Exhibit 10.33
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 .
(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 long