Exhibit 4.3
STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
by and among
FS EQUITY PARTNERS V, L.P.,
GREGG INVESTMENT CORPORATION, LLC,
JERRY W. THROGMARTIN,
GREGG WILLIAM THROGMARTIN,
DENNIS L. MAY,
AND
GREGG APPLIANCES, INC.
February 3, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS
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2.
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RIGHTS RELATING
TO ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
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2.1 Issuance
Notice
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2.2 Response
Notice
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2.3 Revised Issuance
Notice
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2.4 Pro Rata
Share
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2.5 Termination and
Assignment
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TRANSFER OF
SHARES BY INVESTOR OR EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS; RIGHTS OF
INCLUSION
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3.1 Rights of
Inclusion
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3.2 Third-Party
Offer
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3.3 Allocation of
Included Shares
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3.4 Consummation
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3.5 Termination and
Assignment
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3.6 Indirect Sale by
FSEP V
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OBLIGATION TO
SELL SECURITIES
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4.1 Sale
Obligation
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4.2 Termination and
Assignment
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4.3 Indirect Sale by
FSEP V
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RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERS OF SECURITIES; RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL
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5.1 Transfer
Restrictions
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5.2 Rights of First
Refusal
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REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
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REPRESENTATION
ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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7.1 The Board
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7.2 Termination and
Assignment
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7.3 Certain Actions of
the Board; Stockholders to Cooperate
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF INVESTOR
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
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INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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COPY OF
AGREEMENT
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GOVERNING
LAW
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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AMENDMENT OF
ARTICLES
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER; SUCCESSORS; AFTER ACQUIRED SHARES
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INTERPRETATION
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NOTICES
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LEGENDS
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FURTHER
ASSURANCES
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INJUNCTIVE
RELIEF; DISPUTES
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SEVERABILITY
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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COUNTERPARTS
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TERMINATION
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Schedule 1 Ownership of Capital Stock by
Stockholders Upon Consummation of Transactions Contemplated by
Merger Agreement
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STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of February 3,
2005 by and among Gregg Appliances, Inc., an Indiana corporation
(the “Company”), Gregg Investment Corporation, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”), FS
Equity Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the
sole member of Investor (“FSEP V” and, collectively
with Investor, the “Investor Parties”), and Jerry W.
Throgmartin, Gregg William Throgmartin, and Dennis L. May (each of
such three individuals, an “Existing Stockholder” and,
collectively, the “Existing Stockholders”).
R E C I T A
L S
A. The Existing Stockholders own a
majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the
Company.
B. The Investor Parties, the
Existing Stockholders, the Company and others have entered into
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 19,
2004, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to
which, immediately after the merger contemplated in the Merger
Agreement (the “Merger”), the Investor will own 80.01%
of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company, the
Existing Stockholders will own in the aggregate 19.99% of the
issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company, and FSEP V will
own at least a majority of the equity of the Investor. The Existing
Stockholders also shall receive the Junior Subordinated Notes (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) as consideration in the Merger and
Section 7.1(f) below will govern certain actions of the Company and
the Investor Parties with respect to such instruments.
C. To induce the Investor Parties
and the Existing Stockholders to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Investor Parties, the
Existing Stockholders, and the Company desire to execute this
Agreement.
D. Upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement the Investor and
the Existing Stockholders will own the shares of Common Stock of
the Company set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
E. The Investor Parties, the
Existing Stockholders and the Company wish to establish through
this Agreement certain rights, obligations and restrictions with
respect to the securities of the Company.
A G R E E M
E N T
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, the mutual covenants contained herein and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Definitions . As used in
this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:
Additional Securities
: All Securities which are issued
and sold by the Company other than (i) the Initial Shares, (ii) any
Securities issued or issuable to all of the holders of Common Stock
then outstanding on a proportionate basis, (iii) any Securities
issued or issuable to any Employees pursuant to any equity
incentive plan, individual agreement, bonus, award, stock purchase
plan, stock option plan or other stock agreement or arrangement
which in each event is approved by the Board, or Securities issued
or issuable to Investor in connection with the purchase of
membership or equity interests or units of Investor by Employees,
(iv) any Securities issued in exchange for debt securities of the
Company or any Subsidiary; provided, that the overall terms of the
exchange transaction are fair to and in the best interests of the
Company as determined in good faith by the Board, (v) any
Securities issued to any source of, or to any party arranging,
financing for the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
provided, that the overall terms of the financing transaction
involving the issuance of debt and Securities are fair to and in
the best interests of the Company as determined in good faith by
the Board, (vi) any Securities issued pursuant to a public offering
registered under the Securities Act, (vii) any Securities issued or
issuable in connection with the acquisition by the Company or a
Subsidiary of any business, business assets or securities from any
Person; provided, that such Securities are not issued for less than
their fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board,
and (viii) any Securities not described in (ii) through (vii) above
that are issued or issuable upon the exercise of rights, options or
warrants to purchase Securities, or upon the conversion or exchange
of Securities convertible into or exchangeable for Securities, for
which an Issuance Notice was given under the terms of this
Agreement in connection with the issuance of such rights, options,
or warrants or such convertible or exchangeable
Securities.
Affiliate : Such term shall have the meaning given to such
term pursuant to Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Board : The Board of Directors of the
Company.
Business : Selling brand name appliances and consumer
electronics, and providing related installation, servicing,
extended warranty plans, financing, and repair.
Closing : The closing of the transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement.
Common Stock
: The Common Stock, no par value per
share, of the Company.
Employee : Any employee, director or consultant of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
FS Group : FSEP V and its Affiliates (including related
funds) and their respective related management companies, general
partners, portfolio companies, and the officers, directors,
employees, agents or representatives of the foregoing.
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FS Existing
Stockholders : Brad J.
Brutocao, Mark J. Doran, Bradford M. Freeman, Benjamin D. Geiger,
Todd W. Halloran, Jon D. Ralph, John M. Roth, Charles P. Rullman,
Jr., J. Frederick Simmons, Ronald P. Spogli, and William M.
Wardlaw.
Initial Shares
: The 13,900,000 shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof.
Permitted Transferee
: Permitted Transferee shall mean,
(i) with respect to the Investor, (A) Freeman Spogli & Co. V,
L.P., or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of
Freeman Spogli & Co. V, L.P., or (B) FSEP V or any investment
fund or partnership that is organized and controlled by three or
more of the FS Existing Stockholders and any investor or general or
limited partner in, or employee of, or member or manager of, such
fund or partnership, or any management company of such fund or
partnership, (ii) with respect to Dennis L. May, to any other
Existing Stockholder; provided that the Transfer to such other
Existing Stockholder takes place after the termination of Mr.
May’s employment by the Company without “Cause,”
as such term is defined in the Employment Agreement, dated of even
date herewith, between Mr. May and the Company; and provided
further that such Transfer shall be subject to Section 5.2(a), and
(iii) with respect to an Existing Stockholder, a family trust,
limited partnership, corporation or other entity established by
such Existing Stockholder, all of the beneficiaries or owners of
which are immediate family members of such Existing Stockholder,
(provided that in the case of any entity established by an Existing
Stockholder, the owners thereof shall specifically agree that,
notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, such owners shall not further Transfer their ownership
interests in such entity to any other Person).
Person : Any individual, corporation, entity,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
Public Offering
: A public offering of shares of
Common Stock of the Company registered under the Securities Act,
but shall not include an offering registered on Form S-4 or Form
S-8 (or any substitute form that is adopted by the SEC). The term
“Initial Public Offering” shall mean an underwritten
Public Offering of Common Stock which results in aggregate proceeds
from the offering in excess of $50 million.
SEC : The Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Securities
: Shall mean (i) Common Stock, (ii)
all rights, options, warrants to purchase such Common Stock or the
securities described in the following clause and (iii) all other
securities or capital stock of any type whatsoever, including,
without limitation, preferred stock and securities that are, or may
become, convertible into or exchangeable for, or that entitle the
holder to purchase, Common Stock.
Securities Act
: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Stockholders
: The Investor and the Existing
Stockholders.
Subsidiary
: With respect to any Person, a
corporation or other entity of which a majority of the shares of
stock or other ownership interests are owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person.
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2. Rights Relating to Issuance of
Additional Securities . The Company hereby grants to each
Stockholder the following rights with respect to any and all
proposed issuances or sales of Additional Securities by the
Company:
2.1 Issuance Notice . The
Company shall give to each Stockholder written notice of the
Company’s intention to issue and sell Additional Securities
(the “Issuance Notice”), describing the type of
Additional Securities, the price at which the Additional Securities
will be issued and sold and the general terms upon which the
Company proposes to issue and sell the Additional Securities,
including the anticipated date of such issuance or sale.
2.2 Response Notice . Each
Stockholder shall have 20 days from the date the Issuance Notice is
received to agree to purchase all or any portion of its Pro Rata
Share (as defined below in Subsection 2.4) of such Additional
Securities by giving written notice to the Company of its desire to
purchase Additional Securities (the “Response Notice”)
and stating therein the quantity of Additional Securities to be
purchased. Such Response Notice shall constitute the irrevocable
agreement of such Stockholder to purchase the quantity of
Additional Securities indicated in the Response Notice at the price
and upon the terms stated in the Issuance Notice. Any purchase by
Stockholders of Additional Securities shall be consummated on the
later of (i) the closing date specified in the Issuance Notice or
(ii) the closing date on which Additional Securities described in
the applicable Issuance Notice are first issued and sold if other
Persons are also purchasing Additional Securities. Each Stockholder
that has elected to purchase its Pro Rata Share of Additional
Securities will have the right to purchase all or any portion of
the Additional Securities unsubscribed for by the other
Stockholders, up to its pro rata share of such unsubscribed portion
(determined by the number of shares of Common Stock owned by the
party or parties who elect to purchase such unsubscribed for
portion) if oversubscribed.
2.3 Revised Issuance Notice .
The Company shall have 120 days from the date of the Issuance
Notice to consummate the proposed issuance and sale of the
Additional Securities that are not being purchased by the
Stockholders at a price and upon terms that are not materially less
favorable to the Company than those specified in the Issuance
Notice. If the Company proposes to issue Additional Securities
after such 120-day period or at a price and upon terms that are
materially less favorable to the Company than those specified in
the Issuance Notice, it must again comply with this Section
2.
2.4 Pro Rata Share . For
purposes of this Section 2, the Pro Rata Share of a Stockholder
shall be a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the total
number of shares of Common Stock then held by the Stockholder and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares
of Common Stock then issued and outstanding.
2.5 Termination and
Assignment . The rights provided to each of the Stockholders
under this Section 2 shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of
(i) with respect to all of the Stockholders, upon the consummation
of an Initial Public Offering, and (ii) with respect to any
particular Stockholder, at such time as such Stockholder has
Transferred (other than to persons or entities set forth in clauses
(i) or (iii) of the definition of Permitted Transferees) a number
of shares of Common Stock in excess of 50 percent of the shares of
Common Stock in the Company owned by such Stockholder immediately
after the Merger. The rights granted under this Section 2 shall not
be assignable; provided, however, that a Stockholder may assign its
rights under this Section 2 to a Permitted Transferee with respect
to shares transferred to such Permitted Transferee.
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3. Transfer of Shares by Investor
or Existing Stockholders; Rights of Inclusion
3.1 Rights of
Inclusion
(a) The Investor agrees not to
Transfer (as defined in Section 5.1) all or any portion of the
shares of Common Stock or other Securities it holds to any Person
(individually, a “Third Party” and, collectively,
“Third Parties”) unless each Existing Stockholder is
given an opportunity to sell to the Third Party such number of
shares of Common Stock or other Securities owned by such Existing
Stockholder as is determined in accordance with Subsection 3.3 of
this Section 3; provided , however , that the
Existing Stockholders shall have no rights pursuant to this Section
3 with respect to Transfers by the Investor or a Permitted
Transferee of the Investor of Securities (i) to any Permitted
Transferee of the Investor, (ii) to any limited or general partner
or employee of FSEP V, (iii) to any partner or member or employee
of any Permitted Transferee of the Investor, or (iv) to any member
of the immediate family or to any family trust of any Person
described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above.
(b) Each of the Existing
Stockholders agrees not to Transfer (as defined in Section 5.1) all
or any portion of the shares of Common Stock or other Securities he
holds to any Third Party unless the Investor is given an
opportunity to sell to the Third Party such number of shares of
Common Stock or other Securities owned by the Investor as is
determined in accordance with Subsection 3.3 of this Section 3;
provided , however , that the Investor shall have no
rights pursuant to this Section 3 with respect to Transfers by the
Existing Stockholders to any Permitted Transferee of the Existing
Stockholders.
3.2 Third-Party
Offer
(a) Prior to the consummation of any
sale of all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock or other
Securities held by the Investor to a Third Party, the Investor
shall cause each bona fide offer from such Third Party to purchase
such shares from the Investor (a “Third-Party Offer”)
to be reduced to writing and shall send written notice of such
Third-Party Offer (the “Initial Offer Notice”) to the
Existing Stockholders and any other Persons who are parties to
written agreements with the Investor entitling such stockholders to
include shares of Common Stock or other Securities in such sale
(the Existing Stockholders and such other stockholders,
collectively, the “Company Stockholders”). Each
Third-Party Offer shall include an offer to purchase shares of
Common Stock or other Securities from the Company Stockholders, in
the amounts determined in accordance with Subsection 3.3 of this
Section 3, at the same time, at the same price and on the same
terms as the sale by the Investor to the Third Party, and according
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Initial Offer
Notice shall be accompanied by a true copy of the Third-Party Offer
(including all material information available to the Investor
relating thereto). If a Company Stockholder desires to accept the
offer contained in the Initial Offer Notice, such Company
Stockholder shall furnish written notice to the Investor, within 15
days after its receipt of the Initial Offer Notice, indicating such
Stockholder’s irrevocable acceptance of the offer included in
the Initial Offer Notice and setting forth the maximum number of
Securities such Stockholder agrees to sell to the Third Party (the
“Acceptance Notice”). If a Company Stockholder does not
furnish an Acceptance Notice to the Investor in accordance with
these provisions by the end of such 15-day period, such Company
Stockholder shall be deemed to have irrevocably rejected the offer
contained in the Initial Offer
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Notice. All Securities set forth in
the Acceptance Notices of the Company Stockholders, together with
the Securities proposed to be sold by the Investor to the Third
Party, are referred to with respect to Investor individually or a
single Company Stockholder as the “Individual Offered
Shares” and collectively as “All Offered Shares”.
Within three days after the date on which the Third Party informs
the Investor of the total number of Securities which such Third
Party has agreed to purchase in accordance with the terms specified
in the Initial Offer Notice, the Investor shall send written notice
(the “Final Notice”) to the participating Company
Stockholders setting forth the number of Securities each
participating Company Stockholder shall sell to the Third Party as
determined in accordance with Subsection 3.3 of this Section 3,
which number shall not exceed the maximum number specified by a
Company Stockholder in its Acceptance Notice. Within five days
after the date of the Final Notice (or such shorter period as may
reasonably be requested by the Investor to facilitate the sale),
the participating Company Stockholders shall furnish to the
Investor (i) a written undertaking to deliver, upon the
consummation of the sale of Securities to the Third Party as
indicated in the Final Notice, the certificates representing the
Securities held by each Company Stockholder, which will be
transferred pursuant to such Third-Party Offer (such shares shall
be referred to herein as the “Included Shares”) and
(ii) a limited power-of-attorney authorizing the Investor to
transfer the Included Shares pursuant to the terms of such
Third-Party Offer. Each Company Stockholder shall be required to
make customary representations and warranties in connection with
such transfer with respect to its own authority to transfer and its
title to the Securities transferred, together with such other
representations and warranties concerning the Company as are made
by the Investor in connection with such sale. In any such
transaction, the Existing Stockholders and the Company will
cooperate with all other Company Stockholders to facilitate the
transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investor shall have
no obligation under this Section 3.2(a) in the event that the
Investor is selling all of its Securities in the Company through
any form of transaction and is exercising its rights under Section
5.1.
(b) Prior to the consummation of any
sale of all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock or other
Securities held by an Existing Stockholder to a Third Party, and
subject to compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 5.1
and Section 5.2, the selling Existing Stockholder shall cause each
bona fide offer from such Third Party to purchase such shares from
the selling Existing Stockholder (a “Third-Party
Offer”) to be reduced to writing and shall send written
notice of such Third-Party Offer (the “Initial Offer
Notice”) to the Investor and if Investor does not exercise
its right to acquire such Securities pursuant to Section 5.2, to
the other Stockholders (including the non-selling Existing
Stockholders). Each Third-Party Offer shall include an offer to
purchase shares of Common Stock or other Securities from the
Investor, and the other Stockholders, in the amounts determined in
accordance with Subsection 3.3 of this Section 3, at the same time,
at the same price and on the same terms as the sale by the selling
Existing Stockholder to the Third Party, and according to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. The Initial Offer Notice shall be
accompanied by a true copy of the Third-Party Offer (including all
material information available to the Existing Stockholders
relating thereto). If the Investor desires to accept the offer
contained in the Initial Offer Notice, the Investor shall furnish
an acceptance notice to that effect (the “Acceptance
Notice”) to the selling Existing Stockholder within 15
business days after its receipt of the Initial Offer Notice (which
the selling Existing Stockholder shall provide concurrently with
the Stockholder Notice described in Section 5.2(a)). If the
Investor does not furnish an Acceptance Notice to the selling
Existing Stockholder in accordance with these provisions by the end
of such 15-day period, the Investor
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shall be deemed to have irrevocably
rejected the offer contained in the Initial Offer Notice. If the
Investor does not furnish the Acceptance Notice described, the
selling Existing Stockholder will then transmit the Initial Offer
Notice to the other Stockholders in accordance with the provisions
specified above. The other Stockholders will then have an
opportunity to accept the offer contained in the Initial Offer
Notice, within 15 days of their respective receipt of the Initial
Offer Notice, on the terms specified herein and therein. All
Securities set forth in the Acceptance Notice of the Investor under
this Section 3.2(b), together with the Securities proposed to be
sold by the other Stockholders, if applicable, to the Third Party
are referred to with respect to Investor individually or any other
Stockholder individually as the “Individual Offered
Shares” and collectively as “All Offered Shares”.
Within three days after the date on which the Third Party informs
the selling Existing Stockholder of the total number of Securities
which such Third Party has agreed to purchase in accordance with
the terms specified in the Initial Offer Notice, the selling
Existing Stockholder shall send written notice (the “Final
Notice”) to the Investor and the other Stockholders setting
forth the number of Securities the Investor and the other
Stockholders shall sell to the Third Party as determined in
accordance with Subsection 3.3 of this Section 3, which number
shall not exceed the maximum number specified by the Investor and
the other Stockholders in their respective Acceptance Notices.
Within five days after the date of the Final Notice (or such
shorter period as may reasonably be requested by the Existing
Stockholders to facilitate the sale), the Investor, and the other
Stockholders shall furnish to the selling Existing Stockholder (i)
a written undertaking to deliver, upon the consummation of the sale
of Securities to the Third Party as indicated in the Final Notice,
the certificates representing the Securities held by the Investor
and the other Stockholders which will be transferred pursuant to
such Third-Party Offer (such shares shall be referred to herein as
the “Included Shares”) and (ii) a limited
power-of-attorney authorizing the selling Existing Stockholder to
transfer the Included Shares pursuant to the terms of such
Third-Party Offer. The Investor and the other Stockholders shall be
required to make customary representations and warranties in
connection with such transfer with respect to its own authority to
transfer and its title to the Securities transferred, together with
such other representations and warranties concerning the Company as
are made by the selling Existing Stockholders in connection with
such sale. In any such transaction, the Investor, the other
Stockholders, and the Company will cooperate to facilitate the
transaction.
3.3 Allocation of Included
Shares . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock and other
Securities that may individually be sold by Investor (pursuant to
Sections 3.1(b) and 3.2(b)), each Existing Stockholder (pursuant to
Sections 3.1(a) and 3.2(a)), and each other holder of Securities
who has rights to participate in sales of Securities by the
Investor or the Existing Stockholders pursuant to written
agreements by and between the Company and any such holder (the
“Other Tag-Along Rights Holders”), in any sale governed
by this Section 3 shall be (i) such Person’s Individual
Offered Shares in the event the Third Party has agreed to purchase
All Offered Shares and all Securities that the Other Tag-Along
Rights Holders who have elected to participate in such sale seek to
include in such sale or (ii) such number of shares of Common Stock
or other Securities, as applicable, equal in each case to the
product of (a) the total number of shares of such type or class of
security which the Third Party has agreed to purchase times (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of
such type or class of security owned by such Investor, Existing
Stockholder, or Other Tag-Along Rights Holder who is eligible to
and has elected to participate in such sale, as the case may be, on
the date of the applicable Final Notice, and the denominator of
which is the aggregate total number of shares of such type or class
of security owned on the date of the applicable Final Notice by the
Investor, the Existing Stockholders, and the Other
Tag-Along
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Rights Holders who have elected to
participate in such sale; provided , however , that,
in the event the Investor, the Existing Stockholders, or any Other
Tag-Along Rights Holder elects to sell a number of any type or
class of security which is less than the number such holder could
sell pursuant to clause (ii) above, the shares of such type or
class of security that the others of such holders can sell in such
transaction shall be increased by an aggregate amount equal to the
number of shares which any of the Investor, the Existing
Stockholders, or any Other Tag-Along Rights Holder could have sold
in such transaction but chose not to sell, and any such increase
shall be allocated among such other holders on a pro rata basis
based upon the total number of shares of such type or class of
security owned on the date of the applicable Final Notice by such
other holders. Without the prior written consent of Jerry W.
Throgmartin, neither the Company nor Investor shall enter into any
agreement that grants rights to any Other Tag Along Rights Holder
that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Section
3.3.
3.4 Consummation . The
Investor or the Existing Stockholders shall have 120 days from the
date of the applicable Final Notice in which to sell to the Third
Party the Securities owned by the Investor or the Existing
Stockholders and the Included Shares of the Other Tag-Along Rights
Holders on terms which are not materially less favorable to the
sellers of Securities than those specified in the applicable
Initial Offer Notice; provided , however , that in
the event there is a decrease in the price to be paid by the Third
Party for the Securities to be sold from the price set forth in the
applicable Initial Offer Notice, which decrease is acceptable to
the Investor or the Existing Stockholders, as applicable, or other
material change in terms which are less favorable to the Investor
or the Existing Stockholders, as the case may be, but which are
acceptable to the Investor or the Existing Stockholders, as the
case may be, the Investor or the Existing Stockholders, as the case
may be, shall notify the participating Stockholders of such
decrease or change in terms, and each of the participating
Stockholders shall have five business days from the date of receipt
of the notice of such decrease or change in terms to reduce the
number of Securities it will sell to such Third Party as previously
indicated in the applicable Acceptance Notice, and the number of
shares that all other participating Stockholders (including Other
Tag-Along Rights Holders) may transfer shall be increased in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3; and provided
, further , that in the event there is an increase in the
price to be paid by the Third Party for the Securities to be sold
from the price set forth in the applicable Initial Offer Notice or
other material change in terms which are more favorable to
the