TPG Capital Management, LP 301 Commerce Street Suite 3300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Exhibit 10.1
TPG Capital Management, LP
301 Commerce Street
Suite 3300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
| January 29, 2014 |
Nexeo Solutions, LLC
3 Waterway Square Place, Suite 1000
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
Attn: Ross Crane
Re: Monitoring Fee Reduction Notice
Dear Ross:
Reference is made to the Management Services Agreement (as amended, the Agreement), dated as of March 31, 2011, by and among Nexeo Solutions, LLC (together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries and any successor, the Companies) and TPG Capital Management, L.P. (f/k/a TPG Capital, L.P.) (the Manager). Terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Agreement, from and after the Closing until the termination of the Agreement, the Companies are to pay the Manager monitoring fees as compensation for the services provided by the Manager under the Agreement.
The Manager hereby agrees that, effective January 1, 2014, the Companies will reduce the portion of the monitoring fees payable to the Manager under the Agreement on an annual basis by $175,000. Effective January 1, 2014, the Companies will pay to Nexeo director Steve Schwarzwaelder $175,000 per annum (payable monthly) in connection with consulting services Mr. Schwarzwaelder will provide to Nexeo Solutions Holdings, LLC, the parent company to Nexeo Solutions, LLC and the Companies. This fee shall be in addition to the $100,000 per annum he currently receives as a member of the board of directors of Nexeo Solutions Holdings, LLC. Steve Schwarzwaelder is an express third party beneficiary of this letter agreement.
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| By: | /s/ Ronald Cami | |
| Name: Ronal Cami | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
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Agreed and acknowledged by: |
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Nexeo Solutions, LLC |
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By: | /s/ Michael B. Farnell Jr. |
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Name: Michael B. Farnell, Jr. |
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
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