Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 2) is being filed by SLA Zurich Holdings, L.P. (SLA Zurich Holdings),
SLA Zurich Aggregator, L.P. (SLA Zurich Aggregator), SLA Zurich GP, L.L.C. (SLA Zurich GP), SL Alpine II Aggregator GP, L.L.C. (SLA Aggregator), Silver Lake Alpine Associates II, L.P. (SLAA), SLAA II
(GP), L.L.C. (SLAA GP) and Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (SLG and, together with SLA Zurich Holdings, SLA Zurich Aggregator, SLA Zurich GP, SLA Aggregator, SLAA and SLAA GP, Silver Lake) and amends and supplements the
statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on September 25, 2023 (as amended, the Schedule 13D), related to
the shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Common Stock), of Zuora, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Issuer). The Items below amend the information disclosed under the
corresponding Items of the Schedule 13D as described below. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 2 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. |
Purpose of Transaction |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Agreement and Plan of Merger
Overview
On October 15, 2024, affiliates of Silver Lake and GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. submitted a non-binding
confidential written proposal (the Proposal) to the Issuer offering to acquire the Issuer. Prior to making the Proposal, on October 15, 2024, the Issuer granted Silver Lake a limited waiver of the standstill restrictions contained
in the Investment Agreement, dated March 2, 2022, by and among the Issuer, Silver Lake Alpine II, L.P. and certain other parties thereto, permitting the submission of the Proposal.
On October 17, 2024, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) by and among the Issuer, Zodiac
Purchaser, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (Parent), and Zodiac Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub). The Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby were unanimously approved by the board of directors of the Issuer (the Issuer Board) upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of independent and disinterested members of the Issuer Board (the
Special Committee)a committee comprised solely of independent and disinterested directors that was established by the Issuer Board to review, evaluate and negotiate the Merger Agreement and other alternatives available to the
Issuer, make a determination as to whether the Transactions (as defined below) are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Issuer and its stockholders and make a recommendation to the Issuer Board with respect to the Transactions. Parent and
Merger Sub are indirectly controlled by private investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake.
The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and
on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Issuer (the Merger and, together with the other
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, collectively the Transactions), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the Surviving Corporation), (b) each issued and outstanding share
of Class A Common Stock and Class B common stock of the Issuer, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class B Common Stock and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the Common Stock) as of immediately prior
to the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time) will, at the Effective Time, be converted into the right to receive $10.00 in cash without interest (the Merger Consideration), (c) each share of Common Stock held in
the treasury of the Issuer, each Rollover Share (as defined below) and any shares of Common Stock owned by Parent or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time will automatically be canceled and will cease to exist and no consideration will
be delivered in exchange therefor and (d) each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will automatically be converted into and become one fully paid, nonassessable share of common
stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and will constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Treatment of Equity Awards and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each (i) option to purchase shares of Common Stock, whether or not vested and exercisable (Issuer Stock
Option) with an exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration will be canceled and converted into the right to receive a cash amount equal to the product of (A) the excess of the Merger Consideration over the per share
exercise price of such Issuer Stock Option and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Issuer Stock Option (the Option Payments) and (ii) Issuer Stock Option with an exercise price that is equal
to or greater than the Merger Consideration will be canceled for no consideration. The Option Payments will be made by the Surviving Corporation no later than its first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs at least five (5) Business
Days after the Effective Time, without interest, and subject to withholding.
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each outstanding award of
restricted stock units covering shares of Common Stock that is subject to vesting conditions based solely on continued employment or service (Issuer RSUs) or that is subject to performance-based vesting conditions (Issuer
PSUs and, together with Issuer RSUs, the Issuer Equity Awards) (other than Issuer PSUs that are forfeited in accordance with their terms if the applicable performance condition is not satisfied prior to the Effective Time) will be
canceled and converted into the right to receive a cash amount equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Issuer Equity Award, with the number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Issuer PSU determined
in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement governing such Issuer PSUs, and (ii) the Merger Consideration, except that such amount will vest and become payable by the Surviving Corporation subject to and in accordance with
the vesting terms applicable to the corresponding Issuer Equity Award immediately prior to the Effective Time, including acceleration provisions (the Equity Award Payments). The Equity Award Payments will be made by the Surviving
Corporation no later than its first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs at least five (5) Business Days after the applicable vesting date, without interest, and subject to withholding.
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