Exhibit 10.10
EXECUTION COPY
STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
by and among
GMAC MORTGAGE GROUP,
INC.,
GMACCH INVESTOR
LLC,
and
GMAC COMMERCIAL HOLDING
CORP.
Dated as of March 23, 2006
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Defined Terms
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1
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions;
Interpretation
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5
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ARTICLE 2.
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VOTING AGREEMENTS
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5
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2.1
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Election of Directors
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5
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2.2
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Supermajority Vote
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7
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2.3
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Other Voting Matters
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9
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ARTICLE 3.
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TRANSFERS AND ISSUANCES
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3.1
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Limitations on Transfer
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3.2
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Void Transfers
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3.3
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Tag-Along Rights
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3.4
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Drag-Along Rights
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3.5
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Right of First Refusal
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3.6
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Preemptive Rights
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3.7
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Public Offering
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ARTICLE 4.
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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4.1
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Demand Registration
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4.2
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Piggyback Registrations
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4.3
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Form S-3 Registration
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4.4
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Expenses of Registration
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4.5
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Obligations of the Company
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4.6
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Delay of Registration; Furnishing
Information
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4.7
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Indemnification
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4.8
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“Market Stand-Off”
Agreement
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4.9
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Agreement to Furnish Information
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4.10
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Rule 144 Reporting
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4.11
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No
Registration of Investor Securities
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ARTICLE 5.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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5.1
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Additional Securities Subject to
Agreement
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5.2
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Information Rights
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5.3
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Termination
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5.4
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Injunctive Relief
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5.5
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Other Stockholders Agreements
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5.6
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Successors, Assigns, Transferees,
Recapitalizations
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5.7
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Amendment and Waiver
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5.8
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Notices
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5.9
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Counterparts
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30
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5.10
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Entire Agreement
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30
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5.11
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Severability
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30
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5.12
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Governing Law
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5.13
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Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
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5.14
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Additional Stockholders
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This STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), is made as of March
, 2006, by and among GMAC Mortgage Group,
Inc., a Michigan corporation (“ GMAC Mortgage Group
”), GMACCH Investor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Investor ”), and GMAC Commercial Holding
Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”).
WHEREAS, the authorized capital stock of the
Company consists exclusively of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock splits and
stock dividends, the “ Common Stock
”);
WHEREAS, as of the Closing Date, GMAC Mortgage
Group is selling 780 shares of Common Stock to Investor pursuant to
the Stock Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and is retaining
220 shares of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to enter into
certain agreements with respect to the ownership, voting,
registration and transfer of the Common Stock held by GMAC Mortgage
Group and Investor.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these
premises, the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties
contained herein, and for 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 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined in this Article I or elsewhere herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them below:
“ Affiliate ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the regulations promulgated
under the Exchange Act.
“ Board of Directors ” shall
mean the board of directors of the Company.
“ Cause ” shall mean (i)
willful malfeasance or willful misconduct by a director in
connection with the performance of his duties as such, (ii) the
commission by a director of a felony or (iii) a determination by a
court of competent jurisdiction in the United States that such
director, as such or in any other capacity (whether or not relating
to the Company), breached a fiduciary duty owed by him or her to
another Person.
“ Control ” shall mean (i)
the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person through
the ownership of voting securities or (ii) the ownership of fifty
percent (50%) or more of the equity interests of a
Person.
“ Equity Sponsor ” shall
mean any of Five Mile Capital Partners LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a
Delaware limited liability partnership, GS Capital Partners V,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Dune Capital
Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
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“ Exchange Act ” shall mean
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“ Governmental Authority ”
shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“ Independent Third Party ”
shall mean any Person who, immediately prior to any time of
determination, does not own more than 5% of the Company’s
Common Stock on a fully diluted basis using the treasury method (a
“ 5% Owner ”); who does not control and is not
controlled by or under common control with any such 5% Owner; and
who is not the spouse or descendent (by birth or adoption) of any
such 5% Owner or a trust for the benefit of such 5% Owner and/or
such other Persons.
“ Permitted Public Sale ”
shall mean any sale of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an
offering registered under the Securities Act or under Rule 144
after a Qualified Public Offering; provided that any such Transfer
prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date shall be deemed
a “Permitted Public Sale” with respect to GMAC Mortgage
Group only to the extent that (A) the percentage achieved by
dividing (i) all Common Stock proposed to be Transferred pursuant
to such proposed Permitted Public Sale, together with all Common
Stock previously Transferred, by GMAC Mortgage Group and its
Affiliates in accordance with this Agreement (other than Transfers
to Affiliates) by (ii) all Common Stock owned by GMAC Mortgage
Group on the date hereof does not exceed (B) the percentage
achieved by dividing (i) all Common Stock previously Transferred,
or to be Transferred concurrently with such proposed Permitted
Public Sale, by Investor and its Affiliates in accordance with this
Agreement (other than Transfers to Affiliates of Investor) by (ii)
all Common Stock owned by Investor on the date hereof.
“ Permitted Transferee ”
shall mean any Person to whom a Stockholder transfers Common Stock
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (other than pursuant
to a Public Offering or, following a Qualified Public Offering,
pursuant to Rule 144) and who becomes a party to, and is bound to
the same extent as his, her or its transferor by the terms of, this
Agreement.
“ Person ” shall mean any
individual, corporation, partnership, trust, joint stock company,
business trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other
entity of any nature whatsoever.
“ Public Offering ” shall
mean the sale of Common Stock to the public in an offering pursuant
to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act; provided, that a Public Offering shall not include
an offering made pursuant to a Special Registration
Statement.
“ Qualified Public Offering
” shall mean the first (i) underwritten Public Offering or
(ii) offering of Common Stock (or a conversion of Common Stock
into, or an exchange of Common Stock for, other equity securities)
in a transaction subject to Rule 145 as a result of which at least
thirty-five percent (35%) of the Company’s issued and
outstanding securities are
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publicly held by Persons other than GMAC
Mortgage Group, Investor and any of their respective Affiliates or
other Affiliates of the Company, in either case that results in an
active trading market in the Common Stock (or such other equity
securities) (it being understood that such an active trading market
shall be deemed to exist if, among other things, the Common Stock
is listed on a national securities exchange or on the NASDAQ Stock
Market-National Market System).
“ Qualifying Creditor ”
shall mean GMAC Mortgage Group for so long as one or more members
of the Parent Group collectively holds, owns, is owed or is
obligated in respect of an aggregate of at least $250 million of
(i) Intercompany Indebtedness and/or (ii) Parent Guaranteed Third
Party Indebtedness, in each case based on the maximum available
borrowings (including potential draws under letters of credit) with
respect thereto (and not including any Preferred Stock or
Parent Group Non-Financial Guarantee).
“ Registrable Securities ”
means Common Stock and any securities received, directly or
indirectly, with respect to or in exchange for, or substitution for
or conversion of such Common Stock, including by way of dividend or
distribution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization, other than securities (i) sold by a Stockholder in
a transaction in which such Stockholder’s rights under this
Agreement are not assigned, (ii) sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or (iii) sold in a
transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act (including transactions under
Rule 144) so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends
with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of
such sale.
“ Registration Expenses ”
shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof, including, without limitation,
all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees
and disbursements for counsel to Investor and for counsel to GMAC
Mortgage Group (not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for
either such counsel), blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of
any special audits incident to or required by any such registration
(but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company
which shall be paid in any event by the Company).
“ Rule 144 ” shall mean Rule
144, or any successor thereto, promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Rule 145 ” shall mean Rule
145, or any successor thereto, promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ SEC ” shall mean the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from
time to time.
“ Selling Expenses ” shall
mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable
to the sale.
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“ Significant Subsidiary ”
of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person that would
constitute a “significant subsidiary” of such Person
within the meaning of Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X as promulgated
by the SEC and as in effect on the date hereof.
“ Special Registration Statement
” shall mean a registration statement related to (i) any
employee benefit plan, (ii) any corporate reorganization or
transaction subject to Rule 145 of the Securities Act, including
any registration statement related to the issuance or resale of
securities issued in such a transaction to a Person that is not a
Stockholder or (iii) the issuance of stock upon conversion of debt
securities.
“ Stock Purchase Agreement ”
shall mean the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2005
and as amended from time to time, among General Motors Acceptance
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, GMAC Mortgage Group, the
Company, and Investor.
“ Stockholders ” shall mean
GMAC Mortgage Group, Investor, any Person who shall become a party
to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.14, and their respective
Permitted Transferees.
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association or other business entity of which
fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the
securities entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees (or similar governing positions) thereof, or fifty percent
(50%) or more of the equity interest therein, is at the time owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination
thereof.
“ Transfer ” or “
Transferred ” shall mean any direct or indirect
transfer, sale, assignment, exchange, mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation or other disposition of any Common Stock or any
interest, whether legal or beneficial, therein; provided ,
however , that in no event shall any transfer of (i) any
securities of any member of the Parent Group to another member of
the Parent Group, (ii) any securities of Seller (or any successor
thereof), Parent (or any successor thereof) or GM (or any other
Person that Controls Parent) to any Person, (iii) any securities of
Investor between or among any Equity Sponsor (or any successor
thereof) or any Affiliate of an Equity Sponsor (including
affiliated funds and funds managed by an investment advisor that is
an Affiliate of any Equity Sponsor (collectively, “
Affiliated Funds ,” which shall be deemed Affiliates
for purposes of this Agreement)), (iv) any securities of Investor
to any Person (including the issuance of any securities of
Investor) that is effected prior to the six-month anniversary of
the date hereof, or (v) any securities of an Equity Sponsor, an
Affiliated Fund or a Person that Controls an Equity Sponsor
or Affiliated Fund to any Person (other than securities of any
Affiliated Fund substantially all the assets of which consist,
directly or indirectly, of membership interests in Investor),
constitute a “Transfer.” Except as set forth
above, in the event that a Person acquires Control of a Stockholder
(unless such Person is an Affiliate of such Stockholder) or a
member of Investor (unless such Person is an Affiliate of such
member) which, in either case, is not an individual or an
individual’s estate, such acquisition of Control shall be
deemed to be a Transfer of the shares of Common Stock held by such
Stockholder or, indirectly, by such member such that it shall be
subject to the restrictions on transfer (including tag-along
rights) contained in Article 3 of this Agreement.
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1.2
Other Definitional Provisions; Interpretation
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(a)
The words “hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b)
The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c)
The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
(d)
For purposes of comparing the beneficial ownership of any Person on
the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement to the level
of such ownership at any later time, the level of ownership on such
later date shall be adjusted to eliminate the effect of any
subdivision of the Common Stock, any combination of the Common
Stock, any issuance of Common Stock by reason of any
reclassification (including, without limitation, any
reclassification in connection with a merger or consolidation) or
any dividend payable in Common Stock.
ARTICLE 2. VOTING AGREEMENTS
2.1
Election of Directors .
(a)
Each Stockholder shall take all actions, including but not limited
to voting all of the Common Stock owned or held of record by such
Stockholder, so as to elect and continue in office a Board of
Directors including (i) two (2) representatives designated by GMAC
Mortgage Group and its Affiliates (such designees, the “
GMAC Mortgage Group Directors ”), (ii) nine (9)
representatives designated by Investor and its Affiliates (the
“ Investor Directors ”) and (iii) the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. The persons set forth on
Exhibit A hereto shall constitute the Board of
Directors as of the Closing Date. Each duly designated committee of
the Board of Directors will include (x) at least one (1) of the
GMAC Mortgage Group Directors and (y) at least two (2) of the
Investor Directors; provided that the Board of
Directors may at any time establish and maintain a committee of the
Board of Directors without representation of any GMAC Mortgage
Group Director to which the Board may delegate all or part of its
power and authority in respect of any transaction or proposed
transaction between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the
one hand, and GMAC Mortgage Group or any of its Affiliates (other
than a GMACCH Company), on the other hand, or in respect of any
other matter that a majority of the Board of Directors determines
in good faith involves a conflict or potential conflict between the
interests of the Company and the interests of GMAC Mortgage Group
or any of its Affiliates (other than a GMACCH Company). At its
first meeting on or after the Closing Date, the Board of Directors
shall establish, populate and adopt written charters of (i) an
Audit Committee, (ii) a Compensation Committee and (iii) a
Governance Committee, and maintain the existence of each such
committee of the Board of Directors. At all meetings of the Board
of Directors, there shall be a quorum for the transaction of
business if at least 75% of the
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directors are present at the beginning of the
meeting. The act of a majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present pursuant to this Section shall
be the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater number is
specifically required by the Charter Documents or by statute or
this Agreement.
(b)
At such time as GMAC Mortgage Group shall, together with its
Affiliates, cease to own at least 20% of the outstanding Common
Stock, GMAC Mortgage Group shall have the right to designate one
(1) GMAC Mortgage Group Director rather than two (2) GMAC Mortgage
Group Directors pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above. At such time as
GMAC Mortgage Group shall, together with its Affiliates, cease to
own at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, GMAC Mortgage
Group shall have the right to designate no GMAC Mortgage Group
Directors rather than two (2) GMAC Mortgage Group Directors
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above. At such time as Investor shall,
together with its Affiliates, cease to own at least 40% of the
outstanding Common Stock, Investor shall have the right to
designate six (6) directors rather than nine (9) directors pursuant
to Section 2.1(a) above. At such time as Investor shall, together
with its Affiliates, cease to own at least 20% of the outstanding
Common Stock, Investor shall have the right to designate three (3)
directors rather than nine (9) directors pursuant to Section 2.1(a)
above. At such time as Investor shall, together with its
Affiliates, cease to own at least 10% of the outstanding Common
Stock, Investor shall have the right to designate one (1) director
rather than nine (9) directors pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above. At
such time as Investor shall, together with its Affiliates, cease to
own at least 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, Investor shall
have the right to designate no directors rather than nine (9)
directors pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above. Upon each of the
triggering events set forth in this Section 2.1(b), GMAC Mortgage
Group or Investor, as applicable, shall promptly cause to resign
from the Board of Directors and all committees thereof that number
of its designees necessary to comply with this Section 2.1(b). Upon
any such resignation, notwithstanding anything in Section 2.2(b) to
the contrary, the Stockholders will use their reasonable best
efforts to cause the directors remaining in office to decrease the
size of the Board of Directors to eliminate such vacancy. Each of
GMAC Mortgage Group and the Investor may assign its right to
designate directors hereunder to any Person that acquires, or
together with its Affiliates acquires, more than 50% of the shares
of Common Stock held by such Stockholder as of the date hereof (it
being understood that in such case all references in this Section
2.1 to GMAC Mortgage Group or Investor, as applicable, shall
thereafter be deemed to be references to such assignee and not to
GMAC Mortgage Group or Investor, as the case may be);
provided , that Investor shall have the right to consent to
any director nominee of any GMAC Mortgage Group transferee
hereunder (other than a GMAC Mortgage Group Affiliate) (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c)
If at any time GMAC Mortgage Group or Investor shall notify the
other Stockholders in writing of its desire to remove, with or
without Cause, any director of the Company previously designated by
it, each Stockholder shall vote all of the Common Stock owned or
held of record by it so as to remove such director (and, subject to
a director’s fiduciary duty under applicable law, shall use
its best efforts to cause any other director designated by it to
vote to remove such director). GMAC Mortgage Group, on the one
hand, and Investor, on the other hand, shall, with respect to any
such removal requested by it, indemnify and hold harmless each
other Stockholder and its directors, officers, partners,
stockholders, agents and employees against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses incurred as a result of any such
removal.
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(d)
Any individual designated as a director of the Company may be
removed for Cause with or without the consent of the party which
designated such individual. No such removal of any individual
designated pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall affect any of GMAC
Mortgage Group’s or Investor’s rights to designate any
different individual to serve as a director pursuant to this
Section 2.1.
(e)
If at any time a GMAC Mortgage Group Director or Investor Director
ceases to serve on the Board of Directors (whether by reason of
death, resignation, removal or otherwise), GMAC Mortgage Group or
Investor, as the case may be, shall be entitled to designate a
successor director to fill the vacancy created thereby, and each
Stockholder shall promptly take all action, including but not
limited to voting all of the Common Stock owned or held of record
by such Stockholder (and, subject to a director’s fiduciary
duty under applicable law, using its best efforts to cause any
director designated by it to vote), so as to promptly elect such
successor to the Board of Directors.
(f)
The parties hereto agree that immediately after the Closing the
following three (3) individuals will be elected to the Board of
Directors in addition to the two GMAC Mortgage Group Directors,
nine Investor Directors and the Chief Executive Officer: (i)
Dennis Dammerman, (ii) Edward A. Fox and (iii) R. Glenn Hubbard. In
addition, it is contemplated that the number of directors
constituting the whole Board of Directors may be increased to
sixteen members after the Closing Date by resolution of the Board
of Directors, in which event the sixteenth member shall be
“independent” as such term is defined in Section
303A.02 of the NYSE Listing Manual and Rule 10A-3 under the
Exchange Act.
2.2
Supermajority Vote .
(a)
In addition to the requirements of the Nevada Revised Statutes
which provide, among other things, that the Company must obtain the
consent of the Board of Directors for certain matters, the Company
shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, take any of the
following actions or otherwise engage in any of the following
transactions without the affirmative vote or the written consent of
at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock, which majority shall include the affirmative vote or written
consent of all of the shares of Common Stock held by GMAC Mortgage
Group (or, if applicable, by the Person to whom GMAC Mortgage Group
has assigned its right to designate directors pursuant to Section
2.1(b) above):
(i)
any change to the articles of incorporation or bylaws, by
amendment, merger or otherwise, of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company that could have an adverse effect on
Parent, GMAC Mortgage Group or its investment in the Common
Stock;
(ii)
any decrease in the number of directors that the GMAC Mortgage
Group (or, if applicable, the Person to whom GMAC Mortgage Group
has assigned its right to designate directors pursuant to Section
2.1(b) above) may designate to serve as directors
hereunder;
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(iii)
the declaration or payment of dividends or other distributions to
holders of common stock of the Company in their capacity as holders
of common stock (except on any basis that is pro rata among all
holders of common stock or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the
instrument governing any security);
(iv)
the repurchase, exchange or redemption by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company of any common stock of the Company other
than (i) a repurchase, exchange or redemption of common stock from
an employee in connection with satisfying any of its obligations
under an employee benefit plan or employment agreement, (ii) any
required redemption or exchange pursuant to the terms of the
instrument governing such common stock, and (iii) any repurchase,
exchange or redemption on a pro rata basis among the holders of
such common stock; and
(v)
any transaction (including any series of related transactions)
involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
members of Investor or their respective Affiliates, on the other
hand, that benefits (other than in its capacity as a holder of
Common Stock on a pro rata basis) (A) any member of Investor (or
such member’s Affiliates) holding, together with its
Affiliates, an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total voting power of the securities entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
managers (or similar governing positions) of Investor or (B) any
two members (or Affiliates of any two members) of
Investor.
(b)
For so long as GMAC Mortgage Group is a Qualifying Creditor, the
Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, take
any of the following actions or otherwise engage in any of the
following transactions without the affirmative vote or written
consent of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock, which majority shall include the affirmative vote
or written consent of all of the shares of Common Stock held by
GMAC Mortgage Group:
(i)
the declaration or payment of dividends or other distributions to
stockholders of the Company in their capacity as stockholders
(other than pursuant to the terms of the instrument governing any
security);
(ii)
the repurchase, exchange or redemption by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company of any equity securities of the Company
other than (A) a repurchase, exchange or redemption of securities
from an employee in connection with satisfying any of its
obligations under an employee benefit plan or employment agreement,
(B) any required redemption or exchange pursuant to the terms of
the instrument governing any equity security or (C) a repurchase,
exchange or redemption that is funded by proceeds from the issuance
and sale by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of an
equity security, the terms of which are substantially similar to,
or more favorable to the Company or any such Subsidiary than, the
equity securities to be so repurchased, exchanged or
redeemed;
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(iii)
a voluntary initiation of any bankruptcy, dissolution or winding up
or any analogous proceeding in any jurisdiction with respect to any
Material Operating Company; and
(iv)
except for (A) assets acquired in the ordinary course of business
and (B) capital assets acquired in accordance with the annual
budget for capital expenditures for any Material Operating Company
as reflected in such Material Operating Company’s
Board-approved annual operating budget, the acquisition, directly
or indirectly, by any Material Operating Company, by purchase,
merger, consolidation or other transaction (or series of related
transactions), of assets or stock of any other Person exceeding
$200,000,000 in such transaction (or series of related
transactions), but only to the extent such acquisition is funded,
directly or indirectly, by indebtedness that is secured or is
senior to any outstanding Intercompany Indebtedness or Parent
Guaranteed Third Party Indebtedness.
2.3
Other Voting Matters . The
Company has previously furnished to the Stockholders copies of its
articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as in effect on the date
hereof (the “Charter Documents”). Each Stockholder
shall vote its shares of Common Stock, at any regular or special
meeting of stockholders of the Company or in any written consent
executed in lieu of such a meeting of stockholders, and shall take
all actions necessary, to ensure that the Charter Documents do not,
at any time, conflict with the provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3. TRANSFERS AND
ISSUANCES
3.1
Limitations on Transfer .
(a)
No Stockholder shall effect any Transfer unless and until (1) (A)
there is then in effect a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering such proposed Transfer and such Transfer is
made in accordance with such registration statement or (B) such
Transfer is made pursuant to Rule 144 or (2) (A) the transferee
shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement, (B) such Stockholder shall have notified the Company of
the proposed Transfer and shall have furnished the Company with a
statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed Transfer
and (C) if reasonably requested by the Company, such
Stockholder shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such Transfer
will not require registration of such shares under the Securities
Act.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, (i) no such
restriction shall apply to a Transfer by a Stockholder to any
Affiliate, provided that in each case the transferee will agree in
writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement to the same
extent as if such transferee were an original Stockholder
hereunder, and (ii) except in connection with a Transfer pursuant
to Sections 3.3 (in the case of GMAC Mortgage Group, only where it
is a Tagging Stockholder), or 3.4 below or clause (i) of this
Section 3.1(b), GMAC Mortgage Group (A) may not, prior to the third
anniversary of the date hereof, other than pursuant to a Permitted
Public Sale, effect any Transfer and (B) may not, after the third
anniversary of the date hereof, effect any Transfer prior to a
Qualified Public Offering, or any Transfer of more than
5%
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of
the outstanding Common Stock in a negotiated block trade to a known
third-party investor following a Qualified Public Offering, in each
case without the prior written consent of Investor, which will not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood and agreed
that it shall not be unreasonable for Investor to withhold such
consent to any Transfer to any Person that directly or indirectly
competes with the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries).
(c)
Each certificate representing Registrable Securities shall be
stamped or otherwise imprinted with legends substantially similar
to the following (in addition to any legend required under
applicable state securities laws) and such legends will be
conspicuously noted on the front or back of such stock
certificates:
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 (THE “ ACT ”) AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT
OR SOLD PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION UNDER THE
ACT.
THE SALE, PLEDGE,
HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE STOCKHOLDER AND THE
COMPANY. COPIES OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
(d)
The Company shall be obligated to reissue promptly unlegended
certificates at the request of any Stockholder if the Company has
completed a Qualified Public Offering, provided that the second
legend listed above shall be removed only at such time as the
holder of such certificate is no longer subject to any restrictions
hereunder.
(e)
Any legend endorsed on an instrument pursuant to applicable state
securities laws and the stop-transfer instructions with respect to
such securities shall be removed upon receipt by the Company of an
order of the appropriate blue sky authority authorizing such
removal.
3.2
Void Transfers . Any purported
Transfer in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
void and of no effect and the Company shall not give effect to such
Transfer.
3.3
Tag-Along Rights .
(a)
With respect to any proposed Transfer or related series of proposed
Transfers (other than a Transfer in accordance with Sections
3.1(b)(i), 3.4, 3.5 (with respect to a sale to a Person exercising
purchase rights under Section 3.5), 4.1 or 4.2) by a Stockholder (a
“ Tag-Along Sale ”), such Stockholder (in such
capacity, a “ Transferring Stockholder ”) shall,
at the option of each other Stockholder (in such capacity, a
“ Tagging Stockholder ”), have the
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obligation to require the proposed transferee
to purchase from each such other Stockholder, out of the total
number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be acquired in the
Tag-Along Sale, the same proportion of the number of shares of
Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale as the total
number of shares of Common Stock held on the date of sale by such
Tagging Stockholder bears to the total number of shares of Common
Stock held on such date by the Transferring Stockholder and all
Tagging Stockholders and all other Persons exercising similar
“tag-along” rights pursuant to contractual commitments
of the Company, and at the same price and upon the same terms and
conditions (including, without limitation, time of payment and form
of consideration) as to be paid and given to the Transferring
Stockholder.
(b)
The Transferring Stockholder shall give written notice (the “
Notice ”) to the other Stockholders of each proposed
Tag-Along Sale at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed
consummation of such Transfer (the “ Notice Period
”), setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
proposed to be sold pursuant to the Transfer, the name and address
of the proposed transferee, the proposed amount and form of
consideration and other terms and conditions of such proposed
Tag-Along Sale, and a representation that the proposed transferee
has been informed of the tag-along rights provided for in this
Section 3.3 and has agreed to purchase Common Stock in accordance
with the terms hereof. The tag-along rights provided by this
Section 3.3 must be exercised by the Tagging Stockholder within 10
days following receipt of the notice required by the preceding
sentence, by delivery of a written notice to the Transferring
Stockholder indicating such Tagging Stockholder desires to exercise
its rights and specifying the number of shares of Common Stock it
desires to sell. If the proposed transferee fails to purchase
Common Stock from the Tagging Stockholder which has properly
exercised its tag-along rights, then the Transferring Stockholder
shall not be permitted to make the proposed Transfer, and any such
attempted Transfer shall be void and of no effect, as provided in
Section 3.2 hereof.
(c)
If the Tagging Stockholder exercises its rights under Section
3.3(a), the closing of the purchase of the Common Stock with
respect to which such rights have been exercised shall take place
concurrently with the closing of the sale of the Transferring
Stockholder’s Common Stock. No Transfer shall occur pursuant
to this Section 3.3 unless the transferee shall agree to become a
party to, and be bound to the same extent as its transferor by the
terms of, this Agreement and the Transfer shall otherwise comply
with the provisions of this Agreement.
(d)
If the proposed Tag-Along Sale is not consummated within 90 days of
the expiration of the other Stockholders’ rights with respect
to such Tag-Along Sale, such Tag-Along Sale shall again be subject
to this Section 3.3.
3.4
Drag-Along Rights .
(a)
With respect to any proposed Transfer or related series of proposed
Transfers (other than as provided in Section 3.3) of 50% or more of
the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (measured as of
the date of the notice required pursuant to Section 3.4(b) below)
to an Independent Third Party by Investor and/or any of its
Affiliates that are Stockholders (in such capacity, the “
Transferring Stockholders ”), the Transferring
Stockholders shall have the right to require each of the other
Stockholders (in such capacity, a “
Dragged
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Stockholder ”) to sell (a
“ Drag-Along Sale ”) to the proposed transferee
out of the total number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be
acquired in the Drag-Along Sale the same proportion of the number
of shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Drag-Along
Sale as the total number of shares of Common Stock held on the date
of sale by such Dragged Stockholder bears to the total number of
shares of Common Stock of held on such date by the Transferring
Stockholders and all Dragged Stockholders, and at the same price
and upon the same terms and conditions for each share of Common
Stock (including without limitation time of payment and form of
consideration) as to be paid and given to the Transferring
Stockholders.
(b)
The Transferring Stockholders shall give notice to the other
Stockholders of each proposed Drag-Along Sale at least thirty (30)
days prior to the proposed consummation of such sale, setting forth
the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold pursuant
to the Drag-Along Sale, the name and address of the proposed
transferee, the proposed amount and form of consideration and other
terms and conditions of such proposed Drag-Along Sale, and a
representation that the proposed transferee has been informed of
the drag-along rights provided for in this Section 3.4 and has
agreed to purchase Common Stock in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(c)
No Transfer shall occur pursuant to this Section 3.4 in a
transaction in which less than all of the Common Stock held by the
Stockholders is being sold unless the transferee shall agree to
become a party to, and be bound to the same extent as its
transferor by the terms of, this Agreement and the Transfer shall
otherwise comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
(d)
If the proposed Drag-Along Sale is not consummated within 90 days
of the Stockholders’ receipt of notice of a Drag-Along Sale,
the notice given pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be null and
void, and it shall be necessary for a separate notice to be
delivered, and the terms and provisions of this Section 3.4
separately complied with, in order to consummate such Transfer;
provided , however , that such 90-day time period may
be extended at the option of the Transferring Stockholders for a
reasonable period of time not to exceed an additional 90 days to
the extent that the failure to consummate the proposed Transfer is
caused by a failure to obtain necessary government
approvals.
3.5
Right of First Refusal .
(a)
If GMAC Mortgage Group or any Permitted Transferee thereof proposes
to Transfer (other than pursuant to Sections 3.1(b)(i), 3.3 (except
that prior to the third anniversary of the date hereof, only as a
Tagging Stockholder) or 3.4) any of its Common Stock, then GMAC
Mortgage Group or such Permitted Transferee, as applicable, shall
give a written Notice simultaneously to Investor and any of its
Affiliates that are Stockholders (the “ Non-Transferring
Parties ”) prior to the beginning of the Notice Period.
The Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed
Transfer, including, without limitation, the number of shares of
Common Stock to be transferred (the “ Offered Stock
”), the nature of such Transfer, the consideration to be
paid, and the name and address of each prospective purchaser or
transferee. The same notice may be given, and at the same time, for
purposes of Sections 3.3, 3.4 and this Section 3.5.
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