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Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION
COPY
STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
among
Toys “R” Us
Holdings, Inc.
Funds managed by Bain Capital
Partners, LLC or its Affiliates,
Toybox Holdings
LLC,
Vornado Truck LLC
and
certain other
Persons
Dated as of July 21,
2005
TABLE OF
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EFFECTIVENESS; DEFINITIONS |
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Effective Date |
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Definitions |
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VOTING AGREEMENT |
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2.1 |
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Board of Directors |
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Board Size
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2.1.2. |
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Designation of Directors
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2.1.3. |
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Sell-Down Provisions
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Removal and Replacement; Vacancies |
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2.2.1. |
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Removal and Replacement; Vacancies
Generally
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2.2.2. |
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Vacancies upon a Reduction in a
Sponsor’s Initial Shares
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Directors of Subsidiaries |
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Committees |
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2.4.1. |
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Composition
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2.4.2. |
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Authority
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Changes upon Closing of an IPO |
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Actions Requiring Unanimous Sponsor Approval |
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2.6.1. |
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Composition of the Board
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Charter or By-laws
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2.6.3. |
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Change in Control
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2.6.4. |
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Certain Dispositions
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2.6.5. |
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Certain Acquisitions
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2.6.6. |
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Certain Joint Ventures and Business
Alliances
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2.6.7. |
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Initial Public Offering Within Five
Years
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2.6.8. |
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Certain Private Equity
Issuances
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2.6.9. |
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Certain Indebtedness, etc.
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2.6.10. |
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Dissolution; Liquidation;
Reorganization; Bankruptcy
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2.6.11. |
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Shutdown of U.S. Toys
Business
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2.6.12. |
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Transactions Outside of the Ordinary
Course of Business
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Actions Requiring Majority Sponsor Approval |
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2.7.1. |
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Certain Actions Specified in Section
2.6
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2.7.2. |
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Executive Officers
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2.7.3. |
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Executive Compensation
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2.7.4. |
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Dispositions
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2.7.5. |
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Acquisitions
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2.7.6. |
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Joint Ventures and Business
Alliances
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2.7.7. |
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Equity Issuances
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2.7.8. |
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Dividends; Distributions; Repurchase of
Securities
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2.7.9. |
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Indebtedness, etc.
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2.7.10. |
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Affiliated Transactions
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2.7.11. |
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Annual Budgets
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2.7.12. |
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Nature of Business
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2.7.13. |
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Financial Auditors
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2.7.14. |
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Management Stockholders
Addendum
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2.8 |
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Further Assurances by all Stockholders |
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2.8.1. |
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Board of Directors Provisions
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2.8.2. |
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Other Stockholder Actions
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2.9 |
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Actions in Contravention |
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Period |
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TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS |
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3.1 |
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General Transfer Restrictions |
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3.2 |
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Allowed Transfers |
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3.2.1. |
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Permitted Transferees
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3.2.2. |
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Public Transfers
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Distributions and Charitable
Contributions
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Participation in Drag Along and
Tag-Along
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Other Private Transfers
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Certain Transferees to Become Parties |
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Restrictions on Public Transfers under Rule 144 |
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Restrictions on Transfers to Strategic Investors |
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Impermissible Transfer |
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Notice of Transfer |
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Period |
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“TAG ALONG” AND “DRAG ALONG” RIGHTS;
RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER |
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Tag Along |
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4.1.1. |
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Notice
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4.1.2. |
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Exercise
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4.1.3. |
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Irrevocable Offer
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4.1.4. |
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Reduction of Shares Sold
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4.1.5. |
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Additional Compliance
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4.1.6. |
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Rule 144(k) Eligibility
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4.1.7. |
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Actions with Respect to Tag
Along
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Tag Alongs for Public
Transfers
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Drag Along |
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4.2.1. |
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Exercise
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4.2.2. |
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Drag Along Seller Exclusions
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Actions with respect to Drag
Along
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Right of First Offer |
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4.3.1. |
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Notice
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4.3.2. |
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Exercise
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Irrevocable Offer
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Acceptance of Offers
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Additional Compliance
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4.3.6. |
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Determination of the Number of Subject
Shares to be Sold
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4.3.7. |
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Actions with respect to Rights of First
Offer
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4.4 |
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Miscellaneous |
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4.4.1. |
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Certain Legal Requirements
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4.4.2. |
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Further Assurances
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4.4.3. |
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Sale Process
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4.4.4. |
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Treatment of Options, Warrants and
Convertible Securities
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4.4.5. |
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Expenses
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4.4.6. |
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Closing
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4.4.7. |
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Adjustments for Yield on Class L
Common
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4.5 |
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Period |
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PARTICIPATION RIGHTS |
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Right of Participation |
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5.1.1. |
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Offer
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5.1.2. |
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Exercise
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5.1.3. |
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Other Securities
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5.1.4. |
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Certain Legal Requirements
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5.1.5. |
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Further Assurances
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5.1.6. |
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Expenses
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5.1.7. |
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Closing
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5.2 |
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Post-Issuance Notice |
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5.3 |
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Excluded Transactions |
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5.4 |
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Acquired Shares |
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Period |
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Actions with respect to Participation Rights |
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COVENANTS |
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6.1 |
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Information Rights |
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6.1.1. |
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Historical Financial
Information
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6.1.2. |
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Tax Information
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6.1.3. |
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Access
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Period
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6.2 |
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Confidentiality |
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6.3 |
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Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance |
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6.4 |
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Certain Matters |
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6.5 |
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Management Stockholders Addendum |
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6.6 |
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Vornado Tax Matters |
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REMEDIES |
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Generally |
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Deposit |
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LEGENDS |
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8.1 |
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Restrictive Legend |
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Securities Act Legend |
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Stop Transfer Instruction |
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Termination of the Securities Act Legend |
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AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, ETC. |
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Oral
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9.2 |
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Written
Modifications |
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Withdrawal
from Agreement |
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Effect of
Termination |
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DEFINITIONS |
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10.1 |
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Certain
Matters of Construction |
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10.2 |
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Definitions |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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11.1 |
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Aggregation
of Shares |
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11.2 |
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Authority:
Effect |
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11.3 |
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Notices |
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11.4 |
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Binding
Effect, Etc. |
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11.5 |
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Descriptive
Heading |
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11.6 |
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Counterparts |
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Severability |
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No
Recourse |
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11.9 |
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Expenses;
Indemnity |
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11.10 |
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No Third
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GOVERNING LAW |
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Governing
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Consent to
Jurisdiction |
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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Exercise of
Rights and Remedies |
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STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
This Stockholders Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is made as of July 21,
2005 by and among:
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(i) |
Toys “R” Us Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “
Company ”); |
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Funds managed by Bain Capital Partners, LLC or its Affiliates
that are listed on the signature pages hereto (together with their
respective Permitted Transferees, “ Bain
”); |
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(iii) |
Toybox Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(together with its Permitted Transferees, “ KKR
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Vornado Truck LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(together with its Permitted Transferees, “ Vornado
” and together with Bain and KKR, the “ Sponsors
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each Person executing this Agreement and listed as an Other
Investor on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “
Other Investors ” and together with the Sponsors, the
“ Investors ”); and |
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such other Persons, if any, that from time to time become
parties hereto as transferees of Shares pursuant to
Section 3.3 (collectively, together with the Investors, the
“ Stockholders ”). |
RECITALS
1. The Company is authorized
by its Certificate of Incorporation to issue capital stock
consisting of 495,000,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A Common
”), and 55,000,000 shares of its Class L Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the “ Class L Common ”
and together with the Class A Common, the “ Common
Stock ”).
2. As of the date hereof,
Bain, KKR, Vornado and the other Persons listed on the signature
pages hereto own the number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite their names on Schedule I attached
hereto.
3. As of or after the date
hereof, certain managers of the Company and its Subsidiaries may
purchase shares of Common Stock, or receive Options exercisable for
shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the Company’s 2005
Management Equity Plan, as amended from time to time in accordance
with its terms (the “ Management Equity Plan ”).
With respect to any Common Stock purchased under the Management
Equity Plan, or any Common Stock issued upon exercise of any
Options granted under the Management Equity Plan, the holders
thereof (and their permitted transferees) (collectively, the
“ Management Stockholders ”) will be subject to
the terms of the Management Stockholders Addendum attached to the
Management Equity Plan (the “ Management Stockholders
Addendum ”).
4. The parties hereto desire
to establish the composition of the Company’s board of
directors (the “ Board ”), to restrict the sale,
assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of shares of
Stock, to provide for certain additional covenants and to provide
for certain rights and obligations as hereinafter
provided.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement intending to be
bound hereby agree as follows:
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EFFECTIVENESS; DEFINITIONS. |
1.1 Effective Date .
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written
above (the “ Effective Date ”).
1.2 Definitions .
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
set forth in Section 10.
2.1 Board of Directors
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2.1.1. Board Size .
The number of members of the Board shall initially be three (3).
From and after July 29,2005, the number of members of the
Board shall be fixed at nine (9), or such other number as is
determined from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.5 and
2.6.1.
2.1.2. Designation of
Directors . As of the date hereof, the members of the Board
shall be Michael Calbert, Michael Fascitelli, and Matt Levin. From
and after July 29, 2005, subject to Section 2.1.3, the
following persons shall be elected to the Board:
(a) three (3) persons
designated by Bain (subject to Section 11.1), who shall
initially be Josh Bekenstein, Matt Levin and Dwight Poler (the
“ Bain Designees ”);
(b) three (3) persons
designated by KKR, who shall initially be Michael Calbert, David
Kerko and John Pfeffer (the “ KKR Designees ”);
and
(c) three (3) persons
designated by Vornado, who shall initially be Michael Fascitelli,
Steven Roth and Wendy Silverstein (the “ Vornado
Designees ” and together with the Bain Designees and the
KKR Designees, the “ Sponsor Designees
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2.1.3. Sell-Down
Provisions . In the event that any Sponsor ceases to own at
least 50% of such Sponsor’s Initial Shares but continues to
own at least 30% of such Sponsor’s Initial Shares, such
Sponsor shall no longer have the right to designate three
(3) Sponsor Designees and shall have the right to designate
only two (2) Sponsor Designees. In the event that any Sponsor
ceases to own at least 30% of such Sponsor’s Initial Shares
but continues to own at least 15% of such Sponsor’s Initial
Shares, such Sponsor shall no longer have the right to designate
two (2) Sponsor Designees and shall have the right to
designate only one (1) Sponsor Designee. In the event that any
Sponsor ceases to own at least 15% of such Sponsor’s Initial
Shares, such Sponsor shall no longer have the right to designate
any Sponsor Designees.
2.2 Removal and
Replacement; Vacancies .
2.2.1. Removal and
Replacement; Vacancies Generally . Subject to
Section 2.2.2, members of the Board designated by a particular
Sponsor may be removed by, and only by, the affirmative vote of
such Sponsor. If, prior to his or her election to the Board, any
designee for Sponsor Designee is unable or unwilling to serve as a
director, then the applicable designating Person, as set forth in
Section 2.1.2, shall, subject to Section 2.1.3, be
entitled to nominate a replacement. If, following election to the
Board, any Sponsor Designee resigns, is removed, or is unable to
serve for any reason prior to the expiration of his or her term as
a director, then, subject to Section 2.1.3, the applicable
designating Person, as set forth in Section 2.1.2, shall
designate a replacement. If any designating Person fails to
designate a person to fill any directorship, then such directorship
shall remain vacant until filled by the Person entitled to fill
such directorship pursuant to the terms hereof.
2.2.2. Vacancies upon a
Reduction in a Sponsor’s Initial Shares . To the extent
that, pursuant to Section 2.1.3, there is any reduction in the
number of Sponsor Designees that any Sponsor is entitled to
designate, then such Sponsor shall send a written notice to the
Secretary of the Company stating the name of the Sponsor
Designee(s) to be removed from the Board and, upon receipt of such
notice by the Secretary of the Company (or, in the event such
Sponsor fails to deliver such notice within five (5) days
after written request from the Company, the Sponsor Designee(s) of
such Sponsor to be removed shall be selected from such
Sponsor’s Sponsor Designees by the Company by lot), such
Sponsor Designee(s) shall be deemed to have resigned from the
Board, and the vacancy or vacancies created thereby (and,
thereafter, any vacancies created in that particular directorship)
shall be filled by an Independent Director or Independent Directors
selected by a Sponsor Majority.
2.3 Directors of
Subsidiaries . The size and composition of the boards of
directors of the Company’s Subsidiaries shall be as
determined by the Board; provided that, if at any time any
Person other than (i) an Independent Director or (ii) an
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who is not also
an employee, partner, member, stockholder, agent, or Affiliate of
any Sponsor, is appointed to the board of directors of any Company
Subsidiary, then each Sponsor shall have the right to designate a
number of members to such board of directors in the same proportion
as such Sponsor has the right to designate Sponsor Designees to the
Board under Section 2.1.
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2.4 Committees
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2.4.1. Composition .
The Board may from time to time designate one or more committees,
each of which shall have three (3) members. The Board’s
committees shall initially include one (1) Bain Designee, one
(1) KKR Designee, and one (1) Vornado Designee;
provided that in the event that any Sponsor ceases to own at
least 30% of such Sponsor’s Initial Shares, such Sponsor
shall no longer have the right to have any Sponsor Designees serve
as members of the Board’s committees. To the extent that any
Sponsor, under this Section 2.4.1, is not entitled to
designate any Sponsor Designees as members of the Board’s
committees, such Sponsor shall send a written notice to the
Secretary of the Company stating the names of the Sponsor Designees
to be removed from the Board’s committees and, upon receipt
of such notice by the Secretary of the Company, such Sponsor
Designees shall be deemed to have resigned from such committees.
Any vacancies on the Board’s committees created thereby (and,
thereafter, any vacancies created in these committee memberships)
shall be filled by the remaining committee members acting in
accordance with the Company’s nomination and governance
procedures.
2.4.2. Authority .
Each of the Board’s committees, to the extent provided in the
enabling resolution of such committee, the Certificate of
Incorporation or this Agreement, shall have and may exercise all of
the authority of the Board delegated to such committee. Any such
delegation may be revoked at any time by action of the Board.
Further, no committee of the Board shall have the power to act for
the Board where such action would require the approval of the
Sponsors under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise expressly
require the vote or consent of a majority of the Board’s
directors under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws or this Agreement.
2.5 Changes upon Closing
of an IPO . In connection with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, the Sponsors shall make such changes to
(a) Sections 2.6 and 2.7 and (b) the size and composition
of the Board, the Board’s committees, and the boards of
directors of the Company’s Subsidiaries, as may be required
by applicable legal and regulatory requirements or the rules of any
exchange on which the Stock is traded, or as otherwise determined
by the Sponsor Majority approving such Initial Public Offering;
provided that in no event shall the Sponsors (i) change
the proportion of the members of the Board or any committee or
Subsidiary board that a particular Sponsor has the right to
designate relative to the proportion of the members of the Board or
any committee or Subsidiary board that the other Sponsors are
entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1 or
(ii) adversely change a Sponsor’s rights under
Section 2.6 or 2.7 in a manner different than changes to the
rights of the Sponsors approving such changes, in either of clauses
(i) and (ii) without the consent of such
Sponsor.
2.6 Actions Requiring
Unanimous Sponsor Approval . Except as expressly provided in
this Section 2.6, the Company shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, take (or agree to take) any of the
following actions without Unanimous Sponsor Approval:
2.6.1. Composition of the
Board . Other than as set forth in Sections 2.1 through 2.3,
change the size or the composition of the Board or the board of
directors or similar
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governing body of any
Subsidiary; provided that (a) changes to accommodate the
admission of the Company’s chief executive officer to the
Board or the board of any Subsidiary and (b) to the extent
Section 2.5 applies, changes in connection with the Initial
Public Offering, shall not require Unanimous Sponsor Approval, but
shall require Majority Sponsor Approval.
2.6.2. Charter or
By-laws . Amend, modify or waive the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws (including to provide for the issuance of
any class of securities not then currently held by Sponsors) or the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or similar governing
document of any of the Subsidiaries; provided that
(a) immaterial changes that do not adversely affect the
specific rights of any Sponsor set forth in such documents relative
to the specific rights of the other Sponsors set forth in such
documents, (b) changes to increase the capitalization of the
Company to accommodate equity issuances that do not require
Unanimous Sponsor Approval hereunder, and (c) to the extent
Section 2.5 applies, changes in connection with the Initial
Public Offering, shall not require Unanimous Sponsor Approval, but
shall require Majority Sponsor Approval. Unanimous Sponsor Approval
shall also be required for any reverse stock split,
recapitalization, exchange or any other combination in any manner
of the outstanding Stock of the Company in connection with which
any Sponsor would receive more than a de minimis amount of
cash in lieu of fractional shares.
2.6.3. Change in
Control . Enter into or effect a Change in Control.
2.6.4. Certain
Dispositions . Directly or indirectly, enter into or effect any
transaction or series of related transactions involving the sale,
lease, license, exchange or other disposal (including by merger,
consolidation, sale of stock, or sale of assets) by the Company or
the Subsidiaries of any assets having a fair market value or for
consideration having a fair market value (in each case as
reasonably determined by the Board) in excess of 20% of the
consolidated assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the fair
market value of which shall be reasonably determined by the Board),
other than transactions solely between and among the Company and
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
2.6.5. Certain
Acquisitions . Directly or indirectly, enter into or effect any
transaction or series of related transactions involving the
purchase, lease, license, exchange or other acquisition (including
by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock, or acquisition of
assets) by the Company or the Subsidiaries of any assets and/or
equity securities of any Person for consideration having a fair
market value (as reasonably determined by the Board) in excess of
20% of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries
(the fair market value of which shall be reasonably determined by
the Board), other than transactions solely between and among the
Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
2.6.6. Certain Joint
Ventures and Business Alliances . Enter into any joint venture
or similar business alliance involving investment, contribution, or
disposition by the Company or the Subsidiaries of assets (including
stock of Subsidiaries) having a fair market value (as reasonably
determined by the Board) in excess of 20% of the consolidated
assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the fair market value
of which shall be reasonably determined by the Board), other than
transactions solely between and among the Company and Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
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2.6.7. Initial Public
Offering Within Five Years . Initiate or consummate the Initial
Public Offering, or make a public offering and sale of Stock or
equity securities (or of securities or rights convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, any equity securities) of any
Subsidiary of the Company registered under the Securities Act or
equivalent foreign securities laws (other than, in the case of the
Company, a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any similar
or successor form) at any time within the five-year period
commencing on the Effective Date.
2.6.8. Certain Private
Equity Issuances . At any time during the five-year period
commencing on the Effective Date, issue or sell any equity
securities (including any options, warrants, or other securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, equity
securities), other than (i) an Exempt Issuance, (ii) a
Public Offering (to the extent approved by Requisite Sponsor
Approval) or (iii) issuing shares of Class A Common and
Class L Common in one or more transactions (other than an Exempt
Issuance) after the Effective Date having a fair market value at
the time of each issuance (as reasonably determined by the Board)
in the aggregate for all issuances under this clause (iii) not
in excess of $650,000,000 (of which not more than $250,000,000 is
issued to Persons other than Investors, Management Stockholders, or
their Affiliates).
2.6.9. Certain
Indebtedness, etc . Incur any indebtedness (excluding any
refinancing of existing indebtedness); assume, guarantee, endorse
or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the
obligations of any other Person (provided that the Company or any
Subsidiary may provide cross-guarantees for any indebtedness in
existence as of the Effective Date or that has otherwise been
approved by the Requisite Sponsor Approval under this Agreement);
enter into any agreement under which it may incur indebtedness in
the future; or make any loan, advance or capital contribution to
any Person (other than the Company or any Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries); in each case in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of 20% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (the fair market value of which will be reasonably
determined by the Board), and other than a draw down in the
ordinary course of business under a debt agreement entered into
prior to the date of such draw down, the execution of which was
previously approved by the Requisite Sponsor Approval under this
Agreement or occurred on or prior to the Effective Date.
2.6.10. Dissolution;
Liquidation; Reorganization; Bankruptcy . Dissolve, liquidate
or engage in any recapitalization or reorganization of the Company
or any Subsidiary or initiate a bankruptcy proceeding involving the
Company or any Subsidiary.
2.6.11. Shutdown of U.S.
Toys Business . Effect, approve, adopt, or commence
implementation of any plan or program the intention of which is the
liquidation, termination, or shutdown of the operations of the U.S.
toys business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
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2.6.12. Transactions
Outside of the Ordinary Course of Business . Enter into any
contractual commitment or series of related contractual commitments
outside of the ordinary course of business that are reasonably
expected, at the time initially undertaken, to require expenditures
or generate proceeds in an amount in excess of 20% of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the fair
market value of which will be reasonably determined by the
Board).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the
closing of the Initial Public Offering, the actions specified in
Sections 2.6.2 through 2.6.12 or in Section 2.7 as requiring
Unanimous Sponsor Approval shall no longer require Unanimous
Sponsor Approval and shall thereafter require Majority Sponsor
Approval.
2.7 Actions Requiring
Majority Sponsor Approval . Except as expressly provided in
this Section 2.7, the Company shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, take (or agree to take) any of the
following actions without Majority Sponsor Approval (it being
understood that any action that requires Unanimous Sponsor Approval
under Section 2.6 shall not be taken without Unanimous Sponsor
Approval even if also contained within the following):
2.7.1. Certain Actions
Specified in Section 2.6 . Any of the actions expressly
specified in Section 2.6 above as requiring Unanimous Sponsor
Approval or Majority Sponsor Approval.
2.7.2. Executive
Officers . Hire or remove, with or without cause, any Senior
Manager.
2.7.3. Executive
Compensation . Establish, or amend any material term of,
(a) any employment agreement or arrangement with any Senior
Manager, (b) the compensation (including salary, bonus,
deferred compensation, any equity or equity- linked compensation,
or otherwise) or benefits of any Senior Manager, (c) any
benefit, severance, management equity, or other similar plan or
program principally applicable to Senior Managers or (d) any
annual bonus plan or any management equity plan.
2.7.4. Dispositions .
Directly or indirectly, enter into or effect any transaction or
series of related transactions involving the sale, lease, license,
exchange or other disposal (including by merger, consolidation,
sale of stock, or sale of assets) by the Company or the
Subsidiaries of any assets having a fair market value or for
consideration having a fair market value (each as reasonably
determined by the Board) in excess of $50,000,000, other than
transactions solely between and among the Company and Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
2.7.5. Acquisitions .
Directly or indirectly, enter into or effect any transaction or
series of related transactions involving the purchase, lease,
license, exchange or other acquisition (including by merger,
consolidation, acquisition of stock, or acquisition of assets) by
the Company or the Subsidiaries of any assets and/or equity
securities of any Person for consideration having a fair market
value (as reasonably determined by the Board) in excess of
$50,000,000, other than transactions solely between or among the
Company and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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2.7.6. Joint Ventures and
Business Alliances . Enter into any joint venture or similar
business alliance involving investment, contribution, or
disposition by the Company or the Subsidiaries of assets (including
stock of Subsidiaries) having a fair market value (as reasonably
determined by the Board) in excess of $50,000,000, other than
transactions solely between or among the Company and Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
2.7.7. Equity
Issuances . Issue or sell any equity securities (including any
options, warrants, or other securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, equity securities), including in a
Public Offering, other than an Exempt Issuance.
2.7.8. Dividends;
Distributions; Repurchase of Securities . Declare or pay any
cash or other dividend or make any distribution in respect of, or
enter into or effect any transaction or series of related
transactions involving the repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition of, any equity securities (including any options,
warrants, or other securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, equity securities), other than (a) dividends
or other distributions by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary in respect of
its outstanding securities, (b) repurchases or redemptions by
a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of its outstanding securities, or
(c) redemptions or other repurchases of Common Stock from
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries upon termination of
employment pursuant to arrangements approved by the Board. All
dividends or other distributions, or repurchases or redemptions,
approved pursuant to this paragraph shall be made in accordance
with the distribution provisions of the Company’s Certificate
of Incorporation or the relevant Subsidiary’s certificate of
incorporation or other organizational documents, as
applicable.
2.7.9. Indebtedness,
etc . Incur (or extend, supplement, or otherwise modify any of
the material terms of) any indebtedness (including any refinancing
of existing indebtedness); assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any
other Person (provided that the Company or any Subsidiary may
provide cross-guarantees for any indebtedness in existence as of
the Effective Date or that has otherwise been approved under this
Section 2.7.9 or Section 2.6.9); enter into (or extend,
supplement, or otherwise modify any of the material terms of) any
agreement under which it may incur indebtedness in the future; or
make any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person (other
than the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiaries); or make any
voluntary prepayment of indebtedness of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business; in each case
in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 in any
transaction or series of related transactions, and other than a
draw down in the ordinary course of business under a debt agreement
entered into prior to the date of such draw down, the execution of
which was previously approved by the Requisite Sponsor Approval
under this Agreement or occurred on or prior to the Effective
Date.
2.7.10. Affiliated
Transactions . Enter into or effect any transaction with any
officer, director, employee, stockholder of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any Affiliate of the foregoing,
other than (a) this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Advisory Agreement, and any equity
incentive
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agreement pursuant to an
employee benefit or management equity plan previously approved by
Majority Sponsor Approval, (b) agreements to pay customary
directors’ fees and expenses and (c) employment and
compensation arrangements for employees other than Senior Managers;
provided that if any such transaction is directly or
indirectly with a Sponsor (or with such Sponsor’s Affiliate,
or with any officer, director, or employee of such Sponsor or its
Affiliate), then such Sponsor shall be excluded from the
determination of Majority Sponsor Approval for such transaction
under this paragraph (except that this proviso will not apply to
the extension of debt financing or the acquisition of debt or
equity securities by a Sponsor or its Affiliates, where all
Sponsors have been offered the opportunity (on the same terms) to
provide a portion of such debt financing or acquire a portion of
such debt or equity securities, pro rata based on the respective
Shares held by each of the Sponsors).
2.7.11. Annual Budgets
. Approve or modify the annual budget of the Company or any
Subsidiary with respect to income items, balance sheets items or
cash flow items.
2.7.12. Nature of
Business . Make any material change in the nature of the
business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
2.7.13. Financial
Auditors . Hire or remove, with or without cause, the
independent auditors of the Company.
2.7.14. Management
Stockholders Addendum . Amend, waive or otherwise modify the
Management Stockholders Addendum in any material
respect.
2.8 Further Assurances by
all Stockholders .
2.8.1. Board of Directors
Provisions . Each Stockholder hereby agrees to take, at any
time and from time to time, all actions necessary or desirable
(whether in such Stockholder’s capacity as a stockholder,
director or officer of the Company or otherwise, and including,
without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy
for the purposes of achieving a quorum and voting such
Stockholder’s Shares or execution of a written consent in
lieu of attending a meeting) to accomplish the provisions of
Sections 2.1 through 2.5, and the Company agrees to take, at any
time and from time to time, all actions necessary or desirable
within its control (including, without limitation, calling special
board and stockholder meetings) to ensure that the provisions of
these Sections 2.1 through 2.5 are accomplished.
2.8.2. Other Stockholder
Actions . With respect to any action described in
Section 2.6 or 2.7 that has not received the Requisite Sponsor
Approval (if any) required thereunder, each Stockholder hereby
agrees that, if so instructed by the Requisite Sponsor Group, it
will not vote (whether in such Stockholder’s capacity as a
stockholder, director or officer of the Company or otherwise) in
favor of such action, unless and until approved by the Requisite
Sponsor Approval required (if any). The Company agrees to take (and
cause its Subsidiaries to take), at any time and from time to time,
all actions necessary or desirable within its control (including,
without limitation, calling special board and stockholder meetings)
to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6 and
2.7.
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2.9 Actions in
Contravention . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
will give effect to any action by any Stockholder or any other
Person which is in contravention of this Section 2.
2.10 Period . Each of
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2 shall expire upon
the consummation of a Change in Control approved by Requisite
Sponsor Approval.
3. TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS.
3.1 General Transfer
Restrictions . Each Stockholder understands and agrees that the
Shares held by such Stockholder on the date hereof have not been
registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities
laws. No Stockholder shall Transfer such Shares (or solicit any
offers in respect of any Transfer of such Shares), except in
compliance with the Securities Act, any applicable state securities
laws and any restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement
or any other provisions set forth in any other agreements or
instruments pursuant to which such Shares were issued.
3.2 Allowed Transfers
. Until the expiration of the provisions of this Section 3, no
Stockholder shall Transfer any of such Stockholder’s Shares
to any other Person except as follows:
3.2.1. Permitted
Transferees . Any Stockholder may Transfer any or all of such
Stockholder’s Shares to such Stockholder’s Permitted
Transferees; and, after complying with the terms of
Section 3.3, such Permitted Transferees shall be deemed to be
Stockholders hereunder.
3.2.2. Public
Transfers . Any Stockholder may Transfer any or all of such
Stockholder’s Shares: (a) in the Initial Public Offering
(if determined by the Requisite Sponsor Approval approving such
Initial Public Offering) or, thereafter, in any Public Offering, or
(b) from and after the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
pursuant to Rule 144 or a block sale to a financial institution in
the ordinary course of its trading business, in each case in
compliance with Sections 3.4 and 4.1 (subject to
Section 4.1.8); provided that any Transfer pursuant to this
paragraph occurring during the two-year period commencing on the
closing of the Initial Public Offering shall not be made without
Majority Sponsor Approval. Shares Transferred pursuant to this
Section 3.2.2 shall conclusively be deemed thereafter not to
be Shares under this Agreement.
3.2.3. Distributions and
Charitable Contributions . From and after the closing of the
Initial Public Offering, any Stockholder may Transfer any or all of
such Stockholder’s Shares (a) in a pro rata Transfer to
its partners, members or stockholders, as applicable (other than a
Permitted Transferee), or (b) to a Charitable Organization, in
each case without regard to any other restrictions on transfer
contained elsewhere in this Agreement; provided that any Transfer
pursuant to this paragraph occurring during the two-year period
commencing on the closing of the Initial Public Offering shall not
be made without Majority Sponsor Approval. Any Shares so
Transferred shall conclusively be deemed thereafter not to be
Shares under this Agreement.
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3.2.4. Participation in
Drag Along and Tag-Along .
(a) Drag-Along . Any
Stockholder shall Transfer any or all of such Stockholder’s
Shares to the extent required pursuant to
Section 4.2.
(b) Tag-Along . A
Participating Seller may Transfer Shares pursuant to and in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, so long as each
transferee in a Transfer prior to the Initial Public Offering
agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in accordance
with Section 3.3 (if not already bound hereby).
3.2.5. Other Private
Transfers . In addition to any Transfers made in accordance
with Sections 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.2.4, any Stockholder may
Transfer any or all of such Stockholder’s Shares (other than
to a Permitted Transferee) subject to compliance with all of the
following conditions in respect of each Transfer:
(a) if such Transfer takes
place prior to the fifth year anniversary of the Effective Date and
before the closing of the Initial Public Offering, with Unanimous
Sponsor Approval and in compliance with Sections 3.3, 4.1 and
4.3;
(b) if such Transfer takes
place after the fifth year anniversary of the Effective Date and
before the closing of the Initial Public Offering, in compliance
with Sections 3.3, 3.5, 4.1 and 4.3;
(c) if such Transfer takes
place during the two-year period commencing on the closing of the
Initial Public Offering, with Majority Sponsor Approval and in
compliance with Sections 3.5 and 4.1; and
(d) if such Transfer takes
place after the two-year anniversary of the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, in compliance with Sections 3.5 and
4.1.
(e) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, Vornado shall be permitted to
Transfer Shares at any time to the extent Vornado reasonably
determines such Transfer is required or likely to be required to
ensure the preservation of its status as a real estate investment
trust under the federal tax laws, which Transfer shall be subject
to Sections 3.3, 3.5, and 4.3. Any Transfer by Vornado pursuant to
this Section 3.2.5(e) shall not be subject to Vornado’s
prior compliance with Section 4.1 hereof.
Any Shares so Transferred
pursuant to clauses (a), (b), or (e) shall conclusively be
deemed thereafter to be Shares under this Agreement and each
transferee shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 3.3. Shares Transferred pursuant to
clauses (c) or (d) shall conclusively be deemed
thereafter not to be Shares under this Agreement.
3.3 Certain Transferees to
Become Parties . Any transferee receiving Shares in a Transfer
pursuant to Section 3.2.1, 3.2.4(b) (in a Transfer occurring
prior to an Initial Public Offering) or 3.2.5(a), (b), or
(e) shall become a Stockholder, party to this Agreement and
subject to the terms and conditions of, and be entitled to enforce,
this Agreement to the same extent, and
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in the same capacity, as the Person that
Transfers such Shares to such transferee; provided that only
a Permitted Transferee of a Sponsor will be deemed to be a Sponsor
for purposes of this Agreement (and shall be deemed to be the same
Sponsor as the Sponsor which Transferred to it); and
provided further that only a Permitted Transferee of
an Investor will be deemed to be an Investor for purposes of this
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any transferee receiving
Shares in a Transfer pursuant to Section 3.2.4(b) (in a
Transfer occurring prior to an Initial Public Offering) or
3.2.5(a), (b), or (e) that is not a Sponsor or a Permitted
Transferee of a Sponsor will become a party to this Agreement
without the benefit of the right to designate board and committee
members, or to approve certain actions of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, under Section 2, and without the benefit of the
rights of First Offer Holders (Section 4.3), or Participation
Offerees (Section 5). Prior to the Transfer of any Shares to any
transferee pursuant to Section 3.2.1, 3.2.4(b) (in a Transfer
occurring prior to an Initial Public Offering), or 3.2.5(a), (b),
or (e), and as a condition thereto, each Stockholder effecting such
Transfer shall (x) cause such transferee to deliver to the
Company and each of the Investors its written agreement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound
by the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the extent
described in the preceding sentence and (y) if such Transfer
is to a Permitted Transferee, remain directly liable for the
performance by such Permitted Transferee of all obligations of such
transferee under this Agreement.
3.4 Restrictions on Public
Transfers under Rule 144 . After the Initial Public Offering,
and subject to the provisions of Section 3.2.2, if any
Stockholders’ sales of Shares pursuant to Rule 144 would be
subject to aggregation (each such Stockholder whose Shares would be
subject to aggregation, a “ Related Holder ”),
then each such Related Holder shall promptly notify each other
Related Holder (a) when it has commenced a measurement period
for purposes of the Rule 144 group volume limit in connection with
a Sale that is subject to such limit and (b) what the volume
limit for that measurement period, determined as of its
commencement, will be Subject to Section 3.2.2, each Related
Holder shall be entitled to effect Sales that are subject to the
Rule 144 group volume limit pro rata during the applicable
measurement period based on its percentage ownership of Shares held
by all such Related Holders at the start of such measurement
period. In the event any Related Holder agrees to forego its full
pro rata share of the Rule 144 group volume limit by written notice
to all other Related Holders, the remainder shall be re-allocated
pro rata among the other Related Holders in like manner (except
that the Shares held by such forfeiting Related Holder at the start
of such measurement period shall be excluded from such
calculation). The provisions of this Section 3.4 shall not
apply to any Transfer of Shares (x) in a Public Offering or
(y) not subject to volume limitation under Rule
144.
3.5 Restrictions on
Transfers to Strategic Investors . In addition to any other
provision of this Agreement, no Stockholder shall Transfer any
Shares pursuant to Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.5 of this Agreement to
a Strategic Investor without Majority Sponsor Approval;
provided , however , that the restrictions in this
Section 3.5 shall not apply to any Transfers (a) to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) to any Sponsor,
(c) to any Affiliated Fund of any Sponsor, (d) pursuant
to Rule 144 effected as “ brokers’ transactions
” (as defined in Rule 144); or (e) pursuant to an
underwritten Public Offering or, following the Initial Public
Offering, in any transaction in which, to the knowledge of the
Prospective Selling Stockholder (after reasonable inquiry), none of
the purchaser(s), underwriter(s), if any, nor market maker(s), if
any, are acquiring such Shares for the intended purpose of
reselling such Shares to any Strategic Investor that, after giving
effect to such resale (if applicable), would own, directly or
indirectly, more than 5% of then outstanding shares of the
applicable class of Shares.
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3.6 Impermissible
Transfer . Any attempted Transfer of Shares not permitted under
the terms of this Section 3 shall be null and void, and the
Company shall not in any way give effect to any such impermissible
Transfer.
3.7 Notice of Transfer
. To the extent any Stockholder or Permitted Transferee shall
Transfer any Shares, such Stockholder or Permitted Transferee
shall, within three (3) Business Days following consummation
of such Transfer, deliver notice thereof to the Company and each
Investor.
3.8 Period . Each of
the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall expire upon a
Change in Control that has been approved by Requisite Sponsor
Approval.
4. “TAG ALONG” AND
“DRAG ALONG” RIGHTS; RIGHT OF FIRST
OFFER.
4.1 Tag Along .
Subject to prior compliance with Section 4.3, if applicable,
if any Prospective Selling Stockholder proposes to Sell any Shares
to any Prospective Buyer(s) that is not a Permitted Transferee
(including a First Offer Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.3) in
a Transfer that is subject to Section 3.2.5 (excluding Sales
pursuant to Section 3.2.5(e)) or, subject to
Section 4.1.8, Section 3.2.2:
4.1.1. Notice . The
Prospective Selling Stockholder shall, prior to any such proposed
Transfer, deliver a written notice (the “ Tag Along
Notice ”) to each Stockholder and to the Company (which
will deliver such Tag Along Notice to each Management Stockholder
entitled to participate in such proposed Transfer under the terms
of the Management Stockholders Addendum) (each Stockholder and each
such Management Stockholder, a “ Tag Along Holder
”). The Tag Along Notice shall include:
(a) the principal terms and
conditions of the proposed Sale, including (i) the number and
class of the Shares to be purchased from the Prospective Selling
Stockholder, (ii) the fraction(s) expressed as a percentage,
determined by dividing the number of Shares of each class to be
purchased from the Prospective Selling Stockholder by the total
number of Shares of each such class held by the Prospective Selling
Stockholder (for each class, the “ Tag Along Sale
Percentage ”) (it being understood that the Company shall
reasonably cooperate with the Prospective Selling Stockholder in
respect of the determination of each applicable Tag Along Sale
Percentage), (iii) the per share purchase price or the formula
by which such price is to be determined and the payment terms,
including a description of any non-cash consideration sufficiently
detailed to permit valuation thereof, (iv) the name and
address of each Prospective Buyer and (v) the proposed
Transfer date; and
(b) an invitation to each Tag
Along Holder to make an offer to include in the proposed Sale to
the applicable Prospective Buyer(s) Shares of the same class(es)
being sold by the Prospective Selling Stockholder held by such Tag
Along Holder (not in any event to exceed the Tag Along Sale
Percentage of the
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total number of Shares of the
applicable class held by such Tag Along Holder), on the same terms
and conditions (subject to Section 4.4.4 in the case of
Options, Warrants and Convertible Securities and subject to
Section 4.4.1 under all circumstances), with respect to each
Share Sold, as the Prospective Selling Stockholder shall Sell each
of its Shares. For purposes of this Section 4.1, but subject
to Section 4.4.4, all Options, Warrants and Convertible
Securities will be treated as the same class of Shares for which
they may be exercised.
4.1.2. Exercise .
Within ten (or five, if the proposed Transfer is also the subject
of a currently effective Sale Notice under Section 4.3)
Business Days after the date of delivery of the Tag Along Notice
(such date the “ Tag Along Deadline ”), each Tag
Along Holder desiring to make an offer to include Shares in the
proposed Sale (each a “ Participating Seller ”
and, together with the Prospective Selling Stockholder and any
other stockholders of the Company entitled to participate in the
proposed Transfer, collectively, the “ Tag Along
Sellers ”) shall deliver a written notice (the “
Tag Along Offer ”) to the Prospective Selling
Stockholder indicating the number of Shares which such
Participating Seller desires to have included in the proposed Sale
(subject to the limitation set forth in Section 4.1.1 (b)).
Each Tag Along Holder who does not make a Tag Along Offer in
compliance with the above requirements, including the time period,
shall be deemed to have waived all of such holder’s rights to
participate in such Sale, and the Tag Along Sellers shall
thereafter be free to Sell to the Prospective Buyer, at a per share
price no greater than the per share price set forth in the Tag
Along Notice and on other terms and conditions which are not
materially more favorable to the Tag Along Sellers than those set
forth in the Tag Along Notice, without any further obligation to
such non-accepting Tag Along Holder(s) pursuant to this
Section 4.1.
4.1.3. Irrevocable
Offer . The offer of each Participating Seller contained in
such holder’s Tag Along Offer shall be irrevocable, and, to
the extent such offer is accepted, such Participating Seller shall
be bound and obligated to Sell in the proposed Sale on the same
terms and conditions, with respect to each Share Sold (subject to
Section 4.4.4 in the case of Options, Warrants and Convertible
Securities), as the Prospective Selling Stockholder, up to such
number of Shares as such Participating Seller shall have specified
in such holder’s Tag Along Offer; provided ,
however , that if the principal terms of the proposed Sale
change with the result that the per share price shall be less than
the per share price set forth in the Tag Along Notice or the other
terms and conditions shall be materially less favorable to the Tag
Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, the
Prospective Seller shall provide written notice thereof to each
Participating Seller and each Participating Seller shall be
permitted to withdraw the offer contained in such holder’s
Tag Along Offer by written notice to the Prospective Selling
Stockholder within three (3) Business Days after delivery of
such written notice from the Prospective Selling Stockholder and
upon such withdrawal shall be released from such holder’s
obligations thereunder.
4.1.4. Reduction of Shares
Sold . The Prospective Selling Stockholder shall attempt to
obtain the inclusion in the proposed Sale of the entire number of
Shares which each of the Tag Along Sellers requested to have
included in the Sale (as evidenced in the case of the Prospective
Selling Stockholder by the Tag Along Notice and in the case
of
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each Participating Seller by
such Participating Seller’s Tag Along Offer). In the event
the Prospective Selling Stockholder shall be unable to obtain the
inclusion of such entire number of Shares in the proposed Sale, the
number of Shares to be sold in the proposed Sale shall be allocated
among the Tag Along Sellers in proportion, as nearly as
practicable, as follows:
(a) there shall be first
allocated to each Tag Along Seller a number of Shares equal to the
lesser of (i) the number of Shares of the applicable class
offered (or proposed, in the case of the Prospective Selling
Stockholder) to be included by such Tag Along Seller in the
proposed Sale pursuant to this Section 4.1, and (ii) a
number of Shares equal to such Tag Along Seller’s Pro Rata
Portion; and
(b) the balance, if any, not
allocated pursuant to clause (a) above shall be allocated to
the Prospective Selling Stockholder and each other Tag Along Seller
which offered to sell a number of Shares of the applicable class in
excess of such Person’s Pro Rata Portion, pro rata to each
Tag Along Seller based upon the amount of such excess, or in such
manner as the Tag Along Sellers may otherwise agree.
4.1.5. Additional
Compliance . If, prior to consummation, the terms of the
proposed Sale shall change with the result that the per share price
to be paid in such proposed Sale shall be greater than the per
share price set forth in the Tag Along Notice or the other terms of
such proposed Sale shall be materially more favorable to the Tag
Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, the Tag
Along Notice shall be null and void, and it shall be necessary for
a separate Tag Along Notice to be delivered, and the terms and
provisions of this Section 4.1 separately complied with, in
order to consummate such proposed Sale pursuant to this
Section 4.1; provided , however , that in the
case of such a separate Tag Along Notice, the applicable period to
which reference is made in Section 4.1.2 shall be three
(3) Business Days and two (2) Business Days,
respectively. In addition, if the Prospective Selling Stockholders
have not completed the proposed Sale by the end of the 180th day
after the date of delivery of (a) if the proposed Transfer is
also the subject of a currently effective Sale Notice under
Section 4.3, such Sale Notice, and (b) otherwise, the Tag
Along Notice, each Participating Seller shall be released from such
holder’s obligations under such holder’s Tag Along
Offer, the Tag Along Notice shall be null and void, and it shall be
necessary for a separate Tag Along Notice to be delivered, and the
terms and provisions of this Section 4.1 separately complied
with, in order to consummate such proposed Sale pursuant to this
Section 4.1, unless the failure to complete such proposed Sale
resulted from any failure by any Participating Seller to comply
with the terms of this Section 4.1.
4.1.6. Rule 144(k)
Eligibility . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, after the two-year anniversary of the Initial Public
Offering, upon becoming eligible to Sell all of its Shares pursuant
to paragraph (k) of Rule 144, a Stockholder shall no longer be
eligible to participate in the Tag-Along rights provided by this
Section 4.1.
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4.1.7. Actions with
Respect to Tag Along . In connection with a proposed Sale to
which Section 4.1 applies, each Prospective Selling
Stockholder agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement or
take any action, the principal purpose of which is to discourage or
prevent a particular Tag Along Holder from exercising their Tag
Along rights pursuant to this Section 4.1.
4.1.8. Tag Alongs for
Public Transfers . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 4.1, the following Sales under Section 3.2.2
shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 4.1:
(a) any Sale in a Public Offering, so long as such Sale is
subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement;
(b) any Sale pursuant to Rule 144 occurring during the
two-year period commencing on the closing of the Initial Public
Offering, so long as the Sponsor Majority approving such Sale under
Section 3.2.2 in connection therewith also approves each other
Stockholder’s ability to Transfer pursuant to Rule 144 the
Tag Along Sale Percentage of the total number of Shares of the
applicable class held by such other Stockholder; and (c) any
Sale pursuant to Rule 144 occurring after the two-year period
commencing on the closing of the Initial Public
Offering.
4.2 Drag Along . With
respect to a Change in Control that has been approved by the
Requisite Sponsor Approval under Section 2.6 as well as, if
not required by Section 2.6, Unanimous Sponsor Approval (an
“ Approved Sale ”), each Stockholder hereby
agrees, (a) if such Approved Sale is to be effected in the
form of a merger or other corporate reorganization which requires
approval of the Stockholders, the Stockholders shall vote for, and
consent to such Approved Sale and each Stockholder shall waive any
dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in
connection with such Approved Sale; (b) each Stockholder shall
take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the
consummation of the Approved Sale and the distribution of the
aggregate consideration from such Approved Sale as reasonably
requested by the Prospective Selling Stockholders (and each
Stockholder hereby grants to the Prospective Selling Stockholders,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, individually
and jointly, an irrevocable proxy coupled with an interest to vote
such Stockholder’s Shares in favor of an Approved Sale, which
proxy shall be valid and remain in full force and effect as long as
the provisions of this Section 4.2 remain in effect); and
(c) if the Approved Sale is to be effected as a sale of Stock,
if requested by the Prospective Selling Stockholders, Sell the same
percentage (the “ Drag Along Sale Percentage ”)
of the total number of each class of such Shares that is proposed
to be sold by the Prospective Selling Stockholders to a Prospective
Buyer in such Change in Control (in one transaction or a series of
related transactions), in the manner and on the terms set forth in
this Section 4.2. For purposes of this Section 4.2, but
subject to Section 4.4.4, all Options, Warrants and
Convertible Securities will be treated as the same class of Shares
for which they may be exercised. All Shares to be sold to the
Prospective Buyer shall be included in determining whether or not a
proposed transaction constitutes a Change in Control. In connection
with an Approved Sale, the Company will, if requested by the
Prospective Selling Stockholders, cause the Class L Common to be
converted into Class A Common pursuant to the terms of the
Certificate of Incorporation.
4.2.1. Exercise . If
the Prospective Selling Stockholders wish to exercise their
drag-along rights contained in this Section 4.2, then the
Prospective Selling Stockholders shall deliver a written notice
(the “ Drag Along Notice ”) to each other
Stockholder at least
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ten (10) Business Days
prior to the consummation of the Change in Control transaction. The
Drag Along Notice shall set forth the principal terms and
conditions of the proposed Sale, including (a) the number and
class of Shares to be acquired from the Prospective Selling
Stockholders, (b) the Drag Along Sale Percentage for each
class, (c) the per share consideration to be received in the
proposed Sale for each class, (d) the name and address of the
Prospective Buyer and (e) if known, the proposed Transfer
date. If the Prospective Selling Stockholders consummate the
proposed Sale to which reference is made in the Drag Along Notice,
each other Stockholder (each, a “ Participating Seller
,” and, together with the Prospective Selling Stockholders,
collectively, the “ Drag Along Sellers ”) shall:
(i) be bound and obligated to Sell the Drag Along Sale
Percentage of such holder’s Shares of each class in the
proposed Sale on the same terms and conditions, with respect to
each Share Sold (subject to Section 4.2.2 and, in the case of
Options, Warrants and Convertible Securities, Section 4.4.4)
as the Prospective Selling Stockholders shall Sell each Share in
the Sale (subject to Section 4.4.4 in the case of Options,
Warrants and Convertible Securities and subject to
Section 4.4.1 under all circumstances); and (ii) except
as provided in Section 4.4.1 or Section 4.4.4, shall
receive the same form and amount of consideration per Share to be
received by the Prospective Selling Stockholders for the
corresponding class of Shares (on an as converted basis, in the
case of Convertible Securities). Except as provided in
Section 4.4.1, if any holders of Shares of any class are given
an option as to the form and amount of consideration to be
received, all holders of Shares of such class will be given the
same option. Unless otherwise agreed by each Drag Along Seller, any
non-cash consideration shall be allocated among the Drag Along
Sellers pro rata based upon the aggregate amount of consideration
to be received by such Drag Along Sellers. If at the end of the
180th day after the date of delivery of the Drag Along Notice the
Prospective Selling Stockholders have not completed the proposed
Sale, the Drag Along Notice shall be null and void, each
Participating Seller shall be released from such holder’s
obligation under the Drag Along Notice and it shall be necessary
for a separate Drag Along Notice to be delivered and the terms and
provisions of this Section 4.2 separately complied with, in
order to consummate such proposed Sale pursuant to this
Section 4.2.
4.2.2. Drag Along Seller
Exclusions . Notwithstanding Section 4.2.1, the
requirement that Drag Along Sellers Sell on the same terms and
conditions as the Prospective Selling Stockholders shall not apply
to any provisions providing for financial advisory fees for
Sponsors or requiring a Sponsor to agree to a
non-compete.
4.2.3. Actions with
respect to Drag Along . In connection with an Approved Sale to
which Section 4.2 applies, each Prospective Selling
Stockholder agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement or
impose any condition in connection with such Sale, the principal
purpose of which is to subject a particular Stockholder to a
materially detrimental provision or injurious effect.
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4.3 Right of First
Offer . If any Prospective Selling Stockholder proposes to Sell
any Shares other than to a Permitted Transferee before the closing
of an Initial Public Offering in a Transfer (including to another
Stockholder or the Company or any of its subsidiaries) that is
subject to Section 3.2.5:
4.3.1. Notice . The
Prospective Selling Stockholder shall deliver a written notice of
such proposed Sale (a “ Sale Notice ”) to each
Sponsor (each, a “ First Offer Holder ”) (which
notice may be the same notice as the Tag Along Notice delivered
pursuant to Section 4.1) not less than twenty (20) days
prior to any such proposed Transfer. The Sale Notice shall
include:
(a) (i) the number and
class(es) of Shares proposed to be sold by the Prospective
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