On June 15, 2021, we completed our initial public offering of our Class A Common Stock, which consisted of (i) 5,553,154 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and sold by the Company and (ii) 9,626,846 shares of Class A Common Stock sold by certain selling stockholders (including 1,980,000 shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares). The shares sold in the offering were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to our Registration Statement on Form
S-1
(File
No. 333-255190)
which was declared effective by the SEC on June 10, 2021. Our shares of Class A Common Stock were sold at an initial offering price of $23.000 per share ($21.735 per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions), which generated net proceeds to us of approximately $120.7 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $7.0 million. We incurred offering expenses of approximately $30.5 million, including costs associated with the offering by the selling stockholders. In the third quarter of 2021, we used the proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to satisfy payments of approximately $127.5 million in respect of vested phantom shares, including $23.5 million in respect of vested phantom shares held by certain of our executive officers, that became due upon the completion of the offering, including $10.1 million in deferred dividend payments in respect of such vested phantom shares. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our Class A Common Stock in the offering by the selling stockholders.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as lead book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. acted as joint book-runners for the offering. Blackstone Securities Partners L.P., TD Securities (USA) LLC, BTIG, LLC, Fifth Third Securities, Inc., AmeriVet Securities, Inc., Blaylock Van, LLC, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. and Penserra Securities LLC acted as
co-managers
for the offering.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Item 5. Other Information.
We have entered into an employment agreement with each of Jarrod Johnson, our Chief Customer Officer, and Balaji Sekar, our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Johnson’s agreement supersedes his previous offer letter, which contained a severance provision. Mr. Sekar did not previously have an employment agreement.
Johnson Employment Agreement
TaskUs Holdings, Inc. entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Johnson on August 5, 2021 (the “Johnson Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Johnson continues to serve as our Chief Customer Officer. The Johnson Employment Agreement is effective from July 22, 2021 through July 1, 2025, after which it will automatically be extended for successive one-year terms, until terminated, which termination may be made by either us or Mr. Johnson. Pursuant to the Johnson Employment Agreement, Mr. Johnson is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $350,000 and is eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus, subject to the terms of the annual bonus plan under which it is granted. Under the Johnson Employment Agreement, Mr. Johnson received certain long-term incentive awards under our 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as described below.
In the event Mr. Johnson’s employment is terminated by us without “cause”, or Mr. Johnson resigns from employment with “good reason”, in each case as defined in the Johnson Employment Agreement, subject to his execution of an effective release of claims in favor of the Company, he is entitled to receive separation pay in an amount equal to the sum of his annual base salary and target annual bonus for the year in which such termination of employment occurs.
The Johnson Employment Agreement prohibits Mr. Johnson from competing with our business during employment and for one year following the termination of Mr. Johnson’s employment for any reason. The Johnson Employment Agreement further prohibits Mr. Johnson from soliciting our employees or clients during employment and for two years following the termination of Mr. Johnson’s employment for any reason.
Mr. Johnson is also party to a confidential information and invention assignment agreement which contains a perpetual confidentiality covenant and an intellectual property assignment provision in favor of TaskUs Holdings, Inc.
The foregoing description of the Johnson Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Johnson Employment Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Sekar Employment Agreement
TaskUs Holdings, Inc. entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Sekar on August 5, 2021 (the “Sekar Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Sekar continues to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. The Sekar Employment Agreement is effective from July 22, 2021 through July 1, 2025, after which it will automatically be extended for successive one-year terms, until terminated, which termination may be made by either us or Mr. Sekar. Pursuant to the Sekar Employment Agreement, Mr. Sekar is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $350,000 and is eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus, subject to the terms of the annual bonus plan under which it is granted. Under the Sekar Employment Agreement, Mr. Sekar received certain long-term equity incentive awards under our 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as described below.
In the event Mr. Sekar’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or Mr. Sekar resigns from employment with “good reason”, in each case as defined in the Sekar Employment Agreement, subject to his execution of an effective release of claims in favor of the Company, he is entitled to receive separation pay in an amount equal to the sum of his annual base salary and target annual bonus for the year in which such termination of employment occurs.
The Sekar Employment Agreement prohibits Mr. Sekar from competing with our business during employment and for one year following the termination of Mr. Sekar’s employment for any reason. The Sekar Employment Agreement further prohibits Mr. Sekar from soliciting our employees or clients during employment and for two years following the termination of Mr. Sekar’s employment for any reason.
Mr. Sekar is also party to a confidential information and invention assignment agreement which contains a perpetual confidentiality covenant and an intellectual property assignment provision in favor of TaskUs Holdings, Inc.
The foregoing description of the Sekar Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sekar Employment Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.9, and is incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the employment agreements described above, on August 5, 2021, our board of directors granted Messrs. Johnson and Sekar certain long-term equity incentive awards under the TaskUs, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”). Our board of directors granted Mr. Johnson (i) 199,071 time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), (ii) 232,250 time-based stock options, and (iii) 66,357 performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”). Our board granted Mr. Sekar (i) 199,071 RSUs and (ii) 199,071 time-based stock options.
As a condition to receiving each of the long-term incentive awards described above, Messrs. Johnson and Sekar were required to enter into award agreements with us that governs the rights of Messrs. Johnson and Sekar with respect to the long-term incentive awards.
The RSU award agreements provide that 20% of the RSUs vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the vesting reference date, and the remaining 40% on the fourth anniversary of the vesting reference date, such that they will be fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, subject to continuous service through each vesting date. The vesting commencement date for the RSUs awarded to each of Messrs. Sekar and Johnson is August 5, 2021.
The stock option award agreements provide that 20% of the stock options vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the vesting reference date, and the remaining 40% on the fourth anniversary of the vesting reference date, such that they will be fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, subject to continuous service through each vesting date. The vesting commencement date for the stock options awarded to each of Messrs. Sekar and Johnson is August 5, 2021 and the exercise price is $30.14, which was the closing price per share of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 5, 2021.
Mr. Johnson’s PSU award agreement provides that his PSU award will remain outstanding and eligible to vest on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, based on the achievement of market capitalization CAGR levels. 50% of the PSUs will vest if we achieve a market capitalization CAGR of at least 25.1% for the four-year period beginning on the grant date and ending on the fourth anniversary of the grant date (the “Performance Period”). 100% of the PSUs will vest if we achieve a market capitalization CAGR of at least 35.1% for the Performance Period. None of the PSUs will vest if we fail to achieve a market capitalization CAGR of at least 25.1%.
The foregoing description of the long-term incentive awards does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of award agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12, and are incorporated herein by reference.
