STOCKHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT
Relating to
CLASS A COMMON
STOCK
and
CLASS B COMMON
STOCK
of
FAIRCHILD
CORPORATION
Dated as of September 5,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION
2.
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DURATION
OF AGREEMENT
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4
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ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS
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4
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SECTION
4.
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TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS; RIGHTS OF FIRST OFFER
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7
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SECTION
5.
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DRAG-ALONG RIGHTS
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10
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SECTION
6.
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RIGHT OF
PARTICIPATION IN SALES
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11
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SECTION
7.
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STEINER
STOCKHOLDER OPTION ON SHARES OWNED BY PHOENIX
STOCKHOLDER
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12
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SECTION
8.
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LEGEND
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13
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SECTION
9.
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SEVERABILITY
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13
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SECTION
10.
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EXPENSES
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13
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SECTION
11.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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14
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SECTION
12.
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BENEFITS
OF AGREEMENT
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14
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SECTION
13.
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ADDITIONAL PARTIES
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14
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SECTION
14.
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FAILURE
TO COMPLY; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
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14
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SECTION
15.
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NOTICES
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15
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SECTION
16.
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MODIFICATION
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15
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SECTION
17.
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CAPTIONS
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15
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SECTION
18.
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NOUNS AND
PRONOUNS
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15
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SECTION
19.
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MERGER
PROVISION
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15
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SECTION
20.
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COUNTERPARTS
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15
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SECTION
21.
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NO PRIOR
AGREEMENTS
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15
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SECTION
22.
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ADJUSTMENTS FOR STOCK SPLITS,
ETC.
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15
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SECTION
23.
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RULES OF
USAGE
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15
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A Form
of Irrevocable Proxy
SCHEDULES
Schedule
I Stockholders
STOCKHOLDERS’
AGREEMENT
This STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) dated as of September 5, 2008, is entered
into among the holders of Class A common stock, par value $0.10
(the “ Class A Common Stock ”) of The Fairchild
Corporation (the “ Company ”), the holders of
Class B common stock, par value $0.10 (the “ Class B
Common Stock ” and, together with the Class A Common
Stock, the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company
identified on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “
Stockholders ” and, individually, each a “
Stockholder ”), and the Representatives (as defined
below), solely in their capacity as such.
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with authorized
voting stock of 25,226,173 shares of Common Stock consisting
of: (i) 22,604,835 shares of Class A Common Stock,
entitled to one vote per share, and (ii) 2,621,338 shares of Class
B Common Stock, entitled to ten votes per share;
WHEREAS , the Stockholders seek to leverage all
Stockholders’ skills and talents to help maximize the value
of the Company for the benefit of its stockholders by entering into
this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the
Stockholders desire to provide for certain matters concerning the
voting and transfer of the Common Stock as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual consents and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below or in the Section of this Agreement referred to
below:
(a)
“ Affiliate ”
shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than a
subsidiary) (a) which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person of the first part (including without
limitation any general partner, officer or director of such Person
and any venture capital or other similar investment fund now or
hereafter existing which is controlled by or under common control
with one or more general partners or shares the same management
company with such Person), (b) which beneficially owns or holds ten
percent (10%) or more of any class of the voting stock of such
Person of the first part or (c) ten percent (10%) or more of the
voting stock (or in the case of a Person which is not a
corporation, ten percent (10%) or more of the equity interests) of
which is beneficially owned or held by such Person of the first
part or one of its subsidiaries. The term
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
(b)
“ Approved Sale ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
(c)
“ As-Converted,
Fully-Diluted Basis ” shall mean the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at any time assuming (i) the conversion,
exercise or exchange of all outstanding convertible, exercisable or
exchangeable securities into Common Stock, (ii) the exercise of all
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase any Common Stock and (iii) the exercise of all outstanding
warrants, options or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock and the conversion, exercise or exchange of any such
securities into or for Common Stock.
(d)
“ Board of Directors
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).
(e)
“ Common Stock ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(f)
“ Company ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(g)
“ Competitor ”
shall mean, for so long as the Company shall be engaged in such
businesses, a Person conducting operations or providing services,
directly or indirectly, alone, in association with or as a
stockholder, principal, agent, partner, officer, director, employee
or consultant of any other organization, in the business (i) of
design and retail sale of motorcycle apparel, protective clothing,
helmets, and technical accessories for motorcyclists; (ii) of
distribution of aircraft parts or the provision of component repair
and overhaul services to commercial airlines and air cargo
carriers, fixed-base operators, corporate aircraft operators and
other aerospace companies; or (iii) any other business that the
Company is actually engaged in from time to time.
(h)
“ Director ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(i)
“ Equity Security
” shall mean any capital stock (including the Common Stock
and Preferred Stock) of the Company, whether now authorized or not,
and rights, options, warrants or rights to purchase capital stock,
and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become,
convertible into, capital stock (the number of shares of an Equity
Security which is a convertible security shall be the number of
shares of such Equity Security which would result upon the
immediate conversion of such convertible security, without regard
to when such convertible security may in fact be
converted).
(j)
“ Exercise Closing
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(c).
(k)
“ Exercise Date ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(l)
“ Exercise Period
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(a).
(m)
“ Exercising Non-Selling
Stockholder ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(i).
(n)
“ Group ” shall
mean, in the case of any Stockholder, such Stockholder and any
Affiliate of such Stockholder.
(o)
“ HSR Act ” means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
(p)
“ Liens ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(ii).
(q)
“ Lock-Up Period
” shall be from the date of this Agreement to
September 5, 2011.
(r)
“ Non-Selling
Stockholders ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(b)(i).
(s)
“ Offered Shares
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(i).
(t)
“ Offer Notice ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b)(i).
(u)
“ Option ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
(v)
“ Option Shares ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
(w)
“ Permitted Transferee
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(c).
(x)
“ Person ” shall
mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
association, partnership, limited partnership, trust or estate, or
government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof), or any
other entity.
(y)
“ Phoenix
Representative ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(c)(i).
(z)
“ Phoenix Stockholder
” shall mean, collectively, Phoenix FA Holdings LLC, any
Affiliate of Phoenix FA Holdings that thereafter acquires any
Shares, and their respective permitted successors and
assigns.
(aa)
“ Proposed Transferee
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(iii).
(bb)
“ Pro Rata Share
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(i).
(cc)
“ Proxy Term ”
means the period from the date hereof until the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 2.
(dd)
“ Purchase Period
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(ii).
(ee)
“ Representative
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(c)(ii).
(ff)
“ Sale Notice ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
(gg)
“ Selling Stockholder
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(i).
(hh)
“ Shares ” shall
mean (1) all shares of Common Stock presently issued and
outstanding, (2) any additional shares of Common Stock hereafter
issued and outstanding, (3) any shares of capital stock of the
Company into which such shares may be converted or for which they
may be exchanged and (4) any option, warrant or other Equity
Security of the Company entitling the holder thereof to purchase
Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for such Common Stock.
(ii)
“ Steiner
Representative ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(c)(ii).
(jj)
“ Steiner Stockholder
” shall mean, collectively, Jeffrey Steiner, Eric Steiner,
Benjamin Steiner, Natalia F. Hercot, the Steiner Children’s
Trust, the Steiner Group LLC, the Jeffrey Steiner Family
Foundation, Bayswater Ventures, LP, and any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing that hereinafter acquires any Shares and their respective
permitted successors and assigns.
(kk)
“ Third Party Purchase
Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(b)(iii).
(ll)
“ Transfer ,” as
to any Stock of the Company, shall mean to sell, or in any other
way directly or indirectly transfer, assign, distribute, encumber
or otherwise dispose of such Common Stock, either voluntarily or
involuntarily.
(mm)
“ Transferring Group
” shall mean any Group proposing to Transfer any Shares and
which is obligated to deliver a Offer Notice pursuant to Section 4
hereof.
SECTION
2.
DURATION OF
AGREEMENT
The rights and obligations of the parties under
this Agreement shall terminate at such time as either the Phoenix
Stockholder or the Steiner Stockholder and their permitted
successors and assigns, hold in the aggregate less than 25% of the
Shares set forth on Schedule I .
SECTION
3. ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS
(a)
Election of Directors
.
(i) At any time at
which Stockholders will have the right to or will vote for or
consent to the election of directors of the Company, the
Stockholders hereby agree to vote all Shares then owned or
hereafter acquired by them in favor of the election to and
maintaining a board of directors (the “Board of
Directors”) consisting of at least four (4) individuals (each
a “Director”) designated in the following
manner:
(A) two (2) Directors
shall be designated by the Phoenix Stockholders (the “
Phoenix Directors ”), which Phoenix Directors are
currently Philip S. Sassower and Andrea Goren, such designation to
be made by the provision of notice by the Phoenix Stockholders to
the Steiner Stockholders of the Director nominees designated by the
Phoenix Stockholders as the Phoenix Directors;
(B) two (2) Directors
shall be designated by the Steiner Stockholders (the “
Steiner Directors ”), which Steiner Directors are
currently Jeffrey Steiner and Eric Steiner, such designation to be
made by the provision of notice by the Steiner Stockholders to the
Phoenix Stockholders of the Director nominees designated by the
Steiner Stockholders as the Steiner Directors.
(ii) The foregoing
Directors shall be elected at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders (or by written consent in lieu of a meeting of
stockholders) and shall serve until their successors are elected
and qualified or until their earlier resignation or
removal. No Stockholder shall vote to remove any
Director designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section
during his or her term of office, with or without cause, unless the
Stockholder that designated such Director affirmatively so votes or
provides written consent to such other Stockholder to vote to
remove such Director. If the Phoenix Stockholder or the
Steiner Stockholder, as the case may be, gives notice to the other
that it desires to remove a Director designated by it pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section, such other Stockholder agrees to
vote all of its Common Stock then owned or hereafter acquired in
favor of removing such Director if a vote of holders of Common
Stock is required to remove such Director.
(iii) Any time at which
Stockholders will have the right to or will vote for or consent to
the election of a Director to fill a vacancy in the office of a
Director designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section,
each Stockholder agrees to vote all of its Shares then owned or
hereafter acquired by it in accordance with the direction of the
Stockholder that had designated pursuant to subsection (a)(i) the
Director in whose office the vacancy exists.
(iv) The Phoenix
Directors and the Steiner Directors shall be entitled to such
compensation as Directors, including reimbursement for expenses
incurred in attending the meetings of the Board of Directors, as is
determined by the Board of Directors from time to
time.
(v) The Phoenix
Stockholder and the Steiner Stockholder shall request that the
Board of Directors grant observer rights to two individuals to be
designated from time to time by the Phoenix Stockholder and two
individuals to be designated from time to time by the Steiner
Stockholder. To the extent that the Board of Directors
grants such observer rights, each of the Phoenix Stockholder and
Steiner Stockholder agrees that it shall not oppose or seek the
removal of any observer designated by the other or seek the
reduction of the other’s observer rights. To the
extent that the Board of Directors grants such observer rights to
one of the Phoenix Stockholder or the Steiner Stockholder but not
the other, the Stockholder receiving such grant shall nominate as
an observer one designee of the other Stockholder until such time
as the other Stockholder has been granted equal observer
rights.
(b)
Other Matters Subject to
Stockholder Vote . The Stockholders further agree that
with respect to any other proposal on which stockholders have the
right to or will vote on or consent to, including the election of
each Director (other than the Phoenix Directors and the Steiner
Directors, which is subject to subsection (a) of this Section 3),
the Stockholders (through their respective Representatives) will
meet and confer (which may be in person, by phone, or in writing)
for a reasonable amount of time prior to the date of the
stockholder vote or consent on such proposal, in an effort to agree
on how their respective Shares would be voted (whether for, against
or withheld), or if such Shares would consent with respect to such
proposal. Each Stockholder shall be notified by its
respective Representative as to whether an agreement was reached
and, if an agreement was reached, how the Shares were agreed to be
voted or if consent would be given. The Phoenix
Representative and the Steiner Representative shall, pursuant to
the proxy granted under Section 3(c), vote the Shares of the
Phoenix Stockholder and the Steiner Stockholder, respectively, or
consent with respect to such Shares in accordance with such
agreement. With respect to each proposal as to which no
agreement was reached, each of the Phoenix Representative and the
Steiner Representative agrees not to vote or consent with respect
to, respectively, any of the Phoenix Stockholder’s or the
Steiner Stockholder’s Shares (and each Stockholder agrees
that it shall not vote or consent with respect to any of its
Shares).
(i) Each Stockholder
that is a Phoenix Stockholder, by this Agreement, hereby
constitutes and appoints Philip S. Sassower and Andrea Goren, as
their representative (the “ Phoenix Representative
”) with full power of substitution, during and for the Proxy
Term, as the Phoenix Stockholder’s true and lawful attorney
and grants each Phoenix Representative an irrevocable proxy coupled
with power, for and in the Phoenix Stockholder’s name, place
and stead, to vote each Share owned by such Stockholder as such
Stockholder’s proxy, at every meeting of the stockholders of
the Company or any adjournment thereof or in connection with any
written consent of the Company’s
stockholders. Such Stockholder intends the foregoing
proxy to be, and it shall be, irrevocable and coupled with an
interest during the Proxy Term and hereby revokes any proxies
previously granted by the Stockholder with respect to the
Shares.
(ii) Each Stockholder
that is a Steiner Stockholder, by this Agreement, hereby
constitutes and appoints Benjamin Steiner and Eric Steiner, as its
representative (the “ Steiner Representative ”
and, together with the Phoenix Reprsentative, the “
Representatives ” or each individually a “
Representative ”) with full power of substitution,
during and for the Proxy Term, as the Stockholder’s true and
lawful attorney and hereby grants each Steiner Representative an
irrevocable proxy coupled with power, for and in the Steiner
Stockholder’s name, place and stead, to vote each Share owned
by such Stockholder as such Stockholder’s proxy, at every
meeting of the stockholders of the Company or any adjournment
thereof or in connection with any written consent of the
Company’s stockholders. Such Stockholder intends
the foregoing proxy to be, and it shall be, irrevocable and coupled
with an interest during the Proxy Term and hereby revokes any
proxies previously granted by the Stockholder with respect to the
Shares.
(iii) All of the
Stockholders agree to vote their Shares in accordance with this
Section 3. If any Stockholder or its Representative
fails or refuses to vote the Shares as required by this Section 3,
then the Steiner Representative (in the case of a Phoenix
Stockholder or Phoenix Representative failure or refusal) or the
Phoenix Representative (in the case of a Steiner Stockholder or
Steiner Representative failure or refusal) shall have an
irrevocable proxy of indefinite duration pursuant to the provisions
of Section 212 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, coupled
with an interest, to so vote those Shares in accordance with this
Section 3, and each Phoenix Stockholder and Steiner Stockholder
hereby grants to the others’ Representative such irrevocable
proxy.
(iv) The Stockholders
agree not to enter into any agreement or understanding with any
person or entity or take any action during the Proxy Term which
will permit any person or entity to vote or give instructions to
vote the Common Stock in any manner inconsistent with the terms of
this Section 3. The Stockholders further agree to take
such further action and execute and deliver, and cause others to
execute and deliver such other instruments as may be necessary to
effectuate the intent of this Agreement, including without
limitation, proxies and other documents permitting, as applicable,
the Phoenix Representative or the Steiner Representative, to vote
the Common Stock or to direct the record owners thereof to vote the
Common Stock in accordance with this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing, each Stockholder will use commercially
reasonable efforts to, and will instruct the record owner of the
Common Stock to, deliver to, as applicable, the Phoenix
Representative or the Steiner Representative, a duly executed
Irrevocable Proxy in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
not later than 5 business days after the date hereof.
SECTION
4.
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS; RIGHTS OF
FIRST OFFER
(a)
Limitations
. Each Stockholder hereby
agrees that such Stockholder shall not at any time during the
Lock-Up Period Transfer any Shares except by Transfer to a
Permitted Transferee in accordance with Section 4(c).
(b)
Procedures on Sale of
Shares . Except as permitted under Section
4(c), each Stockholder agrees that such Stockholder, and any
Transferring Group of which such Stockholder is a member (A) shall
not Transfer any Shares on or before the end of the Lock-Up Period,
and (B) thereafter during the term of this Agreement, shall not
Transfer any Shares except in accordance with the following
procedures:
(i) Right of First
Offer . The Phoenix Stockholder or the Steiner
Stockholder, as applicable (the “ Selling Stockholder
”) may offer all but not less than all of its Shares (the
“ Offered Shares ”) in the Company to the other
Stockholders (the “ Non-Selling Stockholders ”),
at a price, and on the terms and conditions, specified in the
notice (the “ Offer Notice ”) to the Non-Selling
Stockholders at any time (but not more than once in any 12-month
period) following the Lock-Up Period. Each Non-Selling
Stockholder may (directly or acting through its Representative),
within 45 days of receipt of the Offer Notice, notify (such notice,
the “ Exercise Notice ”) the Selling
Stockholder’s Representative whether it wishes to purchase
all (but not less than all) of the Selling Stockholder’s
Offered Shares. In the event that more than one
Non-Selling Stockholder shall send an Exercise Notice (each an
“ Exercising Non-Selling Stockholder ”), each
Exercising Non-Selling Stockholder shall purchase its Pro Rata
Share of such Offered Shares, where “ Pro Rata Share
” shall mean that number of Shares determined by multiplying
the total number of Offered Shares by a fraction (A) the
numerator of which is the aggregate number of Shares then held by
such Exercising Non-Selling Stockholder on an As-Converted,
Fully-Diluted Basis and (B) the denominator of which is the
total number of Shares then held by all Exercising Non-Selling
Stockholders on an As-Converted, Fully-Diluted Basis. By
sending an Exercise Notice to the Selling Stockholder, the
Exercising Non-Selling Stockholder commits itself to acquire the
Offered Shares on the terms and conditions set forth on the Offer
Notice and such Exercising Non-Selling Stockholder’s Shares
shall be used as collateral to secure such Exercising Non-Selling
Stockholder’s obligation to acquire the Offered Shares within
the Purchase Period (as defined below).
(ii) Closing
. The closing of any sale of Offered Shares under the
terms of Section 4(b)(i) shall take place within 120 days after the
expiration of the 45-day period set forth in Section 4(b)(i) (the
“ Purchase Period ”) at the office of the
Phoenix Stockholder’s counsel on a mutually satisfactory
business day or at such other location or on such other date as
shall be mutually satisfactory to the Selling Stockholder and all
Exercising Non-Selling Stockholders, in their sole
discretion). The Purchase Period may be extended by up
to a total of 60 days by the Exercising Non-Selling Stockholders
upon notice to the Selling Stockholder if the Exercising
Non-Selling Stockholders, despite diligent efforts, are unable to
complete the acquisition of all of the Offered Shares within the
original 120-day period; provided that the Exercising
Non-Selling Stockholders set forth in such notice the grounds for
such delay and provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Selling Stockholder that the Exercising Non-Selling Stockholders
are pursuing the closing diligently and in good
faith. Delivery of certificates or other instruments
evidencing such Offered Shares duly endorsed for transfer, and free
and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances (“
Liens ”), to the Exercising Non-Selling Stockholders
shall be made on the closing date against payment of the purchase
price therefor in immediately available funds or by certified or
bank check. If the sale of the Offered Shares is not
consummated within the Purchase Period, including any extension
permitted hereunder by reason of a failure of any Exercising
Non-Selling Stockholder, the Selling Stockholder shall be entitled
to specific performance or damages, as applicable, from the
Exercising Non-Selling Stockholders on a joint and several
basis.