Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amended and Restated Merger Agreement

On March 7, 2021, Pluralsight, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Pluralsight" or the "Company"), entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Amended and Restated Merger Agreement") with Pluralsight Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of the Company ("Pluralsight Holdings" and, together with Pluralsight, the "Pluralsight Parties"), Lake Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Parent I"), Lake Guarantor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent II" and together with Parent I, the "Parent Entities"), Lake Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent I ("Merger Sub I"), and Lake Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent II ("Merger Sub II" and together with Merger Sub I, the "Merger Subs" and, together with the Parent Entities, the "Buyer Parties"). The Parent Entities and the Merger Subs are affiliates of Vista Equity Partners Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Vista Fund VII"). The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement amends and restates the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Original Agreement"), dated as of December 11, 2020 between the Pluralsight Parties and the Buyer Parties. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement.

The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than three business days following the date of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement), Merger Sub I will commence a tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase (i) all of the outstanding shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Company Common Stock"), at a price per share of $22.50, net to the seller in cash, without interest (the "Class A Offer Price"), (ii) all of the outstanding shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class B Shares"), at a price per share of $0.0001, net to the seller in cash, without interest; and (iii) all of the outstanding shares of the Company's Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class C Shares")" and together with the Company Common Stock and the Class C Shares, the "Company Capital Stock"), at a price per share of $0.0001, net to the seller in cash, without interest. Holders of common units of Pluralsight Holdings (the "Holdings Units") will have the right to participate in the Offer by redeeming their Holdings Units for shares of Company Common Stock, in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of Holdings (as amended, the "Holdings LLCA"), and the tender of the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon such redemption into the Offer.

The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement further provides that, as promptly as practicable following the completion of the Offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, Merger Sub I will be merged with and into the Company (the "Company Merger"), with Pluralsight continuing as the surviving corporation in the Company Merger, and Merger Sub II will be merged with and into Pluralsight Holdings (the "Holdings Merger") and together with the Company Merger, the "Mergers"), with Pluralsight Holdings continuing as the surviving entity in the Holdings Merger. The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement contemplates that the Company Merger will be effected pursuant to Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which permits completion of the Company Merger without a vote of the holders of shares of Company Capital Stock if the Offer is consummated in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement (including the satisfaction of certain conditions related to minimum participation by the holders of shares of Company Capital Stock in the Offer, as described below and more specifically set forth in the definition of "Minimum Condition" set forth on Annex I to the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement).

At the effective times of the Mergers:





    (i)  each share of Company Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to
         the effective time of the Company Merger (except as otherwise provided in
         the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement) will be cancelled and
         automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal
         to the Class A Offer Price, without interest; and




    (ii) each Holdings Unit outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective
         time of the Holdings Merger (except as otherwise provided in the Amended
         and Restated Merger Agreement) will be cancelled and automatically
         converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the
         Class A Offer Price, without interest.

In addition, at the effective times of the Mergers, each Class B Share and Class C Share corresponding to each Holdings Unit outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Company Merger (except as otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement) will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $0.0001, without interest, as provided in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Pluralsight.





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The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement also provides that, at the effective times of the Company Merger or Holdings Merger, as applicable:

(i) each Vested Company Option, Vested Company RSU, Vested Company PSU,


         Vested Holdings Incentive Unit and Vested Holdings RSU (the "Vested
         Awards") will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to
         receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (1) the aggregate
         number of shares of Company Common Stock or Holdings Units subject to
         such Vested Award, multiplied by (2) $22.50 (or, for each Vested Company
         Option, the excess, if any, of such amount over such Vested Company
         Option's per share exercise price), without interest thereon, subject to
         any required withholding of taxes; and



(ii) each Unvested Company Option, Unvested Company RSU, Unvested Company PSU,


         Unvested Holdings Incentive Unit and Unvested Holdings RSU (the "Unvested
         Awards") will be cancelled and replaced with a right to receive an amount
         in cash, without interest, equal to the product of (1) the aggregate
         number of shares of Company Common Stock or Holdings Units subject to
         such Unvested Award (or, for each Unvested Company PSU, the total number
         of shares of Company Common Stock that would be issued to the holder of
         such Unvested Company PSU pursuant to the terms of the applicable
         Unvested Company PSU agreement based on actual performance of the
         performance objectives if the applicable performance period has been
. . .

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

A special meeting (the "Special Meeting") of the stockholders of Pluralsight was convened at 10:30 a.m., local time, on March 2, 2021. The only matter submitted to Pluralsight's stockholders at the Special Meeting was a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting. The adjournment proposal is described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Pluralsight on January 29, 2021.

The vote with respect to the adjournment proposal is as follows.





                              For                 Against                Abstain
To approve the
adjournment of the
Special Meeting
from time to time,
if necessary, to
solicit additional
proxies if there
are insufficient
votes at the time
of the special
meeting to approve
the proposal to
adopt the Original
Agreement                     164,864,191             52,235,763               971,916

Based on the votes set forth above, Pluralsight stockholders approved the adjournment proposal.




Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 8, 2021, the Company and the Parent Entities issued a joint press release announcing the entry into the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement. A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On March 7, 2021, the Company Board resolved to cancel the Special Meeting scheduled to be held on March 9, 2021.





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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





Exhibit No.                                  Description

2.1                 Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
                  March 7, 2021, by and among Lake Holdings, LP, Lake Guarantor,
                  LLC, Lake Merger Sub I, Inc., Lake Merger Sub II, LLC,
                  Pluralsight, Inc. and Pluralsight Holdings, LLC.

10.1                Form of Tender and Support Agreement, dated as of March 7,
                  2021, by and among Pluralsight, Inc., Lake Holdings, LP, Lake
                  Guarantor, LLC and the other parties thereto.

10.2                Form of Tender and Support Agreement, dated as of March 7,
                  2021, by and among Pluralsight, Inc., Lake Holdings, LP, Lake
                  Guarantor, LLC and the other parties thereto.

10.3                Form of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Limited
                  Liability Company Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2021, by and
                  among Pluralsight, Inc., Pluralsight Holdings, LLC and the other
                  parties thereto.

99.1                Press Release, dated as of March 8, 2021.




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