Exhibit 10.8
FORM OF SHAREHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT
This SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) is made as of
_________, 2004, by and among, Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd., a
company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “
Company ”) and each of the other signatories to
this Agreement. Each of the shareholders of the Company that is, or
hereafter becomes, bound by this Agreement and each of their
respective successors and permitted assignees, are sometimes
collectively referred to herein as the “
Shareholders ” and each individually as a
“ Shareholder .”
“ Affiliate
” of any Person means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. As used in
this definition, “control” (including, with its
correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under
common control with”) shall mean, with respect to any Person,
the possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause
the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise) of such Person. In the case of a natural
Person, his or her Affiliates include members of such
Person’s immediate family, natural lineal descendants of such
Person or a trust or other similar entity established for the
exclusive benefit of such Person and his or her immediate family
and natural lineal descendants. For the purposes of Section 2(c)
herein and with respect to the Sponsor only, the term Affiliate
includes (i) the members and former members of the Sponsor and (ii)
the Affiliates of the Sponsor.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on
which banks located in New York, New York or the Cayman Islands are
authorized or obliged to close.
“ Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority ” means that governmental
authority of similar name in the Cayman Islands and, where
applicable, includes any Cayman Islands governmental authority,
department or agency that performs similar functions.
“ Class A Shares
” means the Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company, initially
having a par value of $0.10 per share, and includes a fraction of a
Class A Share.
“ Class B Shares
” means the Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company, initially
having a par value of $0.10 per share, and includes a fraction of a
Class B Share.
“ Commission
” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Securities Act.
“ Exchange Act
” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as the same
may be amended from time to time.
“ IPO ”
means the initial registered public offering of the Class A Shares
in the United States.
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“ Officer
” means an officer of the Company from time to time during
the term of this Agreement.
“ Option ”
means that certain Option to purchase 400,000 Class A Shares issued
by the Company to First International Capital Holdings Ltd. on the
date hereof.
“ Ordinary
Shares ” means collectively, the Class A Shares and
the Class B Shares and includes a fraction of an Ordinary
Share.
“ Person ”
means an individual, a partnership, a company, a corporation, a
limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a
trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a
governmental or quasi-governmental entity or any department, agency
or political subdivision thereof.
“ Permitted
Transferee ” means, with respect to any Shareholder,
any Affiliate of such Shareholder that has been approved by the
Board as a “Permitted Transferee” in writing prior to
any Transfer of Ordinary Shares or Options, which approval shall be
granted by the Board unless the Board determines, in its sole and
absolute discretion, that the applicable Transfer would result in
an increased risk of adverse tax, regulatory or legal consequences
to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of its
shareholders.
“ Registrable
Securities ” means (i) the Class A Shares held by
each Shareholder and (ii) any Class A Shares issuable (x) upon
conversion of the Class B Shares or (y) upon exercise of any Option
and (iii) any Class A Shares issued, issuable, converted,
convertible, exchanged or exchangeable in respect of the securities
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above upon any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event; provided
, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any
securities referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) if (A) the
holder of such securities, with the exception of the Sponsor, may
resell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (or
successor rule) under the Securities Act, (B) the sale of such
securities has been registered pursuant to the Securities Act or
(C) the Registrable Securities have been transferred in a
transaction in which registration rights are not transferred
pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
“ Register
,” “ registered ” and “
registration ” refer to a registration effected
by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with
the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
“ Registration
Expenses ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9 hereof.
“ Securities Act
” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from
time to time.
“ Selling
Expenses ” means all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities
registered by the Shareholders and the costs of any accountants,
counsel or other experts retained by the Shareholders.
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“ Sponsor
” means Greenlight Capital Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“ Transfer
” means any direct or indirect sale, exchange, transfer
(including, without limitation, any transfer by gift or operation
of law, or any transfer of an economic interest in any derivative
security of any security), assignment, distribution or other
disposition, or issuance or creation of any option or any voting
proxy, voting trust or other transfer of interest, in whole or in
part, whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by
operation of law or at a judicial sale or otherwise.
“ U.S. GAAP
” means Unites States generally accepted accounting
principles.
“ $ ”
means the legal currency of the United States of
America.
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Transfer Restrictions .
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(a) General Restrictions . A
Shareholder shall not Transfer its Ordinary Shares or Options
except in compliance with (i) the Securities Act or an exemption
therefrom, (ii) any required approval of the Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority, (iii) the Memorandum and Articles of
Association of the Company and (iv) and in accordance with the
following terms and conditions:
(i) If a Shareholder intends to
Transfer any of its Ordinary Shares or Options (such transferring
Shareholder, the “ Transferring Shareholder
”), such Transferring Shareholder shall give written notice
(an “ Offer Notice ”) to the Company
stating the Transferring Shareholder’s bona fide intention to
make such a Transfer, describing in reasonable detail the proposed
Transfer, including the identity of the proposed transferee (the
“ Proposed Transferee ”), the number of
Ordinary Shares and/or Options proposed to be Transferred pursuant
to the offer (the “ Transfer Securities
”), and specifying the bona fide per share purchase price
that the Proposed Transferee has agreed to pay for the Transfer
Securities (the “ Sale Price ”), which
Sale Price shall be payable in cash at the closing of the
transaction.
(ii) Upon receipt of the Offer
Notice, the Company shall have the exclusive option to purchase,
upon delivery of a notice (the “ Election
Notice ”) to the Transferring Shareholder within
thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Offer Notice, all or any
portion of the Transfer Securities. The Company shall deliver an
Election Notice to the Transferring Shareholder of its election to
purchase or not purchase any such Transfer Securities within such
thirty (30) day period, together with the payment to the
Transferring Shareholder of the Sale Price therefor (in the event
that the Company so elects to purchase any Transfer Securities). If
the Company elects to purchase the Transfer Securities, the
Transfer of any Transfer Securities shall be consummated as soon as
practicable after delivery of the Election Notice, but in no event
later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the delivery of the
Election Notice.
(iii) In the event that less than
all of the Transfer Securities have been acquired by the Company,
the Transferring Shareholder may, no later than 90 calendar days
after the expiration of the applicable election period set forth in
clause (ii) above, Transfer the Transfer Securities not purchased
by the Company to the Proposed Transferee at a price no less than
the price per share specified in the Offer Notice and on other
terms no more materially favorable to
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the Proposed Transferee than offered
to the Company in the Offer Notice, provided , that the
Company has approved the Proposed Transferee (as required for all
transfers pursuant to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles
of Association). It shall be a condition precedent to the
consummation of any Transfer of Transfer Securities to a Person not
a party to this Agreement that such Person executes a signature
page to, and be bound by the terms and conditions of, this
Agreement. Any Transfer Securities not Transferred to the Proposed
Transferee within such 90-day period shall be re-offered (without
obligation to purchase) to the Company under this Section 2 prior
to any subsequent Transfer pursuant to the terms of this Section
2.
(b) Other Restrictions
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(i) Prior to the Transfer of any
Ordinary Shares or Options the Transferring Shareholder shall also
deliver to the Company (A) at the Company’s request, an
opinion of counsel which, to the Company’s reasonable
satisfaction, is knowledgeable in securities law matters to the
effect that such Transfer may be effected without registration of
such Ordinary Shares or Options under the Securities Act and (B)
such certification as may be required by the Board pursuant to the
Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, as
necessary to ensure that such Transfer will not violate any of the
ownership limitations set forth in the Company’s Memorandum
and Articles of Association. In addition, if so requested in
writing by the Company, the Transferring Shareholder shall also
provide the Company with a list of affiliates or related parties of
the Proposed Transferee.
(ii) Prior to a Transfer by a
Shareholder of any Ordinary Shares or Options, such Shareholder
shall obtain and, if requested by the Company, provide the Company
with copies of, all approvals as may be required by the Cayman
Islands Monetary Authority.
(iii) Any Transfer of Ordinary
Shares or Options that violates the provisions of this Section 2
shall not be recorded by the Company or any of its agents and shall
be deemed void ab initio .
(c) Permitted Transfers . The
restrictions set forth in Section 2(a) hereof shall not apply to
any Transfer of Ordinary Shares or Options by a Shareholder to its
Permitted Transferee(s); provided , that (A) such Transfer
is in compliance with any required approval of the Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority, (B) such Transfer complies with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Company’s Memorandum and
Articles of Association, (C) the provisions of this Agreement shall
continue to be applicable to the Ordinary Shares or Options, as
applicable, after any Transfer above and (D) the Permitted
Transferee(s) thereof shall agree in writing to be bound by the
provisions of this Agreement and shall be deemed a
“Shareholder” for purposes of this Agreement;
provided , further that if a Permitted Transferee
ceases to be an Affiliate of the Transferring Shareholder, the
Ordinary Shares or Options held by such Person shall be deemed to
have been Transferred and shall be subject to the provision of
Section 2(a) upon discovery by the Company of such change in
status.
(d) Legend . Certificates
evidencing Ordinary Shares or Options shall bear the following
legend:
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“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR _ HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH
SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE COMPANY AT ITS OPTION.
RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE,
TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND
UNLESS, WHERE APPLICABLE, HAS RECEIVED THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE
CAYMAN ISLANDS MONETARY AUTHORITY.
IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS IN THE COMPANY’S MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION AND PURSUANT TO A SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT DATED
AS OF AUGUST ____, 2004 AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF THE
COMPANY’S SHAREHOLDERS. A COPY OF SUCH ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED
WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST.”
If any Registrable Securities become
eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
the Company shall, upon the request of a holder of such Registrable
Securities and delivery to the Company of an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, issue new certificates for
such Registrable Securities not bearing the first paragraph of the
legend set forth above. The Company further agrees to remove such
legend at such time as the Registrable Securities are subject to an
effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
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3.
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Drag-Along and Tag-Along Rights
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A. Drag-Along Rights
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(a) Right to Require Sale .
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if one or more
Shareholders (such Shareholders, together with their Affiliates,
the “ Selling Shareholders ”) proposes to
enter into an agreement to Transfer or otherwise dispose of for
value Ordinary Shares held by such Selling Shareholders
representing sixty six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (on a fully diluted and as
converted
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basis) to a Person who is not a
Permitted Transferee of such Selling Shareholders (any such Person,
a “ Third Party Purchaser ”) in a bona
fide transaction pursuant to which the Third Party Purchaser will
purchase all of the Ordinary Shares on a fully diluted and
converted basis (any such transaction, a “ Drag-Along
Sale ”) then, subject to any required regulatory
approvals, each other Shareholder (the “ Drag Along
Shareholders ”) hereby agrees to sell to such Third
Party Purchaser, upon the demand of such Selling Shareholders, all
of the Ordinary Shares (together with all other securities
exercisable or convertible into, or exchangeable, for Ordinary
Shares) (such Ordinary Shares and other securities, collectively,
the “ Drag-Along Shares ”) held by each
such Drag-Along Shareholders on the date of the Drag-Along Notice
(as defined in Section 3(A)(b) below), on the same terms and
conditions as agreed to by the Selling Shareholders and such Third
Party Purchaser; provided , however , that in
negotiating such Drag-Along Sale, the Selling Shareholders shall
provide (i) that the only representations and warranties or
covenants which any Drag-Along Shareholder shall be required to
make individually in connection with the Drag-Along Sale are
representations and warranties with respect to such Drag-Along
Shareholders own ownership of the Drag-Along Shares to be sold by
it and its ability to convey title thereto free and clear of liens,
encumbrances or adverse claims, its due organization, its due
authorization, execution and delivery of the definitive purchase
agreement (if applicable), the enforceability of such purchase
agreement against it and no conflict of it with such purchase
agreement, (ii) that the liability of any Drag-Along Shareholder
with respect to any representations or warranties made in
connection with the Drag-Along Sale is the several liability of
such Drag-Along Shareholder (and not any other person) and that
such liability is limited to the amount of proceeds actually
received by such Drag-Along Shareholder in the Drag-Along Sale, and
(iii) that no Drag-Along Shareholder shall be required to provide
any individual indemnification to anyone in connection with the
Drag-Along Sale (other than an individual indemnification for
damages resulting from the breach of any representations or
warranties made by solely by such Drag-Along Shareholder);
provided , further , that the foregoing shall not
limit the obligations of such Drag-Along Shareholder, and such
Drag-Along Shareholder hereby expressly agrees to be bound by and
be subject to, any escrow or other holdback arrangement (on a pro
rata basis based on the amount of such Drag-Along Shares sold by
such Drag-Along Shareholder in proportion to all shares of the
Company sold in such Drag-Along Sale) provided for in the agreement
relating to the Drag-Along Sale.
(b) Drag-Along Notice . Prior
to making any Drag-Along Sale, if the Selling Shareholders elect to
exercise the rights afforded under this Section 3(A), the Selling
Shareholders shall provide the Drag-Along Shareholders with written
notice (the “ Drag Along Notice ”) not
less than twenty (20) calendar days prior to the proposed date of
the Drag-Along Sale (the “ Drag Along Sale Date
”). The Drag-Along Notice shall set forth: (i) the name and
address of the Third Party Purchaser; (ii) the proposed amount and
form of consideration to be paid per share and the terms and
conditions of payment offered by the Third Party Purchaser; (iii)
the Drag-Along Sale Date; and (iv) confirmation that the Third
Party Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Drag-Along
Shareholders’ Drag-Along Shares in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(c) Delivery of Certificates
. On the Drag-Along Sale Date, each Drag-Along Shareholder shall
deliver all of the certificates representing its Drag-Along Shares,
duly endorsed for transfer with signatures guaranteed, to such
Third Party Purchaser in the manner and at the
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address indicated in the Drag-Along
Notice against delivery of immediately available funds in the
amount of the applicable purchase price for such Drag-Along
Shares.
(d) Costs and Fees . The
Selling Shareholders shall bear all costs and fees incurred in
connection with a Drag-Along Sale, except each Shareholder shall
bear the costs and fees of its own independent advisors. The
Company shall have no obligation to bear any costs and fees
incurred in connection with a Drag-Along Sale or otherwise under
this Section 3(A).
B. Tag-Along Rights
.
(a) Tag-Along Sale . If any
holder of Class B Shares (a “ Class B Selling
Shareholder ”) proposes to enter into an agreement to
Transfer or otherwise dispose of for value Class B Shares
representing two percent (2%) or more of the issued and outstanding
Ordinary Shares (on a fully diluted and as converted basis)
(“ Tag-Along Stock ”) to a Person who is
not a Permitted Transferee of such Class B Selling Shareholder (any
such Person, a “ Tag-Along Purchaser ”)
in one or a series of related transactions pursuant to which the
Tag-Along Purchaser will purchase such Class B Shares on a fully
diluted and as converted basis, then such Class B Selling
Shareholder shall promptly give written notice (the “
Tag-Along Notice ”) simultaneously to the
Company and to each of the other Shareholders at least thirty (30)
calendar days prior to the closing of such Transfer. Simultaneously
with delivery of the Tag-Along Notice the Class B Selling
Shareholder shall deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Company that no registration is required under
the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law to
effectuate the Transfer. The Tag-Along Notice shall describe in
reasonable detail the proposed Transfer, including the number of
shares of Tag-Along Stock to be Transferred, the nature of such
Transfer, the total consideration to be paid to the Class B Selling
Shareholder, and the name and address of each prospective Tag-Along
Purchaser.
(b) Notice of Participation .
Each Shareholder shall have the right, exercisable upon written
notice (the “ Tag-Along Exercise Notice
”) to the Company and the Class B Selling Shareholder within
15 calendar days after the Tag-Along Notice is given, to
participate in such Transfer of Tag-Along Stock on the same terms
and conditions offered to the Class B Selling Shareholder, subject
to any required regulatory approvals. Each Shareholder desiring to
participate shall be referred to as a “ Tag-Along
Participant ”. Such Tag-Along Exercise Notice shall
acknowledge that the consideration received by the Tag-Along
Participants shall be the same consideration per share to be
received by the Class B Selling Shareholder, and the terms and
conditions of such Transfer shall be the same as those upon which
the Class B Selling Shareholder Transfers its Class B Shares;
provided , however , that: (i) each Tag-Along
Participant shall be solely liable with respect to any
representations and warranties regarding (A) such Tag-Along
Participant’s title and ownership of such Tag-Along
Participant’s Class A Shares; (B) the authorization,
execution and delivery of relevant documents by such Tag-Along
Participant; and (C) the enforceability of such relevant documents
against such Tag-Along Participant; (ii) any general indemnity
given by any Tag-Along Participants applicable to liabilities not
specific to a particular Tag-Along Participant shall be apportioned
on a pro rata basis among the Tag-Along Participants and the Class
B Selling Shareholder in accordance with the number of Ordinary
Shares Transferred by each; (iii) no Tag-Along Participant shall be
liable to indemnify the Tag-Along Purchaser or its Affiliates with
respect to an amount in excess of the net cash proceeds paid to
such Tag-Along Participant in connection with such Transfer; and
(iv) if required by the
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Transfer agreement and reasonably
described in the Tag-Along Notice, any escrow of proceeds shall be
withheld on a pro rata basis among the Class B Selling Shareholder
and the Tag-Along Participants in accordance with the number of
Ordinary Shares Transferred by each.
The Tag-Along-Exercise Notice shall
indicate the number of Ordinary Shares such Tag-Along Participant
wishes to Transfer under its right to participate, which number
shall not be less than the number of Ordinary Shares which such
Tag-Along Participant must Transfer to Transfer the same percentage
of such Tag-Along Participant’s Ordinary Shares as the
Tag-Along Stock represents of the Class B Selling
Shareholder’s Ordinary Shares in the aggregate (on a
fully-diluted and as converted basis) immediately prior to such
Transfer (such number of Ordinary Shares, the “
Participant’s Pro Rata Portion ”). For
the avoidance of doubt, the Tag-Along Notice shall indicate what
percentage the Tag-Along Stock represents of the Class B Selling
Shareholder’s Ordinary Shares (in the aggregate).
(c) Transfer . Within 10
calendar days after the date a Tag-Along Participant provides a
Tag-Along Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 3(B)(a), such
Tag-Along Participant shall deliver to the Company the duly
endorsed certificate or certificates representing the Ordinary
Shares held by such Tag-Along Participant to be Transferred and a
limited power-of-attorney authorizing the Company to take all
actions necessary to sell or otherwise Transfer such Ordinary
Shares to the Tag-Along Purchaser. The Company shall thereupon be
obligated to deliver any such Ordinary Shares to the Tag-Along
Purchaser at such time as the Transfer is consummated, which shall
be no later than 90 days following delivery of the Tag-Along
Notice. If any Tag-Along Participant who delivers a Tag-Along
Exercise Notice (and thereby becomes obligated to Transfer any
Ordinary Shares to the Tag-Along Purchaser) fails to deliver such
Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (a
“ Defaulting Participant ”), the Company
may, in addition to all other remedies it may have, send to the
Defaulting Participant(s) the purchase price for such Ordinary
Shares as is herein specified. Thereupon, the Company, upon the
written request of the Class B Selling Shareholder and written
notice to the Defaulting Participant(s), shall (a) cancel on its
books the certificate or certificates representing the Ordinary
Shares to be Transferred and (b) in the case of any failure to
deliver Ordinary Shares issue, in lieu thereof, in the name of the
Tag-Along Purchaser, a new certificate or certificates representing
such Ordinary Shares and thereupon all of the Defaulting
Participant’s rights in and to such Ordinary Shares shall
terminate.
(d) Delivery of Securities .
At the closing of such Transfer, which closing shall take place at
the location specified by the Class B Selling Shareholder in the
Tag-Along Notice, each Tag-Along Participant shall be obligated to
execute and deliver such agreements and documentation as may be
necessary for such Tag-Along Participant to be subject to the same
terms and conditions with respect to the Transfer as apply to the
Class B Selling Shareholder.
(e) Reduction in Number of
Securities . To the extent that the Tag-Along Purchaser refuses
to purchase the number of Ordinary Shares offered after the receipt
by the Company of all Tag-Along Exercise Notices from Tag-Along
Participants, the number of Ordinary Shares offered shall be
reduced as follows:
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(i) first, the number of Ordinary
Shares offered by each Tag-Along Participant shall be reduced to be
a number equal to such Tag-Along Participant’s Pro Rata
Portion; and
(ii) second, the number of Ordinary
Shares offered by the Class B Selling Shareholder and each
Tag-Along Participant shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis among
the Tag-Along Participants and the Class B Selling Shareholder in
accordance with the number of Ordinary Shares held by each until
the total number of Ordinary Shares offered is equal to the number
of Ordinary Shares the Tag-Along Purchaser is willing to
purchase.
For example (by way of
illustration only) , if
the Tag-Along Notice contemplates a sale of 100 Ordinary Shares (on
an as converted basis) by the Class B Selling Shareholder, and if
the Class B Selling Shareholder at such time owns 300 Ordinary
Shares (on an as converted basis), and if one Tag-Along Participant
elects to participate in such Transfer and at such time owns 200
Ordinary Shares (on an as converted basis), the Class B Selling
Shareholder would be entitled to sell 60 Ordinary Shares (300/500 x
100 Ordinary Shares) and the Tag-Along Participant would be
entitled to sell 40 Ordinary Shares (200/500 x 100 Ordinary
Shares).
(f) No Election to
Participate . If none of the other Shareholders elect to
participate in the sale of the Tag-Along Stock subject to the
Tag-Along Notice, the Class B Selling Shareholder may, not later
than sixty (60) calendar days following delivery to the Company of
the Tag-Along Notice, enter into an agreement with the Tag-Along
Purchaser providing for the closing of the Transfer of the
Tag-Along Stock covered by the Tag-Along Notice within 30 days of
such agreement on terms and conditions not more favorable to the
Tag-Along Purchaser than those described in the Tag-Along Notice.
Any proposed Transfer on terms and conditions more favorable than
those described in the Tag-Along Notice, as well as any subsequent
proposed Transfer of any of the Tag-Along Stock by the Class B
Selling Shareholder, shall again be subject to the tag-along rights
of the Shareholders and shall require compliance by such Class B
Selling Shareholder with the procedures described in this Section
3(B).
(g) Costs and Fees . Each
Shareholder Transferring Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Section
3(B) shall bear the same proportion of the expenses of the Transfer
as the number of Ordinary Shares Transferred by such Shareholder
bears to the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares so Transferred to,
the Tag-Along Purchaser, except each such Shareholder shall be
solely responsible for the costs and fees of its own independent
advisors, if any. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall
have no obligation to bear any costs or fees incurred in connection
with a Tag-Along Sale or otherwise under this Section
3(B).
(h) Remittance of
Consideration . Promptly after the consummation of the Transfer
the Tag-Along Purchaser shall remit directly to the Class B Selling
Shareholder and the Tag-Along Participants the consideration for
the Ordinary Shares Transferred pursuant to this Section
3(B).
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Compliance with Cayman Islands Law
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The Company shall have no obligation
under the provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hereof unless
and until all approvals required from the Cayman Islands Monetary
Authority are received. The provisions of Section 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
10 shall be read subject to the provisions of this Section
4.
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5.
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Demand Registrations .
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(a) Requests for Registration
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(i) Subject to the conditions of
this Section 5, the holders of at least 50% of the outstanding
Registrable Securities, as calculated on a fully diluted and
converted basis, (such holders, the “ Initiating
Holders ”), may request, at any time after the
earlier to occur of (i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of this
Agreement or (ii) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days
after the consummation of an IPO, to have all or part of their
Registrable Securities registered on Form S-1, or any similar
long-form registration statement (“ Long-Form
Registration ”) or, if available, on Form S-2 or S-3
(as such forms are identified in the Exchange Act), or any similar
short-form registration statement (“ Short-Form
Registration ”). Each request for a Long-Form Demand
Registration (as defined below) shall have an aggregate offering
price of at least $30 million, inclusive of Registrable Securities
included in such Long-Form Demand Registration pursuant to Section
6 hereof, and shall specify the approximate number of Registrable
Securities requested to be registered, the proposed manner of
disposition and the proposed underwriter, if any. Within ten (10)
Business Days after receipt of any such request, the Company shall
give written notice of such requested registration to the other
Shareholders and, subject to Section 5(b) below, shall include in
such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which
the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein
within fifteen (15) calendar days after the receipt of the
Company’s notice. All registrations requested pursuant to a
Long-Form Registration are referred to herein as “
Long-Form Demand Registrations ”; and all other
registrations requested pursuant to this paragraph 5(a) are
referred to herein as a “ Short-Form Demand
Registrations ”; Long-Form Demand Registrations and
Short-Form Demand Registrations are collectively referred to as
“ Demand Registrations .” Subject to the
provisions of this Section 5, the Sponsor shall be entitled to an
unlimited number of Short-Form Demand Registrations and, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, the Company shall be
required to pay all Registration Expenses incurred by the Sponsor
in connection therewith.
(ii) Upon receipt of a request for a
Demand Registration (a “ Demand Request
”) pursuant to Sections 5(a)(i), the Company
shall:
(a) cause to be filed, as soon as
practicable, but within the later of (x) 90 days (or 45 days with
respect to any Short-Form Registration) of the date of delivery to
the Company of the Demand Request, or (y) 180 days after the
effectiveness of the most recently filed Registration Statement by
the Company, a Registration Statement covering such Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register,
providing for the registration under the Securities Act of such
Registrable Securities to the extent necessary to permit the
disposition of such Registrable Securities so to be registered in
accordance with the intended method of distribution specified in
such Demand Request;
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(b) use its commercially reasonable
efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by
the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter; and
(c) refrain from filing any other
Registration Statements, other than pursuant to a. Registration
Statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or similar successor forms), with
respect to any other securities of the Company until such date
which is one hundred and eighty (180) days following the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed in response to
the Demand Request.
(b) Priority on Demand
Registrations .
The Company shall not include in any
Demand Registration any securities that are not Registrable
Securities without the prior written consent of the Sponsor or, in
the event of a Long-Form Registration only, the Initiating Holders.
If a Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the
managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their
opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted
hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such
offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other
securities, if any, which can be sold therein without materially
and adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (the
“ Offering Quantity ”), the Company shall
include in such registration securities in the following
priority:
(i) first, before including any
securities which are not Registrable Securities, the Company shall
include all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included
by the Sponsor and, if applicable, the Initiating Holders, and if
such number exceeds the Offering Quantity, then the Company shall
include only (a) the Sponsor’s Offering Quantity or (b), in
the event of a Long-Form Registration only, the Initiating
Holders’ pro rata share of the Offering Quantity, based on
the number of Registrable Securities then beneficially owned on a
fully converted basis by the Initiating Holders;
(ii) second, to the extent (and only
to the extent) that the Offering Quantity exceeds the aggregate
amount of Registrable Securities which are requested to be included
in such registration, the Company shall include in such
registration Registrable Securities requested to be included by the
non-Initiating Shareholders, and if such number exceeds the
Offering Quantity, the Company shall include only such
non-Initiating Shareholders’ pro rata share of the Offering
Quantity, based on the amount of Registrable Securities
beneficially owned by such non-Initiating Shareholders;
and
(iii) third, to the extent (and only
to the extent) that the Offering Quantity exceeds the aggregate
amount of Registrable Securities which are requested to be included
in such registration, the Company shall include in such
registration any other securities requested to be included in the
Offering.
(c) Restrictions on Demand
Registrations .
(i) The Company may postpone upon
one (1) occasion during any twelve (12) month period for up to 120
days the filing or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
for a Demand Registration if the Board determines, in good faith
and at its sole discretion, that such Demand Registration would
reasonably be expected to be seriously detrimental to
the
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Company and would have a material
adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to engage in any acquisition of assets (other than in
the ordinary course of business) or any merger, financing,
consolidation, tender offer or similar transaction; provided
, however , that in such event, the party requesting such
Demand Registration shall be entitled to withdraw such request at
any time during the 120-day period and, if such request is
withdrawn, such Demand Registration shall not count as one of the
permitted Demand Registrations hereunder and the Company shall be
responsible for all Registration Expenses (as set forth in Section
9) incurred in connection with the registration prior to the time
of withdrawal.
(ii) The Company shall be required
to effect and have declared effective only one (1) Long-Form Demand
Registration pursuant to this Section 5.
(iii) The Company shall not be
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