(25) Subsequent Events

The Company has completed an evaluation of all subsequent events after the balance sheet date of January 31, 2022 through the date this Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the SEC, to ensure that this filing includes appropriate disclosure of events both recognized in the financial statements as of January 31, 2022, and events which occurred subsequently but were not recognized in the financial statements.  The Company notes the following.

On December 22, 2021, the Company announced a definitive agreement to acquire Codecademy, a leading online learning platform for technical skills (the “Merger Agreement”). Codecademy is an innovative and popular learning platform providing high-demand technical skills to approximately 40 million registered learners in nearly every country worldwide. The platform offers interactive, self-paced courses and hands-on learning in 14 programming languages across multiple domains such as application development, data science, cloud and cybersecurity. The Codecademy Merger closed on April 4, 2022 for total consideration of approximately $390.3 million, consisting of the issuance of 30,374,427 common shares and a cash payment of $207.6 million. Upon closing, the Company also issued 3.6 million time-based restricted stock units to Codecademy employees with a weighted average of 2.9 years. The cash portion of the consideration was funded through the combination of the issuance of $160.0 million of term loans under our existing term loan facility and cash on hand.  The $160 million of additional term loan borrowings included an original issue discount of $2.8 million and a six month call penalty of 1.0%.  The issuance converted the interest of the entire term loan facility to a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) plus a margin of 5.25% (subject to a SOFR floor of 0.75%).  The maturity date and all other terms of the additional borrowing of $160.0 million are identical to the existing facility.

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In connection with the closing of the Codecademy Merger, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2022, with certain former equity holders of Codecademy, that received a portion of the merger consideration, which consists of all shares of Codecademy’s common stock and preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Codecademy Merger which were converted automatically into the right to receive a portion of the aggregate consideration, in shares of Class A common stock of the Company (the “RRA Holders”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, among other things, the Company (a) is required to file with the SEC a registration statement registering for public resale the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock received by the RRA Holders as part of the Codecademy Merger and (b) will grant certain RRA Holders certain demand and piggyback registration rights. The RRA Holders (other than the Founder Holder (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)) may not sell any Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 180 days following the date hereof, except as otherwise permitted by the Registration Rights Agreement. The Founder Holder may not sell any Registrable Securities for the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the date hereof and (ii) a change of control, as defined in the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (such period, the “Founder Lock-up Period”), except as otherwise permitted by the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that, pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights

Agreement, the Founder Lock-Up Period may be deemed to have ended with respect to up to fifty percent (50%) of all Registrable Securities held by the Founder Holder subject to certain conditions provided thereunder.

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In connection with the closing of the Codecademy Merger, Skillsoft Finance II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2022 (the “First Amendment”), among Borrower, Skillsoft Finance I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), certain subsidiaries of Borrower, as guarantors, Citibank N.A., as administrative agent (the “Agent”), and the financial institutions parties thereto as Term B-1 Lenders, which amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2021 (the “Existing Credit Agreement” as amended by the First Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), among Borrower, the Agent, and the financial institutions party thereto as lenders.

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The First Amendment provides for the incurrence of up to $160 million of Term B-1 Loans (the “Term B-1 Loans”) under the Amended Credit Agreement. In addition, the First Amendment, among other things, (a) provides for early opt-in to SOFR for the existing term loans under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Term Loans” and, together with the Term B-1 Loans, the “Initial Term Loans”) and (b) provides for the applicable margin for the Initial Term Loans at 4.25% with respect to base rate borrowings and 5.25% with respect to SOFR borrowings.

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Prior to the maturity thereof, the Initial Term Loans will be subject to quarterly amortization payments of 0.25% of the principal amount. The Amended Credit Agreement requires that any prepayment of the Initial Term Loans in connection with a repricing transaction shall be subject to (i) a 2.00% premium on the amount of Initial Term Loans prepaid if such prepayment occurs prior to July 16, 2022 and (ii) a 1.00% premium on the amount of Initial Term Loans prepaid in connection with a Repricing Transaction (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), if such prepayment occurs on or after July 16, 2022 but on or prior to January 16, 2023. The proceeds of the Term B-1 Loans shall be used by the Company to finance, in part, the Mergers, and to pay costs, fees, and expenses related thereto.

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All obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement, and the guarantees of those obligations (as well as certain cash management obligations and interest rate hedging or other swap agreements), are secured by substantially all of Borrower’s personal property as well as those assets of each subsidiary guarantor.