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EXHIBIT 10.2 CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND CONSENT AGREEMENT

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.2 CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND CONSENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/11/2005
Industry: Communications Services    

EXHIBIT 10.2   CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND CONSENT AGREEMENT, Parties: motient corp
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

 

                    CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND CONSENT AGREEMENT

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                  This Conditional Waiver and Consent Agreement (the

"AGREEMENT"), dated as of May 11, 2005, is entered into by and among Motient

Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("MOTIENT"), Motient Ventures Holding Inc.,

a Delaware corporation ("MOTIENT SUB" and, together with Motient, the "MOTIENT

ENTITIES") and each other party named on the signature pages hereto

(collectively, the "OTHER MSV INVESTORS").

 

                                    RECITALS

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                  WHEREAS, certain parties to this Agreement are stockholders of

Mobile Satellite Ventures GP Inc., a Delaware corporation, the general partner

("GENERAL PARTNER") of Mobile Satellite Ventures LP, a Delaware limited

partnership ("MSV LP"), and limited partners of MSV LP.

 

                   WHEREAS, certain parties to this Agreement are parties to (i)

the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of MSV LP, dated as of

November 12, 2004, by and among General Partner and the limited partners named

therein, as amended (the "PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT"), (ii) the Amended and Restated

Stockholders' Agreement, dated November 12, 2004, by and among the stockholders

of General Partner (the "STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT"), (iii) the First Amended and

Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2003, by and among MSV LP

and the stockholders of the General Partner (the "INVESTMENT AGREEMENT"), (iv)

the Voting Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2004, by and among certain of the

stockholders of the General Partner (the "VOTING AGREEMENT"), and (v) the Second

Amended and Restated Parent Transfer/Drag Along Agreement, dated as of November

12, 2004, by and among the stockholders of the General Partner and their related

entities named therein (the "PARENT AGREEMENT", and together with the

Partnership Agreement, the Stockholders' Agreement, the Voting Agreement and the

Investment Agreement, the "JV AGREEMENTS").

 

                  WHEREAS, on the date hereof MSV LP will distribute all of the

shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of TerreStar Networks Inc.

("TERRESTAR STOCK"), a Delaware corporation ("TERRESTAR"), owned by it to its

limited partners (or their affiliates) on a pro rata basis and Motient Sub will

purchase 8,190,008 shares of TerreStar Stock for aggregate consideration of

$200,000,000.00 (the "MOTIENT SUB FINANCING").

 

                  WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the consummation of

the Motient Sub Financing that the MSV LP limited partners waive certain rights

and consent to such transaction (the "TERRESTAR WAIVER AND CONSENT") pursuant to

the TerreStar Securityholders' Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2004, by and

among TerreStar, MSV LP and certain other parties named therein (the "EXISTING

SECURITYHOLDERS' AGREEMENT").

 

 

 

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                  WHEREAS, it is also a condition precedent to the consummation

of the Motient Sub Financing that the Existing Securityholders' Agreement be

terminated and the following agreements, among others, be entered into on the

date hereof: (i) a Stockholders' Agreement, by and among the stockholders of

TerreStar (the "NEW TERRESTAR STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT"), (ii) a Third Amendment

to the Pledge and Guarantee Agreement, by and among TMI Communications Delaware,

Limited Partnership and the parties listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the "THIRD

AMENDMENT," and the Pledge and Guarantee Agreement as amended by such Third

Amendment, the "NEW PLEDGE AGREEMENT") and (iii) a Parent Transfer/Drag Along

Agreement, by and among the stockholders of TerreStar and their related entities

named therein (the "NEW TERRESTAR PARENT AGREEMENT," and, together with the New

TerreStar Stockholders' Agreement and the New Pledge Agreement, the "NEW

TERRESTAR DOCUMENTS").

 

                  WHEREAS, the Other MSV Investors intend, at some future date,

that there may occur a transaction or series of transactions involving the

consolidation of control, directly or indirectly (by transfer of ownership or

through contract), of units of limited partnership interest in MSV LP ("MSV LP

UNITS") and shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the General

Partner ("GP SHARES"), owned by MSV Investors, L.L.C. ("MSV INVESTORS") and TMI

Communications Delaware, Limited Partnership ("TMI SUB") (or their respective

affiliates), and which also may involve the consolidation of control (by

transfer of ownership or through contract) of (i) shares of TerreStar Stock

owned by MSV Investors and TMI Sub (or their respective affiliates) and/or (ii)

MSV LP Units, GP Shares, TerreStar Stock and/or outstanding employee options

granted under an employee option plan of MSV LP (the "MSV OPTIONS") owned or

held by any member of the Columbia/Spectrum Investor Group (and/or the Spectrum

Entities (as such term is defined in the New TerreStar Stockholders' Agreement)

if such entities cease to be members of the Columbia/Spectrum Investor Group),

the Limited Holders, the TSTR Group (or their respective affiliates) (each as

defined in the New TerreStar Stockholders' Agreement) and/or the Limited

Investors (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement) (or their affiliates),

into the Roll-Up Entity (as defined below) (the "SECOND TRANSACTION," provided,

that should any such consolidation of control occur other than by way of a

direct or indirect transfer of ownership (and all rights associated therewith)

in the shares of TerreStar Stock, or the MSV LP Units and GP Shares, the

transaction or series of transactions giving rise to such consolidation of

control shall be deemed to fall within this definition of "Second Transaction"

only if any and all rights and obligations of the Roll-Up Entity and any Other

MSV Investor party to such transaction or transactions under any of the

TerreStar Documents or the JV Agreements, as applicable, are allocated among the

Roll-Up Entity and such Other MSV Investor. For the purposes of this Agreement,

"ROLL-UP ENTITY" shall mean a single entity or group of related entities that

will acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of any shares of TerreStar

Stock, MSV LP Units, GP Shares or MSV Options pursuant to the Second

Transaction, and any person to whom the Roll-Up Entity transfers MSV LP Units

and GP Shares pursuant to Section 8.2(c)(i) or Section 8.2(c)(ii) of the

Stockholders' Agreement, or shares of TerreStar Stock pursuant to Section

8.2(b)(ii) or Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the New TerreStar Stockholders' Agreement.

 

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                  WHEREAS, on February 9, 2005, the Motient Entities and their

affiliates acquired direct and indirect ownership of certain MSV LP Units and GP

Shares, by way of a merger of Telcom Satellite Ventures Inc. and Telcom

Satellite Ventures II, Inc. with and into a Motient Entity, and by way of the

purchase of shares of Spectrum Space Equity Investors IV, Inc., Spectrum Space

IV Parallel, Inc., Spectrum Space IV Managers, Inc., Columbia Space (QP), Inc.,

Columbia Space (AI), Inc. and Columbia Space Partners, Inc. (the "FEBRUARY

TRANSACTION");

 

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained

herein and for other good and valuable consideration (including, but not limited

to, the MSV LP limited partners' willingness to provide the TerreStar Waiver and

Consent with respect to the Motient Sub Financing and enter into the New

TerreStar Documents), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby

acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

         1. CONSENT.

 

                  (a) Subject to (i) the satisfaction of the conditions set

forth in Section 3 hereof and (ii) the consummation of the Motient Sub

Financing, the Motient Entities hereby consent, on behalf of themselves, their

affiliates and on behalf of any other stockholder of the General Partner or

limited partner of MSV LP in which they or their affiliates hold an ownership

interest (and on behalf of any transferee or successor of the foregoing), to the

extent of such stock or partnership ownership interest (collectively, the

"MOTIENT RELATED PARTIES"), for the purposes of the JV Agreements and the

TerreStar Documents, to the entry into, and consummation of, the Second

Transaction. For purposes hereof, TSTR Investors, LLC and Dr. Rajendra Singh

shall not constitute Motient Related Parties.

 

                  (b) The Other MSV Investors hereby ratify and consent, on

behalf of themselves, their affiliates and on behalf of any other stockholder of

the General Partner or limited partner of MSV LP in which they or their

affiliates hold an ownership interest (and on behalf of any transferee or

successor of the foregoing), to the extent of such stock or partnership

ownership interest (collectively, the "OTHER MSV INVESTOR RELATED PARTIES"), to

the entry into, and consummation of, the February Transaction. The Other MSV

Investors hereby waive, on behalf of the Other MSV Investors Related Parties,

solely in connection with the consummation of the February Transaction, (i) the

restriction on the ability to sell or otherwise dispose of GP Shares pursuant to

Section 7 of the Stockholders' Agreement applicable to the stockholders that

sold or otherwise disposed of their GP Shares pursuant to the February

Transaction; (ii) their rights of first refusal pursuant to Section 8.2 of the

Stockholders' Agreement (and incorporated into the Partnership Agreement

pursuant to Section 9.1 thereof and into the Parent Agreement pursuant to

Section 8 thereof), including, without limitation, their rights to notice and

their right to purchase GP Shares and MSV LP Units that were sold or otherwise

disposed of pursuant to the February Transaction; (iii) their tag-along rights

pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Stockholders' Agreement (and incorporated into

the Partnership Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 thereof and into the Parent

Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof), including, without limitation, their

rights to notice and their right to require the purchase of their GP Shares and

MSV LP Units as part of the February Transaction; and (iv) covenant and agree

 

 

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not to challenge or otherwise seek to limit or set aside the February

Transaction on the basis of any of the foregoing rights, restrictions or

privileges. The ratification and consent set forth in this Section 1(b) is based

on the Other MSV Investors' understanding that no Motient Entity violated the

ownership limitation set forth in Section 8.6 of the Stockholders' Agreement in

connection with the February Transaction and shall not be deemed to be a

ratification of, or consent to, any waiver of the ownership limitation set forth

in Section 8.6 of the Stockholders' Agreement in connection with the

consummation of the February Transaction. In addition, the ratification and


 
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