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INVESTOR AGREEMENT Between HARRIS CORPORATION and HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC. Dated: January 26, 2007
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E-3 Table of ContentsINVESTOR AGREEMENT INVESTOR AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of January 26, 2007, between HARRIS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Harris ”), and HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”). WHEREAS, Harris, the Company, and Stratex Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Stratex ”), and Stratex Merger Corp., a Delaware Corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company have entered into an Amended and Restated Formation, Contribution and Merger Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2006 as amended by that certain letter agreement, dated January 26, 2007 (the “ Formation Agreement ”), among the parties thereto pursuant to which the Company was formed to acquire Stratex pursuant to the Merger and to receive the Contributed Assets from Harris in the Contribution Transaction, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Formation Agreement; and WHEREAS, Harris and Stratex would not have entered into the Formation Agreement without the undertakings contained in this Agreement and the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to closing under the Formation Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants in the Agreements the parties agree as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions and Construction 1.1. Certain Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Formation Agreement. In addition, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below: “ Affiliate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term by Rule 405 under the Securities Act; provided, however , that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Harris or any of its other Subsidiaries. “ Agreements ” means, collectively, the Formation Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements attached thereto as exhibits and any other agreements provided or contemplated by any of the foregoing. “ Arm’s Length Terms ” means, with respect to any transaction, terms and conditions for such transaction that are no less favorable in any material respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those which could have been obtained in an arm’s length negotiation between informed and willing unrelated parties under no compulsion to act taking into account all the facts and circumstances then prevailing; provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing any terms and conditions of a transaction approved by a majority of the Class A Directors shall be deemed to be Arm’s Length Terms. “ Audit Independent Director ” means any Director who satisfies the requirements of Rule 4350(d)(2)(A) of the NASDAQ Rules with respect to the Company. A Person shall be deemed the “ beneficial owner ” of, and shall be deemed to “ beneficially own ”, any securities which such Person or any of its Affiliates would be deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act if the references to “within 60 days” in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) were omitted. “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company. “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close. “ Class A Common Stock ” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. “ Class A Director ” means any Director other than a Class B Director. “ Class B Common Stock ” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. E-4 Table of Contents“ Class B Director ” means any of the Initial Harris Directors, any Director elected by a separate class vote of the holders of the Class B Common Stock and any Director appointed to replace or fill any vacancy created by the removal, resignation, death or incapacity of any Class B Director. “ Closing Date ” means the date on which the Closing occurred under the Formation Agreement. “ Common Stock ” means, collectively, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock. “ Director ” means any director who is a member of the Board. “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any transaction, the fair market value of the total consideration paid or payable for goods or services pursuant to such transaction. “ Governing Instruments ” means, collectively, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B , respectively, as they may be amended from time to time. “ Government Entity ” means any domestic or foreign governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality, commission, body, court or other entity, whether legislative, executive, judicial or otherwise, and any arbitration panel, arbitrator or other entity with authority to resolve any dispute. “ Initial Directors ” means, collectively, the Initial Harris Directors and Initial Stratex Directors. “ Initial Harris Directors ” means Guy M. Campbell, Eric C. Evans, Howard L. Lance, Dr. Mohsen Sohi and Dr. James C. Stoffel. “ Initial Stratex Directors ” means William A. Hasler, Clifford H. Higgerson, Charles D. Kissner, and Edward F. Thompson. “ Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement, license or permit of any Government Entity. “ Litigation ” means any claim, suit, action, arbitration, inquiry, investigation or other proceeding of any nature (whether criminal, civil, legislative, administrative, regulatory, prosecutorial or otherwise) by or before any arbitrator or Government Entity. “ NASDAQ Rules ” means the rules promulgated by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. which apply to issuers whose common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market “ Nominee ” means, with respect to any Person, any nominee, custodian or other Person who holds shares of Common Stock for such Person without investment discretion. “ Person ” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Government Entity or other entity of any kind or nature. “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, any of its other Subsidiaries or any combination thereof or (ii) any Person other than a corporation in which such Person, any of its other Subsidiaries or any combination thereof has, directly or indirectly, majority economic ownership or the power to direct or cause the direction of the policies, management and affairs thereof; provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of Harris or any of its other Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement. “ Transfer ” means to sell, transfer or assign. E-5 Table of Contents“ Total Voting Power ” means, at any time, the total number of votes then entitled to be cast generally in the election of Class A Directors by all holders of Voting Securities (including the holders of Class B Common Stock). “ Voting Securities ” means, at any time, all classes of capital stock or other securities of the Company then outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of the Class A Directors. 1.2. Additional Definitions. The following terms are defined in the Sections indicated:
1.3. Terms Generally . The definitions set forth or referred to above shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Unless the context shall otherwise require, any reference to any contract, instrument, statute, rule or regulation is a reference to it as amended and supplemented from time to time (and, in the case of a statute, rule or regulation, to any successor provision). Any reference in this Agreement to a “day” or a number of “days” (without the explicit qualification of “Business”) shall be interpreted as a reference to a calendar day or number of calendar days. E-6 Table of ContentsARTICLE II Scope of Agreement 2.1. Scope of Agreement . Harris and the Company desire to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions upon which Harris will hold its equity interests in the Company, including but not limited its rights as a holder of Class B Common Stock. Solely with respect to Harris’ rights as a holder of Class B Common Stock, if there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the Governing Instruments as a result of any amendment of this Agreement or otherwise, the parties agree to take promptly all necessary action to amend the Governing Instruments to eliminate such inconsistency to the fullest extent permitted by Law. 2.2. Governing Instruments and Class B Common Stock . On or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Harris and Stratex have caused the Company to be incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware with Governing Instruments in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B. As of the date of this Agreement, Harris owns, directly or indirectly through its Affiliates, all the outstanding Class B Common Stock and the shareholders of Stratex immediately prior to the Effective Time own all the outstanding Class A Common Stock. Pursuant to the Governing Instruments, the rights and privileges of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are identical in all respects except that the holders of the Class B Common Stock have the additional right to vote separately as a class to elect, remove and replace the Class B Directors (the “ Additional Voting Rights ”), the right to receive Class B Common Stock instead of Class A Common Stock in certain circumstances, the absence of certain duties and obligations with respect to Corporate Opportunities (as defined in the Governing Instruments) and preemptive rights consistent with those granted in Section 4.5 hereof. The holders of Class B Common Stock also have the right at any time to exchange (a) any outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by such holder for an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock or (b) any outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock for an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, in each case as provided in the Governing Instruments. Each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall convert into one outstanding share of Class A Common Stock automatically and without any further action by the Company or any other Person if: (i) the holders of all of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to cast less than 10% of the Total Voting Power or (ii) such Class B Common Stock is transferred by a holder to any Person who is not an Affiliate of such holder or a Nominee of such holder or one of its Affiliates; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing no such conversion shall occur if such transfer is part of a transfer by such holder and its Affiliates of all of the shares of Class B Common Stock then owned by them (either directly or through a Nominee (as defined below)) to any other Person or to any other Person and its Affiliates. As of the date of this Agreement, the Class B Common Stock represents 56% of the outstanding Common Stock determined on a fully diluted basis using the treasury stock method assuming a market price per share of Class A Common Stock equal to $20.80. ARTICLE III Boards of Directors 3.1. Role and Composition of the Board . (a) As of the date of this Agreement, the Board is comprised of nine directors of which the Initial Harris Directors are the five Class B Directors and the Initial Stratex Directors are the four Class A Directors. Of the Initial Harris Directors, Eric C. Evans is an Audit Independent Director, James C. Stoffel is not an employee of Harris or any of its Subsidiaries and Guy M. Campbell is the chief executive officer of the Company, in each case as of the date of this Agreement. Of the Initial Stratex Directors, William A. Hasler and Edward F. Thompson are Audit Independent Directors and Charles D. Kissner is the Chairman of the Board, in each case as of the date of this Agreement. All Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders and the Initial Directors shall serve until their successors are elected at the first such annual meeting. Until the second anniversary of the date of this E-7 Table of ContentsAgreement, one of the Class B Directors must be an Audit Independent Director and one of the other Class B Directors must not be an employee of Harris or any of its Subsidiaries. (b) At all times when the holders of all the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to cast a majority of the Total Voting Power, (i) the Company will rely on the Controlled Company exemption contained in Rule 4350(c)(5) of the NASDAQ Rules, (ii) the Board will be comprised of nine Directors, (iii) the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to elect five of the Directors pursuant to the Additional Voting Rights and the quorum for action by the Board shall be a majority of the Board, which majority shall include at least four Class B Directors and (iv) the remaining four Directors will be Class A Directors nominated by a nominating committee consisting solely of the Class A Directors then in office (the “ Nominating Committee ”), and elected by the holders of the Common Stock, voting together as a single class; provided, however , that at all times when Rule 4350(d)(2)(A) of the NASDAQ Rules applies to the Company a sufficient number of the Class A Directors must satisfy the requirements of that Rule with respect to the Company so that, together with any Class B Directors which are required or otherwise satisfy such requirements with respect to the Company, there are enough Directors to constitute an audit committee of the Board which complies with the requirements of Rule 4350(d) of the NASDAQ Rules. Harris agrees to vote, or caused to be voted, all Voting Securities owned by it, its Affiliates and their respective Nominees in favor of the election of the Class A Directors nominated by the Nominating Committee pursuant to this Section 3.1(b). (c) At all times when the holders of all of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to cast a percentage of the Total Voting Power (the “ Voting Percentage ”) which is less than a majority but equal to or greater than 10% of the Total Voting Power (i) the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to elect pursuant to the Additional Voting Rights a number of Class B Directors which represents the Voting Percentage of the total number of Directors then comprising the entire Board (rounded down to the next whole number of Directors), and (ii) the remaining Directors will be Class A Directors nominated by the Nominating Committee (the composition of which shall comply with the requirements of Rule 4350(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Rules) and elected by the holders of the Common Stock, voting together as a single class; provided, however , that at all times when such rules apply to the Company a sufficient number of the Class A Directors must (A) qualify as an Independent Director with respect to the Company as such term is defined in Rule 4200(15) of the NASDAQ Rules so that Board complies with Rule 4350(c)(1) of the NASD Rules and (B) satisfy the requirements of Rule 4350(d)(2)(A) of the NASDAQ Rules with respect to the Company so that, together with any Class B Directors which are required to or otherwise satisfy such requirements with respect to the Company, there are enough Directors to constitute an audit committee which complies with the requirements of Rule 4350(d) of the NASDAQ Rules. The Nominating Committee will nominate individuals for election as Class A Directors who comply with the foregoing requirements and Harris agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Voting Securities owned by it, its Affiliates and their respective Nominees in favor of the election of such nominees. 3.2. Removal and Vacancies. (a) Without limiting Harris’ obligations under Section 3.1(a), the holders of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall have the sole right to remove the Class B Directors with or without cause at any time and for any reason and the sole right to elect successor Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board caused by any such removals. Any vacancy created by any resignation, death or incapacity of any Class B Director shall be filled by the remaining Class B Directors then in office or, if there are none, by the holders of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class. (b) The holders of the Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall have the sole right to remove the Class A Directors without cause and the sole right to appoint successor Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board caused by any such removals. Any vacancy created by the resignation, death or incapacity of any Class A Director shall be filled by the remaining Class A Directors then in office or, if E-8 Table of Contentsthere are none, by the holders of the Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a class. Harris agrees that none of the shares of Class A Common Stock owned by it, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Nominees will be voted for the removal of any Class A Director without cause and all such shares will be voted for the election of the individual nominated by the Nominating Committee to replace any Class A Director who has been removed with or without cause. (c) The holders of the Common Stock, voting together as a single class, shall have the sole right to remove the Class A Directors for cause and the sole right to elect successor Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board caused by any such removals. 3.3. Committees. At all times, the audit, nominating and compensation committees of the Board shall comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 4350 of the NASDAQ Rules (after taking advantage of all available exemptions for Controlled Companies under such Rules). 3.4. Voting Requirements. All actions of the Board must be approved by a majority of a quorum. 3.5. Determination of Total Voting Power. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any transaction or transactions occur which entitle the holders of Class B Common Stock to preemptive rights under Section 4.5, then no determination of the percentage of the Total Voting Power collectively entitled to be cast by the holders of all the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) shall be made for any purpose under this Agreement until after the exercise or expiration of all such preemptive rights in respect of all such transactions by such holders. ARTICLE IV Covenants 4.1. Standstill Provisions. For a period of two years from the Closing Date, Harris may not acquire or dispose of beneficial ownership of any Voting Securities of the Company through open-market transactions, third party purchases, business combinations or otherwise except (i) pursuant to Section 4.5, (ii) as a result of any actions taken by the Company that do not increase or decrease the percentage of Voting Power which Harris and its Affiliates are entitled to cast in respect of all Voting Securities beneficially owned by Harris or (iii) with the prior approval of a majority of the Class A Directors. From the second to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, Harris may not beneficially own Voting Securities which entitle Harris and its Affiliates to cast more than 80% of the Voting Power without the prior approval of a majority of the Class A Directors. From the second until the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, Harris may not Transfer Voting Securities entitled to cast a majority of the Voting Power in a single transaction or series of related transactions if a single Person would acquire beneficial ownership of all of such Voting Securities or a portion of such Voting Securities that would entitle such Person to cast a majority of the Total Voting Power unless (i) such Transfer is approved in advance by a majority of the Class A Directors or (ii) such Person offers to acquire all the Voting Securities then owned by each other holder of Voting Securities at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Transfer from Harris. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4.1 shall prohibit or restrict any pro rata dividend or other pro rata distributions of Voting Securities to Harris’ shareholders or any bona fide sale to the public of Voting Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or a bona fide registered public offering. For all purposes of this Agreement, Harris shall be deemed to beneficially own all Voting Securities beneficially owned by any of its Affiliates. 4.2. Access to Information, Audit and Inspection. As long as Harris continues to beneficially own Voting Securities that entitle it to cast at least 20% of the Total Voting Power: (a) Harris and its Representatives shall have (and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to provide Harris and its Representatives with) full access at reasonable times and during normal business hours to all the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses (including those books and records pertaining to periods prior to the Closing Date), including the right to E-9 Table of Contentsexamine and audit any of such books and records and to make copies and extracts therefrom. Harris shall bear all expenses incurred by it or its Representatives in making any such examination or audit and will reimburse the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it or its Subsidiaries in connection therewith. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, make arrangements for Harris and its Representatives to have prompt access at reasonable times and during normal business hours to its officers, directors and employees to discuss the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the books and records pertaining thereto. The provisions of this Section 4.2(a) shall continue to apply to the Company and its Subsidiaries and be enforceable by Harris after Harris ceases to beneficially own any Voting Securities of the Company or Voting Securities of the Company that entitle it to cast at least 20% of the Voting Power, but only to the extent, in each case, that such books and records and such access to officers, directors and other employees are reasonably requested by Harris in connection with any pending or threatened Litigation, proceeding or investigation involving Harris or any of its Affiliates insofar as such matter relates to the business or affairs of the Company or such Subsidiary (including any matters relating to the business and affairs of any predecessor businesses, including relating to periods prior to the Closing Date). (b) The Company shall provide Harris with copies of each completed tax return required to be filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by applicable Law (each, a “ Tax Return ”) at least 20 Business Days prior to the due date (including any extensions of such due date) of the filing of such Tax Return, and Harris may review such Tax Return prior to its filing with the appropriate Government Entity. The Company shall consult with Harris and negotiate in good faith to resolve any issues arising as a result of the Harris’ review of such Tax Return. Harris, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use all reasonable good faith efforts to resolve any issue in dispute as promptly as possible, but in any event prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return. In the event an issue resulting from the review by Harris of such Tax Return remains in dispute as of the due date for the filing of such Tax Return, the Tax Return shall be filed with the appropriate Government Entity in accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s external tax advisors. 4.3. Related Party Transactions. 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