Naspers Ltd - Sep 16, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Skillsoft Corp. (SKIL)

Signature
/s/ Patrick Kolek, Group Chief Operating Officer; Naspers Limited
Stock symbol
SKIL
Transactions as of
Sep 16, 2022
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
9/21/2022, 04:30 PM
Previous filing
Apr 6, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction SKIL Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share Other +11.5K +0.02% 61.3M Sep 16, 2022 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On April 4, 2022, the Issuer consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 22, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Ryzac, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Codecademy"), Skillsoft Finance II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("Borrower"), Skillsoft Newco I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Borrower ("Merger Sub I"), Skillsoft Newco II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Borrower ("Merger Sub II"), and Fortis Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the representative of the equity holders of Codecademy, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub I merged with and into Codecademy (the "First Merger"), with Codecademy being the surviving corporation of the First Merger (the "Surviving Corporation"),
F2 (Continued from footnote 1) and immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction, the Surviving Corporation merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II being the surviving company and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Second Merger" and, together with the First Merger, the "Mergers"). Pursuant to the purchase price adjustment provision of the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Persons received 11,481 shares of Class A common stock.
F3 Includes (i) 11,550 shares that were released from escrow in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement on September 16, 2022 and (ii) 181,896 shares currently held in escrow in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
F4 As described in the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Naspers Limited on June 11, 2021, as amended on April 6, 2022, Naspers Limited employs a differentiated voting structure involving two South African entities, Naspers Beleggings (RF) Beperk ("Nasbel") and Keeromstraat 30 Beleggings (RF) Beperk ("Keerom"), the sole remit of which is to protect the continued independence of Naspers. Each of Nasbel and Keerom disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Class A common stock owned by the Reporting Persons, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein.
F5 Represents shares of Class A common stock indirectly held by Naspers Limited and directly held by its indirect subsidiary MIH Learning B.V. MIH Learning B.V. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NNV Holdings B.V., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIH ecommerce Holdings B.V. MIH ecommerce Holdings B.V. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIH Internet Holdings B.V., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prosus. N.V. Prosus N.V. is approximately 72.4% owned by Naspers Limited.

Remarks:

Patrick Kolek, who serves as Group Chief Operating Officer of Naspers and Prosus, and Lawrence Illg, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Online Food Delivery & Edtech of Naspers and Prosus, are each Directors of the Issuer. Naspers and Prosus are each indirect parents of MIH Learning. For the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the reporting persons may be deemed a director by deputization with respect to the Issuer on the basis of Mr. Kolek's and Mr. Illg's service on the Issuer's board of directors.