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EXHIBIT 99.2
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
DATED MARCH 9, 2005
AMONG
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.
AND
THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
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ARTICLE I REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES
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1.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company and Parent ...
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1.2 Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders .........
2
ARTICLE II VOTING AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS
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2.1 Election of Directors; Committees ..........................
2
2.2 Voting Required for Action .................................
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2.3 Selection Criteria .........................................
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2.4 Sponsor Veto ...............................................
7
2.5 Independent Company Management Terms .......................
8
2.6 Parent Board Representation ................................
8
ARTICLE III TRANSFERS OF SHARES
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3.1 Restrictions on Transfer of Shares .........................
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3.2 Tag-Along Rights ...........................................
9
3.3 Transfers in Violation of Agreement ........................
10
ARTICLE IV LIQUIDITY RIGHTS
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4.1 Duty to Negotiate; Appraisal ...............................
10
4.2 Exchange Rights ............................................
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ARTICLE V TAKE-ALONG RIGHT
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5.1 Take-Along Right ...........................................
14
ARTICLE VI REDEMPTION RIGHTS
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6.1 Redemption of Sponsor Shares ...............................
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6.2 Redemption Closing .........................................
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6.3 Failure to Redeem ..........................................
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ARTICLE VII PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS
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7.1 Issuance of New Shares .....................................
17
ARTICLE VIII BOARD OBSERVERS AND ACCESS
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8.1 Board Representation and Access ............................
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8.2 Information Rights .........................................
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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9.1 Amendment and Waiver .......................................
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9.2 Termination of Agreement ...................................
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9.3 Termination as to a Party ..................................
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1 Certain Defined Terms
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10.2 Legends
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10.3 Severability
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10.4 Entire Agreement
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10.5 Successors and Assigns
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10.6 Counterparts
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10.7 Remedies
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10.8 Notices
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10.9 Governing Law
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10.10 Descriptive Headings
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10.11 Tax-Free Reorganization
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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into
as of
March 9, 2005 by and among (i) Fidelity National Information
Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), (ii) Thomas H. Lee Equity
Fund V, L.P.,
Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund V, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Cayman Fund
V, L.P., Thomas
H. Lee Investors Limited Partnership, Putnam Investment
Holdings, LLC, Putnam
Investments Employees' Securities Company I, LLC, and Putnam
Investments
Employees' Securities Company II, LLC (each a "THL Holder,"
collectively,
"THL"), (iii) TPG Partners III, L.P., TPG Parallel III, L.P.,
TPG Investors III,
L.P., FOF Partners III, L.P., FOF Partners III-B, L.P., TPG
Dutch Parallel III,
C.V. and TPG Partners IV, L.P. (each a "TPG Holder,"
collectively "TPG"), (iv)
Evercore METC Capital Partners II L.P. ("Evercore Holder," or
"Evercore"), (v)
Banc of America Capital Investors, L.P. ("BACI Holder", or
"BACI"), and (vi)
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the "Parent"). Each THL
Holder, TPG Holder,
the Evercore Holder and the BACI Holder is referred to herein as
a "Sponsor,"
and collectively, the "Sponsors." The Sponsors, the Parent, each
member of
management who hereafter (i) exercises options to purchase
Common Stock, or (ii)
purchases restricted Common Stock, pursuant to the Company's
2005 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "SIP") and becomes a party hereto (each, a
"Management
Holder"), and each other Person that is or may become a party to
this Agreement
as contemplated hereby are sometimes referred to herein
collectively as the
"Stockholders" and individually as a "Stockholder." Certain
capitalized terms
used herein are defined in Section 10.1.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES
1.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company and
Parent.Each of
the Company and Parent hereby represent and warrant to each
Stockholder (other
than Parent) that as of the date of this Agreement:
(a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, it has full
power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to
consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the execution, delivery
and performance by
it of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action;
(b) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered
by it and constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the
Company or Parent,
as the case may be, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms; and
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
and
Parent of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company and
Parent of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or without the
giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, (i) violate any provision of law,
statute, rule or
regulation to which the Company or Parent is subject, (ii)
violate any order,
judgment or decree applicable to the Company or Parent or
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conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any term
or condition of
the Company's or Parent's organizational documents or any
agreement or
instrument to which the Company or Parent is a party or by which
it is bound.
1.2 Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders. Each
Stockholder other than Parent (as to himself or itself only)
represents and
warrants to the Company and Parent that, as of the time such
Stockholder becomes
a party to this Agreement:
(a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the State of its state of
incorporation, or it is a
limited partnership or a limited liability company duly formed,
validly
existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
its state of
formation, as the case may be, it has full power and authority
to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions
contemplated hereby, and the execution, delivery and performance
by it of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or
limited liability
company action.
(b) this Agreement (or the separate joinder agreement executed
by
such Stockholder) has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by such
Stockholder, and this Agreement constitutes a legal and binding
obligation of
such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in
accordance with its
terms; and
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by such Stockholder
of
this Agreement (or any joinder to this Agreement, if applicable)
and the
consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions
contemplated hereby (and
thereby, if applicable) will not, with or without the giving of
notice or lapse
of time, or both, (i) violate any provision of law, statute,
rule or regulation
to which such Stockholder is subject, (ii) violate any order,
judgment or decree
applicable to such Stockholder or (iii) conflict with, or result
in a breach or
default under, any term or condition of any agreement or other
instrument to
which such Stockholder is a party or by which such Stockholder
is bound.
ARTICLE II
VOTING AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS
2.1 Election of Directors; Committees.
(a) Each Person, other than the Company, that is a party to
this
Agreement hereby agrees that such Person will vote, or cause to
be voted, all
voting Shares of the Company over which such Person has the
power to vote or
direct the voting, and will take all other necessary or
desirable actions within
such Person's control, and the Company will take all necessary
or desirable
actions within its control, to cause the authorized number of
directors to be
established at up to sixteen (16) directors, and to elect or
appoint or cause to
be elected or appointed to the board of directors of the Company
(the "Board")
and cause to be continued in office, the following individuals,
in each case
subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b) below:
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(i) one (1) director designated by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund
V,
L.P. and one (1) director designated by Thomas H. Lee
Parallel
Fund V, L.P. (collectively, the "THL Directors"), who shall
initially be Thomas M. Hagerty and Seth Lawry and who shall
be
such directors so long as they are principals of THL (or
equivalent or higher ranking employees of THL), provided
that
any directors replacing the initial THL Directors shall
always
be individuals who are principals of THL (or equivalent or
higher ranking employees of THL);
(ii) two (2) directors designated by TPG Partners IV, L.P.
(the
"TPG Directors"), who shall initially be Jonathan Coslet and
Marshall Haines and who shall be such directors so long as
they are principals of TPG (or equivalent or higher ranking
employees of TPG), provided that any directors replacing the
initial TPG Directors shall always be individuals who are
principals of TPG (or equivalent or higher ranking employees
of TPG); and
(iii) up to twelve (12) directors designated by Parent
representing
the proportional amount of Shares held by Parent at the
relevant time (the "Parent Directors"), one of whom shall be
William P. Foley, II, subject to the terms of paragraph (c)
below; provided that, it is acknowledged that any number of
the director seats to be filled by the Parent at any time
may
remain vacant until such time as the Parent elects to fill
such seats.
(b) If at any time THL or TPG ceases to own at least 50% of
the
Shares held by it as of the date hereof (subject to adjustment
for stock splits,
combinations and similar events), the number of directors THL or
TPG, as the
case may be, is entitled to designate shall be decreased by one.
In the event
such decrease results in an undesignated Board seat, the
remaining Board members
may designate, by majority vote, a successor director to fill
the vacancy
created thereby or decrease the size of the Board by such
seats.
(c) The chairman of the Board (the "Chairman") shall be elected
by a
majority vote of the Board; provided, however, that William P.
Foley, II shall
serve as the Chairman for an initial period of three (3) years
provided he
continues to be employed by the Company as Chief Executive
Officer.
(d) The Board shall hold no less than one (1) meeting per
fiscal
quarter. At each meeting of the Board (or committee thereof) at
which a quorum
is present, each director shall be entitled to one vote on each
matter to be
voted on at such meeting. A majority of the Board shall
constitute a quorum.
(e) If at any time any director ceases to serve on the Board
(whether due to resignation, removal or otherwise), the
Stockholders shall elect
a successor to fill the vacancy created thereby on the terms and
subject to the
conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b) above. Each Person that is
a party hereto
agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all voting Shares of the
Company over
which such Person has the power to vote or direct the voting,
and shall take all
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such other actions as shall be necessary or desirable to cause
the designated
successor to be elected to fill such vacancy.
(f) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to impair
any
rights that the stockholders of the Company may have to remove
any director for
cause under applicable law, the certificate of incorporation of
the Company, or
the by-laws of the Company, as the case may be. No such removal
of an individual
designated pursuant to this Section 2.1 for cause shall affect
any of the
Stockholders' rights to designate a different individual
pursuant to this
Section 2.1 to fill the position from which such individual was
removed.
(g) Each member of the Board shall be entitled to reimbursement
from
the Company for his or her reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including travel)
incurred in attending any Board meeting.
(h) For so long as a Sponsor has any designees on the Board,
Parent
shall maintain a directors' and officers' liability insurance
policy for
directors and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including
the Company),
with coverage of at least $125.0 million of "Side A", "Side B"
and "Side C"
coverage (the "Policy"), plus an additional $20.0 million of
"Side A" coverage
with terms substantially the same as the terms in effect under
the Parent's
policy in effect on the date hereof. In the event that any
claims are made under
the Policy such that less than $50 million of coverage remains
under the Policy
in any calendar year, Parent agrees to purchase additional "Side
A", "Side B"
and "Side C" directors' and officers' liability insurance such
that there shall
always be a minimum of $50 million of coverage available to
directors and
officers of the Parent and its Subsidiaries. The Company shall
indemnify the
directors designated by the Sponsors in accordance with the
Company's
certificate of incorporation and each indemnification agreement
entered into by
the Company and such director.
(i) There shall be established at all times during the term of
this
Agreement a Compensation Committee of the Board (the
"Compensation Committee")
which shall be comprised of up to five (5) directors as follows:
one (1) of whom
shall be one of the THL Directors, one (1) of whom shall be one
of the TPG
Directors and three (3) of whom shall be Parent Directors,
provided that, one
(1) of the Parent Directors shall be an independent director
selected by Parent
who shall not be an employee of Parent. The Compensation
Committee will (i)
determine the compensation of all senior employees and
consultants of the
Company (including salary, bonus, equity participation and
benefits) consistent
with compensation of companies similar to the Company and (ii)
subject to
Section 2.2(a)(vii) hereof, approve the grants of any options or
awards under,
or amendments to or replacement of, the SIP and the repurchases
of any stock
under the terms of the SIP; provided that no member of the
Compensation
Committee may vote on his own compensation or option or award
grant. The initial
members of the Compensation Committee shall be William P. Foley,
II, Thomas M.
Hagerty and Jonathan Coslet and two other individuals designated
by Parent in
accordance with the provisions in this clause (i).
(j) There shall be established at all times during the term of
this
Agreement an Audit Committee of the Board (the "Audit
Committee") which shall be
comprised of THL Directors, TPG Directors and Parent Directors
representing the
proportional amount of Shares
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held by the Sponsors and Parent, respectively. The Audit
Committee shall
determine the Company's audit policies, review audit reports and
recommendations
made by the Company's internal audit staff and its independent
auditors, meet
with the Company's independent auditors, oversee the independent
auditors, and
recommend the Company's engagement of independent auditors.
(k) All other committees that may be established by the Board
from
time to time shall be comprised of up to five (5) directors as
follows: one (1)
of whom shall be one of the THL Directors, one (1) of whom shall
be one of the
TPG Directors and three (3) of whom shall be Parent Directors,
provided that,
one (1) of the Parent Directors shall be an independent director
selected by
Parent who shall not be an employee of Parent.
2.2 Voting Required for Action.
(a) At any time prior to a Public Offering, the following
actions by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall require the
approval of (X) the
holders of at least a majority of the Shares then held by THL
and its
Transferees, and (Y) the holders of at least a majority of the
Shares then held
by TPG and its Transferees (together, the "Major Sponsors"):
(i) the approval of any modification or deviation in excess of
(A)
20% with respect to the capital expenditure line item of the
annual operating budget and capital expenditure budget of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries from the amounts included in
the
three (3) year projections attached hereto as Schedule 1
(unless such increase relates to an acquisition permitted or
approved under Section 2.2(a)(ii)), and (B) 20% of the
aggregate amounts set forth in the annual operating budget
and
capital expenditure budget approved by the Board on an
annual
basis,
(ii) acquisition, by merger or consolidation, or by purchase of,
or
investments in, all or substantially all of the assets or
stock of, any business or any corporation, partnership,
joint
venture, limited liability company, association or other
business organization or division thereof, in excess of
$50,000,000 per transaction or series of related
transactions,
or in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal
year,
(iii) amendments to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner which
disproportionately and adversely affects the rights of the
Sponsors or which adversely affect the indemnification or
exculpation of any director of the Company,
(iv) subject to the rights of the Sponsors in Sections 4.1 and
5.1,
any (A) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of,
or
liquidation, dissolution or recapitalization of, the Company
or any of its Material Subsidiaries, or (B) change of
control
of the Company or a Material Subsidiary, whether through
merger or sale of stock or otherwise, the result of which is
Persons owning voting stock of the Company or such Material
Subsidiary, as the
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case may be, prior to such transaction do not hold more than
50% of the voting stock of the Company or such Material
Subsidiary after giving effect to such transaction,
(v) the incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money by
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000,000
in the aggregate or the granting of any lien or encumbrance
on
the assets or pledge of the capital stock of the Company or
its Subsidiaries (other than indebtedness incurred under,
and
liens imposed in connection with the Financing),
(vi) the authorization or issuance, or committing to authorize
or
issue, any equity securities of the Company or its
Subsidiaries senior to the Shares (or any replacement
securities) held by the Sponsors as to liquidation
preference,
redemption rights or dividend rights,
(vii) any increase in the authorized number of shares of
Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued or to be issued to
employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or
advisors to the Company, pursuant to the SIP or adoption of
any similar incentive or option plan, or any option grant
under the SIP in excess of 16,378,379 shares or the making
of
any restricted stock awards under the SIP in excess of the
initial 2,500,000 aggregate share award contemplated by
Section 2.7 hereof,
(viii)entering into any contract or transaction (other than
an
Exempted Arrangement) which involves payments by any party
of
more than $500,000 annually in the aggregate, between the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries on the one hand and any
Stockholder or its Affiliates or any Related Parties on the
other,
(ix) in the event an employee of the Company is terminated
without
Cause (as defined in the SIP), exercising any call right
under
the SIP to repurchase Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents
from such employee if the aggregate purchase price paid to
employees for the repurchase of shares pursuant to the SIP
within the prior 12 months (including the current repurchase
)
exceeds $15,000,000,
(x) any Public Offering that is not a Qualified Public
Offering,
or
(xi) any (A) commencement of a case, proceeding or other action
(1)
under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction,
domestic
or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization
or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief
entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement,
adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution,
composition
or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (2)
seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or
other
similar official for it or for all or any
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substantial part of its assets, or (B) making of a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
(xii) the amendment or modification, in a manner adverse to
the
Sponsors, of the commission percentage payable to any of the
Company's Subsidiaries pursuant to the Issuing Agency
Agreements by and among the Company's Subsidiaries and each
of
Chicago Title Insurance Company and LSI Title Agency, Inc.
(b) The Company agrees to provide each of the Sponsors
written
notice of any proposed action that is approved or denied by the
Major Sponsors
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) within 10 business days following
such approval or
denial, as the case may be, which notice shall include a brief
summary of the
action taken by the Major Sponsors.
2.3 Selection Criteria. In the event that the Board determines
to
appoint a new Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
or Chief
Operating Officer (or equivalent position) at any time or times,
the Company
shall select persons for such positions who meet criteria agreed
to in advance
by the Board in consultation with the Major Sponsors.
2.4 Sponsor Veto.
(a) Each time the Board proposes to replace the Chief
Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer, the
Major Sponsors,
for bona fide, good faith reasons, communicated in writing in
reasonable detail
by the Major Sponsors within a reasonable time after the Company
notifies the
Major Sponsors of the identity of a proposed replacement
candidate, shall have
the right to veto the selection of two such proposed candidates
for Chief
Executive Officer, two such proposed candidates for Chief
Financial Officer and
two such proposed candidates for Chief Operating Officer of the
Company (each
such candidate, a "Candidate").
(b) In the event the Major Sponsors have already vetoed two
Candidates for any of such positions, the Major Sponsors will
have the right to
veto a third Candidate for such position so long as the Major
Sponsors withdraw
their veto and waives their veto rights with respect to one of
the previously
vetoed Candidates, and the Company will have the right to
appoint to such
position the Candidate for whom the veto was withdrawn.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.4 to the
contrary:
(i) a simple majority of the Board may appoint an interim
Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Operating
Officer to serve for a term not to exceed (unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the Sponsor Group) 120 calendar days
(the
"Interim Term"); and
(ii) a simple majority of the Board may extend the Interim Term
by
successive increments of 60 calendar days until a Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Operating
Officer is appointed, so long as the
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Company is proceeding in good faith with the process set
forth
in this Section 2.4.
2.5 Independent Company Management Terms. The Company will
use
reasonable best efforts to put in place within a reasonable time
after the date
hereof a senior management team at the Company (including a
chief legal officer
and chief operating officer) composed of managers who are not
employed by, or
serve as directors of, Parent (other than William P. Foley, II
and Brent Bickett
who will be employed by both Parent and the Company).
2.6 Parent Board Representation. Parent will use reasonable
best
efforts to have Thomas M. Hagerty nominated and elected to
Parent's Board of
Directors.
2.7 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. Promptly following the Closing
Date,
the Company intends to offer to certain key employees set forth
on a schedule
previously delivered to the Sponsors stock awards under the SIP
covering an
aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, at a purchase
price per share of
$10 each. Each person offered such an award will have until the
date (the
"Cut-Off Date") that is 60 days after the Closing Date to accept
the award by
returning a signed copy of the award agreement, payment for the
shares and a
counterpart signature page to this Agreement. The making of any
(i) restricted
stock award under the SIP in excess of the initial 2,500,000
shares referred to
above shall, and (ii) stock option award under the SIP in excess
of the initial
16,378,379 shares reserved in the SIP, shall require consent in
accordance with
Section 2.2(a).
ARTICLE III
TRANSFERS OF SHARES
3.1 Restrictions on Transfer of Shares.
(a) Prior to the completion of the Company's first Public
Offering,
no Stockholder may Transfer any Shares, except in an Exempt
Transfer or
otherwise in accordance with the applicable terms of this
Agreement.
(b) No Transfer of any Shares by any Stockholder shall
become
effective unless and until the Transferee (unless such
Transferee already is
party to this Agreement) executes and delivers to the Company a
counterpart to
this Agreement, agreeing to be treated in the same manner as the
transferring
Stockholder. Upon such Transfer and such execution and delivery,
the Transferee
acquiring Transferred Shares shall be bound by, and entitled to
the benefits of,
this Agreement in the same manner as the transferring
Stockholder; provided that
no Transferee of a Sponsor (other than pursuant to the second
sentence of the
definition of an Exempt Transfer) shall be entitled to any of
the rights of the
Sponsor set forth in this Agreement (or the benefits hereunder)
other than
Section 3.2, Article VII, Article VI, Section 8.2, Article IX
and Article X
hereof. Any attempted Transfer of Shares by any Stockholder not
in accordance
with this Section 3.1 shall not be effective and shall be
void.
(c) No Shares may be transferred by a Stockholder (other
than
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act)
unless, if requested by the Company, such Stockholder first
delivers to the
Company an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel
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shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such
Transfer is not required to be registered under the Securities
Act.
3.2 Tag-Along Rights.
(a) At any time after the date of this Agreement, if any Sponsor
or
Parent (the "Selling Holder") proposes to Transfer any Shares,
the Selling
Holder shall, before such Transfer:
(i) Deliver to the Company and to the other Stockholders
(the
"Other Holders") at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of such proposed Transfer (the "Sale Notice") and the
terms of such Transfer, including (A) the number of Shares
to
which the Transfer relates (the "Offered Shares"), (B) the
name and address of the proposed Transferee, (C) the
proposed
amount and type of consideration (including, if the
consideration consists in whole or in part of non-cash
consideration, such information available to the Selling
Holder as may be reasonably necessary for the other
Stockholders to properly analyze the economic value and
investment risk of such non-cash consideration) and the
terms
and conditions of payment proposed by the Selling Holder.
(ii) Any of the Other Holders may, within twenty-five (25) days
of
the receipt of the Sale Notice, give written notice (each, a
"Tag-Along Notice") to the Selling Holder that such Other
Holder wishes to participate in such proposed Transfer upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Sale Notice, which
Tag-Along Notice shall specify the Shares such Other Holder
desires to include in such proposed Transfer; provided,
however, that (1) each Other Holder shall be required, as a
condition to being permitted to sell Shares pursuant to this
Section 3.2(a) in connection with a Transfer of Offered
Shares, to sell a number of shares equal to the product of
its
Pro Rata Amount and the number of Offered Shares, (2) to
exercise its tag-along rights hereunder, each Other Holder
must agree to make to the Transferee on behalf of itself the
same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and
agreements as the Selling Holder agrees to make in
connection
with the Transfer of the Offered Shares (except that in the
case of representations and warranties pertaining
specifically
to, or covenants made specifically by, the Selling Holder,
the
Other Holders shall make comparable representations and
warranties pertaining specifically to (and, as applicable,
covenants by) themselves), and must agree to bear its
ratable
share (which shall be proportionate based on the value of
Shares that are Transferred) of all liabilities to the
Transferees arising out of representations, warranties
(other
than those representations, warranties and covenants that
pertain specifically to a given Stockholder), covenants,
indemnities or other agreements made in connection with the
Transfer. Each Stockholder will bear (x) its own costs of
any
sale of Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) and (y) its
pro-rata
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share (based upon the relative amount of Shares sold) of any
of the other costs of any reasonable and customary sale of
Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) to the extent such
costs are incurred for the benefit of all Stockholders and
are
not otherwise paid by the Transferee.
(b) If none of the Other Holders gives the Selling Holder a
Tag-Along Notice prior to the expiration of the 25-day period
for giving
Tag-Along Notices with respect to the Transfer proposed in the
Sale Notice, then
(notwithstanding this Section 3.2(a)) the Selling Holder may
Transfer such
Offered Shares on the terms and conditions set forth, and to or
among any of the
Transferees identified (or Affiliates of Transferees
identified), in the Sale
Notice at any time within ninety (90) days after expiration of
the 25-day period
for giving Tag-Along Notices with respect to such Transfer. Any
such Offered
Shares not Transferred by the Selling Holder during such 90-day
period will
again be subject to the provisions of this Section 3.2 upon
subsequent Transfer.
If one or more Other Holders give the Selling Holder a timely
Tag-Along Notice,
then the Selling Holder shall use all reasonable efforts to
obtain the agreement
of the prospective Transferee(s) to the participation of the
Other Holders in
any contemplated Transfer, on the same terms and conditions as
are applicable to
the Offered Shares, and no Selling Holder shall transfer any of
its shares to
any prospective Transferee if such prospective Transferee(s)
declines to allow
the participation of any of the Other Holders.
(c) The rights and restrictions contained in Section 3.2(a)
shall
not apply with respect to any Exempt Transfer, except Exempt
Transfers pursuant
to this Section 3.2.
3.3 Transfers in Violation of Agreement. Any Transfer or
attempted
Transfer of any Shares in violation of any provision of this
Agreement shall be
void, and the Company shall not record such Transfer on its
books or treat any
purported transferee of such Shares as the owner of such Shares
for any purpose.
ARTICLE IV
LIQUIDITY RIGHTS
4.1 Duty to Negotiate; Appraisal.
(a) If the Sponsors shall have cooperated with the Company in
its
efforts to consummate a Qualified Public Offering but the
Company has not
consummated a Qualified Public Offering prior to the second
anniversary of the
Closing Date, then, at any time thereafter, the holders of 75%
of the Sponsor
Shares (together, the "Sponsor Group") may give notice (the
"Transfer Notice")
to Parent that the Sponsors desire to sell their Shares to
Parent. For a period
of 30 days from the date of the Transfer Notice, each party will
negotiate in
good faith regarding a sale of all the Sponsor Shares to the
Parent or the
Company. If the parties are unable to agree upon the terms of a
sale of the
Sponsor Shares to the Parent or the Company within such 30-day
period, then the
Sponsor Group may elect to initiate the Appraisal Process to
determine the
Appraisal Price (the "Election"). Any Appraisal Process shall be
initiated by
the Sponsor Group by delivering to Parent and the Company the
report of the
first appraiser.
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(b) If, following the first Appraisal Process, the Sponsor Group
is
not satisfied in its sole discretion, with the Appraisal Price
(which
determination it shall make within fifteen (15) days of
completion of the
Appraisal Process), then it may elect (the "Second Election") to
initiate the
Appraisal Process a second time; provided that the Sponsor Group
may not make a
Second Election within 12 months of the Election. If, following
the second
Appraisal Process, the Sponsor Group is not satisfied in its
sole discretion,
with the Appraisal Price (which determination it shall make
within fifteen (15)
days of completion of the Appraisal Process), then it may elect
to initiate the
Appraisal Process a third time (the "Third Election"), provided
that, the
Sponsor Group may not make a Third Election within 12 months of
the Second
Election. The Sponsor Group may not initiate the Appraisal
Process more than
three times.
(c) If, following any Appraisal Process, the Sponsor Group
is
satisfied, in its sole discretion, with the Appraisal Price, the
Sponsor Group
shall so notify the Parent and the Company and the Parent or the
Company may
elect, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice of the
Sponsor Group's
approval of the Appraisal Price, in its sole discretion, to
purchase for cash
all but not less than all of the Sponsor Shares from the
Sponsors at the
Appraisal Price by sending written notice to the Sponsors, and,
in such event,
the Sponsors shall sell all but not less than all of the Sponsor
Shares to the
Company and/or Parent. The closing of the purchase of the Shares
from the
Sponsors by the Company and/or Parent pursuant to this Section
4.1(c) shall
occur no later than 30 days after notice of the Company or
Parent's election to
purchase.
(d) If the Sponsor Group, in its sole discretion, has approved
an
Appraisal Price, but the Company and Parent elect not to
purchase the Sponsors'
Shares or fail to make an election within the 15-day time period
referenced in
clause (c) above, then the Sponsor Group shall have the right to
compel a Sale
of the Company pursuant to Section 4.1(e) (the "Sale
Process").
(e) In accordance with Section 4.1(d) above, the Sponsor Group
may
elect to compel a Sale of the Company in accordance with the
provisions of this
Section 4.1(e) by providing written notice thereof to the
Company.
(i) The Stockholders and the Company promptly after receiving
such
notice will take, under the direction of the Sponsor Group,
all actions reasonably necessary or desirable and will use
their reasonable best efforts to cause the consummation of
such Sale of the Company (and, as used in this Section 4.1,
if
structured as a stock sale, a sale of 100% of the
outstanding
stock of the Company) at the highest value reasonably
available. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each of
Parent
and the Company shall provide each of the Sponsors with
prompt
notice regarding any and all approvals, consents,
notifications, waivers and other legal requirements
applicable
to it and necessary for the consummation of the proposed
Sale
of the Company, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain all such approvals, consents, notifications and
waivers, and comply with all such other legal requirements
in
a timely fashion, (ii) the Company shall hire an investment
bank (chosen by the Sponsor Group, but reasonably acceptable
to the Company) to identify potential buyers, conduct an
auction process
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and otherwise facilitate a Sale of the Company, (iii)
subject
to the provisions of 4.1(e)(ii), if the proposed Sale of the
Company is structured as a sale of assets or a merger or
consolidation, or otherwise requires equityholder approval,
subject to the approval of the terms of such proposed Sale
of
the Company by the Sponsor Group, in its sole discretion,
the
Stockholders and the Company will vote or cause to be voted
all Shares that they hold or with respect to which such
Stockholder has the power to direct the voting and which are
entitled to vote on such transaction in favor of such
transaction and will waive any appraisal rights which they
may
have in connection therewith, and (iv) subject to the
provisions of 4.1(e)(ii) and to the approval of the Sale of
the Company by the Sponsor Group, in its sole discretion, if
the proposed Sale of the Company is structured as or
involves
a sale or redemption of Shares, the Stockholders will agree
to
sell all but not less than all of their Shares on the terms
and conditions approved by such Sponsor Group, and the
Stockholders and the Company will execute any merger, asset
purchase, security purchase, recapitalization or other sale
agreement approved by such Sponsor Group (the "Definitive
Sale
Agreements"), and will make to the buyer the same
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and
agreements (other than non-competition agreements) as the
Sponsor Group makes in connection with such Sale of the
Company (except that in the case of representations and
warranties pertaining specifically to, or covenants made
specifically by, any Sponsor, the other Stockholders shall
make comparable representations and warranties pertaining
specifically to (and, as applicable, covenants by)
themselves), and must agree to bear their ratable share
(which
shall be proportionate based on the value of Shares that are
being sold in such Sale of the Company) of all liabilities
of
the Stockho
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