Table of Contents In addition, as of June 30, 2019, we had future undiscounted minimum lease cost payment obligations under signed operating and finance leases of $47.2 billion, and if we are unable to service our obligations under the lease agreements for particular properties, we may be forced to vacate those properties or pay compensatory or consequential damages to the landlord, which could adversely affect our business, reputation and prospects. See “— Risks Relating to Our Business—The long-term and fixed-cost nature of our leases may limit our operating flexibility and could adversely affect our liquidity and results of operations”. In addition, our $2.5 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2019 included cash and cash equivalents of $535.8 million of our consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”), which will be used first to settle obligations of the VIE. Remaining assets may only be distributed to the VIEs’ owners, including us, subject to the liquidation preferences of certain noncontrolling interest holders and any other preferential distribution provisions contained within the operating agreements of the relevant VIEs. In addition to these amounts, we had restricted cash of $575.6 million as of June 30, 2019, which primarily consist of amounts provided to the applicable lenders to secure letters of credit issued under our bank facilities to support leases entered into by certain of our subsidiaries. Under the 2019 Letter of Credit Facility that we expect to enter into concurrently with the closing of this offering, we will be required to deposit cash collateral in an amount equal to the face amount of letters of credit issued under the facility. Accordingly, we expect our restricted cash supporting letters of credit to increase following the closing of this offering. We may require additional capital, which may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. We incurred net losses in the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and in the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2019, and we do not intend to achieve positive GAAP net income for the foreseeable future. As a result, we may require additional financing. Our future financing requirements will depend on many factors, including the number of new locations to be opened, our net membership retention rate, the timing and extent of spending to support the development of our platform, our ability to reduce capital expenditures, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities and potential investments in, or acquisitions of, businesses or technologies. Our ability to obtain financing will depend on, among other things, our development efforts, business plans, operating performance, investor demand and the condition of the capital markets at the time we seek financing. To the extent we use available funds or are unable to draw under our Delayed Draw Term Facility, we may need to raise additional funds, which may not be available to us on favorable terms when required, or at all. In the event that we are unable to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, our interest expense and principal repayment requirements could increase significantly, which could harm our business, revenue and financial results. The terms of our indebtedness restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes or take certain actions. The credit agreement governing the 2019 Credit Facility will contain, and the indenture that governs the senior notes contains, a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interest, including restrictions on our ability to incur indebtedness (including guarantee obligations), incur liens, enter into mergers or consolidations, dispose of assets, pay dividends, make acquisitions and make investments, loans and advances. The 2019 Credit Facility will also require us to comply with certain minimum contribution margin, liquidity and net cash flow financial covenants and will require us to deposit cash collateral in an amount equal to the face amount of letters of credit issued under the facility. Although the 2019 Credit Facility will permit us to incur additional indebtedness, the 2019 Credit Facility will limit the amount of indebtedness that we can incur. In particular, the 2019 Credit Facility will require that the net cash proceeds of indebtedness under a specified asset-securitization facility basket be deposited into escrow for the benefit of the lenders under the 2019 Credit Facility or that undrawn commitments under the Delayed Draw Term Facility be cancelled in an equivalent amount, and the 2019 Credit Facility will otherwise limit additional secured indebtedness to specified fixed baskets. These restrictions may affect our ability to grow in accordance with our strategy, limit our ability to raise additional debt or equity financing to operate our business, including during economic or business downturns, and limit our ability to compete effectively or take advantage of new business opportunities. 41

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