FORM OF SHAREHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT
THIS SHAREHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT (the
“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into on
_______ __, 2008 by and among STF TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (f/k/a
Kraft Elektronikai Zrt) , a Hungarian corporation (the
“ Company ”), and the shareholders of the
Company (each a “ Shareholder ” and collectively
the “ Shareholders ”) who are listed (together
with their Affiliates) on Schedule A attached hereto, and
any other person(s) or entity(ies) who may hereafter become a party
to this Agreement.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , the Shareholders are the owners of 100% of the
common shares and equity of the Company (the “ Share
Capital ”), as set forth on Schedule A ;
and
WHEREAS , the Company and the Shareholders wish to enter
into this Agreement to document their agreement and understanding
regarding certain restrictions and controls on the Company and the
Share Capital; and
WHEREAS, except with respect to the Stock Exchange
Agreement and any document executed pursuant thereto, this
Agreement and the terms and covenants contained herein shall
supersede and take precedence to similar terms and covenants set
forth in any other agreement between the Company and its
Shareholders, including, without limitation, any stock purchase
agreement or founders stock purchase agreement (collectively, the
“ Prior Agreements ”).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and
the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 -
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Section 1.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have such
definition as set forth in the Stock Exchange Agreement. In
addition, as used in this Agreement the following terms shall have
the following respective meanings:
(a) “ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling (including, but not limited to, all directors and
officers of such Person), controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed
to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such other Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For
purposes of Section 2.10 ( Drag-Along Rights ) each
director, shareholder, general partner, member, officer and
employee (to the extent applicable) of a Person or the spouse or
children of any such director, shareholder, general partners,
member, officer or employee or a trust of trusts solely for the
benefit of such director, shareholder, general partner, member,
officer or employee and/or the spouse or children of such director,
shareholder, general partner, member, officer or employee shall, in
each case, be deemed to be an Affiliate.
(b) " Connected Person " means any company
controlled by or affiliated with Solar Thin Films, Inc. ("STF") the
parent of the Company and any Person employed by STF or any company
controlled by or affiliated with STF.
(c)
“
Articles of
Incorporation ” means the articles of incorporation or
memorandum of association representing the formation documents of
the Company.
(d) "Excess Cash" means, at the end of any financial year of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of cash and
marketable securities that are retained by the Company and its
Subsidiaries which is in excess of the aggregate
amount of funds required for the working capital needs of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, the purchase or lease of capital
equipment and other related expenditures that are anticipated in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company to be required
by the Company and its Subsidiaries for the next succeeding
financial year.
(e) “ Gross Profit Margin ”
means the net selling price of the applicable PV Equipment,
less “cost of good sold,” as that term
is defined under United States generally accepted accounting
principles (“ US GAAP ”).
(f) "Liquidity Event" means an initial public offering of the Shares
(IPO)
(g) “ Offerees ” means (i) the
Company, and (ii) each of the Shareholders, excluding any
Shareholder who has caused or initiated the event that results in
the offer of the Shares to the Offerees hereunder. Offerees who are
Shareholders are sometimes referred to herein as “
Shareholder Offerees .”
(h) “ Permitted Transfer ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of this
Agreement..
(i) PV Equipment ” means the machinery, equipment, software
and computer hardware required to be installed at a PV Facility to
enable a Person to manufacture and produce PV Modules.
(j) “ PV Facility ” means a
turn-key manufacturing facility including PV Equipment, converters,
land and building to enable a Person to produce PV
Modules.
(k) “ PV Modules ” means
amorphous silicon (“ aSi ”)
photovoltaic solar panels or modules capable of producing solar
power.
(l) “ Qualified Appraisers ”
means any recognized investment bank or business appraisal company
selected by the Board of Directors of the Company who has not
previously rendered financial or business appraisal services to
Solar Thin or who is otherwise acceptable to Istvan
Krafcsik.
(m) “ Shares ” means and
includes all shares of Share Capital now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Shareholder. For purposes of this Agreement, all of
the Shares of Share Capital that a Shareholder has a right to
acquire from the Company upon conversion, exercise or exchange of
any of the securities of the Company then owned by such Shareholder
shall be deemed Shares then owned by such Shareholder;
provided, however , that for purposes of this
Agreement any “Buyer Preference Shares” that may be
issued pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Stock Exchange
Agreement shall not be deemed to be Shares of Share
Capital.
(n) “ Share Capital ” means and
includes all issued and outstanding common shares and equity of the
Company and all other securities of the Company which may be issued
in exchange for or in respect of shares of Share Capital (whether
by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination,
reclassification, reorganization, or otherwise) ; provided,
however , that for purposes of this Agreement any
“Buyer Preference Shares” that may be issued pursuant
to Section 2.2 of the Stock Exchange Agreement shall not be
deemed to be Shares of Share Capital..
(o) “ Solar Thin ” means Solar
Thin Films, Inc., a Delaware corporation and one of the
Shareholders.
(p) “ Stock Exchange Agreement ”
means that certain stock exchange agreement, dated as of September
29, 2008, by and among the Company, Solar Thin Films, Inc.,
BudaSolar Technologies Co., Ltd., Krafcsik Horvath Holding Ltd.,
Istvan Krafcsik and Attila Horvath.
(q) " Triggering Date ” shall mean (i)
for Section 2.2(a), the date of the selling Shareholder’s
death; (ii) for Section 2.3, the date of the occurrence of an event
of insolvency; and (iii) for Section 2.4, the date that the Offer
(as defined in Section 2.4(a)) is delivered to the
Offerees.
ARTICLE 2 -
TRANSFERS
Section 2.1
General
Restriction Against Transfer; Permitted
Transfers .
(a) Each Shareholder covenants and agrees that,
except as specifically set forth in this Article 2 and subject to
Section 2.1(b), neither such Shareholder nor such
Shareholder’s legal representatives or successors shall sell,
donate, assign as collateral, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage,
encumber, allow to be encumbered, transfer or otherwise dispose of
in any manner whatsoever (each, a “ Transfer ”)
any Shares.
(b) Any attempt to Transfer or to agree to Transfer
any Shares in contravention of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be void and shall have no effect. Compliance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be a condition precedent to the
recording or documentation of any Transfer of any Shares in the
books and records of the Company.
(c) Notwithstanding any of the restrictions on
Transfer of the Shares contained in this Agreement, Transfers of
any Shares of the Shareholders to any Affiliate or member of the
family of any Shareholder, including, without limitation, a
Transfer of Shares to a trust for the benefit of any of them, shall
be permitted (each a “ Permitted Transfer ”);
provided, however , that (i) any Shares so Transferred shall
continue to be subject to the restrictions of this Agreement, (ii)
such Transfer does not violate any of the provisions of this
Agreement, and (iii) such Transfer shall not be effective until the
transferee executes and delivers an agreement in the form supplied
by the Company whereby such transferee agrees to become a party to
this Agreement and to be bound by each of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. As used herein, the word “ family
” shall mean any spouse, lineal ancestor or descendant,
adoptee, brother or sister.
(d) Each Shareholder hereby agrees that, during the
period of duration specified by the Company and any underwriter,
investment banker or nominated advisor of Share Capital or other
securities of the Company following the effective date of a
registration statement of the Company filed under the United
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the listing of any Share
Capital of the Company on any European Union securities exchange,
if any, such Shareholder shall not, to the extent requested by the
Company and such underwriter, investment banker or nominated
advisor, Transfer any securities of the Company held by it at any
time during a period of up to twelve (12) months following the
effective date of such registration statement or listing of Share
Capital on any European Union securities exchange (as the case may
be). In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may
impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Shares of
each such Shareholder until the end of such period.
Section 2.2
Effect of
Death .
(a) Upon the death of a Shareholder, that
Shareholder’s legal inheritor may, but shall not be required
to, within forty-five (45) days after its legal appointment, offer
to sell to the Offerees, and the Offerees may, but shall not be
required to, purchase all, but not less than all, of such
Shares.
(b) Any proposed sale or sale under this Section
2.2 shall be made in accordance with Section 2.5, Section 2.6,
Section 2.7 and Section 2.8.
Section 2.3
Sale Upon
Insolvency . Each Shareholder agrees that upon the occurrence
of any of the following events, unless excluded by law: (i) a
Shareholder’s adjudication as a bankrupt; (ii) institution by
or against a Shareholder of a petition for arrangement or any other
type of insolvency proceeding under any bankruptcy law or
otherwise; (iii) a Shareholder’s making of a general
assignment for the benefit of such Shareholder’s creditors,
(iv) the appointment of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of such
Shareholder for any of a Shareholder’s assets; or (v) the
taking, making or institution of any like or similar act or
proceeding involving a Shareholder, provided that such event,
adjudication, institution, making, appointment or similar act or
proceeding is not cured or rescinded within ninety (90) days (the
“ Cure Period ”), then, at the end of the Cure
Period, such Shareholder or such Shareholder’s successor or
successors in interest shall offer to sell to the Offerees, and the
Offerees may, but shall not be required to, purchase all, but not
less than all, of such Shareholder’s Shares and such sale
shall be made in accordance with Section 2.5, Section 2.6, Section
2.7 and Section 2.8.
Section 2.4
Right of First
Refusal .
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if at any time any Shareholder desires to sell for cash
or cash equivalents all or any portion of its Shares pursuant to a
bona fide offer from a third party who is not an Affiliate (for the
purposes of this Section 2.4, the “ Proposed
Transferee ”), such selling Shareholder shall submit a
written offer (the “ Offer ”) to sell such
Shares (the “ Offered Shares ”) to the Offerees
on terms and conditions, including price, not less favorable to the
Offerees than those on which the selling Shareholder proposes to
sell such Offered Shares to the Proposed Transferee. The Offer
shall disclose the identity of the Proposed Transferee, the Offered
Shares proposed to be sold, the total number of Shares owned by the
selling Shareholder, the terms and conditions, including price, of
the proposed sale, and any other material facts relating to the
proposed sale. The Company may appoint a third party or a
Shareholder to exercise the right to purchase the Offered Shares by
delivering written notice to the selling Shareholder. Any sale
proposed or made under this Section 2.4 shall be made in accordance
with Section 2.5, Section 2.6 and Section 2.8.
(b) The Shareholders’ right of refusal
provided in this Section 2.4 shall not apply with respect
to:
(i)
the occurrence of any Liquidity
Event, or
(ii)
any redemption of Shares or sales
of Shares by a Shareholder to the Company in a transaction approved
by the Board of Directors of the Company;
(iii)
any Permitted Transfer.
Section 2.5
Option Period; Effecting
Election .
(a) Option Period . For each proposed purchase of Shares by the
Offerees made pursuant to Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4,
the Company shall have the first option to purchase all or any
portion of such Shares. The Company shall have thirty (30) days
(the “ Company Option Period ”) from the
effective Triggering Date to consummate such a sale. If the Company
does not consummate any such sale within the Company Option Period,
the Shareholder Offerees shall then have an additional thirty (30)
day period (the “ Shareholder Offerees’ Option
Period ”) (beginning on the day following the expiration
of the Company Option Period) during which they may consummate the
purchase of the applicable Shares. The Company Option Period and
the Shareholder Offerees’ Option Period are collectively
referred to herein as the “ Option Periods .” If
any such Share purchase is not consummated by either the Company or
the Shareholder Offerees within the applicable Option Period, the
Shares may be sold to a third party or otherwise transferred, as
applicable, by the Shareholder or his legal representative, as
applicable. Any purchase made by the Company and the Shareholder
Offerees under this Agreement shall result in all of the applicable
Shares being purchased, but the Company and the Shareholder
Offerees may divide the Shares purchased between themselves in any
proportions that they desire in their sole discretion; provided,
however , that each Shareholder Offeree shall have the right to
purchase at least that Shareholder Offeree’s pro rata share
of the Shares available for purchase by all of the Shareholder
Offerees. This pro rata share shall be calculated for each
Shareholder Offeree based on each Shareholder Offeree’s
ownership of Shares (as a percentage of all of the Shares owned by
all of the Shareholder Offerees). If a Shareholder Offeree declines
to purchase his pro rata share, the other Shareholder Offerees may
purchase any such remaining Shares based on their pro rata share of
these remaining Shares (excluding any shares owned by the
Shareholder Offeree who declined to purchase his pro rata share in
the initial Shareholder Offeree purchase).
(b) Effecting Election . Election by the Company or the Shareholder
Offerees to purchase Shares offered for sale pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effected by sending written notice of such
election to such offering Shareholder or such offering
Shareholder’s representative (as applicable) prior to the
expiration of the applicable Option Period.
Section 2.6
Effect of Failure to
Elect to Purchase All Shares .
(a) If the Offerees do not elect to purchase all of
the Shares offered for sale by an offering Shareholder (or its
legal inheritor or representative) pursuant to Section 2.2 or
Section 2.3, all of the offering Shareholder’s Shares shall
continue to be owned by such Shareholder (or his legal
representative, as applicable). Such Shares may be transferred as
contemplated by the Shareholder (or legal representative), but such
Shares will at all times continue to be subject to the restrictions
of this Agreement and no such Transfer will be effective until each
proposed transferee executes and delivers a counterpart of this
Agreement.
(b) If the Offerees do not elect to purchase all of
the Shares offered for sale by an offering Shareholder pursuant to
Section 2.4, all, but not less than all, of the offering
Shareholder’s Shares may be transferred to the bona fide
offeror pursuant to the terms of the bona fide offer within sixty
(60) days following the expiration of the Shareholder
Offerees’ Option Period; provided, however , that any
Shares so transferred shall continue to be subject to the
restrictions of this Agreement and such Transfer shall not be
effective until the transferee executes and delivers a counterpart
of this Agreement. If all of the offering Shareholder’s
Shares are not transferred within such 60-day period, such Shares
shall again become subject to the restrictions contained in this
Agreement and shall not be transferred except in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section 2.7
Purchase
Price . Except as provided in Section 2.4 of this
Agreement, the “ Purchase Price ” per share of
the Shares proposed for Transfer or Transferred shall be determined
as of the last equity offering of the Company and being equal to
the price per share pursuant to the last equity offering, provided
such equity offering of the Company was consummated within a six
(6) month period of the proposed Transfer and with parties who are
not Affiliates of the Company or any Shareholder, or in absence of
an equity offering within the said six (6) month period, by the
written concurrence of a Qualified Appraiser. The Qualified
Appraiser shall be chosen within five (5) business days after the
Triggering Date. The Company shall pay the costs and expenses of
the Qualified Appraiser. The Qualified Appraiser shall develop a
fair market value determination of the Company’s value, and
this shall become the final and binding Purchase Price. The
Qualified Appraiser must be firm or individual with previous
background and experience in the valuation and appraisal of
corporations, which are similar in size, industry and financial
condition to the Company. The Qualified Appraiser shall deliver a
written report to all parties (which documents it’s
determination of the Purchase Price, along with a sufficiently
detailed description of the methodologies, assumptions and
procedures used) within thirty (30) days after the designation of
the Qualified Appraiser. However, the Purchase Price to be
determined under this Section 2.7 shall not be less than the price
offered on a firm basis for all and not less than all of the Shares
by a bona fide third party buyer who is not an Affiliate of the
Company or of any Shareholder.
Section 2.8
Closing;
Payment .
(a) The closing (" Closing ") of any sale of
a Shareholder’s Shares to an Offeree pursuant to Section 2.2
or Section 2.3 shall take place at the office of the Company at any
point prior to the expiration of the applicable Option Period or in
the event of a sale under Section 2.4, on the sixtieth (60
th ) business day following the date the Offer was made.
The certificate or certificates representing the Shares to be
purchased by the Offerees, properly endorsed for transfer or with
an executed stock power attached, shall be delivered at the Closing
free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges
or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, except for the
rights of the Offerees set forth in this Agreement, against the
payment of the purchase price therefore, unless otherwise agreed by
the Parties of the Purchase and accepted by the other Shareholders
and the company in written form. .
(b) The Purchase Price for any purchase of Shares
by the Company under this Agreement shall be made exclusively in
cash.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 2.8, if an Offeree is purchasing the Shares pursuant to
Section 2.4 and is paying the purchase price set forth in the bona
fide offer, the purchase price shall be paid in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained in the bona fide offer.
Section 2.9
Failure to Deliver
Shares . If a Shareholder (for the purposes of this
Section 2.9, an “ Obligated Shareholder ”)
becomes obligated to sell any Shares to any Offeree hereunder, as
determined by a final nonappealable order from a court of competent
jurisdiction, and fails to deliver such Shares in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, the Offeree may, at its option, in
addition to all other remedies it may have, send to the Obligated
Shareholder the Purchase Price for such Shares. Upon receipt of a
final nonappealable order from a court of competent jurisdiction,
the Company, upon written notice to the Obligated Shareholder shall
(i) cancel on its books the certificate or certificates
representing the Shares to be sold and (ii) shall issue, in lieu
thereof; in the name of the Offeree, a new certificate or
certificates representing such Shares, and all of the Obligated
Shareholder’s rights in and to such Shares shall immediately
terminate.
Section 2.10
Tag-Along
Rights .
(a)
If at any time any of the
Shareholders, whether alone or together by agreement, contract or
understanding (for the purposes of this Section 2.10, each a
“ Selling Party ”) wishes to sell any Shares
owned by it in a single transaction or series of related
transactions equaling forty percent (40%) or more of all of the
Share Capital of the Company then issued and outstanding (on a
fully-diluted basis counting all issued options, warrants and
convertible securities) to any th