Exhibit 10(l)
FORM OF
DIRECTOR STOCKHOLDER’S
AGREEMENT
Oncor Management Investment
LLC
Oncor Electric Delivery Company
LLC
This Stockholder’s Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is effective as of
,
among Oncor Management Investment LLC (the “ Company
”), a Delaware limited liability company, Oncor Electric
Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Oncor ”), and the undersigned person (the “
Stockholder ”) (the Company, Oncor and the Stockholder
being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “
Parties ”). All capitalized terms not immediately
defined are hereinafter defined in Section 5(b) of this
Agreement.
WHEREAS, in consideration for the
services that Stockholder will provide to the Company and Oncor,
the managing member of the Company, as a member of the board of
directors of Oncor (the “ Board ”), the Company
and Oncor agreed, among other things, to allow the Stockholder
(i) to be permitted to transfer to the Company cash in
exchange for Class B Membership Interests (the “
Management Units ”) in the Company (the “
Purchased Units ”), such Purchased Units issued
pursuant to the terms set forth below and the terms of the 2008
Equity Interests Plan for Key Employees of Oncor Delivery Company
LLC and its Affiliates; and/or (ii) to receive the right to
certain payments from Oncor corresponding to appreciation of the
Oncor Units (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights ”)
pursuant to the terms set forth below and the terms of the Oncor
Electric Delivery Company LLC Director Stock Appreciation Rights
Plan (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights Plan ”)
and any Award Letter entered into by and between Oncor and the
Stockholder (the “ Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, this Agreement is one of
several other agreements which concurrently with the execution
hereof or in the future will be entered into between the Company
and other individuals who are or will be directors or key employees
of the Company or one of its subsidiaries;
NOW THEREFORE, to implement the
foregoing and in consideration of the mutual agreements contained
herein, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Issuance of Purchased Units
and Stock Appreciation Rights .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, the Stockholder hereby subscribes
for and shall purchase, as of the date hereof, and the Company
shall issue and deliver to the Stockholder as of the date hereof,
the number of Purchased Units, in each case as set forth on
Schedule I hereto at a $10.00 per unit purchase price (the
“ Base Price ”), which Base Price is equal to
the effective per unit fair market value of the Purchased Units,
taking into account the concurrent issuance of membership interests
in Oncor to Texas Transmission Investment LLC pursuant to the
Contribution and Subscription Agreement, dated as of
August 12, 2008, between Oncor and Texas Transmission
Investment LLC (the “ Minority Sale ”), as
determined in good faith by the Managing Member of the Company (the
“ Managing Member ”).
(b) Subject to certain terms and
conditions, including those hereinafter set forth and as set forth
in the Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, which may include the
Stockholder’s acquisition of the Purchased Units, Oncor may
grant Stock Appreciation Rights, based on a determination by the
Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board, to the
Stockholder, at an initial exercise price equal to the Base Price,
to participate in the economic equivalent of the appreciation of
the Oncor Units as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Rights
Plan.
(c) The Company shall have no
obligation to sell any Purchased Units to any person who
(i) is a resident or citizen of a state or other jurisdiction
in which the sale of the Purchased Units to him or her would
constitute a violation of the securities or “blue sky”
laws of such jurisdiction or (ii) is not an officer, director
or employee of the Company or Oncor (or any Affiliate of Oncor (the
material assets of which consist only of its direct or indirect
interest in Oncor, or the assets of Oncor) used for the purposes of
effecting a Public Offering of the vehicle holding the assets of
Oncor (an “ IPO Vehicle ”)).
2. Stockholder’s
Representations, Warranties and Agreements .
(a) The Company and Oncor each
acknowledge and agree that the Stockholder may directly or
indirectly, offer, transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of (any of the foregoing acts being referred to
herein as a “ Transfer ”) any (x) Purchased
Units, or (y) equity interests in Oncor (or any IPO Vehicle)
issued in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights or distributed to
the Stockholder by the Company (“ Oncor Units ”,
together with all equity interests in the Company, equity interests
in Oncor or equity interests in any IPO Vehicle otherwise acquired
and/or held by the Stockholder Entities, as of or after the date
hereof, and any successor security of any of the foregoing, “
Units ”) without restriction; provided that,
prior to the earlier of (A) a Qualified Public Offering,
(B) five years from the date hereof or (C) the occurrence
of a Change in Control, Stockholder shall have first complied with
the terms of Section 3 hereof, unless such transfer is a
Permitted Transfer, and provided further that, in the case of a
Transfer referenced in clause (iii) or (iv) of the
definition of Permitted Transfer, such transfer shall be made
expressly subject to this Agreement and the transferee shall agree
in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as a
“Stockholder” with respect to the representations and
warranties and other obligations of this Agreement. No Transfer of
any Units in violation hereof shall be made or recorded on the
books of the Company and any such Transfer shall be void ab initio
and of no effect. If the Stockholder is an Affiliate of the Company
or Oncor, the Stockholder also agrees and acknowledges that he or
she will not transfer any Units unless:
(i) the Transfer is pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations in effect thereunder (the
“ Act ”), and in compliance with applicable
provisions of state securities or “blue sky” laws;
or
(ii) (A) counsel for the Stockholder
(which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company, Oncor
or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable) shall have furnished the
Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, with an opinion
or other advice, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, that no such
registration is required because of the availability of an
exemption from registration under the Act and (B) if the
Stockholder is a citizen or resident of any country other than the
United States, or the Stockholder desires to effect any Transfer in
any such country, counsel for the Stockholder (which
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counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as
applicable) shall have furnished the Company, Oncor or the IPO
Vehicle, as applicable, with an opinion or other advice reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, Oncor or the IPO
Vehicle, as applicable, to the effect that such Transfer will
comply with the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company and Oncor acknowledge and agree that any of the following
Transfers of Units are deemed to be in compliance with the Act and
this Agreement (including without limitation any restrictions or
prohibitions herein), and no opinion of counsel is required in
connection therewith: (1) a Transfer made pursuant to Sections
4 or 7 hereof, (2) a Transfer (x) upon the death or
Disability of the Stockholder to the Stockholder’s Estate or
(y) to the executors, administrators, testamentary trustees,
legatees, immediate family members or beneficiaries of a person who
has become a holder of Units in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement; provided that it is expressly understood that any
such transferee shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement
and if requested such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound
by the terms and conditions hereof as a “Stockholder”
with respect to the representations and warranties and other
obligations of this Agreement, (3) a Transfer made in
compliance with the federal securities laws to a
Stockholder’s Trust; provided that such Transfer is
made expressly subject to this Agreement and that the transferee
agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as
a “Stockholder” with respect to the representations and
warranties and other obligations of this Agreement; and
provided further that it is expressly understood and
agreed that if such Stockholder’s Trust at any point includes
any person or entity other than the Stockholder, his spouse (or
ex-spouse) or his lineal descendants (including adopted children)
such that it fails to meet the definition thereof as set forth in
Section 5(b) hereof, such Transfer shall no longer be deemed
in compliance with this Agreement and shall be subject to
Section 2(a)(i), and (4) a Transfer made by the
Stockholder, with the Managing Member’s or the Board’s,
or the board of directors of the IPO Vehicle’s, as
applicable, approval, to the Company or Oncor, as applicable, or
their designee. No Transfer of any Units shall be permitted or
effected if such transfer would cause the Company to be required to
register the Units pursuant to Section 12(g)(1) of the
Exchange Act or register under the Investment Company Act of
1940.
(b) The certificate (or
certificates) representing the Units, if any, shall bear the
following legend:
“THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER, SALE,
ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION COMPLIES
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STOCKHOLDER’S AGREEMENT AMONG
ONCOR MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT LLC (THE “COMPANY”), ONCOR
ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC (“ONCOR”) AND THE
STOCKHOLDER NAMED ON THE FACE HEREOF OR THE SALE PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT AMONG SUCH STOCKHOLDER, ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS
COMPANY LLC, IN EACH CASE DATED AS OF
,
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SECRETARY OF ONCOR) AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.”
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(c) The Stockholder acknowledges
that he or she has been advised that (i) the Units are
characterized as “restricted securities” under the Act
inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company, Oncor or the
IPO Vehicle in a transaction not involving a Public Offering and
that under the Act (including applicable regulations) the Units may
be resold without registration under the Act only in certain
limited circumstances, (ii) a restrictive legend in the form
heretofore set forth shall be placed on the certificates (if any)
representing the Units and (iii) a notation shall be made in
the appropriate records of the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle,
as applicable, indicating that the Units are subject to
restrictions on Transfer and appropriate stop transfer restrictions
will be issued to the Company’s, Oncor’s or the IPO
Vehicle’s, as applicable, transfer agent with respect to the
Units.
(d) If any Units are to be disposed
of in accordance with Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, the
Stockholder shall promptly notify the Company, Oncor or the IPO
Vehicle, as applicable, of such intended disposition and shall
deliver to the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, at
or prior to the time of such disposition such documentation as the
Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, may reasonably
request in connection with such sale and, in the case of a
disposition pursuant to Rule 144, shall deliver to the
Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, an executed copy
of any notice on Form 144 required to be filed with the
SEC.
(e) The Stockholder represents and
warrants that (i) with respect to the Units and Stock
Appreciation Rights, the Stockholder has received and reviewed the
available information relating to such Units and Stock Appreciation
Rights, including a Preliminary Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum and any supplements thereto, including having received
and reviewed the documents related thereto, certain of which
documents set forth the rights, preferences and restrictions
relating to the Units and the Stock Appreciation Rights and
(ii) the Stockholder has been given the opportunity to obtain
any additional information or documents, and to ask questions and
receive answers about such information and documents, regarding the
Company, Oncor and the business and prospects of the Company and
Oncor which the Stockholder deems necessary to evaluate the merits
and risks related to the Stockholder’s investment in the
Units and any Stock Appreciation Rights and to verify the
information contained in the information received as indicated in
this Section 2(e), and the Stockholder has relied solely on
such information.
(f) The Stockholder further
represents and warrants that (i) the Stockholder’s
financial condition is such that the Stockholder can afford to bear
the economic risk of holding his or her Units for an indefinite
period of time and has adequate means for providing for the
Stockholder’s current needs and personal contingencies,
(ii) the Stockholder can afford to suffer a complete loss of
his or her investment in the Units, (iii) the Stockholder
understands and has taken cognizance of all risk factors related to
the purchase of the Units, (iv) the Stockholder’s
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters are such
that the Stockholder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of the Stockholder’s purchase of the Units as contemplated by
this Agreement, (v) with respect to the Purchased Units, such
Purchased Units are being acquired by the Stockholder for his or
her own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to
the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the
Act, and the Stockholder has no present intention of selling or
otherwise distributing the Purchased Units in violation of the Act,
and (vi) the Stockholder is
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an “accredited
investor” 1 within the meaning of Rule
501(a) under the Securities Act that is willing and able to conduct
an independent investigation of the risks of investing in the
Company.
3. Right of First Offer
.
(a) Prior to the earlier of
(i) a Qualified Public Offering, (ii) the occurrence of a
Change in Control and (iii) five years from the date hereof,
any Transfer of Units by Stockholder (other than pursuant to a
Permitted Transfer) shall be subject to a right of first offer
pursuant to, and Stockholder must first comply with the provisions
of, this Section 3. In the event Stockholder proposes to
Transfer any Units (the “ Offer ”), then
Stockholder shall furnish to the Company, in the case of Management
Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, a written notice of
such proposed Transfer (an “ Offer Notice
”).
(b) The Offer Notice shall
include:
(i) (A) the number of Units proposed
to be Transferred by Stockholder (the “ Offered Units
”), (B) the per Offered Units purchase price in cash at
which Stockholder is prepared to Transfer such Offered Units (the
“ Offer Price ”) and (C) all other material
terms and conditions, if any, in connection with such proposed
Transfer; and
(ii) an irrevocable offer to sell
the Offered Units to the Company or Oncor, as applicable, or their
assignee or designee at the Offer Price.
(c) If the Company, in the case of
Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, wishes to
purchase the Offered Units pursuant to its right of first offer, it
must elect to purchase at the Offer Price within twenty
(20) Business Days following the date of delivery of the Offer
Notice (the “ Option Period ”) by delivering an
irrevocable notice (the “ Purchase Notice ”) to
Stockholder indicating its desire to exercise its rights under this
Section 3 and specifying the number of Offered Units (not to
exceed the aggregate number of Offered Units specified in the Offer
Notice) it desires to purchase for cash at the Offer Price. If the
Company, in the case of Management Units, or Oncor, in the case of
Oncor Units, does not deliver a Purchase Notice in compliance with
the above requirements, including the time period, it shall be
deemed to have waived all of its rights with respect to the offer
contained in the Offer Notice. After receipt of the Purchase
Notice, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to enter into an
agreement with respect to such Transfer for fifteen
(15) Business Days. The Company, in the case of Management
Units, or Oncor, in the case of Oncor Units, shall have the right
to assign its rights under this Section 3 in respect of any
Offer to Oncor, the Company, any Affiliate or any other
designee.
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“Accredited
Investors” include persons who come within the meaning of any
of the following categories at the time of sale of the
Units:
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any director or executive officer
of Oncor;
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any natural person whose
individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s
spouse, at the time of purchase exceeds $1 million; or
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any natural person who for the two
most recent years had an individual income in excess of $200,000,
or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of
$300,000 and has a reasonable expectation of reaching that same
level of income in the current year.
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(d) If the aggregate number of
Offered Units offered to be purchased by Oncor or the Company, as
applicable, as set forth in the Purchase Notice does not equal the
number of the Offered Units which Stockholder desires to Transfer,
then Stockholder may not later than one hundred and twenty
(120) days after the date of the Offer Notice, as such period
may be extended to obtain any required regulatory approvals,
Transfer all (but not less than all) of the Offered Units to any
other Person on terms no less favorable to Stockholder than those
set forth in the Offer Notice, including at a purchase price in
cash equal to or greater than the Offer Price, and, if any other
material terms and conditions are identified in the Offer Notice,
on those terms and conditions (or those terms and conditions
modified in a manner which are no less favorable to Stockholder),
without any further obligation to Oncor or the Company pursuant to
this Section 3. If, at the end of such period, as such period
may be extended to obtain any required regulatory approvals,
Stockholder has not completed the Transfer of the Offered Units in
accordance with the foregoing, the obligations to Oncor and the
Company pursuant to this Section 3 shall again be in effect
with respect to such Units.
4. Rights on Certain Liquidity
Events .
(a) In the event that at any time on
or after the date hereof Parent or any member of the Sponsor Group
proposes to sell directly for cash or any other consideration any
shares of EFH Common Stock owned by Parent or 50% or more of the
outstanding limited partnership units of Parent in any transaction
(other than an offering pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or similar forms) or a sale, directly or
indirectly, to an Affiliate of Parent or any member of the Sponsor
Group), in which management members of EFH Corp. (“ EFH
Management ”) are permitted to sell shares of EFH Common
Stock pursuant to any “tag rights” or “piggy-back
rights” under a sale participation agreement, registration
rights agreement or similar agreement with EFH Corp. or Parent
(“ EFH Management Sale ”), then, unless Parent
or a member of the Sponsor Group is entitled to and does exercise
the drag-along rights pursuant to an EFH Drag Transaction (as
defined below), at the option of the Stockholder, the Stockholder
shall have the right, subject to any terms, conditions, limitations
or adjustments imposed on any EFH Management Sale and on completion
of such EFH Management Sale, to offer for redemption Management
Units to the Company, Oncor Units to Oncor or successor common
equity of the IPO Vehicle (“ IPO Stock ”) to the
IPO Vehicle, as applicable, and the Company, Oncor or the IPO
Vehicle, as applicable, shall be required to repurchase (subject to
any legal or contractual limitations on liquidity at the Company,
Oncor or the IPO Vehicle), on one occasion, a number of Management
Units, Oncor Units or shares of IPO Stock, as applicable, held by
the Stockholder equal to (x) the total number of Management
Units, Oncor Units or IPO Stock, as applicable, held by the
Stockholder multiplied by (y) the EFH Sale Percentage,
at a per unit price equal to the Fair Market Value as determined as
of the date that the price to be received by Parent or member of
the Sponsor Group, as applicable, is determined. The “ EFH
Sale Percentage ” shall mean the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, determined by (i) with respect to sales of EFH
Common Stock, dividing the number of shares of EFH Common Stock to
be purchased from Parent pursuant to the applicable transaction
that would cause the provisions contained in Sections 4(a) or 4(b)
hereof to take effect, by the total number of shares of EFH Common
Stock owned by Parent, or (ii) with respect to sales of
limited partnership units of Parent, dividing the number of limited
partnership units of Parent to be purchased from members of the
Sponsor Group pursuant to the applicable transaction that would
cause the provisions contained in Sections 4(a) or 4(b) hereof to
take effect, by the total number of limited partnership units of
Parent owned by such selling members of the Sponsor
Group.
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(b) If Parent or a member of the
Sponsor Group proposes to sell, directly or indirectly (without
duplication) (whether by means of a merger, consolidation,
reorganization or recapitalization, sale, transfer or otherwise), a
number of shares of EFH Common Stock or limited partnership units
of Parent equal to 50% or more of the outstanding EFH Common Stock
or limited partnership units of Parent, as applicable (such Person,
the “ EFH Drag-Along Purchaser ”), then, if
requested by Parent or a member of the Sponsor Group, each
Stockholder shall be required to offer for redemption a number of
Units to the Company or Oncor or IPO Stock to the IPO Vehicle, as
applicable, equal to the aggregate number of Units held by the
Stockholder, multiplied by the EFH Sale Percentage (such
transaction, an “ EFH Drag Transaction ”),
subject to any terms, conditions, limitations or adjustments
imposed on any EFH Management Sales, at a per unit price equal to
the Fair Market Value as determined as of the date that the price
to be received by Parent or member of the Sponsor Group, as
applicable, is determined.
(c) In the event of any EFH
Management Sale or EFH Drag Transaction under this Section 4,
the Company, Oncor or the IPO Vehicle, as applicable, will provide
the Stockholder with notice substantially similar to any notice
provided to EFH Management upon receiving notice of such
transactions from EFH Corp or a member of the Sponsor
Group.
(d) In the event that at any time
prior to a Public Offering of Oncor Units or IPO Stock, a Related
Entity proposes to sell directly for cash or any other
consideration any Oncor Units owned by a Related Entity in any
transaction (other than an offering pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or similar forms) or in
connection with the initial Public Offering of Oncor Units or IPO
Stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Act which has
been declared effective by the SEC or a sale, directly or
indirectly, to an Affiliate of such Related Entity), then, unless
such Related Entity is entitled to and does exercise the drag-along
rights pursuant to an Oncor Drag Transaction (as defined below), at
the option of the Stockholder, the Stockholder shall have the
right, subject to any terms, conditions, limitations or adjustments
imposed on the sale by such Related Entity and on completion of
such sale, to offer for redemption Management Units to the Company,
and the Company shall be required to repurchase (subject to any
legal or contractual limitations on liquidity at the Company), on
one occasion, a number of Management Units held by the Stockholder
Entity equal to (x) the total number of Management Units held
by the Stockholder Entity multiplied by (y) the Oncor
Sale Percentage, at a per unit price equal to the Fair Market Value
as determined as of the date that the price to be received by such
Related Entity is determined. The “ Oncor Sale
Percentage ” shall mean the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, determined by dividing the number of Oncor Units to be
purchased from the relevant Related Entity pursuant to the
applicable transaction that would cause the provisions contained in
Sections 4(d) or 4(e) hereof to take effect, by the total number of
Oncor Units owned by such Related Entity.
(e) If a Related Entity proposes to
sell, directly or indirectly (whether by means of a merger,
consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, sale, transfer
or otherwise), a number of Oncor Units equal to 50% or more of the
outstanding Oncor Units (such Person, the “ Oncor
Drag-Along Purchaser ”), then, if requested by such
Related Entity, each Stockholder shall be r