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biote Corp. – ‘S-4’ on 5/9/23 – ‘EX-8.1’

On:  Tuesday, 5/9/23, at 5:17pm ET   ·   Accession #:  1193125-23-139543   ·   File #:  333-271782

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/09/23  biote Corp.                       S-4                  104:12M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Registration Statement – Securities for a Merger   —   Form S-4   —   SA’33

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Registration Statement - Securities for a Merger    HTML   2.78M 
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Legality                     HTML     33K 
 3: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     35K 
 4: EX-10.23    Material Contract                                   HTML     42K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
10: EX-FILING FEES  Filing Fees                                     HTML     45K 
 6: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    102K 
 7: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     41K 
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 9: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     47K 
16: R1          Cover                                               HTML     63K 
17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    156K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     66K 
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income and               HTML    137K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     97K 
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21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    142K 
22: R7          Description of Business and Basis of Presentation   HTML     38K 
23: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    127K 
24: R9          Business Combination                                HTML     52K 
25: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    107K 
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29: R14         Accrued Expenses                                    HTML     39K 
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31: R16         Warrant Liability                                   HTML     52K 
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33: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     76K 
34: R19         Noncontrolling Interest                             HTML     34K 
35: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     59K 
36: R21         Leases                                              HTML     60K 
37: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     76K 
38: R23         Net Loss Per Common Share                           HTML     48K 
39: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     43K 
40: R25         Related-Party Transactions                          HTML     38K 
41: R26         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     32K 
42: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    190K 
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44: R29         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    106K 
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46: R31         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     43K 
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50: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     73K 
51: R36         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     55K 
52: R37         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     62K 
53: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     76K 
54: R39         Net Loss Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     47K 
55: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    151K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
56: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Summary of Rollforward of the Allowance for                      
                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
57: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Summary of Total Other Current Assets (Details)                  
58: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     50K 
                Summary of Estimated Useful Lives of Property and                
                Equipment (Details)                                              
59: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     42K 
                Summary of Members' Equity Units Issued and                      
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
60: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     41K 
                Summary of Common Stock Issued and Outstanding                   
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61: R46         Business Combination - Additional Information       HTML     83K 
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62: R47         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Revenues          HTML     51K 
                Recognized for Each Revenue Stream (Details)                     
63: R48         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Revenues          HTML     45K 
                Recognized by Geographic Region (Details)                        
64: R49         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Significant        HTML     43K 
                Changes in Contract Liability Balances (Details)                 
65: R50         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Consideration      HTML     44K 
                Allocated to Performance Obligations (Details)                   
66: R51         Revenue Recognition - Additional Information        HTML     30K 
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67: R52         Inventory, Net - Schedule of Inventory, Net         HTML     41K 
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68: R53         Property and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property  HTML     52K 
                and Equipment, Net (Details)                                     
69: R54         Property and Equipment, Net - Additional            HTML     31K 
                Information (Details)                                            
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                Software, Net (Details)                                          
71: R56         Capitalized Software, Net - Additional Information  HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R57         Accrued Expenses - Schedule of Accrued Expenses     HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R58         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML    110K 
74: R59         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Outstanding Debt       HTML     40K 
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75: R60         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Future Maturities of   HTML     47K 
                Long-term Debt (Details)                                         
76: R61         Warrant Liability - Additional Information          HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R62         Earnout Liability - Additional Information          HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R63         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     43K 
                Hierarchy for Financial Assets and Liabilities                   
                (Details)                                                        
79: R64         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Significant    HTML     47K 
                Inputs to Monte Carlo Simulation for Fair Value of               
                Private Placement Warrants (Details)                             
80: R65         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Significant    HTML     44K 
                Inputs to Monte Carlo Simulation for Fair Value of               
                Earnout Liability (Details)                                      
81: R66         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Changes in     HTML     39K 
                the Fair Value of Company's Level 3 Financial                    
                Instruments (Details)                                            
82: R67         Noncontrolling Interest - Additional Information    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R68         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R69         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted    HTML     53K 
                Stock Unit Activity (Details)                                    
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                Activity (Details)                                               
86: R71         Share-Based Compensation - Summary of               HTML     40K 
                Weighted-Average Assumptions used to Estimate Fair               
                Value of Stock Options Granted (Details)                         
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                Recognized under ASC 842 and Supplemental Cash                   
                Flow Information for Leases (Details)                            
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                Operating Leases and Weighted Average Remaining                  
                Lease Term and Discount Rate (Details)                           
90: R75         Leases - Summary of Payments by Date for Operating  HTML     48K 
                Lease (Details)                                                  
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                Provision for Income Taxes (Details)                             
93: R78         Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Tax Provision     HTML     55K 
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94: R79         Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of the    HTML     44K 
                Federal Income Tax Rate to the Company Effective                 
                Tax Rate (Details)                                               
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96: R81         Net Loss Per Common Share - Schedule of             HTML     59K 
                Computation of Net Loss Per Common Share (Details)               
97: R82         Net Loss Per Common Share - Schedule of             HTML     47K 
                Computation of Diluted Weighted Average Shares                   
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
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                Information (Details)                                            
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                Information (Details)                                            
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‘EX-8.1’   —   Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters


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  EX-8.1  

Exhibit 8.1

 

LOGO

May 9, 2023

biote Corp.

1875 W. Walnut Hill Ln #100

Irving, TX 75038

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to biote Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a related prospectus/offer to exchange included in the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”). The Registration Statement and Prospectus relate to (i) the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to the holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants identified in the Registration Statement (the “Warrants”) to exchange each Warrant for 0.23 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) the solicitation of consents from the holders of the Warrants to amend the Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2021, by and between Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to permit the Company to require that each Warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Exchange Offer be converted into 0.207 shares of Common Stock.

In connection with the preparation of this opinion, we have examined and with your consent relied upon (without any independent investigation or review thereof) the Registration Statement (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and such other instruments and documents related to the formation, organization and operation of the Company and its subsidiaries or to the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the transactions contemplated thereby as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.

Assumptions and Representations

In connection with rendering this opinion, we have assumed or obtained representations (and, with your consent, are relying thereon, without any independent investigation or review thereof, although we are not aware of any material facts or circumstances contrary to or inconsistent therewith) that:

1.    All information contained in each of the documents we have examined and relied upon in connection with the preparation of this opinion is accurate and completely describes all material facts relevant to our opinion, all copies are accurate and all signatures are genuine. We have also assumed that there has been due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.

2.    All representations, warranties, and statements made or agreed to by the Company and by its management, employees, officers, directors, and stockholders in connection with the Exchange Offer, including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Registration Statement are, or will be, true, complete and accurate at all relevant times.

3.    The Exchange Offer will be consummated as described in the Registration Statement.

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130

t: +1 650 843 5000 f: +1 650 849 7400 cooley.com


LOGO

 

biote Corp.

May 9, 2023

Page Two

Opinion – U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and consideration of applicable law, we are of the opinion that, subject to the assumptions and limitations set forth therein, the discussion in the Prospectus under the caption “The Offer and Consent Solicitation—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” accurately summarizes the matters described therein in all material respects. The foregoing opinion is based upon the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury Regulations (including proposed Treasury Regulations and temporary Treasury Regulations) promulgated thereunder, rulings, official pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. Our opinion is not binding on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any court and there is no assurance or guarantee that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or a court will agree with our conclusions.

We express no opinion as to any tax laws other than the federal income tax laws of the United States and do not undertake to advise you as to any changes in such federal tax laws after the date hereof that may affect our opinion. We caution that to the extent any of the representations, warranties, covenants and assumptions material to our opinion and upon which we have relied are not complete, are inaccurate or are not complied with in all material respects, our opinion as set forth above could be adversely affected. Further, this opinion is solely for your benefit and shall not inure to the benefit of any other person, including without limitation any successor or assign of yours, whether by operation of law or otherwise, and is not to be used or relied upon for any other purpose except in connection with the Exchange Offer without our express written permission. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, you may release a copy of this opinion (a) to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation; (b) to any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over you; (c) in connection with any actual or potential dispute or claim to which you are a party relating to the Exchange Offer; (d) to any rating agency, in its capacity as provider of a rating in respect of the Company or any securities issued by it; or (e) to your auditors, professional advisors, employees, officers and any of your affiliates, in each case of clauses (a) through (e) above, for the purposes of information only on the strict understanding that we assume no duty or liability whatsoever to any such recipient enumerated in clauses (a) through (e) as a result thereof or otherwise.

This opinion has been provided for your use in connection with the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the use of our name in “The Offer and Consent Solicitation—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” section of the Registration Statement and the use of the opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving the consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Cooley LLP

 

Cooley LLP

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130

t: +1 650 843 5000 f: +1 650 849 7400 cooley.com


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘S-4’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:5/9/238-K,  SC TO-I
3/1/213,  8-K,  CERT,  EFFECT
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/23/23  biote Corp.                       S-4/A                 97:12M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/16/23  biote Corp.                       S-4/A                101:15M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA


10 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/29/23  biote Corp.                       10-K       12/31/22  103:16M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/22/23  biote Corp.                       8-K:5,9     2/15/23   12:380K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/14/22  biote Corp.                       10-Q        9/30/22   95:14M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/03/22  biote Corp.                       S-8         8/03/22    9:369K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/28/22  biote Corp.                       8-K:1,3,9   7/27/22   12:401K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/19/22  biote Corp.                       8-K:1,9     7/19/22   12:379K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/17/22  biote Corp.                       S-1                    9:3M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/02/22  biote Corp.                       8-K:1,2,3,4 5/26/22   28:4M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/14/21  biote Corp.                       8-K/A:9    12/13/21   13:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/05/21  biote Corp.                       8-K:1,3,5,8 3/01/21   11:711K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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