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6. Subsequent events

Reorganization Transactions

On October 27, 2020, in connection with the completion of our IPO, the Company completed a series of reorganization transactions (“Reorganization Transactions”) pursuant to a reorganization agreement by and among MediaAlpha, Inc., Intermediate Holdco, and QLH and certain other parties. The Reorganization Transactions included the following:

 

the amendment and restatement of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of MediaAlpha, Inc. (the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws) pursuant to which we amended and restated our certificate of incorporation to authorize two classes of common stock, Class A common stock and Class B common stock;

 

the amendment and restatement of QLH’s limited liability company agreement (the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement of QLH) to, among other things, convert legacy Class A units of QLH held by Intermediate Holdco into voting, managing member Class A-1 units of QLH and to convert all other legacy Class A and Class B units held by Insignia, the Senior Executives and Legacy Profit Interests Holders into non-managing member, non-voting Class B-1 units of QLH;

 

the contribution by White Mountains Capital, Inc. of Intermediate Holdco to MediaAlpha, Inc. in exchange for 24,142,096 shares of Class A common stock of MediaAlpha, Inc.; and

 

the issuance of 30,308,492 shares of Class B common stock to Insignia, Senior Executives and the Legacy Profit Interests Holders and the issuance of 1,999,439 Class A shares of common stock to the Legacy Profit Interests Holders.

QL Holdings Recapitalization

As noted above, the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement of QLH, among other things, recapitalized the Class A units held by Intermediate Holdco, to voting, managing member Class A-1 units of QLH and recapitalized all other legacy Class A units and Class B units into non-voting, non-managing member, Class B-1 units of QLH. After the contribution of Intermediate Holdco to MediaAlpha, Inc., the Company became the sole voting member of QLH, by and through Intermediate Holdco, and control the management of QLH.  As a result, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, we will consolidate both Intermediate Holdco and QLH’s financial results and report a non-controlling interest related to the portion of QLH not owned by us.

Exchange Agreement

On October 27, 2020, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Insignia and the Senior Executives, which will each hold Class B-1 units. Pursuant to and subject to the terms of the exchange agreement and the fourth amended and restated limited liability company agreement of QLH, holders of Class B-1 units, from time to time, may exchange one Class B-1 unit, together with the corresponding share of our Class B common stock, for one share of the Company’s Class A common stock (or, at the Company’s election, cash of an equivalent value).

We have reserved for issuance 25,536,043 shares of our Class A common stock for potential exchange in the future for Class B-1 units, which is the aggregate number of Class B common stock outstanding after completion of the Reorganization Transactions and the IPO.

Tax Receivables Agreement

Concurrent with the completion of the IPO, we became a party to a tax receivables agreement with Insignia, the Senior Executives, and White Mountains related to the tax basis step-up of the assets of QLH and certain net operating losses of Intermediate Holdco. The agreement requires us to pay Insignia and the Senior Executives 85% of the cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax we realize (or are deemed to realize) as a result of (i) any increases in tax basis following our purchase (through Intermediate Holdco) of Class B-1 units of QLH from certain unitholders (including the Selling Class B-1 Unit Holders) in connection with the IPO, as well as any future exchanges described above; (ii) the pre-offering leveraged distribution and actual or deemed other distributions by QLH to its members that result in tax basis adjustments to the assets of QLH, and (iii) certain other tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivables agreement itself.

The tax receivables agreement also requires us to pay White Mountains 85% of the amount of the cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that we realize (or are deemed to realize) as a result of the utilization of the net operating losses of Intermediate Holdco attributable to periods prior to the IPO and the deduction of any imputed interest attributable to our payment obligations under the tax receivables agreement.

2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan

On October 27, 2020, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and its stockholder approved the Company’s adoption of the MediaAlpha, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”). The Omnibus Incentive Plan provides for an initial reserve of an aggregate of 12,506,550 shares of Class A common stock, subject to annual increases for each year during the plan term, as described in the Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Omnibus Incentive Plan authorizes the grants of various types of equity awards, such as nonqualified stock options, incentive (qualified) stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance awards, cash incentive awards and other equity-based awards (including deferred share units and fully vested shares) to current or prospective directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its affiliates.

Initial Public Offering

As noted above, we completed an IPO of 7,027,606 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $19.00 per share, which includes 769,104 shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.  We received $124.2 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, which we used in part to repurchase 4,772,449 Class B-1 units from the Selling Class B-1 Unit Holders.  Immediately following the completion of the IPO, there were 33,169,141 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, representing an approximately 56.5% ownership interest in QLH.  Additionally, immediately following the completion of the IPO, there were 25,536,043 shares of Class B common stock outstanding, equivalent to all but 41,620 Class B-1 units of QLH not held by us, representing an approximately 43.5% ownership interest in QLH.  

MediaAlpha, Inc. contributed (i) $84.3 million of the net proceeds to Intermediate Holdco for Intermediate Holdco to repurchase 4,772,449 Class B-1 units of QLH (which Class B-1 units will be converted into Class A-1 units of QLH) and (ii) $23.6 million of the net proceeds to Intermediate Holdco for further contribution to QLH, and in turn to QuoteLab LLC (“QL”), to repay outstanding borrowings under the 2020 Term Loan Facility. The remaining net proceeds of $16.3 million were contributed to Intermediate Holdco for further contribution to QLH and QL to pay for costs associated with the offering and to use for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.

Equity Awards

Effective as of the closing of the IPO on October 30, 2020, the Company granted 4,856,189 restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards of our Class A common stock at a grant-date fair value of $19.00 per share, the public offering price at the IPO, under the Omnibus Incentive Plan to certain officers of the Company and to the non-employee directors who joined the Board in connection with the IPO. Such RSU awards will vest quarterly over the first three years following the date of grant, subject to continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date (with limited exceptions in the case of a change of control (or certain qualifying terminations in connection with a change of control) or, for certain officers, death, disability, termination without cause or resignation for good reason).

On November 16, 2020, the Company granted a further 966,601 RSU awards of our Class A common stock under the Omnibus Incentive Plan to certain non-executive employees of the Company.  Such RSU awards vest quarterly over terms that range from less than one year to four years, dependent on length of service rendered by each employee at the grant date, subject to continued employment or service through the applicable vesting date.

Partial prepayment of 2020 Term Loan Facility

 

On December 1, 2020, QL repaid $23.6 million of the 2020 Term Loan Facility.  

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Termination of supply partner relationship

On October 19, 2020, the Company terminated a relationship with a supply partner.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, this partner represented 3.5% and 3.3% of revenue, respectively.  

Reorganization and IPO

On October 27, 2020, the Company entered into a reorganization agreement with MediaAlpha, Inc., White Mountains, Intermediate Holdco, Insignia, founders and certain officers (the “Senior Executives”), and certain current or former employees of QLH and its subsidiaries (the “Legacy Profits Interest Holders”) that sets forth a series of reorganization transactions to be consummated in connection with the IPO, as described in Note 6 to MediaAlpha, Inc.’s financial statements. Among these reorganization transactions, the Company entered into a fourth amended and restated liability limited company agreement and established two classes of outstanding equity: Class A-1 units, which may only be issued to Intermediate Holdco, as sole managing member, and Class B-1 units. Intermediate Holdco holds 100% of the Class A-1 units and the previous equity interests held by the Legacy Profits Interest Holders, the Senior Executives, and Insignia, including the redeemable Class A units, are converted into Class B-1 units in QLH held by the same parties. The Class A-1 units and Class B-1 units entitle their holders to equivalent economic rights, meaning an equal share in the profits and losses of, and distributions from, QLH. Holders of Class B-1 units have no voting rights as it pertains to QLH, except for the right to approve certain amendments to the fourth amended and restated limited liability company agreement.

On October 30, 2020, MediaAlpha, Inc. closed its IPO of its shares of Class A common stock and received $124.2 million in proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions of $9.3 million. MediaAlpha, Inc. contributed (i) $84.3 million of the net proceeds to Intermediate Holdco for Intermediate Holdco to repurchase 4,772,449 Class B-1 units of QLH (which Class B-1 units will be converted into Class A-1 units of QLH) and (ii) $23.6 million of the net proceeds to Intermediate Holdco for further contribution to QLH and QL, to repay outstanding borrowings under the 2020 Term Loan Facility. The remaining net proceeds of $16.3 million were contributed to Intermediate Holdco for further contribution to QLH and QL to pay for costs associated with the offering and to use for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. Of the repurchased Class B-1 units, the Company determined that modification accounting under ASC 718 will be applied to certain partially vested and unvested awards and will recognize an acceleration of equity-based compensation expense of $2.8 million upon the IPO.

Debt prepayment

On December 1, 2020, the Company prepaid $23.6 million of the 2020 Term Loan Facility.