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Exhibit 10.2

 

RESTRICTED STOCK Unit AWARD AGREEMENT, between Cable One, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and [NAME]. 

 

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of [NUMBER] restricted stock units (the “Award”), each with respect to one share of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (each, a “Share”), that are subject to the terms and the conditions specified herein (each such restricted stock unit, an “RSU”) and that are being granted to you on [DATE] (the “Grant Date”) under the Amended and Restated Cable One, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) in lieu of annual cash fees otherwise payable in respect of your service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) [and the Lead Independent Director of the Board and/or the Chair of one or more committees of the Board, as applicable,] from [DATE] through the date immediately preceding the date of the Company’s [YEAR] annual meeting of stockholders] (such period, the “Specified Period”), in accordance with your election pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Deferral Election Form. This Award constitutes an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to you, subject to the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan, Shares, as set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

 

THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT. BY ELECTRONICALLY ACCEPTING THIS AWARD AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 15, YOU WILL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.

 

SECTION 1.      The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

SECTION 2.      Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Pro-Ration Fraction” means a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of days that have elapsed from [DATE] through the date on which you cease to be [a member of the Board][the Lead Independent Director of the Board and/or the Chair of one or more committees of the Board, as applicable] for any reason and (b) the denominator of which is the total number of days during the Specified Period.

 

 

 

 

“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other interpretive guidance promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

 

“Vesting Date” means the first anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

SECTION 3.      Vesting and Settlement. (a) Vesting. Except as otherwise provided herein, (i) the RSUs shall vest on the Vesting Date; provided that you continue to serve as [a member of the Board][the Lead Independent Director of the Board and/or the Chair of one or more committees of the Board, as applicable] through such date and (ii) if you cease to be [a member of the Board][the Lead Independent Director of the Board and/or the Chair of one or more committees of the Board, as applicable] for any reason prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then you will vest in a portion of the RSUs determined by multiplying the RSUs granted pursuant to this Award Agreement by the Pro-Ration Fraction and rounding down to the nearest whole Share, and such date of termination shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date for such RSUs. Your rights with respect to all other unvested RSUs (including any fractional Shares) shall immediately terminate upon such termination of service and you will be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto.

 

(b)      Settlement. Subject to Sections 3(a), 3(c) and 6 of this Award Agreement, in accordance with your election pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Deferral Election Form, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to you one or more unlegended, freely-transferable stock certificates or book entry credits in respect of the Shares underlying the RSUs subject to this Award and any accrued cash dividends related thereto within 30 days following the distribution event that you have elected or, if earlier, the date of a Change of Control that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code.

 

(c)      Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Award Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control prior to the Vesting Date, the RSUs shall immediately vest as of the date of the Change of Control, which date shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date.

 

SECTION 4.      Voting Rights; Dividends. Prior to the date on which Shares are delivered to you in settlement of the RSUs pursuant to this Award Agreement, you shall not have any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares underlying the RSUs (including any voting rights or rights with respect to dividends). Instead, if the Company declares and pays (or sets a record date with respect to) ordinary cash dividends on Shares on or after the Grant Date and prior to the settlement of RSUs in accordance with Section 3(b), subject to Section 6 below, an amount equal to the ordinary cash dividend that would have been payable to you with respect to the Shares underlying the RSUs as if those Shares had been issued and outstanding as of the dividend payment date shall be held by the Company or an escrow agent that is designated by the Company and shall be paid (less any taxes required to be withheld) at the time the corresponding RSUs are paid (it being understood that the provisions of this sentence shall not apply to any extraordinary dividends or distributions). For the avoidance of doubt, dividends shall not be payable with respect to any RSUs that do not vest in accordance with their terms.

 

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SECTION 5.      Non-Transferability of RSUs. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion or transferred pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, this Award and the RSUs may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan. Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of the Award or any RSU in violation of the provisions of this Section 5 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

 

SECTION 6.      Withholding, Consents and Legends; Other Restrictions. (a) Withholding. The delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Award Agreement is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with this Section 6(a) and Section 9(d) of the Plan. In the event that there is withholding tax liability in connection with the vesting or settlement of RSUs and any accrued dividends related thereto, you may satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability: (i) by cash payment of an amount equal to such withholding liability or (ii) by having the Company withhold a number of Shares you would otherwise be entitled to receive upon settlement of the RSUs having a fair value equal to such withholding tax liability in accordance with the Company’s share withholding procedures.

 

(b)      Consents. Your rights in respect of the RSUs are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your consenting to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

 

(c)      Legends. The Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). The Company may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

 

(d)      If at any time the Committee shall determine that (i) the listing, registration or qualification of the RSUs or any securities subject or related thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law is required, or (ii) the consent or approval of any government regulatory body is required, then the grant of RSUs shall not be effective unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.

 

(e)      Any Shares issued upon settlement of the RSUs shall be subject to the Company’s policies regarding compliance with securities laws. Pursuant to such policies, you shall be required to obtain pre-clearance from the General Counsel of the Company prior to purchasing or selling any of the Company’s securities or entering into any hedge, pledge or similar transaction or arrangement with respect thereto.

 

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SECTION 7.      Successors and Assigns of the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 8.      Committee Discretion. Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Committee shall have discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

SECTION 9.      Dispute Resolution. (a) Jurisdiction and Venue. (i) This Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws that could cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

(ii)      Subject to the provisions of Section 9(a)(iii), any controversy or claim between you and the Company or its Affiliates arising out of or relating to or concerning the provisions of any Award Agreement or the Plan shall be finally settled by arbitration in Phoenix, Arizona, before, and in accordance with the rules then obtaining of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the AAA.

 

(iii)      In addition to its right to submit any dispute or controversy to arbitration, the Company or one of its Affiliates may bring an action or special proceeding in a state or Federal court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Phoenix, Arizona, whether or not an arbitration proceeding has theretofore been or is ever initiated, for the purpose of temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enforcing the provisions of the Plan or to enforce an arbitration award, and, for the purposes of this Section 9(a)(iii), you (A) expressly consent to the application of Section 9(a)(iv) to any such action or proceeding, (B) agree that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Award Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (C) irrevocably appoint the General Counsel of the Company as your agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding, who shall promptly advise you of any such service of process by notifying you at the last address on file in the Company’s records.

 

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(iv)      You and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal court located in Phoenix, Arizona, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan that is not otherwise required to be arbitrated or resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 9(a)(ii). This includes any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration or to enforce an arbitration award. You and the Company acknowledge that the forum designated by this Section 9(a)(iv) has a reasonable relation to this Award Agreement, and to your relationship to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude you or the Company from bringing any action or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of Sections 9(a)(i), 9(a)(ii) or this Section 9(a)(iv). The agreement of you and the Company as to forum is independent of the law that may be applied in the action, and you and the Company agree to such forum even if the forum may under applicable law choose to apply nonforum law. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which you or the Company now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any court referred to in this Section 9(a)(iv). You and the Company undertake not to commence any action arising out of, or relating to or in connection with this Award Agreement in any forum other than a forum described in this Section 9(a)(iv), or, to the extent applicable, Section 9(a)(ii). You and the Company agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and nonappealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon you and the Company.

 

(v)      You and the Company acknowledge that this Award Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Agreement, including Section 9(a)(i) with respect to governing law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16), as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the “FAA”). For the avoidance of doubt, any issue concerning the extent to which any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to or concerning the provisions of any Award Agreement or the Plan is subject to arbitration, or concerning the applicability, interpretation or enforceability of the procedures set forth in this Section 9, including any contention that all or part of these procedures are invalid or unenforceable, shall be governed by the FAA and resolved by the arbitrator(s) named through the procedures set forth in Section 9(a)(ii).

 

(b)      Waiver of Jury Trial. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan.

 

(c)      Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 9, except that you may disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).

 

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SECTION 10.      Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth below:

 

	
			If to the Company:

				
			Cable One, Inc.

			210 E. Earll Drive

			Phoenix, AZ 85012

			Attn: General Counsel

			
	 	 
	
			If to you:

				
			To your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the Company’s records

			

 

The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above.

 

SECTION 11.      Headings and Construction. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision thereof. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “but not limited to”.

 

SECTION 12.      Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that, except as set forth in Section 13(d) of this Award Agreement, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would materially and adversely impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Agreement and the RSUs shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).

 

SECTION 13.      Section 409A. (a) It is intended that the provisions of this Award Agreement comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

 

(b)      Neither you nor any of your creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Award Agreement to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to you or for your benefit under this Award Agreement may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by you to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

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(c)      If, at the time of your separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) you shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead pay it, without interest, on the first business day after such six-month period.

 

(d)      Notwithstanding any provision of this Award Agreement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Award Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In any case, you shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on you or for your account in connection with this Award Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold you harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

SECTION 14.      Severability. If any provision of this Award Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall have no effect; however, the remaining provisions shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. Further, if a court should determine that any portion of this Award Agreement is overbroad or unreasonable, such provision shall be given effect to the maximum extent possible by narrowing or enforcing in part that aspect of the provision found overbroad or unreasonable.

 

SECTION 15.      Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Company may deliver any documents related to current or future participation in the Plan (including any notice given pursuant to Section 10) by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery, and agree to participate in the Plan and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement, through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company. Your electronic acceptance is required and the award will be cancelled if you fail to comply with the Company’s acceptance requirement within one year of the Grant Date.

 

7EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 6, 2020 (this “Amendment”), among TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC
(“Tao”), TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC (“Holdings”), the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”). 

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among Tao, Holdings, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Existing Credit Agreement. 
 Tao and Holdings have requested, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto (which
constitute all the Lenders) agree, in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement, to amend the Existing Credit Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 

Section 1. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (as defined
below), the Existing Credit Agreement (excluding all Schedules and Exhibits thereto, each of which shall remain as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) is hereby amended by inserting the language indicated in
single or double underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: single-underlined text or double-underlined
text) in Annex A hereto and by deleting the language indicated by strikethrough text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) in Annex A hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended, the “Amended Credit
Agreement”). 
 Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each of Holdings and Tao represents and
warrants that as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date: 
 (a) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holdings
and Tao and constitutes (assuming due execution hereof by the parties hereto other than Holdings and Tao) a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Holdings and Tao, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 

(b) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Amended Credit Agreement are true
and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects; except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates
to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date. 
 (c) After
giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 

 Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. 

This Amendment shall become effective on the first date (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) on which
the following conditions are satisfied: 
 (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of this Amendment by
(i) Tao, (ii) Holdings, (iii) the Administrative Agent and (iv) all the Lenders. 
 (b) The Administrative Agent shall have
received executed counterparts of the Guarantee and Reserve Account Agreement, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto (the “Guarantee Agreement”), by (i) MSG Entertainment Group, LLC (“MSGE”), (ii) the
Collateral Agent, (iii) Tao and (iv) Holdings. 
 (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) authorizing
resolutions, approving and adopting the Guarantee Agreement and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof from MSGE, (ii) the certificate of formation of MSGE, (iii) a certificate of good standing for MSGE from its state of formation
and each other jurisdiction where the failure of MSGE to be qualified and/or in good standing would reasonably be expected to have a MSGE Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) and (iv) a certificate of MSGE certifying
(A) that the documents provided pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph (c) are true, correct and complete copies thereof and in full force and effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (B) the name and
signature specimen of the authorized signatory of the Guarantee Agreement. 
 (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a legal
opinion for MSGE, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from internal counsel to MSGE. 
 (e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of Tao or Holdings, confirming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2(b)
and Section 2(c) hereof. 
 (f) Tao shall have paid all fees and, to the extent invoiced, all costs, expenses, and reimbursable
amounts, required to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to this Amendment or the Existing Credit Agreement, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of external counsel for the Administrative Agent required to
be paid or reimbursed by Tao pursuant to this Amendment or the Existing Credit Agreement (including pursuant to Section 4 below), on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. 

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least one business day prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, all
documentation and other information regarding MSGE requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, to the extent requested in writing of Tao. 

The Administrative Agent shall notify Tao, Holdings and the Lenders of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and such notice shall be
conclusive and binding. 

  
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 Section 4. Fees and Expenses. 

Tao agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender (including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.) that consents to this
Amendment (each such Lender, a “Consenting Lender”), an amendment fee equal to 0.25% of the aggregate amount of the Term Loans and Revolving Commitments (whether used or unused) of such Consenting Lender under the Amended Credit
Agreement on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, which shall be earned and payable on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Tao also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for the reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and
disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, in each case, in accordance with, and subject to, Section 9.03 of the Existing Credit Agreement. 

Section 5. Counterparts. 

This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Amendment and/or (y) any document, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate,
request, statement disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment and/or the transactions contemplated hereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature (as defined below) transmitted by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment or such Ancillary
Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic
Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed .pdf, or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, “Electronic Signature”
means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. 

Section 6. Governing Law; Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury, Etc. 

THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW DOCTRINES. The provisions of Sections 9.03, 9.09, 9.10 and 9.15 of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as if
set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis. 

  
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 Section 7. Headings. 

The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms of this
Amendment, nor affect the meaning hereof. 
 Section 8. Effect of Amendment; References to the Credit
Agreement. 
 Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a
waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank under the Existing Credit Agreement or any agreement or document relating thereto, and except as expressly provided in this Agreement,
shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any such other agreement or document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all
respects and shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. On and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, each reference
in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, and each reference to the “Credit Agreement” in any other Loan Document, shall mean and be a reference to
the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Nothing herein shall entitle Tao to a consent to, or a waiver, extension, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
the Amended Credit Agreement or any agreement or document relating thereto in any similar or different circumstances. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of
the date first above written. 
  

			
	TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
	as Borrower
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Noah Tepperberg

	Name:	 	Noah Tepperberg
	Title:	 	Co-Chief Executive Officer

 
			
	TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
	as Intermediate Holdings
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Noah Tepperberg

	Name:	 	Noah Tepperberg
	Title:	 	Co-Chief Executive Officer

 
			
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	as Administrative Agent and Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joon Hur

	Name:	 	Joon Hur
	Title:	 	Executive Director

 
			
	U.S. Bank National Association,
	as Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin Behrends

	Name:	 	Kevin Behrends
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

 
			
	TD Bank, N.A.,
	as Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Eric R. Pashley

	Name:	 	Eric R. Pashley
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory

 
			
	FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brook Miller

	Name:	 	Brook Miller
	Title:	 	Director

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