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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.                )

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GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

 

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LOGO

 

 

 

NOTICE & PROXY

STATEMENT

 

 

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

June 14, 2022

11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)

 


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GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.

2701 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, WEST BUILDING – SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404

 

April 27, 2022

To Our Stockholders:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) to be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time. Our Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022. Utilizing the latest technology and a virtual meeting format will allow stockholders to participate from any location and we expect will lead to increased attendance, improved communications and cost savings for our stockholders and the Company.

The Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement on the following pages describe the matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. Details regarding how to attend the meeting and the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are more fully described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

Whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, we urge you to promptly vote and submit your proxy by phone, via the Internet, or, if you received paper copies of these materials, by signing, dating, and returning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. If you have previously received our Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained in that notice. If you have received a proxy card, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained on the proxy card. If you decide to attend the Annual Meeting, you will be able to vote your shares electronically, even if you have previously submitted your proxy.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Douglas Hirsch

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

LOGO

Trevor Bezdek

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director


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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To be Held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022

 

GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.

2701 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, WEST BUILDING – SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of GoodRx Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting electronically and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022. The Annual Meeting is called for the following purposes:

 

 

  To elect Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek and Adam Karol as Class II Directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;
 

  To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022;
 

  To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers; and
 

  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting.

Holders of record of our outstanding shares of capital stock, composed of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, at the close of business on April 19, 2022, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, or any continuation, postponement or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. A complete list of these stockholders will be available for examination by any stockholder during the ten days prior to the Annual Meeting for a purpose germane to the meeting by sending an email to legal@goodrx.com, stating the purpose of the request and providing proof of ownership of Company stock. This list of stockholders will also be available on the bottom panel of your screen during the meeting after entering the 16 digit control number included on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or any proxy card that you received, or on the materials provided by your bank or broker. The Annual Meeting may be continued or adjourned from time to time without notice other than by announcement at the Annual Meeting.

It is important that your shares be represented regardless of the number of shares you may hold. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting we urge you to vote your shares via the toll-free telephone number or over the Internet, as described in the enclosed materials. If you received a copy of the proxy card by mail, you may sign, date and mail the proxy card in the enclosed return envelope. Promptly voting your shares will ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and will save us the expense of further solicitation. Submitting your proxy now will not prevent you from voting your shares at the Annual Meeting if you desire to do so, as your proxy is revocable at your option.

By Order of the Board of Directors

 

LOGO

Douglas Hirsch

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

LOGO

Trevor Bezdek

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director

Santa Monica, California

April 27, 2022


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CONTENTS

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PROXY STATEMENT

     1  

PROPOSALS

     1  

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD

     2  

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT

     2  

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

     3  

PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON

     8  

PROPOSAL 1: Election of Directors

     8  

PROPOSAL 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     13  

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     14  

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES AND OTHER MATTERS

     15  

PROPOSAL 3: Approval, on an Advisory (Non-Binding) Basis, of the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers

     17  

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

     18  

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

     19  

GENERAL

     19  

BOARD COMPOSITION

     19  

BOARD DIVERSITY MATRIX

     19  

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

     21  

CONTROLLED COMPANY EXEMPTION

     21  

DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

     22  

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

     23  

ANTI-HEDGING POLICY

     24  

CODE OF ETHICS

     24  

ATTENDANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT MEETINGS

     24  

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

     25  

AUDIT COMMITTEE

     25  

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

     26  

NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

     27  

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     28  

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

     28  

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

     34  

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

     35  

GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

     35  

NARRATIVE TO SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE AND GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE

     36  

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT YEAR-END

     38  

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

     39  

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

     39  

POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL

     40  

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

     43  

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

     44  

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

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PROXY STATEMENT

GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.

2701 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, WEST BUILDING – SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404

 

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of GoodRx Holdings, Inc. of proxies to be voted at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”), at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, and at any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022 and entering your 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

Holders of record of outstanding shares of capital stock, composed of Class A common stock and Class B common stock (collectively, “Common Stock”), at the close of business on April 19, 2022 (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting, and will vote together as a single class on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Each share of our Class A common stock entitles its holder to one vote per share on all matters presented to our stockholders generally, and each share of Class B common stock entitles its holder to ten votes per share on all matters presented to our stockholders generally. At the close of business on the Record Date, there were 82,595,365 shares of Class A common stock and 313,731,628 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, representing 2.6% and 97.4% of the voting power of our Common Stock, respectively.

This proxy statement and the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Annual Report”) will be released on or about April 29, 2022 to our stockholders on the Record Date.

In this proxy statement, “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “GoodRx” refer to GoodRx Holdings, Inc., and, unless otherwise stated, all of its subsidiaries.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022

This Proxy Statement and our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at http://www.proxyvote.com/

PROPOSALS

 

At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders will be asked:

 

 

  To elect Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek and Adam Karol as Class II Directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;
 

  To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022;
 

  To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers; and
 

  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement, or adjournment of the Annual Meeting.

 

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We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) recommends that you vote your shares as indicated below. If you return a properly completed proxy card, or vote your shares by telephone or Internet, your shares of Common Stock will be voted on your behalf as you direct. If not otherwise specified, the shares of Common Stock represented by the proxies will be voted, and the Board recommends that you vote:

 

 

  FOR the election of Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek and Adam Karol as Class II Directors;

              

 

  FOR the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and
 

  ONE YEAR for the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers.

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT

 

Why you received this proxy statement. You are viewing or have received these proxy materials because GoodRx’s Board is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. This proxy statement includes information that we are required to provide to you under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and that is designed to assist you in voting your shares.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. As permitted by SEC rules, GoodRx is making this proxy statement and its 2021 Annual Report available to its stockholders electronically via the Internet. On or about April 29, 2022, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”) containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our 2021 Annual Report and vote online. If you received an Internet Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them. Instead, the Internet Notice instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in this proxy statement and 2021 Annual Report. The Internet Notice also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received an Internet Notice by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials contained in the Internet Notice.

Printed Copies of Our Proxy Materials. If you received printed copies of our proxy materials, then instructions regarding how you can vote are contained on the proxy card included in the materials.

Householding. The SEC’s rules permit us to deliver a single set of proxy materials to one address shared by two or more of our stockholders. This delivery method is referred to as “householding” and can result in significant cost savings. To take advantage of this opportunity, we have delivered only one set of proxy materials to multiple stockholders who share an address, unless we received contrary instructions from the impacted stockholders prior to the mailing date. We agree to deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate set of proxy materials, as requested, to any stockholder at the shared address to which a single set of those documents was delivered. If you prefer to receive separate copies of the proxy materials, contact Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. at 1 866-540-7095 or in writing at Broadridge, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717.

If you are currently a stockholder sharing an address with another stockholder and wish to receive only one set of future proxy materials for your household, please contact Broadridge at the above phone number or address.

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

WHO IS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING?

 

The Record Date for the Annual Meeting is April 19, 2022. You are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on that date, or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. You will need to obtain your own Internet access if you choose to attend the Annual Meeting and/or vote over the Internet. Each share of our Class A common stock entitles its holders to one vote per share and each share of our Class B common stock entitles its holders to ten votes per share on all matters presented to our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Holders of Class A common stock and holders of Class B common stock vote together as a single class on any matter (including the election of directors) that is submitted to a vote of our stockholders, unless otherwise required by law or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. At the close of business on the Record Date, there were 82,595,365 shares of Class A common stock and 313,731,628 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, representing 2.6% and 97.4% of the voting power of our Common Stock, respectively.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A “RECORD HOLDER” AND HOLDING SHARES IN “STREET NAME”?

 

A record holder holds shares in his or her name. Shares held in “street name” means shares that are held in the name of a bank or broker on a person’s behalf.

AM I ENTITLED TO VOTE IF MY SHARES ARE HELD IN “STREET NAME”?

 

Yes. If your shares are held by a bank or a brokerage firm, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of those shares held in “street name.” If your shares are held in street name, our proxy materials are being provided to you by your bank or brokerage firm, along with a voting instruction card if you received printed copies of our proxy materials. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank or brokerage firm how to vote your shares, and the bank or brokerage firm is required to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions. If you haven’t received a 16-digit control number, you should contact your bank or broker to obtain your control number or otherwise vote through the bank or broker.

HOW MANY SHARES MUST BE PRESENT TO HOLD THE ANNUAL MEETING?

 

A quorum must be present at the Annual Meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the Annual Meeting, electronically or by proxy, of the holders of a majority in voting power of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on the Record Date will constitute a quorum.

WHO CAN ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS?

 

You may attend and vote at the Annual Meeting only if you are a GoodRx stockholder who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held entirely online to allow greater participation. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting and submit your questions by visiting the following website: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022. You will also be able to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting.

To participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number included in your Internet Notice, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. The meeting webcast will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time. We encourage you to access the meeting prior

 

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to the start time. Online check-in will begin at 10:45 a.m., Pacific Time, and you should allow ample time for check-in procedures. If you hold your shares through a bank or broker, instructions should also be provided on the voting instruction card provided by your bank or brokerage firm. If you lose your 16-digit control number, you may join the Annual Meeting as a “Guest,” but you will not be able to vote, ask questions, or access the list of stockholders as of the Record Date.

WHY A VIRTUAL MEETING?

 

We are excited to embrace the latest technology to provide expanded access, improved communication and cost savings for us and our stockholders. We believe the virtual meeting will enable increased stockholder attendance and participation since stockholders can participate from any location around the world.

WHAT IF DURING THE CHECK-IN TIME OR DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING I HAVE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OR TROUBLE ACCESSING THE VIRTUAL MEETING WEBSITE?

 

We will have technicians ready to assist you with any technical difficulties you may have accessing the virtual meeting website. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting website during the check-in or meeting time, please call refer to the technical support number that will be available on the Annual Meeting website.

WHAT IF A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING?

 

If a quorum is not present at the scheduled time of the Annual Meeting, the person presiding over the Annual Meeting may adjourn the Annual Meeting until a quorum is present or represented.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF I RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE INTERNET NOTICE OR MORE THAN ONE SET OF PROXY MATERIALS?

 

It means that your shares are held in more than one account at the transfer agent and/or with banks or brokers. Please vote all of your shares. To ensure that all of your shares are voted, for each Internet Notice or set of proxy materials, please submit your proxy by phone, via the Internet, or, if you received printed copies of the proxy materials, by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

HOW DO I VOTE?

 

We recommend that stockholders vote by proxy even if they plan to participate in the Annual Meeting and vote electronically during the meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, there are three ways to vote by proxy:

 

   

by Internet—You can vote over the Internet at www.proxyvote.com by following the instructions on the Internet Notice or proxy card;

 

   

by Telephone—You can vote by telephone by calling 1-800-690-6903 and following the instructions on the proxy card; or

 

   

by Mail—You can vote by mail by signing, dating and mailing the proxy card, which you may have received by mail.

Internet and telephone voting facilities for stockholders of record will be available 24 hours a day and will close at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 13, 2022. Stockholders may vote at the Annual Meeting

 

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by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022 and entering the 16-digit control number included on your Internet Notice, proxy card or the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. The Annual Meeting webcast will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

If your shares are held in street name through a bank or broker, you will receive instructions on how to vote from the bank or broker. You must follow their instructions in order for your shares to be voted. Internet and telephone voting also may be offered to stockholders owning shares through certain banks and brokers. If your shares are not registered in your own name and you would like to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting, you may visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022 and enter the 16-digit control number included in the voting instruction card provided to you by your bank or brokerage firm. If you hold your shares in street name and you do not receive a 16-digit control number, you may need to log in to your bank or brokerage firm’s website and select the shareholder communications mailbox to access the meeting and vote. Instructions should also be provided on the voting instruction card provided by your bank or brokerage firm.

CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE AFTER I SUBMIT MY PROXY?

 

Yes.

If you are a registered stockholder, you may revoke your proxy and change your vote:

 

   

by submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date;

 

   

by granting a subsequent proxy through the Internet or telephone;

 

   

by giving written notice of revocation to the Secretary of GoodRx prior to the Annual Meeting; or

 

   

by voting electronically at the Annual Meeting.

Your most recent proxy card or Internet or telephone proxy is the one that is counted. Your virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting by itself will not revoke your proxy unless you give written notice of revocation to the Secretary before your proxy is voted or you vote electronically during the Annual Meeting.

If your shares are held in street name, you may change or revoke your voting instructions by following the specific directions provided to you by your bank or broker, or you may vote electronically during the Annual Meeting.

WHO WILL COUNT THE VOTES?

 

A representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., our inspector of election, will tabulate and certify the votes.

WHAT IF I DO NOT SPECIFY HOW MY SHARES ARE TO BE VOTED?

 

If you submit a proxy but do not indicate any voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board. The Board’s recommendations are indicated on page 2 of this proxy statement, as well as with the description of each proposal in this proxy statement.

 

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WILL ANY OTHER BUSINESS BE CONDUCTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING?

 

We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named on the Company’s proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

HOW MANY VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED UPON AND HOW WILL ABSTENTIONS AND BROKER NON-VOTES BE TREATED?

 

 

Proposal    Votes required                                                            

Effect of Votes Withheld / Abstentions

and Broker Non-Votes

Proposal 1: Election of Directors    The plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class I Directors.    Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect.
Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    The majority of the votes cast.    Abstentions will have no effect. We do not expect any broker non-votes on this proposal.
Proposal 3: Approval on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers.    The majority of the votes cast.    Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.

WHAT IS AN ABSTENTION AND HOW WILL VOTES WITHHELD AND ABSTENTIONS BE TREATED?

 

A “vote withheld,” in the case of the proposal regarding the election of directors, or an “abstention,” in the case of the two other proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, represents a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. Votes withheld and abstentions are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. Votes withheld have no effect on the election of directors and abstentions will have no effect on the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or the approval of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers.

WHAT ARE BROKER NON-VOTES AND DO THEY COUNT FOR DETERMINING A QUORUM?

 

Generally, broker non-votes occur when shares held by a broker in “street name” for a beneficial owner are not voted with respect to a particular proposal because the broker (1) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and (2) lacks discretionary voting power to vote those shares. A broker is entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on routine matters, such as the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, without instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares. On the other hand, absent instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, a broker is not entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on non-routine matters, such as the election of directors and the approval of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. Broker non-votes count for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

WHERE CAN I FIND THE VOTING RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS?

 

We plan to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and we will report the final results in a Current Report on Form 8-K, which we intend to file with the SEC shortly after the Annual Meeting.

 

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WILL THERE BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING?

 

In connection with the Annual Meeting, we will hold a live Q&A session, during which we intend to answer appropriate questions submitted by stockholders during the meeting that are pertinent to the Company and the meeting matters, for up to 15 minutes after the completion of the Annual Meeting. Only stockholders that have accessed the Annual Meeting as a stockholder (rather than a “Guest”) by following the procedures outlined above in “Who can attend and vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?” will be permitted to submit questions during the Annual Meeting. Each stockholder is limited to no more than two questions. Questions should be succinct and only cover a single topic. We will not address questions that are, among other things:

 

   

irrelevant to the business of the Company or to the business of the Annual Meeting;

 

   

related to material non-public information of the Company, including the status or results of our business since our last Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q;

 

   

related to any pending, threatened or ongoing litigation;

 

   

related to personal grievances;

 

   

derogatory references to individuals or that are otherwise in bad taste;

 

   

substantially repetitious of questions already made by another stockholder;

 

   

in excess of the two question limit;

 

   

in furtherance of the stockholder’s personal or business interests; or

 

   

out of order or not otherwise suitable for the conduct of the Annual Meeting as determined by the Chair or Corporate Secretary in their reasonable judgment.

Additional information regarding the Q&A session will be available in the “Rules of Conduct” available on the Annual Meeting webpage for stockholders that have accessed the Annual Meeting as a stockholder (rather than a “Guest”) by following the procedures outlined above in “Who can attend and vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?”.

 

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PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON

PROPOSAL 1: Election of Directors

 

At the Annual Meeting, three (3) Class II Directors are to be elected to hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2025 and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

We currently have ten (10) directors on our Board. The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class II Directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

Our Board is currently divided into three classes with staggered, three-year terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successor to each director whose term then expires will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting of stockholders following election or such director’s death, resignation or removal, whichever is earliest to occur. The current class structure is as follows: Class I, whose term will expire at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Class II, whose term currently expires at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and whose subsequent term will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and Class III, whose term will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The current Class I Directors are Douglas Hirsch, Jacqueline Kosecoff and Agnes Rey-Giraud; the current Class II Directors are Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek and Adam Karol; and the current Class III Directors are Julie Bradley, Dipanjan Deb, Stephen LeSieur and Gregory Mondre.

In connection with the initial public offering (“IPO”) of our Class A common stock in September 2020, we entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) between the Company and certain stockholders of the Company, including (i) the Silver Lake Stockholders (as defined below); (ii) the Francisco Partners Stockholders (as defined below), (iii) the Spectrum Stockholders (as defined below), and (iv) the Idea Men Stockholders (as defined below). Adam Karol has been designated by the Silver Lake Stockholders as a Class II director, Christopher Adams has been designated by the Francisco Partners Stockholders as a Class II director and Trevor Bezdek has been designated by the Idea Men Stockholders as a Class II director. As a result of the Stockholders Agreement and the aggregate voting power of the parties to the agreement, we expect that the parties to the agreement acting in conjunction will control the election of directors at GoodRx. For more information, see “Corporate Governance—Stockholders Agreement”.

If you submit a proxy but do not indicate any voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote the shares of Common Stock represented by the proxy for the election as Class II Directors the persons whose names and biographies appear below. All of the persons whose names and biographies appear below are currently serving as our directors. In the event any of the nominees should become unable to serve or for good cause will not serve as a director, it is intended that votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board or the Board may elect to reduce its size. The Board has no reason to believe that the nominees named below will be unable to serve if elected. Each of the nominees has consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected.

VOTE REQUIRED

 

The proposal regarding the election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Class II Directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

 

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RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of the below Class II Director nominees.

NOMINEES FOR CLASS II DIRECTORS (CURRENT TERMS TO EXPIRE AT THE 2022 ANNUAL MEETING)

 

The nominees for election to the Board as Class II Directors are as follows:

 

                    Name                         Age    Served as a
Director Since
   Positions with GoodRx

Christopher Adams

   42    2015    Director

Trevor Bezdek

   44    2011    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

Adam Karol

   46    2018    Director

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each Class II Director are as follows:

 

CHRISTOPHER ADAMS

   Age 42

Christopher Adams has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2015. Mr. Adams is a Partner at Francisco Partners Management, L.P. (“Francisco Partners”) a private equity firm, where he has served since August 2008. Prior to this, Mr. Adams was an associate at American Securities Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and a management consultant at Bain & Company. Mr. Adams also serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Adams holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Adams is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in analyzing, investing in, and serving on the board of directors of several healthcare and technology companies from working in the private equity industry.

 

TREVOR BEZDEK

   Age 44

Trevor Bezdek is one of our co-founders and has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2015 and as a member of our board of directors since our founding in September 2011. Mr. Bezdek has also served as Secretary of the Company since October 2015. Mr. Bezdek also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of two of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. Previously, Mr. Bezdek served as Managing Partner at Tryarc, LLC, an information technology consulting firm from 2001 to 2007, and co-founded Biowire, a community for biologists and scientists. Mr. Bezdek holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. We believe Mr. Bezdek is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the healthcare, prescription medication and technology industries, in addition to the continuity he brings as one of our co-founders and Co-Chief Executive Officers.

 

ADAM KAROL

   Age 46

Adam Karol has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2018. Mr. Karol is a Managing Director at Silver Lake. He joined Silver Lake in 2009 as a Principal and then served as a Director from 2013 to December 2018. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Karol worked at Silver Point Capital, L.P., an asset management firm, and at Perry Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Karol

 

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serves on the board of directors for A Place for Mom, Inc., Integrity Marketing Group and Noom. Mr. Karol holds a B.S. in Finance and Management Information Systems from Boston College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Karol is qualified to serve on our board of directors because he has significant experience in private equity investing and expertise in technology investing.

CONTINUING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

CLASS I DIRECTORS (TERMS TO EXPIRE AT THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING)

 

The current members of the Board who are Class I Directors are as follows:

 

                    Name                         Age    Served as a
Director Since
   Positions with GoodRx

Douglas Hirsch

   51    2011    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

Jacqueline Kosecoff

   72    2016    Director

Agnes Rey-Giraud

   57    2016    Director

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each Class I Director nominee are as follows:

 

DOUGLAS HIRSCH

   Age 51

Douglas Hirsch is one of our co-founders and has served as a Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since our founding in September 2011. Since January 2015, Mr. Hirsch has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer. Prior to our founding, Mr. Hirsch served as Chief Executive Officer at DailyStrength, Inc., a healthcare-focused social network centered on support groups, from March 2005 to November 2008, and previously held senior roles at Facebook, Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Hirsch holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University. We believe Mr. Hirsch is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of the historical knowledge, operational expertise, leadership, and continuity that he brings to our board of directors as our co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer.

 

JACQUELINE KOSECOFF

   Age 72

Jacqueline Kosecoff has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2016. Dr. Kosecoff is a Managing Partner at Moriah Partners, LLC, where she has served since 2012. Dr. Kosecoff has also served as a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus since March 2012. Dr. Kosecoff has had an extensive career in healthcare including serving as Executive Vice President of PacifiCare where she had responsibility for its pharmacy benefits manager (“PBM”), Medicare Part D Drug Program, and Behavioral Health, Dental and Vision companies. At UnitedHealth Group, Dr. Kosecoff was CEO of OptumRx, with responsibility for UnitedHealth’s PBM, Specialty Pharmacy and Consumer Health Products. Dr. Kosecoff has served on the board of directors of Houlihan Lokey since 2016, where she also serves on Houlihan Lokey’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, STERIS Corporation since 2002, where she chairs the Organization and Compensation Committee and serves on the Nominating and Governance Committee, TriNet Group, Inc. since 2020, where she serves on the Compensation Committee and Risk Committee, and Alignment Healthcare, Inc. since 2017, where she serves on the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating, Corporate Governance & Compliance Committee. Dr. Kosecoff also serves on the board of several private companies. Dr. Kosecoff previously served on the board of directors of Sealed Air Corporation from 2005 to 2021 and Athenahealth, Inc. from 2012 to 2019. Dr. Kosecoff holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Ph.D. with a concentration in Research Methods from the University of California, Los Angeles, School

 

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of Education. We believe Dr. Kosecoff is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive experience serving on the board of directors of several public and private companies and her experience and knowledge in the healthcare sector, including healthcare services and technology.

 

AGNES REY-GIRAUD

   Age 57

Agnes Rey-Giraud has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2016. Ms. Rey-Giraud is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Acera Surgical Inc., a bioscience company, where she has served since its founding in January 2013. Ms. Rey-Giraud previously served as an Executive Vice President and the President of International Operations at Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management organization, from May 1999 to May 2011. Ms. Rey-Giraud has served on the board of directors of UpHealth since 2021, where she also serves on UpHealth’s Compliance Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Rey-Giraud also serves on the board of directors for several private companies. Ms. Rey-Giraud holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Saint Etienne (ENISE), France, a MMa in Operations Management from Ecole de Management de Lyon (EM Lyon), France and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. We believe Ms. Rey-Giraud is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her experience and expertise in the PBM industry as an executive of a large publicly traded company and her experience serving on the board of directors of several companies.

CONTINUING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

CLASS III DIRECTORS (TERMS TO EXPIRE AT THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING)

 

The current members of the Board who are Class III Directors are as follows:

 

                    Name                         Age    Served as a
Director Since
   Positions with GoodRx

Julie Bradley

   53    2020    Director

Dipanjan Deb

   52    2015    Director

Stephen LeSieur

   48    2015    Director

Gregory Mondre

   47    2018    Director

The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each Class III Director are as follows:

 

JULIE BRADLEY

   Age 53

Julie Bradley has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2020. Ms. Bradley previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Tripadvisor, Inc., a public company that operates an online travel planning website and mobile app, from October 2011 to November 2015. Currently, Ms. Bradley serves on the board of directors of ContextLogic, Inc. (d/b/a/ Wish), since October 2020, where she is a member of the Audit Committee, First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., since January 2020, where she is the member of the Audit Committee, and Highland Transcend Partners I Corp., since December 2021, where she serves on the Compensation Committee. Ms. Bradley previously served on the board of directors at Wayfair Inc., from September 2012 to May 2021, where she was a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, Blue Apron Holdings, Inc., from September 2015 to October 2020, where she served on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, and Constant Contact, Inc. from June 2015 to February 2016, where she served on the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Merger and Acquisition Committee. Ms. Bradley received a B.A. in Economics from Wheaton College. We believe Ms. Bradley is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her financial expertise and experience serving on the board of directors of numerous technology-based companies.

 

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DIPANJAN DEB

   Age 52

Dipanjan Deb has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2015. Mr. Deb is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Francisco Partners. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Francisco Partners since September 2005. Mr. Deb has also served as a Partner of Francisco Partners since its founding in August 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Deb was a principal at TPG Capital, a private equity firm, a Director of Semiconductor Banking at Robertson, Stephens & Company and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Deb has served on the board of directors of LegalZoom.com, Inc. since February 2020, where he is the chair of the Compensation Committee and has served on the board of directors of numerous public companies including most recently Ichor Systems, Inc. from February 2012 to May 2018, and currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Deb holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Deb is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his experience in the private equity and venture capital industries analyzing, investing in and serving on the boards of directors of manufacturing and technology companies.

 

STEPHEN LESIEUR

   Age 48

Stephen LeSieur has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2015. Mr. LeSieur joined Spectrum Equity, a growth stage private equity firm, in 2005 and has served since 2014 as a Managing Director. He currently co-leads the firm’s healthcare technology investing efforts. Prior to Spectrum, Mr. LeSieur was an associate at Trident Capital. Mr. LeSieur serves and has served on the board of directors of several private healthcare and software companies. Mr. LeSieur holds a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. We believe Mr. LeSieur is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in private equity investing and serving on the boards of directors of numerous healthcare and technology-based companies.

 

GREGORY MONDRE

   Age 47

Mr. Mondre has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2018. Mr. Mondre is Co-Chief Executive Officer at Silver Lake. He joined Silver Lake in 1999 and most recently served as a Managing Partner and Managing Director of the firm from January 2013 to December 2019. Mr. Mondre currently serves on the board of directors of Motorola Solutions, a position he has held since August 2015 and where he also serves on the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees. He previously served as a director of Expedia Group, Inc. from May 2020 to October 2021, of GoDaddy Inc. from May 2014 to February 2020, and of Sabre Corporation from March 2007 to December 2018. Mr. Mondre holds a B.S. degree in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Mondre is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his significant experience in private equity investing and expertise in technology and technology-enabled industries.

We believe that all of our current Board members and nominees for Class II directors possess the professional and personal qualifications necessary for Board service and have highlighted particularly noteworthy attributes for each Board member and nominee in the individual biographies above.

 

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PROPOSAL 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Our Audit Committee has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Our Board has directed that this appointment be submitted to our stockholders for ratification. Although ratification of our appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not required, we value the opinions of our stockholders and believe that stockholder ratification of our appointment is a good corporate governance practice.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Neither PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP nor any of its members has any direct or indirect financial interest in or any connection with us in any capacity other than as our auditors, providing audit and non-audit related services. A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is expected to attend the Annual Meeting, have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so, and be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

In the event that the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not ratified by the stockholders, the Audit Committee will consider this fact when it appoints the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Even if the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is ratified, the Audit Committee retains the discretion to appoint a different independent auditor at any time if it determines that such a change is in the interests of GoodRx.

VOTE REQUIRED

 

This proposal requires the approval the majority of votes cast. Abstentions will have no effect on the proposal. Because brokers have discretionary authority to vote on the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, we do not expect any broker non-votes in connection with this proposal.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 

    

   The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The Audit Committee has reviewed GoodRx’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and has discussed these financial statements with management and GoodRx’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has also received from, and discussed with, GoodRx’s independent registered public accounting firm the matters that they are required to provide to the Audit Committee, including the matters required to be discussed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC.

GoodRx’s independent registered public accounting firm also provided the Audit Committee with a formal written statement required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB describing all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and GoodRx, including the disclosures required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. In addition, the Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence from GoodRx.

Based on its discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, and its review of the representations and information provided by management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in GoodRx’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Julie Bradley (Chair)

Jacqueline Kosecoff

Agnes Rey-Giraud

 

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Set forth below are the fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 

Fee Category

      Fiscal 2021             Fiscal 2020      

Audit Fees

  $ 3,259     $ 2,901  

Audit-Related Fees

  $     $  

Tax Fees

  $ 50     $ 153  

All Other Fees

  $ 1     $ 2  

Total Fees

  $               3,310     $               3,056  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

AUDIT FEES

 

Audit fees consist of fees for the audit of our consolidated financial statements and for 2021, the audit of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, the review of the unaudited interim financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other professional services provided in connection with regulatory filings or engagements, including fees billed in connection with our initial public offering in September 2020.

AUDIT-RELATED FEES

 

Audit-related fees consist of fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit and the review of our financial statements and which are not reported under “Audit Fees.” There were no audit-related fees during the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020.

TAX FEES

 

Tax fees comprise fees for a variety of permissible services relating to tax compliance, tax studies, and tax advice.

ALL OTHER FEES

 

All Other Fees relate to license fees for accounting research and disclosure checklist software.

AUDIT COMMITTEE PRE-APPROVAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES

 

The Audit Committee has adopted a policy (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) that sets forth the procedures and conditions pursuant to which audit and non-audit services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor may be pre-approved. The Pre-Approval Policy generally provides that we will not engage an independent auditor to render any audit, audit-related, tax or permissible non-audit service unless the service is either (i) explicitly approved by the Audit Committee (“specific pre-approval”) or (ii) entered into pursuant to the pre-approval policies and procedures described in the Pre-Approval Policy (“general pre-approval”). Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval by the Audit Committee, it requires specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding 10% of pre-approved fee levels or budgeted amounts also require specific pre-approval.

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such as its familiarity with the Company’s business, people, culture, accounting systems, risk profile and other factors, and whether the service might enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. All such factors will be considered as a whole, and no one factor should necessarily be determinative.

In connection with the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee will periodically review and pre-approve any services (and related fee levels or budgeted amounts) that may be provided by the independent auditor without first obtaining specific preapproval from the Audit Committee or the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may revise the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations. All services to the Company provided by PricewaterhouseCooper after the adoption of the Pre-Approval Policy in 2021 were approved in accordance with the Pre-Approval Policy.

 

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PROPOSAL 3: Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers.

 

In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and Rule 14a-21 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Company requests that our stockholders cast a non-binding, advisory vote regarding the frequency with which we should include in future annual proxy statements a stockholder advisory vote (the “Say-on-Pay Vote”) to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. It is expected that the first Say-on-Pay Vote will occur at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. By voting on this proposal, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer that the Company provide for the Say-on-Pay Vote at future annual meetings every one year, every two years or every three years. Stockholders may also abstain from the vote.

Our Board has determined that an advisory vote on executive compensation that occurs every year is the most appropriate alternative for the Company at this time. In formulating its recommendation, the Board determined that an annual advisory vote on named executive officer compensation will allow stockholders to provide their direct input on our compensation philosophy, policies and practices as disclosed in future proxy statements on a more timely and consistent basis than if the vote were held less frequently. We understand that our stockholders may have different views as to what is the best approach for the Company, and we look forward to hearing from our stockholders on this proposal.

This “Say-on-Frequency” vote is advisory, and therefore not binding on the Company, the Board or the Compensation Committee. However, the Board and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and intend to consider our stockholders’ views regarding how often they should have the opportunity to approve our executive compensation programs.

Stockholders of the Company will have the opportunity to specify one of four choices for this proposal on the proxy card: (1) one year; (2) two years; (3) three years; or (4) abstain. Stockholders are not voting to approve or disapprove the Board’s recommendation. Rather, stockholders are being asked to express their preference regarding the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation.

VOTE REQUIRED

 

The frequency that receives the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast will be the frequency recommended by stockholders. If no frequency receives the foregoing vote, then we will consider the option of ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, or THREE YEARS that receives the highest number of votes cast to be the frequency recommended by stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 

    

   The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote for “ONE YEAR” for the non-binding frequency of future Say-on-Pay Votes, once the Company is required to hold a Say-on-Pay Vote

 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

The following table identifies our current executive officers:

 

     Name    Age    Position     
   Douglas Hirsch1    51    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director   
   Trevor Bezdek2    44    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director   
   Karsten Voermann3    52    Chief Financial Officer   
   Andrew Slutsky4    36    President, Consumer   
   Babak Azad5    49    Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, Marketing & Communications   
   Romin Nabiey6    35    Chief Accounting Officer   
   Bansi Nagji7    57    President, Healthcare   

 

1 

See biography on page 10 of this proxy statement.

2 

See biography on page 9 of this proxy statement.

3 

Karsten Voermann has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2020. From May 2018 to February 2020, Mr. Voermann served as Chief Financial Officer of Mercer Advisors, an investment advisory services firm, and from July 2015 to May 2018, Mr. Voermann served as Chief Financial Officer of Ibotta, an app-based provider of consumer discounts on consumer packaged goods and other items, and has over 20 years of financial experience with public and private companies. Mr. Voermann holds an H.B.A. in Business from the University of Western Ontario and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

4 

Andrew Slutsky has served as our President, Consumer since October 2019 and has been at the Company since February 2012 and was our third employee. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Slutsky served as a Senior Marketing Manager at RentTheRunway, an internet clothing company, and from 2008 to 2011, Mr. Slutsky served as a Director of Loeb Enterprises, a venture capital company, where he launched digital marketing for Loeb Enterprises’ early pharmacy discount program. Mr. Slutsky holds a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College.

5 

Babak Azad has served as our Chief Marketing Officer and SVP, Marketing & Communications since October 2019. Mr. Azad is the Founder of Round 2 Ventures, LLC, a marketing consulting business, focused on marketing activities of various clients, including GoodRx from June 2017 to October 2019. Prior to this, Mr. Azad served as a Senior Vice President of Media and Customer Acquisition for Beachbody, LLC, a developer of health and fitness related products, from February 2007 to April 2015. Mr. Azad holds a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

6 

Romin Nabiey has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since April 2022. From May 2017 to April 2022, Mr. Nabiey has served in various controllership roles at the Company, including as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller from September 2020 to April 2022, Vice President, Finance & Corporate Controller from January 2019 to September 2020, and Controller from May 2017 to December 2019. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Nabiey served in management-level accounting and finance roles at Dr. Evidence and NantWorks, a pharmaceutical technology company and a private equity firm in the life science industry, respectively. Prior to those roles, Mr. Nabiey worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young. Mr. Nabiey holds a B.A. in Accounting and a B.A. in Finance from California State University, Fullerton.

7 

Bansi Nagji has served as our President, Healthcare since June 2020. Previously, Mr. Nagji served for more than 5 years as the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at McKesson Corporation, a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions and retail pharmacy. Prior to McKesson Corporation, Mr. Nagji served from January 2013 to February 2015 as a Principal of Deloitte Consulting, LLP, a consulting firm, and as the Global Leader of Monitor Deloitte. Mr. Nagji previously worked for almost 20 years at Monitor Group, a global strategy consulting firm, and served as a senior partner and President of the firm when it merged with Deloitte. Currently, Mr. Nagji has served on the board of directors of Change Healthcare, Inc. since 2017, where he also sits on the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has previously served as a director of several private companies, including Deloitte LLP from 2013 to 2015. Mr. Nagji received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Cambridge University and an M.B.A. with Distinction from INSEAD.

 

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

GENERAL

 

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and charters for our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Compliance Committee to assist the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and to serve as a framework for the effective governance of GoodRx. You can access our current committee charters, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in the “Governance” section of the “Investors” page of our website located at www.goodrx.com, or by writing to our offices at 2701 Olympic Boulevard, West Building - Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404.

BOARD COMPOSITION

 

Our Board currently consists of ten (10) members: Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek, Julie Bradley, Dipanjan Deb, Douglas Hirsch, Adam Karol, Jacqueline Kosecoff, Stephen LeSieur, Gregory Mondre and Agnes Rey-Giraud. Our Board is currently divided into three classes with staggered, three-year terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successor to each director whose term then expires will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following election or such director’s death, resignation or removal, whichever is earliest to occur. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of the directors. The division of our Board into three classes with staggered three-year terms may delay or prevent a change of our management or a change in control of the Company.

BOARD DIVERSITY MATRIX

 

 

Board Diversity Matrix (As of April 27, 2022)
   
  Total Number of Directors   10
         Female             Male         Non-
    Binary    
  Did Not
    Disclose    
Gender
  Part I: Gender Identity                  

  Directors

  3   7   -   -

  Part II: Demographic Background

           

 African American or Black

  -   -   -   -

 Alaskan Native or Native American

  -   -   -   -

 Asian

  -   1   -   -

 Hispanic or Latinx

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  -   -   -   -

 White

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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

In connection with our IPO, we entered into a Stockholders Agreement with SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P., Francisco Partners IV, L.P., Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P., Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P. and Idea Men, LLC, or the parties to our Stockholders Agreement, granting them certain board designation rights so long as they maintain a certain percentage of ownership of our outstanding common stock.

This Stockholders Agreement requires us to, among other things, nominate a number of individuals for election as our directors at any meeting of our stockholders, designated by SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P. (with certain affiliate stockholders, the “Silverlake Stockholders” and each such designated individual a “Silver Lake Designee”), Francisco Partners IV, L.P. and Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P. (with certain affiliate stockholders, the “Francisco Partners Stockholders” and each such designated individual a “Francisco Partners Designee”), Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., and Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P. (with certain affiliate stockholders, the “Spectrum Stockholders” and each such designated individual a “Spectrum Designee”) and Idea Men, LLC (with certain affiliate stockholders, the “Idea Men Stockholders,” each such designated individual a “Idea Men Designee,” and, together with the Silver Lake Designees, Francisco Partners Designees and Spectrum Designee, the “Stockholder Designees”), such that, upon the election of such individual and each other individual nominated by or at the direction of our board of directors or a duly-authorized committee of the board, as a director of our company, the number of: (A) Silver Lake Designees serving as directors will be equal to (i) three (3) directors, if Silver Lake Stockholders continue to beneficially own at least 20% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the closing of our IPO and related private placement on September 25, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), (ii) two (2) directors, if Silver Lake Stockholders continue to beneficially own less than 20% but more than 10% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date or (iii) one (1) director, if Silver Lake Stockholders continue to beneficially own less than 10% but more than 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date; (B) Francisco Partners Designees serving as directors will be equal to (i) two (2) directors, if Francisco Partners Stockholders continue to beneficially own at least 10% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date, or (ii) one (1) director, if Francisco Partners Stockholders continue to beneficially own less than 10% but more than 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date; (C) Spectrum Designees serving as directors will be equal to one (1) director, if Spectrum Stockholders continue to beneficially own at least 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date; and (D) Idea Men Designees serving as directors will be equal to two (2) directors, if Idea Men Stockholders continues to beneficially own at least 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the Closing Date provided that the Idea Men Designees shall be Trevor Bezdek, for so long as Trevor Bezdek serves as our Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Douglas Hirsch, for so long as Douglas Hirsch serves as our Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officer.

Each party to our stockholders agreement has also agreed to vote, or cause to vote, all of their outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock at any annual or special meeting of stockholders in which directors are elected, so as to cause (i) the election of the Silver Lake Designees, Francisco Partners Designees, Spectrum Designee and Idea Men Designees and (ii) the election of two (2) directors who are not affiliated with any party to our stockholders agreement and who satisfy the standards of independence established for independent directors under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq Rules”) and the additional independence standards applicable to audit committee members established pursuant to Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

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In addition, pursuant to the stockholders agreement, if the Idea Men Stockholders continue to beneficially own at least 5% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of common stock at any time that the number of Silver Lake Designees, Francisco Partners Designees or the Spectrum Designee is decreased pursuant to the terms above, then the number of Idea Men Designees serving as directors will be increased on a one to one basis. For so long as the Silver Lake Stockholders and Francisco Partners Stockholders continue to maintain at least one (1) director as Silver Lake Designees and Francisco Partners Designees, respectively, the Idea Men Stockholders shall not nominate a director to fill a vacancy caused by a decrease in the number of Silver Lake Designees or Francisco Partners Designees, or by the removal of the Spectrum Designee, pursuant to the terms above without the consent of each of Silver Lake Stockholders and Francisco Partners Stockholders.

If the number of individuals that Silver Lake, Francisco Partners, Spectrum or Idea Men, LLC have the right to designate is decreased because of the decrease in its in ownership, then the corresponding Silver Lake Designee, Francisco Partners Designee, Spectrum Designee or Idea Men Designee will immediately offer to tender his or her resignation for consideration by our Board and, if such resignation is requested by the Board, such director shall resign within thirty (30) days from the date that the respective stockholder’s director designation right decreased. The last remaining Silver Lake Designee, Francisco Partners Designee, Spectrum Designee or Idea Men Designee may remain on our board of directors through the end of his or her then current term; provided, that a director may resign at any time regardless of the period of time left in his or her then current term.

As a result of the Stockholders Agreement, we expect that the parties to the agreement acting in conjunction will control the election of directors at GoodRx.

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Our Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that Christopher Adams, Julie Bradley, Dipanjan Deb, Adam Karol, Jacqueline Kosecoff, Stephen LeSieur, Gregory Mondre and Agnes Rey-Giraud are each an “independent director,” as defined under the Nasdaq Rules. In evaluating and determining the independence of the directors, the Board considered that GoodRx may have certain relationships with its directors. Specifically, the Board of Directors considered that certain of our directors are affiliated with significant stockholders of the Company.

CONTROLLED COMPANY EXEMPTION

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Silver Lake Stockholders, Francisco Partners Stockholders, Spectrum Stockholders and Idea Men Stockholders, in the aggregate, have more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors, and, as a result, we are considered a “controlled company” for the purposes of the Nasdaq Rules. As such, we qualify for, and rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements. As a result, we are not subject to certain corporate governance requirements, including that a majority of our Board consists of “independent directors,” as defined under the Nasdaq Rules. In addition, we are not required to have a nominating and corporate governance committee or compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities or to conduct annual performance evaluations of the nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees. Accordingly, our stockholders may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the Nasdaq Rules.

Currently, eight out of ten of the directors on our Board are independent under the Nasdaq Rules, and our Compensation Committee consists entirely of independent directors under the Nasdaq rules. However, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is not entirely independent in reliance on the controlled company exemption and we rely on certain exemptions to the corporate governance

 

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requirements for our Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. For so long as we remain a “controlled company,” we may avail ourselves of other exemptions available to “controlled companies” in the future.

If at any time we cease to be a “controlled company” under the Nasdaq Rules, our Board intends to take any action that may be necessary to comply with the Nasdaq Rules, subject to a permitted “phase-in” period.

DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

 

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and reviewing the qualifications of potential director candidates and recommending to the Board those candidates to be nominated for election to the Board, subject to any obligations and procedures governing the nomination of directors to the Board that may be included in the Stockholders Agreement.

To facilitate the search process for director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may solicit our current directors and executives for the names of potentially qualified candidates or may ask directors and executives to pursue their own business contacts for the names of potentially qualified candidates. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also consult with outside advisors or retain search firms to assist in the search for qualified candidates, or consider director candidates recommended by our stockholders. Once potential candidates are identified, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews the backgrounds of those candidates, evaluates candidates’ independence from us and potential conflicts of interest, and determines if candidates meet the qualifications desired by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of candidates for election as director.

Under the Stockholders Agreement, the Directors initially designated for election to the applicable classes of the Board (i) by the Silver Lake Stockholders are Gregory Mondre, Adam Karol, and Agnes Rey Giraud, (ii) by the Francisco Partners Stockholders are Dipanjan Deb and Christopher Adams, (iii) by the Spectrum Stockholders is Stephen LeSieur and (iv) by the Idea Men Stockholders are Trevor Bezdek and Douglas Hirsch.

In accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, in evaluating the suitability of individual candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may take into account many factors, including: personal and professional integrity, ethics and values; experience in corporate management, such as serving as an officer or former officer of a publicly held company; strong finance experience; relevant social policy concerns; experience relevant to the Company’s industry; experience as a board member or executive officer of another publicly held company; relevant academic expertise or other proficiency in an area of the Company’s operations; diversity of expertise and experience in substantive matters pertaining to the Company’s business relative to other board members; diversity of background and perspective, including, but not limited to, with respect to age, gender, race, place of residence and specialized experience; practical and mature business judgment, including, but not limited to, the ability to make independent analytical inquiries; and any other relevant qualifications, attributes or skills. The Board evaluates each individual in the context of the Board as a whole, with the objective of assembling a group that can best perpetuate the success of the business and represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its diversity of experience in these various areas. In determining whether to recommend a director for re-election, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also consider the director’s past attendance at meetings and participation in and contributions to the activities of the Board.

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, c/o General Counsel, GoodRx Holdings, Inc., 2701 Olympic Boulevard, West Building - Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404. In the event there is a vacancy, and assuming that appropriate biographical and background material has been provided on a timely basis, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate stockholder-recommended candidates by following substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same criteria, as it follows for candidates submitted by others.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM STOCKHOLDERS

 

Stockholders of the Company may communicate directly with the independent members of the Board or any Chair of a Board committee about corporate governance, corporate strategy, Board-related matters or other substantive matters that our General Counsel consider to be important for the director(s) to know, by addressing any communications to the intended recipient by name or position in care of: GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Attn: General Counsel, 2701 Olympic Boulevard, West Building - Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404, subject to compliance with the requirements and parameters noted below. Such communications may be made confidentially or anonymously.

All communications, including stockholder recommendations of director candidates, must be accompanied by the following regarding the person submitting the communication: a statement of the type and amount of the securities of the Company that the person holds, and the address, telephone number and e-mail address, if any, of the person.

The following types of communications are considered inappropriate for delivery to directors:

 

   

Communications regarding individual grievances or other interests that are personal to the party submitting the communication;

 

   

Communications regarding ordinary business operations; and

 

   

Communications that contain offensive, obscene or abusive content.

Communications deemed to comply with the above requirements and to be appropriate for delivery will be delivered to the applicable director(s) on a periodic basis, generally in advance of each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. Concerns relating to accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing matters or questionable financial practices will be handled in accordance with the procedures established by the Audit Committee with respect to such matters.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

 

The Board has determined not to have a Chair of the Board at this time. Our Board exercises its judgment in establishing, combining or separating the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer as it deems appropriate in light of prevailing circumstances. The Board will continue to exercise its judgment on an ongoing basis to determine the optimal Board leadership structure that the Board believes will provide effective leadership, oversight and direction, while optimizing the functioning of both the Board and management and facilitating effective communication between the two. The Board has concluded that the current structure provides a well-functioning and effective balance between strong Company leadership and appropriate safeguards and oversight by independent directors, including independent chairs of each Board committee, without the need for a Chair of the Board.

If there is a Chair of the Board and the Chair is a member of management or does not otherwise qualify as independent, the Independent Directors may elect a lead director. The lead director’s responsibilities would include, but are not limited to: presiding over all meetings of the Board at which

 

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the Chair of the Board is not present, including any executive sessions of the Independent Directors; approving Board meeting schedules and agendas; and acting as the liaison between the Independent Directors and the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chair of the Board. If there is a Chair of the Board and the Chair is an Independent Director, the Chair of the Board will serve as lead director. The Board may modify its leadership structure in the future as it deems appropriate.

Risk assessment and oversight are an integral part of our governance and management processes. Our management is responsible for our day-to-day risk management activities. Our Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our risk management process. Our Audit Committee focuses on our general risk management policies and strategy, the most significant risks facing us, including cybersecurity, and oversees the implementation of risk mitigation strategies by management. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing risks related to our compensation programs. Our Board is also apprised of particular risk management matters in connection with its general oversight role and approval of corporate matters and significant transactions. The Board does not believe that its role in the oversight of our risks affects the Board’s leadership structure.

ANTI-HEDGING POLICY

 

Our Board has adopted an Insider Trading Compliance Policy, which applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. Unless pre-approved by our Board in each instance, the policy prohibits our directors, officers and employees and any entities they control from purchasing financial instruments such as prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds, or otherwise engaging in transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of the Company’s equity securities, or that may cause an officer, director, or employee to no longer have the same objectives as the Company’s other stockholders.

CODE OF ETHICS

 

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. A copy of the code is available on our website at www.goodrx.com in the “Governance” section of the “Investors” page. We expect that any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, that are required to be disclosed by SEC or Nasdaq rules will be disclosed on our website.

ATTENDANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT MEETINGS

 

There were four meetings of the Board during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) all meetings of the Board during the period in which he or she served as a director and (ii) all meetings of the committees on which the director served during the period in which he or she served as a director.

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on our website at www.goodrx.com, a director is expected to spend the time and effort necessary to properly discharge his or her responsibilities. Accordingly, a director is expected to regularly prepare for and attend meetings of the Board and all committees on which the director sits (including separate meetings of the independent directors), with the understanding that, on occasion, a director may be unable to attend a meeting. A director who is unable to attend a meeting of the Board or a committee of the Board is expected to notify the Chair of the Board or the Chairman of the appropriate committee in advance of such meeting, and, whenever possible, participate in such meeting via teleconference in the case of an in person meeting. We do not maintain a formal policy regarding director attendance at the Annual Meeting; however, it is expected that, absent compelling circumstances, directors will attend. All of our directors attended our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

 

Our Board has established four standing committees—Audit, Compensation, Compliance and Nominating and Corporate Governance—each of which operates under a written charter that has been approved by our Board.

The members of each of the Board committees are set forth in the following chart.

 

Name    Audit    Compensation    Compliance    Nominating
and
Corporate
Governance

 

Christopher Adams

            Chair

Trevor Bezdek

         X    X

Julie Bradley

   Chair         

Dipanjan Deb

      X      

Douglas Hirsch

           

Adam Karol

         X   

Jacqueline Kosecoff

   X    X      

Stephen LeSieur

         X   

Gregory Mondre

      Chair       X

Agnes Rey-Giraud

   X       Chair   

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Our Audit Committee’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

   

appointing, compensating, retaining, evaluating, terminating and overseeing our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

discussing with our independent registered public accounting firm their independence;

 

   

reviewing with our independent registered public accounting firm the scope and results of their audit;

 

   

approving all audit and permissible non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

overseeing the financial reporting process and discussing with management and our independent registered public accounting firm the interim and annual financial statements that we file with the SEC;

 

   

reviewing our policies on risk assessment and risk management;

 

   

reviewing related person transactions;

 

   

overseeing our financial and accounting controls and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

   

establishing procedures for the confidential anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

The Audit Committee charter is available on our website at investors.goodrx.com. The current members of the Audit Committee are Julie Bradley, Jacqueline Kosecoff and Agnes Rey-Giraud, with Julie Bradley serving as chair. Our Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are

 

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independent directors under Nasdaq Rules and the additional independence standards applicable to audit committee members established pursuant to Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our Board has also determined that all members of the Audit Committee meets the “financial literacy” requirement for Audit Committee members under Nasdaq Rules and Julie Bradley is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC rules.

The Audit Committee met five times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

 

The Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other matters:

 

   

reviewing and making recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of our Co-Chief Executive Officers and other executive officers;

 

   

reviewing and making recommendations to our Board regarding the compensation of our directors;

 

   

reviewing and approving or making recommendations to our Board regarding our incentive compensation and equity-based plans and arrangements; and

 

   

appointing and overseeing any compensation consultants.

Pursuant to the Compensation Committee’s charter, which is available on our website at investors.goodrx.com, the Compensation Committee has the authority to retain or obtain the advice of compensation consultants, legal counsel and other advisors to assist in carrying out its responsibilities. The Compensation Committee generally considers the Co-Chief Executive Officer’s input when making recommendations regarding the compensation of non-employee directors and executive officers (other than the Co-Chief Executive Officers). Since 2019, the Company has engaged Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC, a compensation consulting firm (“Pearl Meyer”), to assist in making decisions regarding the amount and types of compensation to provide our executive officers and non-employee directors. Pearl Meyer reports directly to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has considered the adviser independence factors required under SEC rules as they relate to Pearl Meyer and has determined that Pearl Meyer’s work does not raise a conflict of interest. Pearl Meyer did not provide any other services to the Company in 2021 for which the amount exceeds $120,000.

The Compensation Committee may delegate its authority under its charter to a subcommittee as it deems appropriate from time to time. The Compensation Committee has the authority to conduct or authorize investigations into any matters within the scope of its responsibilities as it deems appropriate, including the authority to request any officer, employee or adviser of the Company to meet with the Compensation Committee or any advisers engaged by the Compensation Committee. In addition to the foregoing and other authority expressly delegated to the Compensation Committee in the charter, the Compensation Committee may also exercise any other powers and carry out any other responsibilities consistent with the charter, the purposes of the Compensation Committee, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws and applicable rules of Nasdaq.

The current members of our Compensation Committee are Dipanjan Deb, Jacqueline Kosecoff and Gregory Mondre, with Gregory Mondre serving as chair. Each member of our Compensation Committee meets the requirements for independence under the current Nasdaq Rules, including the Nasdaq Rules applicable to compensation committee membership. Dr. Kosecoff is also a non-employee director, as defined in Section 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.

The Compensation Committee met three times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

 

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NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other matters:

 

   

identifying individuals qualified to become members of our Board, consistent with criteria approved by our Board, except where the Company is legally required by contract, bylaw or otherwise to provide third parties with the right to designate directors, including pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement (for so long as such agreement is in effect);

 

   

recommending to our Board the nominees for election to our Board at annual meetings of stockholders, except where the Company is legally required by contract, bylaw or otherwise to provide third parties with the right to designate directors, including pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement (for so long as such agreement is in effect);

 

   

overseeing an evaluation of the Board and its committees; and

 

   

developing and recommending to our Board a set of corporate governance guidelines and principles.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter is available on our website at investors.goodrx.com. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Christopher Adams, Trevor Bezdek and Gregory Mondre, with Christopher Adams serving as chair. Mr. Adams and Mr. Mondre meet the requirements for independence under the current Nasdaq Rules. Mr. Bezdek, as one of our Co-Chief Executive Officers, does not qualify as independent under the current Nasdaq Rules. The composition of our Nominating and Corporate Governance committee meets the requirements for independence under the Nasdaq Rules, including the exemptions available to controlled companies. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has the authority to consult with outside advisors or retain search firms to assist in the search for qualified candidates, or consider director candidates recommended by our stockholders.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met two times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

 

Our Compliance Committee oversees and assists our Board in reviewing and providing general oversight of our compliance with federal and state laws and regulations relating to healthcare and in monitoring our performance with respect to such legal and regulatory requirements. Our Compliance Committee is responsible for, among other things:

 

   

reviewing and overseeing our compliance program;

 

   

ensuring proper communication of significant healthcare regulatory compliance issues to our board of directors; and

 

   

reviewing significant healthcare regulatory compliance risk areas and the steps taken by management to monitor, control and report such compliance risk exposures.

The current members of our Compliance Committee are Trevor Bezdek, Adam Karol, Stephen LeSieur, and Agnes Rey-Giraud, with Agnes Rey-Giraud serving as chair.

The Compliance Committee met four times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

 

In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”), we provide an overview and analysis of the compensation awarded to or earned by our named executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table below during fiscal year 2021, including the elements of our compensation program for named executive officers, material compensation decisions made under that program for fiscal 2021 and the material factors considered in making those decisions. Our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2021, which consist of our principal executive officers, our principal financial officer and our three most other highly compensated executive officers for fiscal year 2021, are:

 

   

Douglas Hirsch, Co-Chief Executive Officer;

 

   

Trevor Bezdek, Co-Chief Executive Officer;

 

   

Karsten Voermann, Chief Financial Officer;

 

   

Andrew Slutsky, President, Consumer;

 

   

Babak Azad, Chief Marketing Officer; and

 

   

Bansi Nagji, President, Healthcare.

Each of the key elements of our executive compensation program is discussed in more detail below.

Performance Highlights and Pay for Performance

Our executive compensation programs are designed to deliver pay in accordance with corporate and individual performance, rewarding superior performance and providing consequences for underperformance. We believe that the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal year 2021 was aligned with the Company’s performance during 2021. Highlights of that performance include:

 

   

Achieved 2021 revenue growth over 35% year-over-year.

 

   

Launched GoodRx Health, a new, potentially TAM-expanding focus area.

 

   

Reached $35 billion of cumulative consumer savings.

In order to align pay with performance, a significant portion of our named executive officers’ compensation is delivered in the form of annual cash incentives, each of which depends on our actual performance. For fiscal year 2021, approximately 50% of our named executive officer’s total target compensation was in the form of annual cash incentives.

2022 Compensation Highlights

Consistent with our compensation philosophy, key compensation decisions for 2021 included the following:

 

   

Base Salaries and Target Annual Cash Incentive Opportunities. The 2021 base salaries and target bonuses for our named executive officers remained level or were increased (for Mr. Voermann, by 7% to $428,000, and for Mr. Azad, by 2.5% to $333,000).

 

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Annual Cash Incentives. For 2021, our Compensation Committee selected performance goals for our performance-based annual bonus program that were intended to promote our business plan and short-term goals, including with respect to revenue. In light of our achievement of each of the performance goals, the Compensation Committee determined to pay out annual bonuses to our named executive officers at 71.44% of target (or, for Mr. Azad, 100% of target).

   

Equity-Based Long Term Incentives. Due to the significant equity awards granted to our named executive officers in connection with our IPO and/or the named executive officer’s commencement of employment with us prior to 2021, the Compensation Committee determined not to grant any equity awards to our named executive officers in 2021.

Compensation Governance and Best Practices

We are committed to having strong governance standards with respect to our compensation programs, procedures and practices. Our key compensation practices include the following:

 

What We Do

  

What We Do Not Do

   Emphasize performance-based, at risk compensation, including cash incentives tied to performance, with a focus on revenue growth.   

X

   Do not grant uncapped cash incentives or guaranteed equity compensation.

   Emphasize the use of equity compensation, with a focus on performance vesting correlated to shareholder value creation, and on stock options for executive officers, to promote retention and reward long-term value creation.   

X

   Do not provide significant perquisites.

   Weight the overall pay mix towards incentive compensation for senior executives.   

X

   Do not allow hedging or pledging of stock.
     

X

   Do not have defined benefit pension plans or supplemental executive retirement plans.

Stockholder Advisor Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation

We are not required to hold a Say-on-Pay Vote in 2022, and it is expected that the first Say-on-Pay Vote will occur at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. At the Annual Meeting, we will ask our stockholders to vote on an advisory (non-binding) basis to approve the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes, i.e., the “Say-on-Frequency” vote. See Proposal 3 for additional information.

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

The key objective in our executive compensation program is to attract, motivate, and reward leaders who create an inclusive and diverse environment and have with the skills and experience necessary to successfully execute on our strategic plan to maximize stockholder value. Our executive compensation program is designed to:

 

   

Attract and retain talented and experienced executives in a competitive and dynamic market;

 

   

Motivate our named executive officers to help our company achieve the best possible financial and operational results;

 

   

Provide reward opportunities consistent with our performance on both a short-term and long-term basis; and

 

   

Align the long-term interests of our named executive officers with those of our stockholders.

 

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We strive to set our overall total compensation at a competitive level. Executives may be compensated above or below the targeted market position based on factors such as experience, performance, scope of position and the competitive demand for proven executive talent, as described further below under “Determination of Executive Compensation.”

Determination of Executive Compensation

Our Compensation Committee administers the executive compensation program for our named executive officers, as well as other executives within the Company. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding the compensation, including setting the base salary, annual bonus, and equity awards granted to our named executive officers, ensuring it is aligned with our executive compensation philosophy. Our Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing and providing recommendations to our board of directors regarding the compensation of our directors.

Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC, a compensation consulting firm (“Pearl Meyer”) assists the Compensation Committee in making decisions regarding the amount and types of compensation to provide our executive officers and non-employee directors.

Our Compensation Committee uses compensation data from market survey data published by third parties and compensation data provided by Pearl Meyer for use as a general indicator of relevant market conditions and pay practices and as a broader reference point when determining compensation for our named executive officers.

In addition to survey information provided by Pearl Meyer, other important factors that drive compensation decisions include individual qualifications and expertise, responsibilities, particular industry and market conditions and complexity of the position. More specifically, our Compensation Committee considers the performance of the Company’s named executive officers, the individual’s historical compensation and any retention concerns before determining the compensation arrangement for each of them.

Elements of the Company’s Executive Compensation Program

We design the principal components of our executive compensation program to fulfill one or more of the principles and objectives described above. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the compensation of our named executive officers generally consisted of:

 

   

Base salary; and

 

   

Annual performance-based cash bonus opportunities.

In addition, our named executive officers are eligible to participate in our health and welfare programs and our 401(k) plan on the same basis as our other employees. Additionally, certain of the employment arrangements entered into with our named executive officers contain severance and/or change in control protections, which aid in attracting and retaining executive talent and help executives to remain focused and dedicated during potential transition periods due to a change in control. Each of these elements of compensation for 2021 is described further below.

Base Salaries

Our named executive officers receive a base salary to compensate them for the services they provide to our Company. The base salary payable to each named executive officer is intended to provide a fixed component of compensation reflecting the executive’s skill set, experience, role and responsibilities.

 

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For 2021 we did not increase the base salary for our named executive officers, with the exception of the base salary paid to Messrs. Voermann and Azad, which was increased by 7% and 2.5%, respectively.

The following table sets forth the base salaries of our named executive officers as of the end of fiscal years 2020 and 2021:

 

  Name    Fiscal 2020 Base Salary      Fiscal 2021 Base Salary           % of Increase from 2020      

  Douglas Hirsch

   $ 500,000      $ 500,000     0%

  Trevor Bezdek

   $ 500,000      $ 500,000     0%

  Karsten Voermann

   $ 400,000      $ 428,000     7%

  Andrew Slutsky

   $ 500,000      $ 500,000     0%

  Babak Azad

   $ 325,000      $ 333,000     2.5%

  Bansi Nagji

   $ 500,000      $ 500,000     0%

Bonus Compensation

2021 Bonuses

For 2021, each of Messrs. Hirsch, Bezdek, Voermann, Slutsky, and Nagji was eligible to earn a cash incentive bonus based upon the achievement of pre-determined revenue goals of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for 2021 (each such bonus, a “revenue bonus”). The Compensation Committee determined that the Company revenue target for 2021 was $777,000,000.

We approved the following target bonuses for our named executive officers, effective January 2021:

 

  Named Executive Officer    Target Percentage
of Base Salary
    Target Bonus ($)  

  Douglas Hirsch

     100   $ 500,000  

  Trevor Bezdek

     100   $ 500,000  

  Karsten Voermann

     30   $ 128,400  

  Andrew Slutsky

     100   $ 500,000  

  Babak Azad

     50   $ 166,500  

  Bansi Nagji

     100   $ 500,000  

Except for Mr. Azad, each named executive officer was eligible to receive a revenue bonus expressed as a percentage of his applicable target bonus based on the Company’s actual achievement above 75% of the target revenue goal. Achievement of the revenue bonus can range from 0% to 200% of the executive’s target bonus opportunity, based on Company performance, with 0% of the bonus earned at 75% achievement of the target revenue goal, 100% of the bonus earned at 100% achievement of the target revenue goal, and 200% of the bonus earned at 125% achievement of the target revenue goal, using straight-line linear interpolation between the applicable levels. No bonus payout will be made if achievement is attained below threshold performance (i.e., 75% of target). During calendar year 2021, based on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries’ achievement of the revenue goals, the Compensation Committee determined that the payout amount for each revenue bonus should be equal to 71.44% of the executive’s target bonus. The actual revenue bonuses paid to each of our named executive officers (except for Mr. Azad) are set forth below in the Summary Compensation Table in the column entitled “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

Mr. Azad was eligible to earn a cash incentive bonus based upon his achievement of performance goals related to (1) increase of the Company’s brand awareness (which represents 20% of the target bonus) (2) enhancement of the Company’s customer relationship management processes and infrastructure (which represents 35% of the target bonus) and (3) achievement of the Company’s customer acquisition goals (which represents 45% of the target bonus). Achievement of Mr. Azad’s bonus can range from 0% to 100% of his target bonus, with the actual bonus amount paid to Mr. Azad determined in the sole discretion of his manager, Mr. Bezdek, based on Mr. Azad’s achievement of the

 

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performance goals described above. During calendar year 2021, Mr. Azad achieved 100% of the target bonus by (1) developing relevant messaging and creative strategies for various audiences and delivering those messages via the appropriate media channels, which resulted in growth in customer acquisition and brand awareness and (2) identifying and prioritizing CRM goals as well as coordinating across a number of teams, within and outside of the marketing department. The actual cash incentive bonus paid to Mr. Azad is set forth below in the Summary Compensation Table in the column entitled “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

Equity Compensation

We typically grant equity awards to key new hires upon their commencing employment with us. We historically have used stock options as the primary incentive for long-term compensation to our named executive officers because they are able to profit from stock options only if our stock price increases relative to the stock option’s exercise price, which generally is set at or above the fair market value of our Class A common stock as of the applicable grant date. Generally, the stock options we grant vest in equal monthly installments over four years, either monthly during the four-year period or monthly following a one-year cliff, subject to the employee’s continued service with us on the vesting date. In connection with and following our IPO, we have also granted restricted stock unit awards (“RSU awards”) to our named executive officers, which generally vest in equal quarterly installments over four years, either quarterly during the four-year period or quarterly following a one-year cliff, subject to the employee’s continued service with us on the vesting date.

We maintain the 2020 Incentive Award Plan, or the 2020 Plan, as the vehicle pursuant to which we may grant of cash and equity incentives. Prior to our IPO, we maintained the Fifth Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2015 Plan.

2021 Equity Grants

We have previously granted restricted stock unit awards to certain of our named executive officers in connection with and following our IPO, and we have granted stock option awards to new key hires upon their employment commencement with us. The Compensation Committee considered Pearl Meyer’s recommendation to grant equity awards to certain of our named executive officers in 2021, but the Compensation Committee determined not to approve any such equity awards for 2021 due to the substantial size of the equity awards granted to our named executive officers in connection with our IPO and/or the named executive officer’s grant at their commencement of employment with us. We believe that such equity awards were sufficient to keep our named executive officers motivated in 2021.

Other Elements of Compensation

Retirement Plans

We currently maintain a 401(k) retirement savings plan for our employees, including our named executive officers, who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan on the same terms as other full-time employees. The Code allows eligible employees to defer a portion of their compensation, within prescribed limits, on a pre-tax basis through contributions to the 401(k) plan. Currently, we match contributions made by participants in the 401(k) plan up to a specified percentage of the employee contributions, and these matching contributions are fully vested as of the date on which the contribution is made. We believe that providing a vehicle for tax-deferred retirement savings through our 401(k) plan, and making fully vested matching contributions, adds to the overall desirability of our executive compensation package and further incentivizes our employees, including our named executive officers, in accordance with our compensation policies. Each named executive officer received Company-paid matching contributions under the 401(k) plan in 2021.

 

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Employee Benefits and Perquisites

Health/Welfare Plans. All of our full-time employees, including our named executive officers, are eligible to participate in our health and welfare plans, including:

 

   

medical, dental and vision benefits;

 

   

medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts;

 

   

short-term and long-term disability insurance; and

 

   

life insurance.

We believe the perquisites described above are necessary and appropriate to provide a competitive compensation package to our named executive officers.

No Tax Gross-Ups

Except as in limited circumstances with regard to the special bonuses not exceeding $1,000 granted to our named executive officers, we have not made gross-up payments to cover our named executive officers’ personal income taxes that may pertain to any of the compensation paid or provided by our company.

Employment and Severance Arrangements

As of December 31, 2021, we were party to employment agreements or offer letters with our named executive officers. Additional information regarding the employment agreements and offer letters is set forth in “Narrative to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table”. We believe that the severance provisions contained in these employment agreements and offer letters help to ensure the day-to-day stability necessary to enable our named executive officers to properly focus their attention on their duties and responsibilities with us and provide security regarding some of the most uncertain events relating to continued employment, thereby limiting concern and uncertainty and promoting productivity. A detailed description of the applicable severance provisions contained in our named executive officer’s employment agreements as well as information on the estimated payments and benefits that our named executive officers would have been eligible to receive as of December 31, 2021, are set forth in “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control”.

Additional Compensation Components

In the future, we may provide different and/or additional compensation components, benefits and/or perquisites to our named executive officers to ensure that we provide a balanced and comprehensive compensation structure. We believe that it is important to maintain flexibility to adapt our compensation structure to properly attract, motivate and retain the top executive talent for which we compete, as well as to reflect current market and global conditions. All future practices regarding compensation components, benefits and/or perquisites will be subject to periodic review by our Compensation Committee.

Other Matters

Tax and Accounting Considerations

Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code

Section 409A of the Code requires that “nonqualified deferred compensation” be deferred and paid under plans or arrangements that satisfy the requirements of the statute with respect to the timing of deferral elections, timing of payments and certain other matters. Failure to satisfy these requirements can expose employees and other service providers to accelerated income tax liabilities, penalty taxes

 

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and interest on their vested compensation under such plans. Accordingly, as a general matter, it is our intention to design and administer our compensation and benefits plans and arrangements for all of our employees and other service providers, including our named executive officers, so that they are either exempt from, or satisfy the requirements of, Section 409A of the Code.

Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code

Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code provide that certain executive officers and other service providers who are highly compensated or hold significant equity interests may be subject to an excise tax if they receive payments or benefits in connection with a change in control of the Company that exceeds certain prescribed limits, and that we, or a successor, may forfeit a tax deduction on the amounts subject to this additional tax. While the Compensation Committee may take the potential forfeiture of such tax deduction into account when making compensation decisions, it will award compensation that it determines to be consistent with the goals of our executive compensation program even if such compensation is not deductible by us. We do not provide any tax gross-ups to cover excise taxes under Section 4999 in connection with a change in control.

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code

Section 162(m) of the Code disallows a tax deduction to public companies for compensation in excess of $1 million paid to “covered employees”, which generally includes all named executive officers. While the Compensation Committee may take the deductibility of compensation into account when making compensation decisions, the Compensation Committee will award compensation that it determines to be consistent with the goals of our executive compensation program even if such compensation is not deductible by us.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation.” The Company also takes into consideration ASC Topic 718 and other generally accepted accounting principles in determining changes to policies and practices for its stock-based compensation programs.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

This Compensation Committee report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, notwithstanding any general statement contained in any such filing incorporating this proxy statement by reference, except to the extent we incorporate such report by specific reference.

The Compensation Committee reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with the management of the Company. Based on this review and these discussions, we have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

The preceding report has been furnished by the following members of the Compensation Committee:

Dipanjan Deb

Jacqueline Kosecoff

Gregory Mondre

 

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019:

 

Name and Principal
Position

  Year     Salary
($)
    Bonus
($)(1)
    Stock
Awards
($)(2)
    Option
Awards
($)(2)
    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
    All Other
Compensation
($)(3)
    Total
($)
 

Douglas Hirsch

    2021       500,000                         357,176       21,928       879,104  

Co-Chief Executive Officer

    2020       500,000       785       266,662,480             480,000       6,921       267,650,186  
    2019       500,000                         608,831       16,400       1,125,231  
               

Trevor Bezdek

    2021       500,000       334                   357,176       34,171       891,681  

Co-Chief Executive Officer

    2020       500,000       451       266,662,480             480,000       9,511       267,652,442  
    2019       500,000                         608,831       39,850       1,148,681  
               

Karsten Voermann

    2021       428,000       250                   91,723       997       520,970  

Chief Financial Officer

               
               
               

Andrew Slutsky

    2021       500,000       378                   357,176       7,247       864,801  

President, Consumer

    2020       425,000       971       48,389,999             115,200       5,345       48,936,515  
    2019       324,000                         118,357       8,920       451,277  
               

Babak Azad

    2021       333,000       150                   166,500       747       500,397  

Chief Marketing Officer

    2020       325,000       233,583             1,699,560       123,500       732       2,382,375  
    2019       73,958       146,229                         150       220,337  
               

Bansi Nagji

    2021       500,000       148                   357,176       9,641       866,965  

President, Healthcare

    2020       278,525       952             4,808,997       259,200       23,331       5,371,005  
               

 

(1)

Amounts reflect special bonuses.

(2)

Amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock units and stock options granted to our named executive officers, computed in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Stock Compensation. These amounts do not reflect the actual economic value that will be realized by the employee upon the vesting, settlement or exercise of the stock option and/or stock award. The assumptions that we used to calculate these amounts are discussed in Note 15 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2021.

(3)

Amounts for 2021 include (i) Company-paid matching contributions to our 401(k) plan ($11,600, $9,500, $6,275 and $8,896 for Messrs. Hirsch, Bezdek, Slutsky and Nagji, respectively), (ii) Company reimbursement of cell phone expenses ($600 for each of Messrs. Hirsch, Bezdek, Voermann, Slutsky, Azad and Nagji), (iii) tax gross-ups related to special bonuses ($328, $197, $372, $147 and $145 for Messrs. Bezdek, Voermann, Slutsky, Azad and Nagji, respectively), (iv) employee directed charity donation funded by the Company ($200 for each of Messrs. Hirsch and Voermann) and (v) Company reimbursement of professional organization dues and related travel expenses ($9,528 for Mr. Hirsch and $23,743 for Mr. Bezdek).

Grants of Plan-Based Awards - Fiscal Year 2021

 

The following table sets forth information regarding grants of plan-based awards to each named executive officer during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Name      

Estimated Future Payouts

Under Non-Equity Incentive

Plan Awards(1)

 
  Grant
Date
  Threshold($)      Target
($)
     Maximum
($)
 

Douglas Hirsch

  N/A     0        500,000        1,000,000  

Trevor Bezdek

  N/A     0        500,000        1,000,000  

Karsten Voermann

  N/A     0        128,400        256,800  

Andrew Slutsky

  N/A     0        500,000        1,000,000  

Babak Azad

  N/A     0        166,500        166,500  

Bansi Nagji

  N/A     0        500,000        1,000,000  

 

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(1)            Amounts reflect the threshold, target and maximum payouts under our 2021 annual bonus program (or, for Mr. Azad, pursuant to an individual bonus plan for 2021). Additional information regarding our 2021 annual bonus program and Mr. Azad’s individual bonus plan is set forth in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of the Company’s Executive Compensation Program—Bonus Compensation—2021 Bonuses.”

NARRATIVE TO SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE AND GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE

 

Douglas Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek 2015 Employment Agreements

On October 7, 2015, GoodRx, Inc. entered into employment agreements with Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek, which agreements were amended and restated on September 19, 2020 in connection with our IPO, pursuant to which each serves as our Co-Chief Executive Officer. These employment agreements provide for at-will employment, an annual base salary, and eligibility to participate in the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by GoodRx, Inc. for the benefit of its employees and certain other perquisites. In addition, each of Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek is eligible to earn an annual cash incentive bonus targeted at 100% of his base salary, which bonus is payable upon the achievement of certain performance targets.

For a discussion of the payments and other benefits to which Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek are entitled in the event of certain qualifying terminations, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” below.

Karsten Voermann 2020 Offer Letter

On February 12, 2020, GoodRx, Inc. entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Voermann, which provides for at-will employment, an annual base salary, and eligibility to participate in the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by GoodRx, Inc. for the benefit of its employees. In addition, Mr. Voermann is eligible to earn an annual performance bonus targeted at 30% of his base salary subject to his continued employment through the bonus payment date.

Pursuant to the offer letter, Mr. Voermann was eligible to receive a one-time sign-on bonus in an aggregate amount of $250,000, which was advanced to Mr. Voermann in a lump sum in March 2020. If Mr. Voermann’s employment had terminated for any reason prior to the one-year anniversary of his employment start date, he would have had to repay to the Company the full amount of the signing bonus.

Pursuant to the offer letter, Mr. Voermann was granted a nonqualified stock option covering 600,000 shares of our Class A common stock under the 2015 Plan in March 2020. The stock option vests in equal monthly installments over the four years following Mr. Voermann’s start date, subject to his continuous service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.

Mr. Voermann was also required to execute the Company’s proprietary information and invention assignment agreement as a condition to his employment under the offer letter.

For a discussion of the payments and other benefits to which Mr. Voermann is entitled in the event of certain qualifying terminations, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” below.

Andrew Slutsky 2015 Employment Agreement

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provides for at-will employment, an annual base salary, and eligibility to participate in the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by GoodRx, Inc. for the benefit of its employees. In addition, Mr. Slutsky is eligible to earn an annual cash incentive bonus expressed as a percentage of his base salary, which bonus is payable upon the achievement of certain performance targets. Under his amended and restated employment agreement, Mr. Slutsky was eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus equal to 50% of his base salary, which percentage was increased by our board of directors to 100% of his base salary as of October 1, 2020.

For a discussion of the payments and other benefits to which Mr. Slutsky is entitled in the event of certain qualifying terminations, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” below.

Babak Azad 2019 Offer Letter

On October 3, 2019, GoodRx, Inc. entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Azad, which provides for at-will employment, an annual base salary, and eligibility to participate in the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by GoodRx, Inc. for the benefit of its employees. In addition, Mr. Azad is eligible to earn an annual discretionary performance bonus expressed as a percentage of his base salary, subject to his continued employment through the bonus payment date. Under his offer letter, Mr. Azad was eligible to receive an annual performance bonus equal to 40% of his base salary, which percentage was increased by our board of directors to 50% of his base salary as of January 1, 2021.

Pursuant to the offer letter, Mr. Azad was eligible to receive a one-time sign-on bonus in an aggregate amount of $350,000, with one-third of the total signing bonus payable upon each of the commencement of his employment and the six- and twelve-month anniversaries of his employment start date, subject to his continuous employment with us. If Mr. Azad had resigned or had been terminated for cause during the first 24 months of his employment, he would have had to repay to the Company a prorated amount of the signing bonus.

Pursuant to the offer letter, Mr. Azad was granted a nonqualified stock option covering 600,000 shares of our Class A common stock under the 2015 Plan in January 2020. The stock option vests in equal monthly installments over the four years following Mr. Azad’s start date, subject to his continuous service with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.

Mr. Azad was also required to execute the Company’s proprietary information and invention assignment agreement as a condition to his employment under the offer letter.

For a discussion of the payments and other benefits to which Mr. Azad is entitled in the event of certain qualifying terminations, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” below.

Bansi Nagji 2020 Offer Letter

On March 29, 2020, GoodRx, Inc. entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Nagji, which provides for at-will employment, an annual base salary, and eligibility to participate in the health and welfare benefit plans and programs maintained by GoodRx, Inc. for the benefit of its employees. In addition, Mr. Nagji is eligible to earn an annual discretionary performance bonus equal to 100% of his base salary, subject to his continued employment through the end of the applicable performance year.

Pursuant to the offer letter, in the event that, between the 12-month and 18-month anniversaries of his employment start date, the company had required via written notice that Mr. Nagji relocate to our Santa Monica, California, office, and Mr. Nagji relocated within three months of receiving such notice, the

 

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company would have had to reimburse Mr. Nagji on a tax grossed-up basis for relocation costs up to $500,000, subject to any applicable tax withholding. If Mr. Nagji’s employment was terminated without “good reason” or for “cause” (each as defined in the offer letter) within one year following the relocation, 100% of the relocation reimbursement would be repayable to the company.

Pursuant to the offer letter, Mr. Nagji was granted a nonqualified stock option covering 1,500,000 shares of our common stock under the 2015 Plan in June 2020. Each of the performance conditions set forth in the option agreement was satisfied in September 2020, such that 25,000 shares vested as of the closing date of our IPO and following such satisfaction, the option vests and becomes exercisable as follows: (i) as to 1,100,000 of the shares underlying the option, to the extent not vested as of the IPO closing date, with respect to 1/48 of such shares on each monthly anniversary of June 10, 2020; and (ii) as to 400,000 of the shares underlying the option, in full on January 1, 2022.

Mr. Nagji was also required to execute the Company’s proprietary information and invention assignment agreement as a condition to his employment under the offer letter.

For a discussion of the payments and other benefits to which Mr. Nagij is entitled in the event of certain qualifying terminations, see “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control” below.

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT YEAR-END

 

The following table summarizes the number of shares of Class A and Class B common stock underlying outstanding equity incentive plan awards for each named executive officer as of December 31, 2021.

Unless otherwise specified, each equity award listed in the following table was granted under the 2020 Plan and covers Class A common stock.

 

          Option Awards     Stock Awards  

Name

  Grant Date     Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
    Option
Exercise
Price
($)
    Option
Expiration
Date
    Number
of
Shares
or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
    Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
($)
 

Douglas Hirsch

    09/11/2020 (1)                              2,822,539         92,240,575  

Trevor Bezdek

    09/11/2020 (1)                              2,822,539       92,240,575  

Karsten Voermann

    03/27/2020 (2)      5,000       337,500       6.84         03/26/2030              

Andrew Slutsky

    11/09/2017 (3)      91,667             2.18       11/08/2027              
    10/30/2020 (4)                              750,000       24,510,000  

Babak Azad

    01/31/2020 (5)            275,000       5.94       01/30/2030              

Bansi Nagji

    06/16/2020 (6)      83,334       1,087,500       6.84       06/15/2030              

 

(1)

This restricted stock unit award covers Class B common stock, and vests with respect to 1/16 of the total number of restricted stock units on each quarterly anniversary of September 1, 2020. This award was approved by our board of directors on September 11, 2020, with such approval to become effective as of the completion of our IPO. In the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the 2020 Plan), up to 25% of the restricted stock unit award will vest, and in the event that the restricted stock unit award is assumed in connection with a change in control, the vesting period of the restricted stock unit award will shorten from four years to three years. Upon a termination of employment without “cause” or for “good reason” (each as defined in the applicable employment agreement), up to 50% of the restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest, or, if either such termination occurs within 12 months following a change in control, then 100% of the

 

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restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest. Upon a termination due to death or “disability” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), the next quarterly vesting tranche of the restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest.

(2)

This option vests and becomes exercisable with respect to 1/48 of the total number of shares underlying the option on each monthly anniversary of April 2, 2020. The option will vest in full upon the termination of Mr. Voermann’s employment without “cause” or for “good reason” within 12 months after a “sale of the company” (each as defined in the 2015 Plan). This option was granted under the 2015 Plan.

(3)

This option vests and becomes exercisable with respect to 1/48 of the total number of shares underlying the option on each monthly anniversary of August 1, 2017. This option was granted under the 2015 Plan.

(4)

This restricted stock unit award vests with respect to 1/16 of the award on each quarterly anniversary of October 1, 2020.

(5)

This option vests and becomes exercisable with respect to 1/48 of the total number of shares underlying the option on each monthly anniversary of January 31, 2020. The option will vest in full upon the termination of Mr. Azad’s employment without “cause” or for “good reason” within 12 months after a “sale of the company” (each as defined in the 2015 Plan). This option was granted under the 2015 Plan.

(6)

This option vests and becomes exercisable as follows: (i) as to 1,100,000 of the shares underlying the option, with respect to 1/48 of such shares on each monthly anniversary of June 10, 2020; and (ii) as to 400,000 of the shares underlying the option, on January 1, 2022. If Mr. Nagji’s employment is terminated without “cause” or for “good reason” within 24 months after a “sale of the company” (each as defined in the option agreement), then all time-based vesting conditions that apply to the option will be waived and the option will vest and become exercisable in full as of the termination date. This option was granted under the 2015 Plan.

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED – FISCAL YEAR 2021

 

The following table shows the number of shares acquired upon exercise of option awards and the vesting of stock awards and the value realized upon such exercise and vesting, in each case, by our named executive officers for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

 

     Option Awards    Stock Award
  Name    Number of Shares
Acquired on
Exercise (#)
   Value Realized on
Exercise ($)(1)
   Number of Shares
Acquired on
Vesting (#)(2)
   Value Realized on
Vesting ($)(3)

  Douglas Hirsch

         1,026,378    41,357,898

  Trevor Bezdek

         1,026,378    41,357,898

  Karsten Voermann

   257,500    7,901,230      

  Andrew Slutsky

         250,000    9,774,375

  Babak Azad

   325,000    10,388,170      

  Bansi Nagji

   300,000    10,966,528      

 

(1)

Value realized on exercise is computed by multiplying the number of shares subject to the stock option that were exercised by the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the applicable exercise date.

(2)

Represents the gross number of shares acquired upon vesting and settlement of restricted stock units, without taking into account any shares withheld to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations.

(3)

Value realized on vesting is computed by multiplying the number of shares subject to the restricted stock unit award that vested by the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the applicable vesting date.

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

 

In connection with our IPO, our board of directors approved the grant of a restricted stock unit award covering 8,211,022 shares of our Class B common stock under the 2020 Plan to each of Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek (the “Performance-Vesting Founders Awards”), which constitute nonqualified deferred compensation. The Performance-Vesting Founders Awards were eligible to vest over a seven-year period following the grant date, based on the achievement of stock price goals ranging from $6.07 per share to $51.28 per share. Given our stock price for the post-IPO period, all of the stock price goals with respect to the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards were achieved in October 2020;

 

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as a result, all 16,422,044 shares subject to the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards vested. The vested Performance-Vesting Founders Awards will be settled in shares of Class B common stock on the third anniversary of the vesting date or, if earlier, upon a qualifying change in control event or to satisfy certain tax withholding requirements.

The following table sets forth information with respect to the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards held by Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek.

 

 Name    Executive
Contributions
in Last FY ($)
     Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY ($)
     Aggregate
Earnings in Last
FY ($)(1)
    Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions ($)
     Aggregate    
Balance at Last    
FYE  ($)(2)    
 

 Douglas Hirsch

                   (70,372,888            326,759,286      

 Trevor Bezdek

                   (70,372,888            326,759,286      

 

(1)

Represents the decrease in value of the Class B common stock underlying the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards during 2021.

(2)

Represents the value of the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards, which are vested in full, as of December 31, 2021. We previously reported as compensation the grant-date fair value of the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718 (i.e., $159,919,194), in the Stock Awards column of the Summary Compensation Table for each of Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek for 2020.

POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL

 

Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek

Pursuant to the amended and restated employment agreements with Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek, if either executive is terminated without “cause” or due to his death, “disability” or resignation for “good reason” (each, as defined in his employment agreement), then, in addition to any accrued obligations and subject to his timely execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims, he will be eligible to receive (i) 12 months of continued payment of his base salary and (ii) 12 months of company-reimbursed COBRA continuation coverage premiums.

The employment agreements also include a “best pay” provision under Section 280G of the Code, pursuant to which any “parachute payments” that become payable to Mr. Hirsch or Mr. Bezdek will either be paid in full or reduced so that such payments are not subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever results in the better after-tax treatment to Mr. Hirsch or Mr. Bezdek, as applicable.

Additionally, in connection with our IPO, our board of directors granted restricted stock unit awards covering shares of Class B common stock to each of Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek. The time-vesting portion of such restricted stock unit awards are subject to the following acceleration terms (with any acceleration upon a termination of employment subject to the timely execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims): (i) in the event of a change in control of the company (as defined in the 2020 Plan) then up to 25% of the time-vesting restricted stock unit award will vest, and in the event that the time-vesting restricted stock unit award is assumed in connection with a change in control, the vesting period of the time-vesting restricted stock unit award will shorten from four years to three years; (ii) upon a termination of employment without “cause” or for “good reason” (each as defined in the applicable executive’s employment agreement), up to 50% of the time-vesting restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest, or, if either such termination occurs within 12 months following a change in control, then 100% of the time-vesting restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest; and (iii) upon a termination due to death or “disability” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), the next quarterly vesting tranche of the time-vesting restricted stock unit award will accelerate and vest.

 

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Mr. Voermann

In February 2020, we entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Voermann, pursuant to which if Mr. Voermann’s employment is terminated without “cause” or for “good reason” within 12 months after a “sale of the company” (each as defined in the 2015 Plan), then the option granted to him in March 2020 pursuant to his offer letter will vest and become exercisable in full as of his termination date.

Mr. Slutsky

Under the amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. Slutsky, if Mr. Slutsky is terminated without “cause” or due to his death, “disability” or resignation for “good reason” (each, as defined in his employment agreement), then, in addition to any accrued obligations and subject to his timely execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims, he will be eligible to receive (i) 12 months of continued payment of his base salary and (ii) 12 months of company-reimbursed COBRA continuation coverage premiums.

The employment agreement also includes a “best pay” provision under Section 280G of the Code, pursuant to which any “parachute payments” that become payable to Mr. Slutsky will either be paid in full or reduced so that such payments are not subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever results in the better after-tax treatment to Mr. Slutsky.

Mr. Azad

In October 2019, we entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Azad, pursuant to which if Mr. Azad’s employment is terminated without “cause” or for “good reason” within 12 months after a “sale of the company” (each as defined in the 2015 Plan), then the option granted to him in January 2020 pursuant to his offer letter will vest and become exercisable in full as of his termination date.

Mr. Nagji

In March 2020, we entered into an employment offer letter with Mr. Nagji, pursuant to which if Mr. Nagji’s employment is terminated by the company without cause or by him for good reason, he will be eligible to receive 12 months of continued payment of his base salary (subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims) and any bonus amount that is earned but unpaid as of the termination date. Additionally, if Mr. Nagji’s employment is terminated without cause or for good reason within 24 months after a “sale of the company,” then all time-based vesting conditions that apply to the stock option granted to him in June 2020 pursuant to his offer letter will be waived and the option will vest and become exercisable in full as of the termination date, subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims.

The offer letter also includes a “best pay” provision under Section 280G of the Code, pursuant to which any “parachute payments” that become payable to Mr. Nagji will either be paid in full or reduced so that such payments are not subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever results in the better after-tax treatment to Mr. Nagji.

Terms of Equity Awards Granted under the 2020 Plan

Pursuant to the terms of the 2020 Plan, in the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2020 Plan), to the extent that the surviving entity declines to continue, convert, assume or replace outstanding awards, then all such awards will become fully vested and exercisable in connection with the transaction.

Estimated Potential Payments

The following table summarizes the payments that would be made to our named executive officers upon the occurrence of certain qualifying terminations of employment or a change in control, in any case, occurring on December 31, 2021. Amounts shown do not include (i) accrued but unpaid base salary through the date of termination or (ii) other benefits earned or accrued by the named executive

 

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officers during his employment that are available to all salaried employees. Amounts shown assume that any successor company in a change in control assumed or substituted awards for any outstanding awards under the 2020 Plan.

 

Name    Benefit   Death or
Disability
($)
    Termination
Without Cause or
for Good Reason
(no Change in
Control) ($)
    Change in
Control (no
Termination)
($)
    Termination Without
Cause or for Good
Reason in
Connection with a
Change in Control
($)
 

Douglas Hirsch

   Cash     500,000       500,000       -       500,000  
  

Equity Acceleration (1)

    8,385,492                       67,084,050               33,542,025                              92,240,575  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement (2)

    24,197       24,197       -       24,197  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total (4)

    8,909,689       67,608,247       33,542,025       92,764,772  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Trevor Bezdek

   Cash     500,000       500,000       -       500,000  
  

Equity Acceleration (1)

    8,385,492       67,084,050       33,542,025       92,240,575  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement (2)

    24,197       24,197       -       24,197  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total (4)

    8,909,689       67,608,247       33,542,025       92,764,772  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Karsten Voermann

   Cash     -       -       -       -  
  

Equity Acceleration (3)

    -       -       -       8,721,000  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement

    -       -       -       -  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total

    -       -       -       8,721,000  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Andrew Slutsky

   Cash     500,000       500,000       -       500,000  
  

Equity Acceleration

    -       -       -       -  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement (2)

    24,197       24,197       -       24,197  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total (4)

    524,197       524,197       -       524,197  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Babak Azad

   Cash     -       -       -       -  
  

Equity Acceleration (3)

    -       -       -       7,353,352  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement

    -       -       -       -  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total

    -       -       -       7,353,352  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          

Bansi Nagji

   Cash     -       500,000       -       500,000  
  

Equity Acceleration (3)

    -       -       -       28,101,000  
  

COBRA Premium Reimbursement

    -       -       -       -  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total (4)

    -       500,000       -       28,601,000  
  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Represents the value of unvested time-based restricted stock unit awards held by Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek on December 31, 2021 that would be subject to accelerated vesting, based on the closing stock price of our common stock on December 31, 2021 ($32.68).

(2)

Represents the estimated value of COBRA premium reimbursement based upon the monthly cost of such benefits to the Company as of December 31, 2021.

(3)

Represents the value of stock options awards held by the named executive officers on December 31, 2021 that would be subject to accelerated vesting, based on the difference between the closing stock price of our common stock on December 31, 2021 ($32.68) and the exercise price per share, and multiplied by the number of shares subject to accelerated vesting.

(4)

Amounts shown are the maximum potential payment the named executive officer would have received as of December 31, 2021, and do not take into account any potential reduction pursuant to the 280G best pay provision set forth in the named executive officer’s employment arrangement. Any such reduction, if any, would be calculated upon the named executive officer’s actual termination of employment.

 

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SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

 

As of December 31, 2021, the following securities were authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans:

 

Plan category:

   Number of
Securities to
be Issued
Upon
Exercise
of Outstanding
Options,
Warrants, and
Rights
          Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants, and
Rights
           Number of
Securities
Available for
Future
Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(excludes
securities
reflected in
first column)
       

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(1)

                      66,354,417       (2  ) 

Class A Restricted Stock Units

     4,431,180       (3  )              

Class B Restricted Stock Units

             21,335,800       (4  )              

Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock

     13,568,189       (5  )    $                   7.55        (6  )     

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

                         
  

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

   

Total

     39,335,169       $ 7.55          66,354,417    

 

(1)

Consists of the Fifth Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”), 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Plan”), and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

(2)

The number of shares authorized under our 2020 Plan will increase on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on and including January 1, 2030, equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) such lesser number of shares as determined by our board of directors, which may be issued as shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock. The number of shares authorized under our ESPP will increase on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on and including January 1, 2030, equal to the lesser of (A) 1% of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) such lesser number of shares as determined by our board of directors. We have not implemented any ESPP offering as of December 31, 2021.

(3)

Consists of 4,431,180 outstanding Class A restricted stock units under the 2020 Plan.

(4)

Consists of 21,335,800 outstanding Class B restricted stock units under the 2020 Plan, inclusive of 15,690,722 restricted stock units vested but not settled/issued in connection with the Performance-Vesting Founders Awards.

(5)

Consists of 12,106,234 outstanding options to purchase stock under the 2015 Plan and 1,124,455 outstanding options to purchase stock under the 2020 Plan. Following the effectiveness of the 2020 Plan, no further grants were permitted to be made under the 2015 Plan, though existing awards remain outstanding.

(6)

As of December 31, 2021, the weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options was $7.50.

 

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

 

2021 Director Compensation Program

The following table sets forth information for 2021 regarding the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our non-employee directors who served on our board of directors during 2021. Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek, who served as our Co-Chief Executive Officers during 2021, and continue to serve in that capacity, do not receive additional compensation for their service as directors, and therefore are not included in the Director Compensation table below. All compensation paid to Messrs. Hirsch and Bezdek is reported above in the “Summary Compensation Table.”

 

Name

  Fees
Earned
or Paid in
Cash ($)
    Stock
Awards
($)(1)
    Option
Awards
($)(1)
    Total ($)  

Christopher Adams

                       

Julie Bradley

    50,000       227,536                   —       277,536  

Dipanjan Deb

                       

Adam Karol

                       

Jacqueline Kosecoff

    39,467       227,536             267,003  

Stephen LeSieur

                       

Gregory Mondre

                       

Agnes Rey-Giraud

    48,663       227,536             276,199  

 

(1)

Amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock units and stock options granted in 2021, computed in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation. These amounts do not reflect the actual economic value that will be realized by the director upon the vesting, settlement or exercise of the stock option and/or stock award. The assumptions that we used to calculate these amounts are discussed in Note 15 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022.

The table below shows the aggregate numbers of shares of our Class A common stock subject to outstanding option awards (exercisable and unexercisable) and/or stock awards (unvested) held as of December 31, 2021 by each non-employee director who was serving as of December 31, 2021.

 

Name

  Options
Outstanding
at Year End
    Stock
Awards
Outstanding
at Year End
 

Christopher Adams

           

Julie Bradley

          14,472  

Dipanjan Deb

           

Adam Karol

           

Jacqueline Kosecoff

    263,371       6,138  

Stephen LeSieur

           

Gregory Mondre

           

Agnes Rey-Giraud

    222,185       6,138  

Board Service Letter Agreements

In June 2020, we entered into board service letter agreements with each of Dr. Kosecoff and Ms. Rey-Giraud, pursuant to which each of Dr. Kosecoff and Ms. Rey-Giraud was granted a non-statutory option to purchase 30,000 shares of our Class A common stock in June 2020. These options vested in equal monthly installments over the 12 months following the director’s election date (for Dr. Kosecoff) or August 11, 2020 (for Ms. Rey-Giraud), subject to the director’s continued service through the vesting date.

 

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In August 2020, we entered into a board service letter agreement with Ms. Bradley in connection with the commencement of her service as a member of our board of directors, pursuant to which Ms. Bradley was granted two restricted stock unit awards in connection with the completion of our IPO: (i) an award of 15,000 restricted stock units corresponding to shares of our Class A common stock, which will vest in equal monthly installments over the three-year period following August 1, 2020, subject to Ms. Bradley’s continued service through the applicable vesting date; and (ii) an award of 7,500 restricted stock units corresponding to shares of our Class A common stock, which vested in equal monthly installments over the one-year period following August 1, 2020, subject to Ms. Bradley’s continued service through the applicable vesting date.

Director Compensation Program

In connection with our IPO, our board of directors adopted and our stockholders approved a nonemployee director compensation program (the “Director Compensation Program”), which became effective in connection with the completion of our IPO. The Director Compensation Program provides for annual retainer fees and long-term equity awards for certain of our non-employee directors, which currently include Julie Bradley, Jacqueline Kosecoff and Agnes Rey-Giraud (each, an “Eligible Director”). The material terms of the Director Compensation Program are summarized below.

The Director Compensation Program consists of the following components:

Cash Compensation

 

   

Annual Retainer: $30,000

 

   

Annual Committee Chair Retainer:

 

   

Audit: $20,000

 

   

Compensation: $15,000

 

   

Nominating and Corporate Governance: $9,000

 

   

Compliance: $9,000

 

   

Annual Committee Member (Non-Chair) Retainer:

 

   

Audit: $8,000

 

   

Compensation: $7,000

 

   

Nominating and Corporate Governance: $4,000

 

   

Compliance: $4,000

Annual cash retainers will be paid in quarterly installments in arrears and will be pro-rated for any partial calendar quarter of service.

Equity Compensation

 

   

Initial Grant: Each Eligible Director who is initially elected or appointed to serve on the board of directors will be granted a restricted stock unit award with a value of approximately $420,000 on the date on which such Eligible Director is appointed or elected to serve on the board of directors. These initial grants will vest as to one-third of the shares underlying the grant on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to such Eligible Director’s continued service through the applicable vesting date.

 

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Annual Grant: An Eligible Director who is serving on the board of directors as of the date of the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2021 will be granted, on such annual meeting date, a restricted stock unit award with a value of approximately of $210,000. Each annual grant will vest in full on the earlier to occur of (i) the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date and (ii) the date of the next annual meeting following the grant date, subject to such Eligible Director’s continued service through the applicable vesting date.

In addition, each Initial Grant and Annual Grant will vest in full upon a change in control, other than a non-transactional change in control, of the Company (both as defined in the 2020 Plan).

Compensation under our Director Compensation Program is subject to the annual limits on non-employee director compensation set forth in the 2020 Plan.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock for:

 

   

each person known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our Class A common stock or our Class B common stock;

 

   

each of our directors and director nominees;

 

   

each of our named executive officers; and

 

   

all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

The number of shares beneficially owned by each stockholder as described in this proxy statement is determined under rules issued by the SEC. Under these rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual or entity has sole or shared voting power or investment power. Applicable percentage ownership is based on 82,595,365 shares of Class A common stock and 313,731,628 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of April 19, 2022.

Each outstanding share of Class B common stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Class A common stock. In addition, each share of Class B common stock will convert automatically into one share of Class A common stock upon any transfer, whether or not for value, which occurs after the closing of this offering, except for certain permitted transfers described in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including transfers to family members, trusts solely for the benefit of the stockholder or their family members, and partnerships, corporations, and other entities exclusively owned by the stockholder or their family members, as well as affiliates, subject to certain exceptions. Once converted or transferred and converted into Class A common stock, the Class B common stock may not be reissued. All the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock will convert automatically into shares of our Class A common stock upon the date that is the earlier of (i) seven years from the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation in connection with this offering and (ii) the first date the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class B common stock ceases to represent at least 10% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of our common stock. Following such conversion, each share of Class A common stock will have one vote per share and the rights of the holders of all outstanding common stock will be identical. Once converted into Class A common stock, the Class B common stock may not be reissued.

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all listed stockholders is 2701 Olympic Boulevard, West Building - Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404. Each of the stockholders listed has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares beneficially owned by the stockholder unless noted otherwise, subject to community property laws where applicable.

 

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Name of beneficial owner

  Shares of Class A
Common Stock
    Shares of Class B
Common Stock
    Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned3
    Combined
Voting
Power4
 

5% Stockholders (excl. Named Executive Officers and Directors)

    Number         Percentage 1      Number         Percentage 2      Percentage       Percentage  

Entities affiliated with Silver Lake(5)

    3,532,276       4.3     125,995,332       40.2     62.1     39.2

Entities affiliated with Francisco Partners(6)

                84,700,550       27.0     50.6     26.3

Idea Men, LLC(7)

                50,164,171       16.0     37.8     15.6

Entities affiliated with Spectrum(8)

                48,145,075       15.3     36.8     15.0

Entities affiliated with Morgan Stanley(9)

    18,110,421       21.9                 21.9     *  

The Vanguard Group(10)

    6,050,865       7.3                 7.3     *  

Named Executive Officers and Directors

           

Babak Azad(11)

    80,000       *                   *       *  

Christopher Adams

                                   

Trevor Bezdek(12)

    265,684       *       256,595       *       *       *  

Julie Bradley(13)

    22,804       *                   *       *  

Dipanjan Deb

                                   

Douglas Hirsch(14)

    265,684       *       256,595       *       *       *  

Adam Karol

                                   

Jacqueline Kosecoff(15)

    269,509       *                   *       *  

Stephen LeSieur

                                   

Gregory Mondre

                                   

Romin Nabiey(16)

    99,762       *                   *       *  

Bansi Nagji(17)

    650,000       *                   *       *  

Agnes Rey-Giraud(18)

    228,323       *       226,500       *       *       *  

Andrew Slutsky(19)

    3,205,126       3.9                 3.9     *  

Karsten Voermann(20)

    80,000       *                   *       *  

All current executive officers and directors as a group (15 individuals)(21)

    5,166,892       6.2     739,690       *       6.4     *  

 

 

*

Less than one percent.

1 

The number and percentage of Class A shares beneficially owned by an individual or entity includes shares of Class A common stock subject to restricted stock units, options or other rights held by such person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022, are considered outstanding Class A common stock, although these shares are not considered outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

2 

The number and percentage of Class B shares beneficially owned by an individual or entity includes shares of Class B common stock subject to restricted stock units, options or other rights held by such person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022, are considered outstanding Class B common stock, although these shares are not considered outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

3 

The percentage of common stock beneficially owned by an individual or entity includes shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock subject to restricted stock units, options or other rights held by such person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022, are considered outstanding common stock, although these shares are not considered outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

4 

Percentage of “Combined Voting Power” represents voting power with respect to all outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as a single class, as of April 19, 2022. The holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to 10 votes per share, and holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share.

5 

Based on a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 1, 2021. Each of SLP Geology GP, L.L.C., as the general partner of SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P.; Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., as the managing member of SLP Geology GP, L.L.C.; SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., as the general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P.; and Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., as the managing member of SLTA V (GP), L.L.C. may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over 3,532,276 shares of Class A common stock and 125,995,332 shares of Class B common stock held by SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P. that are convertible into Class A Common Stock. The address for each of the entities referenced above is c/o Silver Lake, 2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

 

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Based on a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 1, 2021. Francisco Partners IV, L.P. has shared voting and dispositive power of 56,420,750 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P. has shared voting and dispositive power of 28,279,800 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Francisco Partners GP IV, L.P. is the general partner of each of Francisco Partners IV, L.P. and Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P. Francisco Partners GP IV Management Limited is the general partner of Francisco Partners GP IV, L.P. Francisco Partners Management, L.P. serves as the investment manager for each of Francisco Partners IV, L.P. and Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P. As a result, each of Francisco Partners Management, L.P., Francisco Partners GP IV Management Limited and Francisco Partners GP IV, L.P. may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the entities they control. Voting and disposition decisions at Francisco Partners Management, L.P. with respect to the securities reported herein are made by an investment committee. Each member of the investment committee disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities. In addition, the above entities and individuals expressly disclaim beneficial ownership over any shares of Class A common stock that they may be deemed to beneficially own solely by reason of the Stockholders Agreement. The address for each of these entities is One Letterman Drive, Building C, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94129.

7 

Based on a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022 and information available to the Company. Idea Men, LLC has sole voting and dispositive power over 50,164,171 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Scott Marlette, Douglas Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek are the managing members of the Reporting Person. Each of the foregoing individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Reporting Person. Each of these individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock held by Idea Men, LLC, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest. The address for Idea Men, LLC is 2644 30th St, Ste. 101, Santa Monica, CA 90405..

8 

Based on a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 1, 2021. Spectrum Equity VII, L.P has share voting and dispositive power over 48,016,553 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P. has shared voting and dispositive power over 82,191 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P. is the beneficial owner of 46,331 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock. Spectrum Equity Associates VII, L.P. is the general partner of Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., and as a result may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by Spectrum Equity VII, L.P. SEA VII Management, LLC is the general partner of each of Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P. and Spectrum Equity Associates VII, L.P., and as a result may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the foregoing entities. Brion B. Applegate, Christopher T. Mitchell, Victor E. Parker, Jr., Benjamin C. Spero, Ronan Cunningham, Peter T. Jensen, Stephen M. LeSieur, Brian Regan and Michael W. Farrell may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by the foregoing holders. The address for each of these entities is 140 New Montgomery Street, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

9 

Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on April 11, 2022. Morgan Stanley has shared voting power over 17,223,401 shares of Class A common stock and shared dispositive power over 18,110,421 shares of Class A Common Stock. Morgan Stanley Investment Inc. has shared voting power over 17,133,408 Class A Common Stock and shared dispositive power over 18,020,302 shares of Class A Common Stock.. Shares reported by Morgan Stanley may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The address for Morgan Stanley is 1585 Broad way, New York, NY 10036 and the address for Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. is 522 5th Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

10

Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 9, 2022. The Vanguard Group has shared voting power over 10,538 shares of Class A Common Stock, sole dispositive power over 6,017,422 shares of Class A Common Stock and shared dispositive power over 33,443 shares of Class A Common Stock. The address for The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355.

11

Represents (i) 5,000 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 75,000 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

 

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Represents (i) 265,684 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 256,595 shares of Class B common stock that may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022. Excludes 7,845,361 shares of Class B common stock that has vested but will not settle within 60 days of April 29, 2022.

13 

Represents (i) 15,833 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 6,971 shares of Class A common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

14 

Represents (i) 265,684 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 256,595 shares of Class B common stock that may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022. Excludes 7,845,361 shares of Class B common stock that has vested but will not settle within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

15 

Represents (i) 263,371 shares of Class A common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022 and (ii) 6,138 shares of Class A common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

16

Represents (i) 41,169 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 58,593 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

17 

Represents (i) 29,166 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 620,834 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

18 

Represents (i) 226,500 shares of Class B common stock held by the ARG Family Legacy Trust #1, for which Ms. Rey-Giraud serves as trustee, (ii) 222,185 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022 and (iii) 6,138 shares of Class A common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

19 

Represents (i) 3,007,708 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) 197,418 shares of Class A common stock held by The Arisa Slutsky Spousal Trust.

20 

Represents (i) 80,000 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

21 

Represents, (a) for Class A common stock, (i) 3,827,662 shares of Class A common stock; (ii) 1,319,983 shares of Class A common stock underlying options to purchase common stock that are currently exercisable or would be exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2022; and (iii) 19,247 shares of Class A common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022 and (b) for Class B common stock, (i) 226,500 shares of Class B common stock and (ii) 513,190 shares of Class B common stock which may be issuable upon vesting of time-based RSUs within 60 days of April 19, 2022.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

 

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

 

Our Board has adopted a written Related Person Transaction Policy and Procedures, setting forth the policies and procedures for the review and approval or ratification of related person transactions. This policy covers, with certain exceptions set forth in Item 404 of Regulation S-K, any transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, in which we (including any of our subsidiaries) are, were or will be a participant, where the amount involved exceeds $120,000 in any fiscal year and a related person has, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

Under the policy, our legal team is responsible for implementing procedures to obtain information with respect to potential related person transactions, and then determining whether such transactions constitute related person transactions subject to the policy. The General Counsel then is required to present to the Audit Committee each proposed related person transaction. In reviewing and approving any such transactions, our Audit Committee is tasked to consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including, but not limited to, whether the transaction is on terms comparable to those that could be obtained in an arm’s length transaction and the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction and take into account the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. If advance Audit Committee approval of a related person transaction is not feasible, then the transaction may be preliminarily entered into by management upon prior approval by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, subject to ratification of the transaction by the Audit Committee at the Audit Committee’s next regularly scheduled meeting. Management is responsible for updating the Audit Committee as to any material changes to any approved or ratified related person transaction and for providing a status report at least annually of all current related person transactions at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee. No director may participate in approval of a related person transaction for which he or she is a related person. Unless noted otherwise, all of the transactions, agreements or relationships described in this section occurred prior to the adoption of this policy.

The following are certain transactions, arrangements and relationships with our directors, executive officers and stockholders owning 5% or more of our outstanding Class A common stock or our Class B common stock. We believe that the terms of such agreements are as favorable as those we could have obtained from parties not related to us.

TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO DIRECTORS, EQUITY HOLDERS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

Registration Rights

In October 2018, we entered into an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement with Francisco Partners IV, L.P., Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P., Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P., Idea Men, LLC, and SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P. Our Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement grants the parties thereto specified registration rights.

In addition, as former folders of our redeemable convertible preferred stock, SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P. is entitled to specified registration rights related to the shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock that converted into shares of our Class B common stock in connection with our IPO.

 

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Stockholders Agreements

In October 2018, we entered into an Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (the “2018 Stockholders Agreement”) with Francisco Partners IV, L.P., Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P., Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P., Idea Men, LLC, SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P., Douglas Hirsch, Trevor Bezdek, Scott Marlette and certain other stockholders. As a result of our IPO, most of the provisions set forth in the 2018 Stockholders Agreement that apply to us were terminated, including rights regarding the nomination, appointment and designation of members of our board of directors and board committees, transfer restrictions, tag-along rights, drag-along rights, rights of first refusal and negative covenants. We continue to be required to maintain directors and officers indemnity insurance coverage reasonably satisfactory to the board of directors, indemnify and exculpate directors to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law and, at the request of Francisco Partners IV, L.P., Francisco Partners IV-A, L.P., Spectrum Equity VII, L.P., Spectrum VII Investment Managers’ Fund, L.P., Spectrum VII Co-Investment Fund, L.P., SLP Geology Aggregator, L.P. or Idea Men, LLC, enter into a voting agreement pursuant to which the parties will agree to vote in favor of any directors nominated by such parties, in each case pursuant to the amended and restated stockholders agreement.

In connection with our IPO, we entered into the Stockholders Agreement. The terms of the Stockholders Agreement regarding director designation rights and voting for the election of directors are described above in the “Corporate Governance” section under the header “Stockholders Agreement.”

In addition, each party to our Stockholders Agreement has also agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, to certain limitations on their ability to sell or transfer any shares of common stock during the three-year period following our IPO. For example, each party must generally provide written notice to the other parties prior to exercising registration rights or making any transfer of such party’s shares. Following such notice, each other party shall have the ability to participate in the contemplated transaction on a pro rata basis. These restrictions on transfer terminate with respect to each party on the earlier of the three-year period following the closing of our IPO or the time at which such party beneficially owns less than 5% of the shares of common stock outstanding and does not have a director designee on our board of directors.

Services Agreement

In October 2018, we entered into a services agreement with Silver Lake Management Company V, L.L.C. (“SLMC”). Pursuant to the agreement, SLMC may render to us or any of our affiliates, by and through itself and its affiliates, each as an independent contractor, monitoring, advisory and consulting services, among others.

Pursuant to the agreement, we also granted SLMC a non-exclusive license to use our trademarks and logos in connection with the describing SLMC’s relationship with us. No services have been rendered to us pursuant to this agreement, and we have not paid any management fees to SLMC to date.

Indemnification Agreements

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

 

DELINQUENT SECTION 16(A) REPORTS

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, our principal accounting officer and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock to file with the SEC reports of their ownership and changes in their ownership of our common stock. To our knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports and amendments to such reports with respect to the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC and on written representations by our directors and executive officers, all required Section 16 reports under the Exchange Act for our directors, executive officers, principal accounting officer and beneficial owners of greater than 10% of our common stock were filed on a timely basis during the year ended December  31, 2021 other than one Form 4 reporting two transactions for Bansi Nagji and two Form 4s reporting two transactions for Babak Azad.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the members of our Compensation Committee were Dipanjan Deb, Jacqueline Kosecoff and Gregory Mondre. None of the members of our Compensation Committee is our current employee. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, no relationship required to be disclosed by the rules of the SEC existed aside from those identified herein.

STOCKHOLDERS’ PROPOSALS

 

Stockholders who intend to have a proposal considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for presentation at our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act must submit the proposal to our offices at 2701 Olympic Boulevard, West Building—Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404 in writing not later than December 30, 2022.

Stockholders intending to present a proposal at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, but not to include the proposal in our proxy statement, or to nominate a person for election as a director, must comply with the requirements set forth in our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws require, among other things, that our Secretary receive written notice from the stockholder of record of their intent to present such proposal or nomination not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Therefore, we must receive notice of such a proposal or nomination for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders no earlier than the close of business on February 14, 2023 and no later than the close of business on March 16, 2023. The notice must contain the information required by the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is available upon request to our Secretary. In the event that the date of the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after June 14, 2023, then our Secretary must receive such written notice not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the 2023 Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the 2023 Annual Meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made by us. SEC rules permit management to vote proxies in its discretion in certain cases if the stockholder does not comply with this deadline and, in certain other cases notwithstanding the stockholder’s compliance with this deadline. In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under the Amended and Restated Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than April 17, 2023.

We reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these or other applicable requirements.

 

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OTHER MATTERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

 

Our Board is not aware of any matter to be presented for action at the Annual Meeting other than the matters referred to above and does not intend to bring any other matters before the Annual Meeting. However, if other matters should come before the Annual Meeting, it is intended that holders of the proxies will vote thereon in their discretion.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

 

The accompanying proxy is solicited by and on behalf of our Board, whose Notice of Annual Meeting is attached to this proxy statement, and the entire cost of our solicitation will be borne by us. In addition to the use of mail, proxies may be solicited by personal interview, telephone, e-mail and facsimile by our directors, officers and other employees who will not be specially compensated for these services. We will also request that brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by the brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries. We will reimburse these persons for their reasonable expenses in connection with these activities.

We intend to file a Proxy Statement and White proxy card with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for our 2023 Annual Meeting of our Stockholders. Stockholders may obtain our Proxy Statement (and any amendments and supplements thereto) and other documents as and when filed by us with the SEC without charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

GOODRX’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

 

A copy of GoodRx’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including financial statements and schedules but not including exhibits, as filed with the SEC, will be sent to any stockholder of record on April 19, 2022 without charge upon written request addressed to GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Attention: Secretary, 2701 Olympic Boulevard Santa Monica, West Building - Suite 200, California 90404. A reasonable fee will be charged for copies of exhibits. You also may access our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 at www.goodrx.com.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR SHARES VIA THE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER OR OVER THE INTERNET, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. IF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE PROXY CARD BY MAIL, YOU MAY SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE. PROMPTLY VOTING YOUR SHARES WILL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND WILL SAVE US THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION.

By Order of the Board of Directors

 

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Douglas Hirsch

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

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Trevor Bezdek

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director

Santa Monica, California

April 27, 2022

 

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GOODRX  HOLDINGS,  INC.

2701  OLYMPIC  BOULEVARD

WEST  BUILDING  SUITE  200

SANTA  MONICA,  CA  90404

  

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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 13, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022

You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 13, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

 

  

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THIS  PROXY  CARD  IS  VALID  ONLY  WHEN  SIGNED  AND  DATED.

 

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To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.

                              

      
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:                          
 
         

1.  Election of Directors

                            
 

     Nominees

               

 

         

01) Christopher Adams

  02)  Trevor Bezdek   03)  Adam Karol          
                     

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2:

    For   Against     Abstain      
         

 

2.  Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR for Proposal 3:

  1 year     2 years     3 years     Abstain      
 

 

3.  Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any continuation, postponement or adjournment

thereof.

         

 

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as

attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full

title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must

sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or

partnership name by authorized officer.

     

 

                                
 

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com

 

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GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

JUNE 14, 2022

 

The undersigned stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Trevor Bezdek, Doug Hirsch and Karsten Voermann, or any of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Class A common stock and/or Class B common stock, as applicable, of GoodRx Holdings, Inc. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, which will be conducted via live webcast accessible at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GDRX2022, and any continuation, adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

Such proxies are authorized to vote in their discretion (x) for the election of any person to the Board of Directors if any nominee named herein becomes unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, (y) on any matter that the Board of Directors did not know would be presented at the Annual Meeting by a reasonable time before the proxy solicitation was made, and (z) on such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment, continuation, or postponement thereof.

 

THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER(S). IF NO SUCH DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ RECOMMENDATIONS.

 

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE

 

 

 
 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side