Exhibit 10.4

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

 

December 30, 2024

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below) is dated effective as of December 30, 2024 (this “Amendment”), and is entered into by and among Vacasa, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Vacasa Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company LLC”), SLP Venice Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Representative”), and each of undersigned Persons under the heading “Holders” on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Holders”).  Each of the Company, the Company LLC, the Representative, and the Holders are referred to herein, individually, as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Company LLC, the Representative, the Holders and the other parties thereto previously entered into that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2021 (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 7.6(b) of the Tax Receivable Agreement provides that the Tax Receivable Agreement may only be amended if such amendment is approved in writing by each of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) the TRA Parties who collectively would be entitled to receive at least a majority of any Early Termination Payments that would hypothetically be payable to all TRA Parties (applying the Valuation Assumptions);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved in writing amending the Tax Receivable Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment;

 

WHEREAS, the Holders represent the TRA Parties who collectively would be entitled to receive at least a majority of any Early Termination Payments that would hypothetically be payable to all TRA Parties (applying the Valuation Assumptions) if an Early Termination were to occur on the effective date of this Amendment;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that, in accordance with Section 7.6(b) of the Tax Receivable Agreement, this Amendment does not have a disproportionate material and adverse effect on (a) the Exchange TRA Parties, on the one hand, or the Reorganization TRA Parties, on the other hand, (b) any TRA Party or (c) any Exchange TRA Party relative to any other Exchange TRA Party, or on any Reorganization TRA Party relative to any other Reorganization TRA Party, due to, among other reasons, the fact that the Early Termination Payment will be waived with respect to all TRA Parties equally; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Company, the Company LLC, Casago Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Vista Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Vista Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, dated as of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”), subject to and effective upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Parties desire to amend the Tax Receivable Agreement as set forth in this Amendment to, among other things, terminate the Company’s, the Company LLC’s, the Representative’s, the Holders’ and the other TRA Parties’ rights and obligations in respect of the Tax Receivable Agreement and to release the Company and the Company LLC from all obligations thereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.       Definitions.  Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

Section 2.       Amendment to the Tax Receivable Agreement.  Article IV of the Tax Receivable Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 4.4 as set forth below:

 

“Section 4.4.  Termination Upon Specified Change of Control.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effective as of and conditioned upon the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Corporation, the LLC, Casago Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Vista Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Vista Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, dated as of December 30, 2024 (the “Merger Agreement” and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Specified Change of Control”), (a) this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety, and (b) the Corporation, the LLC, the Representative, the TRA Parties and any other party hereto shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder, including with respect to the payment of all or any portion of any Early Termination Payment or any other amounts owed pursuant to this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Closing occurs, the Specified Change of Control shall not constitute a “Change of Control” for purposes of this Agreement (and Section 4.1(c) shall not apply in connection with the Specified Change of Control) and no Early Termination Payment or other amount otherwise payable under this Agreement shall be payable in connection with the Closing or otherwise.”

 

 

Section 4.       Incorporation by Reference.  Sections 7.1 (Notices), 7.2 (Counterparts; Electronic Signature), 7.4 (Governing Law), 7.5 (Severability), 7.6 (Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waivers), 7.7 (Resolution of Disputes), and 7.14 (Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations) of the Tax Receivable Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

 

 

Section 6.       No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Amendment, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Amendment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree that, unless the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, Parent is an express third party beneficiary of this Amendment and this Amendment is enforceable by Parent in all respects.  None of the provisions of this Amendment may be amended, modified or otherwise adjusted, and this Amendment may not be terminated or waived in any respect, by any Party without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent may be withheld by Parent in its sole discretion).

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.

 

	COMPANY LLC:
	VACASA HOLDINGS LLC
	By:	/s/ Robert Greyber
	Name:	Robert Greyber
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

	HOLDERS:
	SLP V VENICE FEEDER I, L.P.
	By:	Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., its general partner
	By:	SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
	By:	Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
	By:	/s/ Joerg Adams
	Name:	Joerg Adams
	Title:	Managing Director

	SLP VENICE HOLDINGS, L.P.
	By:	SLP V Aggregator GP, L.L.C.
	By:	Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., its general partner
	By:	SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
	By:	Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
	By	/s/ Joerg Adams
	Name:	Joerg Adams
	Title:	Managing Director

	SLP VENICE AGGREGATOR, L.P.
	By:	Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., its general partner
	By:	SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., its general partner
	By:	Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member
	By	/s/ Joerg Adams
	Name:	Joerg Adams
	Title:	Managing Director

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Tax Receivable Agreement]

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