Exhibit 2.3
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2018, by and among General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), and each of the Persons listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and, collectively, the “Stockholders”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), the Company and Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into SpinCo (the “Merger”) with SpinCo surviving the Merger as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each of the Stockholders is the Beneficial Owner (as defined herein) of such Stockholder’s Existing Shares (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the Company entering into the Merger Agreement, the Company has required that each Stockholder agree, and each Stockholder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (as defined herein); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent has adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, and has approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement in connection therewith, understanding that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Stockholders is a material inducement and condition to the Company’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL
Section 1.01. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that Parent shall not be deemed an Affiliate of any Stockholder. For purposes of this Agreement, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings.
“Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficially Own”, “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Owner” shall each have a correlative meaning.
“Covered Shares” means, with respect to a Stockholder, the specified Stockholder’s Existing Shares (subject to any Permitted Transfer by such Stockholder of all or a portion of such Existing Shares), together with any shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent and any shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of securities that are as of the relevant date securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent, in each case that such specified Stockholder has or acquires Beneficial Ownership of on or after the date hereof.