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Title: PUT AND CALL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 3/12/2004
Industry: Appliance and Tool     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

PUT AND CALL AGREEMENT, Parties: jarden corp , bicycle holding  inc
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                             PUT AND CALL AGREEMENT

 

         This PUT AND CALL AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is made as of February

24, 2004, by and among the shareholders of Bicycle Holding, Inc., a Delaware

corporation (the "COMPANY") set forth on the signature pages hereto (each a "PUT

HOLDER" and collectively, the "PUT HOLDERS") and Jarden Corporation, a Delaware

corporation (the "BUYER");

 

                                    RECITALS

 

         A. On the date hereof, the Buyer, the Company, certain Put Holders, and

each of the other shareholders of the Company have entered into a Securities

Purchase Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the

"PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Buyer will purchase all of the

outstanding capital stock of the Company, other than the shares of the Company's

common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "COMMON STOCK") held by the Put

Holders and set forth on Schedule 1 to this Agreement (such shares are

collectively referred to herein as the "PUT/CALL SHARES").

 

         B. The Purchase Agreement contemplates that the parties hereto shall

enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which (i) Buyer may exercise a call right

to purchase all of the Put/Call Shares from the Put Holders on the terms and

conditions set forth herein; and (ii) each Put Holder may exercise a put right

to sell all of its portion of the Put/Call Shares to Buyer on the terms and

conditions set forth herein.

 

                                    AGREEMENT

 

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and in

consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings of the parties as set

forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which

is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

         1. Definitions.

 

              (a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this

Agreement shall have the same respective meanings assigned to them in the

Purchase Agreement.

 

              (b) In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the

following terms and phrases shall have the following respective meanings for

purposes of this Agreement:

 

                   (i) "CALL PRICE BASELINE" means the product of (A) the

"Adjusted Equity Value" (as determined pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i)(A) of the

Purchase Agreement and as adjusted (if at all) pursuant to Exhibit A to the

Purchase Agreement prior to any exercise of the Call Right or a Put Right

hereunder); multiplied by (B) 100.5%.

 

                   (ii) A "PUT HOLDER PERCENTAGE" means with respect to any Put

Holder, the percentage figure which expresses the ratio, on a fully diluted

basis, between (A) the aggregate amount of Put/Call Shares held by such Put

Holder, and (B) the aggregate amount of Purchased Securities and Put/Call

Shares.

 

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                   (iii) The "MAXIMUM PUT RIGHT CONSIDERATION" means with

respect to any Put Holder the product of (A) the Call Price Baseline; multiplied

by (B) such Put Holder's Put Holder Percentage.

 

                    (iv) The "MINIMUM PUT RIGHT CONSIDERATION" means with respect

to any Put Holder the product of (A) 95% multiplied by (B) the Adjusted Equity

Value multiplied by (C) such Put Holder's Put Holder Percentage.

 

                   (v) "PER SHARE HOLDBACK AMOUNT" means the quotient of (A)

$20,000,000 divided by (B) the Total Company Share Number.

 

                   (vi) "PUT/CALL SHARE PERCENTAGE" means the percentage figure

which expresses the ratio, on a fully diluted basis, between (A) the aggregate

amount of Put/Call Shares, and (B) the aggregate amount of Purchased Securities

and Put/Call Shares.

 

                   (vii) "PUT/CALL TRANSFER MATERIALS" means with respect to

each Put Holder, all certificates and other instruments evidencing or otherwise

representing all Put/Call Shares owned by such Put Holder, free and clear of all

Encumbrances, and a power or powers duly executed in blank and sufficient to

convey to the Buyer good and valid title in and to all such Put/Call Shares,

together with all accrued benefits and rights attaching thereto.

 

                   (viii) The "PUT PRICE BASELINE" means with respect to each

Put Holder, the product of (A) seven and seventy three hundredths (7.73);

multiplied by (B) the Company EBITDA for the latest trailing twelve months

reasonably calculable by the Company upon any such Put Holder's exercise of its

Put Right.

 

                   (ix) "TOTAL COMPANY SHARE NUMBER" means the sum of (i) the

aggregate number of Purchased Shares plus (ii) the aggregate number of Put/Call

Shares.

 

         2. Grant of Call Right.

 

              (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Put

Holder hereby grants to Buyer the right to purchase all of the Put/Call Shares

owned by such Put Holder (the "CALL RIGHT"). Buyer may exercise the Call Right

at any time during the period commencing on October 1, 2004 and ending on

November 1, 2004 (the "CALL EXERCISE PERIOD"); provided, however, that the Call

Right may not be exercised unless the Closing of the transactions contemplated

by the Purchase Agreement has occurred.

 

              (b) The cash purchase price to be paid by Buyer upon exercise of

the Call Right shall be equal to product of (i) the Call Price Baseline,

multiplied by (ii) the Put/Call Share Percentage (the "CALL RIGHT CASH

CONSIDERATION"). The Call Right Cash Consideration will be paid to the Put

Holders, less the Aggregate Call Holdback Amount, as set forth in Section 4(a).

 

              (c) Buyer may not exercise the Call Right with respect to less

than all of the Put/Call Shares owned by all of the Put Holders. To exercise the

Call Right, Buyer shall deliver a written notice of such exercise (a "CALL

ELECTION NOTICE") to the Seller Representative at any time during the Call

Exercise Period.

 

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         3. Grant of Put Right.

 

              (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Buyer

hereby grants to each Put Holder the right to sell to Buyer all of the Put/Call

Shares owned by such Put Holder (such right with respect to each such Put

Holder, a "PUT RIGHT"). Each Put Holder may exercise its Put Right at any time

during the period commencing on January 1, 2005 and ending on March 1, 2005 (the

"PUT EXERCISE PERIOD"); provided, however, that no Put Right may be exercised

unless (i) the Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase

Agreement has occurred; and (ii) the Buyer has not exercised the Call Right and

consummated the Purchase of the Put/Call Shares within 10 Business Days

following the end of the Call Exercise Period.

 

              (b) Subject to the limits set forth in this Section 3(b), the cash

purchase price to be paid by Buyer to a Put Holder upon exercise of such Put

Holder's Put Right shall equal the product of (i) the Put Price Baseline;

multiplied by (ii) such Put Holder's Put Holder Percentage (such product being

such Put Holder's "PUT RIGHT CASH CONSIDERATION"). Notwithstanding the

immediately preceding sentence, if a Put Holder's Put Right Cash Consideration

is greater than the Maximum Put Right Consideration, such Put Holder's Put Right

Cash Consideration shall be deemed to be the Maximum Put Right Consideration;

and if such Put Holder's Put Right Cash Consideration is less than the Minimum

Put Right Consideration, such Put Holder's Put Right Cash Consideration shall be

deemed to be the Minimum Put Right Consideration. A Put Holder's Put Right Cash

Consideration shall be paid to such Put Holder, less such Put Holder's

Individual Put Holdback Amount, as set forth in Section 4(b).

 

              (c) A Put Holder may exercise its Put Right only with respect to

all of the Put/Call Shares held by such Put Holder, but no Put Holder shall be

compelled to exercise its Put Right by the exercise of Put Rights by one or more

other Put Holders. To exercise its Put Right, a Put Holder shall at any time

during the Put Exercise Period deliver a written notice of such exercise (a "PUT

ELECTION NOTICE") to the Seller Representative, along with such Put Holder's

Put/Call Transfer Materials. The Seller Representative will promptly transfer

any such Put Election Notice or Put Election Notices (if such Notices are

received on a given date from more than one Put Holder) to the Buyer, along with

such Put Holder's Put/Call Transfer Materials.

 

         4. Transfer of Put/Call Shares and Payment of Cash Consideration.

 

              (a) Call Right Cash Consideration. Upon receipt of a Call Election

Notice, the Seller Representative shall promptly notify each Put Holder that the

Buyer has exercised the Call Right. Each Put Holder, following receipt of such

notice from the Seller Representative, will promptly deliver to the Seller

Representative such Put Holder's Put/Call Transfer Materials, and the Seller

Representative will promptly forward such Put/Call Transfer Materials to Buyer.

Upon receipt of Put/Call Transfer Materials representing 100% of the Put/Call

Shares, Buyer shall pay to the Seller Representative (on behalf of the Put

Holders) by wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount equal to the

Call Right Cash Consideration less an amount equal to the product of (A) the Per

Share Holdback Amount; multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Put/Call Shares

(the "AGGREGATE CALL HOLDBACK AMOUNT").

 

              (b) Put Right Cash Consideration. Following a Put Holder's

delivery of a Put Election Notice and its Put/Call Transfer Materials, the

Seller Representative will promptly

 

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deliver the Put Election Notice and such Put/Call Transfer Materials to Buyer.

Within two Business Days of receipt of such Put Election Notice and Put/Call

Transfer Materials from the Seller Representative, Buyer shall pay to the Seller

Representative (on behalf of such Put Holder) by wire transfer of immediately

available funds an amount equal to such Put Holder's Put Right Cash

Consideration less an amount equal to the product of (A) the Per Share Holdback

Amount; multiplied by (B) the number of Put/Call Shares owned and delivered by

such Put Holder (the "INDIVIDUAL PUT HOLDBACK AMOUNT").

 

              (c) Treatment of Holdbacks. Buyer shall retain the Aggregate Call

Holdback Amount or any Individual Put Holdback Amounts, as applicable, from any

payments of the Call Right Cash Consideration or Put Right Cash Consideration

made under this Agreement, and any such amounts so retained shall be deemed upon

retention to have been automatically added to the "Holdback Amount" (as such

term is used in the Purchase Agreement) and thereafter treated in all respects

as a portion of the Holdback Amount pursuant to the terms of the Purchase

Agreement. Upon any such addition to the Holdback Amount, the Irrevocable Letter

of Credit issued in favor of the Seller's pursuant to Section 12.6 of the

Purchase Agreement shall be adjusted and increased so that it fully secures the

Buyer's performance of its obligations under the Holdback Amount, as increased

by such addition.

 

              (d) Adjustment of Prior Indemnification Claims. Each Put Holder,

following the Buyer's exercise of the Call Right, or if the Call Right is not

exercised, any Put Holder following its exercise of a Put Right (and the

automatic addition of the Aggregate Call Holdback Amounts or Individual Put

Holdback Amount, as applicable, to the Holdback Amount pursuant to Section

4(c)), shall upon any eventual distributions of the Holdback Amount pursuant to

Section 12.6 of the Purchase Agreement be deemed to have contributed pro-rata,

in accordance with its Put Holder Percentage, to the satisfaction of any

indemnification claim made against all Sellers under the Purchase Agreement that

was resolved and satisfied against the Holdback Amount prior to any exercise of

such Call or Put Right. Following the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, no

assertion or existence of any indemnification claim (whether or not resolved)

shall prevent either Buyer or any Put Holder from exercising a Call Right or Put

Right as set forth herein.

 

         5. Rights of Parties Prior to Exercise of Call or Put Rights.

 

              (a) Prior to any exercise of Call or Put Rights, the Put Holders

shall maintain all indicia of ownership of the Put/Call Shares, including the

rights to collect any dividends paid on such shares, to control the votes

associated with such shares; and to transfer such shares; provided, however,

that any transferee of the Put/Call Shares must expressly agree to be bound by

this Agreement.

 

              (b) Except for the Call Right set forth herein, Buyer shall not

compel any Put Holder to transfer its Put/Call Shares. Buyer shall not

consummate any merger, consolidation, or similar corporate restructuring that,

by operation of law or otherwise, would result in the Put/Call Shares being

exchanged or converted into cash, securities of other entities, or other

consideration. All appropriate terms and conditions of this Agreement will be

modified as necessary to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock

dividend, or other like change with respect to the Put/Call Shares or the

capitalization of the Company.

 

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              (c) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Buyer from

effecting intra-company loans to or between any of its direct or indirect

majority owned subsidiaries (including, after the Closing of the Purchase

Agreement, the Company).

 

         6. Effect of Exercise of Call or Put Rights under the Purchase

Agreement. From and after the purchase by the Buyer of any Put/Call Shares

pursuant to this Agreement:

 

              (a) For all purposes under the Purchase Agreement, such Put/Call

Shares shall not be considered "Put/Call Shares" but instead shall be considered

"Purchased Securities" (as such terms are used and defined in the Purchase

Agreement);

 

              (b) each Put Holder of such Put/Call Shares immediately prior to

Buyer's purchase shall be considered a Seller (as such term is used and defined

in the Purchase Agreement) for all purposes under the Purchase Agreement, and as

such shall, without limitation, (i) be enti


 
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