INTRODUCTION
This Amendment No. 4 to the Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (as amended, this “Transaction Statement”) is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), jointly by the following persons (each, a “Filing Person,” and collectively, the “Filing Persons”): (1) Vacasa, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Vacasa” or the “Company”) and the issuer of the Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) that is the subject of the Rule 13e-3 transaction; (2) Vacasa Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Vacasa LLC”); (3) Casago Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”); (4) Vista Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Company Merger Sub”); (5) Vista Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“LLC Merger Sub” and, together with Company Merger Sub, “Merger Subs”); (6) Casago Global, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; (7) Roofstock, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (8) TRT Investors 37, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; (9) MHRE STR II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; (10) SLP V Venice Feeder I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (11) SLP Venice Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (12) SLP V Aggregator GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; (13) Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (14) SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; (15) Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; (16) RW Vacasa AIV L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (17) RW Industrious Blocker L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (18) Riverwood Capital Partners II (Parallel - B) L.P., an Ontario limited partnership; (19) RCP III Vacasa AIV L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (20) RCP III Blocker Feeder L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (21) Riverwood Capital Partners III (Parallel - B) L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership; (22) RCP III (A) Blocker Feeder L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (23) RCP III (A) Vacasa AIV L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (24) Level Equity Opportunities Fund 2015, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (25) Level Equity Opportunities Fund 2018, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (26) LEGP II AIV(B), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (27) LEGP I VCS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; (28) LEGP II VCS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and (29) Level Equity-VCS Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each of (10), (11) and (16) through (29), a “Rollover Stockholder”, and collectively, the “Rollover Stockholders”).
This Transaction Statement relates to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 30, 2024 and amended on March 17, 2025 and March 28, 2025 (including all exhibits and documents attached thereto, and as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Company Merger Sub, LLC Merger Sub, Vacasa LLC and the Company. The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), (i) LLC Merger Sub will merge with and into Vacasa LLC (the “LLC Merger”), with Vacasa LLC surviving such merger as a subsidiary of Parent and (ii) immediately after the LLC Merger, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into Vacasa (the “Company Merger” and, together with the LLC Merger, the “Mergers”), with Vacasa surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and Vacasa LLC indirectly becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
Upon the consummation of the Company Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, each share of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Company Merger (the “Company Merger Effective Time”) (other than certain excluded shares of Class A Common Stock and the Rollover Stock, but including each share of Class A Common Stock resulting from (i) the redemption of limited liability company units (other than the Class G limited liability company units) of Vacasa LLC (the “Common Units”) and (ii) the issuance of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of Class G Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Vacasa (“Class G Common Stock”)) will be converted into the right to receive $5.30 in cash, without interest.
The Merger Consideration will not be paid in respect of (i) any shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Vacasa (the “Class B Common Stock”) and Class G Common Stock held by Vacasa as treasury stock or owned by Parent or Merger Subs and any such shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Merger Subs, in each case as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time (and excluding any Rollover Shares (as defined below)), which will cease to be outstanding, be automatically cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor or any conversion thereof and cease to exist, (ii) certain shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Rollover Stockholders (the “Rollover Shares”), which will be contributed to Parent immediately prior to the Vacasa LLC Units Redemption pursuant to the Support Agreements entered into in connection with the Merger Agreement (such contribution of Rollover Shares together with the