CommScope Holding Company Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 26, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 26, 2025
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Documents Filed as Part of this Report:
The following consolidated financial statements of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. are included under Part II, Item 8:
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit for the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Financial Statement Schedules
All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
List of Exhibits. See Index of Exhibits included herein.
Index of Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
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| * | 2.1 | Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2024, by and between CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Amphenol Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 23, 2024). |
| * | 2.2 | Call Option Agreement, dated October 2, 2023, by and between CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Vantiva S.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 5, 2023). |
| * | 2.3 | Purchase Agreement by and between CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Vantiva S.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 5, 2023). |
| * | 3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on November 7, 2013). |
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| * | 3.2 | Certificate of Designations Designating Series A Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 3.3 | Certificate of Increase of Shares Designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01, of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024). |
| * | 3.4 | Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-256539), filed with the SEC on May 27, 2021). |
| * | 3.5 | Sixth Amended and Restated By-Laws of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (as adopted November 30, 2023) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on December 4, 2023). |
| * | 4.1 | Indenture governing the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 by and between CommScope Technologies Finance LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, dated as of June 11, 2015 (including form of 6.000% Senior Note due 2025) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on June 12, 2015). |
| * | 4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 28, 2015, by and among CommScope Technologies LLC, the Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on August 28, 2015). |
| * | 4.3 | Indenture governing the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2027, by and among CommScope Technologies LLC, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent, dated as of March 13, 2017, (including form of 5.000% Senior Note due 2027) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017). |
| * | 4.4 | Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2019, by and between CommScope Finance LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, including the form of 8.25% Senior Note due 2027 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on February 19, 2019). |
| * | 4.5 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2019, by and among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 4.6 | Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2019, by and between CommScope Finance LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, including the form of 5.50% Senior Secured Note due 2024 |
| and form of 6.00% Senior Secured Note due 2026 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on February 19, 2019). | ||
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| * | 4.7 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2019, by and among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), CommScope Holding Company, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 4.8 | Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2020, by and among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, including the form of 7.125% Senior Note due 2028 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on July 2, 2020). |
| * | 4.9 | Indenture, dated as of August 23, 2021, by and among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, including the form of 4.750% Senior Secured Note due 2029 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021). |
| * | 4.10 | Indenture, dated as of December 17, 2024, by and among CommScope, LLC, as issuer, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, including the form of 9.500% Senior Secured Note due 2031 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on December 17, 2024). |
| * | 4.11 | Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2020). |
| * | 10.1 | Form of Long-Term Cash Incentive Award Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2024).*** |
| * | 10.2 | Success Bonus Agreement, dated July 22, 2024, between CommScope, LLC and Farid Firouzbakht (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on August 8, 2024).*** |
| * | 10.3 | Success Bonus Agreement, dated September 15, 2023, between CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.) and Gonzaga Chow (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on November 9, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.4 | Employment Agreement between Charles L. Treadway and CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), dated October 1, 2020 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020).*** |
| * | 10.5 | Amendment to Employment Agreement between Charles L. Treadway and CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), dated October 4, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.6 | Employment Agreement between Claudius E. Watts IV and CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), dated October 1, 2020 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020).*** |
| * | 10.7 | Amendment to Employment Agreement between Claudius E. Watts, IV and CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), dated October 4, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.8 | Form of Severance Protection Agreement among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.) and Kyle D. Lorentzen, Justin C. Choi, Robyn T. Mingle and Jennifer Crawford (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.9 | Severance Protection Agreement between Charles L. Treadway and CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), dated October 4, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.10 | Severance Protection Agreement between Claudius E. Watts and CommScope, Inc., dated October 4, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023).*** |
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| * | 10.11 | Form of Indemnification Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-190354), filed with the SEC on September 12, 2013).*** |
| * | 10.12 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective February 21, 2017) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on February 23, 2017).*** |
| * | 10.13 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 30, 2015).*** |
| * | 10.14 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amendment to Outstanding Options, effective March 7, 2016 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016).*** |
| * | 10.15 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (for grants in 2016 and later) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016).*** |
| * | 10.16 | Form of Performance Share Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (for grants in 2016 and later) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016).*** |
| * | 10.17 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (for grants in 2016 and later) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016).*** |
| * | 10.18 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan, as amended and restated February 21, 2023. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on May 4, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.19 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, as amended on February 19, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023). |
| * | 10.20 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, which is operated as a subplan of the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023). |
| * | 10.21 | Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (for grants to senior executive officers in 2019) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019).*** |
| * | 10.22 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020).*** |
| * | 10.23 | Form of Performance Share Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (service and average stock price vesting) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020). *** |
| * | 10.24 | Form of Performance Share Unit Award Certificate under the CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on May 5, 2022).*** |
| * | 10.25 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2017) ((Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on February 23, 2017).*** |
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| * | 10.26 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-265198), filed with the SEC on May 24, 2023).*** |
| * | 10.27 | Investment Agreement, dated November 8, 2018, by and between CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Carlyle Partners VII S1 Holdings, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on November 8, 2018). |
| * | 10.28 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2019, by and between CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and Carlyle Partners VII S1 Holdings, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 10.29 | Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2019, and as amended by that certain Amendment Agreement, dated August 11, 2021, among CommScope Holding Company, Inc., CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), the co-borrowers named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 10.30 | Amendment No. 2, dated October 19, 2022, to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2019, among CommScope Holding Company, Inc., CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), the co-borrowers named therein, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on October 20, 2022). |
| * | 10.31 | Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2019, and as amended by that certain Amendment Agreement, dated August 11, 2021, among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), as the borrower, CommScope Holding Company, Inc., as holdings, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2019). |
| * | 10.32 | Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2023, by and among CommScope, LLC (f/k/a CommScope, Inc.), CommScope Holding Company, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on August 3, 2023). |
| * | 10.33 | Amendment No 3. to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2024, by and among CommScope, LLC, as parent borrower, CommScope Holding Company, Inc., as holdings, the other credit parties party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other lenders and issuing banks party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on December 17, 2024). |
| * | 10.34 | Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2024, by and among CommScope, LLC, as borrower, CommScope Holding Company, Inc., as holdings, Apollo Administrative Agency LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on December 17, 2024). |
| * | 18.1 | Preferability Letter from Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 18.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36146), filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019). |
| * | 19.1 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Inside Information and Insider Trading Policy, effective May 18, 2023 (including Guidelines for a Rule 10b5-1 Plan) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024). |
| ** | 21.1 | List of Subsidiaries |
| ** | 23.1 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
| ** | 31.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a). |
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| ** | 31.2 | Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a). |
| ± | 32.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K). |
| * | 97.1 | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. Compensation Recovery Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36046), filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024). |
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