EX-10.1





 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 
 TAX RECEIVABLE
AGREEMENT 
 BY AND AMONG 

MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC., 

CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS NAMED HEREIN, 

AND 
 THE AGENT 

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 19, 2020 












 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	RECITALS	  	 	1	 
		
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 1.1
	 	 Definitions
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 1.2
	 	 Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions
	  	 	10	 
		
	ARTICLE II DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFITS	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.1
	 	 Exchange Schedule
	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.2
	 	 NOL Schedule
	  	 	10	 
	 Section 2.3
	 	 Tax Benefit Schedule
	  	 	11	 
	 Section 2.4
	 	 Procedure: Amendments
	  	 	12	 
		
	ARTICLE III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS	  	 	13	 
	 Section 3.1
	 	 Payments
	  	 	13	 
	 Section 3.2
	 	 No Duplicative Payments
	  	 	13	 
	 Section 3.3
	 	 Coordination of Benefits.
	  	 	13	 
		
	ARTICLE IV TERMINATION	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.1
	 	 Early Termination by the Corporation
	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.2
	 	 Early Termination upon Change of Control
	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.3
	 	 Breach of Agreement
	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.4
	 	 Early Termination Notice
	  	 	15	 
	 Section 4.5
	 	 Payment upon Early Termination
	  	 	16	 
		
	ARTICLE V SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS	  	 	16	 
	 Section 5.1
	 	 Subordination
	  	 	16	 
	 Section 5.2
	 	 Late Payments by the Corporation
	  	 	16	 
		
	ARTICLE VI	  	 	17	 
		
	PARTICIPATION IN TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION	  	 	17	 
	 Section 6.1
	 	 Participation in the Corporation’s Tax Matters
	  	 	17	 
	 Section 6.2
	 	 Consistency
	  	 	17	 
	 Section 6.3
	 	 Cooperation
	  	 	17	 
		
	ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS	  	 	18	 
	 Section 7.1
	 	 Notices
	  	 	18	 
	 Section 7.2
	 	 Counterparts
	  	 	18	 
	 Section 7.3
	 	 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 7.4
	 	 Governing Law
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 7.5
	 	 Severability
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 7.6
	 	 Successors: Assignment
	  	 	19	 


  
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	 Section 7.7
	 	 Amendments: Waivers
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 7.8
	 	 Titles and Subtitles
	  	 	20	 
	 Section 7.9
	 	 Reconciliation
	  	 	20	 
	 Section 7.10
	 	 Consent to Jurisdiction
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 7.11
	 	 Waiver of Jury Trial
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 7.12
	 	 Withholding
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 7.13
	 	 Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 7.14
	 	 Confidentiality
	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.15
	 	 No Similar Agreements
	  	 	23	 
	 Section 7.16
	 	 Change in Law
	  	 	23	 


  
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 TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT 

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 19, 2020 is hereby entered into by and among
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Maravai Topco Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Maravai Life Sciences Holdings, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“MLSH 1”), Maravai Life Sciences Holdings 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MLSH 2”), and the Agent. 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, prior to the
date hereof, the TRA Holders held, directly or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries classified as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, limited liability company interests (“Units”) in the Company, which is
classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; 
 WHEREAS, the Corporation is the managing member of the Company; 

WHEREAS, following the date hereof, the Corporation will issue shares of its Class A Common Stock, to certain purchasers in an initial
public offering of its Class A Common Stock (the “IPO” and the date on which the IPO is consummated is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”); 

WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the Corporation will purchase Common Units (i) directly from the Company and (ii) from MLSH 1, in each
case, using proceeds of the IPO (collectively, the “Purchase”); 
 WHEREAS, from and after the closing of the IPO, under
certain circumstances, the member of the Company (other than the Corporation) may exchange its Units together with its shares of Class B Common Stock of the Corporation for a Cash Payment and/or Class A Common Stock (each such transaction
an “Exchange”) pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement and as a result of such Exchanges, the Corporation is expected to obtain or be entitled to certain Tax benefits as further described herein; 

WHEREAS, the Company and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes
will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and any corresponding provisions of state and local Tax law for the Taxable Year that includes the Closing Date
and each Taxable Year in which an Exchange (as defined below) occurs, which election is expected to result, with respect to the Corporation, in an adjustment to the Tax basis of the assets owned by the Company and such Subsidiaries in connection
with the Purchase and each Exchange; 
 WHEREAS, each of NCP III Maravai Blocker Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Newstone
Blocker”), and GTCR/Maravai Blocker Corp., a Delaware corporation (“GTCR Blocker”) (the Newstone Blocker and the GTCR Blocker, together, the “Blockers”), are taxable as corporations for U.S. federal income
tax purposes and, immediately prior to the Reorganization Transactions (as defined below), are wholly owned by MLSH 2; 












 WHEREAS, MLSH 2 will enter into certain reorganization transactions with the Corporation in
connection with the Blocker Mergers (the “Reorganization Transactions”), and as a result of such transactions the Corporation will succeed to certain Tax attributes of the Blockers as further described herein; and 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to set forth the agreements among the parties hereto regarding the sharing of the Tax benefits realized by
the Corporation as a result of (i) the Purchase, (ii) the Exchanges, (iii) the Reorganization Transactions and (iv) certain of the payments made pursuant to this Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally
bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this ARTICLE I shall have
the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). 

“Accrued Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b). 

“Actual Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the actual liability for Taxes of (i) the Corporation
and (ii) without duplication, the Company, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on the taxable income of the Company that is allocable to the Corporation (or to the other members of the consolidated group of which the Corporation is a member
for such Taxable Year). 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person. 

“Agent” means MLSH 1 or such other Person designated as such pursuant to Section 7.6. 

“Agreed Rate” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points. 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Amended Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b). 

“Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the tax rate equal to the sum of the product of (x) the Company’s income
and franchise Tax apportionment rate(s) for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Company files income or franchise Tax Returns for the relevant Taxable Year and (y) the highest corporate income and franchise Tax rate(s) for each such
state and local jurisdiction in which the Company files income or franchise Tax Returns for each relevant Taxable Year; provided, that the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate calculated pursuant 

  
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to the foregoing shall be reduced by the assumed federal income Tax benefit received by the Corporation with respect to state and local jurisdiction income and franchise Taxes (with such benefit
calculated as the product of (a) the Corporation’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year and (b) the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate (without regard to this proviso)). 

“Basis Adjustment” means any adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset as a result of (i) the Purchase or
(ii) an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Purchase or such Exchange (as calculated under Section 2.1), including, but not limited to: 

(i) under Sections 734(b), 743(b), 754 and 755 of the Code (in situations where, following an Exchange, the Company remains classified as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes); and 
 (ii) under Sections 732(b), 734(b) and 1012 of the Code and, without duplication,
as a result of any basis adjustment to which the Company succeeds, including pursuant to proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(f) and any subsequent similar guidance and comparable sections of
U.S. state and local income and franchise tax law (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal
income tax purposes), and in each case, comparable sections of state and local Tax laws. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, (X) the amount
of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of Exchangeable Units shall be determined without regard to any Section 743(b) adjustment attributable to such Exchangeable Units prior to such Exchange and (Y) payments made under this
Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are (a) made to MLSH 2 or (b) treated as Imputed Interest. 

“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to a security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: 
 (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of,
such security and/or 
 (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security. 

The terms “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have correlative meanings. 

“Blocker Mergers” means those certain merger transactions to be consummated on the date hereof which will result in each of
the Blockers merging with and into the Corporation, in each case with the Corporation remaining as the surviving corporation. 

“Blocker NOLs” means the net operating losses, capital losses, disallowed interest expense carryforwards under
Section 163(j) of the Code and credit carryforwards of the Blockers relating to taxable periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date. 

  
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 “Blockers” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 “Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation. 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the banks in New York are authorized by law
to be closed. 
 “Cash Payment” has the meaning set forth in the Exchange Agreement. 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: 

(i) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any “person” or
“group” who, on the Closing Date, is the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities)) becomes the Beneficial Owner
of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities; 

(ii) (A) the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Corporation or (B) there is
consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by the
Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to an entity at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of the Corporation immediately prior to such sale or other disposition; 
 (iii) there is consummated a merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (A) the board of directors of the Corporation immediately prior to the merger or
consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (B) all of the Persons who were
the respective Beneficial Owners of the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation; or 
 (iv) the following individuals cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Corporation then serving: individuals who were directors of the Corporation on the Closing Date or any new director whose appointment or election to the Board or nomination for election by the
Corporation’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors of the Corporation on the Closing Date or
whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause (iv). 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any
transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B 

  
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Common Stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own
substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. 

“Change of Control Date” means the date on which a Change of Control occurs. 

“Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement. 

“Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement. 

“Closing Date Basis” means, immediately prior to the Purchase, the Tax basis of any Reference Asset that is goodwill or any
other intangible asset that is amortizable under Section 197 of the Code, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustments in the Tax basis of such Reference Assets. 

“Code” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The term “Controlled” shall have a correlative meaning. 

“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Corporation Letter” means a letter prepared by the Corporation in connection with the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, which states that the relevant Schedules, notices or other information to be provided by the Corporation to the Agent, along with all supporting schedules and work papers, were prepared in a manner that is consistent with the terms
of this Agreement and, to the extent not expressly provided in this Agreement, on a reasonable basis in light of the facts and law in existence on the date such Schedules, notices or other information were delivered by the Corporation to the Agent.
Such letter shall identify any material assumptions or operating procedures or principles that were used for purposes of the underlying calculations. 

“Corporation Return” means the U.S. federal and/or state and local Tax Return of the Corporation (including any consolidated
group of which the Corporation is a member, as further described in Section 7.13(a)) filed with respect to any Taxable Year. 

“Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount (but not less than zero) of Realized Tax
Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be
determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination. 

“Default Rate” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points. 

  
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 “Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of any state and local Tax law or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any
liability for Tax. 
 “Disputing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9. 

“Early Termination” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1. 

“Early Termination Date” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination
Payment. 
 “Early Termination Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4. 

“Early Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4. 

“Early Termination Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b). 

“Early Termination Rate” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points. 

“Early Termination Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4. 

“Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the recitals in the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this definition shall
include any Exchange occurring in connection with a Change of Control. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. 
 “Exchange Agreement” means that certain Exchange Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date,
2020, by and among the Corporation, MLSH 1, the Company and the other parties thereto. 
 “Exchange Schedule” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1. 
 “Exchangeable Unit” has the meaning set forth in the
Exchange Agreement. 
 “Expert” means a “Big 4” accounting firm not disqualified by conflicts or independence
analysis or such nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement as is mutually acceptable to both parties. 

“GTCR Blocker” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, (x) the liability for Taxes of the Corporation
and, without duplication, the Company, but only with respect to Taxes of the Company allocable to the Corporation or to the other members of the consolidated group of which the Corporation is a member for such Taxable Year (in each case, using the
same methods, elections, conventions, and similar practices used on the relevant Corporation Return), but without taking into account (i) any Basis Adjustments, (ii) any Blocker NOLs, (iii) any Closing Date Basis and (iv) any
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Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined (A) without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any Basis Adjustments,
Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis, and Imputed Interest, (B) using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, solely for purposes of calculating the state and local Hypothetical Tax Liability of the Corporation and (C), to the extent not
addressed in clause (B) of this sentence, using reasonable estimation methodologies for calculating the portion of any of the foregoing items attributable to U.S. state or local Taxes. 

“ICE LIBOR” has the meaning set forth below under “LIBOR.” 

“Imputed Interest” means any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any
similar provision of any state and local Tax law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Imputed Interest shall not include any Accrued Amount. 

“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. 

“LIBOR” means during any period, a rate per annum equal to the ICE LIBOR rate for a period of one month (“ICE
LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as may be designated by the Corporation from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period. If ICE LIBOR ceases to be published, “LIBOR” shall mean a
rate, selected by the Corporation in good faith, with characteristics similar to ICE LIBOR or consistent with market practices generally; 

“LLC Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, to be dated as of
the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, amended and restated or replaced from time to time. 
 “Material Objection
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4. 
 “MLSH 1” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble to this Agreement. 
 “MLSH 2” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Net Tax Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b). 

“Newstone Blocker” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“NOL Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2. 

“Objection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a). 

“Payment Date” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement. 

  
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 “Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity. 

“Purchase” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“Realized Tax Benefit” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax
Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority for any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until
there has been a Determination. 
 “Realized Tax Detriment” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual
Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority for any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining
the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination. 
 “Reconciliation Dispute” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.9. 
 “Reconciliation Procedures” means the procedures described in
Section 7.9. 
 “Reference Asset” means any asset that is held by the Company, or any of its
direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for purposes of the applicable Tax (but only to the extent such Subsidiaries are not held through any entity treated as a corporation for purposes of the
applicable Tax), immediately prior to the Purchase or at the time of an Exchange, as applicable. A Reference Asset also includes any asset that is “substituted basis property” under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a
Reference Asset. 
 “Reorganization Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“Schedule” means any of the following: (i) an Exchange Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, (iii) an NOL
Schedule or (iv) the Early Termination Schedule. 
 “Senior Obligations” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1. 
 “Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of
such Person. 
 “Tax Benefit Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b). 

“Tax Benefit Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a). 

“Tax Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1. 

  
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 “Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement
filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax. 

“Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of
state or local Tax law, as applicable (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the date hereof. 

“Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured
with respect to net income or profits, and any interest related to such Tax. 
 “Taxing Authority” means any federal,
national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi- governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.

 “TRA Holders” means MLSH 1, MLSH 2 and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns pursuant to
Section 7.6. 
 “Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and proposed regulations
under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant Taxable Year. 

“Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement. 

“Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that (i) in each Taxable Year ending on
or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deductions arising from all Basis Adjustments, Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis, and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year or
future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions, further assuming such future Tax
Benefit Payments would be paid on the due date, without extensions, for filing the Corporation Return for the applicable Taxable Year) in which such deductions would become available, (ii) any loss or credit carryovers generated by deductions
or losses arising from any Basis Adjustment, Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis or Imputed Interest that are available in the Taxable Year that includes the Early Termination Date and any Blocker NOLs that have not been previously utilized in
determining a Tax Benefit Payment as of the Early Termination Date, will be utilized by the Corporation in the earliest possible Taxable Year permitted by the Code and the Treasury Regulations (iii) the U.S. federal income tax rates that will
be in effect for each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and the tax rates for U.S. state and local income taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate,
in each case as in effect on the Early Termination Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Years have already been enacted into law; (iv) any non-amortizable Reference
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to which any Basis Adjustment is attributable will be disposed of for cash at their fair market value in a fully taxable transaction for Tax purposes on the later of (A) the fifteenth
anniversary of the Exchange which gave rise to such Basis Adjustment and (B) the Early Termination Date, and (v) if, at the Early Termination Date, there are Exchangeable Units that have not been transferred in an Exchange, then all
Exchangeable Units and (if applicable) shares of Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to be transferred in an Exchange effective on the Early Termination Date. 

Section 1.2 Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are
to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.
Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the
singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by
those words or words of like import. “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract
are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date
mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. 
 ARTICLE II 

DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFITS 

Section 2.1 Exchange Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the extended due date of the U.S.
federal Corporation Return for each Taxable Year in which any Exchange has been effected by a TRA Holder, the Corporation shall deliver to the Agent a schedule (the “Exchange Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to
perform the calculations required by this Agreement, including with respect to each TRA Holder participating in any Exchange during such Taxable Year, (i) the Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the Exchanges
effected by such TRA Holder in such Taxable Year and (ii) the period (or periods) over which such Basis Adjustments are amortizable and/or depreciable. 

Section 2.2 NOL Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the extended due date of the U.S.
federal Corporation Return for the Taxable Year that includes the Closing Date, the Corporation shall deliver to the Agent a schedule (the “NOL Schedule”) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations
required by this Agreement, (i) the Blocker NOLs attributable to the Blockers as of the Closing Date and (ii) any applicable limitations on the use of the Blocker NOLs for Tax purposes (including under Section 382 of the Code). 

  
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 Section 2.3 Tax Benefit Schedule. 

(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within ninety (90) calendar days after the extended due date of the U.S. federal Corporation Return for
any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporation shall provide to the Agent: (i) a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (A) the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax
Detriment for such Taxable Year, (B) the portion of the Net Tax Benefit, if any, that is allocable to each TRA Holder, (C) the Accrued Amount with respect to any such Net Tax Benefit that is allocable to such TRA Holder, (D) the Tax
Benefit Payment determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) due to each such TRA Holder, and (E) the portion of such Tax Benefit Payment that the Corporation intends to treat as Imputed Interest (a “Tax Benefit
Schedule”), (ii) a reasonably detailed calculation by the Corporation of the Hypothetical Tax Liability (the “without” calculation), (iii) a reasonably detailed calculation by the Corporation of the Actual Tax Liability (the
“with” calculation), (iv) a copy of the Corporation Return for such Taxable Year, (v) a Corporation Letter supporting such Tax Benefit Schedule and (vi) any other work papers reasonably requested by the Agent. In addition, the
Corporation shall allow the Agent reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporation in connection with a review of such Tax Benefit Schedule. The Tax Benefit Schedule will become final as provided in
Section 2.4(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.4(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b)).  

(b) Applicable Principles. The Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease
or increase in the Corporation’s actual liability for Taxes for such Taxable Year that is attributable to the Basis Adjustments, the Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis, and Imputed Interest, determined using a “with and without”
methodology. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) such actual liability for Taxes will take into account the deduction of the portion of the Tax Benefit Payment that must be accounted for as interest under the Code based upon the characterization of
Tax Benefit Payments as additional consideration payable by the Corporation, and (ii) in addition to using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining the state and local Hypothetical Tax Liability, the Corporation may use
reasonable estimation methodologies for calculating the portion of any Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment attributable to U.S. state or local Taxes. For purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for any
Taxable Year, carryforwards or carrybacks of any Tax item (such as a net operating loss) attributable to the Basis Adjustments, the Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis, and Imputed Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code
and the Treasury Regulations and the corresponding provisions of state and local Tax laws, as applicable, governing the use, limitation, and expiration of carryforwards or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryforward or carryback of any Tax
item includes a portion that is attributable to the Basis Adjustment, the Blocker NOLs, the Closing Date Basis, or Imputed Interest (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not so attributable (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such respective portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that: (i) the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion; and (ii) in the case of a carryback of a Non-TRA Portion, such carryback shall not
affect the original “with and without” calculation made in the applicable prior Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, the TRA Portion of any Tax item when such item is incurred shall be determined using a marginal “with and
without” methodology by calculating (i) the amount of such Tax item for all Tax purposes taking into account the Basis Adjustments, the Closing Date Basis, the Blocker NOLs and Imputed Interest and (ii) the amount of such Tax item for
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Closing Date Basis, the Blocker NOLs or Imputed Interest, with the TRA Portion equal to the excess of the amount specified in clause (i) over the amount specified in clause (ii) (but only if
such excess is greater than zero). The parties agree that (i) any payment under this Agreement to MLSH 1 (or its successors or assigns), including the Accrued Amount (other than amounts accounted for as Imputed Interest) will be treated as a
subsequent upward adjustment to the purchase price of the relevant Exchangeable Units and will have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments to Reference Assets for the Corporation in the year of payment, and (ii) as a result, such
additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into the calculation for the year of payment and into future year calculations, as appropriate. 

Section 2.4 Procedure: Amendments. 

(a) An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the first
date on which the Agent has received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto unless (i) the Agent, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving an applicable Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the Corporation with notice of a
material objection to such Schedule (“Objection Notice”) made in good faith or (ii) the Agent provides a written waiver of such right of any Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case
such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date a waiver from the Agent has been received by the Corporation. If the Corporation and Agent, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in an Objection Notice
within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of such Objection Notice, the Corporation and Agent shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under Section 7.9. 

(b) The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a
Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was provided to the Agent,
(iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a
loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Corporation Return filed for such Taxable Year or (vi) to adjust an
Exchange Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement (any such Schedule, an “Amended Schedule”). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Agent, the Corporation shall provide an Amended Schedule to the
Agent (A) within sixty (60) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referenced in clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence and (B) in connection with the delivery of the Tax Benefit Schedule for the year of the
applicable payment in the event of an adjustment pursuant to clause (vi) of the preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a Schedule is amended after such Schedule becomes final pursuant to
Section 2.4(a), the Amended Schedule shall not be taken into account in calculating any Tax Benefit Payment in the Taxable Year to which the amendment relates but instead shall be taken into account in calculating
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 ARTICLE III 

TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS 

Section 3.1 Payments. 

(a) Within five (5) calendar days after a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to the Agent becomes final in accordance with
Section 2.4(a), the Corporation shall pay to each TRA Holder the Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year in the percentages set forth on Schedule A, which such schedule may be updated by
the Corporation with the written consent of the Agent after the day hereof. Each such payment shall be made by check, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by the TRA Holder to the Corporation, or
as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the TRA Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated Tax payments, including, without limitation, U.S. federal or state estimated income Tax payments.

 (b) A “Tax Benefit Payment” for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the Net Tax
Benefit and the Accrued Amount with respect thereto for such Taxable Year. Subject to Section 3.3 the “Net Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) 85% of the
Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year over (ii) the total amount of payments previously made under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts);
provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that no TRA Holder shall be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The “Accrued Amount” with respect to any portion of a Net Tax Benefit shall equal an
amount determined in the same manner as interest on such portion of the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return for such Taxable Year until the Payment
Date. For the avoidance of doubt, for Tax purposes, the Accrued Amount shall not be treated as interest but shall instead be treated as additional consideration for the acquisition of Exchangeable Units in an Exchange or the stock of the Blockers in
the Reorganization Transactions (as applicable) unless otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless otherwise specified by a TRA Holder in the Exchange Notice for any Exchange, the aggregate Tax Benefit Payments
attributable to any Closing Date Basis and Basis Adjustments in respect of such Exchange (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) shall not exceed 40% of the fair market value of the consideration received on such Exchange. 

Section 3.2    No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions of this
Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. It is also intended that the provisions of this Agreement will result in 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit, and the
Accrued Amount thereon, being paid to the TRA Holders. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner to achieve these fundamental results. 

Section 3.3    Coordination of Benefits. 

(a) If for any reason the Corporation does not fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due under this Agreement
in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) the Corporation will pay the same proportion of each Tax Benefit Payment due to each TRA Holder in respect of such Taxable Year, without favoring one obligation over the other, and (ii) no
Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of prior Taxable Years have been made in full. 

  
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 (b) To the extent the Corporation makes a payment to a TRA Holder in respect of a particular
Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) (taking into account Section 3.3(a) and (b), but excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts) in an amount in excess of the amount of such
payment that should have been made to such TRA Holder in respect of such Taxable Year, then (i) such TRA Holder shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until such TRA Holder has foregone an
amount of payments equal to such excess and (ii) the Corporation will pay the amount of such TRA Holder’s foregone payments to the other Persons to whom a payment is due under this Agreement in a manner such that each such Person to whom a
payment is due under this Agreement, to the maximum extent possible, receives aggregate payments under Section 3.1(a) (taking into account Section 3.3(a) and this
Section 3.3(b), but excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts) in the amount it would have received if there had been no excess payment to such TRA Holder. 

ARTICLE IV 

TERMINATION 

Section 4.1 Early Termination by the Corporation. With the written approval of a majority of
its independent directors, the Corporation may terminate this Agreement at any time by paying to each TRA Holder the Early Termination Payment due to such TRA Holder pursuant to
 Section 4.5(b), provided,
however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by the TRA Holders (such termination, an “Early Termination”). Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment by the
Corporation, the Corporation shall not have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (i) Tax Benefit Payment previously due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (ii) any Tax Benefit
Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the Early Termination Date (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (ii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). 

Section 4.2 Early Termination upon Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, all
obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the Change of Control Date and shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) payment of the
Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on such Change of Control Date, (b) payment of any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of a TRA Holder agreed to by the Corporation and such TRA Holder as due
and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice, and (c) payment of any Tax Benefit Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including such Change of Control Date (except to the extent that the amount described in
clause (c) is included in the Early Termination Payment). In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment shall be calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions and by substituting in each case the term “Change of
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 Section 4.3 Breach of Agreement. 

(a) In the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any
payment when due, as a result of failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then, unless
otherwise waived in writing by a majority of the TRA Holders, such breach shall be treated as an Early Termination and all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been
delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but shall not be limited to, (i) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (ii) any Tax Benefit Payment
previously due and payable but unpaid as of the date of the breach, and (iii) any Tax Benefit Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of the breach (except to the extent that the amount described in clause
(iii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporation breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, a majority of the TRA Holders shall be entitled to elect to
receive the amounts set forth in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. 
 (b) The
parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this
Agreement, and that it shall not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. The Corporation shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making required payments under this Agreement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid entering into credit agreements that could be
reasonably anticipated to materially delay the timing of any payments under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any payment due
pursuant to this Agreement as a result of and to the extent the Corporation has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the
Corporation does not have sufficient cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by debt agreements to which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries is a party, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the
Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate); provided, further, that the Corporation shall promptly (and in any event, within two (2) Business Days), pay all such unpaid payments, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
immediately following such time that the Corporation has, and to the extent the Corporation has, sufficient funds to make such payment, and the failure of the Corporation to do so shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, all cash and cash equivalents used or to be used to pay dividends by, or repurchase equity securities of, the Corporation shall be deemed to be funds sufficient and available to pay such unpaid payments, together with any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon. 
 Section 4.4 Early Termination Notice. If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right
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Termination Notice or the occurrence of an event described in Section 4.2 or Section 4.3(a), the Corporation shall deliver (i) a
schedule showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (the “Early Termination Schedule”) and (ii) any other work papers reasonably requested by the Agent. In addition, the Corporation shall
allow the Agent reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporation in connection with a review of such Early Termination Schedule. The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties thirty
(30) calendar days from the first date on which the Agent has received such Schedule or amendment thereto unless (x) the Agent, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule, provides the Corporation
and each other Agent with notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (“Material Objection Notice”) or (y) the Agent provides a written waiver of such right of a Material Objection Notice within the
period described in clause (x) above, in which case such Schedule becomes binding on the date a waiver from the Agent has been received by the Corporation (the “Early Termination Effective Date”). If the Corporation and Agent,
for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporation and Agent shall employ the Reconciliation
Procedures under Section 7.9. 
 Section 4.5 Payment upon Early
Termination. 
 (a) Within three (3) calendar days after the Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation shall pay to each TRA
Holder its Early Termination Payment. Each such payment shall be made by check, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the TRA Holder, or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the TRA Holder.

 (b) The “Early Termination Payment” shall equal, with respect to each TRA Holder, the present value, discounted at the
Early Termination Rate as of the Early Termination Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such TRA Holder beginning from the Early Termination Date and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions are
applied. 
 ARTICLE V 

SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS 

Section 5.1 Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax
Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment required to be made by the Corporation to any TRA Holder under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and
payable in respect of any obligations in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (such obligations, “Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu with all current or
future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the above, the determination of whether it is a breach of this Agreement if the Corporation fails to make any Tax Benefit
Payment when due is governed by Section 4.3(a). 
 Section 5.2 Late
Payments by the Corporation. The amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment under this Agreement not made to any TRA Holder when due under the terms of this
Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate (or, if so provided in Section 4.3(a), at the Agreed Rate) and commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment,
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 ARTICLE VI 

PARTICIPATION IN TAX MATTERS; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION 

Section 6.1 Participation in the Corporation’s Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporation, including without limitation preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any
issue pertaining to Taxes of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation (i) shall notify the Agent of, and keep the Agent reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit, examination, or any other
administrative or judicial proceeding (a “Tax Proceeding”) of the Corporation by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably expected to affect the rights and obligations of the TRA Holders under this Agreement,
(ii) shall provide the Agent with reasonable opportunity to provide information and other input to the Corporation and its advisors concerning the conduct of any such portion of a Tax Proceeding, and (iii) shall not enter into any
settlement with respect to any such portion of a Tax Proceeding that could have a material effect on the TRA Holders’ rights (including the right to receive payments) under this Agreement without the written consent of the Agent, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to take any action, or refrain from taking any action, that is inconsistent with any provision of the LLC Agreement;
provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Corporation shall prepare, file, and/or amend all Tax Returns in accordance with applicable law (including with respect to the calculation of
taxable income and any calculations required to be made under this Agreement) and nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Agent or any TRA Holder from disputing such Tax matters in accordance with Section 7.9.

 Section 6.2 Consistency. The Corporation and the TRA Holders agree to report and cause to be reported
for all purposes, including U.S. federal, state and local Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including, without limitation, the Basis Adjustments, Imputed Interest, and each
Tax Benefit Payment), but, for financial reporting purposes, only in respect of items that are not explicitly characterized as “deemed” or in a similar manner by the terms of this Agreement, in a manner consistent with that set forth in
any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Agreement, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.4 unless otherwise required by applicable law. If the Corporation and any TRA Holder,
for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve any disagreement concerning such treatment within thirty (30) calendar days, the Corporation and such TRA Holder shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under
Section 7.9. 
 Section 6.3 Cooperation. Each TRA Holder shall
(i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement,
preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any Tax Proceeding, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or
its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above, and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter. The Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Holder for any
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 ARTICLE VII 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 7.1 Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason
of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (a) delivered personally to the recipient, (b) delivered by means of electronic mail (with hard copy sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) that same day) if emailed before 5:00 p.m. Phoenix, Arizona time on a Business Day, and otherwise on the next Business Day, or (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid). All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice: 

If to the Corporation or the Company, to: 

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. 

Wateridge Circle Suite 200 
 San
Diego, CA 92121 
 Attention: [•] 

E-mail: [•] 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporation or the Company) to: 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

North LaSalle 
 Chicago, IL 60654

 Attention: Robert M. Hayward, P.C.; Robert E. Goedert, P.C. 

E-mail: robert.hayward@kirkland.com; robert.goedert@kirkland.com 

If to a TRA Holder other than the Agent, to the address set forth in the records of the Company. 

Any party may change its address or fax number by giving the other party written notice of its new address or fax number in the manner set forth above. 

Section 7.2 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.
Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the
benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, 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 Agreement, except as expressly provided in Section 3.3. 

Section 7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. 

Section 7.5 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in
any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. 

Section 7.6 Successors: Assignment. Each party agrees that each TRA Holder may assign, sell, transfer,
delegate, or otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or by operation of law, any right or obligation under this Agreement. Any purported assignment, transfer, or delegation in violation of this Section shall be null and void.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Except for those enumerated above, this Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, any rights or
claims enforceable by any person or entity not a party to this Agreement. To the extent Units are transferred in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement, the transferring TRA Holder shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such
Units the transferring TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement agreeing to become a “TRA
Holder” for all purposes of this Agreement, and any and all payments payable or that may become payable to a TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement that, once an Exchange has occurred, arise with respect to the Exchangeable Units transferred in
such Exchange, may be assigned to any Person or Persons as long as any such Person has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such assignment, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement agreeing to be bound by
Section 7.14. For the avoidance of doubt, if a TRA Holder transfers Units but does not assign to the transferee of such Units such TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such
TRA Holder shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Units. 

Section 7.7 Amendments: Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is
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Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Holders hereunder if the Corporation had exercised its right of Early Termination on the date of the most recent Exchange prior to such amendment
(excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange); provided, however, that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment would have
a disproportionate effect on the payments certain TRA Holders will or may receive under this Agreement unless all such disproportionately affected TRA Holders consent in writing to such amendment. 

Section 7.8 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement. 
 Section 7.9
Reconciliation. In the event that the Corporation and the Agent or any TRA Holder (as applicable, the “Disputing Party”) are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the calculations required to produce the schedules
described in Section 2.4, Section 4.4 and Section 6.2 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (“Reconciliation Dispute”), the
Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to the Expert. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting or law firm, and unless the Corporation and the Disputing Party agree otherwise, the Expert
shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporation or the Disputing Party or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen
(15) calendar days of receipt by the respondents of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve (a) any matter relating
to the Exchange Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days, (b) any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen
(15) calendar days, and (c) any matter related to treatment of any tax-related item as contemplated in Section 6.2 within fifteen (15) calendar days or, in each case,
as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable after such matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would
be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, any portion of such payment that is not under dispute shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be
filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next
sentence. The Corporation and the Disputing Party shall each bear its own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts such Disputing Party’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse such Disputing
Party for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case such
Disputing Party shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a
Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.9 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this
Section 7.9 shall be binding on the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and the Disputing Party and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction. 

  
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 Section 7.10 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the State of Delaware and the state courts of the State of Delaware for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or
any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party hereto further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by United States certified or registered mail (in each such case, prepaid return receipt requested) to such party’s
respective address set forth in the Company’s books and records or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party shall be effective service of
process in any action, suit or proceeding in Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the United States District Court for the State of Delaware or the state courts of the State of Delaware and
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 

Section 7.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. Because disputes arising in connection with complex transactions are most
quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and expert person and the parties wish applicable state and federal laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties desire that their disputes be resolved by a judge applying such
applicable laws. Therefore, to achieve the best combination of the benefits of the judicial system and of arbitration. Each party to this agreement (including the Company) hereby waives all rights to trial by jury in any action or proceeding brought
to resolve any dispute between or among any of the parties hereto. Whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of, connected with, related or incidental to this agreement. The transactions contemplated hereby and/or the
relationships established among the parties hereunder. 
 Section 7.12 Withholding. The Corporation shall
be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of U.S. federal,
state, local or non-U.S. Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the relevant TRA Holder. 
 Section 7.13 Admission of the
Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets. 
 (a) If the Corporation becomes a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined, or unitary group of corporations that files a consolidated, combined, or unitary income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of U.S. state or local Tax
law, or would be eligible to become a member of such a group at the election of one or members of that group, then, subject to the application of the Valuation Assumptions upon a Change of Control: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be
applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole. 

  
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 (b) If any entity that is obligated to make a Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination
Payment hereunder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers one or more assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for Tax purposes) with which the Corporation does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to
Section 1501 of the Code or any provisions of state or local Tax law, such entity, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the entity and determining
the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment of such entity) due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such contribution. The consideration deemed to be received by such
entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the contributed asset. Thus, for example, in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability of the entity, the taxable income of the entity shall be determined by treating the entity as having sold the
asset for its fair market value, recovering any basis applicable to such asset (using the Tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made), while the Actual Tax Liability of the entity would be determined
by recovering the actual Tax basis of the asset that reflects any Basis Adjustments. For purposes of this Section 7.13, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring
partner’s share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. If any entity that is obligated to make a Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment hereunder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers one or
more assets to a partnership (or a Person classified as a partnership for Tax purposes), the principles of this Section 7.13(b) and this Agreement shall govern the treatment of such transfer and any subsequent allocations
of income, gain, loss or deductions from such partnership to such entity. 
 Section 7.14 Confidentiality.

 (a) The Agent, each TRA Holder and each of the TRA Holder’s assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation
is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such person shall keep and retain in the strictest
confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation and its Affiliates and successors, concerning the Company and its Affiliates and successors or the TRA Holders, earned by the
Agent or any TRA Holder heretofore or hereafter. This Section 7.14 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge
(except as a result of an act of the Agent or a TRA Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the disclosure of information (A) as may be proper in the course of performing such TRA
Holder’s obligations, or monitoring or enforcing such TRA Holder’s rights, under this Agreement, (B) as part of such TRA Holder’s normal reporting, rating or review procedure (including normal credit rating and pricing process),
or in connection with such TRA Holder’s or such TRA Holder’s Affiliates’ normal fund raising, marketing, informational or reporting activities, or to such TRA Holder’s (or any of its Affiliates’) Affiliates, auditors,
accountants, attorneys or other agents, (C) to any bona fide prospective assignee of such TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement, or prospective merger or other business combination partner of such TRA Holder, provided that such
assignee or merger partner agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 7.14. (D) as is required to be disclosed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative body or governmental body, or by
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required to make any such disclosure to the extent legally permissible shall provide the Corporation prompt notice of such disclosure, or to regulatory authorities or similar examiners conducting
regulatory reviews or examinations (without any such notice to the Corporation), or (E) to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding such Tax Returns from any Taxing
Authority or to prosecute or defend any Tax Proceeding with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Agent (and each employee, representative or other agent of Agent or its assignees, as applicable) and each
TRA Holder and each of its assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of such TRA Holder or its assignees, as applicable) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the Tax treatment and Tax structure of
the Corporation, the Company, the Agent, the TRA Holders and their Affiliates, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the Agent or the TRA Holder relating to such
Tax treatment and Tax structure. 
 (b) If the Agent or an assignee or a TRA Holder or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit
a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.14 the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.14 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or
otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries or the TRA Holders and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporation and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
rights and remedies available at law or in equity. 
 Section 7.15 No Similar Agreements. Neither the
Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any additional agreement providing rights similar to this Agreement to any Person (including any agreement pursuant to which the Corporation is obligated to pay amounts with respect to tax
benefits resulting from any net operating losses or other tax attributes to which the Corporation becomes entitled as a result of a transaction) without the prior written consent of the TRA Holders who would be entitled to receive more than fifty
percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Holders hereunder if the Corporation had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Exchange (excluding, for purposes of this
sentence, all payments made to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Exchange). 

Section 7.16 Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual
or proposed change in law, a TRA Holder reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Holder upon any Exchange to be
treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income and all applicable state and local Tax purposes or would have other material adverse Tax consequences to the TRA Holder and/or
its direct or indirect owners, then at the election of the TRA Holder and to the extent specified by the TRA Holder, this Agreement (i) shall cease to have further effect with respect to such TRA Holder, (ii) shall not apply to an Exchange
by the TRA Holder occurring after a date specified by it, or (iii) shall otherwise be amended in a manner determined by the TRA Holder to waive any benefits to which such TRA Holder would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement, provided
that such amendment shall not result in an increase in or acceleration of payments under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation, the Company, the Agent, and the TRA Holders have duly
executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	CORPORATION:
	
	MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Herde
	Name: Kevin Herde
	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	COMPANY:
	
	MARAVAI TOPCO HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Herde
	Name: Kevin Herde
	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	AGENT:
	
	MARAVAI LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Herde
	Name: Kevin Herde
	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	TRA HOLDER:
	
	MARAVAI LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Herde
	Name: Kevin Herde
	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	MARAVAI LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS 2, LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Herde
	Name: Kevin Herde
	Title: Chief Financial Officer



  
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 Schedule A 

Holders and Outstanding Units 
 MLSH
1 - 85.34% 
 MLSH 2 - 14.66%