such shares of Common Stock before the later of (i) the date that is two (2) years after the Date of Grant of the
Incentive Stock Option or (ii) the date that is one (1) year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company
may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession, as agent for the
applicable Participant, of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option until the end of
the period described in the preceding sentence, subject to complying with any instructions from such Participant as to the sale of such
shares of Common Stock.
(f) Compliance
With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner
which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other Applicable
Law.
8. Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
(a) General.
Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Unit so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent
with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b) Stock
Certificates and Book-Entry; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock
certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the
name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Company’s directions and, if the Committee determines that the
Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than issued to the Participant pending the release of the applicable
restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement
satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted
Stock covered by such agreement. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 8, Section 12(b) of the Plan and
the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to shares of Restricted
Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Restricted Stock. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited,
any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant
to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company. A Participant
shall have no rights or privileges as a stockholder as to Restricted Stock Units.
(c) Vesting;
Termination.
(i) Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest, and any applicable Restricted Period shall lapse, in such manner and on such date or dates
or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding any such dates or events, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit or the lapsing of any applicable Restricted Period at any time and for any reason.
(ii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of a Participant’s Termination for
any reason prior to the time that such Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, have vested, (A) all
vesting with respect to such Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall cease and (B) unvested
shares of Restricted Stock and unvested Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall be forfeited to the Company by the Participant for
no consideration as of the date of such Termination.
(d) Issuance
of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.
(i) Upon
the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award
Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If
an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall issue to the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary,
without charge, the stock certificate (or, if applicable, a notice evidencing a book-entry notation) evidencing the shares of Restricted
Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full
share).
(ii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any
outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, without charge,
one (1) share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit;
provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part shares of Common
Stock in lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units or (B) defer the issuance of shares
of Common Stock (or cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period
if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing
shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value per
share of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.
(e) Legends
on Restricted Stock. Each certificate, if any, or book entry representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear
a legend or book entry notation substantially in the form of the following, in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate,
until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such shares of Common Stock:
TRANSFER
OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN Waystar Holding Corp. AND THE PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT
IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF Waystar Holding Corp.
9. Other
Equity-Based Awards. The Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible
Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time
in its sole discretion determine, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions. Each Other Equity-Based Award
granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement and shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan
as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
10. Changes
in Capital Structure and Similar Events. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the
contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder:
(a) General.
In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of
Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance
of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction
or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control) or (ii) unusual or nonrecurring events affecting
the Company, including changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements, that the Committee determines, in its
sole discretion, could result in substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights intended to be granted to, or available for, Participants
(any event in clause (i) or (ii), an “Adjustment Event”), the Committee shall, in respect of any such
Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of (A) the Plan
Share Reserve, or any other limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may be granted hereunder; (B) the
number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may
be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan or any Sub-Plan; and (C) the terms of
any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
(or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate; (II) the
Exercise Price or SAR Base Price with respect to any Option or SAR, as applicable, or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of
shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award); or (III) any applicable performance measures; provided, that in the
case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification
Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding
Awards to reflect such equity restructuring.
(b) Change
in Control. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Adjustment Event that is a Change in Control, the Committee may,
in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the following:
(i) substitution
or assumption of, acceleration of the vesting of, exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions on, any one or more outstanding Awards and
(ii) cancellation
of any one or more outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without
limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such event but for such cancellation or for which vesting is accelerated
by the Committee in connection with such event pursuant to clause (i) above), the value of such Awards, if any, as determined
by the Committee (which value, if applicable, may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other
stockholders of the Company in such event), including, without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment
in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock
subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or SAR Base Price of such Option or SAR (it being understood that, in
such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or SAR Base Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of
a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor).
For purposes of clause (i) above, an
award will be considered granted in substitution of an Award if it has an equivalent value (as determined consistent with clause (ii) above)
with the original Award, whether designated in securities of the acquiror in such Change in Control transaction (or an Affiliate thereof),
or in cash or other property (including in the same consideration that other stockholders of the Company receive in connection with such
Change in Control transaction), and retains the vesting schedule applicable to the original Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clause (ii) above
shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant
to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price or SAR Base Price).
(c) Other
Requirements. Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 10, the Committee may require a Participant
to (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participant’s Awards; (ii) bear such Participant’s
pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms,
offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as
may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined
by the Committee.
(d) Fractional
Shares. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any adjustment provided under this Section 10 may provide for the elimination
of any fractional share that might otherwise become subject to an Award.
(e) Binding
Effect. Any adjustment, substitution, determination of value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 10 shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
11. Amendments
and Termination.
(a) Amendment
and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any
time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, or termination shall be made without stockholder
approval if (i) such approval is required under Applicable Law; (ii) it would materially increase the number of securities which
may be issued under the Plan (except for increases pursuant to Section 6 or 10 of the Plan); or (iii) it would materially modify
the requirements for participation in the Plan; provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance,
or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore
granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to Section 11(c) of the Plan without stockholder approval.
(b) Amendment
of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, waive
any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel, or terminate, any Award theretofore granted
or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after a Participant’s Termination); provided,
that, other than pursuant to Section 10, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation, or termination
that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that
extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant.
(c) No
Repricing. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under
Section 10 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the SAR Base Price of
any SAR; (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower Exercise
Price or SAR Base Price, as the case may be) or other Award or cash payment that is greater than the intrinsic value (if any) of the cancelled
Option or SAR; and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a “repricing” for purposes of
the stockholder approval rules of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company
are listed or quoted.
12. General.
(a) Award
Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom
such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without
limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability, or Termination of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined
by the Committee. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee
(including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate or a letter) evidencing
the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the
Company.
(b) Nontransferability.
(i) Each
Award shall be exercisable only by such Participant to whom such Award was granted during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible
under Applicable Law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached,
sold, or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations
order or by Applicable Law) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation,
pledge, attachment, sale, transfer, or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided,
that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer, or encumbrance.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant,
without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award Agreement to preserve
the purposes of the Plan, to any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions
to Form S-8 under the Securities Act or any successor form of registration statement promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(an “Immediate Family Member”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing
the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply
with the requirements of the Plan.
(iii) The
terms of any Award transferred in accordance with clause (ii) above shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference
in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that
(A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution;
(B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration
statement on an appropriate form covering the shares of Common Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee
determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) neither
the Committee nor the Company shall be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would
otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of a Participant’s
Termination under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant,
including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods,
specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
(c) Dividends
and Dividend Equivalents.
(i) The
Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend equivalents, or similar payments
in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property, on a current or deferred
basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, payment
directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award, or reinvestment in additional
shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards.
(ii) Without
limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, any dividend otherwise payable in respect of any share of Restricted
Stock that remains subject to vesting conditions at the time of payment of such dividend shall be retained by the Company and remain subject
to the same vesting conditions as the share of Restricted Stock to which the dividend relates and shall be delivered (without interest)
to the Participant within fifteen (15) days following the date on which such restrictions on such Restricted Stock lapse (and the right
to any such accumulated dividends shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock to which such dividends relate).
(iii) To
the extent provided in an Award Agreement, the holder of outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to be credited with dividend
equivalent payments (upon the payment by the Company of dividends on shares of Common Stock) either in cash or, in the sole discretion
of the Committee, in additional Restricted Stock Units, with the underlying shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to
the amount of such dividends (and interest may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be credited on the amount of cash dividend equivalents
at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee), which accumulated dividend equivalents (and interest thereon, if
applicable) shall be payable at the same time as the underlying Restricted Stock Units are settled following the date on which the Restricted
Period lapses with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, and if such Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have
no right to such dividend equivalent payments (or interest thereon, if applicable).
(d) Tax
Withholding.
(i) A
Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or
wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment, and/or other applicable taxes that are required to be withheld
under Applicable Law in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may elect, in its sole discretion,
to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
(ii) Without
limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy,
all or any portion of the minimum income, employment, and/or other applicable taxes that are required to be withheld under Applicable
Law with respect to an Award by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security
interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for at least six (6) months (or such other period as established
from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under applicable accounting standards) having an aggregate
Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof) or (B) having the Company
withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant
upon the grant, exercise, vesting, or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair
Market Value equal to an amount, subject to clause (iii) below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding
liability (or portion thereof).
(iii) The
Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants
to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment, and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to an Award
by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise
be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting, or settlement of the Award, as applicable, shares of Common Stock having
an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding
may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participant’s relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e) No
Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. No employee of any member of the Company Group, or other Person, shall
have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a
grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The
terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same
with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated.
Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or
service of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights
to continued service on the Board. The Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group may at any time dismiss a Participant
from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly
provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived
any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award
beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision to the contrary in any written
employment contract or other agreement between the Service Recipient and/or any member of the Company Group and the Participant, whether
any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.
(f) International
Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, amend the terms of the Plan and create or amend Sub-Plans or amend outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in
order to permit or facilitate participation in the Plan by such Participants, conform such terms with the requirements of Applicable Law,
or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant or any member of the Company Group.
(g) Designation
and Change of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted under Applicable Law and by the Company, each Participant may file with the Committee
a written designation of one or more Persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect
to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon the Participant’s death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the
Participant’s beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee.
The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change, or
revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall
it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, or in the event the Company
determines that any such designation does not comply with Applicable Law, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participant’s
estate.
(h) Termination.
Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither
a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation, or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to
active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with one Service
Recipient to employment or service with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination and (ii) if a
Participant undergoes a Termination, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity,
such change in status shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
in the event that any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off, or other
similar transaction), unless a Participant’s employment or service is transferred to another entity that would constitute a Service
Recipient immediately following such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the
date of the consummation of such transaction.
(i) No
Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled
to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been
issued or delivered to such Person.
(j) Government
and Other Regulations.
(i) The
obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all Applicable Law. Notwithstanding
any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall
be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly
registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or as otherwise permitted under Applicable
Law) or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company,
that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions
of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act
any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares
of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement and Applicable Law, and, without
limiting the generality of Section 8 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing
shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such
restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry
form to be held subject to the Company’s instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision
in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add, at any time, any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted
under the Plan that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal
requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii) The
Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions
and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of shares of Common Stock from the public
markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the
Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable, or inadvisable. If the Committee
determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall, subject to any limitations or
reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, (A) in the case of Options, SARs, or other Awards subject
to exercise, pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (I) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common
Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would
have been vested or issued, as applicable); over (II) the aggregate Exercise Price or SAR Base Price (in the case of an Option or
SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award subject
to exercise) or (B) in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Other Equity-Based Awards, provide the Participant
with a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, or the underlying shares in respect thereof. Any applicable amounts shall
be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.
(k) No
Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company. No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar
provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or by action of the Committee in
writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Common Stock under the
Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election, the Participant shall notify the
Company of such election within ten (10) days after filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental
authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(l) Payments
to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable
to care for the Participant’s affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person
or the Participant’s estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee
so directs the Company, be paid to the Participant’s spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such
Person, and/or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment.
Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(m) Nonexclusivity
of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval
shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable,
including, without limitation, the granting of equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either
applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(n) No
Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind
or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other
hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to
purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor
shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records, or other evidence of the existence of a segregated
or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured
general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance
of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(o) Reliance
on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the
case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent
public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of
the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(p) Relationship
to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement,
profit sharing, group insurance, or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or
as required by Applicable Law.
(q) Governing
Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts
made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT
WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST
SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY APPLICABLE AWARD AGREEMENT.
(r) Severability.
If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee,
such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the Applicable Laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended
without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed
or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force
and effect.
(s) Obligations
Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization
resulting from the merger, consolidation, or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding
to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.
(t) Section 409A
of the Code.
(i) Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and
all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties
under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties
that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A
of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise
hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered
“deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment”
(and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is
designated as separate payments.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of
the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code and
which would otherwise be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of
the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of such Participant’s “separation
from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death. Following any applicable six (6) month delay, all
such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also
a business day.
(iii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award
(that would otherwise be considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated
upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change
in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of
a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration
shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of “Disability” pursuant to Section 409A of the
Code.
(iv) This
Section 12(t) shall only apply with respect to Participants to whom Section 409A of the Code is applicable.
(u) Clawback/Repayment.
All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any
clawback, forfeiture, or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time and (ii) Applicable
Law. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount
that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason
of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations, or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such
excess amount to the Company.
(v) Detrimental
Activity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Participant has engaged in any Detrimental Activity, as
determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for one or more of the following:
(i) cancellation
of any or all of such Participant’s outstanding Awards or
(ii) forfeiture
by the Participant of any gain realized in respect of Awards, and repayment of any such gain promptly to the Company.
(w) Right
of Offset. The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or
cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance
account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing,
automobile, or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to any member of the Company Group and any amounts the Committee
otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is “deferred
compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver
shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant
to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
(x) Expenses;
Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections
in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or
headings, shall control.
* * *
Exhibit 4.11
WAYSTAR HOLDING CORP.
2024 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
1.
Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide Eligible Employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock
through accumulated Contributions.
2.
Definitions.
(a)
“Administrator” means the Committee or the Board, or, subject to the rules and interpretive determinations promulgated
by the Committee, any officer(s), or employee(s) of the Company to whom the Committee has delegated the authority to handle the operation
and administration of the Plan. The Administrator also shall include any third-party vendor or broker/administrator hired by the Committee
to assist with the day-to-day operation and administration of the Plan.
(b)
“Affiliate” means any entity, other than a Subsidiary, that is an “affiliate” within the meaning
of Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
(c)
“Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards and the related
issuance of shares of Common Stock under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange
or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable securities and exchange control laws of any foreign
country or jurisdiction where options are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
(d)
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e)
“Change in Control” shall have the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan.
(f)
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a specific section of the
Code or U.S. Treasury Regulation thereunder will include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or other official applicable
guidance promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing
or superseding such section or regulation.
(g)
“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, and any successor committee thereto or such other
committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan in whole or in part, including any subcommittee of the
Board as designated by the Board in accordance with Section 14 hereof.
(h)
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities
into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(i)
“Company” means Waystar Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(j)
“Compensation” means an Eligible Employee’s base salary or hourly wages. The Administrator, in its discretion,
may, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, establish a different definition of Compensation for a subsequent Offering Period.
(k)
“Contributions” means the payroll deductions and other additional payments that the Company may permit to be
made by a Participant to fund the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Plan.
(l)
“Designated Company” means any Subsidiary or Affiliate that has been designated by the Administrator from time
to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. The current list of Designated Companies under the Plan is set
forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which may be amended from time to time.
(m)
“Eligible Employee” means any individual who is a common law employee providing services to the Company or a
Designated Company and has completed at least twelve (12) consecutive calendar months of service since his or her last hire date
(or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion).
(n)
“Employer” means the employer of the applicable Eligible Employee(s).
(o)
“Enrollment Date” means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.
(p)
“Enrollment Window” is defined in Section 5(a) of the Plan.
(q)
“Equity Incentive Plan” means the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan or any successor plan thereto,
in each case, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
(r)
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(s)
“Exercise Date” means the last Trading Day of each Purchase Period.
(t)
“Fair Market Value” means, on a given date: (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities
exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded
on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if
the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis,
the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the
last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis, the amount determined by the Board in good faith to be the fair market
value of the Common Stock.
(u)
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.
(v)
“New Exercise Date” means a new Exercise Date if the Administrator shortens any Offering Period then in progress.
(w)
“Offering” means an offer under the Plan of an option that may be exercised during an Offering Period as further
described in Section 4 of the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, the Administrator may designate separate Offerings under the Plan (the
terms of which need not be identical) in which Eligible Employees of one (1) or more Employers will participate, even if the dates
of the applicable Offering Periods of each such Offering are identical and the provisions of the Plan will separately apply to each Offering.
To the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(a)(1), the terms of each Offering need not be identical; provided,
that the terms of the Plan and an Offering together satisfy U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(a)(2) and (a)(3).
(x)
“Offering Periods” means the period or periods set by the Administrator during which an option may be granted
pursuant to the Plan and may be exercised, as determined under Section 4 of the Plan. The duration and timing of Offering Periods
may be changed pursuant to Sections 4 and 20 of the Plan.
(y)
“Outstanding Common Stock” means the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding
for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, the
exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock, and the exercise or settlement of then-outstanding Awards (as defined in the
Equity Incentive Plan) (or similar awards under any prior Equity Incentive Plans maintained by the Company).
(z)
“Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e)
of the Code.
(aa)
“Participant” means an Eligible Employee that participates in the Plan.
(bb)
“Person” means an individual, entity or group.
(cc)
“Plan” means this Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Employee Share Purchase Plan.
(dd)
“Purchase Period” means the period commencing after one (1) Exercise Date and ending with the next Exercise
Date. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the Purchase Period will have the same duration and coincide with the length of
the corresponding Offering Period.
(ee)
“Purchase Price” means an amount determined by the Administrator with respect to any Offering Period, which
will be no less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date and no more
than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date.
(ff)
“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in
Section 424(f) of the Code.
(gg)
“Trading Day” means a day on which the national stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed is open
for trading.
(hh)
“U.S. Treasury Regulations” means the Treasury Regulations of the Code. References to a specific Treasury Regulation
or section of the Code shall include such Treasury Regulation or section, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any
comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such section or regulation.
3.
Eligibility.
(a)
Any Eligible Employee on a given Enrollment Date of an Offering Period will be eligible to participate in the Plan, subject to
the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan.
(b)
Eligible Employees who are citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction (without regard to whether they also are citizens or
residents of the United States or resident aliens (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) may be excluded from
participation in the Plan or an Offering if the participation of such Eligible Employees is prohibited under the laws of the applicable
jurisdiction or if complying with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction would cause the Plan or an Offering to violate Section 423
of the Code.
(c)
Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Eligible Employee will be granted an option under the Plan (i) to
the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other Person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible
Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company
and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) to the extent that
his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans (as defined in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company
or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company accrues at a rate that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined
at the Fair Market Value of the stock at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at
any time, as determined in accordance with Section 423 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
4.
Offering Periods.
(a)
The Administrator may establish Offering Periods of such frequency and duration as it may from time to time determine as appropriate.
The Administrator shall determine the commencement and duration of each Offering Period, and Offering Periods may be consecutive or overlapping.
The other terms and conditions of each additional Offering Period shall be those set forth in the Plan document, with such changes or
additional features as the Administrator determines necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision
or any other Applicable Law, regulation, or stock exchange rule). The Administrator shall have the power to change the duration of Offering
Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to future Offerings without stockholder approval.
(b)
No Offering Period may last more than twenty-seven (27) months.
(c)
For purposes of calculating the Purchase Price, the applicable Offering Period shall be determined as follows: Once a Participant
is enrolled in the Plan for an Offering Period, such Offering Period shall continue to apply to him or her until the earliest of (x) the
end of such Offering Period or (y) the end of his or her participation under Section 10 of the Plan.
5.
Participation.
(a)
An Eligible Employee will be entitled to participate in the an Offering Period pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Plan only
if such individual submits a subscription agreement authorizing Contributions in a form determined by the Administrator to the Company’s
designated third-party broker/plan administrator within a period of time prior to the commencement of such Offering Period as the Administrator
may determine (the “Enrollment Window”).
(b)
Once an Eligible Employee begins participation in an Offering Period, then such Eligible Employee will automatically participate
in each subsequent Offering Period unless the Eligible Employee withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further
participation in an Offering Period as set forth in Section 10 below. An Eligible Employee who is continuing participation pursuant
to the immediately preceding sentence is not required to file any additional subscription agreement in order to continue participation
in this Plan; during each subsequent Offering Period an Eligible Employee who is not continuing participation pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence is required to file a subscription agreement prior to the commencement of the Offering Period (or such earlier date
as the Administrator may determine) to which such agreement relates in order to participate in such Offering Period.
(c)
The Administrator, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Enrollment Date for all options to be granted on such
Enrollment Date in an Offering, determine (on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis or as otherwise permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2)
that the definition of Eligible Employee will or will not include an individual if he or she: (i) is a highly compensated employee
within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code or (ii) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 414(q)
of the Code with compensation above a certain level or is an officer or subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of
the Exchange Act; provided, that the exclusion is applied in an identical manner to all highly compensated employees of the Employer
whose employees are participating in that Offering. Each exclusion shall be applied in a manner complying with U.S. Treasury Regulation
Section 1.423-2(e)(2)(ii).
6.
Contributions.
(a)
At the time a Participant enrolls in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan, he or she will elect to have Contributions
(in the form of payroll deductions or otherwise, to the extent permitted by the Administrator) made on each pay day during the Offering
Period in an amount not exceeding a percentage of the Compensation as determined by the Administrator, and which shall in no event exceed
fifteen percent (15%) of the Compensation, which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period (for illustrative
purposes, should a pay day occur on an Exercise Date, a Participant will have any payroll deductions made on such day applied to his or
her account under the then-current Purchase Period or Offering Period). The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit all Participants
in a specified Offering to contribute amounts to the Plan through payment by cash, check or other means set forth in the subscription
agreement prior to each Exercise Date of each Purchase Period. A Participant’s subscription agreement will remain in effect for
successive Offering Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.
(b)
In the event Contributions are made in the form of payroll deductions, such payroll deductions for a Participant will commence
on the first day of the payroll cycle following the Enrollment Date and will end on the last pay day prior to the Exercise Date of such
Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10
hereof or suspended by the Participant as provided in Section 6(d) hereof; provided, that for the first Offering Period, payroll
deductions will commence on the first day of the payroll cycle following the end of the Enrollment Window.
(c)
All Contributions made for a Participant will be credited to his or her account under the Plan, and Contributions will be made
in whole percentages of Compensation only. A Participant may not make any additional payments into such account.
(d)
A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan. If permitted by
the Administrator, as determined in its sole discretion, a Participant may, on a single occasion, either reduce his or her rate of Contribution
during, or suspend his or her Contributions for the remainder of, an on-going Offering Period by
filing with the Company’s designated third-party broker/plan administrator a new authorization
for payroll deductions, with the new rate of Contribution, or suspension of Contributions, to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable
and continuing for the remainder of the Offering Period. If a Participant suspends his or her Contributions at any time during an Offering
Period, such Participant’s cumulative Contributions prior to such suspension shall be used to purchase shares on the next occurring
Exercise Date unless such Participant discontinues his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan
prior to such Exercise Date.
(e)
To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(d) hereof, a Participant’s Contributions
may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time during a Purchase Period. Subject to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(d)
hereof, Contributions will recommence at the rate originally elected by the Participant effective as of the beginning of the first Purchase
Period scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10 of the Plan.
(f)
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Plan, the Administrator may allow Eligible Employees to participate in the
Plan via cash contributions instead of payroll deductions if (i) payroll deductions are not permitted under applicable local law
or (ii) the Administrator determines that cash contributions are permissible under Section 423 of the Code.
(g)
At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Common Stock issued under the Plan
is disposed of (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan occurs), the Participant must make adequate provision for the
Company’s or the Employer’s federal, state, local, or any other tax liability payable to any authority including taxes imposed
by jurisdictions outside of the United States, national insurance, social security, or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which
arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan
occurs). At any time, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation
the amount necessary for the Company or the Employer to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to
make available to the Company or the Employer any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common Stock
by the Eligible Employee. In addition, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the proceeds of the
sale of Common Stock or any other method of withholding the Company or the Employer deems appropriate to the extent permitted by U.S.
Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
7.
Grant of Option. On the Enrollment Date of an applicable Offering Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering
Period will be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to
a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such Eligible Employee’s Contributions accumulated prior to such Exercise
Date and retained in the Eligible Employee’s account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided,
that the Administrator may further limit the number of shares of Common Stock that an Eligible Employee be permitted to purchase during
each Purchase Period and, during any one (1)-year period, in each case, to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19 of the Plan
by providing notice prior to the applicable Purchase Period or one (1)-year period, as applicable; provided, further,
that such purchase will be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(d) and 13 of the Plan. The Eligible Employee may accept
the grant of such option (i) with respect to the first Offering Period by submitting a properly completed subscription agreement
in accordance with the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan on or before the last day of the Enrollment Window and (ii) with
respect to any subsequent Offering Period under the Plan, by continuing to (or electing to, as applicable) participate in the Plan in
accordance with the requirements of Section 5 of the Plan. The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or decrease,
in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that an Eligible Employee may purchase during each Purchase Period
of an Offering Period or during any one (1)-year period. Exercise of the option will occur as provided in Section 8, unless
the Participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan. To the extent not otherwise exercised in full, the option will
expire on the last day of the Offering Period.
8.
Exercise of Option.
(a)
Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan, his or her option for the purchase of
shares of Common Stock will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to the option
will be purchased for such Participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated Contributions from his or her account. No
fractional shares of Common Stock will be purchased; any Contributions accumulated in a Participant’s account, which are not sufficient
to purchase a full share will be retained in the Participant’s account for the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period, subject
to earlier withdrawal by the Participant. Any other funds left over in a Participant’s account after the Exercise Date will also
be retained in the Participant’s account for the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by
the Participant. During a Participant’s lifetime, a Participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only
by him or her.
(b)
If the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options
are to be exercised may exceed (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that were available for sale under the Plan on the Enrollment
Date of the applicable Offering Period or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under the Plan on such Exercise
Date, the Administrator may in its sole discretion (x) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common
Stock available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and
as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such
Exercise Date, and continue all Offering Periods then in effect or (y) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the
shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and
as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such
Exercise Date, and terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 20 of the Plan. The Company may make
a pro rata allocation of the shares available on the Enrollment Date of any applicable Offering Period pursuant to the preceding sentence,
notwithstanding any authorization of additional shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company’s stockholders subsequent to such
Enrollment Date.
9.
Delivery. As soon as reasonably practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of shares of Common Stock occurs,
the Company will arrange the delivery to each Participant of the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option in a form determined
by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) and pursuant to rules established by the Administrator. The Company may permit or require
that shares be deposited directly with a broker designated by the Company or to a designated agent of the Company, and the Company may
utilize electronic or automated methods of share transfer. The Company may require that shares be retained with such broker or agent for
a designated period of time and/or may establish other procedures to permit tracking of disqualifying dispositions of such shares. No
Participant will have any voting, dividend, or other stockholder rights with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to any option granted
under the Plan until such shares have been purchased and delivered to the Participant as provided in this Section 9.
10.
Withdrawal.
(a)
A Participant may withdraw all but not less than all the Contributions credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise
his or her option under the Plan at any time prior to the last thirty (30) days of the applicable Offering Period by (i) submitting
to the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) a written notice of withdrawal in the form determined by the Administrator
for such purpose or (ii) following an electronic or other withdrawal procedure determined by the Administrator; provided,
that a Participant may not withdraw during any blackout period applicable to such Participant. All of the Participant’s Contributions
credited to his or her account will be paid to such Participant promptly and as soon as administratively feasible after receipt of notice
of withdrawal by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) and such Participant’s option for the Offering
Period will be automatically terminated, and no further Contributions for the purchase of shares will be made for such Offering Period.
If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, Contributions will not resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period,
unless the Participant re-enrolls in the Plan by submitting a subscription agreement to the Company’s designated third-party broker/plan
administrator prior to the commencement of such succeeding Offering Period.
(b)
A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in
any similar plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods that commence after the termination of
the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.
11.
Termination of Employment; Leaves of Absence. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason,
he or she will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the Contributions credited to such Participant’s account
during the Offering Period but not yet used to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan will be returned to such Participant or,
in the case of his or her death, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto under Section 15 of the Plan, and such Participant’s
option will be automatically terminated. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator in a manner that is permitted by, and compliant
with, Section 423 of the Code, a Participant whose employment transfers between entities through a termination with an immediate
rehire (with no break in service) by the Company or a Designated Company shall not be treated as terminated under the Plan. For purposes
of the Plan, the employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of
absence that the Employer approves or is legally protected under Applicable Laws. Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months
and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will
be deemed to have terminated three (3) months and one (1) day following the commencement of such leave.
12.
Interest. No interest will accrue on the Contributions of a Participant in the Plan, except as may be required by Applicable
Law, as determined by the Company, and if so required by the laws of a particular jurisdiction, shall apply to all Participants in the
relevant Offering, except to the extent otherwise permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
13.
Stock.
(a)
Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 hereof, the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock available for the issuance of shares pursuant to the Plan shall be no more than 3,250,000 shares, which number
shall be automatically increased on the first day of each Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year in which the Effective Date falls by a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of (i) the positive difference, if any, between (A) 1% of the Outstanding
Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock available for
the issuance of shares pursuant to the Plan on the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and (ii) a lower number of shares
of Common Stock as may be determined by the Board. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(a) to the contrary, the number of
shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to rights granted under the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 27,000,000
shares, subject to Section 19.
(b)
Until the shares of Common Stock are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company), a Participant will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares, and no right
to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to such shares.
(c)
Shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the Participant or in
the name of the Participant and his or her spouse.
14.
Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Board or a Committee appointed by the Board, which Committee will be
constituted to comply with Applicable Laws. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate
some or all of its authority under the Plan to the Administrator as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations
that it may set at or after the time of the delegation. For purposes of the Plan, all references to the Committee will be deemed to refer
to the Administrator to whom the Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 14. The Administrator will have full and
exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to designate separate Offerings under the Plan,
to designate Subsidiaries and Affiliates as participating in the Plan, to determine eligibility, to adjudicate all disputed claims filed
under the Plan and to establish such procedures that it deems necessary for the administration of the Plan (including, without limitation,
to adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit the participation in the Plan by employees who are foreign
nationals or employed outside the United States, the terms of which sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of the Plan, with
the exception of Section 13(a) hereof, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of the Plan
shall govern the operation of such sub-plan). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized
to adopt rules and procedures regarding eligibility to participate, the definition of Compensation, handling of Contributions, making
of Contributions to the Plan (including, without limitation, in forms other than payroll deductions), establishment of bank or trust accounts
to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary
designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates that vary with applicable local requirements. The
Administrator also is authorized to determine that, to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f),
the terms of an option granted under the Plan or an Offering to citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction will be less favorable
than the terms of options granted under the Plan or the same Offering to employees resident solely in the United States. Every finding,
decision and determination made by the Administrator will, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.
15.
Designation of Beneficiary.
(a)
If permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common
Stock and cash, if any, from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent
to an Exercise Date on which the option is exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such shares and cash. In addition, if
permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s
account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death prior to exercise of the option. If a Participant is married and
the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent will be required for such designation to be effective.
(b)
Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by notice to the Company’s stock administration
office (or its designee) in a form determined by the Administrator. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a
beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company will deliver such
shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been
appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any
one (1) or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then
to such other Person as the Company may designate.
(c)
All beneficiary designations will be in such form and manner as the Administrator may designate from time to time. Notwithstanding
Sections 15(a) and (b) above, the Company and/or the Administrator may decide not to permit such designations by Participants in
non-U.S. jurisdictions to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
16.
Transferability. Neither Contributions credited to a Participant’s account nor any rights with regard to the exercise
of an option or to receive shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any
way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in Section 15 hereof) by the Participant. Any such attempt
at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition will be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election
to withdraw funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
17.
Use of Funds. The Company may use all Contributions received or held by it under the Plan for any corporate purpose, and
the Company will not be obligated to segregate such Contributions.
18.
Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to
participating Eligible Employees at least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of Contributions, the Purchase Price,
the number of shares of Common Stock purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.
19.
Adjustments Upon Changes in Stock.
(a)
Changes in Capitalization. Subject to Section 19(b), in the event that the Administrator determines that any dividend
or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), Change in Control, reorganization,
merger, amalgamation, consolidation, combination, repurchase, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange,
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or sale or exchange of Common Stock or other securities
of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate
transaction or event, as determined by the Administrator, affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator
to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended by the Company to be made
available under the Plan or with respect to any outstanding options under the Plan, the Administrator shall make equitable adjustments,
if any, to reflect such change with respect to (i) the aggregate number and class of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan;
(ii) the Purchase Price per share and number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options; and (iii) the numerical
limits of Sections 7 and 13 of the Plan.
(b)
Other Adjustments. Subject to Section 19(c) and in addition to the general provisions set forth in Section 19(a),
in the event of any transaction or event described in Section 19(a) or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting
the Company, any affiliate of the Company, or the financial statements of the Company or any affiliate thereof (including, without limitation,
any Change in Control), or in the event of changes in Applicable Law or accounting principles, the Administrator, in its discretion, and
on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the
Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to (x) prevent the dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any option under the Plan, (y) facilitate such transactions
or events, or (z) give effect to such changes in Applicable Laws, regulations or principles:
(i)
To provide for either (A) termination of any outstanding option in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount
that would have been obtained upon the exercise of such option had such option been currently exercisable or (B) the replacement of such
outstanding option with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion;
(ii)
To provide that the outstanding options under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or
subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar rights covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent
or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;
(iii)
To make adjustments in the number and type of shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding options under the
Plan and/or in the terms and conditions of outstanding options and options that may be granted in the future;
(iv)
To provide that Participants’ accumulated payroll deductions may be used to purchase Common Stock prior to the next occurring
Exercise Date on such date as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion and the Participants’ options under the ongoing
Offering Period(s) shall be terminated; and
(v)
To provide that all outstanding options shall terminate without being exercised and all amounts in the accounts of Participants
shall be promptly refunded.
(c)
No Adjustment Under Certain Circumstances. No adjustment or action described in this Section 19 or in any other provision
of the Plan shall be authorized to the extent that such adjustment or action would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy the requirements
of Section 423 of the Code.
(d)
No Other Rights. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision
or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any dividend, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock
of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger, or consolidation of the Company or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided
in the Plan or pursuant to action of the Administrator under the Plan, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect
to, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options under the Plan or the Purchase Price with respect to any outstanding
options.
20.
Amendment or Termination.
(a)
The Board or the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any
time and for any reason. If the Plan is terminated, the Board or the Administrator, in its discretion, may elect to terminate all outstanding
Offering Periods either immediately or upon completion of the purchase of shares of Common Stock on the next Exercise Date (which may
be sooner than originally scheduled, if determined by the Administrator in its discretion), or may elect to permit Offering Periods to
expire in accordance with their terms (and subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19 hereof). If the Offering Periods are
terminated prior to expiration, all amounts then credited to Participants’ accounts that have not been used to purchase shares of
Common Stock will be returned to the Participants (without interest thereon, except as otherwise required under Applicable Laws, as further
set forth in Section 12 hereof) as soon as administratively practicable.
(b)
Without stockholder consent and without limiting Section 20(a) hereof, the Administrator will be entitled to change the Offering
Periods or Purchase Periods, designate separate Offerings, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during
an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit Contributions
in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly
completed Contribution elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure
that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each Participant properly correspond with Contribution amounts, and establish
such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan.
(c)
In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting
consequences, the Administrator may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify, amend, or terminate the Plan
to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:
(i)
amending the Plan to conform with the safe harbor definition under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto), including with respect to an Offering Period underway at the time;
(ii)
altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period or Purchase Period including an Offering Period or Purchase Period underway
at the time of the change in Purchase Price;
(iii)
shortening any Offering Period or Purchase Period by setting a New Exercise Date, including an Offering Period or Purchase Period
underway at the time of the Administrator action;
(iv)
reducing the maximum percentage of Compensation a Participant may elect to set aside as Contributions; and
(v)
reducing the maximum number of shares of Common Stock a Participant may purchase during any Offering Period or Purchase Period.
Such modifications or amendments will not require
stockholder approval or the consent of any Participants.
21.
Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan will be
deemed to have been duly given when received by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee) in the form and manner
specified by the Company’s stock administration office (or its designee)at the location, or by the Person, designated by the Company’s
stock administration office (or its designee) for the receipt thereof.
22.
Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
(a)
Shares of Common Stock will not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery
of such shares pursuant thereto will comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation,
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any
stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect
to such compliance.
(b)
As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the Person exercising such option to represent and warrant
at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or
distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable
provisions of law.
23.
Data Protection. By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the
collection and processing of personal data relating to the Participant so that the Company and its Affiliates can fulfill their obligations
and exercise their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited
to, data about participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other
appropriate financial and other data about the Participant and the Participant’s participation in the Plan.
24.
Code Section 409A. The Plan is exempt from the application of Code Section 409A and any ambiguities herein will
be interpreted to so be exempt from Code Section 409A. In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision in the Plan
to the contrary, if the Administrator determines that an option granted under the Plan may be subject to Code Section 409A or that
any provision in the Plan would cause an option under the Plan to be subject to Code Section 409A, the Administrator may amend the
terms of the Plan and/or of an outstanding option granted under the Plan, or take such other action the Administrator determines is necessary
or appropriate, in each case, without the Participant’s consent, to exempt any outstanding option or future option that may be granted
under the Plan from or to allow any such options to comply with Code Section 409A, but only to the extent any such amendments or
action by the Administrator would not violate Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability
to a Participant or any other party if the option to purchase Common Stock under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant
with Code Section 409A is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Administrator with respect thereto. The Company
makes no representation that the option to purchase Common Stock under the Plan is compliant with Code Section 409A.
25.
Term of Plan. The Plan will become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the
stockholders of the Company (the “Effective Date”). It will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years,
unless sooner terminated under Section 20 of the Plan.
26.
Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months
before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree
required under Applicable Laws.
27.
No Right to Employment. Participation in the Plan by a Participant shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right
to be retained as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as applicable. Furthermore, the Employer may dismiss a Participant
from employment at any time, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan.
28.
Severability. If any provision of the Plan is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason
in any jurisdiction or as to any Participant, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining parts of
the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as to such jurisdiction or Participant as if the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable
provision had not been included.
29.
Compliance with Applicable Laws. The terms of the Plan are intended to comply with all Applicable Laws and will be construed
accordingly.
30.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict
of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING
INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
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EXHIBIT A
List
of Designated Companies
Exhibit 5.1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
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June 10, 2024
Waystar Holding Corp.
1550 Digital Drive, #300
Lehi, Utah 84043
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel
to Waystar Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by the Company of an aggregate of up to 26,920,211 shares (the
“Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company, consisting of (i) up
to 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued by the Company pursuant to the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan
(the “2024 Equity Incentive Plan”), (ii) up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued by the Company pursuant
to the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan”) and (iii) up
to 13,670,211 shares of Common Stock that may be issued by the Company pursuant to the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “2019 Stock Incentive Plan,” and together with the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
the “Plans”).
BEIJING |
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LONDON |
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NEW YORK |
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SEOUL |
TOKYO |
WASHINGTON,
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Waystar Holding Corp. | –2– | June 10, 2024 |
We
have examined the Registration Statement, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Plans,
each of which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In addition, we have examined, and have
relied as to matters of fact upon, originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents
and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company
and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth.
In rendering the opinion
set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed
copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing,
and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that upon issuance and delivery in
accordance with the Plans, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We do not express any opinion
herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Waystar Holding Corp. | –3– | June 10, 2024 |
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1
to the Registration Statement.
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
We consent to the use of our report dated
March 1, 2024, except for the effects of the reverse stock split transaction described in Note 20, as to which the date is
May 16, 2024, except for the effects of the amended reverse stock split transaction described in Note 14, Note 16, Note 18 and
Note 20, as to which the date is May 28, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Waystar Holding Corp.,
incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
June 10, 2024
Exhibit
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
Form S-8
(Form Type)
Waystar Holding Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee
Calculation or Carry
Forward Rule |
Amount Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share(5) |
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(5) |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration
Fee |
Equity |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share |
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) |
10,000,000(2) |
$21.50 |
$ 215,000,000.00 |
0.00014760 |
$ 31,734.00 |
Equity |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share |
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) |
3,250,000(3) |
$21.50 |
$ 69,875,000.00 |
0.00014760 |
$ 10,313.55 |
Equity |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share |
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) |
13,670,211(4) |
$16.30 |
$ 222,824,439.30 |
0.00014760 |
$ 32,888.89 |
Total Offering Amounts |
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$ 507,699,439.30 |
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$ 74,936.44 |
Total Fee Offsets |
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Net Fee Due |
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$ 74,936.44 |
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”),
of Waystar Holding Corp. (the “Registrant”), which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock distributions or similar transactions. |
(2) Covers
shares of Common Stock, issuable under the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.
(3) Covers
shares of Common Stock, issuable under the Waystar Holding Corp. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
| (4) | Covers shares of Common Stock issuable under the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, including shares issuable upon
exercise of outstanding stock options granted pursuant to the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. |
| (5) | Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the
proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and are
based (1) with respect to the 13,670,211 shares underlying stock options previously granted under the Derby TopCo, Inc. 2019
Stock Incentive Plan, on the weighted average per share exercise price of $16.30, and (2) with respect to the remaining shares, on
a price of $21.50 per share, which is the initial public offering price per share of Common Stock that will be set forth on the cover
page of the Registrant’s prospectus, to be filed on or prior to June 7, 2024, relating to the registration statement
on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-275004) relating to its initial public offering of Common Stock. |
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