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Exhibit
10.11
EXECUTION
COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT
VENTURE AGREEMENT
by and
among
LOEWS CINEPLEX
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
and
LOEWS CINEPLEX
INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
and
MEDIAPLEX,
INC.
and
MEGABOX CINEPLEX,
INC.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1.
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION OF THE
COMPANY
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Section 2.1.
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Organizational Documents; Shareholder
Resolutions
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Section 2.2.
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Purpose
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ARTICLE III EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIOR
AGREEMENTS
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Section 3.1.
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Replacement of Prior
Agreements
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Section 3.2.
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Conditional Effectiveness
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ARTICLE IV CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.1.
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Subsequent Capital
Contributions
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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ARTICLE VI CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CERTAIN
CORPORATE ACTIONS
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Section 6.1.
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Voting of Shares
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Section 6.2.
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Composition of the Board of
Directors
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Section 6.3.
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Representative Directors, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Statutory
Auditor
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Section 6.4.
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Approval of Certain Matters
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ARTICLE VII TRANSFER AND SALE
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Section 7.1.
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Transfer Restrictions
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Section 7.2.
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Consent
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Section 7.3.
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First Refusal
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Section 7.4.
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Tag-Alone Rights
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ARTICLE VIII COVENANTS OF THE
PARTIES
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Section 8.1.
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Access
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ARTICLE IX CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
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Section 9.1.
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Non-Competition
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Section 9.2.
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Access to Company
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Section 9.3.
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Financial Reporting
Obligations
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Section 9.4.
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Related Party Transactions
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Section 9.5.
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Excess Cash Distributions
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Section 9.6.
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Sale of Shares by Means of Public
Offering
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ARTICLE X CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
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ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 11.1.
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Survival
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Section 11.2.
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Losses
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Section 11.3.
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Indemnification by Mediaplex
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Section 11.4.
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Indemnification by LCE
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Section 11.5.
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Indemnification by the
Company
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Section 11.6.
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Claims
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Section 11.7.
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Contribution
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ARTICLE XII TERMINATION AND
LIQUIDATION
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Section 12.1.
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General
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Section 12 2.
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Termination by LCE
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Section 12.3.
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Termination by Mediaplex
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Section 12.4.
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Termination by Mutual
Agreement
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Section 12.5.
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Remedies upon Termination
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ARTICLE XIII GENERAL
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Section 13.1.
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Arbitration
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Section 13.2.
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Notices
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Section 13.3.
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Assignment; Binding Effect;
Benefit
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Section 13.4.
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Confidentiality
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Section 13.5.
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Entire Agreement
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Section 13.6.
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Amendment
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Section 13.7.
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Counterparts
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Section 13.8.
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Headings
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Section 13.9.
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Interpretation
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Section 13.10.
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Incorporation of Exhibits and
Schedules
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Section 13.11.
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Severability
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Section 13.12.
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Enforcement of Agreement
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APPENDIX A - Definitions
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APPENDIX B - Representations and
Warranties
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EXHIBITS
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| Exhibit 2.1 - Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 25, 2002 (this “
Agreement ”), by and among Megabox Cineplex, Inc., a
corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Korea and
having its offices at 7F, Cinehouse B/D, 91-6 Nonhyun-dong,
Kangnam-ku, Seoul, Republic of Korea (hereinafter the “
Company ”), Mediaplex, Inc., a corporation established
under the laws of the Republic of Korea and having its offices at
7F, Cinehouse B/D, 91-6 Nonhyun-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, Republic
of Korea (hereinafter “ Mediaplex ”), Loews
Cineplex Entertainment Corporation, a corporation established under
the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, and
having its offices at 711 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A
(hereinafter “ LCE ”) and Loews Cineplex
International Holdings, Inc., a corporation established under the
laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America and having
its offices at 711 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A.
(hereinafter “ LCI ”)
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, Mediaplex and LCE
have entered into a Heads of Agreement dated October 21, 1999, as
amended by the First Amendment to Heads of Agreement dated November
14, 1999, the Second Amendment to Heads of Agreement dated May 9,
2000, the Third Amendment to Heads of Agreement dated August 8,
2000 and the Fourth Amendment to Heads of Agreement dated August
24, 2000 (the “ Heads of Agreement ”)
establishing the basic framework of a joint venture to develop,
construct, own and operate new state-of-the-art multiplex theaters
of high quality in key locations in the Republic of
Korea;
WHEREAS, in order to
facilitate the transfer of the rights and obligations under a Lease
Agreement dated July 28, 1998 between Daewoo Corporation (“
Daewoo ”) and the Korea International Trade
Association (“ KITA ”) regarding the UEC
Multiplex located at KITA’s ASEM MALL (the “ UEC
Multiplex ”), Daewoo and LCE executed an Agreement for
the Formation of a Joint Venture Agreement (the “ JVA
”) on October 21, 1999, pursuant to which each of Daewoo and
LCE subscribed to 1,200,000 shares of the Company at the time of
the Company’s incorporation on November 16, 1999;
WHEREAS, as contemplated by
the Heads of Agreement, Mediaplex acquired all of the 1,200,000
shares of the Company owned by Daewoo pursuant to a Share Transfer
Agreement dated November 25, 1999;
WHEREAS, Mediaplex, LCI and
the Company have entered into a Joint Venture Agreement dated May
9, 2000 (the “ Joint Venture Agreement ”), in
which the parties agreed to consummate Mediaplex’s
subscription to 2,479,840 Common Shares of the Company (as defined
therein), LCE’s transfer of all of its Common Shares of the
Company to LCI and LCI’s subscription to 2,479,840
Convertible Preferred Shares of the Company (as defined therein) by
August 8, 2000;
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WHEREAS, due to unforeseen
circumstances, the closing of the Joint Venture Agreement was
rescheduled to August 25, 2000 by the First Amendment to Joint
Venture Agreement dated August 8, 2000 by and among Mediaplex, LCI
and the Company (the “ First Amendment ”), and
subsequently to October 15, 2000 by the Supplemental Agreement and
Second Amendment to Joint Venture Agreement dated August 24, 2000
by and among Mediaplex, LCI and the Company (the “ Second
Amendment ”);
WHEREAS, as the closing did
not occur on or prior to October 15, 2000 due to a cause solely
attributable to LCI/LCE, pursuant to Article 4 of the Second
Amendment, Mediaplex subscribed to 2,479,840 Common Shares of the
Company on November 11, 2000, resulting in the shareholding ratio
of Mediaplex and LCE being 75.4% and 24.6%, respectively, and
certain provisions of the Joint Venture Agreement were amended to
reflect the dilution of LCE’s shareholding ratio;
WHEREAS, under Article 4(o)
of the Second Amendment, LCI has the right to subscribe to or
purchase from Mediaplex on or prior to October 15, 2003 such number
of shares of the Company that will result in both Mediaplex and LCI
having equal equity interests in the Company;
WHEREAS, concurrently with
the execution of this Agreement, Mediaplex, LCE and the Company
have entered into a Stock Purchase and Subscription Agreement (the
“ Stock Purchase and Subscription Agreement ”),
in which LCE agreed to purchase from Mediaplex 1,015,518 shares of
the Company’s common stock owned by Mediaplex, and to
subscribe to 448,804 new shares of the Company’s common stock
on the terms and conditions set forth therein, such that each of
Mediaplex and LCE shall have 50% equity interest in the Company;
and
WHEREAS, in connection with
LCE’s purchase and subscription of the shares of the Company
contemplated in the Stock Purchase and Subscription Agreement, the
parries hereto wish to amend the Joint Venture
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual premises and covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.
Definitions
Capitalized terms used herein
are defined in Appendix A .
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ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION OF THE
COMPANY
Section 2.1.
Organizational Documents; Shareholder Resolutions . The
parties hereto agree that, on or prior to the Closing, the Company
will take such action as is necessary to amend the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation (the “ Articles of
Incorporation ”) so that they shall be as set forth in
Exhibit 2.1 attached to this Agreement, effective upon the
Closing. From the Closing, in the event that the relevant Korean
registration authorities considers that any portion of the Articles
of Incorporation should be changed from the form contained in
Exhibit 2.1 , the parties will amend the Articles of
Incorporation so as to reflect as closely as possible the
agreements set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything herein or in
the Articles of Incorporation to the contrary, to the extent that
any provision of the Articles of Incorporation conflicts with, or
otherwise is inconsistent with, any provision of this Agreement
with respect to any matter, or this Agreement covers any matter
that is not covered in the Articles of Incorporation, the
provisions of this Agreement with respect to such matter shall
control and shall be binding upon each of the parties
hereto.
Section 2.2. Purpose .
The purpose of the Company will be to develop and operate, either
itself or through its Subsidiaries, the UEC Multiplex and to
conduct such other business as prescribed in Article 2 of the
Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE III
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIOR
AGREEMENTS
Section 3.1. Replacement
of Prior Agreements .
Subject to Section 3.2
hereof, the parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall replace
and supersede the Heads of Agreement, the JVA, the Joint Venture
Agreement, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, regardless
of whether the Closing occurs. Any and all rights and obligations
of the parties under such prior agreements shall forthwith become
null and void upon the execution of this Agreement; provided
, however , that each party shall continue to be liable for
its breach of such prior agreements, if any, prior to the date of
this Agreement; provided further , that
Mediaplex’s right to retain the payment by LCI of $2,000,000
in accordance with Article 4 of the Second Agreement shall not be
affected by this Agreement.
Section 3.2. Conditional
Effectiveness .
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, none of the provisions in Articles VI and IX
of this Agreement shall be effective until the Closing. Until the
Closing, Articles VI, and IX of the Joint Venture Agreement, as
amended by Article 4 of the Second Amendment, shall remain in full
force and effect, except that all references to LCI in the Joint
Venture Agreement, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment
shall be interpreted as references to LCE.
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ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1. Subsequent
Capital Contributions .
(a) All capital contributions
called for by the Board of Directors subsequent to the payment for
the New Shares (as defined in the Stock Purchase and Subscription
Agreement) will be made on a pro rata basis based on the percentage
of outstanding Shares held by each Shareholder.
(b) If at any time any
Shareholder shall fail to subscribe for all or part of the Shares
which such Shareholder is required to make under this Agreement on
the date so required pursuant to written notice (a
“Funding Notice ”) provided by the Board of
Directors (which date shall not be sooner than 45 days following
the date of such notice), the Shareholder failing to subscribe for
such shares shall be deemed to be a “ Non-Contributing
Shareholder ” and the other Shareholder shall be deemed
to be “Contributing Shareholder .” In such
event, the Contributing Shareholder may subscribe for such Shares
for which the Non-Contributing Shareholder has failed to subscribe
with written notice to the Board of Directors.
(c) All capital contributions
made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in Won. The capital
contributions required to be made to the Company pursuant to
Section 4.1 shall be made in the form of subscriptions for
additional Shares at such subscription price per Share as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors and set forth in the relevant
Funding Notice.
(d) No Shareholder shall be
required to make contributions pursuant to Section 4.1 unless the
other Shareholder shall have made or concurrently be making its
contribution pursuant to such Section.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
The representations and
warranties of the parties to this Agreement are set forth in
Appendix B .
ARTICLE VI
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CERTAIN
CORPORATE ACTIONS
Section 6.1. Voting of
Shares . Each Shareholder shall vote all Shares owned or
controlled by it, and shall take all other necessary or desirable
actions within its control (including, without limitation,
attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of
obtaining a quorum and execution of written consents in lieu of
meetings), to effectuate the provisions of this
Agreement.
Section 6.2. Composition
of the Board of Directors . Each Shareholder shall vote all
Shares owned or controlled by it and shall take all necessary
action within its control, so that the composition of the Board of
Directors and the manner of selecting members thereof shall be as
follows:
(a) From and after the
Closing Date, the Board of Directors shall be comprised of four
persons, two of whom shall be designated by LCE and two of whom
shall be designated by Mediaplex. All such designations shall be
notified in writing to the Company, which shall notify all of the
Shareholders.
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(b) Each Shareholder shall
have the right by notice in writing to the Company to require the
Board of Directors to call a shareholder meeting (i) to remove,
with or without cause, any Director designated by such shareholder
pursuant to this Section 6.2 and (ii) to designate any replacement
for a Director designated by such shareholder pursuant to this
Section 6.2, upon the death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal from office of such Director;
provided , however , that the Shareholder proposing
to remove any Director it has designated shall be responsible for
any claims, actions, losses, expenses or damage arising out of or
in relation to such removal and shall indemnify and hold harmless
the other Shareholder and the Company from any claim, actions,
losses, expenses or damages arising out of or in relation to such
removal.
(c) At all meetings of the
Board of Directors, a quorum shall consist of not less than three
Directors provided that such quorum consists of at least one
Director designated by LCE and one Director designated by
Mediaplex. Written notice shall be duly given to each Director at
least fifteen (15) business days in advance of each meeting,
provided no notice need be given to any Director who signs a
written waiver of notice at or in advance of a meeting, or who
attends the meeting without protesting any lack of notice. Unless a
higher vote is specifically required by this Agreement, all actions
of the Board of Directors shall be determined by the vote of a
simple majority ( i.e. , greater than 50%) of the Directors
attending the meeting; provided that such majority includes at
least one Director designated by LCE and one Director designated by
Mediaplex. Directors shall be entitled to participate at meetings
of the Board of Directors telephonically in the event telephonic
participation becomes permissible under the law of the Republic of
Korea.
(d) Board of Directors
meetings shall be held no less frequently than once per year.
Minutes of the Board of Directors meetings shall be taken and a
copy of the minutes shall be distributed to each Director in a
timely fashion.
Section 6.3.
Representative Director, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and Statutory Auditor . (a) The
Company’s Representative Director shall be elected by the
Board of Directors from among the members of the Board of Directors
nominated by Mediaplex. The Company shall also have one Statutory
Auditor who shall be nominated by Mediaplex and elected at the
General Meeting of Shareholders, one Chief Operating Officer who
shall be an individual nominated by Mediaplex and approved by LCE
(and who shall be a resident of the Republic of Korea) and one
Chief Financial Officer who shall be nominated by Mediaplex and
approved by LCE (and who shall be a resident of the Republic of
Korea). The day-to-day affairs of the Company shall be managed by
the Chief Operating Officer.
(b) The Representative
Director shall represent the Company and act on all matters of the
Company. The Representative Director and the Chief Operating
Officer will
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report to the Board of Directors. The
Chief Operating Officer, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, shall have general charge and control of all of the
Company’s business and affairs and shall perform all duties
incident to his office; provided that neither the Representative
Director, the Chief Operating Officer nor any other executive of
the Company (acting individually or jointly) shall take or shall be
entitled to take, and each Shareholder shall use its best efforts
to prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from taking, any
of the actions specified in Section 6.4 (a) without the prior
approval of the Board of Directors in accordance with this
Agreement. The Representative Director and the Chief Operating
Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Board of
Directors.
(c) The Representative
Director shall delegate all matters concerning the day-to-day
operations of the Company to the Chief Operating Officer and shall
authorize the Chief Operating Officer to take, without approval of
the Representative Director, any and all actions concerning the
Company not otherwise requiring the approval of the Board of
Directors or Shareholders pursuant to Section 6.4.
Section 6.4. Approval of
Certain Matters . (a) The Representative Director and the Chief
Operating Officer, acting individually or jointly, shall not and
shall not permit the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to
take or agree to take any of the following actions or engage in any
of the following transactions without the prior approval of the
Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement:
(i) expenditure of any
Company sum or sums in excess of $400,000 in the aggregate in any
fiscal year that is not included in an Approved Budget for the then
current fiscal year, it being understood and agreed that all such
expenditures shall be directly related to the construction,
renovation, development or improvement of the Company’s
theatres, it being further understood and agreed that expenditures
on film rental, to the extent such expenditures are determined by
reference to box-office sales, shall not be restricted by this
clause (i); provided , however , that at the end of
the three-year period referenced in Section 6.3(a) above, the
parties hereto shall review the provisions of this Section
6.4(a)(i) and shall jointly determine whether it would be
appropriate to modify the terms hereof;
(ii) sale, transfer or
disposal of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
purchase or other acquisition of assets or businesses, in each case
in any single or series of related transactions, for a
consideration in excess of $100,000;
(iii) engagement by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any business other than as
prescribed in the Articles of Incorporation;
(iv) varying the
Company’s accounting policies and practices in any material
respect, other than to comply with Korean GAAP;
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(v) entering into, amending
or waiving the provision of any agreement or transaction with any
Shareholder or any Affiliate of any Shareholder after the Closing
Date, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement, and
except relating to the exhibition and settlement of motion
pictures;
(vi) establishing any place
of business outside the Republic of Korea;
(vii) commencing or settling
litigation where the amount involved exceeds $100,000 in the
aggregate in any fiscal year or consenting to any
injunction;
(viii) entering into any
joint venture, partnership, agreement or similar arrangement
requiring capital funding;
(ix) approving and adopting
the annual budget or the Business Plan or any change
thereto;
(x) incurring any debt for
borrowed money in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal
year; or
(xi) entering into any
employment agreement or consulting agreement with any Person
involving the payment of any amount in excess of $100,000 per year
or authorizing any Person to enter into any such employment
agreement or consulting agreement.
(b) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company shall take any of the following
actions without the approval of the Shareholders by a two-thirds
(2/3) vote:
(i) varying any of the rights
attaching to the Shares;
(ii) modifying the Articles
of Incorporation;
(iii) taking any steps to
effect the winding-up, liquidation, dissolution or voluntary
bankruptcy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(iv) the issuance of
additional Shares by the Company (except for the issuance of new
shares to third parties other than the shareholders of the
Company); provided, however, that the Shareholders shall undertake
discussions in good faith as and when requested by a Shareholder
concerning capital raising activities, including the possible sale
of private or public equity in the Company;
(v) entering into any merger,
amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party;
(vi) declaring dividend,
distribution of liquidation proceeds or purchase of treasury
stock;
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(vii) other actions requiring
a special resolution of a General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant
to the Korean Commercial Code;
(viii) changing the name of
the Company;
(ix) the removal of a
Director or the Statutory Auditor;
(x) the transfer of all or a
significant part of the business of the Company;
(xi) the issuance of shares
of the Company at a price less than par value; or
(xii) reduction of paid-in
capital of the Company.
ARTICLE VII
TRANSFER AND SALE
Section 7.1. Transfer
Restrictions . Other than to a Permitted Transferee, no
Shareholder shall sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise
dispose of (a “ Transfer ”) all or part of any
Shares beneficially owned by it (i) except in compliance with the
provisions of this Article VII and the Articles of Incorporation,
and (ii) without obtaining a written agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company executed by the
transferee to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, and any
Transfer not in compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) and any other
provisions of this Article VII shall have no effect and be null and
void. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, either
Shareholder may pledge all or part of any Shares beneficially owned
by it to a third party for financing purposes, the period of which
pledge must expire no later than one (1) year from the Closing
Date; provided, that transfer restrictions set forth in this
Article 7 shall apply with the same force and effect to the sale,
transfer or disposal of such pledged shares by such third
party.
Section 7.2. Consent .
Until May 9, 2005 (the “ Transfer Waiver Date
”), no Shareholder shall Transfer any Shares without the
prior written consent of the other Shareholders other than to a
Permitted Transferee.
Section 7.3. First
Refusal . (a) If, following the Transfer Waiver Date, either
LCE (on behalf of itself and its Permitted Transferees) or
Mediaplex (on behalf of itself and its Permitted Transferees) (as
appropriate, the “ Transferring Shareholder ”)
desires to Transfer, directly or indirectly, all or any portion of
the Shares owned by it (other than to a Permitted Transferee), the
Transferring Shareholder shall provide the other Shareholder (the
“ Non-Transferring Shareholder ”) with a written
notice (the “ First Refusal Notice ”), with a
copy to the Company, setting forth:
(i) the number of Shares to
be offered;
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(ii) the terms and conditions
of the proposed Transfer, including the price (the “
Offering Price ”) at which the Transferring
Shareholder proposes to Transfer such Shares; and
(iii) the name of the
proposed transferee and a statement specifying whether that
transferee is a Competitor or not.
Within 30 Business Days
following the delivery of the First Refusal Notice, the
Non-Transferring Shareholder shall, by notice in writing to the
Transferring Shareholder (copied to the Company), have the
opportunity and right to purchase 100% (but not less than 100%) of
the Shares referred to in the First Refusal Notice (on the terms
specified in the First Refusal Notice or on any other terms as are
agreed by the parties). If the Non-Transferring Shareholder fails
to exercise or waive its right to purchase 100% of the Shares
referred to in the First Refusal Notice, then the Transferring
Shareholder shall be free, for a three-month period commencing at
the end of such 30-day period to enter into a definitive agreement
to Transfer the offered Shares to any third party, on terms
(including, without limitation, all terms affecting price) no more
favorable to the proposed purchaser than the terms specified in the
First Refusal Notice, it being understood, however, that if the
Transferring Shareholder does not complete the Transfer of the
Shares within one month following the end of such three month
period, or if the definitive agreement is subsequently terminated,
the Transferring Shareholder shall once again be subject to all the
provisions of this Section 7.3.
(b) Each acceptance made
hereunder shall constitute a separate, binding contract obligating
the Transferring Shareholder to sell, and the Non-Transferring
Shareholder to purchase, the Shares accepted on the terms specified
in the relevant notice (or on any other terms as the parties shall
have agreed). The parties agree to negotiate in good faith to
consummate the transaction as soon as possible, but in no event
later than the date 120 days after the date the First Refusal
Notice was given. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, in the event of failure by the Non-Transferring
Shareholder to close the transaction within such 120-day time
periods referred to above, the Transferring Shareholder shall be
entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to treat
that failure as a waiver under Section 7.3(a) by the
Non-Transferring Shareholder of its purchase rights, entitling the
Transferring Shareholder to take the action specified in Section
7.3(a) pursuant to that waiver.
(c) If the Offering Price
specified in the First Refusal Notice includes any property other
than cash, the fair market value of any non-cash property shall be
determined in the following manner:
(i) The fair market value of
securities which are publicly traded shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily closing prices of those securities for the
five consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of the
First Refusal Notice (or the date of the last written proposal made
by the Transferring Shareholder); and
(ii) The fair market value of
any other property shall be determined by the good faith agreement
of the Transferring Shareholder and the accepting Non-Transferring
Shareholder or, if such parties are unable to agree, by an
appropriate expert
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mutually selected by such
parties. If the parties cannot mutually agree on an expert, each
party shall select an expert, and those experts shall select an
independent expert to resolve the dispute. The costs and expenses
of the appraisal shall be borne by the Transferring
Shareholder.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 7.3, each Non-Transferring Shareholder
may pay the Offering Price in cash, with any non-cash property
valued as provided above.
Section 7.4. Tag-Along
Rights .
(a) If, following the
Transfer Waiver Date, a Transferring Shareholder desires to
Transfer, directly or indirectly, all or any portion of the Shares
beneficially owned by it and its Affiliates, the Transferring
Shareholder shall provide the Non-Transferring Shareholder with
written notice (the “ Tag Along Notice ”) (which
may, but need not be, incorporated into the First Refusal Notice
required pursuant to Section 7.3) setting forth:
(i) the number of Shares
proposed to be Transferred;
(ii) all terms and conditions
of the proposed Transfer including the Offering Price at which the
Transferring Shareholder proposes to Transfer such
Shares;
(iii) the name of the
proposed transferee and a statement specifying whether or not that
transferee is a Competitor; and
(iv) that the Transferring
Shareholder is offering the Non-Transferring Shareholder the
right to participate in such Transfer on the same terms and
conditions as are applicable to the Transferring
Shareholder.
(b) If the proposed
transferee is a Competitor of a Non-Transferring Shareholder then,
within 10 Business Days following delivery of the Tag Along Notice,
such Non-Transferring Shareholder may, by notice in writing to the
Transferring Shareholder, require the Transferring Shareholder to
request the proposed transferee to purchase all of the Shares held
by the Non-Transferring Shareholder and its Affiliates on the terms
specified in the Tag Along Notice. If the Transferring Shareholder
declines to make such request or the proposed transferee rejects
the request, the Transferring Shareholder shall not be entitled to
sell the Shares which are the subject of the Tag Along Notice to
that proposed transferee. .
(c) If the proposed
transferee is not a Competitor of any Non-Transferring Shareholder,
then, within 10 Business Days following the delivery of the Tag
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