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Title: VOTING AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 6/28/2005
Industry: Investment Services     Law Firm: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP     Sector: Financial

VOTING AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,, Parties: ameritrade holding corp
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Exhibit 10.2

VOTING AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,

THE PARTIES LISTED
ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

AND

(SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 4.5 AND 5.2 HEREOF)

AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION

DATED AS OF JUNE 22, 2005

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

General

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1.1.

 

 

Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

VOTING

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

2.1.

 

 

Agreement to Vote

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

2.2.

 

 

No Inconsistent Agreements

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

2.3.

 

 

Proxy

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

3.1.

 

 

Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

3.2.

 

 

Representations and Warranties of TD

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OTHER COVENANTS

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

4.1.

 

 

Prohibition on Transfers, Other Actions

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

4.2.

 

 

Stock Dividends, etc.

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

4.3.

 

 

No Solicitation

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

4.4.

 

 

Notice of Acquisitions, Proposals Regarding Prohibited Transactions

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

4.5.

 

 

Waiver of Conflicts, Rights Under Existing Stockholders Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination of Existing Stockholders Agreement

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

4.6.

 

 

Waiver of Right to Consent to Director Indemnification Agreements and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Information Rights Agreements

 

 

11

 

ARTICLE V

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

5.1.

 

 

Termination

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

5.2.

 

 

Legends; Stop Transfer Order

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

5.3.

 

 

No Ownership Interest

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

5.4.

 

 

Notices

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

5.5.

 

 

Interpretation

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

5.6.

 

 

Counterparts

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

5.7.

 

 

Entire Agreement

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

5.8.

 

 

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

5.9.

 

 

Amendment; Waiver

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

5.10.

 

 

Remedies

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

5.11.

 

 

Severability

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

5.12.

 

 

Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

5.13.

 

 

Obligations Several

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule A:

 

Stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A:

 

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

 

 

 

i

 


 

INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

Acquisition Proposal

 

 

2

 

Additional Proposal

 

 

2

 

Affiliate

 

 

2

 

Agreement

 

 

1

 

Ameritrade

 

 

1

 

Ameritrade Restated Bylaws

 

 

2

 

Ameritrade Restated Charter

 

 

2

 

Ameritrade Stock Issuance

 

 

2

 

Ameritrade Stockholders’ Meeting

 

 

2

 

Beneficial Ownership

 

 

2

 

Beneficially Own

 

 

2

 

Beneficially Owned

 

 

2

 

Closing

 

 

2

 

Closing Date

 

 

2

 

Common Stock

 

 

1

 

Control

 

 

2

 

Covered Shares

 

 

3

 

Encumbrance

 

 

3

 

Existing Shares

 

 

3

 

Existing Stockholders Agreement

 

 

3

 

Family Member

 

 

3

 

Governmental Authority

 

 

3

 

Joinder Agreement

 

 

3

 

Litigation

 

 

14

 

New Stockholders Agreement

 

 

9

 

Permitted Hedge

 

 

3

 

Permitted Pledge

 

 

3

 

Permitted Transfer

 

 

4

 

Person

 

 

4

 

Private Equity Investors

 

 

1

 

R Parties

 

 

1

 

Record Date

 

 

4

 

Representatives

 

 

4

 

Share Purchase

 

 

4

 

Share Purchase Agreement

 

 

1

 

SLP Investors

 

 

1

 

Stockholder

 

 

1

 

Stockholders

 

 

1

 

Subsidiary

 

 

4

 

TA Investors

 

 

1

 

TD

 

 

1

 

Transaction Agreements

 

 

4

 

Transfer

 

 

4

 

Waterhouse

 

 

1

 

ii

 


 

VOTING AGREEMENT

          VOTING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 22, 2005 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among The Toronto-Dominion Bank, a Canadian chartered bank (“ TD ”), the individuals and entities set forth on Schedule A hereto under the heading “R Parties” (collectively, the “ R Parties ”), the entities set forth on Schedule A hereto under the heading “TA Entities” (collectively, the “ TA Investors ”), the entities set forth on Schedule A hereto under the heading “SLP Entities” (collectively, the “ SLP Investors ” and, together with the TA Investors, the “ Private Equity Investors ”) (each of the R Parties, each of the TA Investors, and each of the SLP Investors, a “ Stockholder ”, and collectively, the “ Stockholders ”), and, solely for the purposes of Sections 4.5 and 5.2 hereof, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Ameritrade ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Ameritrade and TD are entering into an Agreement of Sale and Purchase, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Share Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other things, Ameritrade shall purchase from TD all of the capital stock of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TD (“ Waterhouse ”), and TD will receive, in consideration for its shares of Waterhouse capital stock, shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Ameritrade (the “ Common Stock ”).

          WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, (i) the R Parties are the record and beneficial owners, in the aggregate, of 105,718,442 shares of Common Stock, (ii) the TA Investors are the record and beneficial owners, in the aggregate, of 18,967,767 shares of Common Stock, and (iii) the SLP Investors are the record and beneficial owners, in the aggregate, of 11,466,209 shares of Common Stock.

          WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to TD entering into the Share Purchase Agreement, TD has required that the Stockholders agree, and the Stockholders have agreed, to enter into this agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations with respect to the Covered Shares (as hereinafter defined) set forth herein.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

GENERAL

     1.1.   Defined Terms . The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Share Purchase Agreement.

 


 

          “ Acquisition Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Additional Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided , however , that solely for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, neither Ameritrade nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Stockholder, nor shall any Stockholder be deemed to be an Affiliate of Ameritrade.

          “ Ameritrade Restated Bylaws ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Ameritrade Restated Charter ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Ameritrade Stock Issuance ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Ameritrade Stockholders’ Meeting ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Beneficial Ownership ” by a Person of any securities includes ownership by any Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term “beneficial ownership” as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided that for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which may be acquired by such Person pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, including the passage of time in excess of 60 days, the satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing). The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and Beneficially Owned shall have a correlative meaning.

          “ Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ control ” (including the terms “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or

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management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or any other means.

          “ Covered Shares ” means, with respect to each Stockholder, such Stockholder’s Existing Shares, together with any shares of Common Stock or other voting capital stock of Ameritrade and any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or other voting capital stock of Ameritrade, in each case that such Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership of on or after the date hereof and prior to the Record Date.

          “ Encumbrance ” means any security interest, pledge, mortgage, lien (statutory or other), charge, option to purchase, lease or other right to acquire any interest or any claim, restriction, covenant, title defect, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement or other encumbrance of any kind or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement).

          “ Existing Shares ” means, with respect to each Stockholder, the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned (and except as may be set forth on Schedule A hereto, owned of record) by such Stockholder, as set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A hereto.

          “ Existing Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2002, by and among Ameritrade, the Ricketts Holders and the Datek Holders (as such terms are defined therein).

          “ Family Member ” means, with respect to any natural Person, (i) a spouse, descendent, or any other person related by blood, adoption or marriage to such Person or such Person’s spouse, (ii) any trust, family partnership or limited liability company whose beneficiaries consist of such Person and/or such Person’s spouse and/or any Person related by blood, marriage or adoption to such Person or such Person’s spouse, and (iii) the estate or heirs of such Person.

          “ Governmental Authority ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Joinder Agreement ” means an agreement in the form set forth in Exhibit A.

          “ Permitted Hedge ” means an equity derivative contract, including a prepaid or other forward sale of securities, or other agreement to transfer an interest in Covered Shares, between a Stockholder and a counterparty, provided that such counterparty executes and delivers to TD a Joinder Agreement with respect to the securities which are the subject of such equity derivative contract or other agreement; provided, further, in the case of any Permitted Hedge involving a Transfer to the Ricketts Grandchildren Trust, that such Transfer is not part of a plan to avoid the provisions of Section 2.3 with respect to the Transferring party.

          “ Permitted Pledge ” means a bona fide pledge of securities, provided that the Stockholder pledging such securities retains sole voting power with respect to the securities subject to such pledge, and provided , further , that the pledgee of any such securities executes and delivers to TD a Joinder Agreement with respect to the securities which are the subject of such pledge.

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          “ Permitted Transfer ” means (i) a Transfer by a Stockholder who is a natural Person to a Family Member of such Stockholder, provided that such transferee executes and delivers to TD a Joinder Agreement with respect to the securities subject to such Transfer, provided, further, in the case of a Transfer to the Ricketts Grandchildren Trust, that such Transfer is not part of a plan to avoid the provisions of Section 2.3 with respect to the Transferring party; (ii) a Permitted Pledge or (iii) a Permitted Hedge.

          “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity, or any Group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.

          “ Record Date ” means the date fixed as the record date for the Ameritrade Stockholders’ Meeting and used for the purpose of mailing the SEC Proxy Statement, whether or not a subsequent record date is established for such meeting.

          “ Representatives ” means the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates of a Person.

           Share Purchase means the purchase by Ameritrade of all of the outstanding capital stock of Waterhouse pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, (i) of which such Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner (excluding partnerships, the general partnership interests of which held by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person do not have a majority of the voting interests in such partnership), or (ii) at least a majority of the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

          “ Transaction Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.

          “ Transfer ” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of (by merger, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of (by merger, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise).

ARTICLE II

VOTING

     2.1.   Agreement to Vote . Each Stockholder hereby agrees that during the term of this Agreement, at the Ameritrade Stockholders Meeting or any other meeting of the stockholders of

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Ameritrade, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in connection with any written consent of the stockholders of Ameritrade, such Stockholder shall, in each case to the fullest extent that such Stockholder’s Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto, provided that a Change in Ameritrade Recommendation has not been effected:

          (a) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause such Stockholder’s Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum; and

          (b) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, or deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent covering, all of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (i) in favor of the approval of the Ameritrade Stock Issuance, the Ameritrade Restated Charter and any Additional Proposals and if applicable, the election of directors designated in accordance with Section 5.13 of the Share Purchase Agreement; (ii) against any action or agreement that such Stockholder believes would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of Ameritrade contained in the Share Purchase Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, or of any Stockholder contained in this Agreement; and (iii) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended, or that such Stockholder believes is reasonably likely, to materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or this Agreement or the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (A) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving Ameritrade or its Subsidiaries (other than the Share Purchase); (B) a sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries or a reorganization, recapitalization or liquidation of Ameritrade or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) an election of new members to the board of directors of Ameritrade, except as provided in Section 5.13 of the Share Purchase Agreement or as required or permitted by the Existing Stockholders Agreement; or (D) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of Ameritrade or any amendment or other change to Ameritrade’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws other than those changes or amendments contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, the Ameritrade Restated Charter and the Ameritrade Restated Bylaws.

     2.2.   No Inconsistent Agreements . Each Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that, except for this Agreement and, in the case of clause (a) only, the Existing Stockholders Agreement, such Stockholder (a) has not entered into, and shall not enter into at any time while this Agreement remains in effect, any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares that is inconsistent with the terms hereof and (b) has not granted, and shall not grant at any time while this Agreement remains in effect, any proxy, or any consent or power of attorney that is inconsistent with the terms hereof, in each case with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares.

     2.3.   Proxy . Each Stockholder (other than the Ricketts Grandchildren Trust) hereby irrevocably appoints as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, W. Edmund Clark, J. David Livingston and Christopher A. Montague, in their respective capacities as officers of TD, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such officer of TD, and any other Person designated in writing by TD, each of them individually, with full power of substitution, to vote or execute written consents with respect to such Stockholder’s

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Covered Shares in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof during the term of this Agreement, provided that such proxy may only be exercised if such Stockholder fails to comply with the terms of Section 2.1 and if no Change in Ameritrade Recommendation has occurred. This proxy is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement (except upon the earlier occurrence of a Change in Ameritrade Recommendation, in which case it shall be automatically revoked), and each Stockholder will take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy and hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by such Stockholder with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares. The foregoing proxy is subject to, and shall only become effective upon, TD having received all necessary regulatory approvals and consents, if any, required under applicable law to exercise the voting powers granted by such proxy, as shall be determined in good faith by TD. TD may terminate this proxy with respect to any Stockholder at any time at its sole election by written notice provided to such Stockholder.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     3.1.   Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders . Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to TD as follows:

          (a)  Organization; Authorization; Validity of Agreement; Necessary Action . Such Stockholder, if it is a legal entity, is duly organized under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of such jurisdiction. Such Stockholder has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery by such Stockholder, if it is a legal entity, of this Agreement, the performance by it of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by such Stockholder and no other actions or proceedings on the part of such Stockholder or any general or limited partner or stockholder thereof are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, the performance by it of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby. If such Stockholder is an individual, such Stockholder has the legal capacity and all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Stockholder and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of TD, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity whether applied in a court of law or a court of equity and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally.

          (b)  Ownership . Such Stockholder’s Existing Shares are, and all of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares owned from the date hereof through and on the Record Date will be, Beneficially Owned and owned of record by such Stockholder, except to the extent such Covered Shares are Transferred after the date hereof pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. Such Stockholder has good and marketable title to such Stockholder’s Existing Shares, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than any Permitted Pledges and except as described in Schedule A

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hereto). As of the date hereof, such Stockholder’s Existing Shares constitute all of the shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned or owned of record by such Stockholder. Such Stockholder has and will have at all times, through the date on which the Ameritrade Required Votes and any Additional Votes (each as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) are received (or, solely in the case of clause (ii), through the Record Date) (i) sole voting power and sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in Article II hereof (in each case, if and to the extent the Record Date is the record date for the Ameritrade Stockholders’


 
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