VOTING AGREEMENT
THIS
VOTING AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLE PROXY (this "Agreement") dated as
of
April 25, 2007, is made and entered into among Wynnefield Small Cap
Value
Offshore Fund, Ltd., a private investment company organized under
the laws of
the Cayman Islands, Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership, Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P., I,
a Delaware
limited partnership, and WebFinancial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation,
(each, a "Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers"), and each
party listed
under the heading "Stockholders" on the signature page(s) hereof
(each a
"Stockholder" and collectively, the "Stockholders").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
Purchasers and Gilman + Ciocia, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the
"Company"), have entered into the Investor Purchase Agreement,
dated as of even
date herewith (the "Purchase Agreement"), which provides for, among
other
things, the sale and issuance by the Company of an aggregate of
40,000,000
shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Common
Stock"), on the terms and conditions contained in the Purchase
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
as of the date hereof, each Stockholder owns, beneficially and
of
record, and has the power to vote the number of shares of Common
Stock set forth
beside such Stockholder's name on Exhibit A hereto (all of such
shares of Common
Stock owned by the Stockholders, together with any other shares of
capital stock
of the Company acquired by any of such Stockholders, including
shares of Common
Stock acquired through the exercise of any stock option, after the
date hereof
and prior to the Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), being
referred to
herein collectively as the "Shares"); and
WHEREAS,
as a condition to the willingness of Purchasers to enter into
the
Purchase Agreement, Purchasers have required that the Stockholders
agree, and in
order to induce Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement,
the
Stockholders have agreed, to enter into this Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
CERTAIN COVENANTS
1.1 Grant
of Proxy; Voting Agreement.
(a) Each Stockholder hereby revokes, or has previously revoked,
all
prior proxies, voting agreements or powers-of-attorney given or
entered into
with respect to any of his respective Shares, and hereby
irrevocably (to the
fullest extent permitted by law) constitutes and appoints T.
Finkelstein, or any
designee of Ted Finkelstein, (the "Attorney-in-Fact") as his true
and lawful
proxy and attorney-in-fact, for and in the name, place and stead of
such
Stockholder, to vote his respective Shares at any time during the
period from
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the date of this Agreement to the Termination Date set forth in
Article 5 below,
(such period being referred to herein as the "Term"), at any
annual, special or
other meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and at any
adjournment or
postponements thereof, or pursuant to any written consent in lieu
of a meeting
or otherwise, in the following manner:
(i) in favor of approval of the Purchase Agreement, the
Shareholder Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
transactions
contemplated thereby, any other matter necessary for the
consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby ("Transactions") and considered
and voted upon
by the stockholders of the Company at any such meeting of
stockholders or in
such written consent;
(ii) against approval of any proposal made in opposition to or
in competition with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement or any action or agreement that would result in
a breach in
any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any
other obligation
or agreement of the Company under the Purchase Agreement or of the
Stockholder
under this Agreement;
(iii) in favor of any amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of shares of
Common Stock
authorized thereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the
Purchase Agreement.
(b) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, each
Stockholder has delivered to Ted Finkelstein a proxy in the form
attached hereto
as Exhibit B (individually, the "Proxy", and collectively, the
"Proxies"), which
shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent permissible by
applicable law, with
respect to his or her respective Shares.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing grant to Ted Finkelstein of
the
Proxies, if Ted Finkelstein elects not to exercise its rights to
vote any of the
Shares pursuant to the Proxies, each Stockholder agrees in his
capacity as a
stockholder of the Company and not in his capacity as a director,
officer or
employee of the Company, to vote his or her respective Shares
during the Term as
indicated in Section 1.1(a) at any annual, special or other meeting
of the
stockholders of the Company and at any adjournment or postponements
thereof, or
pursuant to any written consent in lieu of a meeting or
otherwise.
(d) Each Stockholder agrees that his irrevocable proxy and all
other
power and authority intended to be conferred by Section 1.1(a) are
coupled with
an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power and
shall not be
terminated by any act of such Stockholder or by the occurrence of
any event or
events except as provided herein, except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this
subsection 1.1.
(e) The irrevocable Proxies contemplated hereby shall not be
affected by the death, disability or dissolution of any
Stockholder, and shall
be binding upon the heirs, successors and assigns or the
respective
Stockholders.
1.2
Further Assurances. Each Stockholder agrees that, from time to
time,
at Purchasers' reasonable request, each Stockholder shall perform
such further
acts (other than affix a legend regarding this Agreement to the
certificates
representing his Shares) and execute such further documents and
instruments as
may reasonably be required to vest in the Attorney-in-Fact the
power to carry
out and give effect to the provisions of this Agreement.
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1.3 No
Inconsistent Actions. Each Stockholder agrees that such
Stockholder
shall not take any action, except as required to fulfill such
Stockholder's
fiduciary duties as an officer or director of the Company, that
would in any way
restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the such
Stockholder's
obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby or by
the Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, the Transactions, or
which shall cause
any of the representations set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement
to become
untrue.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
Each of
the Stockholders, severally and not jointly, represents and
warrants to Purchasers, as of the date hereof, as follows:
2.1
Authorization. Such Stockholder has the requisite power and
authority
to enter into and deliver this Agreement and to fully perform the
obligations
required to be performed by him or her hereunder. The execution and
delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such
Stockholder,
this Agreement has been duly executed by him, and does not violate
any
agreement, lease, indenture, judgment, order or decree or other
instrument which
is binding upon such Stockholder. The execution, delivery and
performance of
this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by such
Stockholder acting
in a fiduciary, representative or corporate capacity (if
applicable). Assuming
this Agreement has been duly and validly executed by a duly
authorized officer
of each Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and
binding
obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against him or her in
accordance
with its terms, subject to the qualification, however, that
enforcement of the
rights and remedies created hereby is subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
of general
application related to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity
principles.
2.2 No
Consent. No authorization, consent or approval of, or any
filing
with, any public body or authority or other party is necessary for
the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and consummation by such Stockholder
of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.3
Ownership. Such Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner
of,
and, except as set forth on Exhibit A, owns good and marketable
title to, the
number of Shares set forth beside such Stockholder's name and
federal tax
identification number or social security number on Exhibit A, free
and clear of
any and all liens, restrictions, claims, equities, charges,
options, rights of
first refusal, or encumbrances, with no defects of title
whatsoever, except for
such restrictions arising under applicable securities law and this
Agreement.
Except as set forth on Exhibit A, such Stockholder owns no shares
of capital
stock of the Company or any other equity security of the Company or
right of any
kind to have any such equity security issued. Such Stockholder has
the exclusive
right, power and authority to vote the Shares set forth on Exhibit
A owned by
such Stockholder, and with the exception of this Agreement, such
Stockholder is
not party to or bound by any agreements affecting or relating to
such
Stockholder's right to transfer or vote the Shares owned by such
Stockholder.
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2.4
Adequate Information. Such Stockholder is a sophisticated party
with
respect to his Shares and has adequate information concerning the
business and
financial condition of the Company to make an informed decision
regarding the
Shares and has independently and without reliance upon Purchasers
and based on
such information as such Stockholder has deemed appropriate, made
its own
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND OF THE PURCHASERS
Each
Purchaser represents and warrants to each Stockholder, as of the
date
hereof, that such Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and
authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions
contemplated hereby. Such Purchaser has duly executed and delivered
this
Agreement and this Agreement is a legal, valid and b