Exhibit 10.1
VOTING AGREEMENT
This Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 26, 2019, among Yanmar America Corporation, a Georgia corporation (“Parent”), and A.S.V. Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Stockholder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, ASV Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Parent, Osaka Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Yanmar Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Japan (“Guarantor”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended or supplemented, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for the acquisition of the Company by Parent by means of a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Stockholder beneficially owns (as such term is defined in Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act) the number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth across from the Stockholder’s name onExhibit A hereto (such securities, as they may be adjusted by stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, reorganization or other change or transaction of or by the Company, together with securities of the Company that may be acquired after the date hereof by the Stockholder, are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”); and
WHEREAS, as an inducement and a condition to the willingness of Parent, Merger Sub and Guarantor to enter into the Merger Agreement, and in consideration of the substantial expenses incurred and to be incurred by them in connection therewith, the Stockholder has agreed to enter into, be legally bound by and perform this Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Covenants of the Stockholder. The Stockholder agrees as follows:
(a) The Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, transfer (including by operation of Law), pledge, assign or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Securities to, or enter into any agreement, option or other arrangement (including any profit sharing arrangement) or understanding with respect to any of the Securities with, any Person other than Parent or Parent’s designee, (ii) deposit any Securities into a voting trust or enter into any voting arrangement, whether by proxy, voting agreement, voting trust, power-of-attorney,attorney-in-fact, agent or otherwise, with respect to the Securities, except as contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) take any other action that would in any way make any representation or warranty of the Stockholder herein untrue or incorrect in any material respect or otherwise restrict, limit or interfere in any material respect with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby.