Exhibit 10.23
SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
by and among
AFFILIATES INSURANCE
COMPANY,
FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE,
INC.,
HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES
TRUST,
HRPT PROPERTIES
TRUST,
SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES
TRUST,
TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA
LLC
and
REIT MANAGEMENT &
RESEARCH LLC
February 27,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY; FORMATION
AND LICENSING EXPENSES
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1.1
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Purchase and Sale of Shares
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1.2
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Future Share Issuances
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1.3
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Formation and Licensing Expenses
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ARTICLE II
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BOARD COMPOSITION
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2.1
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Board Composition
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ARTICLE III
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TRANSFER OF SHARES;
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PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS; CALL
RIGHTS
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3.1
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Transfer of Shares; No Pledging of
Shares
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3.2
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Preemptive Rights
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3.3
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Change of Control Call Option
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3.4
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Permitted New Issuance of Shares
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ARTICLE IV
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SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
REQUIREMENTS.
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4.1
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Special Shareholder Approval
Requirements
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ARTICLE V
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OTHER COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS
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5.1
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Organizational Documents
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5.2
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Reports and Information Access
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5.3
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Compliance with Laws
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5.4
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Cooperation; Further Assurances
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5.5
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Confidentiality
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5.6
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Required Regulatory Approvals
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5.7
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REIT Matters
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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6.1
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The Company
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6.2
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The Shareholders
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ARTICLE VII
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TERMINATION
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7.1
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Termination
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ARTICLE VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1
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Notices
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8.2
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Successors and Assigns; Third Party
Beneficiaries
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8.3
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Amendment and Waiver
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8.4
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Counterparts
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8.5
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Headings
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8.6
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Governing Law
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8.7
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Dispute Resolution
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8.8
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Interpretation and Construction
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8.9
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Severability
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8.10
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Entire Agreement
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8.11
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Non-liability of Trustees and
Directors
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SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
AFFILIATES INSURANCE
COMPANY
This Shareholders Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”), dated February 27, 2009, by
and among Affiliates Insurance Company, a company being formed and
licensed as an insurance company in the State of Indiana (the
“ Company ”), Five Star Quality Care, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (“ FVE ”), Hospitality
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“
HPT ”), HRPT Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust (“ HRP ”), Senior Housing
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“
SNH ”), TravelCenters of America LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ TA ”), and Reit
Management & Research LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ RMR ”, and together with FVE, HPT,
HRP, SNH and TA, the “ Shareholders
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has been formed
as an insurance company domiciled in the State of Indiana;
and
WHEREAS, the Shareholders have
agreed to make capital contributions to the Company as further
detailed in this Agreement and that as of the funding of those
capital contributions as provided in this Agreement the
Shareholders will be the sole shareholders of the Company;
and
WHEREAS, the Shareholders and the
Company desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set forth
certain agreements and understandings relating to the business and
governance of the Company, the Shares (as defined herein) held by
the Shareholders and certain other matters;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY;
FORMATION AND LICENSING EXPENSES
1.1
Purchase and Sale of
Shares .
(a)
Concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Shareholders, the
Company shall issue and sell to each Shareholder, and each
Shareholder shall purchase from the Company, 100 shares of common
stock, par value of $10.00 per share, of the Company (the “
Shares ”) at a purchase price of $250.00 per
Share.
(b)
Within five business days after the
Company notifies the Shareholders that the Department of Insurance
of the State of Indiana has notified the Company that it intends to
commence its financial review of the Company, the Company shall
issue and sell to each Shareholder, and each Shareholder shall
purchase from the Company, an additional 19,900 Shares at a
purchase price of $250.00 per Share.
1.2
Future Share Issuances
. No Shareholder shall be
obligated to purchase additional Shares or any other securities of
the Company and any future proposed issuance and sale of Shares or
any other securities of the Company shall be subject to
Section 3.2; provided, however, that the parties hereto
acknowledge that the Company may need to seek additional capital in
the future and that it is the intention of the Shareholders that
they each may, but shall not be obligated to, contribute to the
Company up to an additional $5 million of capital during the period
between the second and fifth anniversaries of the date of this
Agreement.
1.3
Formation and Licensing
Expenses . The
Company shall pay for all costs, fees and expenses in connection
with the formation and licensing of the Company as an Indiana
insurance company. The Shareholders shall reimburse the
Company for such amounts paid by the Company in equal
proportion.
ARTICLE II
BOARD
COMPOSITION
2.1
Board Composition
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(a)
For as long as the Shareholders
collectively own a majority of the issued and outstanding Shares,
the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board
” ) shall consist of not less than five nor more than
fifteen members, with the actual number determined in accordance
with the Bylaws of the Company, as in effect from time to time, and
subject in all instances to this Section 2.1. As of the
date of this Agreement, the Board shall initially consist of
thirteen members. For so long as required by applicable
Indiana law, at least one member of the Board shall be an Indiana
resident. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.1(c), no Shareholder having a right to designate any
director pursuant to this Article II shall be required to
designate an Indiana resident as a director pursuant to such right;
provided, however, that this sentence shall in no way limit the
application of the immediately preceding sentence.
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(b)
For so long as a Shareholder (other
than RMR) owns not less than 10% of the issued and outstanding
Shares, such Shareholder shall have the right to designate two
directors for election to the Board.
(c)
For so long as RMR owns not less
than 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares, RMR shall have the
right to designate three directors for election to the Board.
For so long as RMR has the right to designate directors pursuant to
the immediately preceding sentence, Indiana law requires the Board
to include an Indiana resident as a director of the Company and no
other Shareholder designates an Indiana resident as a director of
the Company, RMR shall designate at least one Indiana resident to
be a director.
(d)
Each Shareholder will vote, execute
and deliver written consents and take all other necessary action
(including, if necessary, causing the Company to call a special
meeting of shareholders of the Company) in favor of the election of
each director designated by a Shareholder in accordance with this
Article II and otherwise to ensure that the composition of the
Board is at all times as set forth in this Article II.
Each Shareholder agrees that it will not vote any of its Shares in
favor of removal of any director designated by another Shareholder
unless such other Shareholder shall have consented to such removal
in writing. Each Shareholder agrees to cause to be called, if
necessary, a special meeting of shareholders of the Company and to
vote all the Shares owned by such Shareholder for, or to take all
actions in lieu of any such meeting necessary to cause, the removal
of any director designated by such Shareholder if the Shareholder
entitled to designate such director requests in writing, signed by
such Shareholder, such director’s removal for any reason or
no reason.
(e)
If, as a result of death,
disability, retirement, resignation, removal or otherwise, there
shall exist or occur any vacancy with respect to any director
previously designated by a Shareholder in accordance with such
Shareholder’s right under this Article II to so
designate such director, such Shareholder shall have the right to
designate a replacement director. Upon such designation, the
Shareholders shall promptly take all action necessary to ensure the
election of such replacement director to fill the unexpired term of
the director whom such new director is replacing, including, if
necessary, calling a special meeting of shareholders of the Company
and voting their Shares, or executing any written consent in lieu
thereof, in favor of the election of such director.
ARTICLE III
TRANSFER OF
SHARES;
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS; CALL
RIGHTS
3.1
Transfer of Shares; No Pledging
of Shares .
(a)
The Shareholders may not, directly
or indirectly, transfer any Shares, except that a Shareholder may
transfer Shares owned by it to a wholly owned subsidiary of such
Shareholder, to another Shareholder or to a wholly owned subsidiary
of another Shareholder. Any purported transfer of Shares in
contravention of this Section 3.1 shall be null and void and
of no force or effect.
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(b)
The Shareholders may not pledge
their Shares (other than pledges arising from the operation of law
and not as a result of the Shareholder’s express granting of
a pledge); provided, however, that any pledge or other lien, charge
or encumbrance which may arise by application of the terms of any
agreement, contract, license, permit or instrument existing on the
date hereof (an “ Existing Pledge ”) on a
Shareholder’s Shares shall not be a violation of this
Section 3.1(b); and provided further, however, any transfer
which results from exercise of rights under a permitted lien,
charge or encumbrance shall be subject to the call rights of the
Company and the other Shareholders set forth in Section 3.3 to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and existing
contracts as if such a transfer constitutes a “Change of
Control”. Any Shareholder whose Shares would be subject
to an Existing Pledge shall use best efforts to cause the pledgee
under an Existing Pledge, prior to any exercise by the pledgee of
its rights on the Shareholder’s Shares, to take all actions
under applicable law which are required to be taken prior to any
such exercise, including obtaining any necessary approvals from the
Indiana Department of Insurance and Indiana Insurance
Commissioner.
3.2
Preemptive Rights
.
(a)
If, at any time after the date
hereof, the Company wishes to issue any capital stock of the
Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for capital stock of the Company (collectively, “
New Securities ”) to any person or entity (the “
Subject Purchaser ”), then the Company shall first
offer the Appropriate Percentage (as defined herein) of the New
Securities (the “ Allocated Shares ”) to each
Shareholder (each, a “ Preemptive Rightholder ”
and collectively, the “ Preemptive Rightholders
”) by sending written notice (the “ New Issuance
Notice ”) to each of the Preemptive Rightholders, which
New Issuance Notice shall state the terms of such proposed
issuance, including the number of New Securities proposed to be
issued and the proposed purchase price per security of the New
Securities (the “ Proposed Price ”). Upon
delivery of the New Issuance Notice, such offer shall be
irrevocable unless and until the Company shall have terminated the
contemplated issuance of New Securities in its entirety at which
time the rights set forth herein shall be applicable to any
proposed issuance subsequent to any such termination. For
purposes of this Section 3.2, “ Appropriate
Percentage ” shall mean that percentage of the New
Securities determined by dividing (i) the total number of
Shares then owned by a Preemptive Rightholder by (ii) the
total number of Shares owned by all the Preemptive
Rightholders.
(b)
For a period of 20 days after the
giving of the New Issuance Notice pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) (the “ Initial Preemptive
Subscription Period ”), each of the Preemptive
Rightholders shall have the right to purchase, in whole or in part,
the Allocated Shares offered to such Preemptive Rightholder as
determined pursuant to Section 3.2(a) at a purchase price
equal to the Proposed Price and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the New Issuance Notice.
(c)
The right of each Preemptive
Rightholder to purchase the New Securities so offered under
Section 3.2(b) shall be exercisable by delivering written
notice of the exercise thereof, prior to the expiration of the
Initial Preemptive Subscription Period, to the Company, which
notice shall state the amount of New Securities that such
Preemptive Rightholder elects to purchase pursuant to
Section 3.2(a). The failure of a Preemptive Rightholder
to respond prior to the expiration of the Initial Preemptive
Subscription Period shall be deemed to be a waiver of such
Preemptive Rightholder’s rights under this Agreement
solely
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with respect to its right to purchase the New
Securities referenced in the New Issuance Notice; provided that
each Preemptive Rightholder may waive its rights under
Section 3.2(b) prior to the expiration of Initial
Preemptive Subscription Period by giving written notice of such
waiver to the Company.
(d)
If as of the expiration of the
Initial Preemptive Subscription Period, some but not all of the
Preemptive Rightholders have exercised their right to purchase the
full amount of New Securities to which they are entitled to
purchase pursuant to Sections 3.2(b) and (c) (any such
Preemptive Rightholder which has exercised in full its rights to
purchase such New Securities, a “ Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholder ”), the Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholders shall have the right to purchase, in whole
or in part, their Oversubscription Appropriate Percentage (as
defined herein) of the New Securities which the Preemptive
Rightholders did not exercise their right to purchase pursuant to
Sections 3.2(b) and (c) (the “ Undersubscribed
Shares ”) at a purchase price equal to the Proposed Price
and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the New Issuance
Notice. The right of the Fully Exercising Preemptive
Rightholders to purchase the Undersubscribed Shares may be
exercised for a period of ten days following the earlier of the
expiration of the Initial Preemptive Subscription Period or the
date on which notice is given by the Company to such Fully
Exercising Preemptive Rightholders that all the Preemptive
Rightholders have either exercised their right to purchase the New
Securities pursuant to Sections 3.2(b) and (c) or waived
their rights to purchase any of such New Securities pursuant to
Section 3.2(c) (the “ Oversubscription
Period ”). For purposes of this Section 3.2,
“ Oversubscription Appropriate Percentage ”
shall mean that percentage of the Undersubscribed Shares determined
by dividing (i) the total number of Shares then owned by a
Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder by (ii) the total
number of Shares owned by all the Fully Exercising Preemptive
Rightholders.
(e)
The right of each Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholder to purchase Undersubscribed Shares pursuant
to Section 3.2(d) shall be exercisable by delivering
written notice of the exercise thereof, prior to the expiration of
the Oversubscription Period, to the Company, which notice shall
state the amount of Undersubscribed Shares that such Fully
Exercising Preemptive Rightholder elects to purchase pursuant to
Section 3.2(d). The failure of a Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholder to respond prior to the expiration of the
Oversubscription Period shall be deemed to be a waiver of such
Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder’s rights under this
Agreement solely with respect to its right to purchase the
Undersubscribed Shares included in the New Securities referenced in
the New Issuance Notice; provided that each Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholder may waive its rights under
Section 3.2(d) prior to the expiration of
Oversubscription Period by giving written notice of such waiver to
the Company.
(f)
The closing of the purchase of New
Securities subscribed for by the Preemptive Rightholders, including
the Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholders, pursuant to this
Section 3.2 shall be held at such time and place as the
parties to the transaction may reasonably agree. At such
closing, the New Securities subscribed for shall be issued by the
Company free and clear of all liens, charges or encumbrances (other
than those arising hereunder and those attributable to actions by
the purchasers thereof). Each Preemptive Rightholder,
including each Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder, purchasing
the New Securities shall deliver at the closing payment in full in
immediately available funds for the New Securities
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purchased by it. At such closing, all of
the parties to the transaction shall execute such additional
documents as are otherwise necessary, appropriate or customary for
similar financing transactions. If any Preemptive
Rightholder, including any Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder,
fails to purchase any New Securities for which it exercised its
right to purchase pursuant to Sections 3.2(b) and (c) or
3.2(d) and (e), such New Securities may be purchased by the
Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholders which did purchase all the
New Securities for which they exercised their rights to purchase
pursuant to Sections 3.2(b), (c), (d) and (e) in the same
manner provided in this Section 3.2 with respect to
Undersubscribed Shares and the resulting Oversubscription Period
with respect to such right to purchase shall be an
“Oversubscription Period” for all instances such term
is used in this Section 3.2. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, the obligations and liability of any Preemptive
Rightholder, including any Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder,
which fails to purchase any New Securities for which it exercised
its right to purchase pursuant to Sections 3.2(b) and
(c) or 3.2(d) and (e) shall not be relieved as a
result of any Fully Exercising Preemptive Rightholder’s right
to purchase, or any actual purchase by any Fully Exercising
Preemptive Rightholder of, any such New Securities.
(g)
Following the expiration of the
later of the Initial Preemptive Subscription Period and, if
applicable, the Oversubscription Period, if the Preemptive
Rightholders, including any Fully Exercising Preemptive
Rightholders, did not exercise their right to purchase any of the
New Securities, including the Undersubscribed Shares, which were
originally the subject of the New Issuance Notice, then the Company
may sell the remaining New Securities to the Subject Purchaser on
terms and conditions that are no more favorable to the Subject
Purchaser than those set forth in the New Issuance Notice;
provided, however, that such sale is bona fide and made pursuant to
a contract entered into between the Company and the Subject
Purchaser and that such sale is consummated by not later than 90
days following the earlier to occur of (i) receipt by the
Company of written waivers pursuant to
Section 3.2(c) from all the Preemptive Rightholders of
their rights to purchase the Appropriate Percentage of New
Securities and, if applicable, written waivers pursuant to
Section 3.2(e) from all the Fully Exercising Preemptive
Rightholders of their rights to purchase the Oversubscription
Appropriate Percentage of New Securities, and (ii) the
expiration of the Oversubscription Period, if applicable, and if
not applicable, the expiration of the Initial Preemptive
Subscription Period. If the sale of any of the New Securities
is not consummated by the expiration of such 90 day period, then
the preemptive rights afforded to the Shareholders under this
Section 3.2 shall again become effective, and no issuance and
sale of New Securities may be made thereafter by the Company
without again offering the same in accordance with this
Section 3.2.
3.3
Change of Control Call
Option .
(a)
By not later than five days
following a Change of Control (as defined herein or in
Section 3.1(b)) of any Shareholder, such Shareholder shall
give the Company and each other Shareholder notice of such Change
of Control and shall disclose the number of Shares and any other
securities of the Company which were owned by the Shareholder as of
immediately prior to such Change of Control of such Shareholder
(the “ Change of Control Securities ”). If
the Shareholder fails to give the notice required by the preceding
sentence by the time required thereby, and another Shareholder or
the Company is or becomes aware that such Shareholder underwent a
Change of Control, then (i) if it is a
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Shareholder that is or becomes aware of such
Change of Control, that Shareholder shall reasonably promptly
inform the Company of such Change of Control and upon the Company
being of the reasonable belief that such a Change of Control has
occurred, the Company shall reasonably promptly provide the notice
to the Shareholders that such Shareholder which underwent the
Change of Control failed to provide, or (ii) if it is the
Company that is or becomes aware of such Change of Control, the
Company shall reasonably promptly provide the notice that such
Shareholder which underwent the Change of Control failed to
provide. Any liability of a Shareholder which undergoes a
Change of Control for failure to give the notice required by the
first sentence of this Section 3.3(a) shall not be
relieved as a result of the Company or any other Shareholder being
obligated to give, or giving, the notice required by the second
sentence of this Section 3.3(a).
(b)
For a period of 20 days following
the receipt of a notice given pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the
Company shall have the right to purchase from such Shareholder (or
its successor, as applicable), in whole or in part, the Change of
Control Securities. The purchase price for the Change of
Control Securities shall be the book value, as determined in
accordance with the statutory accounting principles applicable to
the Company, of the Change of Control Securities as of the time
such Shareholder underwent the Change of Control (the “
Call Option Purchase Price ”). To exercise its
right to purchase the Change of Control Securities, the Company
shall deliver written notice of such exercise to the Shareholder
which underwent the Change of Control and the other Shareholders
prior to the expiration of such 20 day call exercise period.
The closing for any such exercised call option shall occur on the
fifth business day (or such longer period as may be required by
applicable law or in order to obtain applicable regulatory
approval) following receipt of the Company’s notice of
exercise of its call option by the Shareholder which underwent the
Change of Control, or on such other date as may be agreed by the
Company and such Shareholder. At its option, the Company may
pay in cash the entire amount of the Call Option Purchase Price at
such closing or it may elect to defer any amount of the Call Option
Purchase Price. Any amounts so deferred shall bear interest
at the Deferred Interest Rate (as defined herein). The
Company may pay any such deferred amounts and accrued interest
thereon at any time and from time to time; provided, however, that
all such deferred amounts and accrued but unpaid interest, shall be
due and payable on the fifth anniversary of the closing of the
applicable call option exercise.
(c)
Shareholders other than the
Shareholder which underwent the Change of Control shall have the
right to purchase, in whole or in part, any Change of Control
Securities not elected to be purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.3(b) at a price equal to the Call Option
Purchase Price. To exercise its right to purchase the Change
of Control Securities, the applicable Shareholder shall deliver
written notice of such exercise to the Shareholder which underwent
the Change of Control, the Company and the other Shareholders by
not later than the 20 days following the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the 20 day period during which the Company has the
right to exercise its call option for the Change of Control
Securities pursuant to Section 3.3(b) and (ii) the
date the Company waives its right to purchase such Change of
Control Securities and has given notice of the same to all the
Shareholders (such deadline for exercising a right to purchase
Change of Control Securities referred to as the “ Call
Option Exercise Deadline ”). The notice of exercise
shall indicate the number of Change of Control Securities that the
Shareholder seeks to purchase. If the aggregate number of
Change of Control Securities sought to be purchased by the
exercising Shareholders (determined by adding
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all the eligible securities each Shareholder
states it seeks to purchase in its notice of exercise) exceeds the
actual number of Change of Control Securities eligible for
purchase, the number of Change of Control Securities which may be
purchased by a particular applicable Shareholder shall be reduced
by an amount equal to the product of the aggregate number of such
excess Change of Control Securities sought to be purchased by all
the exercising Shareholders multiplied by the quotient of
(x) the number of Shares owned by all eligible Shareholders
which are exercising their call option rights minus the
number of Shares owned by the particular applicable exercising
Shareholder divided by (y) the number of Shares owned
by all eligible Shareholders which are exercising their call option
rights, with any such result rounded up or down to the nearest
whole share as reasonably determined by the Company. The
closing of any such exercised call option shall occur on the fifth
business day (or such l