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Exhibit
10.4
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MANAGEMENT INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2005
(this
“Agreement”), among AFFINION
GROUP
HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), AFFINION GROUP
HOLDINGS,
LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company
(“Parent LLC”), and the
HOLDERS that are parties
hereto.
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WHEREAS, each Holder deems it to be in the best interest
of the Company and the Holders that provision be made for the
continuity and stability of the business and policies of the
Company, and, to that end, the Company and the Holders hereby set
forth herein their agreement with respect to the Common Stock and
Options now owned or hereafter owned by them.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and
of the mutual consents and obligations hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions
.
As used in this
Agreement:
“ Additional
Consideration ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 5(e).
“ Affiliate ” of
the Company or the Parent LLC means a Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company or the
Parent LLC, as applicable. As used in this definition, the term
“control,” including the correlative terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with,” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of
securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by
contract or otherwise) of a Person. The term “
Affiliate ” shall not include at any time any
portfolio companies of Apollo Management V, L.P. or its
affiliates.
“ Affiliate ” of
a Holder (other than the Parent LLC) means: (i) any member of
the immediate family of an individual Holder, including parents,
siblings, spouse and children (including those by adoption); the
parents, siblings, spouse, or children (including those by
adoption) of such immediate family member, and in any such case any
trust whose primary beneficiary is such individual Holder or one or
more members of such immediate family and/or such Holder’s
lineal descendants; (ii) the legal representative or guardian
of such individual Holder or of any such immediate family member in
the event such individual Holder or any such immediate family
member becomes mentally incompetent; and (iii) any Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Holder.
As used in this definition, the term “control,”
including the correlative terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with,” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether
through ownership of securities or any partnership or other
ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person. The term
“ Affiliate ” shall not include at any time any
portfolio companies of Apollo Management V, L.P. or its
affiliates.
“ Apollo Group ”
means Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, and each of its affiliates.
“ Asset Sale ”
means the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“ Bankruptcy Event
” means with respect to any Management Holder (i) such
holder shall voluntarily be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent;
(ii) such holder shall consent to or not contest the
appointment of a receiver or trustee for himself, herself or itself
or for all or any part of his, her or its property; (iii) such
holder shall file a petition seeking relief under the bankruptcy,
rearrangement, reorganization or other debtor relief laws of the
United States or any state or any other competent jurisdiction;
(iv) such holder shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of his, her or its creditors; (v) a petition shall
have been filed against such Management Holder seeking relief under
the bankruptcy, rearrangement, reorganization or other debtor
relief laws of the United States or any state or other competent
jurisdiction; or (vi) a court of competent jurisdiction shall
have entered an order, judgment or decree appointing a receiver or
trustee for such Management Holder, or for any part of his, her or
its property, and such petition, order, judgment or decree shall
not be and remain discharged or stayed within a period of sixty
(60) days after its entry.
“ Board ” means
the Board of Directors of the Company and any duly authorized
committee thereof. All determinations by the Board required
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to be made by the Board
shall be binding and conclusive.
“ Cause ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Stock Incentive
Plan.
“ Come Along Option
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(b)(i).
“ Come Along Shares
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(b)(ii).
“ Common Stock ”
means the common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per
share.
“ Company ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph
hereof
“ Control Disposition
” means a Disposition which would have the effect of
transferring to a Person or Group a number of shares of Common
Stock such that, following the consummation of such Disposition,
such Person or Group possesses the voting power to elect a majority
of the Board (whether by merger, consolidation or sale or transfer
of Common Stock).
“ Deemed Held Shares
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(a)(ii).
“ Disability ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stock Incentive
Plan.
“ Disposition ”
means any direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale, gift,
pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance, or any other
disposition, of Common Stock (or any interest therein or right
thereto) or of all or part of the voting power (other than the
granting of a revocable proxy) associated with the Common Stock (or
any interest therein) whatsoever, or any other transfer of
beneficial ownership of Common Stock whether voluntary or
involuntary, including, without limitation (a) as a part of
any liquidation of a Management Holder’s assets or
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(b) as a part of any reorganization of a
Management Holder pursuant to the United States or other bankruptcy
law or other similar debtor relief laws.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
“ Executive Management
Holder ” means each Management Holder set forth on Annex
III hereto and any such other Management Holder as the Board may
designate from time to time, including after consideration in good
faith of any designees recommended by any member of the
Board.
“ Fair Market Value
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stock
Incentive Plan.
“ Good Reason ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stock Incentive
Plan.
“ Group ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act.
“ Holders ” means
the holders of securities of the Company who are parties
hereto.
“ Indebtedness ”
means with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, or secured or
unsecured, (b) all indebtedness of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services represented by a
note, bond, debenture or similar instrument and any other
obligation or liability represented by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument, (c) all indebtedness of such Person
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (d) all indebtedness
of such Person secured by a purchase money mortgage or other lien
to secure all or part of the purchase price of the property subject
to such mortgage or lien, (e) all obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property,
or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States of America (“ GAAP ”) and, for
the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at
any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time
determined in accordance with GAAP, (f) all unpaid
reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to letters of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for
the account of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person
under any forward contract, futures contract, swap, option or other
financing agreement or arrangement (including caps, floors, collars
and similar agreements), the value of which is dependent upon
interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodities or other
indices, (h) all interest, fees and other expenses owed with
respect to the indebtedness referred to above (and any prepayment
penalties or fees or similar breakage costs or other fees and costs
required to be paid in order for such Indebtedness to be satisfied
and discharged in full), and (i) all indebtedness referred to
above which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or
which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to
purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which it has
otherwise assured a creditor against loss.
“ Independent Third
Party ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Stock Incentive Plan.
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“ IRA ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(c).
“ Management Holder
” means any Holder who is employed by, or serves as a
consultant or director, to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
including each Executive Management Holder.
“ Non-Compete Period
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 7(c).
“ Offer ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“ Offeror ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.
“ Option ” means
the options issued to Holders pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan,
as it is amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time, or any other option plan approved by the
Company.
“ Original Cost ”
means the price per share paid by the Parent LLC for its shares of
Common Stock on the date of consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, subject to appropriate
adjustment by the Board for stock splits, stock dividends or other
distributions, combinations and similar transactions.
“ Original Issue Date
” means with respect to any share of Common Stock issued to
the Parent LLC or a Management Holder, the date of issuance of such
share of Common Stock to the Parent LLC or such Management Holder,
as applicable.
“ Parent LLC ”
means Affinion Group Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“ Person ” shall
be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an
individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a
corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a
joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental
entity or any department, agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Piggy-Back Registration
Rights ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.
“ Preferred Stock
” means shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par
value, $.01 per share, issued and outstanding as of the Original
Issue Date or any exchange debentures issued in exchange for such
preferred stock pursuant to its terms.
“ Proportionate
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Person at the
time of any Tag Along, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the
numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
held by such Person as of such time (including any shares of Common
Stock that such Person purchases pursuant to any Option exercised
in connection with the Tag Along Transaction and any shares
distributed to such Person pursuant to any deferred compensation
plan in connection with the Tag Along Transaction) and the
denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the time of determination on a fully diluted
basis.
“ Proxy ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(a).
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“ Public Sale ”
means any sale, occurring simultaneously with or after an initial
public offering, of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an
offering registered under the Securities Act, to the public
pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated thereunder or to the public in
the manner described by the provisions of Rule 144(f) promulgated
thereunder, other than an offering relating to employee incentive
plans.
“ Purchase Agreement
” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of July 26,
2005, by and among Affinion Group, Inc. (f/k/a Affinity
Acquisition, Inc.), the Company (f/k/a Affinity Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.) and Cendant Corporation, as it may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Purchase Price
” means: (i) (x) in the case where a Management
Holder, other than an Executive Management Holder, resigns as an
employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the 36
month period commencing on the Original Issue Date (or, in the case
of shares issued pursuant to an award under the Stock Incentive
Plan or a similar plan, the 36 month period commencing on the date
of grant of such award) or is terminated for Cause, or (y) in
the case where an Executive Management Holder is terminated for
Cause, the lower of the Original Cost or the Fair Market Value; and
(ii) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value.
“ Qualified Public
Offering ” means an underwritten public offering of
Common Stock by the Company pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or successors to such
forms) under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the aggregate
offering price of the Common Stock sold in such offering is at
least $150 million.
“ Repurchase Event
” means, with respect to a Management Holder, such Management
Holder shall cease to be employed by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries for any reason (including upon death or Disability) or
a Bankruptcy Event shall have occurred with respect to such
Management Holder.
“ Required Voting
Percentage ” means (i) a majority of the shares of
Common Stock outstanding owned by the Management Holders as of the
date the vote is taken (including for purposes of this calculation
Deemed Held Shares) and (ii) the vote of the shares of Common
Stock owned by the Parent LLC. For the avoidance of doubt, the
proxy described in Section 6(a) shall not be applicable for
the purpose of obtaining the Required Voting Percentage.
“ Sale Notice ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(a)(i).
“ Securities ”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s
“securities” as defined in Section 2(1) of the
Securities Act and includes such Person’s capital stock or
other equity interests or any options, warrants or other securities
that are directly or indirectly convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, such Person’s capital stock or other equity
or equity-linked interests, including phantom stock and stock
appreciation rights.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
“ Stock Incentive Plan
” means the Affinion Group Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan, as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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“ Subject Employee
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.2(c).
“ Tag Along Holder
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(a)(ii).
“ Tag Along Notice
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(a)(ii).
“ Tag Along Transaction
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2(a)(i).
“ Term ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6(a).
Section 2. Certain
Dispositions .
(a) Tag Along Transaction
.
(i) Subject to the provisions of
Section 2(b), prior to the consummation of a Qualified Public
Offering, if the Parent LLC desires to effect any sale or transfer
of shares of Common Stock to any Independent Third Party following
which (when aggregated with all prior such sales or transfers) the
Parent LLC shall have disposed of at least 10% of the number of
shares of Common Stock that the Parent LLC owned as of the Original
Issue Date to a transferee or Group (a “ Tag Along
Transaction ”), it shall give written notice to the
Management Holders offering such Management Holders the option to
participate in such Tag Along Transaction (a “ Sale
Notice ”). The Sale Notice shall set forth the material
terms of the proposed Tag Along Transaction and identify the
contemplated transferee or Group.
(ii) Each of the Management Holders
may, by written notice to the Parent LLC (a “ Tag Along
Notice ”) delivered within ten (10) days after the
date of the Sale Notice (each such Management Holder delivering
such timely notice being a “ Tag Along Holder ”,
elect to sell in such Tag Along Transaction the shares of Common
Stock held by such Management Holder, provided that the number of
shares to be sold by such Management Holder will not exceed (as a
percentage of the total number of shares, including Deemed Held
Shares (as defined below), then held by such Management Holder) the
total number of shares of Common Stock that the Parent LLC proposes
to sell or transfer in the applicable Tag Along Transaction (as a
percentage of the total number of shares, including Deemed Held
Shares, then held by the Parent LLC). The shares of Common Stock to
be sold by a Tag Along Holder in a Tag Along Transaction may
include shares of Common Stock which such Tag Along Holder may
obtain by exercising any Options held by such Tag Along Holder that
are vested as of the date of such Tag Along Notice or which would
vest in connection with such Tag Along Transaction (collectively
the “ Deemed Held Shares ”).
(iii) If none of the Management
Holders delivers a timely Tag Along Notice, then the Parent LLC may
thereafter consummate the Tag Along Transaction, at the same sale
price and on substantially the same other terms and conditions as
are described in the Sale Notice (including, without limitation,
the number of shares of Common Stock being sold), for a period of
one hundred twenty (120) days thereafter. In the event the
Parent LLC has not consummated the Tag Along Transaction within
such one hundred twenty (120) day period, the Parent LLC shall
not thereafter consummate a Tag Along Transaction, without first
providing a Sale Notice and an opportunity to the Management
Holders to sell in the manner provided above. If one or more of the
Management Holders gives the Parent LLC a timely Tag Along Notice,
then the Parent LLC shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the
prospective transferee or Group
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to agree to acquire all shares identified in all
timely Tag Along Notices, upon the same terms and conditions as are
applicable to the shares of Common Stock held by the Parent LLC. If
such prospective transferee or Group is unable or unwilling to
acquire all shares of Common Stock proposed to be included in the
Tag Along Transaction upon such terms, then the Parent LLC may
elect either to cancel such Tag Along Transaction or to allocate
the maximum number of shares that such prospective transferee or
Group is willing to purchase among the Parent LLC, the Tag Along
Holders and any other Person entitled to transfer shares of Common
Stock in connection with the Tag Along Transaction in the
proportion that the Parent LLC’s, each such Tag Along
Holder’s and such other Person’s Proportionate
Percentage bears to the total Proportionate Percentages of the
Parent LLC, the Tag Along Holders and such other
Persons.
(iv) Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 2(a), during the first twelve (12) months
of this Agreement, the Parent LLC may transfer up to 25% of the
shares of Common Stock then owned by it without complying with the
provisions of this Section 2(a).
(v) For purposes of this
Section 2(a), any holder of Common Stock who has a contractual
right to participate in such Tag Along Transaction or any other
holder of Common Stock who is otherwise participating in such Tag
Along Transaction with the consent of the Parent LLC shall be
deemed to be a “ Management Holder ” under this
Section 2(a).
(b) Come Along Option
.
(i) If the Parent LLC desires to
effect a Tag Along Transaction or any Control Disposition, then in
lieu of complying with the requirements of Section 2(a), the
Parent LLC at its option (the “ Come Along Option
”) may require all Management Holders to sell the same
percentage of their respective shares of Common Stock (including
their Deemed Held Shares) as the Parent LLC desires to sell to the
transferee or Group selected by the Parent LLC, at the same price
per share and on the same terms and conditions as apply to those
sold by the Parent LLC.
(ii) Each Management Holder shall
consent to and raise no objections against the Come Along Option,
and if the Come Along Option is structured as (a) a merger or
consolidation of the Company or an Asset Sale, each Management
Holder shall waive any dissenters rights, appraisal rights or
similar rights in connection with such merger, consolidation or
Asset Sale, or (b) a sale of all the capital stock of the
Company, the Management Holders shall agree to sell all their
shares of Common Stock which are the subject of the Come Along
Option (including their Deemed Held Shares) (the “ Come
Along Shares ”). The Management Holders shall take all
necessary and desirable actions reasonably requested by the Parent
LLC in connection with the consummation of the Come Along Option,
including obtaining Board consent to the Come Along Option and the
execution of such agreements and such instruments and the taking of
such other actions as are reasonably necessary to provide customary
representations, warranties and indemnities regarding title, as
well as escrow arrangements relating to such Come Along Option;
provided, however, that (x) any indemnification obligations
under such agreements applicable to any Executive Management Holder
(other than with respect to such Executive Management
Holder’s representations and warranties regarding title to
the Come Along Shares) shall be applicable (A) in the case of
a transaction structured as a merger or consolidation of the
Company or Asset Sale, to all security holders of the Company and
(B) in the case of a transaction structured as a sale of the
capital stock of the Company, to all security holders of the
Company selling shares in such transaction, in each case set forth
in (A) and (B)
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on a pro rata basis, determined by reference to
the aggregate amount of proceeds received by or distributable to
such security holders in their capacity as security holders in the
transaction, but in no event shall an Executive Management Holder
be liable for more than the total proceeds received by such
Executive Management Holder in the transaction giving rise to the
Come Along Option, and (y) no such representations, warranties
or indemnities shall impose on an Executive Management Holder any
noncompetition, nonsolicitation or similar restrictive covenants in
addition to any such covenants that might independently apply to
such Executive Management Holder.
(iii) The Company and each
Management Holder shall cooperate in causing any Deemed Held Shares
of such Management Holder that are ultimately included in a Come
Along Option to be delivered to the Management Holder immediately
prior to the closing of such Come Along Option in order that the
Management Holder may exercise his rights under Section 2(a)
or that the Parent LLC may exercise its rights under
Section 2(b), as the case may be.
(iv) Upon the closing of the sale of
any shares of Common Stock (including any Deemed Held Shares)
pursuant to this Section 2, the Holders shall deliver at such
closing, against payment of the purchase price therefor,
certificates representing their shares of Common Stock to be sold,
duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by duly endorsed stock
powers, and evidence of the absence of liens, encumbrances and
adverse claims with respect thereto and of such other matters as
are deemed necessary by the Company for the proper transfer of such
shares on the books of the Company.
Section 3. Transfers;
Additional Parties .
3.1 Restrictions; Permitted
Dispositions .
Without the consent of the Company,
no Management Holder shall make any Disposition, directly or
indirectly, through an Affiliate or otherwise. The preceding
sentence shall apply with respect to all shares of Common Stock
held at any time by a Management Holder (including without
limitation, all shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise
of any Option or upon a distribution pursuant to any deferred
compensation plan), regardless of the manner in which such
Management Holder initially acquired such shares of Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Dispositions by a
Management Holder shall be permitted at any time:
(a) (i) in the case of shares
of Common Stock, with respect to a Public Sale in connection with
the exercise of Piggy-Back Registration Rights in accordance with
Section 4, (ii) subject to Section 4(c), a Public
Sale of Common Stock, or (iii) any sale of Common Stock by a
Management Holder following the expiration, without exercise, of
the Repurchase Right in Section 5 following a Repurchase
Event;
(b) to: (i) a guardian of the
estate of such Management Holder, (ii) an inter-vivos trust
primarily for the benefit of such Management Holder; (iii) an
inter-vivos trust whose primary beneficiary is one or more of such
Management Holder’s lineal descendants (including lineal
descendants by adoption); (iv) the spouse of such Management
Holder during marriage and not incident to divorce; or (v) one
or more of such Management Holder’s Affiliates;
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(c) to any individual Management
Holder by: (i) a guardian of the estate of such Management
Holder; (ii) an inter-vivos trust whose primary beneficiary is
such Management Holder or one or more of such Management
Holder’s lineal descendants (including lineal descendants by
adoption); (iii) the spouse of such Management Holder during
marriage and not incident to divorce; or (iv) such Management
Holder’s lineal descendants;
(d) with the consent of the Company,
by any Management Holder to a qualified retirement plan sponsored
by the Management Holder (including with respect to a qualified
retirement plan referred to in this paragraph 3.1(d), to
participants, alternate payees and beneficiaries to the extent
required by law and the provisions of such plan);
(e) to a trust, to any successor
trust or successor trustee;
(f) any Disposition permitted
pursuant to Section 2(a) or required pursuant to
Section 2(b); and
(g) with the consent of the Company,
by any Management Holder to other Persons for tax planning
purposes.
In the event of any transaction by a
Management Holder involving a change of ownership interest or
voting power of a Management Holder not specifically prohibited by
this Section or otherwise authorized by (a) through
(g) of this Section, such transaction shall be deemed a
Disposition by such Management Holder and an irrevocable “
Offer .” Such Management Holder (“
Offeror ”) shall promptly notify the Company of such
event and Offer, by written notice to the Company, to sell all
securities subject to the Offer to the Company and/or the Parent
LLC for the Purchase Price. Offers under this Section 3.1
shall (a) be in writing; (b) be irrevocable for so long
as the Company or the Parent LLC has the right to purchase any
securities subject to the Offer; (c) be sent by the Offeror to
the Company; and (d) contain a description of the proposed
transaction and change of ownership interest or voting power. The
Company shall, within five (5) business days from receipt
thereof (or, if no such written notice is delivered to the Company
by the Management Holder, within five (5) business days from
the Company’s receipt of evidence, satisfactory to it, of
such a Disposition by the Offeror), deliver written notice of the
Offer to the Company and the Parent LLC stating that all Common
Stock registered in the name of such Management Holder are
securities subject to an Offer pursuant to this Section 3.1.
The date of such Offer shall be deemed to be the date such written
notice of the Offer is so delivered by the Company.
3.2 Additional Parties
.
(a) As a condition to the
Company’s obligation to effect a transfer of shares of Common
Stock permitted by this Agreement on the books and records of the
Company, (other than a transfer to the Parent LLC or of any of the
Parent LLC’s Affiliates, the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company), the transferee shall be required to become a party to
this Agreement by executing (together with such Person’s
spouse, if applicable) an Adoption Agreement in substantially the
form of Exhibit A or in such other form that is reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
(b) In the event that any Person
acquires shares of Common Stock from (i) a Management Holder
or any Affiliate or member of such Management Holder’s Group
or (ii) any
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direct or indirect transferee of a Management
Holder, such Person shall be subject to any and all obligations and
restrictions of such Management Holder hereunder (other than the
provisions of Section 7), as if such Person was such
Management Holder named herein. Additionally, whenever a Management
Holder makes a transfer of shares of Common Stock, such shares of
Common Stock shall contain a legend so as to inform any transferee
that such shares of Common Stock were held originally by a
Management Holder and are subject to repurchase pursuant to
Section 5 below based on the employment of or events relating
to such Management Holder. Such legend shall not be placed on any
shares of Common Stock acquired from a Management Holder by the
Company, the Parent LLC or any of its Affiliates.
(c) Any shares of Common Stock
acquired by an individual retirement account (“ IRA
”) on behalf of an employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (the “ Subject Employee ”) shall be
deemed to be held by a Management Holder. Additionally, such
Subject Employee shall be deemed to be a Management Holder and his
or her IRA shall be deemed to have acquired all shares of Common
Stock it holds from such Subject Employee pursuant to a transfer
that is subject to Section 3.2(b) above.
3.3 Securities Restrictions;
Legends .
(a) No shares of Common Stock shall
be transferable except upon the conditions specified in this
Section 3.3, which conditions are intended to insure
compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
(b) Each certificate representing
shares of Common Stock shall (unless otherwise permitted by the
provisions of paragraph (d) below) be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following
form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES OR
BLUE SKY LAWS. THESE SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE SOLD
OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION
THEREFROM UNDER
SAID ACT OR LAWS. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO
A
MANAGEMENT INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
DATED
AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2005 AMONG
THE ISSUER OF
SUCH SECURITIES (THE “
COMPANY ”), AND THE OTHER
PARTIES NAMED THEREIN. THE TERMS OF
SUCH
MANAGEMENT INVESTOR RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT
WILL BE
FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE
COMPANY TO
THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST.”
(c) The holder of any shares of
Common Stock by acceptance thereof agrees, prior to any transfer of
any such shares, to give written notice to the Company of such
holder’s intention to effect such transfer and to comply in
all other respects with the provisions of this
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Section 3.3. Each such notice shall
describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer.
Upon request by the Company, the holder delivering such notice
shall deliver a written opinion, addressed to the Company, of
counsel for the holder of such shares, stating that in the opinion
of such counsel (which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company) such proposed transfer does not
involve a transaction requiring registration or qualification of
such shares under the Securities Act. Such holder of such shares
shall be entitled to transfer such shares in accordance with the
terms of the notice delivered to the Company, if the Company does
not reasonably object to such transfer and request such opinion
within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such notice, or, if
it requests such opinion, does not reasonably object to such
transfer within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such
opinion. Each certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
transferred shares of Common Stock shall bear the legend set forth
in paragraph (b) above unless (i) such opinion of counsel
to the holder of such shares (which opinion and counsel shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Company) states that registration of
any future transfer is not required by the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act or (ii) the Company shall have waived the
requirement of such legends.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3.3, the restrictions imposed by
this Section 3.3 upon the transferability of any shares of
Common Stock shall cease and terminate when (i) any such
shares are sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) after
a Qualified Public Offering, the holder of such shares has met the
requirements for transfer of such shares pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act. Whenever the restrictions imposed by this
Section 3.3 shall terminate, the holder of any shares as to
which such restrictions have terminated shall be entitled to
receive from the Company, without expense, a new certificate not
bearing the restrictive legend set forth in paragraph
(b) above and not containing any other reference to the
restrictions imposed by this Section 3.3.
Section 4. Piggy-Back
Registration Rights .
(a) Participation . Subject
to Section 4(b), if at any time after the date hereof the
Company files a Registration Statement (i) in connection with
the exercise of any demand rights by the Parent LLC or any other
Holder or Holders possessing such rights, or (ii) in
connection with which the Parent LLC exercises piggy-back
registration rights (other than a registration on Form S-4 or S-8
or any successor form to such Forms or any registration of
securities as it relates to an offering and sale to management of
the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee
benefit plan arrangement) with respect to an offering that includes
any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, then the Company
shall give prompt notice (the “ Initial Notice
”) to the Management Holders and the Management Holders shall
be entitled to include in such Registration Statement the
Registrable Securities (as defined in Section 4(h)) held by
them. If the Management Holders elect to include any or all of
their Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement, then
the Company shall give prompt notice (the “ Piggy-Back
Notice ”) to each Holder (excluding the Management
Holders) and each such Holder shall be entitled to include in such
Registration Statement the Registrable Securities held by it. The
Initial Notice and Piggy-Back Notice shall offer the Management
Holders and the Holders, respectively, the right, subject to
Section 4(b) (the “ Piggy-Back Registration Right
”), to register such number of shares of Registrable
Securities as each Management Holder and each Holder may request
and shall set forth (i) the anticipated filing date of such
Registration Statement and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock that is proposed to be included in such
Registration Statement. Subject to Section 4(b), the Company
shall include
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in such Registration Statement such shares of
Registrable Securities for which it has received written requests
to register such shares within fifteen (15) days after the
Initial Notice and seven (7) days after the Piggy-Back Notice
has been given. A Management Holder may exercise Piggy-Back
Registration Rights with respect to a Qualified Public Offering or
any subsequent Public Offering.
(b) Underwriters’
Cutback . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration
pursuant to this Section 4 involves an Underwritten Offering
(as defined in Section 4(h)) and the managing underwriter or
underwriters of such proposed Underwritten Offering advises the
Company that the total or kind of securities which such Holders and
any other persons or entities intend to include in such offering
would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the price, timing or
distribution of the securities offered in such offering, then the
number of securities proposed to be included in such registration
shall be allocated among the Company and all of the selling Parent
LLC and Management Holders proportionately, such that the number of
securities that each such Person shall be entitled to sell in the
Underwritten Offering (other than the initial Underwritten
Offering) shall be included in the following order:
(i) In the event of an exercise of
any demand rights by the Parent LLC or any other Holder or Holders
possessing such rights:
(1) first, the securities held by
the Persons requesting their securities be included in such
registration pursuant to the terms of this Section 4, pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement of even date between the
Company and the Parent LLC or pursuant to any other agreement in
which the Company has granted registration rights, pro rata based
upon the number of securities of each class or series owned by each
such Person at the time of such registration; and
(2) second, the securities to be
issued and sold by the Company in such registration.
(ii) In the event of an exercise of
any piggy-back registration rights by the Parent LLC or any other
Holder or Holders possessing such rights:
(1) first, the securities to be
issued and sold by the Company in such registration; and
(2) second, the securities held by
the Persons requesting their securities be included in such
registration pursuant to the terms of this Section 4, pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement of even date between the
Company and the Parent LLC or pursuant to any other agreement in
which the Company ha granted registration rights, pro rata based
upon the number of securities of each class or series owned by each
such Person at the time of such registration.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in this Section 4(b), if the managing
underwriter for an initial Underwritten Offering advises the
Company that the inclusion of the number of shares of Common Stock
or Preferred Stock proposed to be included in any registration by
any particular Management Holder would interfere with the
successful marketing (including pricing) of such shares to be
offered thereby, then the number of such shares proposed to be
included in such registration by such Management Holder shall be
reduced to the lower of the number of such shares that the managing
underwriter advises that such holder may sell in the initial
Underwritten Offering and the number of such shares calculated
pursuant to the foregoing.
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(c) Lock-up . If the Company
at any time shall register shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock under the Securities Act for sale to the public, no
Management Holder shall sell publicly, make any short sale of,
grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose publicly
of, any capital stock of the Company without the prior written
consent of the Company, for the period of time in which the Parent
LLC has similarly agreed not to sell publicly, make any short sale
of, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose
publicly of, any capital stock of the Company; provided, however,
that if any of the capital stock of the Company held by the Parent
LLC is released from such lock-up obligation, the same percentage
of the capital stock of the Company held by each Executive
Management Holder shall be released from the restrictions contained
in this Section 4(c).
(d) Company Control . The
Company may decline to file a Registration Statement after giving
the Initial Notice or the Piggy-Back Notice, or withdraw a
Registration Statement after filing and after such Piggy-Back
Notice, but prior to the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, provided that the Company shall promptly notify each
Holder in writing of any such action and provided further that the
Company shall bear all reasonable expenses incurred by such Holder
or otherwise in connection with such withdrawn Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Company
shall have sole discretion to select any and all underwriters that
may participate in any Underwritten Offering.
(e) Participation in Underwritten
Offerings . No Person may participate in any Underwritten
Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such
Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such
arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements, lock-ups and other documents required for such
underwriting arrangements. Nothing in this Section 4(e) shall
be construed to create any additional rights regarding the
piggy-back registration of Registrable Securities in any Person
otherwise than as set forth herein.
(f) Expenses . The Company
will pay all registration expenses in connection with each
registration of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this
Section 4; provided, that each Holder shall pay all applicable
underwriting fees, discounts and similar charges.
(g) Indemnification
.
(i) Indemnification by the
Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to
the full extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, its
officers, directors and employees and each Person who controls
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) such selling Holder
against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any omission or alleged omissi