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Table of Contents you disagree or in a way that may be adverse to your interests. Immediately prior to the completion of this offering, we will also issue a single share of Class F common stock, a special class of our common stock, to the Founder LLC. Our Class F common stock will be entitled to an aggregate number of votes that equals 50.1% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares of capital stock as of the applicable record date with respect to matters submitted to stockholders generally, including the election of our directors other than the Class T directors. Upon the completion of this offering, we will also authorize a special class of our common stock, Class E common stock, which we will issue to our employees, excluding our co-founders. Our Class E common stock will be entitled to vote only on certain limited matters and will not have any economic rights. Under this governance structure, we expect that the LTBT and the Founder LLC will collectively have the ability to elect all members of our board of directors, and the Founder LLC will have the ability to determine the outcome of all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders generally for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, holders of our Class A common stock generally will not be able to affect the outcome of any matter submitted to a vote of our stockholders or the election of our directors, regardless of how they vote, unless a majority of the Continuing Founders (as defined below) cannot agree on how our Class F common stock will be voted (in which case our Class F common stock will generally be voted proportionately with the votes of our Class A common stock cast on the matter). Our governance structure is likely to have the effect of limiting the likelihood of an unsolicited merger proposal, unsolicited tender offer, or proxy contest for the removal of directors. As a result, our governance structure may make it more difficult to replace our directors and management and may have the effect of depriving our stockholders of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices. We cannot predict whether our structure will result in lower demand for our Class A common stock, increased volatility, adverse publicity, or other adverse consequences. In particular, the absence of judicial precedent interpreting this structure increases the risk and unpredictability of governance-related litigation, and courts may interpret the obligations inherent in our structure in ways that we might not anticipate. Our capital structure will concentrate voting power with the LTBT and the Founder LLC for the foreseeable future and will result in the LTBT and the Founder LLC having voting power that is not derived from or proportionate to economic interests in our company. Our Class T common stock will generally entitle the LTBT to elect and remove the Class T directors, who together will constitute a majority of the authorized members of our board of directors. Our Class T common stock will remain outstanding indefinitely, subject to the right of our board of directors and the Trustees or specified majorities of our Class A common stock, Class E common stock, and Class F common stock to amend or terminate the terms of the LTBT or the rights of our Class T common stock or to redeem our Class T common stock (such time as no share of Class T common stock is outstanding, the “Class T Sunset Time”). The Class T common stock may also be transferred without restriction upon the receipt of the same approvals required to amend, terminate, or redeem it. We intentionally structured the Class T common stock in this manner to preserve long-term flexibility if circumstances change. If the Class T common stock were transferred to a person or entity that is not affiliated with the LTBT or is not otherwise required to consider the Company Purpose, for so long as we remain a PBC, all of our directors, regardless of how they are elected, would continue to be obligated to act in accordance with Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and other governing documents as then in effect, including those provisions relating to our public benefit purpose. The Trust Agreement (as defined below) limits Trustee compensation to a reasonable cash amount fixed annually by the Trustees. Trustee compensation will not vary with or be conditioned upon the profits or any action or inaction of our company. The policies of the LTBT prohibit a Trustee from directly purchasing or holding any of our securities. Our Class F common stock will entitle the Founder LLC to an aggregate number of votes that equals 50.1% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares of capital stock as of the applicable record date with respect to matters submitted to stockholders generally, including the election of our directors other than the Class T directors. Our Class F common stock will remain outstanding until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Class F Transition Period (as defined below), which will commence when there have been fewer than three Continuing Founders (not including any successor member who is a “Non-Qualifying Member” as defined in the Founder LLC limited liability company agreement) (the “Founder LLC Agreement”) for 90 consecutive calendar days and (ii) the time when there is no Class F common stock outstanding, including as a result of a redemption thereof agreed to by a Supermajority (as defined below) of the Continuing Founders or upon the 108
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