Tax Receivable Agreement

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Tax Receivable Agreement [Abstract]

Tax Receivable Agreement

Tax Receivable Agreement

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company entered into the TRA. The TRA generally provides for the payment by the Company to the Open Lending LLC unitholders and Blocker’s sole shareholder (the “TRA holders”), as applicable, of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Closing as a result of: (i) certain tax attributes of Blocker and/or Open Lending, LLC that existed prior to the Business Combination and were attributable to the Blocker; (ii) certain increases in the tax basis of Open Lending, LLC’s assets resulting from the Transactions; (iii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by the Company as a result of payments the Company makes under the TRA; and (iv) certain increases in tax basis resulting from payments the Company makes under the TRA. The Company would retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings. The liability for the TRA was $92.4 million as of December 31, 2020, which is shown as tax receivable agreement liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. For the year ending December 31, 2020, other income (expense) includes a $(4.3) million non-cash charge related to a change in the measurement of the Company’s TRA liability as a result of changes in its blended state tax rate.

The Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the TRA effective April 9, 2021. The Amendment provides that in lieu of early termination payments, the TRA holders are instead entitled to payments equal to 40% of all Tax Benefit Payments (all definitions used herein and otherwise not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Amendment) other than any Actual Interest Amounts that would be required to be paid by the Company under the TRA, using certain valuation. The Amendment provides the Company with the right to terminate and settle all present and future obligations under the TRA with a single payment by the Company to the TRA holders of $36.9 million (the “Early Termination Right”). Absent the Amendment and the exercise of the Early Termination Right, the Company anticipated making TRA payments totaling $92.4 million, undiscounted, over the life of the TRA.

On April 12, 2021, an independent committee of disinterested members of the Board of Directors approved the Company’s decision to exercise the Early Termination Right. With the early settlement of the TRA, the Company recognized a gain of $55.4 million, which is included in gain on extinguishment of tax receivable agreement on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).