EXHIBIT 10.16
EXECUTION COPY
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 22, 2000
(this "Agreement"), is entered into among New SAC (the "Company"), Silver Lake
Technology Investors Cayman, L.P., Silver Lake Investors Cayman, L.P., Silver
Lake Partners Cayman, L.P., (collectively, "Silver Lake"), SAC Investments, L.P.
("TPG"), August Capital III, L.P. ("August"), Chase Equity Associates, L.P.
("Chase"), GS Capital Partners III, L.P., GS Capital Partners III Offshore,
L.P., Goldman, Sachs & Co. Verwaltungs GmbH, Stone Street Fund 2000 L.P., Bridge
Street Special Opportunities Fund 2000, L.P. (collectively, "GS"), Staenberg
Venture Partners II, L.P., Staenberg Seagate Partners, LLC (collectively,
"Staenberg"), Integral Capital Partners V, L.P., Integral Capital Partners V
Side Fund, L.P. (collectively, "Integral") and the individuals listed on the
signature pages hereto. Each of the entities listed above and the individuals
listed on the signature pages hereto are sometimes referred to individually as a
"Shareholder" and together as the "Shareholders."
RECITALS:
A. Suez Acquisition Company (Cayman) Limited ("SAC"), Seagate
Technology, Inc. ("Seagate") and Seagate Software Holdings, Inc. ("SSHI"),
entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March 29, 2000 as amended by
the Consolidated Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization, and Indemnification Agreement, and Consent, dated as
of August 29, 2000, among SAC, Seagate, SSHI, VERITAS Software Corporation
("VERITAS") and Victory Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub") and Consolidated
Amendment No. 2 to Stock Purchase Agreement, Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization, and Indemnification Agreement, and Consent, dated as of October
18, 2000, among SAC, Seagate, SSHI, VERITAS and Merger Sub (as so amended and as
it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the "Stock Purchase Agreement");
B. Pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as
of November 22, 2000, between SAC and the Company, SAC assigned all of its
rights and obligations under the Stock Purchase Agreement to the Company;
C. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company will
purchase all of Seagate's operating assets and assume substantially all of its
liabilities by acquiring the shares of one or more companies;
D. Immediately following the transactions contemplated by the
Stock Purchase Agreement, Silver Lake (including for these purposes Integral),
TPG, August, Chase, GS and Staenberg will hold approximately 34.727%, 22.909%,
11.818%, 6.818%, 2.273% and 0.909% of the aggregate outstanding Ordinary Shares
(as defined below) and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares (as defined below) of the
Company, respectively, and 41.497%, 27.375%,
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14.122%, 8.147%, 2.716% and 1.086% of the outstanding Preferred Shares (as
defined below) of the Company, respectively;
E. The remainder of the outstanding Shares (as defined below)
immediately following the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase
Agreement will be held by certain management employees of the Company
(collectively, the "Management Shareholders"); and
F. The Shareholders wish to provide for certain matters
relating to their respective holdings of Shares and the governance of the
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTORY MATTERS
1.1. Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere
herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used herein with
initial capital letters:
"AAA" has the meaning given that term in Section 7.10 of this
Agreement.
"Additional Director" means, subject to Section 5.1(a)(ii), a
Director who is (i) designated by, but is not a partner, controlling
person or employee of, Silver Lake, (ii) approved by TPG and (iii)
reasonably acceptable to a majority of the Board (other than the
Additional Director).
"Affiliate" has the meaning given that term in Rule 405
promulgated under the Securities Act; provided that officers, directors
or employees of the Company will not be deemed to be Affiliates of a
shareholder of the Company for purposes hereof solely by reason of
being officers, directors or employees of the Company.
"Aggregate Pro Rata Portion" means, with respect to either the
Ordinary Shares (including for all purposes of this defined term
Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) or Preferred Shares (as the case may be):
(i) with respect to any Non-Selling Holder who has delivered a Section
2.3 Notice, the number equal to the product of (A) the number of
Offered Shares of the class of Shares as to which a determination is
being made, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the total number of Shares of such class owned by such Non-Selling
Holder and the denominator of which shall be the total number of Shares
of such class held by all Non-Selling Holders who have delivered such a
notice; and (ii) with respect to any Non-Selling Holder who has
delivered a Subsequent Section 2.3 Notice, the number equal to the
product of (A) the number of Remaining Offered Shares of the class of
Shares to which the determination is being made, multiplied by (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of Shares of
such class owned by such Non-Selling Holder and the denominator of
which shall be the total number of Shares of such class held by all
Non-Selling Holders who have delivered such a notice; provided that in
calculating the Aggregate Pro
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Rata Portion with respect to any Non-Selling Holder who is a Management
Shareholder, Shares held by such Management Shareholder shall not
include any Shares other than those received by such Management
Shareholder on the Closing Date (the "Initial Shares") and any
additional Shares received by such Management Shareholder with respect
to such Initial Shares.
"Agreement" means this Agreement, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof.
"Assumption Agreement" means a writing substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto whereby a Permitted Transferee or other
Transferee pursuant to Section 2.5 becomes a party to, and agrees to be
bound to the same extent as its Transferor by, the terms of this
Agreement.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday,
federal or New York or California state holiday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City or San Francisco are authorized or
required by law to close.
"Capital Account" has the meaning given that term in Section
6.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Carrying Value" means, with respect to any asset of the
Company, such asset's adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, except that the Carrying Values of all assets of the Company
shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, in
accordance with the rules set forth in Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), except as otherwise provided herein, as of: (i)
the date of the acquisition of any additional Shares by any new or
existing Shareholder or Management Shareholder in exchange for more
than a de minimis capital contribution; (ii) the date of distribution
of more than a de minimis amount of money or other property of the
Company to a Shareholder or Management Shareholder as consideration for
an interest in the Company, and (iii) the date any Shares are
relinquished to the Company. The Carrying Value of any asset of the
Company distributed to any Shareholder or Management Shareholder shall
be adjusted immediately prior to such distribution to equal its fair
market value and depreciation shall be calculated by reference to
Carrying Value, instead of tax basis, once Carrying Value differs from
tax basis. The Carrying Value of any asset contributed (or deemed
contributed under Regulations section 1.701-1(b)(1)(iv)) by a
Shareholder or Management Shareholder to the Company will be the fair
market value of such asset at the date of its contribution thereto.
Upon an adjustment to Carrying Value of any asset pursuant to this
definition of Carrying Value, the amount of the adjustment shall be
included as gain or loss in computing book income or loss for purposes
of maintaining Capital Accounts hereunder.
"Chase Regulatory Side Letter" means the side letter relating
to banking regulatory matters dated the date hereof between Chase and
the Company.
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"Chief Executive Officer" has the meaning given that term in
Section 5.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Closing" has the meaning given to that term in the Stock
Purchase Agreement.
"Closing Date" means November 22, 2000.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commitment Notice" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Default Notice" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Defaulting Non-Selling Holder" has the meaning given that
term in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Deferred Compensation" means, with respect to any particular
Designated Subsidiary, the aggregate amount of all deferred
compensation accounts established on the Closing Date and administered
by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees
of such Designated Subsidiary.
"Designated Subsidiaries" shall mean Seagate Technology
Holdings, Seagate Technology HDD Holdings, Seagate Technology SAN
Holdings, Seagate Removable Storage Solutions Holdings, Seagate
Software (Cayman) Holdings, and the shares of Iolon, Inc. (the "Iolon
Designated Subsidiary") currently held by Seagate Technology Investment
Holdings LLC.
"Determination Date" has the meaning given that term in
Section 5.2(b) of this Agreement.
"Director" means any member of the Board.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
"Fees" has the meaning given that term in Section 5.4 of this
Agreement.
"First Offer Notice" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Funding Date" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.3(a) of this Agreement.
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"Holder" has the meaning given that term in Section 3.6(a) of
this Agreement.
"Indemnified Parties" has the meaning given that term in
Section 3.6(a) of this Agreement.
"Indenture" means the indenture, dated as of November 22,
2000, among Seagate Technology International, the Note Guarantors (as
defined in the Indenture) and the Bank of New York, as Trustee.
"Initial Share Holding Period" has the meaning given to that
term in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Iolon Designated Subsidiary" has the meaning given that term
in the definition of "Designated Subsidiary."
"Initiating Holder" has the meaning given that term in Section
3.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Legend" has the meaning given that term in Section 2.1(c) of
this Agreement.
"Majority Shareholders" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.6 of this Agreement.
"Management Director" means a Director who is (i) an executive
officer of the Company and (ii) reasonably acceptable to a majority of
the Board (other than the Management Directors).
"Management Shareholders" has the meaning given that term in
the recitals to this Agreement.
"Management Shareholders Agreement" means the Management
Shareholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company
and the Management Shareholders party thereto.
"Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holder" has the meaning given that
term in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Non-Selling Holder" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Non-Voting Ordinary Shares" means the non-voting ordinary
shares, par value $0.0001, of the Company.
"Offered Shares" means, as applicable, Ordinary Offered Shares
or Preferred Offered Shares.
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"Ordinary Offered Shares" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Ordinary Shares" means the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001
per share, of the Company.
"Partnership Income" means, with respect to each calendar year
of the Company, and for so long as the Company is a pass-through entity
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the taxable income the Company
would have had if it were a corporation incorporated in the United
States, excluding any Subpart F Income, reduced by the amount of
taxable loss allocated to the Shareholders and the Management
Shareholders for all prior calendar years (except to the extent that
such taxable losses have been previously taken into account with
respect to a prior calendar year).
"Permitted Transferee" means, in the case of any Shareholder,
(A) any controlled Affiliate (other than an individual) of such
Shareholder, any Affiliate (other than an individual) which is under
common control with such Shareholder or any Affiliate (other than an
individual) which controls such Shareholder (which, in the case of
Chase, shall include any investment fund managed by a controlled
Affiliate of The Chase Manhattan Corporation), (B) any general or
limited partner, director, officer or employee of such Shareholder or
controlled Affiliate of such Shareholder, (C) the heirs, executors,
administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries of any
of the individuals referred to in clause (B), (D) for estate planning
purposes, any trust, the beneficiaries of which include only (1) such
Shareholder, (2) Permitted Transferees referred to in clauses (A), (B)
and (C) and (3) spouses and lineal descendants of Permitted Transferees
referred to in clause (B), (E) in the case of Chase, Dan Case and Todd
Bakar, (F) any Transferee permitted by the Chase Regulatory Side
Letter, and (G) a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or similar entity, a majority of the equity of which is owned and
controlled by such Shareholder and/or Permitted Transferees referred to
in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D).
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, trust, joint stock company, business trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or
other legal entity of any nature whatsoever.
"Postponed Funding Date" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Preemptive Notice" has the meaning given that term in Section
4.2 of this Agreement.
"Preemptive Right Pro Rata Share" has the meaning given that
term in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
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"Preferred Offered Shares" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3 (a) of this Agreement.
"Preferred Shares" means the preferred shares, par value
$0.0001 per share, of the Company.
"Private Placement Memorandum" means the confidential private
placement memorandum prepared by the Company to provide information in
connection with the offering by the Company of Shares to the Management
Shareholders.
"Proposed Sale" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.4(a) of this Agreement.
"Proposed Transferee" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement.
"Public Offering" means the sale of common equity or
equivalent securities to the public pursuant to an effective
registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4
or S-8 or any similar or successor form) filed under the Securities
Act.
"Registrable Securities" means (i) any Ordinary Shares held by
a Shareholder or any Permitted Transferees (including, without
limitation, any such shares issued or issuable upon conversion of
Non-Voting Ordinary Shares), (ii) any shares issued as (or issuable
upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, option or other
convertible security which is issued as) a dividend, share split or
other distribution, recapitalization or reclassification with respect
to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, such Ordinary Shares, and
(iii) any shares or any security convertible into, or exchangeable or
exercisable for, shares which may be issued or distributed in respect
thereof by way of a share dividend, share split or other distribution,
recapitalization or reclassification. For purposes of this Agreement,
with respect to any Shareholder, any Registrable Securities held by
such Shareholder will cease to be Registrable Securities when (A) a
registration statement covering such Registrable Securities has been
declared effective and such Registrable Securities have been disposed
of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (B) such
Registrable Securities shall have been offered and sold pursuant to
Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities
Act, (C) all Registrable Securities held by such Shareholder are
eligible for transfer to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act, without
restriction as to manner of sale or amount sold, (D) such Registrable
Securities are sold by a Person in a transaction in which rights under
the provisions of this Agreement are not assigned in accordance with
this Agreement or (E) such Registrable Securities cease to be
outstanding.
"Registration Expenses" means any and all expenses incident to
the performance by the Company of its obligations under Sections 3.1
and 3.2, including without limitation (i) all SEC, stock exchange, or
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the fees and
expenses
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of any "qualified independent underwriter," as such term is defined in
Rule 2720 of the NASD, and of its counsel), (ii) all fees and expenses
of complying with securities or blue sky laws (including fees and
disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue
sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing,
messenger and delivery expenses, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange and all rating agency fees, (v) the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public
accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or "cold
comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance, (vi) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily
paid by the issuers or sellers of securities, including liability
insurance if the Company so desires or if the underwriters so require,
and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained in
connection with the requested registration, but excluding underwriting
discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, (vii) the
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of not more than one law firm
incurred by all the Shareholders and their Permitted Transferees in
connection with any registration of Registrable Securities, and (viii)
the costs and expenses of the Company relating to analyst and investor
presentations or any "road show" undertaken in connection with any
registration and/or marketing of the Registrable Securities; provided
that nothing in this clause (viii) shall obligate the Company to engage
or participate in any such presentations or road show.
"Registration Rights Holders" means, collectively the
Shareholders and their Permitted Transferees.
"Regulations" means the regulations promulgated under the
Code.
"Remaining Offered Shares" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Required Funds" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Section 2.3 Ordinary Shares" has the meaning given that term
in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Section 2.3 Notice" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Section 2.3 Preferred Shares" has the meaning given that term
in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may
be amended from time to time.
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"Selling Holder" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Share Equivalents" has the meaning given that term in Section
4.1 of this Agreement.
"Shares" means, with respect to any shareholder of the
Company, the Ordinary Shares, the Non-Voting Ordinary Shares and the
Preferred Shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including
upon exercise of options, warrants, rights, including preemptive
rights, or otherwise), held by such shareholder other than shares
acquired in a Public Offering or in the public market after the initial
Public Offering of the Company.
"Shortfall" has the meaning given that term in Section 2.3(a)
of this Agreement.
"Silver Lake Designee" has the meaning given that term in
Section 5.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Stock Purchase Agreement" has the meaning given that term in
the recitals to this Agreement.
"Subsequent Section 2.3 Notice" has the meaning given that
term in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
"Subpart F Income" means, with respect to each calendar year
of the Company, (i) if the Company is a controlled foreign corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate amount of the
Company's "subpart F income" (within the meaning of section 952 of the
Code which for purposes of this definition shall include income
includable under section 951(a)(1)(B) of the Code) for such calendar
year (and, to the extent such subpart F income would be attributed to
the Shareholders and the Management Shareholders, the subpart F income
of the Company's subsidiaries for such calendar year), and (ii) if the
Company is a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
the amount of any "subpart F income" (within the meaning of section 952
of the code which for purposes of this definition shall include income
includable under section 951(a)(1)(B) of the Code) of its subsidiaries
that the Company would be required to include in its taxable income for
such calendar year if it were a corporation incorporated in the United
States.
"Tag-Along Notice" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.4(a) of this Agreement.
"Tagging Shareholder" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.4(a) of this Agreement.
"Take-Along Buyer" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.6 of this Agreement.
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"Take-Along Notice" has the meaning given that term in Section
2.6 of this Agreement.
"Take-Along Shareholders" has the meaning given that term in
Section 2.6 of this Agreement.
"Target" has the meaning given that term in Section 5.2(b)(ii)
of this Agreement.
"10% Demand Party" has the meaning given that term in Section
3.2(a) of this Agreement.
"TPG Designee" has the meaning given that term in Section
5.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Transfer" means, with respect to any Share (or direct or
indirect economic or other interest therein), a transfer, sale,
assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition, whether
directly or indirectly (pursuant to the creation of a derivative
security or otherwise), the grant of an option or other right or the
imposition of a restriction on disposition or voting or by operation of
law. When used as a verb, "Transfer" shall have the correlative
meaning. In addition, "Transferred" and "Transferee" shall have the
correlative meanings.
"20% Demand Party" has the meaning given that term in Section
3.2(a) of this Agreement.
"Vested Deferred Compensation" means, with respect to any
particular Designated Subsidiary on a particular date, the vested
amount of Deferred Compensation on such date.
1.2. Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be
deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent,
and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the
context otherwise requires: (a) "or" is disjunctive but not exclusive, (b) words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular, and
(c) the words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Exhibit references are
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II. TRANSFERS; CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS
2.1. Limitations on Transfer. (a) Unless Silver Lake and TPG
both consent, no Shareholder may Transfer any Shares prior to the earlier of (i)
the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date 180 days following
the consummation of the initial Public Offering by the Company (the "Initial
Share Holding Period") (other than to the Company or in accordance with Section
2.2 hereof). After the Initial Share Holding Period, Shareholders may Transfer
Shares only in accordance with, and subject to the applicable provisions of,
both Article
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II and Article III hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, without the prior written consent of Silver Lake and TPG, no
Shareholder may Transfer all or a portion of its Shares or take any other action
if such action would create a material risk of the Company becoming a "publicly
traded partnership," within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(a) In the event of any purported Transfer by a Shareholder of
any Shares in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, such purported
Transfer will be void and of no effect, and the Company will not give effect to
such Transfer.
(b) Each certificate representing Shares held by a Shareholder
will bear a legend on the face thereof substantially to the following effect
(with such additions thereto or changes therein as the Company may be advised by
counsel are required by law or necessary to give full effect to this Agreement,
the "Legend"):
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT AMONG NEW SAC AND THE OTHER
SHAREHOLDERS PARTY THERETO, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 22, 2000, AS
AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE TERMS THEREOF, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE
SECRETARY OF NEW SAC. THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT CONTAINS,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE VOTING
AND TRANSFER OF THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT. NO
TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER
DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT. THE HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO
BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT."
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THAT ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS
AVAILABLE."
The Legend will be removed by the Company, with respect to any certificate
representing Shares, by the delivery of substitute certificates without such
Legend in the event of a Transfer permitted by this Agreement and in which the
Transferee is not required to enter into an Assumption Agreement pursuant to
Section 2.5; provided, however, that the second paragraph of the Legend will
only be removed if at such time it is no longer required for purposes of
applicable securities laws.
2.2. Transfer to Permitted Transferees. (a) Any Shareholder
may Transfer any or all of the Shares held by it to any Permitted Transferee of
such Shareholder who duly executes
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and delivers an Assumption Agreement, provided that such Transfer shall not be
effective unless and until the Company shall have been furnished with
information reasonably satisfactory to it demonstrating that such Transfer is
exempt from or not subject to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act
and any other applicable securities laws.
(b) Each Permitted Transferee of any Shareholder to which
Shares are transferred shall, and such Shareholder shall cause such Permitted
Transferee to, transfer back to such Shareholder (or to another Permitted
Transferee of such Shareholder) any Shares it owns prior to such Permitted
Transferee ceasing to be a Permitted Transferee of such Shareholder; provided,
however, that this Section 2.2(b) shall not apply to any Transfer described in
clause (E) or (F) of the definition of Permitted Transferee.
(c) This Section 2.2 shall not apply to the grant by Chase of
a participation interest to one or more other investment funds managed by a
controlled Affiliate of The Chase Manhattan Corporation without change in record
ownership.
2.3. Right of First Offer. (a) If at any time following the
Initial Share Holding Period any Shareholder desires to Transfer all or any
portion of the Shares held by such Shareholder (other than to the Company or a
Permitted Transferee, pursuant to the exercise of rights set forth in Section
2.4 and Section 2.6 or Article III or in compliance with Rule 144 (or similar
successor provision) under the Securities Act), such Shareholder (a "Selling
Holder") shall deliver to each other Shareholder (each, a "Non-Selling Holder")
a written notice (the "First Offer Notice"), which shall set forth the number of
Ordinary Shares (including for these purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) (the
"Ordinary Offered Shares") and/or Preferred Shares (the "Preferred Offered
Shares") proposed to be Transferred and the terms (including the cash purchase
price per share) on which the Selling Holder irrevocably offers to Transfer such
Shares to the Non-Selling Holders. Each Non-Selling Holder shall have 30 days
from the date the First Offer Notice is received to determine whether to
purchase any of the Ordinary Offered Shares and/or Preferred Offered Shares for
the purchase price and upon substantially the terms specified in the First Offer
Notice by giving written notice to the Selling Holder (a "Section 2.3 Notice")
and stating therein the number of Ordinary Offered Shares that such Non-Selling
Holder wishes to purchase ("Section 2.3 Ordinary Shares") and/or the number of
Preferred Offered Shares that such Non-Selling Holder wishes to purchase
("Section 2.3 Preferred Shares"). If a Non-Selling Holder shall not have
delivered a Section 2.3 Notice in accordance with this Section 2.3(a), then such
Non-Selling Holder will be deemed to have elected not to exercise the right of
first offer specified in the First Offer Notice.
In the case of a proposed sale of Ordinary Shares (including
for these purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) or Preferred Shares, if the
aggregate number of Section 2.3 Ordinary Shares or Section 2.3 Preferred Shares
exceeds the number of Offered Shares of such class, then the number of Offered
Shares of such class that each Non-Selling Holder who delivers a Section 2.3
Notice shall have the right to purchase shall be equal to the lesser of (x) the
number of Section 2.3 Shares of such class, if any, specified in such
Non-Selling Holder's Section 2.3 Notice and (y) the number of Offered Shares of
such class equal to such Non-Selling Holder's Aggregate Pro Rata Portion of the
Offered Shares of such class. If one or more of the Non-Selling Holders who have
delivered a Section 2.3 Notice does not purchase all of its or their Aggregate
Pro Rata Portion of the Offered Shares of such class, then the remaining
Non-Selling
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Holders who have delivered a Section 2.3 Notice with respect to such Offered
Shares, and who, based on a subsequent notice (a "Subsequent Section 2.3
Notice") to the Selling Holder, still desire to purchase the remaining Offered
Shares (the "Remaining Offered Shares"), shall have the right to purchase their
respective Aggregate Pro Rata Portions of such Remaining Offered Shares of such
class until all the Offered Shares of such class are allocated for purchase
among the Non-Selling Holders who have delivered a Section 2.3 Notice. If the
aggregate number of Section 2.3 Shares of all Non-Selling Holders of that class
of Shares is less than the total number of Offered Shares of such class, then
the Selling Holder shall not be obligated, but shall be permitted, to sell to
Non-Selling Holders and shall instead have the right (subject to complying with
Section 2.4) to proceed with the Transfer of all the Offered Shares of such
class in accordance with Section 2.3(b).
If the Non-Selling Holders, collectively, shall have agreed to
purchase all the Offered Shares of such class (or the Selling Holder shall have
elected to proceed with the Transfer to the Non-Selling Holders of the number of
Offered Shares of such class as to which it has received offers to purchase from
the Non-Selling Holders), each Non-Selling Holder shall consummate its purchase
by delivering, against receipt of certificates or other instruments representing
the Shares being purchased, appropriately endorsed by the Selling Holder, the
aggregate purchase price to be paid by it (the "Required Funds") via wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Selling
Holder not less than two Business Days before the closing date (the "Funding
Date"). The Funding Date will be the later of (i) 30 days after the date of
receipt of the Section 2.3 Notice by the Selling Holder and (ii) five Business
Days after receipt of all governmental consents and approvals, and the
expiration of all waiting periods applicable to the Transfer. The Selling Holder
shall give participating Non-Selling Holders at least five Business Days written
notice of the Funding Date and shall give participating Non-Selling Holders at
least ten Business Days notice of the amount of Required Funds for such
Non-Selling Holder, which notice may be delivered at any time after receipt of
the applicable Section 2.3 Notice.
If any Non-Selling Holder who has offered to purchase Offered
Shares (the "Defaulting Non-Selling Holder") fails to transfer, as required by
this Section 2.3, the Required Funds by the Funding Date, then the Funding Date
shall be postponed and the Selling Holder shall give written notice to the
effect set forth in the next sentence to all Non-Selling Holders (if any) who
transferred the Required Funds (the "Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holders"). Such
notice (the "Default Notice") shall state the aggregate amount of Required Funds
which Defaulting Non-Selling Holders have failed to provide (such aggregate
amount, the "Shortfall"), the aggregate number of Offered Shares related to such
Shortfall and the date (pursuant to the next sentence) by which the
Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holders may, at the sole option of each of them,
offer to purchase the Offered Shares related to the Shortfall. Each
Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holder shall have the right to commit to purchase up
to the entire number of Offered Shares within five Business Days of the receipt
of the Default Notice. Such commitment shall be effected by the delivery to the
Selling Holder of a written notice (a "Commitment Notice") to that effect. If,
after giving effect to all such Commitment Notices and the aggregate amount of
Required Funds already received, more than 100% of the Offered Shares would be
subject to purchase, then the number of shares offered to be purchased in such
Commitment Notices by each Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holder shall be reduced
pro rata by the same method applied in the second paragraph of this Section
2.3(a) so that 100% of the Offered Shares (or such lower
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percentage thereof as the Selling Holder has agreed to sell) are subject to
purchase, and the Selling Holder shall sell such shares as provided below. The
Selling Holder shall then give written notice to each Non-Defaulting Non-Selling
Holder of the number of Offered Shares, if any, related to the Shortfall that it
shall purchase from such Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holder after giving effect
to the foregoing, and such Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holders shall have ten
Business Days (the tenth such Business Day, the "Postponed Funding Date")
following receipt of such notice to provide the additional Required Funds in the
same manner as set forth above. On the Postponed Funding Date, the Selling
Holder shall sell the Offered Shares as to which Commitment Notices have been
delivered to the Non-Defaulting Non-Selling Holders in the same manner as set
forth above.
The right of first offer granted to the Non-Selling Holders
hereunder shall terminate if unexercised within 30 days after receipt of the
First Offer Notice. The election of a Non-Selling Holder to purchase Offered
Shares by delivering a Section 2.3 Notice or a Subsequent Section 2.3 Notice
shall constitute a binding obligation to purchase the portion of Offered Shares
allocated to such Non-Selling Holder. Nothing herein shall limit the rights of
any party hereto to seek damages against any Defaulting Non-Selling Holder
incurred in connection with any failure to purchase such Offered Shares as
provided herein. Furthermore, any Defaulting Non-Selling Holder shall not be
entitled to elect to participate in the next bona fide Transfer proposed by any
Selling Holder following any such default.
(b) If the Selling Holder shall be permitted to proceed with
the proposed Transfer of the Offered Shares (other than to Non-Selling Holders),
the Selling Holder shall have 90 days to consummate such proposed Transfer,
subject to the following sentence and at a price not less than 105% of the
purchase price per share set forth in the First Offer Notice and on other terms
not materially less favorable to the Selling Holder than those terms set forth
in the First Offer Notice, before the provisions of this Section 2.3 shall again
be in effect with respect to such shares. Any such proposed Transfer shall be
made only to a Person with the written consent of a majority of the members of
the Board, excluding those Directors who are Affiliates of the Shareholder
engaging in such proposed Transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
2.4. Tag-Along Rights. (a) In the case of a proposed sale of
Shares (including any sale prior to the expiration of the Initial Share Holding
Period), so long as this Agreement remains in effect, with respect to any
proposed Transfer (other than (i) pursuant to Section 2.2, (ii) to one or more
Non-Selling Holders pursuant to Section 2.3, (iii) pursuant to the exercise of
rights set forth in Section 2.6 and (iv) following the initial Public Offering
by the Company pursuant to the exercise of rights set forth in Article III or in
a bona fide sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) (a
"Proposed Sale"), by any Selling Holder, each Shareholder (including, to the
extent permitted under Section 2.3 of the Management Shareholders Agreement,
Management Shareholders) who exercises its rights under this Section 2.4(a) (a
"Tagging Shareholder") shall have the right to require the proposed Transferee
(a "Proposed Transferee") to purchase from such Tagging Shareholder up to the
number of Shares of the same class proposed to be Transferred equal to the
product (rounded up to the nearest whole Share) of (i) the quotient determined
by dividing (A) the aggregate number of Shares of such class owned by such
Tagging Shareholder by (B) the aggregate number of Shares of such class owned by
the Selling Holder and all Tagging Shareholders and others with tag-along rights
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and (ii) the total number of Shares of such class proposed to be directly or
indirectly Transferred to the Proposed Transferee in the Proposed Sale, at the
same price per Share and upon the same terms and conditions (including, without
limitation, time of payment and form of consideration) as to be paid and given
to the Selling Holder; provided that in order to be entitled to exercise its
right to sell Shares to the Proposed Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.4,
each Tagging Shareholder must agree to make to the Proposed Transferee the same
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the
Selling Holder agrees to make in connection with the Proposed Sale and agree to
the same conditions to the Proposed Sale as the Selling Holder agrees (except
that, in the case of representations, warranties, conditions, covenants,
indemnities and agreements pertaining specifically to the Selling Holder, each
Tagging Shareholder shall make comparable representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and agreements and shall agree to comparable conditions,
in each case to the extent applicable and pertaining specifically to itself and
only to itself); provided that all representations, warranties, covenants,
indemnities and agreements (other than those referred to in the immediately
preceding exception) shall be made by the Selling Holder and each Tagging
Shareholder severally and not jointly and that any liability to the Selling
Holder and the Tagging Shareholders thereunder shall be borne by each of them on
a pro rata basis determined according to the number of Shares sold by each of
them. Each Tagging Shareholder will be responsible for its proportionate share
of the costs of the Proposed Sale to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the
Proposed Transferee or the Company.
(a) The Selling Holder will give notice to each Tagging
Shareholder of each Proposed Sale not later than ten days after the execution of
the definitive agreement relating to the Proposed Sale, setting forth the number
of Shares proposed to be so Transferred, the name and address of the Proposed
Transferee, the proposed amount and form of consideration (and if such
consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, the
Selling Holder will provide such information, to the extent reasonably available
to the Selling Holder, relating to such non-cash consideration as the Tagging
Shareholders together may reasonably request in order to evaluate such non-cash
consideration) and other terms and conditions of payment offered by the Proposed
Transferee. The Selling Holder will deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Tagging Shareholder copies of all transaction documents relating to the Proposed
Sale as the same become available. The tag-along rights provided by this Section
2.4 must be exercised by the Tagging Shareholders within ten Business Days
following receipt of the notice required by the preceding sentence by delivery
of a written notice to the Selling Holder indicating its desire to exercise its
rights and specifying the number of Shares it desires to sell.
(b) If any Tagging Shareholder exercises its rights under
Section 2.4(a), the closing of the purchase of the Shares with respect to which
such rights have been exercised will take place concurrently with the closing of
the sale of the Selling Holder's Shares to the Proposed Transferee.
(c) Each Shareholder agrees that the Management Shareholders
shall, in accordance with the Management Shareholders Agreement, have the right
to participate as Tagging Shareholders in connection with any Transfer by such
Shareholder subject to this Section 2.4; provided that Shares owned by any
Management Shareholder who so participates shall not be deemed to be owned by
such Management Shareholder for purposes hereof unless such Shares are not
subject to a Restricted Share Agreement (as defined in the Management
Shareholders Agreement) or such Management Shareholder's interest with respect
to such
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Shares has fully vested as of the date of the closing of the applicable Proposed
Sale, in accordance with the applicable Restricted Share Agreement.
2.5. Rights and Obligations of Transferees. Any Transferee of
Shares (other than Transferees who acquire Shares pursuant to the exercise of
rights set forth in Section 2.6 or Article III or, following the initial Public
Offering by the Company, in a bona fide sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act) will be required, at the time of and as a condition to
such Transfer, to become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering
an Assumption Agreement and, upon executing and delivering an Assumption
Agreement, will be treated as a Shareholder for all purposes hereof; provided,
however, that no such Transferee will acquire any rights (but will be subject to
the obligations) under Article V unless (i) it acquires all of the Shares held
by either Silver Lake and its Permitted Transferees, TPG and its Permitted
Transferees or August and its Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, and
(ii) Silver Lake shall have consented, in its sole discretion, to the giving of
such rights to such Proposed Transferee.
2.6. Take-Along Rights. In the case of a proposed sale of
Shares (other than pursuant to Section 2.2), if, at any time after the Initial
Share Holding Period, any Shareholder or Shareholders holding, in the aggregate,
at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting
Ordinary Shares (such Shareholder or Shareholders, the "Majority Shareholders")
receive an offer from a third party (a "Take-Along Buyer") to purchase or
otherwise acquire at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding Ordinary
Shares and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares, the Company shall, at the request of such
Majority Shareholders and subject to approval by the Board (in accordance with
Article V), deliver written notice (a "Take-Along Notice") to each other
Shareholder (the "Take-Along Shareholders"), stating that such Majority
Shareholders wish to exercise their rights under this Section 2.6 with respect
to such Transfer, setting forth the name and address of the Take-Along Buyer,
the proposed amount and form of consideration and transaction (and if such
consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, the
Majority Shareholders will provide such information, to the extent reasonably
available to the Majority Shareholders, relating to such non-cash consideration
as the Take-Along Shareholders together may reasonably request in order to
evaluate such non-cash consideration) and other terms and conditions offered by
the Take-Along Buyer, including the number of Ordinary Shares and any Preferred
Shares proposed to be Transferred. Upon delivery of a Take-Along Notice, each
Take-Along Shareholder shall be required to Transfer that percentage of its
Preferred Shares and that percentage of its Ordinary Shares (including for these
purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) equal to the percentage of the Preferred
Shares and/or Ordinary Shares (including for these purposes Non-Voting Ordinary
Shares) (as the case may be) held by the Majority Shareholders being transferred
at the same price per Preferred Share and/or Ordinary Share (including for these
purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) (as the case may be) and upon the terms,
conditions, and provisions, if any, of the offer so accepted by the Majority
Shareholders, including making the same representations, warranties, covenants,
indemnities and agreements that the Majority Shareholders agree to make (except
that, in the case of representations, warranties, conditions, covenants,
indemnities and agreements pertaining specifically to the Majority Shareholders,
each Shareholder shall make the comparable representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and
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agreements and shall agree to comparable conditions, in each case to the extent
applicable and pertaining specifically to itself and only to itself); provided
that all representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements
(other than those referred to in the immediately preceding exception) shall be
made by each Majority Shareholder and each Take-Along Shareholder severally and
not jointly and that any liability of the Majority Shareholders and the
Take-Along Shareholders thereunder shall be borne by each of them on a pro rata
basis determined according to the number of Ordinary Shares (including for these
purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) sold by each of them. In the event that any
such Transfer is structured as a merger, consolidation or similar business
combination, each Take-Along Shareholder agrees to vote in favor of the
transaction and take all action to waive any dissenters, appraisal or other
similar rights.
2.7. Distributions Upon Initial Public Offering of Designated
Subsidiaries. If, prior to the termination of this Agreement, an initial Public
Offering of a Designated Subsidiary is consummated, then, subject to applicable
law or legal order and any contractual restriction or prohibition, at any time
after 190 days following the date of the consummation of such initial Public
Offering of a Designated Subsidiary other than the Iolon Designated Subsidiary
and, in the case of the Iolon Designated Subsidiary, at any time following the
date of the consummation of such initial Public Offering, and in each case upon
the unanimous written request of either the Silver Lake Designees, the TPG
Designees, or both, the Company shall distribute to the Shareholders, in respect
of the outstanding shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of
association of the Company, shares of such Designated Subsidiary held by the
Company (excluding shares which the Board may determine to withhold from
distribution for possible allocation to employees of such Designated Subsidiary
in connection with employee benefit plans); provided that the aggregate number
of such shares required to be so distributed by the Company to the Shareholders
pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall not exceed (unless otherwise determined by
Silver Lake and TPG) (i) the total number of shares of such Designated
Subsidiary held by the Company multiplied by (ii) the quotient obtained by
dividing (a) the aggregate amount of Vested Deferred Compensation of the Company
and each of its subsidiaries by (b) the aggregate amount of Deferred
Compensation of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. In connection with
such distribution (other than a distribution of the Iolon Designated
Subsidiary), each Shareholder shall enter into a shareholders agreement with the
Company and each other Shareholder having substantially identical terms and
conditions as this Agreement (subject to necessary conforming changes and
appropriate modifications to Section 6.1 hereof), provided that all references
in this Agreement to the Company shall be changed in such additional
shareholders agreement to references to such Designated Subsidiary and
references therein to Designated Subsidiaries, Preferred Shares and Non-Voting
Ordinary Shares shall be omitted, and provided, further, that if on the date of
such distribution at least 50% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of
such Designated Subsidiary have been publicly distributed or sold, or are being
actively traded on a national securities exchange or interdealer quotation
system, then only the provisions contained in Article III of this Agreement
shall be included in such additional shareholders agreement, and such provisions
shall survive until such time as all Registrable Securities under such
additional shareholders agreement held by the Shareholders cease to be
Registrable Securities. For purposes of clarification, no shareholders agreement
shall be entered into in connection with the distribution of the Iolon
Designated Subsidiary. From and after such time (if any) as Registration Rights
Holders referred to in clause (x) of Section 3.2(a) have the right to demand the
registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3.2(a) pursuant to
Section 3.2(a)(ii), such Registration Rights Holders shall also have the right
to require the Company to effect the registration of the ordinary shares of
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Seagate Technology Holdings, and upon exercise of such right, the provisions of
this Section 2.7 shall apply to such shares.
2.8. Call Rights. The Shareholders shall have the rights given
to them in Article III of the Management Shareholders Agreement.
ARTICLE III. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
3.1. Piggyback Rights. (a) If the Company at any time
following the initial Public Offering by the Company proposes to register
Ordinary Shares under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4
or S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar purposes),
whether or not for sale for its own account (including pursuant to Section 3.3),
it will, at each such time, give prompt written notice to the Registration
Rights Holders of its intention to do so and of the Registration Rights Holders'
rights under this Section 3.1. Upon the written request of any Registration
Rights Holder made within 14 days after the receipt of any such notice (which
request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be
disposed of by such Registration Rights Holder), the Company will use its
reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all
Registrable Securities which the Registration Rights Holders have so requested
to be registered; provided that (i) if, at any time after giving written notice
of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of
the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the
Company or any other holder of securities that initiated such registration (an
"Initiating Holder") shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the
proposed registration of the securities to be sold by it, the Company or such
Initiating Holder may, at its election, give written notice of such
determination to the Registration Rights Holders and, thereupon, the Company
shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in
connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the
Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith), and (ii) if such
registration involves an underwritten offering, the Registration Rights Holders
of Registrable Securities requesting to be included in the registration must
sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters selected by the Company or
the Initiating Holders, as the case may be, on the same terms and conditions as
apply to the Company or the Initiating Holders, as the case may be, with, in the
case of a combined primary and secondary offering, such differences, including
any with respect to indemnification and liability insurance, as may be customary
or appropriate in combined primary and secondary offerings. If a registration
requested pursuant to this Section 3.1(a) involves an underwritten public
offering, any Registration Rights Holder requesting to be included in such
registration may elect, in writing prior to the effective date of the
registration statement filed in connection with such registration, not to
register all or any portion of such securities in connection with such
registration. Nothing in this Section 3.1(a) shall operate to limit the right of
a Registration Rights Holder to (i) request the registration of Registrable
Securities that consist of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities, as applicable,
held by such Registration Rights Holder (including Non-Voting Ordinary Shares)
notwithstanding the fact that at the time of request such Registration Rights
Holder holds only such securities and not the underlying Ordinary Shares or (ii)
request the registration at one time of Registrable Securities that consist of
both Ordinary Shares and securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Ordinary Shares.
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(a) The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant
to this Section 3.1.
(b) If a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 involves an
underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in
writing that, in its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities and other
securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be sold in such offering, so as to be reasonably likely to have an
adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered in
such offering, then the Company will include in such registration (i) first,
100% of the securities, if any, the Company proposes to sell for its own
account, provided that the registration of Ordinary Shares contemplated by this
Section 3.1 was initiated by the Company with respect to shares intended to be
registered for sale for its own account and (ii) second, such number of
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in
the opinion of such managing underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse
effect referred to above, which number of Registrable Securities shall be
allocated pro rata among all such requesting holders of Registrable Securities,
based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such
requesting holder of Registrable Securities. In the event that (i) the Company
did not initiate the registration of securities intended to be registered for
sale for its own account and (ii) the number of Registrable Securities and
Ordinary Shares of other holders entitled to registration rights with respect to
such Ordinary Shares, in each case requested to be included in such
registration, is less than the number which, in the opinion of the managing
underwriter, can be sold, the Company may include in such registration the
securities it proposes to sell up to the number of securities that, in the
opinion of the underwriter, can be sold.
3.2. Demand Registration. (a) At any time after the earlier of
(i) the 180th day following the initial Public Offering by the Company and (ii)
the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date (so long as such fourth anniversary
is not within 180 days of the initial Public Offering by the Company), upon the
written request of (x) any Registration Rights Holder or Registration Rights
Holders holding, in the aggregate, the equivalent of at least 20% of the
aggregate outstanding Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares held by
Shareholders (the Registration Rights Holder or Registration Rights Holders
making such request, a "20% Demand Party") or (y) any single Registration Rights
Holder holding the equivalent of at least 10% of the aggregate outstanding
Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares held by Shareholders (such
Registration Rights Holder making such request, a "10% Demand Party") requesting
that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part
of such Demand Party's Registrable Securities and specifying the amount and
intended method of disposition thereof, the Company will promptly give written
notice of such requested registration to the other holders of Registrable
Securities and other holders of securities entitled to notice of such
registration and thereupon will, as expeditiously as possible, file a
registration statement to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:
(i) such Registrable Securities which the Company has been so
requested to register by the Registration Rights Holders; and
(ii) the Registrable Securities of other holders which the
Company has been requested to register by written request given to the
Company within 15 days after
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the giving of such written notice by the Company (which request shall
specify the amount and intended method of disposition of such
securities);
all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended method thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities and such
other securities so to be registered; provided that the Company shall not be
required to effect the registration of Registrable Securities (i) at the request
of a 20% Demand Party under this Section 3.2(a) on more than three occasions,
and (ii) at the request of a 10% Demand Party under this Section 3.2(a) on more
than one occasion with respect to each such 10% Demand Party; provided, that the
Company shall not be obligated to file a registration statement relating to any
registration request under this Section 3.2(a):
(x) within a period of 180 days (or such lesser period as the
managing underwriters in an underwritten offering may permit) after the
effective date of any other registration statement relating to any
registration request under this Section 3.2(a) or relating to any
registration effected under Section 3.1;
(y) if with respect thereto the managing underwriter, the SEC,
the Securities Act, or the form on which the registration statement is
to be filed, would require the conduct of an audit other than the
regular audit conducted by the Company at the end of its fiscal year,
in which case the filing may be delayed until the completion of such
audit (and the Company shall, upon request of the 20% Demand Party or
10% Demand Party, as the case may be, use its reasonable best efforts
to cause such audit to be completed expeditiously and without
unreasonable delay); or
(z) if the Company is in possession of material non-public
information and the Board determines in good faith that disclosure of
such information would not be in the best interests of the Company and
its shareholders, in which case the filing of the registration
statement may be delayed until the earlier of the second Business Day
after such conditions shall have ceased to exist and the 90th day after
receipt by the Company of the written request from the 20% Demand Party
or 10% Demand Party, as the case may be, to register Registrable
Securities under this Section 3.2(a).
Nothing in this Section 3.2(a) shall operate to limit the right of a
Registration Rights Holder to (i) request the registration of Registrable
Securities that consist of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities, as applicable,
held by such Registration Rights Holder (including Non-Voting Ordinary Shares)
notwithstanding the fact that at the time of request such Registration Rights
Holder holds only such securities and not the underlying Ordinary Shares or (ii)
request the registration at one time of Registrable Securities that consist of
both Ordinary Shares and securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Ordinary Shares (including Non-Voting Ordinary Shares).
(b) The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant
to this Section 3.2.
(c) A registration requested pursuant to this Article III will
not be deemed to have been effected unless it has become effective; provided
that, if, within 180 days after it has
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become effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court, then such
registration will be deemed not to have been effected.
(d) If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 3.2
involves an underwritten offering and regardless of whether the Company is
registering any securities therein, the Board shall have the right to select the
investment banker or bankers and managers to administer the offering, including
the lead managing underwriter.
(e) If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 3.2
involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the
Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be
sold in such offering, so as to be reasonably likely to have an adverse effect
on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered in such offering,
then the Company will include in such registration such number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion
of such managing underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse effect
referred to above, which number shall be allocated pro rata among all such
requesting holders of Registrable Securities based on the relative number of
Registrable Securities then held by each such requesting holder of Registrable
Securities. In the event that the number of Registrable Securities and Ordinary
Shares of other holders, in each case entitled to registration rights with
respect to such Ordinary Shares requested to be included in such registration is
less than the number which, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, can be
sold, the Company may include in such registration securities it proposes to
sell for its own account up to the number of securities that, in the opinion of
the underwriter, can be sold.
3.3. Form S-3 Registration. If the Company receives from one
or more Registration Rights Holders a written request or requests that the
Company effect a registration on Form S-3 (or any successor to Form S-3) and any
related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Registration Rights Holder or Registration
Rights Holders, the Company will:
(a) promptly give notice of the proposed registration, and any
related qualification or compliance, to the other Registration Rights Holders
who hold Registrable Securities; and
(b) as expeditiously as possible, effect such registration and
all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such
Registration Rights Holder's or Registration Rights Holders' Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion
of the Registrable Securities of any other Registration Rights Holder or
Registration Rights Holders joining in such request as are specified in a
written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written
notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant
to this Section 3.3:
(i) if Form S-3 (or any successor form) is not available for
such offering by the Registration Rights Holders; or
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(ii) if the Registration Rights Holders, together with the
holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in
such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such
other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public of less
than $500,000; or
(iii) if the Company shall furnish to the Registration Rights
Holders a certificate signed by the chairman of the Board stating that
in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would not be in the best
interests of the Company for such Form S-3 Registration to be effected
at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer
the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not
more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the
Registration Rights Holder or Registration Rights Holders under this
Section 3.3; provided, that such right to delay a request shall be
exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12) month
period; or
(iv) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period
preceding the date of such request, already effected two (2)
registrations on Form S-3 for the Registration Rights Holders pursuant
to this Section 3.3; or
(v) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would
be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent
to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or
compliance unless the Company is already subject to service in such
jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.
(c) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a Form
S-3 registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other
securities so requested to be registered as expeditiously as possible after
receipt of the request or requests of the Registration Rights Holders.
Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall not be counted as
demands for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Section 3.2.
The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection
with each registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this
Section 3.3.
3.4. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required to file a registration statement with respect to, or to use its
reasonable best efforts to effect or cause the registration of, any Registrable
Securities under the Securities Act as provided in this Agreement the Company
will as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and, in any event within 120 days after the end of
the period within which a request for registration may be given to the Company
pursuant to Section 3.2, file with the SEC a registration statement on an
appropriate form with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its
reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of
securities as to which it is the Initiating Party at any time prior to the
effective date of the registration statement relating thereto (and, in such
event, the Company shall pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection
therewith); provided, further, that not less than five (5) Business Days before
filing a
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registration statement or prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto,
the Company will furnish to counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement copies of all documents proposed to be
filed, which documents will be subject to the review and input of such counsel;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for
a period not in excess of 270 days and to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement during such period in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers
thereof set forth in such registration statement; provided that not less than
five (5) Business Days before filing a registration statement or prospectus, or
any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to counsel for
the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement
copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to
the review and input of such counsel;
(c) furnish to each seller of such Registrable Securities such
number of copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and
supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith,
including any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the
prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary
prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request
in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such
seller;
(d) use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Securities covered by such registration in such jurisdictions as
each seller shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts and things
which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to
consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
owned by such seller, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be
required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction where, but for the requirements of this subsection (d), it would
not be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction;
(e) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or
approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary
to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities;
(f) notify each seller of any such Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act within the
appropriate period mentioned in Section 3.3(b), of the Company's becoming aware
that the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the
request of any such seller, prepare and furnish to such
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seller a reasonable number of copies of an amended or supplemental prospectus as
may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such
Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing;
(g) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with
all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its
security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than 18
months) after the effective date of the registration statement, an earnings
statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act;
(h) (i) if such Registrable Securities are Ordinary Shares
(including Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of
another security), use its reasonable best efforts to list such Registrable
Securities on any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then
listed if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and if such
listing is then permitted under the rules of such exchange; (ii) if such
Registrable Securities are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into
Ordinary Shares, upon the reasonable request of sellers of a majority of such
Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to list such securities
and, if requested, the Ordinary Shares underlying such securities,
notwithstanding that at the time of request such sellers hold only such
securities, on any securities exchange so requested, if such Registrable
Securities are not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under
the rules of such exchange; and (iii) use its reasonable efforts to provide a
transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(i) enter into such customary agreements (including an
underwriting agreement in customary form), which may include indemnification
provisions in favor of underwriters and other Persons in addition to, or in
substitution for the indemnification provisions hereof, and take such other
actions as sellers of a majority of shares of such Registrable Securities or the
underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(j) obtain a "cold comfort" letter or letters from the
Company's independent public accounts in customary form and covering matters of
the type customarily covered by "cold comfort" letters as the seller or sellers
of a majority of shares of such Registrable Securities shall reasonably request;
(k) make available for inspection by any seller of such
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, by any
underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such
registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by any such seller or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause
all of the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or
agent in connection with such registration statement;
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(l) notify counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities
included in such registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent,
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (i) when the registration
statement, or any post-effective amendment to the registration statement, shall
have become effective, or any supplement to the prospectus or any amendment to
the prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from
the SEC, (iii) of any request of the SEC to amend the registration statement or
amend or supplement the prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of
the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the
registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes;
(m) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of
any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and, if
any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the
earliest possible moment;
(n) if requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any
holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement, promptly
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information as the managing underwriter or agent or such holder reasonably
requests to be included therein, including, with respect to the number of
Registrable Securities being sold by such holder to such underwriter or agent,
the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent and with
respect to any other terms of the underwritten offering of the Registrable
Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after
being notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment;
(o) cooperate with the holders of Registrable Securities
covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if
any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not
bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold under the
registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or
the Registration Rights Holders that sellers may request;
(p) obtain for delivery to the holders of Registrable
Securities being registered and to the underwriter or agent an opinion or
opinions from counsel for the Company in customary form and in form, substance
and scope reasonably satisfactory to such holders, underwriters or agents and
their counsel; and
(q) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and
each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable
Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required
to be made with the NASD.
3.5. Other Registration-Related Matters. (a) The Company may
require any Person that is selling Ordinary Shares in a Public Offering pursuant
to Sections 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 to furnish to the Company in writing such
information regarding such Person and pertinent to the
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disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of the
Registrable Securities which are included in such Public Offering as the Company
may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
(a) Each Registration Rights Holder agrees, severally and not
jointly, that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of
any event of the kind described in Section 3.4(f), it will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement
covering such Registrable Securities until its receipt of the copies of the
amended or supplemented prospectus contemplated by Section 3.4(f) and, if so
directed by the Company, each Registration Rights Holder will deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies
then in their possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities
current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company gives
any such notice, the period for which the Company will be required to keep the
registration statement effective will be extended by the number of days during
the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to
Section 3.4(f) to and including the date when each seller of Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement has received the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.4(f).
(b) Each holder of Registrable Securities will, in connection
with an underwritten Public Offering of the Company's securities, upon the
request of the Company or of the underwriters managing any underwritten offering
of the Company's securities, agree in writing not to effect any sale,
disposition or distribution of Registrable Securities (other than those included
in the Public Offering) without the prior written consent of the managing
underwriter for such period of time commencing 7 days before and ending 180 days
(or such earlier date as the managing underwriter shall agree) after the
effective date of such registration. No Shareholder shall be released from such
lock-up period unless all of the Shareholders are so released.
3.6. Indemnification. (a) In the event of any registration of
any securities of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1,
3.2 or 3.3, the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless, to the
extent permitted by law, the sellers of any Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement (each a "Holder"), each Affiliate of such Holder and
their respective directors and officers, members or general and limited partners
(and the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and controlling Persons of
any of the foregoing), each other Person who participates as an underwriter in
the offering or sale of such securities and each other Person, if any, who
controls such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties"), against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, and expenses to which
such Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, common law
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a
party thereto) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration
statement under which such securities were registered under the Securities Act,
any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances when they
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were made, and the Company will reimburse such Indemnified Party for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided that
the Company will not be liable to any Indemnified Party in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in
respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such
registration statement, in any such preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information with respect to such Indemnified Party furnished to the
Company by such Indemnified Party expressly for use in the preparation thereof.
Such indemnity will remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Party and
will survive the Transfer of such securities by such Holder.
(a) The Company may require, as a condition to including any
Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in accordance with
Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 that the Company shall have received an undertaking
reasonably satisfactory to it from the Holder of such Registrable Securities or
any prospective underwriter to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner
and to the same extent as set forth in Section 3.6(a)) the Company, all other
Holders or any prospective underwriter, as the case may be, and any of their
respective Affiliates, directors, officers and controlling Persons, with respect
to any untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any
preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or
supplement, if such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder or
underwriter furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter expressly for
use in the preparation of such registration statement, preliminary, final or
summary prospectus or amendment or supplement, or a document incorporated by
reference into any of the foregoing. Such indemnity will remain in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company
or any of the Holders, or any of their respective affiliates, directors,
officers or controlling Persons and will survive the Transfer of such securities
by such Holder. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder of
Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of
the net proceeds actually received by such Holder upon the sale of the
Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(b) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party hereunder
of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect
to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Section 3.6,
such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of
such action; provided that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice
as provided herein will not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations
under Section 3.6(a) or 3.6(b), except to the extent that the indemnifying party
is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action
is brought against an Indemnified Party, unless in such Indemnified Party's
reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and
indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may
wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its election so
to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
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Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. If, in such Indemnified Party's reasonable judgment, having
common counsel would result in a conflict of interest between the interests of
such indemnified and indemnifying parties, then such Indemnified Party may
employ separate counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnifying party to
represent or defend such Indemnified Party in such action, it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party will not be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all
such Indemnified Parties (and not more than one separate firm of local counsel
at any time for all such Indemnified Parties) in such action. No indemnifying
party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
of such claim or litigation.
(c) If the indemnification provided for hereunder from the
indemnifying party is unavailable to an Indemnified Party hereunder in respect
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then
the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and
Indemnified Parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and
Indemnified Parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has
been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or
Indemnified Parties, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid
or payable by a party under this Section 3.6(d) as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with any investigation or proceeding. In no event shall the liability
of any selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount
than the dollar amount of the net proceeds actually received by such Holder upon
the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution
obligation.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.6(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(d) Indemnification similar to that specified in this Section
3.6 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each
seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or
other qualification of securities under any law or with any governmental entity
other than as required by the Securities Act.
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(e) The obligations of the parties under this Section 3.6 will
be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other
party.
ARTICLE IV. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
4.1. Preemptive Right. Each Shareholder shall have the right
to purchase for cash its Preemptive Right Pro Rata Share of newly issued shares
of the Company or any warrants, options and rights or securities convertible
into, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of the Company ("Share
Equivalents") which the Company may from time to time propose to sell to any
Person for cash (excluding, issuances of shares or Share Equivalents upon
exercise of outstanding options granted to any employee benefit plan or
arrangement). The "Preemptive Right Pro Rata Share" shall be, at any given time,
that proportion which the number of Ordinary Shares (including for these
purposes Non-Voting Ordinary Shares) held by the Shareholder at such time bears
to the total number of Ordinary Shares (including for these purposes Non-Voting
Ordinary Shares) issued and outstanding at such time, in each case, as
calculated on a fully diluted basis.
4.2. Preemptive Notices. In the event the Company proposes to
undertake an issuance of shares and/or Share Equivalents referred to in Section
4.1, it shall give each Shareholder written notice (the "Preemptive Notice") of
its intention to do so, specifying the price, the identity of the purchaser and
the principal terms upon which the Company proposes to issue the same. Each
Shareholder shall have ten (10) Business Days from the delivery date of any
Preemptive Notice to agree to purchase a number of shares and/or Share
Equivalents up to its Preemptive Right Pro Rata Share (in each case calculated
prior to the issuance) for the price and upon the terms specified in the
Preemptive Notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating therein
the number of shares and/or Share Equivalents to be purchased.
4.3. Failure to Exercise Preemptive Right. In the event any
Shareholder fails to purchase all of its Preemptive Right Pro Rata Share
pursuant to this Article IV, the Company shall have 90 days after the date of
the Preemptive Notice to consummate the sale of the shares and/or Share
Equivalents with respect to which any Shareholder's preemptive right was not
exercised, at or above the price and upon terms not more favorable to the
purchasers of such shares and/or Share Equivalents than the terms specified in
the initial Preemptive Notice given in connection with such sale.
ARTICLE V. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS
5.1. Board of Directors.
(a) Directors of the Company shall be elected annually.
Effective as of the Closing, the Board shall be comprised of nine members,
consisting of three designees of Silver Lake (each a "Silver Lake Designee"),
two designees of TPG (each a "TPG Designee"), one Management Director, one
Additional Director, the chief executive officer of the Company from time to
time serving (the "Chief Executive Officer") and one director elected pursuant
to the provisions of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company.
Members of the Board who are not required to be designated by a Shareholder
pursuant to the rights provided in
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this Agreement shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the articles of
association of the Company.
(b) A member of the Board designated by a Shareholder pursuant
to the rights provided in this Agreement may only be removed by such
Shareholder. Except as provided in Section 5.1(e) below, any other member of the
Board may be removed only for cause by vote of a majority of the Board. If,
prior to his or her election to the Board, any Silver Lake Designee shall be
unable or unwilling to serve as a director of the Company, Silver Lake shall be
entitled to nominate a replacement who shall then be a Silver Lake Designee for
purposes of this Section 5.1. If, following an election to the Board pursuant to
this Section 5.1, any Silver Lake Designee shall resign or be removed or be
unable to serve for any reason prior to the expiration of his or her term as a
Director, Silver Lake shall notify the Board in writing of a replacement Silver
Lake Designee and each of the Company and all of the Shareholders hereby agree
to take such actions provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them as
will result in the appointment of such Silver Lake Designee to the Board. If
Silver Lake requests that any Silver Lake Designee be removed as a Director
(with or without cause) by written notice thereof to the Company, then each of
the Company and all of the Shareholders shall take all actions provided for
under the terms of the Shares held by them necessary to effect such removal upon
such request.
If, prior to his or her election to the Board, any TPG
Designee shall be unable or unwilling to serve as a director of the Company, TPG
shall be entitled to nominate a replacement who shall then be a TPG Designee for
purposes of this Section 5.1. If, following an election to the Board pursuant to
this Section 5.1, any TPG Designee shall resign or be removed or be unable to
serve for any reason prior to the expiration of his or her term as a Director,
TPG shall notify the Board in writing of a replacement TPG Designee and each of
the Company and all of the Shareholders hereby agree to take such actions
provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them as will result in the
appointment of such TPG Designee to the Board. If TPG requests that any TPG
Designee be removed as a Director (with or without cause) by written notice
thereof to the Company, then each of the Company and all of the Shareholders
shall take all actions provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them
necessary to effect such removal upon such request.
If, prior to his or her election to the Board, the Additional
Director shall be unable or unwilling to serve as a director of the Company,
Silver Lake shall be entitled to nominate a replacement who shall then be the
Additional Director for purposes of this Section 5.1; provided, that such
replacement Additional Director satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the
definition of "Additional Director" herein. If, following an election to the
Board pursuant to this Section 5.1, the Additional Director shall resign or be
removed or be unable to serve for any reason prior to the expiration of his or
her term as a Director, Silver Lake shall notify the Board in writing of a
replacement and, provided that such replacement Additional Director satisfies
all the criteria set forth in the definition of "Additional Director" herein,
each of the Company and all of the Shareholders hereby agree to take such
actions provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them as will result
in the appointment of such replacement Additional Director to the Board. So long
as TPG consents, if Silver Lake requests that the Additional Director be removed
as a Director (with or without cause) by written notice thereof to the Company,
then each of the Company and all of the Shareholders shall take all actions
provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them necessary to effect such
removal upon such request.
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Any director (including the Additional Director) who is no
longer designated by Silver Lake or TPG shall be designated instead by the other
members of the Board and shall be considered a "Board Designee" for all purposes
hereunder. If any Board Designee shall resign or be removed or be unable to
serve for any reason prior to the expiration of his or her term as a Director,
then each of the Company and each Shareholder hereby agrees to take such actions
provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them as will result in the
appointment to the Board of an individual designated by the Board. If the Board
requests that any Board Designee be removed as a Director (with or without
cause) by written notice thereof to the Company, then each of the Company and
each Shareholder shall take all actions provided for under the terms of the
Shares held by them necessary to effect such removal upon such request.
(c) The Company will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Directors in connection with their participation in meetings of
the Board (and committees thereof) and the Boards of Directors (and committees
thereof) of the subsidiaries of the Company. Directors will receive no other
compensation or fees; provided that the Board may provide for a reasonable fee
to be paid to the Additional Director or any future independent director.
(d) The board of directors of each subsidiary of the Company
shall at any given time either be (i) comprised in the same manner as the Board
is then comprised or (ii) comprised in a manner reasonably acceptable to both
TPG and Silver Lake.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, no director (other than any Silver Lake Designee, any TPG Designee,
the Management Director, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (in his
capacity as a director), the Additional Director, or any director who becomes a
director after December 1, 2000) may be removed other than for cause and then
only with the approval of seven of nine directors.
5.2. Actions by the Board of Directors.
(a) The Shareholders and the Company shall take all actions
provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them necessary to amend the
memorandum and articles of association of the Company to provide that, for so
long as this Agreement is in effect, a quorum for any meeting of the Board shall
require the presence of (x) directors constituting at least a majority of the
entire Board, and (y) at least one of the Silver Lake Designees and (z) at least
one of the TPG Designees. Unless agreed to by unanimous consent of the Board in
writing, no action by the Board will be valid unless approved by a majority of
the directors at a meeting properly convened at which a quorum is present. The
Company and the Shareholders shall take such further action to provide that the
articles of incorporation and/or bylaws of the Company will provide that they
may not be amended by action of the Board unless such amendment is approved in
the manner set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. The Company and the
Shareholders shall take (or shall cause the Directors appointed by them to take)
such action provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them as is
necessary to cause (i) the Board to establish executive, audit, compensation and
governance committees of the Board, the duties of which shall be determined by
the Board, (ii) at least one Silver Lake Designee and one TPG Designee to serve
on each such committee of the Board of Directors and (iii) the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company to serve as the Chairman of the Executive Committee. The
Shareholders
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and the Company shall take such action provided for under the terms of the
Shares held by them to cause the memorandum and articles of association of the
Company to provide that no action by a committee of the Board of a type referred
to in Section 5.2(b) below shall be valid unless approved in the same manner as
required by action of the entire Board, as provided in this paragraph (a).
(b) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall not take any
of the actions set forth in items (i) through (iv) and (vi) through (ix) below
without the prior consent of at least seven of the nine Directors and the
Company shall not take the action set forth in item (v) below without the prior
consent of at least eight of the nine directors.
(i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition
seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law;
(ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person other than a
subsidiary of the Company (the "Target") if (x) the book value of the
assets of the Target (in the case of an acquisition of a Target) as of
the end of its most recently ended fiscal quarter preceding the earlier
of the date the Company enters into definitive agreements in respect of
such transaction or publicly announces such transaction (the
"Determination Date") would exceed $100 million or (y) the fair market
value of the consideration paid or payable for the Target would exceed
$100 million;
(iii) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (including by
merger, dividend or other distribution or other transaction involving
one or more shareholders of the Company, formation of a joint venture
or otherwise) any assets in one or a series of related transactions if
(x) the book value of such assets exceeds $100 million as of the end of
the Company's most recent fiscal quarter preceding the Determination
Date or (y) the fair market value of the consideration received or
receivable for such assets (including, with respect to any asset sale,
the value of any debt assumed or to be assumed in such transaction)
exceeds $100 million;
(iv) enter into any contract with or otherwise engage in or
become obligated to engage in any transaction or series of related
transactions with any of Silver Lake, TPG, August or any of their
respective Affiliates involving more than $1 million per calendar year;
provided, however, that all such contracts and transactions (whether or
not exceeding the $1 million limitation) shall be on an arms' length
basis;
(v) increase or decrease the number of Directors that comprise
the entire Board;
(vi) authorize, issue or sell (including by merger or
otherwise) any shares, options, warrants or rights to acquire shares of
the Company (other than issuances of shares pursuant to management
options issued with the approval of the Board);
(vii) pay, declare or set aside any sums or other property for
the payment of any dividends on, or make any other distributions in
respect of (including by merger or otherwise), any shares of the
Company, or any warrants, options, rights or
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securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of
the Company (excluding purchases from employees pursuant to employee
benefit plans or arrangements);
(viii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (including by
merger or otherwise), any shares of the Company or any warrants,
options and rights or securities convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, shares of the Company, or redeem or purchase otherwise
acquire or make any payments with respect to any share appreciation
rights or phantom share plans (excluding purchases from employees
pursuant to employee benefit plans or arrangements); or
(ix) amend, modify or repeal any of the provisions of the
memorandum and articles of association of the Company.
In addition, no Shareholder may exercise its rights pursuant
to Section 2.6 without the prior consent of at least seven of the nine
Directors. Finally, the prior consent of at least five of the nine
Directors (other than the Chief Executive Officer and the Management
Director, who shall be required to abstain) shall be required to hire
or terminate the employment contract of the Chief Executive Officer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.2 shall limit
the rights of any Shareholder under Article III.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto, the Board
shall follow the following procedures:
(i) Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time upon
the call of at least two Directors by oral, telephonic, telegraphic,
facsimile or e-mail notice duly given or sent at least one day, or by
written notice sent by express mail at least three days, before the
meeting to each director. Reasonable efforts shall be made to ensure
that each director actually receives timely notice of any meeting. The
annual meeting of the Board shall be held without notice immediately
following the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company.
(ii) A reasonably detailed agenda shall be supplied to each
director reasonably in advance of each meeting of the Board, together
with other appropriate documentation with respect to agenda items
calling for board action, to inform adequately directors regarding
matters to come before the board. Any director wishing to place a
matter on the agenda for any meeting of the applicable board of
directors may do so by communicating with the chairman of the Board
sufficiently in advance of the meeting of the Board so as to permit
timely dissemination to all directors of information with respect to
the agenda items.
(d) The Shareholders shall upon request take all action
provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them to cause the memorandum
and articles of association or comparable governing documents of each subsidiary
of the Company to be amended to require the prior approval of the Board of any
actions of the subsidiary that, if made by the Company,
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would require the approval of the Company's Board under the articles of
association of the Company or under this Agreement.
5.3. Voting of Shares; Action by the Company. At any annual or
special meeting of shareholders of the Company or in any written consent
executed in lieu of such a meeting of shareholders, the Shareholders shall take
all other action provided for under the terms of the Shares held by them,
including by way of voting their Shares, to give effect to the agreements
contained in this Agreement. In order to effectuate the provisions of this
Article V, each Shareholder hereby agrees that when any action or vote is
required to be taken by such Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, such
Shareholder shall use his or its best efforts to call, or cause the appropriate
officers and directors of the Company to call, a special or annual meeting of
shareholders of the Company, as the case may be, or execute or cause to be
executed a consent in writing in lieu of any such meetings pursuant to
applicable provisions of The Companies Law (2000 Revision) of the Cayman
Islands. In addition, the Company shall take all actions to give effect to the
agreements contained in this Agreement.
5.4. Fee Sharing. (a) Any transaction, closing or similar fee
received by any Shareholder (or any Affiliate of any Shareholder) from the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
allocated as follows: first, 25% of such fees to Silver Lake or an Affiliate
designated by Silver Lake; second, the remainder of such fees pro rata to Silver
Lake, TPG, August Capital Management III, L.L.C. ("August Management"), Chase
and GS (or an Affiliate designated by each such Shareholder or August
Management, as the case may be) in proportion to the total aggregate number of
Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares owned by each such Shareholder
(including, in the case of Silver Lake, all Shares owned by Integral) or, in the
case of fees payable to August Management, owned by August, in each case
relative to such other Shareholders.
(b) Any monitoring or similar fee received by any Shareholder
from the Company shall be allocated as follows: first, 25% of such fees to
Silver Lake or an Affiliate designated by Silver Lake; second, the remainder of
such fees pro rata to Silver Lake, TPG and August Management (or an Affiliate
designated by each such Shareholder or August Management, as the case may be) in
proportion to the total aggregate number of Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting
Ordinary Shares owned by each such Shareholder (including, in the case of Silver
Lake, all Shares owned by Integral) or, in the case of fees payable to August
Management, owned by August, in each case relative to such other Shareholders.;
provided, however, that August Management shall be entitled to receive fees
pursuant to this provision only for so long as David Marquardt serves as a
director of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall
give David Marquardt the right to be elected as a director or, if so elected,
prohibit him from declining to serve as a director.
5.5. Conversion of Ordinary Shares. So long as August is the
record owner of any Ordinary Shares, the Company agrees not to take any action
to amend the memorandum and articles of association of the Company to provide
for the conversion of Ordinary Shares into Non-Voting Ordinary Shares without
the consent of August; provided, however, that this Section 5.5 shall not
prevent Chase or any Permitted Transferee of Chase from converting Ordinary
Shares received solely upon the conversion of Non-Voting Ordinary Shares
acquired directly from the Company back into Non-Voting Ordinary Shares if it is
determined by Chase or such
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Permitted Transferee of Chase to be necessary to avoid a Regulatory Problem (as
defined in the Chase Regulatory Side Letter).
ARTICLE VI. TAX MATTERS
6.1. Tax Matters. (a) For such time as the Company constitutes
a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and Silver Lake and its
Affiliates in the aggregate own at least 25% of the number of Ordinary Shares
owned by them immediately following the transactions contemplated by the Stock
Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for share splits, reverse share splits,
combinations, recapitalizations and similar transactions), the "tax matters
partner" for purposes of section 6231(a)(7) of the Code (the "Tax Matters
Shareholder") shall be Silver Lake or its designated Affiliate (provided,
however, that such Affiliate must be a Shareholder). For such time as the
Company constitutes a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and
Silver Lake and its affiliates in the aggregate own less than 25% of the number
of Ordinary Shares owned by them immediately following the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement (as adjusted for share splits,
reverse share splits, combinations, recapitalizations and similar transactions),
the Tax Matters Shareholder shall be appointed by the Board. The Tax Matters
Shareholder shall have all of the rights, duties, powers and obligations
provided for in sections 6221 through 6231 of the Code with respect to the
Company.
(b) For such time as the Company constitutes a partnership for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Tax Matters Shareholder shall timely cause
to be prepared all tax returns of the Company for each year or period, and in
such jurisdictions, that such returns are required to be filed; provided,
however, that the Tax Matters Shareholder shall only file a material tax return
if such return has been approved by Silver Lake, TPG and August. Any Shareholder
may request in writing to review any and all such tax returns, and the Tax
Matters Shareholder's consent to such request shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(c) The Tax Matters Shareholder shall be reimbursed by the
Company or its subsidiaries, as appropriate, for all reasonable costs and
expenses associated with the performance of its obligations as Tax Matters
Shareholder.
6.2. Partnership Elections. For such time as the Company
constitutes a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Tax Matters
Shareholder shall have the right to make, or cause the Company to make, all
Company tax elections which the Tax Matters Shareholder deems appropriate in its
reasonable discretion; provided, however, that the Tax Matters Shareholder shall
not make any material tax election without the consent of Silver Lake, TPG and
August, and provided, further, that the Tax Matters Shareholder shall make the
election to adjust the basis of the Company's property pursuant to section 754
of the Code for the year in which the Closing Date occurs.
6.3. Capital Accounts; Book Allocations. (a) Solely for
purposes of complying with section 704 of the Code and the Regulations
promulgated thereunder, there shall be established for each Shareholder and
Management Shareholder on the books of the Company as of the date hereof, or
such later date on which such Shareholder or Management Shareholder is admitted
to the Company, a capital account (each being a "Capital Account"). The Capital
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Account of each Shareholder and Management Shareholder shall (in accordance with
the requirements of Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)) be credited with (i)
the amount paid by such Shareholder or Management Shareholder with respect to
the Shares purchased by such Shareholder or Management Shareholder, as the case
may be, and (ii) the amount of the Liquidation Preference (as defined in Article
17 of the articles of association of the Company) of any Unvested Restricted
Shares (as defined in the Private Placement Memorandum) for which an election
under section 83(b) of the Code has been made, increased by any allocation of
income or gain and by any additional capital contributions by such Shareholder
or Management Shareholder, and shall be reduced by any allocation of loss or
deduction and by any distribution to such Shareholder or Management Shareholder.
Capital Accounts shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect transfers of part
(but not all) of the Shares held by any Shareholder or Management Shareholder.
Interest shall not be payable on Capital Account balances.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, as long as the
Company is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, all items of
Company income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated among the
Shareholders and the Management Shareholders in a manner such that the Capital
Account of each Shareholder and Management Shareholder (including with respect
to Unvested Restricted Shares (as defined in the Private Placement Memorandum)
for which an election under section 83(b) of the Code has been made),
immediately after making such allocation is, as nearly as possible, equal
(proportionately) to the distributions that would be made to such Shareholder or
such Management Shareholder, as the case may be, if the Company was dissolved,
its affairs wound up and its assets sold for cash equal to their Carrying Value,
all Company liabilities were satisfied, and the net assets of the Company were
distributed pursuant to Articles 9 and 17 of the articles of association of the
Company to the Shareholders and the Management Shareholders immediately after
making such allocation.
(c) The provisions of this Section 6.3 relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts and allocations of Company income, gain, loss or
deduction are intended to comply with Regulations section 1.704-1(b) (including,
without limitation, the "qualified income offset" provisions contained therein)
and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Regulations. Additionally, the foregoing allocation provisions shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the "minimum gain
chargeback" requirements of Regulations section 1.704-2(f) and 1.704-2(i)(4) and
in a manner consistent with the partner nonrecourse deduction provisions of
Regulations section 1.704-2(i).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no
event shall the provisions of this Section 6.3 affect the amount or timing of
distributions to which the Shareholders or Management Shareholders would
otherwise be entitled pursuant to Articles 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 17 of the
articles of association of the Company, provided, however, that Tax
Distributions may vary or be made pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof.
6.4. Tax Allocations. For income tax purposes only, all items
of income, gain, loss, and deduction of the Company shall be allocated among the
Shareholders and the Management Shareholders in the same proportions as they
share the corresponding items pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof; provided, however,
that in the case of any asset of the Company, the Carrying Value of which
differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax
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purposes, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall be
allocated solely for income tax purposes in accordance with sections 704(b) and
(c) of the Code (in any manner determined by the Board) so as to take account of
the difference between Carrying Value and adjusted basis of such asset.
6.5. Distributions Permitted Under the Indenture. Unless such
distribution is not otherwise permitted by law or unless otherwise agreed to by
Silver Lake, TPG and August, the Shareholders agree to use reasonable best
efforts to cause the Company to make any and all distributions permitted by the
Indenture including, without limitation "Tax Distributions" as such term is
defined in the Indenture ("Distribution Provisions"). The Shareholders agree to
use reasonable best efforts to prevent the Company from modifying the
Distribution Provisions without the consent of Silver Lake, TPG and August. Any
distributions made pursuant to this Section 6.5 other than Tax Distributions,
will be paid out in accordance with Articles 8, 9, 10, 14 15 and 17 of the
articles of association of the Company. Prior to making any other distributions
described in this Section 6.5, any Tax Distributions will be made to the holders
of Ordinary Shares and Non-Voting Ordinary Shares (including holders of Unvested
Restricted Shares (as defined in the Private Placement Memorandum) for which an
election under section 83(b) of the Code has been made) on a pro-rata basis
(based on the relative number of aggregate outstanding Ordinary Shares and
Non-Voting Ordinary Shares owned by them).
6.6. Partnership Income and Subpart F Income. (a) Except as
otherwise agreed by Silver Lake, TPG and August, the Shareholders shall use
reasonable best efforts, and shall cause the Company to use reasonable best
efforts, to minimize Partnership Income, except to the extent that the Company
makes current distributions pursuant to the Distribution Provisions (to the
extent permitted by the Indenture) with respect to such Partnership Income.
(b) Except as otherwise agreed by Silver Lake and TPG, the
Shareholders shall use reasonable best efforts, and shall cause the Company to
use reasonable best efforts, to avoid creating Subpart F Income in excess of $50
million per calendar year. The Shareholders agree to use reasonable best efforts
to cause the Company to provide to Silver Lake and TPG the information necessary
to allow the direct and indirect beneficial owners of each of Silver Lake and
TPG to make the filings that would be required if the Company were to be treated
as a "controlled foreign corporation" within the meaning of section 957 of the
Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
6.7. Corporate Structure, etc. The Shareholders agree to use
their reasonable efforts to avoid changing the corporate structure of the
Company or the entity classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes of the
Company or its subsidiaries, to the extent that any such change would cause
material adverse federal income tax consequences to any Shareholder unless such
change is approved by Silver Lake, TPG and August.
6.8. Unrelated Business Taxable Income and U.S. Trade or
Business Income. The Shareholders agree to use their best efforts, and to cause
the Company, or any entity which the Company owns directly which is treated as a
pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or indirectly through
an entity which is treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, to use its best efforts, (i) to not incur any items of gross income
that would be taken into account for purposes of calculating unrelated business
taxable income as defined in
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section 512 and 514 of the Code ("UBTI") and (ii) to not engage in activities,
directly or indirectly, that would cause a direct or indirect non-U.S. investor
in the Company to be treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business as defined
in sections 864 or 897 of the Code due to its direct or indirect investment in
the Company. In addition, the Tax Matters Shareholder agrees to use best efforts
to (i) unless otherwise advised by its tax advisors, file tax returns and
information returns on behalf of the Company with the Internal Revenue Service
(the "IRS") on the basis that the Company is not engaged in a trade or business
for purposes of sections 875, 882, 884 and 1446 of the Code, and (ii) promptly
notify all other Shareholders if, based on the advice of its tax advisors, the
Tax Matters Shareholder determines that the Company is engaged in a trade or
business for purposes of sections 875, 882, 884 and 1446 of the Code.
6.9. Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Tax Matters
Shareholder agrees to use reasonable efforts (a) to determine whether any
corporation, as determined under the entity classification Regulations
promulgated under section 7701 of the Code, of which the Company would be deemed
to be an owner pursuant to section 1298 of the Code, is a passive foreign
investment company (a "PFIC") within the meaning of section 1297 of the Code,
and (b) with respect to any such company which is determined to be a PFIC, to
provide the Shareholders with information sufficient to enable the Shareholders
to make and maintain an election to treat such company as a qualifying electing
fund within the meaning of section 1295 of the Code.
ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS
7.1. Competition. Any Shareholder and any Affiliate of such
Shareholder may engage in or possess an interest in other investments, business
ventures or entities of any nature or description, independently or with others,
similar or dissimilar to, or that compete with, the investments or business of
the Company, and may provide advice and other assistance to any such investment,
business venture or entity, and the Company and the Shareholders shall have no
rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such investments, business ventures
or entities or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any
such investment or venture, even if competitive with the business of the
Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Upon the written request of
the Company (which request shall not be made more than once in any 90-day
period), each Shareholder shall, subject to applicable law and the terms of any
applicable confidentiality agreement or similar agreement or arrangement, use
its reasonable efforts to disclose, as soon as reasonably practicable and on a
confidential basis, to the Board any such interest, investment or business
venture that involves the disc drive or similar information storage business
that is owned by such Shareholder. No Shareholder nor any Affiliate thereof
shall be obligated to present any particular investment or business opportunity
to the Company even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to
the Company, could be taken by the Company, and any Shareholder or any Affiliate
thereof shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a
partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment
opportunity.
7.2. Additional Securities Subject to Agreement. Each
Shareholder agrees that any other equity securities of the Company which it
hereafter acquires by means of a share split, share dividend, distribution,
exercise of options or warrants or otherwise (other than shares acquired in a
Public Offering or in the public market after the initial Public Offering of the
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Company) will be subject to the provisions of this Agreement to the same extent
as if held on the date hereof.
7.3. Information Rights. The Company shall deliver to each of
the Shareholders (i) audited financial statements of the Company within 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year and (ii) unaudited quarterly financial
statements within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter. Each of the
Shareholders shall have access to such other information concerning the
Company's business or financial condition as may be reasonably requested by such
Shareholder.
7.4. Termination. Other than as specified below, the
provisions of this Agreement will terminate and be of no further force and
effect upon the date on which at least 50% of the number of issued and
outstanding shares of the Company have been publicly distributed or sold, or are
being actively traded on a national securities exchange or interdealer quotation
system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Article III of this Agreement shall
survive the termination of this Agreement until such time as all Registrable
Securities held by the Shareholders cease to be Registrable Securities.
7.5. Notices. All notices, consents, requests, claims, demands
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or
made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by
delivery in person, by courier service, by cable, by telecopy, by telegram, by
telex or registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt
requested) as follows (or at such other address for a party as shall be
specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.5):
(i) if to Silver Lake:
Silver Lake Partners, L.P.
2725 Sand Hill Road
Building C, Suite 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: David Roux
Telecopy: (650) 233-8125
With a copy to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: William E. Curbow, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 455-2502
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(ii) if to TPG:
SAC Investments, L.P.
c/o Texas Pacific Group.
301 Commerce Street
Suite 3300
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Attention: Richard A. Ekleberry
Telecopy: (817) 871-4080
with a copy to:
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Attention: Paul J. Shim, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 225-3999
(iii) if to August:
August Capital
2480 Sand Hill Road
Suite 101
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Mark Wilson
Telecopy: (650) 234-9910
with a copy to:
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin &
Hachigian, LLP
155 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Steven R. Franklin, Esq.
Telecopy: (650) 321-2800
(iv) if to Chase:
Chase Equity Associates, L.P.
50 California Street
29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attention: Shahan Soghikian
Telecopy: (415) 591-1205
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with a copy to:
Chase Capital Partners
Official Notices Clerk
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Telecopy: (212) 899-3401
and to:
Latham & Watkins
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Anthony J. Richmond, Esq.
Telecopy: (650) 463-2600
(v) if to GS:
GS Capital Partners III, L.P.
85 Broad Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Anne Musella
Telecopy: (212) 357-5505
with a copy to:
Sullivan & Cromwell
1870 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Attention: Matthew G. Hurd, Esq.
Telecopy: (650) 461-5700
(vi) if to Staenberg:
Staenberg Venture Partners 2000 First
Avenue, Suite 1001 Seattle, WA 98121
Attention:
Telecopy:
with a copy to:
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
U.S. Bank Centre
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101
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(vii) if to Integral:
Integral Capital Partners
2750 Sand Hill Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Pamela Hagenah
Telecopy: 650-233-0366
(viii) if to the Company:
New SAC
c/o Silver Lake Partners, L.P.
2725 Sand Hill Road
Building C, Suite 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: David Roux
Telecopy: (650) 233-8125
with copies to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: William E. Curbow, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 455-2502
-and-
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Attention: Paul J. Shim, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 225-3999
7.6. Further Assurances. The parties hereto will sign such
further documents, cause such meetings to be held, resolutions passed, exercise
their votes and do and perform and cause to be done such further acts and things
as may be necessary in order to give full effect to this Agreement and every
provision hereof.
7.7. Assignment. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Except as specifically provided herein, this Agreement may
not be assigned by any party hereto without the express prior written consent of
the other parties, and any attempted assignment, without such consents, will be
null and void.
7.8. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written instrument executed by the
parties hereto; provided,
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however, that this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
by a written instrument executed only by the Shareholders so long as any such
amendment, supplement or modification does not impose any material additional
burdens on the Company. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof
will be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the
party so waiving. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken
pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any investigation by
or on behalf of any party, will be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party
taking such action of compliance with any covenants or agreements contained
herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.
7.9. Third Parties. Except as otherwise set forth herein, this
Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any person
that is not a party hereto nor create or establish any third party beneficiary
hereto.
7.10. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
7.11. Binding Arbitration. Any controversy, dispute or claim
arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to, the construction,
performance, or breach of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by arbitration
conducted in accordance with the existing rules for commercial arbitration of
the American Arbitration Association, or any successor organization in New York
or California (the "AAA"), as determined by the party initiating the
arbitration. The demand for arbitration shall be delivered in accordance with
the notice provisions of this Agreement. Arbitration hereunder shall be
conducted by a single arbitrator selected jointly by the parties hereto. If
within thirty (30) days after a demand for arbitration is made, the parties
hereto are unable to agree on a single arbitrator, three arbitrators shall be
appointed. Each party shall select one arbitrator and those two arbitrators
shall then select within thirty (30) days a third neutral arbitrator. If the
arbitrators selected by the parties cannot agree on the third arbitrator, they
shall discuss the qualifications of such third arbitrator with the AAA prior to
selection of such arbitrator, which selection shall be in accordance with the
existing rules of the AAA. If an arbitrator cannot continue to serve, a
successor to an arbitrator selected by the parties shall be also selected by the
same party, and a successor to a neutral arbitrator shall be selected as
specified above. A full rehearing will be held only if the neutral arbitrator is
unable to continue to serve or if the remaining arbitrators unanimously agree
that such a rehearing is appropriate. Any discovery in connection with
arbitration hereunder shall be limited to information directly relevant to the
controversy or claim in arbitration. Judgment upon any arbitration award
rendered may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. EACH PARTY
HERETO UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
7.12. Specific Performance. Without limiting or waiving in any
respect any rights or remedies of the parties hereto under this Agreement now or
hereinafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, each of the parties
hereto will be entitled to seek specific performance of the obligations to be
performed by the other in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
including during such time prior to the final and binding decision in any
arbitration contemplated by Section 7.10.
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7.13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
7.14. Titles and Headings. The section headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.
7.15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is
declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or
unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement will not be affected and
will remain in full force and effect.
7.16. Regulatory Matters. (a) Each Shareholder agrees to
cooperate with the Company in all reasonable respects in complying with the
terms of the Chase Regulatory Side Letter, including, without limitation, voting
to approve amending the Company's memorandum and articles of association or this
Agreement in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Shareholders and Chase or any
Affiliate of Chase entitled to make such request pursuant to the Chase
Regulatory Side Letter in order to remedy a Regulatory Problem (as defined in
the Chase Regulatory Side Letter). Anything contained in this Section 7.16(a) to
the contrary notwithstanding, no Shareholder shall be required under this
Section to take any action that would adversely affect such Shareholder's rights
under this Agreement or as a shareholder of the Company.
(b) The Company and each Shareholder agree not to amend or
waive the voting or other provisions of the Company's memorandum and articles of
association or this Agreement if such amendment or waiver would cause Chase of
any of its Affiliates to have a Regulatory Problem (as defined in the Chase
Regulatory Side Letter). Chase agrees to notify the Company as to whether or not
it would have a Regulatory Problem promptly (and in any event within 5 Business
Days of receipt of notice of such amendment or waiver in accordance with this
Agreement) after Chase has notice of such amendment or waiver. Failure to
respond within such 5 Business-Day period shall be deemed to be a response that
such amendment or waiver will not result in a Regulatory Problem.
(c) The Company understands that Chase is affiliated with
parties entering into commercial lending transactions with the Company
including, without limitation, The Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Securities
Inc. The parties acknowledge that such lending arrangements are entirely
independent of the equity investment made herein and nothing herein shall limit
or otherwise constrain the exercise by such parties under their lending
arrangement of any remedy or right granted to them in the transaction documents
governing such lending arrangements.
7.17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all
of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Agreement or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf as of the date
first written above.
NEW SAC
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS CAYMAN, L.P.
By: Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP Ltd., its General
Partner
By: /s/ Kenneth Hao
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Name: Kenneth Hao
Title:
SILVER LAKE INVESTORS CAYMAN, L.P.
By: Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP Ltd., its General
Partner
By: /s/ Kenneth Hao
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Name: Kenneth Hao
Title:
SILVER LAKE PARTNERS CAYMAN, L.P.
By: Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP Ltd., its General
Partner
By: /s/ Kenneth Hao
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Name: Kenneth Hao
Title:
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SAC INVESTMENTS, L.P.
By: TPG SAC GenPar III, L.P., its General Partner
By: TPG SAC Advisors III Corp., its General Partner
By: /s/ Justin T. Chang
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Name: Justin T. Chang
Title:
AUGUST CAPITAL III, L.P.
for itself and as nominee
For August Capital Strategic Partners III, L.P. and
For August Capital III Founders Fund, L.P.
By: August Capital Management III, L.L.C., its
general partner
By: /s/ Mark G. Wilson
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Member: Mark G. Wilson
CHASE EQUITY ASSOCIATES, L.P.
By: Chase Capital Partners, its General Partner
By: /s/ Shakan Seghikian
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Name: Shakan Seghikian
Title: A General Partner
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: GS Advisors III, L.L.C., its General Partner
By: /s/ John E. Bowman
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Name: John E. Bowman
Title: Vice President
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS III OFFSHORE, L.P.
By: GS Advisors III, L.L.C., its General Partner
By: /s/ John E. Bowman
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Name: John E. Bowman
Title: Vice President
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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. VERWALTUNGS GmbH
By: /s/ Joseph H. Gleseparin
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Name: Joseph H. Gleseparin
Title: Managing Director
and
By: /s/ John Bowman
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Name: John Bowman
Title: Registered Agent
STONE STREET FUND 2000 L.P.
By: Stone Street 2000, L.L.C., its General Partner
By: /s/ John E. Bowman
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Name: John E. Bowman
Title: Vice President
BRIDGE STREET SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND 2000, L.P.
By: Bridge Street Special Opportunities Fund 2000,
L.L.C., its General Partner
By: /s/ John E. Bowman
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Name: John E. Bowman
Title: Vice President
STAENBERG VENTURE PARTNERS II, L.P.
By: /s/ Jon R. Staenberg
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Name: Jon R. Staenberg
Title: Managing Director
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STAENBERG SEAGATE PARTNERS, LLC
By: /s/ Jon R. Staenberg
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Name: Jon R. Staenberg
Title: Managing Member, Staenberg Seagate
Manager LLC
INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V, L.P.
By: Integral Capital Management V, LLC, its General
Partner
By: /s/ Pamela K. Hagenah
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Name: Pamela K. Hagenah
Title: Manager
INTEGRAL CAPITAL PARTNERS V SIDE FUND, L.P.
By: ICP Management V, LLC, its General Partner
By: /s/ Pamela K. Hagenah
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Name: Pamela K. Hagenah
Title: Manager
/s/ Georgia A. Brint
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Georgia Ann Brint
/s/ William L. Hudson
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William L. Hudson
/s/ Gregory B. Kerfoot
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Gregory Brian Kerfoot
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/s/ Stephen J. Luczo
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Stephen James Luczo
/s/ William T. Rowley
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William Thomas Rowley
/s/ Philip E. Soran
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Philip E. Soran
/s/ John Thompson
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John Thompson
/s/ Lam H. Truong
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Lam Huy Truong
/s/ Donald L. Waite
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Donald Leo Waite