Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the appropriate time periods, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely discussions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
We, under the supervision of and with participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
This annual report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names and ages, as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, of the individuals who serve as our executive officers and members of our board of directors.
Name Age Position
David Bonderman 79 Founding Partner, Non-Executive Chairman and Director
James G. Coulter 62 Founding Partner, Executive Chairman and Director
Jon Winkelried 62 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jack Weingart 55 Chief Financial Officer and Director
Todd Sisitsky 50 President and Director
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri 45 Chief Human Resources Officer and Director
Ken Murphy 57 Chief Operating Officer
Bradford Berenson 57 General Counsel
Joann Harris 52 Chief Compliance Officer
Maya Chorengel 51 Director
Jonathan Coslet 57 Director
Kelvin Davis 58 Director
Ganendran Sarvananthan 47 Director
David Trujillo 46 Director
Mary Cranston 74 Director
Deborah M. Messemer 64 Director
David Bonderman
David Bonderman has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Bonderman is a Founding Partner and Chairman of the board of directors of TPG, and he served on the TPG Holdings Committee (as well as its predecessor committee) from its inception until the IPO. He has been a controlling stockholder of TPG since its formation in 1992. Mr. Bonderman currently serves on the following public boards: Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. and TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp. He has previously served on the boards of many public companies, some of which include: RyanAir Holdings, plc and Continental Airlines, for both of which he was Chairman, Ducati Motor Holding, S.p.A, China International Capital Corporation Limited, Co-Star Group, Inc., General Motors Company, Kite Pharma, Inc., Oxford Health Plans, Inc., Paradyne Networks, Inc., Seagate Technology Holdings plc, TPG Pace Solutions Corp., TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., TPG Pace Energy Holdings Corp., TPG Pace Holdings, Inc. and Univision Holdings, Inc. Throughout Mr. Bonderman’s career, he has served as a director on numerous other public, private, advisory, academic and charitable boards. Mr. Bonderman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, cum laude, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review and Sheldon Fellow.
We believe that Mr. Bonderman’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG from its formation to the present make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
James G. Coulter
James G. (“Jim”) Coulter has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Coulter has served as a Founding Partner of TPG since 1992, as well as serving, at various points, in roles including Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG, Managing Partner of TPG Rise Climate, Co-Managing Partner of The Rise Fund and served on the TPG Holdings Committee (as well as its predecessor committee) from its inception until the IPO. He has been a controlling stockholder of TPG since its formation in 1992. Mr. Coulter previously served on the boards of the following public companies: Continental Airlines, America West Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Seagate Technology Holdings plc, Lenovo Group Limited, J.Crew Group, Globespan, Inc, Oxford Health Plans, Inc. and MEMC Electronic
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Materials, Inc. Throughout Mr. Coulter’s career, he has served on numerous other public, private, advisory, academic and charitable boards. Mr. Coulter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude , and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.
We believe that Mr. Coulter’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG from its formation to the present make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Jon Winkelried
Jon Winkelried has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Winkelried has been the Chief Executive Officer of TPG since 2021 and has been a Partner of and was the Co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG since 2015. In addition, he served on the TPG Holdings Committee (as well as its predecessor committee) from its formation in 2017 until the IPO. Mr. Winkelried currently serves as a director on the boards of the following private companies: Evolution Media Growth, Delos Living LLC, Anastasia Beverly Hills LLC, Bounty Minerals LLC and Quadro Partners, Inc. He previously served as a director on the public board of McAfee Corp. from January 2018 to March 2022. He also serves as a trustee on the board of trust of Vanderbilt University, and served as a trustee at the University of Chicago from 2006 to 2011. Beginning in 1982, Mr. Winkelried spent more than 27 years with the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in various roles, including as a Partner from 1990 to 2009, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2006 to 2009, as a member of the board of directors from 2006 to 2009, and as a longstanding member of Goldman’s management committee, partnership committee, capital committee, and as the Founding Chairman of its business practices committee. Prior to joining TPG in 2015, Mr. Winkelried managed JW Capital Partners with investments across a range of industries including technology, real estate, healthcare and natural resources from 2010 to 2013 and was a Strategic Advisor and Partner at Thrive Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm focused on technology investing from 2013 to 2015. Mr. Winkelried received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.
We believe that Mr. Winkelried’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Jack Weingart
Jack Weingart has been a member of our board of directors since its inception and is our Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as the Co-Managing Partner of TPG Capital from 2017 until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer. Between 2006 and 2017, he served as Managing Partner of the Funding Group, which comprises the firm’s fundraising and capital markets activities. Mr. Weingart currently serves on the board of directors of Viking Holdings, Ltd. and has previously served on the board of directors of several private and nonprofit companies, including: Chobani and the Awaso Hope Foundation. Prior to joining TPG in 2006, Mr. Weingart was a Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., responsible for managing the firm’s West Coast leveraged finance and financial sponsor business. Mr. Weingart received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.
We believe that Mr. Weingart’s significant directorship experience and roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Todd Sisitsky
Todd Sisitsky has been a member of our board of directors since its inception and is our President. Mr. Sisitsky has served as Managing Partner of TPG Capital in the United States and Europe since 2015, where he co-leads the firm’s investment activities in the healthcare services, pharmaceuticals and medical device sectors. He has played leadership roles in connection with TPG’s investments in Allogene Therapeutics, Adare Pharmaceuticals, Aptalis, Biomet, Exactech, Ellodi Pharmaceuticals, Fenwal, Healthscope, IASIS Healthcare, Immucor, IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (and predecessor companies IMS Health and Quintiles), Monogram Health, Par Pharmaceutical and Surgical Care Affiliates. Mr. Sisitsky currently serves as director of the following public companies: Convey Health Solutions, Inc., IQVIA Holdings, Inc. and Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude , and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Mr. Sisitsky serves on the board of directors of the international non-profit, Grassroot Soccer and the Dartmouth Medical School Board of Advisors, where he serves as chair.
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We believe that Mr. Sisitsky’s significant directorship experience and roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri has been a member of our board of directors since its inception and is our Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri is a Partner of TPG and co-chair of the TPG Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council with Mr. Winkelried. She also served on the TPG Holdings Committee until the IPO. She also currently serves as a director on the board of the public company Upwork, Inc., the board of the private company Greenhouse Software, Inc. and the boards of the following nonprofit companies: Teach for America-Bay Area, the Vera Institute of Justice and Charter School Growth Fund. She previously served as a director on the board of TPG Pace Beneficial II Corp., a public company. Prior to joining TPG in 2018, Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri worked at Goldman Sachs from 2007 until 2018, where she was most recently the firm’s Global Head of Talent and Chief Diversity Officer. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri was an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP in the Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits group from 2002 to 2007. Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Latin American Studies, cum laude , from Princeton University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
We believe that Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri’s significant directorship experience and role as the Chief Human Resources Officer of TPG make her well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Ken Murphy
Ken Murphy is our Chief Operating Officer and works across the back office operations of the firm. In addition, Mr. Murphy is responsible for integration of new business opportunities into the organization. Prior to joining TPG in 2015, Mr. Murphy worked at Mount Kellett Capital Management for three years, where he was Co-Chief Operating Officer overseeing the firm’s Real Estate and Private Equity Practice, provided leadership and direction to the Special Situations platform, and developed and managed investment and operations teams. Prior to Mount Kellett, Mr. Murphy worked at Goldman Sachs for 23 years, where he led the Services Division and was the Co-Head of both the US Special Situations platform and the firm’s Specialty Lending group. Mr. Murphy received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Baylor University.
Bradford Berenson
Bradford (“Brad”) Berenson is our General Counsel and has, since March 2017, served as a Partner and the General Counsel of TPG. Before joining TPG, Mr. Berenson served as Vice President and Senior Counsel, Litigation and Legal Policy of The General Electric Company from October 2012 until February 2017. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Berenson was a litigation partner at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, D.C., a global law firm he joined in 1993. Mr. Berenson was Associate Counsel to the President of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is an Executive Fellow of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Investment Council. Mr. Berenson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Yale College, summa cum laude , and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude , where he was Supreme Court editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating from law school, Mr. Berenson clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court.
Joann Harris
Joann Harris is our Chief Compliance Officer and a Partner of TPG. Prior to joining TPG in 2015, Ms. Harris was an Assistant Director with the SEC where she supervised investigations involving all key enforcement program areas. During her time at the SEC, from 2003 until 2015, in addition to serving as an Assistant Director, Ms. Harris was a member of the SEC’s Asset Management Unit, a national specialized unit focused on investment advisers, investment companies and private funds. While an Enforcement attorney, she conducted a wide array of investigations covering financial fraud, insider trading, market manipulation and other conduct that violated the federal securities laws. Prior to joining the SEC, she was a corporate attorney in private practice and a certified public accountant and auditor before attending law school. Ms. Harris received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Arkansas and a J.D. from the SMU Dedman School of Law.
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Maya Chorengel
Maya Chorengel has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Ms. Chorengel is Co-Managing Partner at The Rise Fund, a $6 billion global impact investing fund managed by TPG. She has been with TPG since 2017. Ms. Chorengel currently serves on the boards of Benevity, Kiva, Nithio, SEO (Seizing Every Opportunity) and Varo Bank and on the Advisory Boards of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative and CASE i3 at Duke University. She has over two decades of private equity, venture capital and impact investing experience globally, including co-founding Elevar Equity, a leading impact venture firm, and working at Warburg Pincus. She co-authored “Calculating the Value of Impact Investing” published in the Harvard Business Review. Ms. Chorengel received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude , and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
We believe that Ms. Chorengel’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG make her well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Jonathan Coslet
Jonathan Coslet has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Coslet is the Vice Chairman of TPG and has been with TPG since 1993, most recently serving as Chief Investment Officer until 2020. Mr. Coslet currently serves on the boards of Cushman & Wakefield and LifeTime Fitness, and during his tenure with TPG, has served on the boards of directors of several public and private companies, including Biomet, Crunch Fitness, Endurance Specialty, FIS, Iasis Healthcare, IQVIA, JCrew, Neiman Marcus, Oxford Health Plans, Petco and Quintiles. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Coslet worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and before that Drexel Burnham Lambert. He received his Bachelor of Science in economics and finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was Valedictorian, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr. Coslet currently serves on the Boards of Stanford Children’s Hospital, where he is Chairman, the Stanford Medicine Board of Fellows and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
We believe that Mr. Coslet’s significant directorship experience and roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Kelvin Davis
Kelvin Davis has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Davis has been with TPG since 2000 and is the Founder and Co-Head of TPG Real Estate and served on the TPG Holdings Committee until the IPO. From 2000 to 2009, Mr. Davis led TPG’s North American Buyout Group, encompassing investments in all non-technology industry sectors. He currently serves on the board of directors for the public company TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. and the board of directors of the following private companies: Catellus Development Corporation and Enlivant Senior Housing. Prior to joining TPG in 2000, Mr. Davis was President and Chief Operating Officer of Colony Capital, LLC, a private international real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles, which he co-founded in 1991. Mr. Davis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, a John L. Loeb Fellow, and a Wolfe Award recipient. He is also a long-time director (and past Chairman) of Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. (a charitable mentoring organization) and a trustee of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
We believe that Mr. Davis’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Ganendran Sarvananthan
Ganendran (“Ganen”) Sarvananthan has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Sarvananthan is the Managing Partner for TPG Asia, Head of Southeast Asia and served on the TPG Holdings Committee until the IPO. He joined TPG in 2014 from Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Government of Malaysia’s strategic investment fund, where he had been since 2004. As the Head of Investments at Khazanah, Mr. Sarvananthan oversaw an investments team based in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Mumbai, San Francisco and Istanbul and managed a $31 billion portfolio across the region and was a member of the Management Committee of the firm. Prior to his time at Khazanah, Mr. Sarvananthan worked at UBS Investment Bank in both corporate finance and equity capital markets in their London, Singapore and Hong Kong offices for over seven years. He currently serves as a director for a number of private companies and has previously
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served as a director on a number of public and private company boards. Mr. Sarvananthan received a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University College London and is qualified as a Barrister at Law in England and Wales.
We believe that Mr. Sarvananthan’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
David Trujillo
David Trujillo has been a member of our board of directors since its inception. Mr. Trujillo joined TPG in January 2006. He is the Co-Managing Partner of TPG Growth, Co-Managing Partner of TPG Tech Adjacencies and Managing Partner of TPG Digital Media. Mr. Trujillo leads TPG’s Internet, Digital Media and Communications investing efforts across the firm. He currently serves as a director on the public board of Uber Technologies, Inc. and on the private boards of Azoff Music Company, Beauty for All Industries (fka Ipsy), Calm, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), DirecTV, Entertainment Partners, Global Music Rights (GMR), Prodigy Education and Vice Media. Mr. Trujillo led TPG’s historic investments in Airbnb, Astound Broadband, Lynda.com and Spotify. He has been a private equity investor in the technology, media and telecom sector for over 23 years, including working at Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner (now known as GTCR, LLC) prior to joining TPG. Mr. Trujillo received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
We believe that Mr. Trujillo’s significant directorship experience and executive management roles within TPG make him well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Mary Cranston
Mary Cranston has been a member of our board of directors since January 2022. Ms. Cranston currently serves on the following public boards: Visa, Inc., and The Chemours Company and previously served on the public boards of MyoKardia from May 2016 to December 2020 and McAfee Corp. from November 2018 to March 2022. In addition, she serves or has served on several private and non-profit boards, including Go Health Urgent Care, Boardspan, Inc., CSAA Insurance, Aretec Inc., Stanford Children’s Health – Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Hospital, Commonwealth Club of California, and Catalyst, Inc. In December 2012, she retired as the Firm Senior Partner and Chair Emeritus of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, an international law firm. Ms. Cranston holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University, a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and Master of Arts degree in education from the University of California, Los Angeles.
We believe that Ms. Cranston’s legal and board experience make her well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Deborah M. Messemer
Deborah M. Messemer has been a member of our board of directors since January 2022. Ms. Messemer currently serves on the following public boards; PayPal Holdings, Inc. and Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. Ms. Messemer is a certified public accountant. She joined KPMG LLP (KPMG), the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, in 1982 and was admitted into the partnership in 1995. Most recently, she served as the Managing Partner of KPMG’s Bay Area and Northwest region until her retirement in September 2018. Ms. Messemer spent the majority of her career in KPMG’s audit practice as an audit engagement partner serving public and private clients in a variety of industry sectors. In addition to her operational and audit signing responsibilities, she has significant experience in SEC filings, due diligence, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and internal controls over financial reporting. Ms. Messemer received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.
We believe that Ms. Messemer’s expertise in the accounting and finance industry, her experience advising public companies and her public board service make her well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Our Governance Structure
Consistent with our institutional commitment to good governance, we have established a clear and definite plan for both founder succession and our long-term corporate governance by an independent board of directors. Our approach aims to incrementally increase the participation of senior leaders beyond Mr. Coulter and Mr. Bonderman, our “Founders” in our governance and long-term strategic development, and to expand the participation and influence of the next generation of
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TPG leaders on our growth. This approach also aims to facilitate an orderly transition to oversight by an independent board of directors elected by a majority of our stockholders by not later than the annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the first day of the quarter immediately following the fifth anniversary of the IPO.
Our governance transition is occurring in three phases: (1) expansion of the “Control Group” to also include Mr. Winkelried, in addition to our Founders, which occurred prior to the IPO, and oversight by the Executive Committee (see further discussion below); (2) further expansion of the Control Group to add two additional TPG partners to a total of five members, who will act by majority vote, by not later than the first day of the quarter immediately following the second anniversary of the IPO; and (3) election of a majority independent board of directors by our stockholders at the “Sunset,” which will occur not later than the annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the first day of the quarter immediately following the fifth anniversary of the IPO. The first phase of our governance evolution began prior to the IPO with the appointment of Mr. Winkelried as Co-CEO with Mr. Coulter in 2015 and will continue as the Control Group expands in phase 2 and TPG approaches the Sunset.
During this first phase and until the Sunset, our board of directors will not be comprised of a majority of independent directors and we will have an Executive Committee of the board of directors comprised of certain management directors who will have all of the powers and authority of our board of directors, except for a small number of powers required by law to be exercised by the full board, certain general oversight responsibilities reserved to the full board and those powers that are the exclusive responsibility of another committee of the board of directors. The Executive Committee of the board of directors has also delegated certain specific responsibilities to our CEO.
Controlled Company Status and Board Independence
Our Class A common stock is listed on Nasdaq and, as a result, we are subject to its corporate governance listing standards. Until the Sunset, the Control Group will select the nominees, and the Company will nominate such nominees, to our board of directors and our Executive Committee in accordance with the GP LLC limited liability company agreement. The Control Group also has the ability to elect the members of our board of directors and our Executive Committee by virtue of GP LLC’s voting power over the substantial majority of our Class B common stock until the Sunset. The Control Group, therefore, has a significant influence over our governance. Accordingly, we utilize and intend to continue to utilize certain of the “controlled company” exemptions available under the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq. As a result, until the Sunset (subject to applicable phase-in rules following such time) we are not required to have a majority of independent directors on our board of directors as defined under the rules of Nasdaq nor are we required to have fully independent compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, although we have and will continue to have a fully independent compensation committee at all times. The “controlled company” exemption does not modify the independence requirements for the Audit Committee, and we comply with and intend to continue to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Nasdaq, which require that our Audit Committee be composed of at least three members, one of whom must be independent upon the listing of our Class A common stock, a majority of whom must be independent within 90 days of listing and each of whom must be independent within one year of listing. Our board of directors is composed of twelve directors, two of whom are independent under applicable Nasdaq rules.
The “Sunset” will occur on the date that a majority of the independent directors are elected at the first annual meeting of stockholders (or pursuant to a consent of stockholders in lieu thereof) after the earlier of (i) the earliest date specified in a notice delivered to the Company by GP LLC and its members pursuant to that certain GP LLC limited liability company agreement promptly following the earliest of: (a) the date that is three months after the date that neither Founder continues to be a member of GP LLC, (b) a vote of GP LLC to trigger the Sunset and (c) upon 60-days advance notice, the date determined by either Founder who is then a member of the Control Group to trigger the Sunset, if, following a period of at least 60 days, the requisite parties are unable to agree on the renewal of Mr. Winkelried’s employment agreement or the selection of a new CEO in the event that Mr. Winkelried ceases to serve as our CEO, and (ii) the first day of the quarter immediately following the fifth anniversary of the IPO. Consistent with the terms of the Sunset, it is expected that the Control Group will be our controlling stockholder until immediately after the initial election of a majority of the independent directors in connection with the Sunset. In connection with the Sunset, it is expected that our board of directors will be expanded, a majority of the directors will be independent, and a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each composed entirely of independent directors, will be established or reconstituted, subject to the controlled company “phase-in” period permitted under Nasdaq rules. Following the Sunset, we will no longer be considered a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rules.
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Board and Executive Committee Composition and Authority
Our board of directors is composed of twelve directors, including Mr. Bonderman, Mr. Coulter and eight other management directors and two independent directors. The other management directors are Mr. Winkelried, Mr. Weingart, Mr. Sisitsky, Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri, Ms. Chorengel, Mr. Coslet, Mr. Davis, Mr. Sarvananthan and Mr. Trujillo. The independent directors are Ms. Cranston and Ms. Messemer. Mr. Bonderman serves as our Non-Executive Chairman and Mr. Coulter serves as our Executive Chairman. Our Executive Committee is composed of Mr. Coulter, Mr. Winkelried, Mr. Weingart, Mr. Sisitsky, Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri, Mr. Davis, Mr. Sarvananthan and Mr. Trujillo. Mr. Bonderman serves as a nonvoting observer of the Executive Committee. Mr. Winkelried serves as the chair of the Executive Committee.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors and the members of our Executive Committee will serve for one-year terms and will be up for re-election for one-year terms beginning at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the IPO, subject, until the Sunset, to the terms specified in GP LLC limited liability company agreement. Pursuant to such agreement, among other things, the Control Group will select and cause the election of such nominees (and the Company will nominate such nominees) to our board of directors and our Executive Committee. Additionally, pursuant to the GP LLC limited liability company agreement, (i) for as long as they are members of the Control Group, each of our Founders and Mr. Winkelried will be nominated and elected by the Control Group at each annual meeting of stockholders until the Sunset, (ii) each of our management directors will be nominated and elected by the Control Group for at least two consecutive terms, and (iii) each of our independent directors will be nominated and elected by the Control Group at each annual meeting of stockholders (unless removed by a majority of the Control Group for cause) until the expansion of the Control Group to five members, at which point the independent directors will be eligible for nomination and election by a majority of the members of the Control Group until the Sunset. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time until the Sunset, a majority of the members of GP LLC determine that an independent director engaged in conduct constituting “cause,” such director may be removed (or otherwise not nominated for re-election) and a replacement independent director may be selected upon the approval of a majority of the members of GP LLC.
The Sunset will occur on the date that a majority of the independent directors are elected at the first annual meeting of stockholders (or pursuant to a consent of stockholders in lieu thereof) after the earlier of (i) the earliest date specified in a notice delivered to the Company by GP LLC and its members pursuant to that certain GP LLC limited liability company agreement promptly following the earliest of: (a) the date that is three months after the date that neither Founder continues to be a member of GP LLC, (b) a vote of GP LLC to trigger the Sunset and (c) upon 60-days advance notice, the date determined by either Founder who is then a member of the Control Group to trigger the Sunset, if, following a period of at least 60 days, the requisite parties are unable to agree on the renewal of Mr. Winkelried’s employment agreement or the selection of a new CEO in the event that Mr. Winkelried ceases to serve as our CEO, and (ii) the annual meeting of stockholders to be held following the first day of the quarter immediately following the fifth anniversary of the IPO.
Other Board Committees
In addition to the Executive Committee, our board of directors has three other committees, which are composed of independent directors subject to a permitted phase-in period under Nasdaq and SEC rules. Each committee operates under a charter and has the composition and responsibilities described below, in each case, subject to and in accordance with, the terms of our certificate of incorporation and the GP LLC limited liability agreement prior to the Sunset. The authority and responsibilities of each committee as set forth in their charters may not be modified or expanded prior to the Sunset unless specifically permitted by the GP LLC limited liability company agreement.
Audit Committee
Our Audit Committee, among other things, has the responsibility to oversee the audits of our financial statements, the integrity of our financial statements, in coordination with the Executive Committee our process relating to risk management, including cybersecurity risk, and the conduct and systems of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, the qualifications, engagement, compensation, independence and performance of our independent auditor, and the performance of our internal audit function.
Our Audit Committee is composed of Ms. Cranston, Ms. Messemer, who serves as chair, and Mr. Sisitsky. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of Ms. Cranston and Ms. Messemer qualifies as an independent director for the purposes of serving on the Audit Committee under applicable Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our board of directors has also affirmatively determined that each of Ms. Cranston and Ms. Messemer qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term has been defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K. As
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permitted by Nasdaq transition rules for newly listed companies and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, one management director, Mr. Sisitsky, serves on the Audit Committee until such time as our third independent director is appointed. We do not believe the committee composition materially affects its ability to act independently and satisfy the requirements under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and we intend to comply with these independence requirements for all members of the Audit Committee within the time periods specified under such rules. The Audit Committee is governed by a charter that complies with the rules of Nasdaq, which is available on our website.
Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee, among other things, has responsibility for determining the compensation of Mr. Winkelried, our CEO, and Mr. Coulter, our Executive Chairman, in accordance with, and subject to certain limitations contained in, the executives’ respective employment agreements. Additionally, our Compensation Committee is responsible for approving, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, all other equity awards granted to our directors and officers (as defined under Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act).
Our Compensation Committee is composed of Ms. Cranston, who serves as chair, and Ms. Messemer. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of Ms. Cranston and Ms. Messemer qualifies as an independent director for the purposes of serving on the Compensation Committee under applicable Nasdaq rules and as a non-employee director under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee is governed by a charter that complies with the rules of Nasdaq, which is available on our website.
Conflicts Committee
Our Conflicts Committee, among other things, has responsibility for reviewing conflicts of interest referred to it by the CEO, the Executive Committee, the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance Officer involving a director, our executive officers or any other TPG partners, and determining whether the resolution of any such conflicts of interest are fair and reasonable to us. The Conflicts Committee also reviews and approves or ratifies, as appropriate, related person transactions submitted to it in accordance with our related person transactions policy.
Our Conflicts Committee is composed of Ms. Cranston, who serves as chair, and Ms. Messemer. The board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of Ms. Cranston and Ms. Messemer qualify as an independent director for purposes of serving on the Conflicts Committee.
Board Risk Oversight
Generally, our Executive Committee coordinates with our board of directors and the other committees of our board of directors, as applicable, to oversee the significant risks facing us. As discussed above, our Executive Committee has substantial responsibility for the oversight of our business prior to the Sunset. Accordingly, the Executive Committee has a significant role in the oversight of key risks and oversight of the development and implementation of our risk management strategy.
The other committees of our board of directors also oversee risk in certain specified areas. In particular, our Audit Committee, in consultation with our Executive Committee, oversees the management of enterprise risks, including cybersecurity. Our Audit Committee oversees financial reporting and accounting risks and risks associated with business conduct and ethics. Our Conflicts Committee oversees conflicts of interest referred to it by the CEO, the Executive Committee, the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance Officer. Our Compensation Committee, in consultation with the Executive Committee, oversees risks relating to the compensation of our CEO and Executive Chairman and the equity awards approved by the Compensation Committee. Management regularly reports on applicable risks to the relevant committee or the full board of directors, as appropriate, with additional review or reporting on risks completed as needed or requested.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
We did not have a compensation committee during the last completed fiscal year. Following the IPO, our board of directors has formed a Compensation Committee as described above. For a discussion of how compensation decisions have previously been made see “Item 11. Executive Compensation—Board Oversight and Compensation Governance.” Additionally, none of our executive officers serves as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee, or
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other committee serving an equivalent function, of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving as a member of our board of directors.
Code of Conduct and Ethics
We have a code of conduct and ethics that applies to all of our directors, employees and officers. A copy of the code is available on our website located at www.tpg.com. Any amendments or waivers to our code for our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, will be disclosed on our Internet website promptly following the date of such amendment or waiver, as and if required by applicable law.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
We have adopted corporate governance guidelines in accordance with the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq. These guidelines cover a number of areas including director responsibilities, director elections and re-elections, composition of the board of directors, including director qualifications and diversity and board committees, executive sessions, director access to management and, as necessary and appropriate, independent advisors, director orientation and continuing education, board materials, management succession and evaluations of the board of directors and the board’s committees. A copy of our corporate governance guidelines is available on our website at www.tpg.com.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The following is a discussion of our executive compensation program for our named executive officers for 2021 (our “NEOs”):
• James G. (“Jim”) Coulter, Executive Chairman and Founding Partner (1)
• Jon Winkelried, Chief Executive Officer (1)
• Todd Sisitsky, President
• Jack Weingart, Chief Financial Officer (2)
• Ken Murphy, Chief Operating Officer (2)
• Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Bradford Berenson, General Counsel
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(1) Effective May 10, 2021, Mr. Coulter became our Executive Chairman and Mr. Winkelried became our sole Chief Executive Officer. Prior to May 10, 2021, Messrs. Coulter and Winkelried both served as our Co-Chief Executive Officers.
(2) Mr. Murphy served as our principal financial officer in 2021 until the appointment of Mr. Weingart as Chief Financial Officer effective as of August 4, 2021.
Compensation Philosophy
As a global alternative asset manager with obligations to our fund investors and our stockholders, we are focused on achieving sustainable growth while avoiding excessive risk-taking. Our compensation and benefits programs are designed with these objectives in mind, and with the goal of providing compensation that is competitive, performance-based and aligned with our culture. Our success as a firm is dependent on the talents, commitment and services of our people in all areas of our business. We operate as a team, we leverage each other’s talents and we collaborate to deliver value for the benefit of our fund investors, our management teams and the businesses we invest in.
Risk Mitigation . Our compensation structure is substantially tied to the success of the firm and its funds. Our people also have meaningful personal capital invested in our firm and its funds. Together, these factors mitigate excessive risk-
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taking, incentivize the proper execution of strategy and align our peoples’ interests with the interests of our fund investors and our stockholders. Our compensation programs include forfeiture and clawback provisions that align with our overall risk mitigation strategy. We monitor our compensation policies and practices to determine whether our risk management objectives are being met with respect to incentivizing our people.
Remaining Competitive . Our compensation program is designed to recruit, incentivize and retain top talent. In making compensation determinations, we consider the market, compensation practices of companies with which we compete for talent and other relevant factors to help ensure we are attracting and retaining the best people in every role.
Pay-for-Performance . Our compensation and equity programs are intended to yield significant compensation and equity value for our people if our performance and growth expectations are met. We follow a “value-for-performance” philosophy with total compensation weighted toward several long-term incentive-focused programs under which awards are issued annually after a comprehensive assessment of performance considerations, and the remaining portion in competitive base salaries. Our incentive compensation programs in 2021 included discretionary cash bonuses, issuances of performance allocations and, for our senior people (including our NEOs), interests in TPG Partner Holdings. Since the IPO, we have continued our “value-for-performance” philosophy for our NEOs with the addition of grants under our Omnibus Plan and distributions of additional discretionary performance allocations under our performance allocation pool program and expect significant reduction or elimination of discretionary cash bonuses.
Culture Alignment . We aim to ensure our pay programs are aligned with our culture, mission and values, key components of which include diversity, equity, inclusion, cross-platform collaboration and innovation. Elements of our incentive compensation program are designed to incentivize our people to source investment opportunities broadly for the firm, even if the applicable pool of capital is outside of a person’s typical investment or service area. As part of our compensation process, we generally use a 360-degree annual performance review process that includes robust feedback from colleagues at all levels. This process enables goal setting, encourages feedback throughout the year and allows us to make holistic compensation determinations that create a welcoming and inclusive work environment with opportunities for growth and development.
Compensation Summary
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes our 2021 compensation program for our NEOs. As a public company, we will continue to design programs that support our compensation philosophy. The table below summarizes the elements of compensation paid to our NEOs in 2021, and how we anticipate compensating our NEOs during their tenure following the IPO, as well as return on equity opportunities for our NEOs. In addition to our revised compensation elements, in line with the risk mitigation element of our compensation philosophy, we have transfer restrictions on our NEOs with respect to equity of our company, and we expect to be implementing policies related to incentive compensation recoupment to further enhance our risk mitigation.
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Board Oversight and Compensation Governance
During 2021, compensation decisions for our NEOs (other than for our Executive Chairman and our CEO) were made by our Executive Chairman and our CEO. Compensation decisions for our Executive Chairman and our CEO were made jointly by Messrs. Bonderman and Coulter as our Founders. In making decisions for our Executive Chairman and CEO, the Founders consider the compensation paid to our other most highly compensated people, with the elements of compensation described below valued based on internal methodologies consistently applied.
While we have not historically used a compensation consultant, in connection with the IPO, an affiliate of the Company engaged Korn Ferry to assist with our compensation review and to help us design a compensation construct for our Executive Chairman, CEO and senior leadership team that more closely ties with public company market practice and reflects a commitment to the long-term interests of our stockholders, provides flexibility to adjust to the changing needs and priorities of our business and stakeholders and prioritizes high performance. Korn Ferry provided market compensation data in order to provide information on best practices, as well as trends and modeling of various alternative compensation structures, including new compensation programs as described in more detail below. We did not benchmark or set our NEO compensation for 2021 by reference to the compensation of a peer group of companies, and we do not expect to start benchmarking or setting our NEO compensation by reference to the compensation of a peer group of companies.
As described above under “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance—Our Governance Structure” we have established a plan for our long-term corporate governance, including compensation decision-making and approval. Our CEO manages the annual compensation decision-making process for our people (other than himself, our Executive Chairman and others who are members of the Executive Committee), including administration of our Omnibus Plan, taking into account the recommendations of our President, business unit leaders and function heads, where appropriate, in a manner consistent with the compensation budget approved by the Executive Committee of our board of directors. Our CEO, whose compensation will be determined by our independent Compensation Committee in accordance with his employment agreement, will propose equity awards granted to executive officers or Section 16 officers (other than the CEO and Executive Chairman). Such awards will subsequently be approved by the Compensation Committee or the full board of directors (however, the Executive Committee retains the ultimate authority to approve awards without Compensation Committee or board approval, if desired). With respect to the governance of compensation decision-making for our CEO, our Executive Chairman and others who are members of the Executive Committee of our board of directors, see “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance—Board and Executive Committee Composition and
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Authority” and “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance—Other Board Committees—Compensation Committee.”
Elements of 2021 Compensation
Prior to the IPO, our NEOs have generally been compensated through a combination of base salary, discretionary annual cash bonuses, participation in performance allocation programs and certain benefits and perquisites. Our NEOs have also been issued equity interests in TPG Partner Holdings as partners in our business. We consider the distributions on TPG Partner Holdings interests that are earned following such issuances as an ownership entitlement rather than as an element of our compensation program. Consistent with this view, we have not accounted for the distributions on TPG Partner Holdings interests as compensation.
We believe that the elements of compensation for our NEOs serve the primary objectives of our compensation philosophy. However, we periodically review the compensation of our key people, including our NEOs, and, from time to time, we may implement new plans or programs or otherwise make changes to the compensation elements relating to our key people, including our NEOs.
Base Salary
During 2021, our NEOs received the base salaries included in the Summary Compensation Table. The base salaries of our NEOs are intended to reflect their positions and responsibilities and represent a competitive salary (within the market in which we compete for talent).
Discretionary Cash Bonus
During 2021, our NEOs received the discretionary cash bonuses included in the Summary Compensation Table. Discretionary cash bonuses to our NEOs other than our Executive Chairman and our CEO were determined in 2021 by our Executive Chairman and our CEO. Discretionary cash bonuses to our Executive Chairman and our CEO were determined in 2021 by our Founders. In each case, these determinations were made after a comprehensive assessment of performance considerations and were intended to recognize our senior leaders’ personal contributions toward our overall performance, including personal, investment-related and operational accomplishments, and leadership, management and performance of our NEO’s direct and indirect reports. Prior years’ performance and payments to our other senior people were also considered with the aim of appropriately rewarding, motivating and retaining our NEOs.
Performance Allocations
TPG funds generally allocate a share of gains, income and distributions to their general partners (which are affiliated with us) above the returns on such general partners’ invested capital if specified returns and performance hurdles are achieved. We refer to such allocations as “performance allocations.” Because the amount of performance allocations is directly tied to the performance of the underlying fund, the amount of distributions on performance allocations may vary significantly year over year. As a result, issuances of performance allocations foster a strong alignment of our people (including our NEOs) with the interests of our fund investors and our stockholders through our success as a whole. Performance allocations are issued to our people based on several factors, including such person’s role, individual performance and seniority. See “Item 1. Business—Structure and Operation of Funds—Incentive Arrangements and Fee Structure—Performance Allocations.”
Issuances of performance allocations are generally made through our “platform-level performance allocation program,” which did not change in connection with the IPO. Our platform-level performance allocation program is comprised of three components of partnership interests: “vintage share” awards, “investment-specific” awards and discretionary awards. GP Services (as defined herein) administers performance allocations, as well as side-by-side investments. For more information about our side-by-side investments, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence—Certain Other Transactions or Arrangements—Side-By-Side and Other Investment Transactions.”
• Vintage Share Awards. Vintage share awards are issued to our people (including our NEOs) annually and represent a right to receive performance allocation distributions generated by investments made during that calendar year. This right generally includes follow-on investments made in subsequent years and typically also requires an annual investment by the recipient of personal capital into the funds generating the platform-
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level performance allocations. A right to receive performance allocation distributions with respect to vintage share awards is subject to the recipient’s continued provision of services through the applicable vesting or distribution date (whichever is earlier). Vintage share awards generally vest in five equal annual installments, beginning on June 30th of the year of issuance. Vintage share awards issued to our people who have been partners for five or more years at the time of issuance vest in five annual installments, beginning on June 30th of the year of issuance, with 40% vesting during the year of issuance and 15% vesting each year thereafter (referred to as the “senior partner vesting schedule”). Vintage share awards made to our Founders are fully vested upon issuance. Distributions of platform-level performance allocations pursuant to vintage share awards (whether vested or unvested) are subject to a 20% “cutback,” discussed below.
• Investment-specific Awards. Investment-specific awards are issuances of performance allocations (or, in certain instances, synthetic performance allocations) generated by designated investments and strategic partnerships in which our people (including our NEOs) are involved. Investment-specific awards are a smaller component of our overall platform-level performance allocation program and are made to incentivize our people to source investment opportunities broadly for the firm, even if the applicable pool of capital is outside of a person’s typical investment or service area. The amount and terms (including vesting) of such investment-specific awards are specific to each issuance and may vary across investments.
• Discretionary Awards. Discretionary distributions are made to our people from time to time, including our NEOs, at our discretion, and the amount and terms (including vesting) of such distributions are determined at our discretion. Most such interests are not subject to vesting.
Our NEOs also receive performance allocations indirectly through distributions made on their TPG Partner Holdings interests (as indirect unitholders in the TPG Operating Group, as further described below under “—TPG Partner Holdings Interests”).
Unvested performance allocations in the platform-level performance allocation program and distributions pursuant thereto are subject to immediate forfeiture upon termination of service (with or without cause). Unvested performance allocations may be accelerated on a discretionary basis in connection with separations. We also have the right to “cutback” up to 20% of each holder’s performance allocation distributions at our discretion. Generally, this has only been applied following termination of a holder’s services. Further, recipients of platform-level performance allocations are subject to restrictive covenants. Entitlements to performance allocation distributions pursuant to the platform-level performance allocation program will be immediately forfeited if the applicable holder is terminated with cause or breaches his or her restrictive covenants. Any excess performance allocations, and any payments in respect of excess performance allocations, available as a result of forfeitures, reserves or cutbacks may be reallocated to our people (including our NEOs) on a discretionary basis.
Distributions received under the platform-level performance allocation program are generally subject to “clawback” in the event that a fund has overdistributed performance allocations. In the event of a clawback triggering event, performance allocation holders who received distributions that are subject to clawback are required to return performance allocation distributions to the applicable fund in certain situations. Our NEOs (and, generally, all of our other people) are personally subject to the clawback obligation for any performance allocation distributions they directly receive under the platform-level performance allocation program, pursuant to which they may be required to repay previous distributions.
In 2021, vintage share awards were made to each of our NEOs and certain investment-specific awards were made to Mr. Sisitsky and Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri. These awards were issued with the following vesting schedules: Mr. Coulter (fully vested at grant); Messrs. Winkelried, Weingart, Murphy and Sisitsky (the senior partner vesting schedule beginning on June 30, 2021); and Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri and Mr. Berenson (five equal annual installments beginning on June 30, 2021). See the Summary Compensation Table for the distribution amounts paid to our NEOs in 2021 under the platform-level performance allocation program.
Historically, the issuance of partnership interests having the right to future performance allocations have been accounted for as equity allocations. However, following the IPO, we account for such partnership interests as profits interests under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification 710 Compensation-General (“ASC 710”). The platform-level performance allocation program was not otherwise impacted by the Reorganization or the IPO. The discretionary performance allocation pool program, described below, is a new compensation program we have adopted following the IPO; see “—Compensation Program Adjustments On and Following the IPO” below.
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TPG Partner Holdings Interests
TPG Partner Holdings is the indirect majority unitholder of the TPG Operating Group. During 2021, all TPG Partner Holdings interests were held by our current and former senior people (or related parties, such as estate planning vehicles) and had equal entitlements to distributions made by TPG Partner Holdings. Prior to the IPO, the TPG Partner Holdings interests were converted into “TPG Partner Units,” which are entitled to distributions sourced from Common Units, on a similar basis to the stockholders of the Company (except on a pre-tax basis). For more information regarding the conversion of TPG Partner Holdings interests into TPG Partner Units, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence —Reorganization-and IPO-Related Transactions.”
The issuance of TPG Partner Holdings interests to our NEOs was intended to align our NEOs’ interests with the overall success of the TPG Operating Group and allow them to participate in the profits of our business. In addition, issuances of TPG Partner Holdings interests to our Executive Chairman and CEO also were used to support internal pay equity in cases where our other most highly compensated people participated to a greater extent than our Executive Chairman and CEO in performance allocations, particularly with respect to investment-specific awards. The following vesting schedules are used for our NEOs: Messrs. Coulter and Winkelried (vested as to fifty percent at grant and fifty percent vesting ratably over four years); Messrs. Weingart, Murphy, Sisitsky and Berenson (vesting ratably over seven years); and Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri (vesting ratably over five years, and interests granted with respect to 2021, vesting ratably over seven years). Any unvested TPG Partner Holdings interests retained their existing vesting schedule upon conversion to TPG Partner Units. Holders of TPG Partner Holdings interests, whether or not vested, receive current distributions. At the time of issuance, certain TPG Partner Holdings interests had a capital contribution requirement that a holder could satisfy over a period of up to seven years. All such obligations were satisfied prior to the IPO.
In addition to the converted TPG Partner Units described above, prior to the IPO, TPG Partner Holdings issued additional TPG Partner Units to certain of our partners, including our NEOs, other than Mr. Coulter. These additional TPG Partner Units, sometimes referred to as “Additional TPG Partner Units,” are entitled to distributions sourced from the Common Units issued by TPG Operating Group on a pari passu basis with other TPG Partner Units. Similar to historic issuances of TPG Partner Holdings interests, the issuance of Additional TPG Partner Units is intended to align the interests of our people (including our NEOs) with the interests of holders of Common Units (including, indirectly, the stockholders of the Company) and with the overall success of the TPG Operating Group. Additional TPG Partner Units generally vest in six annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the IPO.
TPG Partner Holdings interests (and, once converted, TPG Partner Units, which include Additional TPG Partner Units, as described above) that are unvested are subject to immediate forfeiture upon termination of service although they may be accelerated on a discretionary basis or otherwise in accordance with executive employment agreements or a separation policy, once implemented. See “—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements” below. These interests are also subject to restrictive covenants (as described below under “—Restrictive Covenants”). In the event of a holder’s termination of service due to death or disability, any unvested TPG Partner Holdings interests (including Additional TPG Partner Units) held by such person would receive two years of accelerated forward vesting. The Additional TPG Partner Units are subject to forfeiture if the applicable holder is terminated with cause or breaches his or her restrictive covenants. TPG Partner Holdings interests that remain outstanding following a termination are subject to certain repurchase rights of the Company. Following the IPO, certain TPG Partner Units may be subject to a recoupment policy and after TPG Partner Units vest will be exchangeable under certain circumstances for Common Units which may be exchanged for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the closing price per share of the Class A common stock on the day before the pricing of such future public offering or private sale (taking into account customary brokerage commissions or underwriting discounts actually incurred)) (or, at our option, shares of our Class A common stock). In the event that, at the time of an exchange, there is a limitation on the Class A common stock then available for distribution, certain TPG Partner Units (including certain TPG Partner Units held by our NEOs) will retain a right to effect an exchange ahead of other TPG Partner Units.
In 2022 with respect to 2021, our NEOs received new issuances of TPG Partner Holdings interests with the terms described above. The value at issuance of TPG Partner Holdings interests is not included in the Summary Compensation Table as we have historically accounted for these issuances as equity allocations to owners of our business. Specifically, such issuances were not accounted for as equity awards under GAAP accounting principles of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718-Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Following the IPO, we account for TPG Partner Units as equity awards under ASC 718. As such, the grant date fair value of TPG Partner Units issued following the IPO will be reflected in the “Stock Awards” column of the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year. We do not anticipate making any such grants following the IPO. TPG Partner Units that were outstanding as of the effectiveness of
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the IPO have been modified and the modification of the TPG Partner Units will be accounted for as equity awards under ASC 718. As such, we anticipate reflecting the incremental value as determined under accounting principles of TPG Partner Units upon modification in the “Stock Awards” column of the Summary Compensation Table for 2022.
Benefits and Perquisites
We provide our executives, including our NEOs, with a competitive benefits program that includes:
• Health & Welfare Benefits. We provide comprehensive benefits to support our people’s well-being. All our people (excluding our affiliated advisors but including our NEOs) are invited to participate in the firm-sponsored health and welfare benefit plans. Certain of our partners are eligible for access-only retiree medical benefits. For more information about our health and welfare programs, see “Item 1. Business—Human Capital Resources—Compensation and Benefits.”
• Retirement Plans. All our people (excluding our affiliated advisers but including our NEOs) are eligible to participate in our tax-qualified 401(k) defined contribution plan as of the date of hire. Our 401(k) plan provides alternatives for contributing to a traditional pre-tax 401(k), a Roth 401(k), or a combination of both, up to the applicable IRS limits. We match 100% of the first 5% of a participant’s earnings contributed to the plan, up to the applicable individual IRS limits. We also provide an additional nonelective employer contribution determined by a discretionary formula (which in 2021 was 3%) of a participant’s earnings, up to the applicable employer IRS limits. The employer match (including the nonelective employer contribution determined by a discretionary formula) vests in equal annual installments over the first five years of employment, after which employer contributions are fully vested. We do not sponsor or provide access to a defined benefit pension plan for our people (including our NEOs).
• Umbrella Liability Group Coverage. Our partners, including our NEOs, are eligible to participate in the firm-sponsored umbrella liability insurance program. We provide an initial minimum coverage amount for all partners at a nominal premium, and the partners are able to elect additional amounts of coverage through the firm’s annual open enrollment process.
• Other Perquisites. Tickets to sporting and other entertainment events are provided to certain of our people, including our NEOs, without charge, to attend for business purposes. From time to time, these tickets are made available at no incremental cost to the Company to certain of our people, including our NEOs (and their guests), for personal use when not needed for business purposes. In certain instances, the Company may provide resources to family offices of our people, including off-site information technology services, which are at no incremental cost to the Company. For information about family office services arrangements, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Related Person Transactions—Reorganization-and IPO-Related Transactions—Exchange Agreement—Family Office Services.” Certain of our NEOs may use aircraft or private travel service arrangements or programs (such as NetJets) that we have access to for reasonable personal use for which they bore the cost. During certain periods, we have provided Mr. Coulter with home security services and, for our NEOs, legal fees in connection with certain business objectives and benefits related to working outside of our office spaces. We also generally make available to our people (including our NEOs) parking or transit assistance and one meal daily in each of our offices.
• Benefits Related to Side-By-Side and Other Investment Transactions. Our people who receive performance allocations (including our NEOs) are permitted to invest their personal capital side-by-side with our funds. Generally, these are made on similar terms as other investors but are generally made on a “no management fee, no performance allocation” basis; however, we may decide (in our sole discretion) to charge our people (including our NEOs) reduced or full management fees or performance allocations for certain investments or funds. In certain instances, when our people (including our NEOs) participate in side-by-side investments, they may receive tandem rights providing for additional value. All our NEOs, as well our people who meet certain business, legal and regulatory requirements to make such investments, are generally permitted to make such investments, subject to certain caps and other legal and commercial limitations. For more information about our side-by-side investment program, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Certain Other Transactions or Arrangements—Side-By-Side and Other Investment Transactions.”
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The perquisites provided to our NEOs in 2021 are described in the Summary Compensation Table. Our perquisites and benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our people and further our goal of providing compensation that is competitive and aligned with our culture.
Employment Agreements and Separation Benefits
In connection with the IPO, we entered into employment agreements with Mr. Coulter and Mr. Winkelried (in replacement of Mr. Winkelried’s prior employment agreement). We have not entered into employment agreements with our other NEOs. We generally provide our people with a standard form offer letter upon hire. We expect to adopt a separation policy for senior leadership pursuant to which certain senior leaders (including our NEOs) are entitled to severance benefits upon certain termination scenarios. For a summary of the material terms of the arrangements described in this paragraph, see “—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements” below.
Tax and Accounting Considerations
In making compensation decisions, the impact of accounting implications and tax treatment of significant compensation decisions are considered. We believe that accounting and tax considerations are only one aspect of determining compensation and should not unduly influence compensation program designs that are consistent with our overall compensation philosophy and objectives. We are mindful of the accounting treatment of our performance allocations, TPG Partner Holdings Units and equity award programs. For more information about the changes in accounting treatment of our historic compensation programs in connection with the Reorganization, see “—Elements of 2021 Compensation.” We are subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, which generally disallows publicly-listed companies from taking a tax deduction for compensation in excess of $1,000,000 paid to “covered employees,” including our NEOs. We retain the discretion to design and implement compensation programs that may not be tax deductible or that could have adverse accounting consequences, as well as designing compensation programs with tax and accounting efficiencies in mind.
Compensation Program Adjustments On and Following the IPO
Since the IPO, there have been no material changes to our base salary, platform-level performance allocation program or benefit and perquisite compensation structures, but we have modified or implemented certain other elements in order to align with public company practices and adjust to a public company omnibus equity plan model. The following describes these modifications:
• Performance Allocation Pool Program. We have created a new performance allocation pool program (in addition to our existing performance allocation programs described above) pursuant to which a portion of performance allocations for profitable fund investments will be distributed to partners and professionals on a discretionary basis determined during the year the investment is realized and subject, in each case to the recipient’s continued provision of services on the distribution date. Distributions from the performance allocation pool program are subject to the terms and conditions of the partnership interests through which they are distributed. Our NEOs are eligible to participate in this new program, and participants in this program will not receive separate cash bonuses.
• Annual RSU Awards. Our NEOs are expected to receive annual grants of RSUs under the Omnibus Plan as a mandatory deferral with respect to a portion of their incentive compensation referred to as “annual RSUs,” which generally vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the recipient’s continued provision of services to the Company or its affiliates through the vesting date.
• Long-Term Performance Incentive Awards. In connection with the IPO, in order to incentivize and retain key members of management and further enhance their alignment with our shareholders, on December 14, 2021, our board of directors approved long-term performance incentive awards in the form of RSUs under the Omnibus Plan to certain of our NEOs in the following notional amounts: Mr. Weingart ($15,000,000); Mr. Murphy ($10,000,000); Mr. Sisitsky ($20,000,000); Ms. Vazquez- Ubarri ($10,000,000); and Mr. Berenson ($10,000,000). The awards were granted on January 13, 2022 and are with respect to a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the dollar value set forth next to the NEO’s name by $29.50, the price at which the shares of Class A common stock were sold in the IPO. The awards vest as to 50% of the shares over five years based on continued service and 50% of the shares based on both continued service over five years and achievement of a specified stock price performance hurdle. We refer to
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RSUs with a performance hurdle as PRSUs. The service condition on the RSUs lapses as to 25% of the shares on each of the second through fifth anniversaries of the grant date, provided that the recipient continues to provide services to the Company or its affiliates through the applicable vesting date. In addition, for the PRSUs, the performance condition lapses as to 50% of the PRSUs (25% of the award) on the first day following the date on which the 30-day volume weighted average trading price of a share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds 1.5x the IPO price per share of Class A common stock and as to 50% of the PRSUs (25% of the award) on the first day following the date on which the 30-day volume weighted average trading price of a share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds 2.0x the IPO price per share of Class A common stock. PRSUs vest when both the applicable service and performance conditions are satisfied. The PRSUs are forfeited if the performance measure is not achieved prior to the fifth anniversary of the grant date, in the case of the 1.5x performance condition, and prior to the eighth anniversary of the grant date, in the case of the 2.0x performance condition. Dividend equivalents accrue for vested and unvested PRSUs and are paid only when both the applicable service and performance conditions are satisfied. Dividend equivalents are paid on vested and unvested RSUs when the dividend occurs. The long-term incentive awards will be subject to any separation policy that is applicable to award holders.
• Potential for Additional Equity Awards. The Company may make certain additional equity awards to our NEOs, as permitted under the Omnibus Plan, with terms determined at the discretion of the Company. See “—Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan Summary” for more information about the Omnibus Plan.
We put in place certain new policies with respect to our equity programs:
• Transfer Restrictions. TPG Partner Units are generally subject to transfer restrictions, except with respect to customary permitted transfers. For more information about these transfer restrictions, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Related Person Transactions—Reorganization-and IPO-Related Transactions—Exchange Agreement.”
• Exchange. Upon the satisfaction of the transfer restrictions described above, vested TPG Partner Units may be exchanged for Common Units and then, in accordance with the Exchange Agreement, exchanged for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the closing price per share of the Class A common stock on the day before the pricing of such future public offering or private sale (taking into account customary brokerage commissions or underwriting discounts actually incurred)) or, at our election, for Class A common stock. In either case, the Company will receive additional Common Units and the holder of such TPG Partner Units will receive additional payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
• Hedging/Pledging Policy . We have adopted a policy regarding the hedging and pledging of Company stock by our employees, executive officers and directors under which hedging is prohibited and any pledge of Company stock requires prior approval. The policy does not govern pledging of TPG Holdings interests, and any hedging or pledging remains subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, as well as the terms of the Exchange Agreement and other agreements, as applicable. For information about existing pledges of our NEOs, see “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owner and Management and Related Stockholder Matters—Principal Stockholders.” For a description of the transfer restrictions, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Related Person Transactions—Reorganization-and IPO-Related Transactions—Investor Rights Agreement.”
• Recoupment Policy. We expect to adopt a recoupment policy under which, upon certain triggering events, we may recoup or cancel all or a portion of certain incentive compensation from executive officers (as defined in accordance with SEC rules, which includes our NEOs) and, potentially, from other of our people. In addition, we will comply with the final terms of proposed Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act, implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Compensation Committee Report
Prior to the IPO in January 2022, we did not have a compensation committee. As described above in “—Board Oversight and Compensation Governance,” compensation decisions for our NEOs in 2021 (other than our CEO) were made by our CEO and Executive Chairman, and compensation decisions for our CEO in 2021 were made by our Founders. Each has reviewed and discussed with management the foregoing Compensation Discussion and Analysis and, based on
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such review and discussion, has determined that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis should be included in this annual report.
David Bonderman
James G. Coulter
Jon Winkelried
Summary Compensation Table
The following table summarizes the compensation paid to our named executive officers for the years ending December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
In addition to the amounts reflected in the table below, our NEOs also received distributions from us based on their ownership of TPG Partner Holdings interests. Such amounts are distributions in respect of their equity ownership interests and are not considered to be compensation by us. In each of 2021 and 2020, respectively, our NEOs received the following distributions on their ownership of TPG Partner Holdings interests: Mr. Coulter ($174,784,766, $63,936,329); Mr. Winkelried ($76,185,268, $26,504,308); Mr. Weingart ($18,005,552, $6,558,390); Mr. Murphy ($7,820,660, $2,915,482); Mr. Sisitsky ($48,861,472, $23,223,920); Ms. Vazquez- Ubarri ($2,540,000, $497,687); and Mr. Berenson ($4,178,300, $1,562,758).
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary
($)
Bonus ($)(1) All other compensation ($)(2)
Total compensation ($)
James G. Coulter, Executive Chairman and Founding Partner (3)
2021
700,000 6,000,000 28,410,392 35,110,392
2020
700,000 5,000,000 6,936,010 12,636,010
Jon Winkelried, Chief Executive Officer (3)
2021
700,000 6,000,000 13,475,842 20,175,842
2020
700,000 5,000,000 3,589,944 9,289,944
Jack Weingart, Chief Financial Officer (4)
2021
500,000 5,250,000 26,645,309 32,395,309
2020
500,000 4,500,000 5,318,444 10,318,444
Ken Murphy, Chief Operating Offi cer (4)
2021
500,000 3,500,000 1,907,817 5,907,817
2020
500,000 2,750,000 565,493 3,815,493
Todd Sisitsky, President
2021
500,000 5,750,000 45,705,793 51,955,793
2020
500,000 5,000,000 9,072,258 14,572,258
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri, Chief Human Resources Officer 2021
500,000 3,750,000 1,216,290 5,466,290
2020
500,000 2,050,000 333,478 2,883,478
Bradford Berenson, General Counsel
2021
500,000 3,000,000 577,589 4,077,589
2020
500,000 2,300,000 79,842 2,879,842
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(1) This column reflects discretionary bonuses to our NEOs in December of each year. For Mr. Coulter, it also includes amounts attributed to a personal corporation of his due to its ownership interests in a Company subsidiary.
(2) This column reflects platform-level performance allocation distributions (which include vintage share awards, investment-specific awards and discretionary awards). For Messrs. Coulter, Winkelried and Weingart, this column also includes the following amounts related to perquisites: for Mr. Coulter, $535,812 for legal services in 2021 and $83,887 for personal security services in 2020; for Mr. Winkelried in 2021 and 2020, respectively, $220,526 and $38,510 for legal services; and for Mr. Weingart in 2021 and 2020, respectively, $16,667 and $15,481 for personal office space. In such years, Mr. Coulter had access to aircraft for his personal use at no incremental cost to us because Mr. Coulter bore the cost. In certain instances, the Company may provide resources to family offices of our people, including off-site information technology services, which are at no incremental cost to the Company. For information about family office services arrangements, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Related Person Transactions—Reorganization-and IPO-Related Transactions—Exchange Agreement.”
(3) Effective May 10, 2021, Mr. Coulter became our Executive Chairman and Mr. Winkelried became our sole Chief Executive Officer. Prior to May 10, 2021, Messrs. Coulter and Winkelried both served as our Co-Chief Executive Officers.
(4) Mr. Murphy served as our principal financial officer in 2021 until the appointment of Mr. Weingart as Chief Financial Officer effective as of August 4, 2021.
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Plan-Based Awards and Outstanding Equity Awards
There were no grants of plan-based awards to our NEOs or outstanding equity awards held by our NEOs in the year ended December 31, 2021. Although none of our NEOs had outstanding awards treated as equity awards as of December 31, 2021, certain of our NEOs had unvested performance allocations and TPG Partner Holdings interests as of December 31, 2021. See “—Elements of 2021 Compensation.”
Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements
The following is a description of Mr. Winkelried’s previous employment agreement and the form offer letter that certain of our NEOs have executed. For a description of the new employment agreements entered into in connection with the IPO with each of Messrs. Coulter and Winkelried, see “—New Employment and Separation Arrangements On and Following the IPO.”
Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement
Certain affiliates of the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Winkelried, dated as of October 28, 2015 (the “Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement”) that provided for the terms of Mr. Winkelried’s employment commencing on November 2, 2015 through January 13, 2022. The Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement provided that Mr. Winkelried would serve as co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG Holdings and be a member of the “internal board” (as defined in the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement) of TPG Holdings. Mr. Winkelried had also entered into a Governance Framework Agreement (as defined herein) with certain of our affiliates, dated as of December 31, 2016, that establishes the duties, responsibilities and rights as Co-Chief Executive Officer to govern, with Mr. Coulter, certain TPG entities during Mr. Winkelried’s employment, including sitting on boards and committees of TPG entities, determining the issuance of TPG Partner Holdings interests, and approving budgets and making hiring decisions for certain TPG platforms.
During the term of the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement, Mr. Winkelried was entitled to an annual base salary of at least $700,000 (subject to increase or decrease to align with Mr. Coulter’s then base salary), participate in the benefit programs, plans and practices of TPG Global, LLC (“TPG Global”) in a manner commensurate with Mr. Winkelried’s position and which benefits were available to other senior executives of TPG Global (including Mr. Coulter), and perquisites that were reasonably commensurate with the perquisites available to Mr. Coulter, including having access to private aircraft for business travel. Mr. Winkelried was generally indemnified under the agreement for any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses incurred in connection with him being made a party to any proceeding by reason of his service as an officer, employee or representative of any TPG entity.
At the time of entering in the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement, Mr. Winkelried received a cash signing bonus and TPG Partner Holdings interests (the “Initial TPG Partner Units”), both of which are now fully vested. The Initial TPG Partner Units are subject to certain priority rights under the governing documents of such Initial TPG Partner Units, and any lock-up or similar restriction imposed by underwriters on Mr. Coulter and other limited partners on their interests are applicable to the Initial TPG Partner Units. The Initial TPG Partner Units have limitations on capital contributions and were subject to a deferred contribution obligation.
Pursuant to the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement, if Mr. Winkelried’s employment was terminated by TPG Holdings without “cause,” he resigned with “good reason,” or his employment was terminated due to his death or “disability” (each as defined in the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement), he would have been entitled to retiree medical coverage no less favorable than the retiree medical coverage provided to Mr. Coulter and, to the extent applicable, “good leaver” treatment under Company plans and agreements, as described below under “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control.” These termination benefits were subject to Mr. Winkelried’s execution of a release of claims in our favor.
Other NEO Offer Letters
TPG Global entered into offer letters with each of our NEOs other than Mr. Coulter and Mr. Winkelried upon the commencement of their employment that are materially consistent with our form of offer letter used in the U.S. These offer letters indicate the individual’s initial title, base salary and, if applicable, sign-on bonus and relocation benefits, as well as eligibility for our discretionary incentive programs and the health and welfare benefit programs of TPG Global and its affiliates. These offer letters generally require compliance with company policy and may contain standard confidentiality covenants. Our NEOs may also receive performance allocations or other incentive awards upon joining us.
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Restrictive Covenants
The governing documents for the platform-level performance allocation program and TPG Partner Holdings interests include restrictive covenants which impose obligations on our NEOs. Such obligations include a restriction on soliciting our people for 18 months following termination and a restriction on providing services to a competitor or soliciting our investors for a certain period of time depending on the reason for the termination (e.g., for 18 months if terminated with cause and for six months if terminated without cause). In addition, our NEOs are subject to confidentiality (which includes use of “pipeline” and “track records”), work product, non-disparagement and non-publicity covenants.
New Employment Arrangements On and Following the IPO
Below is a description of new employment agreements entered into in connection with the IPO with each of Messrs. Coulter and Winkelried. In addition, we expect to adopt a separation policy pursuant to which our senior leaders (including our NEOs) may be entitled to severance benefits, including accelerated vesting of equity, upon certain termination scenarios.
Coulter Employment Agreement
The Company and certain affiliates of the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Coulter, dated as of December 15, 2021 and approved by our board of directors on December 14, 2021 (the “Coulter Agreement”), that provides for the terms of Mr. Coulter’s employment commencing on the consummation of the IPO through the date on which Mr. Coulter ceases to be employed by the Company, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms. Prior to the Sunset, Mr. Coulter’s employment may only be terminated if he ceases to be a member of GP LLC.
The Coulter Agreement provides that Mr. Coulter will serve as our Executive Chairman and Founder of TPG Inc. Mr. Coulter may also elect to be a member of our board of directors, as well as a voting member of the Executive Committee, for so long as the Executive Committee remains principally comprised of non-independent directors. Mr. Coulter will also serve as sole Managing Partner of TPG’s Rise Climate platform and a Managing Partner of TPG’s Rise platform. Mr. Coulter will have the duties, responsibilities, functions, and authority as enumerated in the GP LLC limited liability company agreement and the other governing documents of the TPG Entities (the “Governance Documents”).
During the term of the Coulter Agreement, Mr. Coulter will be entitled to an annual base salary of at least $500,000, subject to annual review and potential increase by the Compensation Committee in its discretion. Mr. Coulter’s total annual incentive compensation will be set between 85% and 100% of Mr. Winkelried’s total annual incentive compensation for the applicable year. Following a recommendation by Mr. Winkelried that includes input from our Chief Human Resources Officer, the Compensation Committee has discretion to select the elements of incentive compensation used to deliver to Mr. Coulter his total annual incentive compensation, provided that for any year, Mr. Coulter’s annual incentive award from the platform-level performance allocation pool program will not be less than the highest incentive award determined for any TPG partner for that year.
Mr. Coulter is also entitled to coverage under TPG employee benefit programs, plans and practices commensurate with Mr. Coulter’s position and on terms no less favorable than those which TPG makes available to its most senior partners, including rights to co-invest in TPG Funds consistent with TPG’s co-invest policy available at the relevant time to TPG’s senior active partners and on the same terms and conditions as such active partners. Mr. Coulter will be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses for travel, lodging, entertainment and other business expenses at a “first class” level and perquisites commensurate with Mr. Coulter’s position, including private aircraft services for business travel. Mr. Coulter is generally indemnified under the Coulter Agreement for any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses with respect to actions taken in connection with his service to TPG.
Pursuant to the Coulter Agreement, Mr. Coulter’s separation entitlements generally mirror those in Mr. Winkelried’s agreement (see “—Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement”), except that the Coulter Agreement does not provide Mr. Coulter with “enhanced good reason” and, following the Sunset, if Mr. Coulter’s employment is terminated by TPG without “cause” or by his resignation with “good reason,” he is entitled to a cash severance payment equal to two times the sum of his average base salary and total annual incentive compensation for the preceding two years.
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Winkelried Post-IPO Employment Agreement
The Company and certain affiliates of the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Winkelried, dated as of December 15, 2021 and approved by our board of directors on December 14, 2021 (the “Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement”), that provides for the terms of Mr. Winkelried’s employment commencing on the consummation of the IPO through December 31, 2025, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms. The Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement provides for automatic renewals of one or more consecutive one-year periods unless Mr. Winkelried or the Company provides six-months’ advance written notice of non-renewal prior to the applicable expiration date.
The Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement provides that Mr. Winkelried will serve as our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Winkelried may also elect to be a member of our board of directors through the Sunset, as well as a voting member of the Executive Committee, for so long as the Executive Committee remains principally comprised of non-independent directors. Mr. Winkelried will also become a member of GP LLC and its Control Group. Mr. Winkelried will have the duties, responsibilities, functions, and authority as enumerated in the Governance Documents.
During the term of the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement, Mr. Winkelried will be entitled to an annual base salary of at least $500,000, subject to annual review and potential increase by the Compensation Committee in its discretion. Pursuant to the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement, Mr. Winkelried will determine the annual compensation of all TPG partners other than TPG partners who are on the Executive Committee (including the Executive Chairman), which compensation will be determined by the joint approval of Mr. Winkelried and our Executive Chairman. For each fiscal year of the term of the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement, the Compensation Committee will then calculate Mr. Winkelried’s total annual incentive compensation, which will be between 85% and 115% of Mr. Winkelried’s Baseline Total Annual Incentive Compensation (described below), subject to the ability of the Compensation Committee to pay above or below these percentages in the event of extraordinary circumstances having a materially favorable or materially adverse impact on the business of TPG.
Mr. Winkelried’s total annual incentive compensation to be determined by the Compensation Committee will include participation in the platform-level performance allocation program (including cross-platform and investment-specific performance allocations), and grants of RSUs or other TPG equity awards. For purposes of the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement, Mr. Winkelried’s total annual incentive compensation will include non-pro- rata end of year reallocations of distributions from the platform-level performance allocation pool program but will exclude distributions, dividends and dividend equivalents from TPG equity awards, from performance allocations and TPG Partner Units previously granted to him, distributed amounts within the definition of “DAWPY” (described below) and the reallocation of forfeited TPG Partner Units that are part of a pro-rata reallocation to active partners. Following a recommendation by Mr. Winkelried that includes input from our Chief Human Resources Officer, the Compensation Committee has discretion to select the elements of incentive compensation used to deliver to Mr. Winkelried his total annual incentive compensation, provided that for any year, Mr. Winkelried’s annual incentive award from the platform-level performance allocation pool program will not be less than the highest incentive award determined for any TPG partner for that year.
The Baseline Total Annual Incentive Compensation is the sum of (i) the highest annual incentive award from the platform-level performance allocation pool program determined for any TPG Partner (including (x) TPG Inc. equity awards issued in connection with the platform-level performance allocation pool program but excluding (y) any awards in excess of the standard amounts that are determined in accordance with our customary annual incentive-setting practices), (ii) 120% of the average Benchmark Compensation (described below) of the four highest paid TPG partners other than Mr. Winkelried and Mr. Coulter, and (iii) any other annual award paid to any such four TPG partners that is intended to replace or supplement either or both of DAWPY or annual awards from the performance allocation pool.
The Benchmark Compensation for each of the four highest paid TPG partners other than Mr. Winkelried and Mr. Coulter consists of, for each partner in a given year: (i) 50% of the average DAWPY received in that year; (ii) 100% of the average combined value of (x) the grant date value of RSUs or other TPG equity awards granted with respect to that year (but excluding grants made for special, non-recurring reasons, special initial grants of TPG equity awards made to named executive officers, and equity awards with respect to standard annual incentive distributions from the performance allocation pool program), and (y) the ASC 718 expense of any long-term incentive award intended to replace or supplement awards under the Omnibus Plan over a multi-year compensation period; and (iii) any award from the performance allocation pool to a broad-based group of TPG partners that are in excess of the standard allocations. “DAWPY” refers to the actual “dollars at work” for a TPG partner, as applicable, in the carried interests of TPG Funds as of the end of a year, calculated in accordance with customary TPG practices. If the Baseline Total Annual Incentive
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Compensation is calculated prior to the results of the fourth quarter in a given year, DAWPY will be calculated based on the results of the first three quarters and an estimate of the fourth quarter.
Mr. Winkelried is entitled to participate in any discretionary awards under our platform-level performance allocation pool program and any successor annual incentive plan that may be adopted thereafter. In addition, Mr. Winkelried is entitled to participate in our vintage share program and to receive investment-specific performance fees on other platforms based on his direct and active participation in such investments in a manner consistent with past practice. In connection with and subject to completion of the Reorganization, Mr. Winkelried was issued Additional TPG Partner Units with a value equal to $20,000,000, vesting in six equal installments on the six anniversaries of the date of the grant.
Mr. Winkelried is also entitled to coverage under TPG employee benefit programs, plans and practices commensurate with Mr. Winkelried’s position and that are generally made available to the Founders, including rights to co-invest in TPG Funds consistent with TPG’s co-invest policy available at the relevant time to TPG’s senior active partners and on the same terms and conditions as such senior active partners. Mr. Winkelried will be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses for travel, lodging, entertainment and other business expenses at a “first class” level as consistent with TPG’s reimbursement policies, and perquisites commensurate with Mr. Winkelried’s position, including private aircraft services for business travel. Mr. Winkelried is generally indemnified under the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement for any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses with respect to actions taken in connection with his service to TPG.
Pursuant to the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement, if prior to the Sunset, Mr. Winkelried’s employment is terminated by TPG without “cause,” by his resignation with “good reason” or “enhanced good reason,” (each as defined in the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement) or due to non-renewal of the term of the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement by TPG, he will be entitled to a cash severance payment equal to four times the sum of his average total annual incentive compensation and base salary for the two preceding years. After the Sunset, if Mr. Winkelried’s employment is terminated by TPG or him for the above reasons, he will be entitled to a cash severance payment equal to two times the sum of his average total annual incentive compensation and base salary for the two preceding years. These severance payments will be paid in equal installments over 24 months, or immediately if the termination of employment is within one year following a “change in control.” In addition, if Mr. Winkelried’s employment is terminated by TPG without “cause,” by his resignation with “good reason” or “enhanced good reason,” or due to an “orderly retirement,” disability (each as defined in the Winkelried Post-IPO Agreement) or his death or non-renewal by either party, Mr. Winkelried is entitled to (i) continued vesting of his TPG Partner Units, promote interest and TPG equity awards, including TPG equity awards issued in connection with any performance allocation or annual incentive program adopted by TPG, held by him as of the termination date, as well as the retention of any such award that is vested as of the termination date, (ii) a cash payment equal to the discretionary awards under the platform-level performance pool allocation, including the grant date value of TPG equity awards issued to him in connection with such allocation, in the year preceding termination, (iii) continued right to co-invest in TPG Funds consistent with TPG’s co-invest policy available to senior active partners (limited, in the event of death, to five years and an allocation of 0.5% of the aggregate commitment to any TPG Fund), (iv) continued right to indemnification and insurance coverage, (v) treatment in the same manner as our Founders in relation to contractual lock-ups and liquidity tranches that limit his ability to exchange his TPG Partner Units or sell his shares of common stock, and (vi) post-employment benefits and perquisites, including lifetime health benefits for himself and his spouse, and, for a period of five years, a personal assistant, IT support and office space. In addition, upon termination for “orderly retirement,” Mr. Winkelried will be entitled to a cash severance payment equal to one times the average sum of his average total annual incentive compensation and base salary for the two preceding years.
If Mr. Winkelried resigns without “good reason” or “enhanced good reason,” he will be entitled to (i) continued vesting of his TPG Units, promote interest and TPG equity awards, including TPG equity awards issued in connection with any performance allocation or annual incentive program adopted by TPG, held by him as of the termination date, as well as the retention of any such award that is vested as of the termination date, (ii) continued right to co-invest in TPG Funds consistent with TPG’s co-invest policy available to senior active partners, (iii) continued right to indemnification and insurance coverage, (v) treatment in the same manner as our Founders in relation to contractual lock-ups and liquidity tranches that limit his ability to exchange his TPG Partner Units or sell his shares of common stock, and (iv) post-employment benefits and perquisites, including lifetime health benefits for himself and his spouse, and, for a period of five years, a personal assistant, IT support and office space. If Mr. Winkelried’s employment is terminated by TPG Inc. for “cause” or breach of his restrictive covenants, all of his outstanding and unvested TPG equity interests, including RSUs and other equity interests from the platform-level performance allocation pool program granted in connection with the IPO, will be forfeited. In all termination scenarios except for termination by TPG for “cause,” or by Mr. Winkelried’s resignation without “good reason” or “enhanced good reason,” he will be deemed a Type 1 Leaver, as defined in the seventh amended and restated limited partnership agreement of TPG Partner Holdings, making him subject to a shorter
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period of restrictive covenants. The severance payments and benefits described in this paragraph are contingent upon Mr. Winkelried’s execution of a mutual release and his compliance with the restricted covenants set forth in the GP LLC limited liability company agreement.
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control
None of the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement or other NEO offer letters in effect prior to December 31, 2021 provide for benefits upon a termination event or change in control. Pursuant to the fifth amended and restated limited partnership agreement of TPG Partner Holdings, in the event of death or “disability” (as defined therein) of a holder of TPG Partner Holdings interests, including our NEOs, any unvested TPG Partner Holdings interests held by such person would receive two years of accelerated forward vesting. The following number of TPG Partner Holdings interests of our NEOs that would vest upon death of disability as of December 31, 2021 was: 12,851 for Mr. Coulter, 15,107 for Mr. Winkelried, 8,334 for Mr. Weingart, 4,840 for Mr. Murphy, 33,026 for Mr. Sisitsky, 4,000 for Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri and 4,700 for Mr. Berenson. Additionally, pursuant to the Winkelried Pre-IPO Agreement, in the event of Mr. Winkelried’s termination without “cause” or his resignation with “good reason,” he would also receive these two years of accelerated forward vesting. We retain the discretion to provide our people, including our NEOs, with separation benefits.
Equity-Based Compensation
Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan Summary
In connection with the IPO, our board of directors approved on December 7, 2021, and our pre-IPO shareholder approved on December 20, 2021, the Omnibus Plan, effective as of January 13, 2022, in order to attract, retain and motivate our people, and to align the interests of our people with the interests of our stockholders. The Omnibus Plan permits the grant of stock options (including incentive stock options intended to be qualified under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, RSUs, cash-based awards and other stock-based awards. Awards under the Omnibus Plan may be granted to our officers (including our NEOs), employees, directors, consultants, advisors, and other service providers of the Company and certain affiliates of the Company. The Company may elect to grant any of these awards as performance-based incentive awards. Our board of directors, or any committees designated by our board of directors, administers the Omnibus Plan (referred to as the "Administrator") and has delegated this authority to Mr. Winkelried, our CEO. The Administrator is authorized to, among other things, select eligible participants, grant awards in accordance with the Omnibus Plan, determine the price at which stock options are granted, determine the number of shares granted pursuant to each award, approve the form and terms and conditions of awards, and employ other individuals as may reasonably be necessary to assist in the administration of the Omnibus Plan. The maximum number of shares that may be issued under the Omnibus Plan is 30,694,780. The Omnibus Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on (and including) January 1, 2032, by up to 10% of the total outstanding number of shares of our common stock and our Common and Promote Units, measured on a fully diluted, as converted basis, on the immediately preceding December 31. Our board of directors has the authority to amend the Omnibus Plan from time to time, provided that such amendment does not materially adversely impair the rights of the recipient of any outstanding award without the recipient's consent, and shareholder approval is obtained if such approval is required to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or rules of a securities exchange or self-regulatory agency. Our board of directors may also terminate the Omnibus Plan at any time, and the Omnibus Plan will automatically be terminated in 2032 if not extended prior thereto.
Director Compensation
Prior to the IPO, we did not compensate anyone for serving on our board of directors, to the extent formed. Currently, all of the individuals who serve as directors of our general partner are also our senior partners and executive officers. These individuals do not receive any separate compensation for service as a director and, accordingly, we have not presented a Director Compensation Table.
We have adopted an Independent Director Compensation Policy for directors who are not employees of or service providers to (other than as a director) any entity related to the Company and who are considered independent. We also established a compensation program for our Founding Partner and Non-Executive Chairman, Mr. Bonderman, while he serves as a director of the Company.
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Pursuant to our Independent Director Compensation Policy, our independent directors receive the following:
• an annual cash retainer of $150,000, payable quarterly;
• an annual equity award in the form of RSUs with a grant date fair value of $150,000 pursuant to the Omnibus Plan, which will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of grant or the day before the next annual stockholder meeting;
• an additional annual cash retainer of $15,000 to members of the Audit Committee and $10,000 to members of each of the Compensation Committee and Conflicts Committee;
• an additional annual cash retainer of $25,000 to the chair of our Audit Committee, $20,000 to the chair of our Compensation Committee and $15,000 to the chair of our Conflicts Committee. The committee chair retainers are in addition to the annual cash retainer that each committee member will receive; and
• upon initial election to our board of directors, an initial grant of RSUs pursuant to the Omnibus Plan with a grant date fair value of $300,000, which will vest in three annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Beginning in 2023, directors may elect to receive all or a portion of any cash retainer in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. On January 13, 2022, our board of directors approved pursuant to the Omnibus Plan a one-time equity award of RSUs to our independent directors with a grant date fair value of $300,000, which will vest in three annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
We reimburse independent directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as directors or otherwise in the performance of services to the Company, including travel expenses in connection with their attendance in-person at board and committee meetings and in the performance of services to the Company. Our independent directors are also entitled to participate in side-by-side investments. For more information about our side-by-side investments, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Certain Other Transactions or Arrangements—Side-By-Side and Other Investment Transactions.”
We also expect to implement a share retention policy that will require our independent directors to retain 25% of RSUs granted for a two-year period following vesting.
Partner Compensation Paid to Non-Independent Directors for 2021 and 2020
Our directors who are also our partners receive compensation in respect of services to us and our affiliates as described below. For information on compensation paid to our directors who are also our NEOs, see “—Summary Compensation Table.” Directors who are our partners and not our NEOs are generally entitled to the same elements of compensation as our NEOs, including perquisites and benefits, on consistent terms, and may be entitled to participate in separation benefits. See “—Elements of 2021 Compensation” for descriptions of these compensation components. Historically, our directors who are our partners and not NEOs (other than Messrs. Bonderman and Coslet) were issued Additional TPG Partner Units consistent with the terms described in “—Elements of 2021 Compensation—TPG Partner Holdings Interests.” In the case of Mr. Bonderman, his compensation and benefits were generally provided on terms consistent with those provided to Mr. Coulter. The amounts indicated below are calculated consistent with our determination of compensation in the Summary Compensation Table and, with respect to 2021 amounts, using the same assumptions and actual amounts available to date. For information about existing pledges of our directors, see “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owner and Management and Related Stockholder Matters—Principal Stockholders.”
David Bonderman
Mr. Bonderman is one of our Founding Partners and is our Non-Executive Chairman. During 2021 and 2020, respectively, Mr. Bonderman received: $700,000 and $700,000 in base salary; $1,000,000 and $3,000,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus; $18,008,168 and $5,784,258 in performance allocation distributions; $404,240 and $255,800 for personal assistants; and $538,288 for legal services in 2021. For Mr. Bonderman, his bonus also includes amounts attributed to a personal corporation of his due to its ownership interests in a Company subsidiary. In such years, Mr. Bonderman had access to aircraft for his personal use at no incremental cost to us because Mr. Bonderman bore the cost.
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He also received $155,789,122 and $59,162,845 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Mr. Bonderman received vintage share awards in 2021, which were fully vested at grant. Mr. Bonderman serves on our board of directors as Non-Executive Chairman and receives compensation in this capacity consistent in most respects with the compensation provided to our independent directors. Mr. Bonderman also receives significant distributions from our platform-level performance allocation program and TPG Partner Holdings interests with respect to awards made prior to January 13, 2022 and is entitled to benefits and perquisites that are similar to our executive officers.
Certain affiliates of the Company entered into a letter agreement with Mr. Bonderman, dated as of December 15, 2021 and approved by our board of directors on December 14, 2021 (the “Bonderman Agreement”), that provides for the terms of Mr. Bonderman’s employment commencing on January 13, 2022 through the date on which Mr. Bonderman ceases to be employed by the Company. Mr. Bonderman’s term of employment will terminate simultaneously with, and only upon the occurrence of, Mr. Bonderman ceasing to be a member of GP LLC.
The Bonderman Agreement provides that Mr. Bonderman will serve as Non-Executive Chairman of TPG Inc. During and after his term, Mr. Bonderman will be designated with Mr. Coulter as a Founder of TPG. Mr. Bonderman will serve as a member of our board of directors in accordance with the Governance Documents and be a non-voting observer on the Executive Committee. Mr. Bonderman will have the duties, responsibilities, functions and authority as enumerated in the Governance Documents and may determine in his discretion the business time and attention he devotes to the same. Mr. Bonderman will not be an “Active Partner” as defined under the seventh amended and restated limited partnership agreement of TPG Partner Holdings.
Under the Bonderman Agreement, Mr. Bonderman is entitled to an annual director fee of $300,000, so long as he serves as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Bonderman will be eligible to receive investment-specific performance fees on TPG platforms based on his direct and active participation in such investments, and will also be eligible to participate in discretionary awards under the platform-level performance allocation pool program should his contributions to the business of TPG warrant it in TPG’s sole discretion. He is entitled to coverage under TPG employee benefit programs, plans and practices commensurate with his position and that are generally made available to TPG’s most senior partners, including rights to co-invest in TPG Funds consistent with TPG’s co-invest policy available at the relevant time to TPG’s senior active partners and on the same terms and conditions as such active partners. Mr. Bonderman will be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses for travel, lodging, entertainment and other business expenses at a “first class” level and private aircraft services for business travel, in accordance with TPG’s policies. Mr. Bonderman is generally indemnified under the Bonderman Agreement for any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses with respect to actions taken in connection with his service to TPG.
Pursuant to the Bonderman Agreement, if Mr. Bonderman’s employment is terminated other than for “cause” or “competition” (as defined in the Bonderman Agreement), or by reason of death, Mr. Bonderman is entitled to continued vesting of TPG Partner Units, continued right to co-invest in TPG funds, lifetime health benefits for himself and his spouse, continued right to indemnification and insurance coverage and perquisites for a period of five years, including IT support, an executive assistant and a personal office. If Mr. Bonderman’s termination is due to death, all of his TPG Partner Units vest on a fully accelerated basis, and his surviving spouse will continue to receive health benefits for life. In addition, the continued right to co-invest following death will be available to his estate and direct lineal descendants but will be limited to five years and an allocation of 0.5% of the aggregate commitment to any TPG Fund.
Maya Chorengel
Ms. Chorengel is co-managing partner of our Rise Fund platform. During 2021 and 2020, respectively. Ms. Chorengel received: $500,000 and $500,000 in base salary; and $2,500,000 and $1,650,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus. Ms. Chorengel did not receive performance allocation distributions in 2020 and received $89,164 in performance allocation distributions in 2021. She also received $2,921,000 and $995,390 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Ms. Chorengel received vintage share awards and certain investment-specific awards for investments made in 2021, which vest in five equal annual installments beginning on June 30, 2021. Upon the commencement of her employment, Ms. Chorengel entered into an offer letter with TPG Global that is materially consistent with our form of offer letter to U.S. employees. For a description of our form offer letter to U.S. employees, see “—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements—Other NEO Offer Letters.”
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Jonathan Coslet
Mr. Coslet is a senior TPG partner. During 2021 and 2020, respectively, Mr. Coslet received: $500,000 and $500,000 in base salary; $4,000,000 and $4,000,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus; $20,928,771 and $4,280,023 in performance allocation distributions; $16,667 and $15,481 with respect to use of corporate provided office space; and $4,473 for legal services in 2021. During 2021 and 2020, Mr. Coslet had access to aircraft for personal use at no incremental cost to us because Mr. Coslet bore the cost. Mr. Coslet also received $75,155,552 and $27,178,223 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Mr. Coslet received vintage share awards in 2021, which vest in accordance with the senior partner vesting schedule. Prior to January 13, 2022, Mr. Coslet received new issuances of TPG Partner Holdings interests on terms consistent with those described under “—Elements of 2021 Compensation—TPG Partner Holdings Interests” with vesting over five years. Prior to the IPO, Mr. Coslet did not have an employment agreement or offer letter with the Company or its affiliates. Pursuant to an agreement entered into with certain affiliates of TPG on December 13, 2016, if Mr. Coslet ceased to provide service after one year of advance notice and cooperation with his transition, any unvested performance allocation interests would have become fully vested, subject to TPG’s right to “cutback” up to 20% of his performance allocation distributions, as described above in “—Elements of 2021 Compensation— Performance Allocations.” In addition, in the event Mr. Coslet breached a restrictive covenant or was terminated for cause, the Company has a right to repurchase right with respect to his TPG Partner Holdings interests at fair market value. This letter was superseded by a new letter, dated December 15, 2021, pursuant to which he will fully vest in his performance allocation interests (subject to the same cutback right) and his TPG Partner Holdings interests, in each case, held as of January 13, 2022, upon an orderly retirement (as defined in his letter agreement), and the repurchase right of the Company will continue.
Kelvin Davis
Mr. Davis is a senior TPG partner. During 2021 and 2020, respectively, Mr. Davis received: $500,000 and $500,000 in base salary; $3,000,000 and $2,000,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus; $24,613,313 and $5,163,245 in performance allocation distributions; and $175,216 and $54,346 with respect to legal fees. During 2021 and 2020, Mr. Davis had access to aircraft for personal use and company provided housing at no incremental cost to us because Mr. Davis bore the cost. He also received $49,872,138 and $19,510,923 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Mr. Davis received vintage share awards in 2021, which vest in accordance with the senior partner vesting schedule. Prior to January 13, 2022, Mr. Davis received new issuances of TPG Partner Holdings interests on terms consistent with those described under “—Elements of 2021 Compensation—TPG Partner Holdings Interests” with vesting over seven years, in part based on performance, and he will be issued Additional TPG Partner Units consistent with the terms described in “—Elements of 2021 Compensation—TPG Partner Holdings Interests,” as well as Additional TPG Partner Units with varied vesting terms (certain Additional TPG Partner Units vest 65% at grant and 35% upon the achievement of certain performance measures, and other Additional TPG Partner Units vest ratably over three years).
During 2021, Mr. Davis was party to a retention letter with TPG Partner Holdings, L.P. (also applicable to TPG) as founding partner of our Real Estate platform that provided for certain benefits to Mr. Davis upon his separation from TPG, including retirement. These benefits included certain good leaver rights such as accelerated vesting of certain equity interests and two-year forward vesting of TPG Partner Holdings interests, certain rights to retain investment interests following termination, continuing payment of compensation through the end of the year immediately following the year in which the termination occurred (and in certain instances through the third full year following the year in which the termination occurred) and continuing co-investment rights, subject to certain restrictive covenants. Further, the retention letter provided that for so long as Mr. Davis led the real estate platform, TPG real estate professionals, including Mr. Davis, would receive annual compensation based on a formulaic percentage of the performance allocations and net fee income earned from our Real Estate platform, rather than on a solely discretionary basis. This retention letter, including such formulaic compensation arrangements, has been terminated in its entirety, and Mr. Davis has entered into a new retention agreement with TPG Partner Holdings, L.P. that is also applicable to TPG. The new retention agreement provides for certain benefits upon a good leaver termination of employment (as described in the new retention agreement) that are similar to those in the prior retention letter but revised to address different investment interests, and it does not include an extended opportunity for continued compensation beyond the end of the year immediately following the year in which the termination occurs. The new retention agreement does not include any requirements with respect to annual compensation for our Real Estate platform.
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Ganendran Sarvananthan
Mr. Sarvananthan is the managing partner of TPG Capital Asia. During 2021 and 2020, respectively, Mr. Sarvananthan received: $500,000 and $500,000 in base salary; $2,900,000 and $2,500,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus; $3,719,582 and $1,129,172 in performance allocation distributions; and $29,888 and $26,528 with respect to a monthly car lease and driver. Amounts reflected for Mr. Sarvanathan’s car lease are converted from Singapore dollars to U.S. dollars using an exchange rate on September 30, 2021 of $0.74. He also received $9,414,256 and $3,440,442 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Mr. Sarvananthan received vintage share awards and certain investment-specific awards for investments made in 2021, which vest in accordance with the senior partner vesting schedule. Mr. Sarvananthan has entered into an offer letter with a TPG affiliate that is materially consistent with our form of offer letter to U.S. employees, but provides for employment in Singapore. For a description of our form offer letter to U.S. employees, see “—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements—Other NEO Offer Letters.”
David Trujillo
Mr. Trujillo is a senior TPG partner. During 2021 and 2020, respectively, Mr. Trujillo received: $500,000 and $500,000 in base salary; $5,000,000 and $4,000,000 in discretionary annual cash bonus; and $71,971,422 and $12,896,841 in performance allocation distributions. He also received $31,815,260 and $10,387,896 in distributions made on TPG Partner Holdings interests in such years, respectively.
Mr. Trujillo received vintage share awards and certain investment-specific awards for investments made in 2021, which vest in accordance with the senior partner vesting schedule beginning on June 30, 2021. Mr. Trujillo has entered into an offer letter with a predecessor affiliate of TPG Global that is materially consistent with our form of offer letter to U.S. employees. For a description of our form offer letter to U.S. employees, see “—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements—Other NEO Offer Letters.”
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owner and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Principal Stockholders
The following tables show information as of March 25, 2022 regarding the beneficial ownership of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock by:
• each person or group who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our Class A common stock or our Class B common stock;
• each member of our board of directors, each of our director nominees and each of our named executive officers; and
• all members of our board of directors, our director nominees and our executive officers as a group.
This beneficial ownership information is presented after giving effect to the Reorganization. As of March 25, 2022, we have 70,811,664 shares of our Class A common stock and 229,652,641 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding.
The number of shares of Class A common stock listed in the tables below assumes no exchange of Common Units or nonvoting stock for Class A common stock. As described in “Organizational Structure” and “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Exchange Agreement,” each holder of Common Units is entitled to have their Common Units exchanged for cash from a substantially concurrent future public offering or private sale (based on the closing price per share of Class A common stock on the day before the pricing of such future public offering or private sale (taking into account customary brokerage commissions or underwriting discounts actually incurred)) or, at our election, Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis (or, in certain cases, for shares of nonvoting Class A common stock). The number of shares of Class B common stock listed in the table below is equal to the number of Common Units beneficially owned by each person or entity named in the table below.
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Beneficial ownership of shares is determined under rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power. Except as noted by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe based on the information provided to us that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Shares of our nonvoting Class A common stock are not presented in the following table because they are not voting securities and because they are not convertible into Class A common stock until such time as they are transferred to a third party as and when permitted by the Investor Rights Agreement.
Principal Stockholders
Name and address of beneficial owners (1)
Class A Common Stock Class B Common Stock (7)
Total Voting Power (%)
5% beneficial owners Number % Number %
TPG GP A, LLC (2)
50,847 * 229,652,641 100 97.0
GIC Private Limited (3)
6,529,710 9.2 — — *
Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (4)
4,250,000 6 — — *
Named executive officers and directors: (5 )
David Bonderman (2)(6)
779,661 1.1 229,652,641 100 97.0
James G. Coulter (2)(6)
3,491,525 4.9 229,652,641 100 97.2
Jon Winkelried (2)
389,831 * 229,652,641 100 97.0
Jack Weingart 847,458 1.2 — — *
Ken Murphy — * — — *
Todd Sisitsky 677,966 * — — *
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri 33,898 * — — *
Bradford Berenson — * — — *
Maya Chorengel 25,424 * — — *
Jonathan Coslet 745,763 1.1 — — *
Kelvin Davis 894,584 1.3 — — *
Ganendran Sarvananthan 1,367,030 1.9 — — *
David Trujillo 118,644 * — — *
Mary Cranston — * — — *
Deborah M. Messemer — * — — *
All directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons) 9,253,141 13.1 229,652,641 100 97.4
* Represents less than 1%.
(1) Unless noted otherwise, the address for each holder listed in this table is 301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300, Fort Worth, Texas.
(2) GP LLC, which directly holds 16,949 shares of Class A common stock, is the sole member of TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), LLC (“Advisors LLC”) and the managing member of TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, LLC (“SBS Advisors”). Advisors LLC is the sole shareholder of TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc. (“Advisors Inc.”), which is the general partner of TPG Partner Holdings, L.P. (“TPG Partner Holdings”) and the managing member of TPG New Holdings, LLC (“New Holdings”). TPG Partner Holdings is a member of New Holdings, which is the sole limited partner of TPG Group Holdings, whose general partner is SBS Advisors and which holds 33,898 shares of Class A common stock and 229,652,641 shares of Class B common stock on behalf of its limited partners. All of the directors and executive officers listed in this table other than our independent directors are limited partners of TPG Partner Holdings, and as such are indirect limited partners of TPG Group Holdings. GP LLC is owned by entities owned by each of Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Winkelried. Each of GP LLC, Advisors LLC, SBS Advisors, Advisors Inc., TPG Partner Holdings, New Holdings, TPG Group Holdings and Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Winkelried expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Winkelried share beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by GP LLC, and the shares reported as beneficially owned by each of them individually in this table include such shares.
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(3) Pursuant to Schedule 13G filed on January 24, 2022, the amount reported consists of 6,529,710 shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned, as of January 13, 2022, by GIC Private Limited and the other reporting persons named therein. The principal address of GIC Private Limited is 168 Robinson Road, #37-01 Capital Tower, Singapore 068912.
(4) Pursuant to Schedule 13G filed on January 26, 2022, the amount reported consists of 4,250,000 shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned, as of January 18, 2022, by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”) and the other reporting persons named therein. The shares owned by Temasek as a parent holding company are directly owned by V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd (“V-Sciences”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Life Sciences Private Limited (“TLS”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (“FMPL”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek. Each of TLS, FMPL and Temasek may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by V-Sciences. The principal address of Temasek is 60B Orchard Road, #06-18 Tower 2, The Atrium@Orchard, Singapore 238891.
(5) The number of shares of Class A common stock listed for each individual includes shares directly owned by the individual or through an entity controlled by (or could be deemed to be controlled by) the individual. The number of shares of Class A common stock and the Total Voting Power percentages excludes shares of Class A common stock underlying restricted stock units that are not scheduled to vest within 60 days of the date of this table.
(6) Includes 16,949 shares of Class A common stock owned by New TPG Advisors, Inc. over which Messrs. Bonderman and Coulter share beneficial ownership.
(7) TPG Group Holdings holds Common Units and the shares of Class B common stock reflected in this table. TPG Partner Units (which are held by our current and former TPG partners) will be exchangeable under certain circumstances for Common Units and shares of Class B common stock held by TPG Group Holdings. Current and former TPG partners who exchange TPG Partner Units for such Common Units in turn will have the right, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, to have their Common Units redeemed by the issuing TPG Operating Group partnerships in exchange for cash or, at our election, shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis (or, in certain circumstances, for shares of nonvoting Class A common stock). When a Common Unit is so exchanged, a corresponding share of our Class B common stock will be automatically cancelled for no additional consideration. Because a redemption election does not result in an entitlement to any of our voting securities, the TPG partners listed in the table would not be deemed to beneficially own the shares of our Class A common stock that they could receive in respect of their TPG Partner Units. The shares of Class B common stock held by TPG Group Holdings are reflected within the beneficial ownership of GP LLC and Messrs. Bonderman, Coulter and Winkelried as described in footnote 2 to this table. Mr. Bonderman has pledged to a financial institution 24.99% of the TPG Partner Units he holds in his capacity as a TPG partner (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, the full number of shares of Class B common stock reflected in the table).
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Set forth below is a description of certain related person and other transactions involving us or our subsidiaries and our directors, executive officers or holders of 5% or more of our voting securities.
Related Persons Transaction s
Reorganization- and IPO-Related Transactions
In connection with the Reorganization and the IPO, we engaged in certain transactions with certain of our directors, each of our executive officers and other persons and entities who are holders of 5% or more of our voting securities.
In particular, we entered into the Reorganization Agreement (as defined herein), RemainCo Performance Earnings Agreement (as defined herein), Tax Receivable Agreement, TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, Exchange Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement and RemainCo Administrative Services Agreement (as defined herein). In addition, we acquired from the Pre-IPO Investors certain Common Units using a portion of the proceeds of the IPO, and in the case of the Pre-IPO Investors and certain TPG partners that elected to exchange their Common Units, Common Units in exchange for Class A common stock (or nonvoting Class A common stock). We also issued Class B common stock to certain partners of the TPG Operating Group and, from time to time, intend to effect the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.
In addition, in connection with the Reorganization, TPG Partner Holdings (directly or indirectly) distributed its interest in RemainCo. Further, TPG Partner Holdings was recapitalized, such that the partners of TPG Partner Holdings surrendered their interests in TPG Partner Holdings and were issued TPG Partner Units. Returns on the TPG Partner Units are based on the performance of Common Units. The TPG Partner Units received in exchange for existing shares of TPG Partner Holdings and the distributed interests in RemainCo are not subject to new vesting requirements. The additional TPG Partner Units are intended to align the interests of our personnel (including our NEOs) with the interests of the unitholders of the TPG Operating Group (including, indirectly, the stockholders of the Company) and with the overall
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success of the TPG Operating Group. Additional TPG Partner Units generally vest in six annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the IPO.
The following are summaries of certain provisions of our related party agreements, which are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of the provisions of such agreements. Because these descriptions are only summaries of the applicable agreements, they do not necessarily contain all of the information that you may find useful. We therefore encourage you to review the agreements in their entirety. Copies of the agreements (or forms of the agreements) have been filed as exhibits to this report.
Reorganization Agreement and Certain Related Agreements
We entered into a reorganization agreement (the “Reorganization Agreement”) and certain related agreements pursuant to which (among other things) (i) the TPG Operating Group (and various entities through which its direct or indirect partner hold their interest) were restructured and recapitalized, (ii) the assets of the TPG Operating Group were divided between RemainCo and the TPG Operating Group and RemainCo assumed certain liabilities related to the Excluded Assets, (iii) certain assets were contributed or licensed to us, (iv) our Founders and certain entities wholly-owned or controlled by them contributed cash and certain other assets (including their interests in TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P.) to us in exchange for Class A common stock having a value of approximately $4,000,000, (v) our Founders and certain entities wholly-owned or controlled by them agreed to transfer to us the voting interests in certain entities and grant us a proxy to vote such interests until such transfers are effective, (vi) GP LLC (and certain related entities) agreed to cause the performance allocations attributable to the Promote Units to be distributed in the manner determined by the TPG Operating Group partnerships and cause certain performance allocations attributed to management to be distributed in the manner determined by the general partner associated with such performance allocations, (vii) our Founders received liquidating distributions from certain subsidiaries of TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P. totaling approximately $12 million and entities owned by our Founders made net contributions to TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P. totaling approximately $12 million and (viii) the TPG Operating Group agreed to indemnify certain persons (including our Founders and certain of their related entities) for (among other things) losses resulting from third party claims incurred attributable to the Reorganization, pre-IPO actions and omissions by our Founders (or their related entities) in their capacity as controlling equity holders, general partners, directors or officers (subject to customary limitations for willful misconduct, gross negligence and similar concepts) or the provision of certain benefits or perquisites to our employees (including to our Founders and other NEOs), including taxes and certain tax related payments.
RemainCo Performance Earnings Agreement
In accordance with the TPG Operating Group’s agreement with RemainCo (the “RemainCo Performance Earnings Agreement”), RemainCo is entitled to distributions from the TPG Operating Group in respect of performance allocations from TPG Funds (as defined below) as described below. For certain existing TPG Funds that are advanced in their life cycles, which we refer to as the “Excluded Funds,” RemainCo is generally entitled to receive distributions from the TPG Operating Group of all performance allocations not previously designated for our people or unaffiliated third parties, and the TPG Operating Group is not entitled to further performance allocations from the Excluded Funds. For TPG Funds of a more recent vintage and for future TPG Funds, which we collectively refer to as the “Included Funds,” RemainCo is entitled to a base performance allocation ranging from 10% to 15% (subject to limited exceptions, including TPG Funds acquired in a business combination or formed with meaningful participation by the counterparty of such business combination) depending upon the Included Fund (the “Base Entitlement”).
With respect to any TPG Fund that holds a first closing involving non-affiliated investors (a “First Closing”) on or after the fifth anniversary of the IPO, the Base Entitlement will step down ratably for each annual period following the fifth anniversary of the IPO through the fifteenth anniversary. RemainCo will not be entitled to distributions of performance allocations with respect to TPG Funds that have not held a First Closing on or prior to the fifteenth anniversary of the IPO. Once determined, RemainCo’s entitlement to performance allocation percentage with respect to any TPG Fund will remain in effect for the life of the applicable fund.
RemainCo is obligated to fund its pro rata share of clawback obligations with respect to any TPG Fund (in proportion to the Base Entitlement with respect to such TPG Fund) either directly or through indemnity or similar obligations to the TPG Operating Group. The limited partners of RemainCo are not directly liable for any such clawback obligations of RemainCo.
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Further, in the calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024, if the amount otherwise available under the new discretionary performance allocation program is less than $110 million, $120 million and $130 million, respectively, our CEO can determine to increase the performance allocations available under such performance allocation program by an amount equal to the shortfall plus $10 million (which we refer to as “Performance Allocation Increases”), by allocating amounts to the holders of Promote Units that would have otherwise been distributable to RemainCo. The maximum Performance Allocation Increase in any year is $40 million.
As used above in this section, a “TPG Fund” is any fund, SMA or other vehicle that pays performance allocations (whether formed before or after the IPO), other than any such fund, SMA or other vehicle (and any successors) that (1) was formed by any business other than the TPG Operating Group, (2) such business was acquired by, or otherwise combined with, the TPG Operating Group after the IPO and (3) such fund, SMA or other vehicle had a First Closing prior to such acquisition or other combination.
RemainCo Administrative Services Agreement
The TPG Operating Group has entered into an administrative services agreement (the “RemainCo Administrative Services Agreement”) with RemainCo whereby we provide RemainCo with certain administrative services, including maintaining RemainCo’s books and records, tax and financial reporting and similar support. In exchange for these services, RemainCo pays the TPG Operating Group an annual administration fee in the amount of 1% per annum of the net asset value of RemainCo’s assets, with such amount payable quarterly in advance.
Tax Receivable Agreement
We, the TPG Operating Group partnerships and one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries have entered into a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with certain of our pre-IPO owners that provides for the payment by us (or our subsidiary) to such pre-IPO owners of 85% of the cash tax savings, if any, that we actually realize, or we are deemed to realize (calculated using certain assumptions) as a result of the Covered Tax Items. We expect to benefit from the remaining 15% of cash tax savings, if any that we realize from Covered Tax Items. The Covered Tax Items available to us may reduce the amount of U.S. federal, state and local tax that we would otherwise be required to pay in the future, although the IRS may challenge all or part of the validity of such Covered Tax Items, and a court could sustain such a challenge. The Covered Tax Items may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those assets. Actual tax benefits realized by us may differ from tax benefits calculated under the Tax Receivable Agreement as a result of the use of certain assumptions in the Tax Receivable Agreement, including the use of an assumed weighted-average state and local income tax rate to calculate tax benefits. The payment obligation under the Tax Receivable Agreement is our obligation and not an obligation of the TPG Operating Group. For purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement, cash tax benefits resulting from the Covered Tax Items are computed by comparing our actual income tax liability to the amount of such taxes that we would have been required to pay had there been no Covered Tax Items. The actual and hypothetical tax liabilities determined in the Tax Receivable Agreement are calculated using the actual U.S. federal income tax rate in effect for the applicable period and an assumed, weighted-average state and local income tax rate based on apportionment factors for the applicable period (along with the use of certain other assumptions).
The term of the Tax Receivable Agreement continues until all Covered Tax Items have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early, certain changes of control occur (as described in more detail below) or in certain events of bankruptcy or liquidation, in which case all obligations generally will be accelerated and due as if we had exercised our right to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement. The payment to be made upon an early termination of the Tax Receivable Agreement will generally equal the present value of payments to be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement using certain assumptions. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. The increase in our Covered Tax Items upon the purchase or exchange of Common Units for shares of Class A common stock, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including:
• the timing of purchases or exchanges —for instance, the increase in any tax deductions will vary depending on the fair market value, which may fluctuate over time, of the depreciable or amortizable assets of the TPG Operating Group at the time of each purchase or exchange;
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• the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the purchase or exchange —the increase in any tax deductions, as well as the tax basis increase in other assets, of the TPG Operating Group, is directly proportional to the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the purchase or exchange;
• the extent to which such purchases or exchanges do not result in a basis adjustment —if a purchase or an exchange does not result in an adjustment to the existing basis, increased deductions will not be available;
• changes in tax rates —payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be calculated using the actual U.S. federal income tax rate in effect for the applicable period and an assumed, weighted-average state and local income tax rate based on apportionment factors for the applicable period, so changes in tax rates will impact the magnitude of cash tax benefits covered by the Tax Receivable Agreement and the amount of payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement; and
• the amount and timing of our income —we (or our subsidiary) are obligated to pay 85% of the cash tax benefits under the Tax Receivable Agreement as and when realized. If we do not have taxable income, we are not required (absent a change of control or circumstances requiring an early termination payment) to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for a taxable year in which we do not have taxable income because no cash tax benefits will have been realized. However, any tax attributes that do not result in realized benefits in a given tax year will likely generate tax attributes that may be utilized to generate benefits in previous or future tax years. The utilization of such tax attributes will result in cash tax benefits that will result in payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
We expect that as a result of the size of the Covered Tax Items, the payments that we may make under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be substantial. There may be a material negative effect on our liquidity if, as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise, the payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement exceed the actual cash tax benefits that we realize in respect of the Covered Tax Items subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement and/or if distributions to us by the TPG Operating Group are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement after it has paid taxes and other expenses. Late payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement generally will accrue interest at an uncapped rate equal to one year LIBOR (or its successor rate) plus 500 basis points. The payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement are not conditioned upon continued ownership of us by the pre-IPO owners.
In addition, we may elect to terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement early by making an immediate payment equal to the present value of all anticipated future cash tax benefits associated with existing or anticipated future Covered Tax Items with respect to all Common Units. In determining such anticipated future cash tax benefits, the Tax Receivable Agreement includes several assumptions, including that we would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the deductions arising from the Covered Tax Items subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement and that we are not subject to any alternative minimum tax. In addition, the present value of such anticipated future cash tax benefits are discounted at a rate equal to the lesser of (i) 6.5% per annum and (ii) one year LIBOR (or its successor rate) plus 100 basis points. Furthermore, in the event of certain changes of control and in certain events of bankruptcy or liquidation, our obligations would be automatically accelerated and be immediately due and payable, and we would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future cash tax benefit with respect to all Common Units, calculated based on the valuation assumptions described above. In these situations, our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity. As a result, we could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than the specified percentage of the actual cash tax benefits that we realize in respect of the Covered Tax Items subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement or that are prior to the actual realization, if any, of such future tax benefits, including in circumstances in which we are subject to an alternative minimum tax and as a result are not able to realize the tax benefits associated with Covered Tax Items. In these situations, our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity. Changes in law or changes in tax rates following the date of acceleration may also result in payments being made in excess of the future tax benefits, if any.
Decisions made by our pre-IPO owners in the course of running our business may influence the timing and amount of payments that are received by an exchanging or selling existing owner under the Tax Receivable Agreement. For example, the earlier disposition of assets following an exchange or acquisition transaction generally will accelerate payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement and increase the present value of such payments, and the disposition of assets before an exchange or acquisition transaction will increase an existing owner’s tax liability without giving rise to any rights of an existing owner to receive payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
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Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that we will determine. We will not be reimbursed for any payments previously made under the Tax Receivable Agreement if the validity of the Covered Tax Items is successfully challenged by the IRS, although such amounts may reduce our future obligations, if any, under the Tax Receivable Agreement. As a result, in certain circumstances, payments could be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement in excess of our cash tax benefits.
The TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements
Our wholly-owned subsidiaries hold Common Units and are the general partners of each TPG Operating Group partnership. Accordingly, we indirectly control all of the business and affairs of the TPG Operating Group, and consolidate the financial results of the TPG Operating Group and, through the TPG Operating Group and its operating entity subsidiaries, conduct our business.
Pursuant to the TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, the general partner of each TPG Operating Group partnership generally has the right to determine when distributions will be made to holders of Common and Promote Units and the amount of any such distributions, except that the TPG Operating Group is required to make tax distributions to the holders of Common Units. If a distribution is authorized on the Common Units, such distribution will be made to the holders of Common Units pro rata based on the number of Common Units held by each partner of the TPG Operating Group partnerships. However, before any distributions were made on the Common Units, undistributed 2021 earnings (as determined in accordance with past practice) were distributed to the historic owners of the TPG Operating Group (or their transferees).
The holders of Common Units, including us, incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of the TPG Operating Group. The TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements generally require that pro rata cash distributions be made to holders of Common Units, including us, at certain assumed tax rates, which we refer to as “tax distributions.”
The TPG Operating Group has issued Promote Units to certain partners of the TPG Operating Group that are owned (directly or indirectly) by individual service partners. The Promote Units are generally entitled to receive a portion of the performance allocations received by the TPG Operating Group.
The TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements also provide that substantially all expenses incurred by or attributable to us (such as expenses incurred in connection with the IPO), but not including obligations incurred under the Tax Receivable Agreement, our income tax expenses, and payments on indebtedness incurred by us, will be borne by the TPG Operating Group. We have reimbursed and will continue to reimburse certain of these expenses on the terms set forth in these partnership agreements. The TPG Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements also contain restrictions on transferability.
Investor Rights Agreement
We, the TPG Operating Group partnerships, the TPG Partner Vehicles, the Pre-IPO Investors and TPG partners have entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with respect to all Class A common stock, nonvoting Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Common Units held by the TPG Partner Vehicles and the Pre-IPO Investors. Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the TPG Partner Vehicles, the Pre-IPO Investors and the TPG partners are subject to certain transfer restrictions and are provided with certain registration rights.
Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners are restricted from transferring or exchanging (and agreed to restrict partners in the TPG Partner Vehicles from transferring or exchanging) any Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Common Units, as applicable, prior to the two-year anniversary of the IPO. Between the second and third anniversary of the IPO, the TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners may transfer or exchange up to 33.33% of their Class A common stock, or any shares of Class B common stock or any Common Units owned as of the closing of the IPO, as applicable; between the third and fourth anniversary of the IPO, the TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners may transfer or exchange up to 66.66% of their original holdings of Class A common stock, or any shares of Class B common stock or any Common Units owned as of the closing of the IPO, as applicable; and after the fourth anniversary of the IPO, the TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners may transfer or exchange up to 100% of their original holdings Class A common stock, or any shares of Class B common stock or any Common Units, as applicable (in each case, with respect to Common Units, subject to the terms of the Exchange Agreement). Upon an exchange of Common Units for Class A common stock, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, an
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equal number of Class B common stock will be cancelled for no additional consideration. The foregoing restrictions are subject to customary exceptions, including with respect to certain existing pledges and assignments of distributions from the TPG Operating Group and for transfers to related parties and charitable organizations. Up to $100 million (based on the IPO price per share of Class A common stock) of Class A common stock or equity instruments exchangeable for Class A common stock can be transferred to charitable organizations after expiration of the restricted period and prior to the two- year anniversary of the IPO free of any subsequent transfer restrictions. In addition, we may waive the foregoing restrictions under certain circumstances as contemplated in the Investor Rights Agreement. Between the 181st day and one-year anniversary of the IPO, the Pre-IPO Investors may sell up to 25% of their Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Common Units; between the one-year and eighteen-month anniversary of the IPO, the Pre-IPO Investors may sell up to 50% of their Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Common Units; between the eighteen-month and second-year anniversary of the IPO, the Pre-IPO Investors may sell up to 75% of their Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Common Units; and after the second-year anniversary, the Pre-IPO Investors may sell 100% of their Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Common Units, in each case, subject to the terms of the Exchange Agreement.
Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the TPG Partner Vehicles, the TPG partners and the Pre-IPO Investors have certain registration rights, as set forth below. The registration of our common stock by the exercise of registration rights described below would enable the holders to sell these shares without restriction under the Securities Act when the applicable registration statement is declared effective. We will generally pay the registration expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, relating to the registrations described below. The registration rights described below will generally expire with respect to a holder when such holder’s securities are freely sellable under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitations on volume or manner of sale.
Demand Registration Rights. The TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners are entitled to certain demand registration rights. At any time beginning six months after January 12, 2022 when the TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners are eligible to sell securities (whether as a result of the transfer restrictions described above or a waiver by us), the holders of these securities may request that we register all or a portion of their securities. Such request for registration must cover shares with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least $50 million.
Piggyback Registration Rights. In the event that we propose to, subject to limited exceptions, register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of other security holders (including pursuant to the demand registration rights described above), the TPG Partner Vehicles, the TPG partners and, in the case of a marketed secondary offering (or synthetic secondary offering) within two years of the IPO, the Pre-IPO Investors are entitled to certain piggyback registration rights allowing holders to include their shares in such registration, subject to certain marketing and other limitations.
Shelf Registration Rights. The TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners may request that we register their shares on Form S-3 if we are qualified to file a registration statement on Form S-3 and if the anticipated aggregate offering price (based on the closing price on the trading day immediately prior to the filing of the applicable prospectus supplement) of the securities is at least $50 million.
Block Registration Rights. The TPG Partner Vehicles and the TPG partners may request that we file an amendment or supplement to a registration statement on Form S-3 to enable such holders to effect an underwritten block trade if the anticipated aggregate offering price of the securities is at least $25 million.
Exchange Agreement
We, certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, the TPG Operating Group partnerships and certain direct and indirect holders of outstanding Common Units have entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) in connection with the IPO under which such holders of Common Units have the right to have their Common Units redeemed by the issuing TPG Operating Group partnerships once each quarter (or, subject to certain limitations, otherwise from time to time) in exchange for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the closing price per share of the Class A common stock on the day before the pricing of such public offering or private sale (taking into account customary brokerage commissions or underwriting discounts actually incurred)) or, at our election, for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis (or, in certain cases, for shares of nonvoting Class A common stock). Additionally, in the event of a redemption request by a holder of Common Units, we (or our subsidiary) may, at our election, effect a direct exchange of cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the price described above), Class A common stock or nonvoting Class A common stock for Common Units in lieu of such a redemption. We may
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impose additional restrictions on exchanges that we determine to be necessary or advisable so that none of the TPG Operating Group partnerships are treated as a “publicly traded partnership” for U.S. federal income tax purposes or violate laws or regulations (including those applicable to trading while in possession, or deemed to be in possession, of material, non-public information). In addition, GP LLC may block exchanges by TPG partners, including any exchanges of interests in a TPG Partner Vehicle for Class A common stock, in certain limited circumstances prior to the Sunset.
Family Office Services
The family offices of our Founders and Jonathan Coslet, a senior TPG partner and a director, are managed by Tarrant Management, LLC (“TM Management”). In 2008, we entered into a services agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Services Agreement”) with TM Management pursuant to which TM Management provided certain business and information services to TPG, including collecting and maintaining information regarding our Founders and Mr. Coslet as was required by TPG to comply with the regulations and reporting requirements of various regulatory and licensing bodies. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, we paid $900,000 to TM Management in 2021. We terminated the Services Agreement prior to the IPO.
In addition, TM Management historically reimbursed us for use of office space that we rented on behalf of TM Management. We have also historically performed certain administrative and similar functions, including off-site information technology services, on behalf of TM Management for which TM Management has reimbursed us. The aggregate amount of such reimbursements by TM Management to us was approximately $1.5 million in 2021. In January 2022, we entered into a sublease agreement with TM Management, pursuant to which TM Management subleases office space from us. Further, in 2015, we entered into a space license agreement (the “Sublease”) with Wildcat Capital Management, LLC (“Wildcat”), an investment advisor to Mr. Bonderman and a variety of different clients, including certain investment vehicles in which Mr. Bonderman and his family have interests, pursuant to which Wildcat subleases office space from us. Wildcat paid us approximately $745,000 in 2021 under the Sublease. For information about perquisites provided to our NEOs, including use of aircraft services, see “Item 11.—Executive Compensation—Elements of 2021 Compensation—Benefits and Perquisites.” For more information about the Company’s lease of aircraft owned by entities related to these family offices, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. We have entered into a block charter agreement regarding these aircraft.
Related Person Transactions Policy
Our board of directors adopted a written policy regarding the review, approval, ratification or disapproval by one or more committees of our board of directors, excluding any directors who may have an interest or involvement, of transactions between us or any of our subsidiaries and any related person (defined in the policy to include our executive officers, directors or director nominees, any stockholder beneficially owning in excess of 5% of our stock or securities exchangeable for our stock and any immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons) in which the amount involved since the beginning of our last completed fiscal year will or may be expected to exceed $120,000 and in which one or more of such related persons has a direct or indirect material interest. In approving or rejecting any such transaction, we expect that such committee or committees will consider the relevant facts and circumstances available and deemed relevant. Any member of such committee or committees who is a related person with respect to a transaction under review will not be permitted to participate in the deliberations or vote on approval, ratification or disapproval of the transaction. All transactions entered into prior to January 13, 2022 were entered into prior to the date of adoption of the policy.
Certain Other Transactions or Arrangements
Indemnification Agreements
Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to certain exceptions contained in our bylaws. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our officers (as defined under Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) and directors. The indemnification agreements provide the Section 16 officers and directors with contractual rights to indemnification, and expense advancement and reimbursement, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, subject to certain exceptions contained in those agreements.
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Directed Share Program
At our request, the underwriters reserved up to 5% of the shares of Class A common stock to be issued by us and offered in the IPO for sale at the initial public offering price to all of our employees, including certain former and expected future employees, who are not TPG partners. In the IPO, 1,271,810 shares were purchased under the directed share program.
Employment Agreements
We previously entered into an employment agreement with our CEO and, in connection with the IPO, we entered into employment agreements with our CEO and our Executive Chairman. We also generally provide our new hires with a standard form offer letter upon hire. We intend to adopt a separation policy for senior leadership pursuant to which our senior leaders (including our NEOs) may be entitled to severance benefits upon certain termination scenarios. See “Item 11.—Executive Compensation—Summary of NEO Employment Agreements and Separation Arrangements” for descriptions of these employment arrangements with our named NEOs.
Side-By-Side and Other Investment Transactions
Our partners and certain current and former personnel, including certain of our investment professionals are permitted to invest their own capital in employee funds that invest side-by-side with our funds (“side-by-side investments”). Side-by-side investments are investments in portfolio companies or other assets on the same terms and conditions as those acquired by the applicable fund, except that these side-by-side investments are not subject to management fees or performance allocations. These investment opportunities are available to our partners and certain current and former personnel, including certain of our investment professionals, whom we have determined to have a status that reasonably permits us to offer them these types of investments in compliance with applicable laws.
The amount invested in and alongside our investment funds during the year ended December 31, 2021 by our directors and executive officers (and their family members and investment vehicles), including amounts funded pursuant to third party capital commitments assumed by such persons, was $81,038,121 for Mr. Bonderman, $31,230,489 for Mr. Coulter, $1,457,370 for Mr. Winkelried, $3,410,420 for Mr. Weingart, $4,004,194 for Mr. Sisitsky, $398,768 for Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri, $1,858,191 for Mr. Murphy, $423,256 for Mr. Berenson, $829,155 for Ms. Harris, $1,326,794 for Ms. Chorengel, $10,499,329 for Mr. Coslet, $7,863,538 for Mr. Davis, $6,233,126 for Mr. Sarvananthan, $12,383,850 for Mr. Trujillo, and $100,283 for Ms. Messemer. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the amounts received by our directors and executive officers (and their family members and investment vehicles) were $90,922,769 for Mr. Bonderman, $46,204,811 for Mr. Coulter, $3,156,734 for Mr. Winkelried, $6,491,805 for Mr. Sisitsky, $107,887 for Ms. Vazquez-Ubarri, $2,618,329 for Mr. Murphy, $52,618 for Mr. Berenson, $437,266 for Ms. Harris, $646,715 for Ms. Chorengel, $13,108,016 for Mr. Coslet, $10,619,322 for Mr. Davis, $2,910,258 for Mr. Sarvananthan, $8,315,900 for Mr. Trujillo, and $1,996,009 for Ms. Messemer.
The side-by-side investments are facilitated, as an administrative convenience, by TPG GP Services, L.P. (“GP Services”), an entity indirectly owned by Messrs. Bonderman and Coulter. GP Services, as agent on behalf and for the benefit of certain of our current and former professionals (the “participating individuals”), maintains accounts at one or more third-party insured depository institutions (“GP Services Account”) where it holds, as agent on behalf and for the benefit of the participating individuals, funds received as distributions from, or otherwise related to, the side-by-side investments, TPG Partner Holdings, or from other TPG investment vehicles including distributions of performance allocations. GP Services also advances funds to TPG entities (which may include certain TPG funds, as well as related coinvestment and investment aggregator vehicles) that correspond to the expected capital commitments of the participating individuals in the side-by-side investments or other TPG investment vehicles. GP Services funds these advances as loans using cash on hand (which may include funds held by GP Services as agent in a GP Services Account) or by drawing on the GP Services Credit Facility. Following expiration of the participating individuals’ funding period for the applicable TPG entity, if there remains a residual loan amount which the affiliated TPG entity is unable to repay to GP Services, GP Services may, in its sole discretion: (i) extend the maturity date of the affiliated TPG entity’s repayment obligation under the loan; (ii) make a new loan to the affiliated TPG entity in the amount of the shortfall; or (iii) forgive all or part of the affiliated TPG entity’s repayment obligation under the loan. GP Services also administers the Co-Invest Leverage Facility, which provides loans from an unaffiliated bank to eligible participating individuals that can be used to fund on a long term basis a participant’s capital commitment to his or her side-by-side investment.
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Controlled Company Status and Director Independence
Our Class A common stock is listed on Nasdaq and, as a result, we are subject to its corporate governance listing standards. Until the Sunset, the Control Group will select the nominees, and the Company will nominate such nominees, to our board of directors and our Executive Committee in accordance with the GP LLC limited liability company agreement. The Control Group also has the ability to elect the members of our board of directors by virtue of GP LLC’s voting power over the substantial majority of our Class B common stock until the Sunset. The Control Group, therefore, has a significant influence over our governance. Accordingly, we utilize and intend to continue to utilize certain of the “controlled company” exemptions available under the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq. As a result, until the Sunset (subject to applicable phase-in rules following such time) we are not required to have a majority of independent directors on our board of directors as defined under the rules of Nasdaq nor are we required to have fully independent compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, although we intend to have a fully independent compensation committee at all times. The “controlled company” exemption does not modify the independence requirements for the Audit Committee, and we comply with and intend to continue to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Nasdaq, which require that our Audit Committee be composed of at least three members, one of whom must be independent upon the listing of our Class A common stock, a majority of whom must be independent within 90 days of listing and each of whom must be independent within one year of listing. Our board of directors is composed of twelve directors, two of whom are independent under applicable Nasdaq rules.
The Sunset will occur on the date that a majority of the independent directors are elected at the first annual meeting of stockholders (or pursuant to a consent of stockholders in lieu thereof) after the earlier of (i) the earliest date specified in a notice delivered to the Company by GP LLC and its members pursuant to that certain GP LLC limited liability company agreement promptly following the earliest of: (a) the date that is three months after the date that neither Founder continues to be a member of GP LLC, (b) a vote of GP LLC to trigger the Sunset and (c) upon 60-days advance notice, the date determined by either Founder who is then a member of the Control Group to trigger the Sunset, if, following a period of at least 60 days, the requisite parties are unable to agree on the renewal of Mr. Winkelried’s employment agreement or the selection of a new CEO in the event that Mr. Winkelried ceases to serve as our CEO, and (ii) the first day of the quarter immediately following the fifth anniversary of the IPO. Consistent with the terms of the Sunset, it is expected that the Control Group will be our controlling stockholder until immediately after the initial election of a majority of the independent directors in connection with the Sunset. In connection with the Sunset, it is expected that our board of directors will be expanded, a majority of the directors will be independent, and a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each composed entirely of independent directors will be established or reconstituted, subject to the controlled company “phase-in” period permitted under Nasdaq rules. Following the Sunset, we will no longer be considered a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rules.
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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The following tables summarize the aggregate fees for professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Deloitte Entities”):
Year Ended December 31, 2021
TPG Inc. TPG
Entities,
Principally
Fund and Corporate Related (c)
TPG Funds, Transaction Related (d)
Total
($ in thousands)
Audit Fees
Base Audit $ 4,230 $ 2,286 — $ 6,516
IPO Related 3,797 — — 3,797
Total Audit Fees (a)
8,027 2,286 — 10,313
Audit-Related Fees — 57 26,144 26,201
Tax Fees
Tax Compliance — 46,466 — 46,466
Tax Advisory 1,500 6,282 2,336 10,118
Total Tax Fees (b)
1,500 52,748 2,336 56,584
All Other Fees — — — —
Total Fees $ 9,527 $ 55,091 $ 28,480 $ 93,098
(a) Audit Fees consisted of fees for (1) the audits of our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and services attendant to, or required by, statute or regulation, (2) reviews of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in our quarterly reports on 10-Q, and (3) services provided in connection with our IPO.
(b) Tax Fees consisted of fees for services rendered for tax compliance and tax planning and advisory services.
(c) The Deloitte Entities also provide audit, audit-related and tax services (primarily tax compliance and related services) to certain TPG Funds and other corporate entities. Included in the total fees for this column is $41,761 of tax fees attributable to and paid by the limited partners of the respective TPG Funds.
(d) Audit-Related and Tax Fees included merger and acquisition due diligence services provided in connection with potential acquisitions of portfolio companies for investment purposes primarily to certain private equity and real estate funds managed by TPG in its capacity as the general partner. This amount includes $22,563 related to acquisitions of portfolio companies that were completed and $5,917 related to transactions that were in process at December 31, 2021 or were not completed. In addition, the Deloitte Entities provide audit, audit-related, tax and other services to the portfolio companies, which are approved directly by the portfolio company’s management and are not included in the amounts presented here.
Our audit committee charter, which is available on our website at https://shareholders.tpg.com/ under “Corporate Governance,” requires the Audit Committee to approve in advance all audit and non-audit related services to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with the audit and non-audit related services pre-
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approval policy. All services reported in the Audit, Audit-Related, Tax and All Other Fees categories above were approved by the Audit Committee.
Year Ended December 31, 2020
TPG Inc. TPG
Entities,
Principally
Fund and Corporate Related (c)
TPG Funds, Transaction Related (d)
Total
($ in thousands)
Audit Fees (a)
$ 4,204 $ 2,145 $ — $ 6,349
Audit-Related Fees — 62 20,570 20,632
Tax Fees
Tax Compliance — 41,873 — 41,873
Tax Advisory — 5,891 2,286 8,177
Total Tax Fees (b)
— 47,764 2,286 50,050
All Other Fees — — — —
Total Fees $ 4,204 $ 49,971 $ 22,856 $ 77,031
(a) Audit Fees consisted of fees for (1) the audits of our consolidated financial statements and services attendant to, or required by, statute or regulation, and (2) reviews of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
(b) Tax Fees consisted of fees for services rendered for tax compliance and tax planning and advisory services.
(c) The Deloitte Entities also provide audit, audit-related and tax services (primarily tax compliance and related services) to certain TPG Funds and other corporate entities. Included in the total fees for this column is $41,224 of tax fees attributable and paid by the limited partners of the respective TPG Funds.
(d) Audit-Related and Tax Fees included merger and acquisition due diligence services provided in connection with potential acquisitions of portfolio companies for investment purposes primarily to certain private equity and real estate funds managed by TPG in its capacity as the general partner. This amount includes $11,528 related to acquisitions of portfolio companies that were completed and $11,328 related to transactions that were in process at December 31, 2020 or were not completed. In addition, the Deloitte Entities provide audit, audit-related, tax and other services to the portfolio companies, which are approved directly by the portfolio company’s management and are not included in the amounts presented here.
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this annual report.
1. Financial Statements :
See Item 8 above.
2. Financial Statement Schedules:
All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
3. Exhibits :
Exhibits are included below.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1*
Certificate of Incorporation of TPG Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 001-41222), filed on January 13, 2022).
3.2*
Bylaws of TPG Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 001-41222), filed on January 13, 2022).
4.1
Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
10.1
Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of TPG Operating Group I, L.P., dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Holdings I-A, LLC and the limited partners of TPG Operating Group I, L.P. party thereto.
10.2
Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of TPG Operating Group II, L.P., dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Holdings II-A, LLC and the limited partners of TPG Operating Group II, L.P. party thereto.
10.3
Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of TPG Operating Group III, L.P., dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Holdings III-A, L.P. and the limited partners of TPG Operating Group III, L.P. party thereto.
10.4*
Indenture, dated as of May 9, 2018 and Amended as of October 1, 2019 between TPG Holdings I FinanceCo, L.P., TPG Holdings II FinanceCo, L.P., TPG Holdings III FinanceCo, L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.5*
Fourth Amendment Agreement in respect of the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2021 among TPG Holdings, L.P., acting through its general partner, TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc., guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021)
10.6*
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2021, among TPG Holdings II, L.P., as borrower, TPG Holdings I, L.P., TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P., TPG Holdings III, L.P., as guarantors, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and Wells Fargo Securities LLC, as lead arranger and bookrunner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.7
Reorganization Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2021, among TPG Holdings I, L.P., TPG Holdings II, L.P., TPG Holdings III, L.P., TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc., TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), LLC, TPG Partner Holdings Advisors, Inc., TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc., TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, LLC, David Bonderman, James G. Coulter, Jon Winkelried and TPG GP A, LLC.
10.8
Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Inc., TPG OpCo Holdings, L.P., TPG Operating Group I, L.P., TPG Operating Group II, L.P., TPG Operating Group III, L.P. and each of the other persons party thereto.
10.9
Exchange Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Inc., TPG OpCo Holdings, L.P., TPG Operating Group I, L.P., TPG Operating Group II, L.P., TPG Operating Group III, L.P. and each of the other persons party thereto.
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10.10
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Inc., TPG Operating Group I, L.P., TPG Operating Group II, L.P., TPG Operating Group III, L.P., TPG Group Holdings (SBS), L.P., TPG New Holdings, LLC, TPG Partner Holdings, L.P. and each of the other persons party thereto.
10.11
Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2021, between TPG Global, LLC and Tarrant Remain Co GP, LLC.
10.12
Performance Earnings Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2021, among Tarrant Remain Co I, L.P., Tarrant Remain Co II, L.P., Tarrant Remain Co III, L.P., TPG Holdings I, L.P., TPG Holdings II, L.P., TPG Holdings III, L.P. and TPG Partners, LLC.
10.13
Master Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2021, among TPG Holdings I, L.P., TPG Holdings II, L.P., TPG Holdings III, L.P., Tarrant Remain Co I, L.P., Tarrant Remain Co II, L.P., Tarrant Remain Co III, L.P. and each of the other persons party thereto.
10.14*
Form of Strategic Investor Transfer Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.15†
Employment Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2021, among TPG Global, LLC, TPG Holdings, L.P., TPG Partner Holdings, L.P., TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc. and Jon Winkelried.
10.16†
Employment Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2021, among TPG Global, LLC, TPG Holdings, L.P., TPG Partner Holdings, L.P., TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc., TPG Partners, LLC and James G. Coulter.
10.17†
Letter Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2021, among TPG Global, LLC, TPG Holdings, L.P., TPG Partner Holdings, L.P., TPG Group Advisors (Cayman), Inc., TPG Partners, LLC and David Bonderman.
10.18*†
Letter Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2021, between TPG Global, LLC and Jonathan Coslet (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.19*†
Executive Retention Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2021, between TPG Partner Holdings, L.P. and Kelvin L. Davis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.20*†
Form of U.S. Offer Letter for TPG Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.21*†
TPG Inc. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 001-41222), filed on January 13, 2022).
10.22†
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement under the TPG Inc. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
10.23†
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement (Directors) under the TPG Inc. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan .
10.24†
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement under the TPG Inc. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
10.25*†
Form of TPG Partner Holdings Interest Schedule (Individual) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.26*†
Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement for TPG Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261681), filed on December 16, 2021).
10.27
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of TPG GP A, LLC, dated as of January 12, 2022, among TPG Partners, LLC and the members of TPG GP A, LLC party thereto.
10.28
Founder Exchange Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022, among David Bonderman, James G. Coulter, BondCo, Inc., CoulCo, Inc., TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P., TPG GP Advisors, Inc., TPG PEP GenPar Advisors, Inc., TPG GP A, LLC, New TPG GP Advisors, Inc., TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc., TPG Partner Holdings Advisors, Inc. and TPG Inc.
10.29
Founder Net Settlement Agreement, dated as of December 31 2021, among David Bonderman, James G. Coulter, TPG Europe, LLC, TPG Europe II, LLC, BondCo, Inc., CoulCo, Inc., TPG Holdings II Sub, L.P., TPG Global Advisors, LLC, TPG Global, LLC, TPG International, LLC and Tarrant Capital, LLC.
10.30†
Independent Director Compensation Policy
14.1
TPG Inc. Code of Conduct and Ethics.
21.1 List of subsidiaries
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP as to TPG Partners, LLC.
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche as to TPG Group Holdings (SBS), L.P.
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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* Incorporated by reference
† Management compensatory plan or arrangement
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
Not applicable .
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 29, 2022
By: /s/ Jon Winkelried
Name: Jon Winkelried
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David Bonderman
David Bonderman
Founding Partner, Non-Executive Chairman and Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ James G. Coulter
James G. Coulter
Founding Partner, Executive Chairman and Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Jon Winkelried
Jon Winkelried
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
March 29, 2022
/s/ Jack Weingart
Jack Weingart
Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)
March 29, 2022
/s/ Martin Davidson
Martin Davidson
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
March 29, 2022
/s/ Todd Sisitsky
Todd Sisitsky
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Anilu Vasquez-Ubarri
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Maya Chorengel
Maya Chorengel
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Jonathan Coslet
Jonathan Coslet
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Kelvin Davis
Kelvin Davis
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Ganen Sarvanathan
Ganen Sarvananthan
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ David Trujillo
David Trujillo
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Mary Cranston
Mary Cranston
Director
March 29, 2022
/s/ Deborah M. Messeme r
Deborah M. Messemer
Director
March 29, 2022
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