Exhibit 10.1
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WeWork” or the “Company”), WeWork Companies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), WW Co-Obligor Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Co-Obligor” and, together with the Issuer, the “Issuers” and the Issuers collectively with the Company, the “WeWork Parties” and each, a “WeWork Party”), SVF II Aggregator (Jersey) LP, a limited partnership established in Jersey (“SVF II Aggregator”), acting by its general partner, SVF II GP (Jersey) Limited, SVF II WW Holdings (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SVF II WW Holdings” and, together with SVF II Aggregator, the “SoftBank Unsecured Noteholders”), and SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P., a limited partnership established in Jersey (“SVF II” and, together with the SoftBank Unsecured Noteholders, the “SoftBank Parties”), acting by its manager, SB Global Advisers Limited, a limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, (i) $1,650,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series I (the “Series I Notes”), have been issued and are outstanding pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of December 16, 2021 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “2021 Indenture”), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “2021 Trustee”), (ii) $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series II (the “Series II Notes”), have been issued and are outstanding pursuant to the 2021 Indenture, (iii) $669,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes” and, together with the Series II Notes, the “Public Unsecured Notes”) have been issued and are outstanding pursuant to that certain Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “2018 Indenture”), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and (iv) $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Secured Notes” and, together with the Series I Notes, the “SoftBank Notes”) have been issued and are outstanding pursuant to that certain Senior Secured Notes Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2023 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Secured Indenture” and, together with the 2021 Indenture, the “SoftBank Indentures”), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Secured Notes Trustee”), and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, all outstanding Series I Notes are held by SVF II Aggregator and SVF II WW Holdings, and all outstanding Secured Notes are held by SVF II;
WHEREAS, (i) the Series I Notes were sold by the Issuers pursuant to that certain Master Senior Unsecured Notes Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2019 (as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Unsecured NPA”), by and among the Issuers and StarBright WW LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“StarBright”), acting by its general partner StarBright Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and (ii) the Secured