In addition, Triton annually distributes a questionnaire to its executive officers and members of the Triton Board requesting certain information regarding, among other things, their immediate family members, employment and beneficial ownership interests. This information is then reviewed for any conflicts of interest under the Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics and Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers. At the completion of the annual audit, Triton's Audit Committee and its independent registered public accounting firm reviews insider and related person transactions and potential conflicts of interest with management.
Sponsor Shareholders Agreements
In connection with the closing of the Merger of TCIL and TAL, the Company and the Sponsor Shareholders entered into the Sponsor Shareholders Agreements, which became effective upon the closing of the Merger. Under the Sponsor Shareholders Agreements, Warburg Pincus has the ongoing right to designate two individuals to serve on the Company’s Board, and Vestar has the ongoing right to designate one individual to serve on the Company’s Board, in each case subject to the approval by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of any individuals so designated. Messrs. Coulter and Vernon are the designees of Warburg Pincus who currently serve on the Company’s Board, and Mr. Rosner is the designee of Vestar who currently serves on the Company’s Board. The rights of Warburg Pincus and Vestar to designate individuals to serve on the Holdco Board are subject to reduction as their respective ownership of Holdco common shares declines.
The Sponsor Shareholders Agreements provide that for so long as the Sponsor Shareholders hold more than 5% of the outstanding common shares of the Company, they and their affiliates will not, directly or indirectly, (i) acquire or propose to acquire additional equity securities (including derivatives) of the Company, subject to exceptions for share dividends and issuances of shares to the Company’s existing shareholders, (ii) offer, propose or enter into any merger, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, tender or exchange offer, liquidation or other similar extraordinary transaction, or offer to acquire the Company (or instigate, encourage, facilitate, join or assist any third party to do any of the foregoing), (iii) solicit proxies or consents (except for any solicitation in furtherance of the recommendation of the Company’s Board), (iv) deposit any Company securities in a voting trust or subject any Company securities to a voting agreement or similar agreement (other than the Sponsor Shareholders Agreements), (v) submit shareholder proposals or call special shareholder meetings, (vi) form a “group” with, or otherwise act in concert with, any other Company shareholder in respect of the Company, or (vii) agree to take any of the foregoing actions, or request any waiver of the standstill or voting restrictions below other than through a confidential waiver request submitted to the Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company that the Sponsor Shareholder making the request, after consulting legal counsel, would not reasonably expect to require (a) the Company or the Board to issue a public statement or (b) any public disclosure by such Sponsor Shareholder.
The Sponsor Shareholders Agreements further provide that, for so long as the Sponsor Shareholders own at least 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company, the Sponsor Shareholders will vote (a) 55% of their Common Shares in the same proportion as the votes cast by the shareholders of the Company who are not Sponsor Shareholders or their affiliates in any election or removal of directors (other than with respect to any contested election, any election or removal of a Warburg Pincus director or a Vestar director or any replacement thereof), and the remaining 45% of their Common Shares in favor of the slate of directors nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and (b) 100% of their Common Shares in the same proportion as the votes cast by the shareholders of the Company who are not Sponsor Shareholders or their affiliates in any vote or consent on a shareholder proposal or any merger, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, tender or exchange offer, liquidation or other similar extraordinary transaction, unless approved by a majority of the directors on the Board and, in the case of an extraordinary transaction, such extraordinary transaction provides equal treatment of all Common Shares.
The Sponsor Shareholders Agreements also govern Triton’s and the Sponsor Shareholders’ respective rights and obligations with respect to the registration for resale of Common Shares held by the Sponsor Shareholders following the mergers. For further information, please see the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on December 24, 2015, as amended, under “Related Agreements - The Sponsor Shareholders Agreements.”
Indemnification Agreements
Indemnification agreements were entered into by the Company on July 12, 2016 (the “Indemnification Agreements”), in which the Company has agreed to provide each of Brian M. Sondey, John Burns, Simon R. Vernon, Marc A. Pearlin, Robert W. Alspaugh, Malcolm P. Baker, David A. Coulter, Claude Germain, Kenneth Hanau, John