Common use of Designees Clause in Contracts

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des

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Sources: Stock Exchange Agreement (Comscore, Inc.), Stock Exchange Agreement (Comscore, Inc.), Stock Exchange Agreement (Comscore, Inc.)

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after On the Closing Date, (i) the size of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) Necessary Action to cause the Investor Directors listed in Exhibit A hereto to be appointed to the Board. (b) From and after the Closing Date until the Board to nominate Designation Expiration Date, the manner for selecting nominees for election at to the Board will be as follows, subject to Section 3.4: (i) In connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected that (each such annual or special meeting, an “Election Meeting”), the Investor shall have the right to designate for nomination a number of individuals designated by Investor Directors as follows: (A) during any time that the Charter Stockholder thatInvestor Group and the Management Group collectively Beneficially Own, if electedand have collectively Beneficially Owned at all times from the Closing Date through such Election Meeting, would result in one at least twenty percent (120%) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock Stock, two (on an as-converted basis)2) Investor Directors or (B) during any time that the Investor Group and the Management Group do not collectively satisfy the tests set forth in the preceding clause (A) but do collectively Beneficially Own, and have collectively Beneficially Owned at all times from the Company will take all necessary action Closing Date through such Election Meeting, at least ten percent (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law10%) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Investor Director. (ii) The Investor shall give written notice to the Governance Committee of each such Investor Director no later than the date that is sixty (60) days before the first anniversary of the date that the Company’s annual proxy for the prior year was first mailed to the Company’s stockholders and the Investor shall provide, or cause such individual(s) to provide, to the Company, such information about such individuals and the nomination to the Company at such times as the Company may reasonably request in order to ensure compliance with the applicable stock exchange rules and the applicable securities Laws, and to enable the Board of any committee thereof to make determinations with respect to the qualifications of the individual(s) to be Investor Director(s) (the “Required Information”); provided, however, that if the Investor fails to give such notice or the Required Information in a timely manner, then the Investor shall be deemed to have nominated the incumbent Investor Director or Investor Directors, as applicable, in a timely manner. The Investor shall also provide to the Company, upon reasonable request from the Company and in connection with providing the Required Information, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the Investor Group and the Management Group collectively Beneficially Own the number of shares of Common Stock that would be required to designate the number of Investor Directors pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) then serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director then being designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance in connection with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacanciesElection Meeting, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (oiii) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Company amends its certificate of incorporation to provide that the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled classified into separate classes of directors, then proper provision shall be made such that the designees of the Investor shall be distributed as evenly as possible among such classes of directors in order to designate an individual to fill preserve the vacancy so long as (i) designation rights of the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to Investor in accordance with this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board3.1. (pc) The From and after the Closing Date until the Board Designation Expiration Date, the Company agrees to shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) Necessary Actions to cause the Board to include the Investor Director(s) entitled to be designated by the Investor pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and otherwise to reflect the Board composition contemplated by Section 3.1, including the following: (i) at each Election Meeting, include (x) the Investor Director(s) entitled to be designated by the Investor pursuant to Section 3.1(b) in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board to the Company’s stockholders for election at any meeting as directors, (ii) to solicit proxies in order to obtain stockholder approval of stockholders called for the purpose election of electing directors each individual designated the Investor Director(s), including causing officers of the Company who hold proxies (unless otherwise directed by a Stockholder pursuant the Company stockholder submitting such proxy) to this Section 2.1 (to vote such proxies in favor of the extent that directors election of such nominee’s class are Investor Director(s) and (iii) to cause the Investor Director(s) to be elected to the Board, including recommending that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the Investor Director(s) in any proxy statement used by the Company to solicit the vote of its stockholders in connection with each Election Meeting. (d) If at such meeting for so long as any time the number of Investor Directors serving on the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company exceeds the total number of Investor Directors the Investor is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, designate pursuant to this Agreement. The Company Section 3.1(b), then unless otherwise requested by the Board by action of the Non-Affiliated Directors, the Investor shall support each Charter Directorpromptly (and in any event prior to the time the Board next takes any action, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Directorwhether at a meeting or by written consent) cause one or more such Investor Director(s) to resign from the Board such that, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than following such resignation(s), the manner in which number of Investor Directors serving on the Company supports Board does not exceed the other nomineestotal number of Investor Directors the Investor is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(b). (qe) [Reserved.] On the earliest to occur of (rthe “Board Designation Expiration Date”) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% (i) the Investor Group and the Management Group collectively Beneficially Owning less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide and (ii) such date that the Investor delivers a written consent or proxy with respect to, waiver of its Voting Stock, rights under this Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on irrevocable) the relevant matter Investor will have no further rights under this Section 3.1 or matters Section 3.2. (provided, for f) For the avoidance of doubtdoubt and subject to Section 3.5 and Section 3.7, that such Stockholder shall still be required the rights granted to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect Investor to designate members of the Board are additive to, its other Voting Stock and not intended to limit in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-factany way, the Chief Executive Officerrights that the Investor may have to nominate, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to elect or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner remove directors under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy desOrganizational Documents or Delaware General Corporation Law.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Stockholders' Agreement (WPX Energy, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (WPX Energy, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (WPX Energy, Inc.)

Designees. (a) The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all necessary action Necessary Action to ensure that, immediately after cause the Closing Date, Board to consist of members designated as follows: (i) the size of the Board Two nominees shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (the “Initial RSP Permian Holdco Directors”); provided, that (iiA) the audit committee number of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]nominees designated by RSP Permian Holdco, (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees L.L.C. shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until reduced to one director at such time as RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. and its Affiliates (the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing “RSP Permian Holdco Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.515% and greater than or equal to 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, the Company will take all necessary action (at which point one RSP Permian Holdco Director shall tender his resignation to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawBoard, and (B) RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. shall no longer be entitled to cause the Board to nominate for election designate a nominee at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, at which point the RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall tender their resignation to the Board. At any given time, and provided that the directors are allocated among separate classes, the Company will take all necessary action RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall be in different classes of directors; (to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawii) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to One nominee shall be elected that number of individuals designated by ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Jr. (the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director”); provided, if electedthat ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and Jr. shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in no longer be entitled to designate a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until nominee at such time as ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Jr. and his Affiliates (the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, at which point the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided, further, however, that with respect to shares held directly by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC, the Company will take all necessary action (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the extent not prohibited by applicable law▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities’ ownership of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC; and (iii) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to One nominee shall be elected that number of individuals designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, LP (the Cerberus Stockholder that“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director”); provided, if electedthat ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and LP shall support the Cerberus Director for election in no longer be entitled to designate a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until nominee at such time as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, LP and its Affiliates (the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 22.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock Stock, at which point the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided, further, however, that with respect to shares held directly by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities’ ownership of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC. (on an as-converted basisb) So long as RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to (a)(i), in the event that any RSP Permian Holdco Director is not a NGP Representative, then RSP Permian Holdco,L.L.C. shall have the right to appoint one individual to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting, observer capacity (the “Board Observer”). The Board Observer shall be entitled to (i) be given notice by the Company will take of any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof at the same time as the directors of the Company, (ii) be present at all necessary action meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, (iii) receive copies of all minutes of Board meetings and Board committee meetings and (iv) receive copies of any reports, minutes or other documents distributed to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) Board or any committee thereof at the time such materials are given to cause the directors of the Company. Prior to such appointment, the Board Observer shall cooperate in good faith with the Company to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are enter into a reasonable and customary confidentiality agreement with respect to be elected that number of individuals nominated confidential materials received by the Charter Stockholder, Board Observer in his capacity as such. The Company shall reimburse the Liberty Broadband Stockholder Board Observer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including travel and lodging) incurred in connection with his attendance at meetings of the Cerberus Stockholder Board. (c) So long as the RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own 15% or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing the Board shall include at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (one RSP Permian Holdco Director on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and as designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (ii) subject to any independence requirement imposed by law or by the Charter Director to serve rules of any national securities exchange on which the nominating and governance committee of the BoardCommon Stock may be listed or traded). (jd) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so So long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basisa Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder Sponsor shall have the right, at any time and from time right to time, to nominate such additional designee(sremove its nominee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) ), from time to time and at any time time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company. Should a director designated by a Sponsor be removed for any reason, whether by such Sponsor or otherwise in accordance with the Liberty Broadband Stockholder Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as either may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with be amended or without cause) restated from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Directortime, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director Sponsor shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy created by such removal so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.1(a) on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Boarddesignation. (pe) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Each Principal Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with in respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any such Principal Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held Equity Securities for any nominee designated by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has a Sponsor so long as the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder Sponsor is entitled to vote designate such nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a). In the event that a Sponsor wishes to remove its designee to the Board in accordance with Section 2.1(d), each Principal Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, in respect of the Board, its shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, Equity Securities for the avoidance removal of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, designee from the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy desBoard.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stockholders Agreement (RSP Permian, Inc.), Stockholders' Agreement (RSP Permian, Inc.)

Designees. (a) The From the date hereof and for so long as the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own a number of shares of Company Common Stock equal to or greater than 80% of the GoldenTree Pro Forma Shares (the “GoldenTree Threshold Amount”), GoldenTree shall take all necessary action have the right to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size designate one individual to serve as a member of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial DirectorsGoldenTree Nominee)) subject to the terms and conditions and in accordance with the procedures herein, (ii) and the audit Board shall include on one committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation such GoldenTree Nominee to serve on such committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]Board, (iv) the nominating and governance which committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in selected by GoldenTree (subject to any independence requirement imposed by law or by the remainder rules of this Section 2.1any national securities exchange on which the Company Common Stock may be listed or traded). (b) Until such time GoldenTree hereby designates ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% GoldenTree Nominee and the Company agrees that the Board shall take all corporate action necessary to appoint ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to the Board as of the outstanding shares date hereof, in each case with a term expiring at the next annual meeting of Common Stock stockholders at which directors are to be elected. GoldenTree will cause the GoldenTree Nominee to submit to the Company each of the documents set forth in Section 2.1(d) promptly after GoldenTree receives the Company’s reasonable and customary forms of such documents. (c) In the event that the GoldenTree Nominee shall for any reason cease to serve as a member of the Board during his term of office, so long as the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates satisfy the GoldenTree Threshold Amount, the resulting vacancy on the Board and on any committee of the Board on which the GoldenTree Nominee was serving prior to such cessation shall be filled by an as-converted basisindividual designated by GoldenTree to serve as the GoldenTree Nominee (such individual, the “GoldenTree Replacement Nominee”) subject to the terms and conditions and in accordance with the procedures herein (including, without limitation, those set forth in Sections 2.1(d) and (e)). (d) Any GoldenTree Replacement Nominee will promptly submit to the Company (i) prior to such GoldenTree Replacement Nominee being appointed to the Board, a fully completed copy of the Company’s standard director & officer questionnaire and other reasonable and customary director onboarding documentation required by the Company in accordance with past practice in connection with the appointment or election of new Board members and (ii) upon the request of the Company in connection with an election of directors, a written consent of such proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. (e) Any GoldenTree Replacement Nominee must meet the following criteria: (i) such person is not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person (A) concerning how such person, if elected as a director of the Company, will act or vote on any issue or question or (B) that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Company, with his or her fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) such person has the relevant financial and business experience to be a director of the Company, (iii) such person meets the guidelines and policies with respect to service on the Board as in effect (the “Policies”), provided that such Policies are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; and (iv) to the extent required of all director nominees, the Company will have completed customary background checks for each such person and such background checks will not have resulted in any disqualifying information as reasonably determined by the Nominating Committee and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (clauses (i)-(iv), the “Director Criteria”). The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”) shall make its reasonable and good faith determination and recommendation regarding whether such person meets the Director Criteria within five (5) business days after such nominee has been submitted to the Company. In the event the Nominating Committee does not in good faith and in the reasonable exercise of its fiduciary duties accept a nominee as a result of such person not meeting the Director Criteria, so long as the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates satisfy the GoldenTree Threshold Amount, GoldenTree shall have the right to designate a substitute person meeting the Director Criteria whose appointment shall be subject to the Nominating Committee recommending such person in accordance with the procedures described above. Promptly after the Nominating Committee has accepted a nominee in accordance with the terms herein, the Board shall take all necessary action actions to appoint the GoldenTree Replacement Nominee as a director with a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the Director Criteria will make a GoldenTree Replacement Nominee ineligible to serve under the terms of this Agreement as a result of (i) being an employee, officer, director, partner or member of GoldenTree or any affiliate of GoldenTree (including any managed fund) or (ii) receiving compensation, expense reimbursement or indemnification or contribution from GoldenTree or any of its Affiliates in any of the foregoing capacities. (f) For so long as the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates satisfy the GoldenTree Threshold Amount, the Board shall, subject to the Board’s good faith exercise of its fiduciary duties, (i) cause the GoldenTree Nominee or GoldenTree Replacement Nominee to be included on a slate of nominees for election to the Board proposed by the Company and/or the Board (or any committee thereof) and (ii) recommend the election of such GoldenTree Nominee or GoldenTree Replacement Nominee to the stockholders of the Company and solicit proxies for the election of such GoldenTree Nominee or GoldenTree Replacement Nominee in the same manner and to the same extent not prohibited by as other nominees to the Board. GoldenTree must provide to the Company, to the same extent as provided with respect to other nominees and within any reasonable specified timing constraints, such information as is required to be disclosed in proxy statements or other Company filings under applicable law or is otherwise necessary for the inclusion of the GoldenTree Nominee or GoldenTree Replacement Nominee on the Board’s slate of nominees for election as directors or for the Company to comply with applicable law. (g) If the GoldenTree Nominee or any GoldenTree Replacement Nominee is not elected to cause the Board by stockholders after the Company’s compliance with Section 2.1(f), so long as the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates satisfy the GoldenTree Threshold Amount, the Board shall take all corporate action necessary to nominate promptly appoint a different GoldenTree Replacement Nominee to the Board for election a term expiring at each the next annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (subject to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawterms and conditions and in accordance with the procedures herein (including, without limitation, those set forth in Sections 2.1(d) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall each GoldenTree Nominee and GoldenTree Replacement Nominee that serves as a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority member of the Board pursuant (or committee of the Board) shall have the same rights and benefits, including with respect to this Section 2.1insurance, indemnification, exculpation, compensation and fees, as are applicable to all independent directors of the Company (or, in the case of services as a member of a committee of the Board, as are applicable to the other members of such committee). (i) Subject If at any time the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates cease to compliance with applicable lawssatisfy the GoldenTree Threshold Amount, stock exchange regulations GoldenTree shall promptly, and the Settlementnot later than three business days after such event, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) notify the Charter Director Company that the GoldenTree Funds and their Affiliates have ceased to serve on satisfy the compensation committee of the Board GoldenTree Threshold Amount and (ii) cause the Charter Director to serve GoldenTree Nominee or any GoldenTree Replacement Nominee then sitting on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) resign from the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation Board and each committee and subcommittee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Boardwith immediate effect. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des

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Sources: Nominating Agreement (Goldentree Asset Management Lp), Nominating Agreement (Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.)

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) The Shareholder Representative shall have the size of right to designate individuals for nomination for election to the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]Board, and (v) [______] the Company shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed cause such individuals to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors nominated for election to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth follows: (A) for so long as the Founders continue to hold in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5aggregate at least 17% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, the Company will take all necessary action (Shareholder Representative shall be entitled to designate two persons for nomination for election to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawBoard; (B) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing Founders hold in the aggregate less than 7.517%, but greater than 10%, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Shareholder Representative shall be entitled to designate one person for nomination for election to the Board and (C) at such time as the Holders hold in the aggregate 10% or less of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, neither the Shareholder Representative nor any Holder shall have any further right to designate any person for nomination or election to the Board; provided that if the Holders collectively sell more than 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Initial Offering, then the 17% referred to in this provision shall be reduced to a percentage equal to the percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), held in the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated aggregate by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on Founders upon the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% closing of the outstanding sale of shares of Common Stock by the Holders pursuant to the Initial Offering minus 0.5%. Persons designated by the Shareholder Representative in accordance with the foregoing sentence shall be referred to as the “Holder Designees.” The remaining members of the Board shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Company and shall be referred to as the “Other Directors”. (on an as-converted basis)ii) At each meeting of the stockholders of the Company held after the Closing Date at which directors of the Company are to be elected, the Company will take all necessary action (shall nominate for election, and recommend that the stockholders elect, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) Board each Holder Designee that the Shareholder Representative is entitled to cause the Board to nominate designate for nomination and election at each annual or special meeting that time, in accordance with the provisions of stockholders at which directors are Section 2.1(b)(i); provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result contrary in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)this Agreement, the Company will take all necessary action (and its Board) shall be under no obligation to recommend to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual stockholders or special meeting vote in favor of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or a Holder Designee to the extent that any (A) the Board (or the Nominating Committee) determines in good faith that the nomination or recommendation of such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% nominee by the Board would reasonably be expected to violate the Board’s duties under Applicable Law because (I) such nominee is unfit to serve as a director of the outstanding shares Company or (II) service by such nominee as a director would reasonably be expected to violate Applicable Law; or (B) in the good faith judgment of Common Stock the Board (on an as-converted basisor the Nominating Committee), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% in light of the outstanding shares Company’s then applicable eligibility criteria for nominees to the Board, such Holder Designee lacks suitable professional qualifications or an appropriate level of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result experience for service as a member of a board of directors of a publicly traded company of the size and stature of the Company or otherwise does not meet such eligibility criteria in one (1) Additional Director serving on any material respect. It is understood that the Board and shall support has determined that the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than Founders are eligible to serve as Holder Designees as of the manner in which date of this Agreement through the Company supports date of the other nomineesCompany’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders. (fiii) Following In the event that the Shareholder Representative loses the right to designate to the Board one or more designees provided for in Section 2.1(b)(i), no director designated by the Shareholder Representative pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) then in office shall be required to resign from the Board prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date as a result of the loss of such right; provided, however, that, from and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, one or both Holder Designees, as applicable, shall resign, if requested by the Company Nominating Committee, no later than 60 days after the Shareholder Representative loses the right to designate such designee(s) to the Board; provided that if the Shareholder Representative only loses the right to one designee, he shall not increase select the Holder Designee to resign. The Board seat formerly occupied by any such designee shall become a seat for a director to be selected solely by the Nominating Committee or decrease the size Board. At its option, the Board may fill the vacancy in accordance with the Governing Documents or, subject to the terms of the Board without Governing Documents and Applicable Law, may reduce its size by the prior approval number of vacated board seats. Each Holder Designee shall agree to this resignation requirement in advance of appointment to the Board. (iv) As long as the Shareholder Representative has any right to designate one or more persons for nomination for election to the Board, as specified in Section 2.1(b)(i), at any time at which a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving vacancy shall be created on the Board as a result of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation retirement, resignation, removal or removal otherwise of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal)such designee, the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director Shareholder Representative shall be entitled to designate for appointment by the remaining directors of the Company under the Governing Documents an individual to fill the such vacancy so long and to serve as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving a director on the Board immediately following Board; provided, that such designee shall be subject to satisfying the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this qualification standards set forth in Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii2.1(b)(ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the same extent not prohibited by applicable law) as a nominee for election to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Investor Rights Agreement (On Assignment Inc)

Designees. (a) The Company and N ESR Holdings shall take all necessary action Necessary Action to ensure that, immediately after cause the Closing Date, Board to include mem bers as fol lows: (i) the size Unti l such time as SY3 and its Affi l iates collectively Beneficially Own less than 4,095,000 of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] outstand ing Ord inary Shares, one nominee designated by SV3 (the “Initial Directors”SV3 Director “), provided that SY3 has taken all Necessary Act ion during the course of negotiati ng and enterin g the Sale and Purchase Agreement and afterwards as a shareholder of Compan y to afford the former shareholders of GES the same ri ght to appoint a d irector to the Board; and (ii) I f SV3 and i ts Affil iates collectively Beneficially Own less than 4 ,095,000of the audit committee outstand ing Ord inary Shares, SY3 shall not be entit led to designate a nom inee as an SY3 Director. The Company agrees, to the fu l lest extent permitted by applicable law (incl udi ng with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under applicable law), that taking all necessary corporate action to effectuate the above shal l include (A) including the persons designated pursuant to this Section 2. 1{a) in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board shall initially consist for election at any meeti ng of stockholders called for the following purpose of electi ng directors: [______], (iiiB) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]recommend ing each such ind ividual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and (vC) [______] shall serve solicit ing proxies or consents i n favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such ind ivid ual as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter an SY3 Director, [______] is deemed pursuant to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1Agreement. (b) Until such time So long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual SV3 is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board nominee pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis2.1 { a), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall SV3 shal l have the right, at any time and from time right to time, to nominate remove such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter SY3 Director to resign (with or without cause) ), from time to time t ime and at any time time, from the Board, exercisable upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon written notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Companysuch removal. (oc) In I n the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by the death, disabilityd isability, resignation or removal (whether by SV3 or otherwise in accordance wi th the Company’s organizational documents, as such may be amended or restated from t ime to time) of a Directoran SY3 Director , the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director SY3 shall be entitled to designate an individual ind ividual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Personvacancy. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, and the NESR Hold ings shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) Necessary Action to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des

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Sources: Voting Agreement (National Energy Services Reunited Corp.)

Designees. (a) The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all necessary action Necessary Action to ensure that, immediately after cause the Closing Date, Board to consist of members designated as follows: (i) the size of the Board Two nominees shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (the “Initial RSP Permian Holdco Directors”); provided, that (iiA) the audit committee number of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]nominees designated by RSP Permian Holdco, (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees L.L.C. shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until reduced to one director at such time as RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. and its Affiliates (the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing “RSP Permian Holdco Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.515% and greater than or equal to 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, the Company will take all necessary action (at which point one RSP Permian Holdco Director shall tender his resignation to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawBoard, and (B) RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. shall no longer be entitled to cause the Board to nominate for election designate a nominee at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, at which point the RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall tender their resignation to the Board. At any given time, and provided that the directors are allocated among separate classes, the Company will take all necessary action RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall be in different classes of directors; (to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawii) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to One nominee shall be elected that number of individuals designated by ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Jr. (the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director”); provided, if electedthat ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and Jr. shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in no longer be entitled to designate a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until nominee at such time as ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Jr. and his Affiliates (the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, at which point the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided, further, however, that with respect to shares held directly by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC, the Company will take all necessary action (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the extent not prohibited by applicable law▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities’ ownership of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC; and (iii) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to One nominee shall be elected that number of individuals designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, LP (the Cerberus Stockholder that“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director”); provided, if electedthat ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and LP shall support the Cerberus Director for election in no longer be entitled to designate a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until nominee at such time as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Family Partnership, LP and its Affiliates (the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 22.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, at which point the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided, further, however, that with respect to shares held directly by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC, the Company will take all necessary action (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the extent not prohibited by applicable law▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entities’ ownership of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdings, LLC. (b) to cause So long as the Board to nominate for election at each annual RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own 15% or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Stock, only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing the Board shall include at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (one RSP Permian Holdco Director on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and as designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (ii) subject to any independence requirement imposed by law or by the Charter Director to serve rules of any national securities exchange on which the nominating and governance committee of the BoardCommon Stock may be listed or traded). (jc) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so So long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basisa Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder Sponsor shall have the right, at any time and from time right to time, to nominate such additional designee(sremove its nominee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) ), from time to time and at any time time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company. Should a director designated by a Sponsor be removed for any reason, whether by such Sponsor or otherwise in accordance with the Liberty Broadband Stockholder Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as either may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with be amended or without cause) restated from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Directortime, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director Sponsor shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy created by such removal so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.1(a) on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Boarddesignation. (pd) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Each Principal Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with in respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any such Principal Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held Equity Securities for any nominee designated by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has a Sponsor so long as the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder Sponsor is entitled to vote designate such nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a). In the event that a Sponsor wishes to remove its designee to the Board in accordance with Section 2.1(c), each Principal Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, in respect of the Board, its shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, Equity Securities for the avoidance removal of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, designee from the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy desBoard.

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Sources: Stockholders' Agreement (RSP Permian, Inc.)

Designees. (a) The Company Effective as of immediately following the Closing, each person contemplated by Section 1.6(a) of the Merger Agreement shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size be appointed a director of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directorsa director until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Directorresignation, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Directorretirement, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Directordisqualification, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1or removal. (b) Until such time as The Company and the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will Principal Stockholders shall take all necessary action (corporate action, to the fullest extent not prohibited permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law) ), to cause include in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Board to nominate for election as director at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director.following individuals: (ci) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5if Kimmeridge and its Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock Stock, one nominee designated by Kimmeridge (on an as-converted basisthe “Kimmeridge Director”); (ii) if Blackstone and its Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, one nominee designated by Blackstone (the “Blackstone Director”); (iii) if the Source Stockholders and their Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, one nominee designated by the Source Stockholders (the “Source Director”); and (iv) If the applicable Principal Stockholder and its Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, such Principal Stockholder shall not be entitled to designate a nominee. (v) For the avoidance of doubt, the Company will take all necessary action (rights granted to the extent Principal Stockholders to designate nominees are additive to, and not prohibited by applicable lawintended to limit in any way, the rights that the Principal Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates may have to nominate, elect or remove directors under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or the Delaware General Corporation Law. (c) to cause If the Board to nominate for election at each first annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number following the effective time of individuals designated the Merger (the “First Post-Closing Meeting”) occurs in 2022, the Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all necessary corporate action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to include in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election as director at the First Post-Closing Meeting the individuals set forth in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than Section 1.6(a)(iii) of the manner in which Merger Agreement (together, the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director“Ferrari Designees”). (d) Until such time as The Company agrees, to the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock fullest extent permitted by applicable law (on an as-converted basisincluding with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law), the Company will take that taking all necessary corporate action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable laweffectuate Section 2.1(b) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1and Section 2.1(c) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) including the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including Persons designated pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, Section 2.1(b) and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawnamed in Section 2.1(c) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to or, if applicable, the extent that directors First Post-Closing Meeting in the case of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classifiedFerrari Designees), (B) nominating and to nominate and recommend recommending each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit (C) soliciting proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) individual as Charter a Kimmeridge Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus a Blackstone Director or Additional a Source Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. (e) So long as a Principal Stockholder is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(b), subject to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, (i) such Principal Stockholder shall have the right to remove the Principal Stockholder Director (with or without cause) appointed by such Principal Stockholder, from time to time and at any time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company, and (ii) the Company shall take all necessary corporate action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to cause such removal. (f) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by the death, disability, resignation or removal (whether by a Principal Stockholder or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as either may be amended or restated from time to time) of a Principal Stockholder Director, the Principal Stockholder entitled to appoint such Principal Stockholder Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as the total number of Persons that will serve on the Board as designees of such Principal Stockholder immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed one. The Company shall support each Charter Directortake all necessary corporate action, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held fullest extent permitted by such Stockholder applicable law (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) including with respect to any matters applicable fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (g) In the event that must a Principal Stockholder is no longer entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(b), the Principal Stockholder Director appointed by such Principal Stockholder shall offer to tender his or her resignation, effective immediately, which offer shall be voted in a neutral manner under accepted by the Certificate Company at the discretion of Designations. Each Stockholder the Nominating and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy desGovernance Committee of the Board.

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Sources: Director Designation Agreement (Falcon Minerals Corp)

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the The Company will take all necessary action Necessary Action such that, as of the Closing, the Investor Directors listed in Schedule II (or such persons or replacements as may be approved in accordance with the proviso in Section 2(a)(ii)) shall be appointed to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at serve in such classes indicated on Schedule II. (ii) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from and after the date of the Closing, in connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are any Investor Director is to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in re-elected or replaced (each such annual or special meeting, an “Election Meeting”), the Investor Stockholders collectively shall have the right (but not the obligation) to designate for nomination (A) two (2) individuals to the Board during any time that the Investor Stockholders collectively Beneficially Own, and have collectively Beneficially Owned at all times from the date of the Closing through such Election Meeting, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the then issued and outstanding Purchaser Shares or (B) one (1) Charter Director serving on individual to the Board during any time that the Investor Stockholders collectively Beneficially Own, and shall support have collectively Beneficially Owned at all times from the Charter Director date of the Closing through such Election Meeting, at least fifteen percent (15%) of the then issued and outstanding Purchaser Shares (any such nominee under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), an “Investor Nominee”); provided, however, that (other than with respect to the individuals set forth on Schedule II so long as such individuals have delivered updated director questionnaires to the Company and there have been no material changes from the initial questionnaires delivered to the Company) before any Investor Nominee will be included in the Board’s slate of nominees submitted to the stockholders for election as a member of the Board at the Election Meeting, the Governance Committee must (acting in good faith) consent to his or her nomination, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. In each case, any individual designated for nomination to the Board by the Investor Stockholders (x) must qualify as “independent” under the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Purchaser Shares are listed (but, for clarity, is not required to be “independent” in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC as the same apply to audit committee members) and (y) shall not be a manner Representative of any Company Competitor or its Affiliates (collectively, (x) and (y) the “Designee Qualifications”). (iii) In advance of each Election Meeting, the Investor Stockholders shall give written notice (the “Initial Notice”) to the Governance Committee of any Investor Nominees no less rigorous and favorable later than the manner in date that is ninety (90) days before the first anniversary of the date that the Company’s annual proxy for the prior year was first mailed to the Company’s stockholders, which Initial Notice shall include all information regarding any Investor Nominee that is required by applicable law, the Company Organizational Documents, the rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of any national securities exchange on which the Purchaser Shares are listed. For a period of thirty (30) days following the Governance Committee’s receipt of the Initial Notice (the “Initial Review Period”), the Investor Stockholders shall (A) provide, or cause each Investor Nominee to provide, such information about the Investor Nominee as reasonably requested by the Governance Committee and (B) cause each Investor Nominee to be available for interviews and discussions with the Governance Committee as reasonably requested by the Governance Committee. (iv) If the Governance Committee consents to the nomination of an Investor Nominee by the end of the Initial Review Period, the Company supports shall take Necessary Action to ensure that: (A) such Investor Nominee is included in the other nomineesBoard’s slate of nominees to the stockholders of the Company for each Election Meeting; and (B) such Investor Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for the Election Meeting, andand at every adjournment or postponement thereof, if any such individual is not so elected, and on every action or approval by written resolution of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect to the election of members of the Board in lieu of an Election Meeting. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the election of such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Board; provided, the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease be required, pursuant to this sentence, to use any greater standard of efforts than the size Company utilizes with respect to the election of its director nominees other than the Investor Nominees. (v) If the Governance Committee (acting in good faith) does not provide its consent to the nomination of an Investor Nominee, then the Investor Stockholders shall have the right to designate an alternative person to be nominated for election by the Board (the “Alternate Nominee”) by giving written notice to the Company within fifteen (15) days after the expiration of the Board without Initial Review Period, which notice shall include all information regarding the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited Alternate Nominee that is required by applicable law, the Company Organizational Documents, the rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of any national securities exchange on which the Purchaser Shares are listed. For a period of fifteen (15) to cause days from the Board to date of receipt of the Investor Stockholders’ written notice proposing the Alternate Nominee (the “Second Review Period”), the Investor Stockholders will (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created provide such additional information about the Alternate Nominee as reasonably requested by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board Governance Committee and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on cause the Board that is no less than Alternate Nominee to be available for interviews and discussions with the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing DateGovernance Committee. (gvi) Notwithstanding If the foregoing, if any Stockholder (Governance Committee consents to the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% nomination of one an Alternate Nominee by the end of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Second Review Period, the Company will shall take all necessary action (Necessary Action to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder ensure that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee : (A) will, if such Alternate Nominee is included in the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within Board’s slate of nominees to the meaning stockholders of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director the Company for each Election Meeting; and (B) such Alternate Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for the Election Meeting, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written resolution of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect to the election of members of the Board in lieu of an Election Meeting. If the Governance Committee (acting in good faith) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (provide its consent to the extent not prohibited by applicable lawAlternative Nominee within fifteen (15) to cause such replacement designee to become a member days of the Boardend of the Second Review Period, then the process for the Alternative Nominee contemplated by this Section 2(a)(vi) shall be repeated (mutantis mutandis) until a designee of the Investor Stockholders is appointed as the Investor Director. (pvii) The Company agrees shall cooperate in good faith with the Investor Stockholders to identify and pre-clear Investor Nominees and Alternate Nominees, as the case may be, in advance of deadlines contained herein and take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended such other actions as reasonably requested by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for Investor Stockholders to assist the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long Investor Stockholders in submitting Investor Nominees or Alternate Nominees, as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided hereincase may be, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than who may obtain the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written requisite consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated required by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy desGovernance Committee.

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Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Viasat Inc)

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size Each of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing DateFamily Representative, the CDR Fund, Exor and TPG Entities shall have the respective rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate individuals for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director nomination for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisitionBoard, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (shall cause such individuals to be nominated for election to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafterBoard, until such time in each case as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director.follows: (hi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event The Family Representative shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors one person for nomination for election to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding Family Stockholders have not Transferred any shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)such that immediately after giving effect to such Transfer they, in the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee aggregate, own less than 3% of the Board Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock, consisting of one director in Class I (the “Family Designee”) and who at the Effective Time shall be J▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇; (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director CDR Fund shall be entitled to designate an individual one person for nomination for election to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as it has not Transferred any shares of Common Stock such that immediately after giving effect to such Transfer it owns less than 3% of the Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock, consisting of one director in Class I (the “CDR Designee”) and who at the Effective Time shall be K▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇; (iii) Exor shall be entitled to designate one person for nomination for election to the Board is classifiedfor so long as it has not Transferred any shares of Common Stock such that immediately after giving effect to such Transfer it owns less than 3% of the Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock, consisting of one director in Class I (the “Exor Designee”) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to who at the Effective Time shall be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇G. A▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director ; and (iv) TPG Entities shall be entitled to designate (A) three persons for nomination for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than to the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For Board for so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding they have not Transferred any shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees such that immediately after giving effect to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral mannerTransfer they, in the aggregate, own less than 20% of the Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock, consisting of one director in each of Class I, Class II and Class III; (B) two persons for nomination to election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, Board for so long as they have not Transferred any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder that immediately after giving effect to such Transfer they, in the aggregate, own less than the lesser of (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to votei) that represent voting power in excess of 49.9916% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means or (ii) such amount that the Family Stockholders own in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock aggregate at the time of the Company relevant Transfer by TPG Entities; provided, however such amount shall in no case be less than 10% of the Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock, consisting of one director in each of Class I and Class II; or (excluding C) one person for nomination to election to the Board for so long as they have not Transferred any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially ownedsuch that immediately after giving effect to such Transfer they, directly or indirectlyin the aggregate, by own less than 3% of the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding Fully Diluted shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder who shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares a member of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters Class I (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-factcollectively, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r“TPG Designees”). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Graphic Packaging Corp)

Designees. (a) The Company and NESR Holdings shall take all necessary action Necessary Action to ensure that, immediately after cause the Closing Date, Board to include members as follows: (i) the size of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors Until such time as SV3 and shall initially consist of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and its Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own less than [_____]1 of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, one nominee designated by SV3 (the “SV3 Director”), provided that SV3 has taken all Necessary Action during the course of negotiating and entering the Sale and Purchase Agreement and afterwards as a shareholder of Company to afford the former shareholders of GES the same right to appoint a director to the Board; and (ii) If SV3 and its Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own less than [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% ]2 of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)Ordinary Shares, the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company SV3 shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors nominee as an SV3 Director. The Company agrees, to the Board fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to any applicable fiduciary duties under applicable law), that would constitute a majority of taking all necessary corporate action to effectuate the Board above shall include (A) including the persons designated pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i2.1(a) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 directors, (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classifiedB) nominating and to nominate and recommend recommending each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit (C) soliciting proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) individual as Charter an SV3 Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. (b) So long as SV3 is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a), SV3 shall have the right to remove such SV3 Director (with or without cause), from time to time and at any time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company, and the Company shall take all Necessary Action to cause such removal. (c) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by the death, disability, resignation or removal (whether by SV3 or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s organizational documents, as such may be amended or restated from time to time) of an SV3 Director, SV3 shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy. The Company and the NESR Holdings shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and take all Necessary Action to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that replacement designee to become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election member of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des.

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Sources: Voting Agreement (National Energy Services Reunited Corp.)

Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size At each meeting of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors and shall initially consist stockholders of the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors of the Company are to be elected or removed (an “Election Meeting”) that number of individuals designated by is held on or before the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Termination Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size Stockholders Representative, acting on behalf of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisitionMajority Stockholders, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (shall have the right to designate individuals for nomination for election to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy Board, and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (shall cause such individuals to be nominated for election to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere hereinBoard, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1.each case as follows: (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director Stockholders Representative shall be entitled to designate an individual two (2) persons for nomination for election to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following (each a “Stockholder Designee” and, collectively, together with any successor designees, the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent DirectorDesignees), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to who shall initially be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director. To the extent that the Stockholders Representative, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in acting on behalf of the Majority Stockholders, determines to change the person or persons who shall be a manner no less rigorous and favorable than Stockholder Designee, the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For Stockholders Representative may designate one or more different persons to be Stockholder Designees, so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% such different persons are not objectionable to the Nominating and Governance Committee of the outstanding shares Company to serve as directors of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election public company of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant substantially comparable size to the terms of this AgreementCompany, acting reasonably and exercising its fiduciary duties in good faith. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which each Election Meeting, the Stockholders shall have the right to include (and the Company shall include) the requisite number of such Stockholder has Designees in the power to vote) that represent voting power Company Proxy Statement for such Election Meeting and any supporting disclosure in excess of 49.99% favor of the total voting power election of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is Designees; and (ii) The Company shall be entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in designate five persons for nomination for election to the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of Board, who shall initially be the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel current members of the Company’s Board of Directors (each a “Company Designee” and, each of them individuallycollectively, together with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-factsuccessor designees, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des“Company Designees”).

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Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Authentec Inc)

Designees. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, execute proxies or written consents, or otherwise cause to be voted all of its Common Stock (aand any other shares of Common Stock over which it exercises voting control), and to take such other actions as are necessary, so as to (x) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after fix the Closing Date, (i) the size number of directors of the Board shall be set Corporation at seven five (75) directors and shall initially consist persons or such greater or lesser number as specified by Stockholders that own or hold, together with their Affiliates, a majority of the following seven Fully Diluted Common Stock (7) directors: [______] (provided, that the “Initial Directors”), number of seats on the Board of Directors shall not be less than that number as is required to give effect to the designation rights set forth in clauses (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]), (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (iv) the nominating and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1. (b4.1(a) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if while any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (c) Until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors designation rights are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (d) Until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires 100% of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including effect pursuant to the exercise terms of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause the Director designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (i) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (j) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (k) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and (ii) the Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (m) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(sAgreement), and (y) appoint elect and continue in office as directors and to take all other action within its control to cause such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder election and continuance (including using its commercially reasonable efforts to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director Corporation to resign (with or without causecall a special meeting of Stockholders) from time to time and at any time upon notice to of the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company.following: (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) one (1) director who shall be the total number individual serving as the Chief Executive Officer of such Stockholder’s Directors serving the Corporation on the Board immediately following Effective Date, provided, that if for any reason such individual shall cease to serve as the filling Chief Executive Officer of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Corporation, each Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee shall (A) willvote, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning execute proxies or written consents or otherwise cause to be voted all of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as its Common Stock (and any other shares of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”Common Stock over which such Stockholder exercises voting control), qualify and take any other action necessary, to remove such individual from the Board of Directors if such individual has not resigned as an Independent Director a member of the Board of Directors, and (B) does not serve on elect as a director an individual nominated and designated by the board of directors Stockholders that own or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shallhold, as promptly as is reasonably practicabletogether with their Affiliates, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member majority of the Board.Fully Diluted Common Stock; (pii) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual Highbridge continues to be elected a Significant Holder, one (1) director nominated and designated by Highbridge (such person, the “Highbridge Director”); (iii) for so long as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ continues to be a Significant Holder, one (1) director nominated and designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (such person, the “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees.”); (qiv) [Reserved.] (r) For for so long as Whitebox continues to be a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% Significant Holder, one (1) director nominated and designated by Whitebox (such person, the “Whitebox Director”); and (v) one (1) director, who qualifies, as of the outstanding shares date of Common Stock on such director’s election or appointment, as an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock“Independent Director” under the listing requirements of NYSE MKT LLC, in each case in a neutral mannereffect as of such date, in the election of any directors nominated and designated by the Boardvote of Stockholders that own or hold, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoingtogether with their Affiliates, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% majority of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Fully Diluted Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des.

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Designees. (a) The Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that, immediately after the Closing Date, (i) the size As of the Board shall be set at seven (7) directors date hereof, the Charter Directors are ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and shall initially consist of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, the following seven (7) directors: [______] (the “Initial Directors”), (ii) the audit committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iii) the compensation committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______], (iv) the nominating Cerberus Directors are ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and governance committee of the Board shall initially consist of the following directors: [______]▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and (v) [______] shall serve as the Chair of the Board. Of the Initial Directors, [______] is deemed to be the Charter Director, [______] is deemed to be the Liberty Broadband Director, [______] is deemed to be the Cerberus Director, [______] is deemed to be the Additional Director Directors are ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and [_____], [_____] and [_____] are deemed to be Unaffiliated Directors. From and after the Closing Date, the rights of the Stockholders to designate directors to the Board and its committees shall be as set forth in the remainder of this Section 2.1▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. (b) Until the earlier of such time as the Charter Stockholder (i) beneficially owns a number of shares of Preferred Stock (excluding any such shares of Preferred Stock issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) pursuant to the Additional Series B Issuance) representing less than 50% of its Initial Preferred Stock Ownership as a result of the Charter Stockholder’s Transfer (as defined below) of such shares of Preferred Stock to the Liberty Broadband Stockholder or the Cerberus Stockholder (and not as a result of the conversion of such shares to shares of Common Stock) or (ii) beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.510% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one two (12) Charter Director Directors serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director Directors for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. . Following the occurrence of one of the events specified in clause (ci) Until or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence and until such time as the Liberty Broadband Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Charter Director serving on the Board and shall support the Charter Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed by the Board as a director. (c) Until the earlier of such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder (i) beneficially owns a number of shares of Preferred Stock (excluding any such shares of Preferred Stock issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) pursuant to the Additional Series B Issuance) representing less than 50% of its Initial Preferred Stock Ownership as a result of the Liberty Broadband Stockholder’s Transfer of such shares of Preferred Stock to the Charter Stockholder or the Cerberus Stockholder (and not as a result of the conversion of such shares to shares of Common Stock) or (ii) beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in two (2) Liberty Broadband Directors serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Directors for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. Following the occurrence of one of the events specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence and until such time as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Liberty Broadband Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Liberty Broadband Director serving on the Board and shall support the Liberty Broadband Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed by the Board as a director. (d) Until the earlier of such time as the Cerberus Stockholder (i) beneficially owns a number of shares of Preferred Stock (excluding any such shares of Preferred Stock issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) pursuant to the Additional Series B Issuance) representing less than 50% of its Initial Preferred Stock Ownership as a result of the Cerberus Stockholder’s Transfer of such shares of Preferred Stock to the Charter Stockholder or the Liberty Broadband Stockholder (and not as a result of the conversion of such shares to shares of Common Stock) or (ii) beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 7.510% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Cerberus Stockholder that, if elected, would result in two (2) Cerberus Directors serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Directors for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. Following the occurrence of one of the events specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence and until such time as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Charter Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) Cerberus Director serving on the Board and shall support the Cerberus Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees, and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed by the Board as a director. (e) Until such time as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) less than 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals nominated by the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder (or to the extent that any such Stockholder no longer owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), only such Stockholders that continue to own Voting Stock representing at least 7.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis)) that, if elected, would result in one (1) Additional Director serving on the Board and shall support the Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (f) Following the Closing Date, the Company shall not increase or decrease the size of the Board without the prior approval of a majority of the Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of such time. The Company shall take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (A) appoint or nominate an Unaffiliated Director for election to fill any vacancy created by (i) the death, disability, resignation or removal of an Unaffiliated Director or (ii) an increase in the size of the Board and (B) maintain a percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board that is no less than the percentage of Unaffiliated Directors serving on the Board as of the Closing Date. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Stockholder (the “Buying Stockholder”) acquires acquires: (i) a number of shares of Preferred Stock (excluding any such shares of Preferred Stock issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) pursuant to the Additional Series B Issuance) equal to at least 50% (but less than 100% %) of one of the other Stockholder’s (the “Selling Stockholder”) Initial Preferred Stock Ownership and Exchange Common Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall take all necessary action to cause one (1) of the Director Directors designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint one (1) additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director; or (ii) a number of shares of Preferred Stock (excluding any such shares of Preferred Stock issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) pursuant to the Additional Series B Issuance) equal to 100% of one of the Selling Stockholder’s Initial Preferred Stock Ownership (including pursuant to the exercise of a Right of First Refusal), the Selling Stockholder shall cause two (2) of the Directors designated by the Selling Stockholder to resign from the Board immediately upon the closing of such acquisition, and the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint two (2) additional Persons designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancies and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in two (2) additional Directors designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director, and thereafter, until such time as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns a number of shares of Voting Stock (disregarding the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Buying Stockholder immediately prior to such transaction) representing less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if any such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director; or (iii) a number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any such shares issued (A) as payment for accrued dividends in accordance with the Certificate of Designations or (B) upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock) equal to 10% or more of the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock as of such time (determined on an as-converted basis) (the “Additional Common Stock”) from a Person (other than another Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees), the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable the Buying Stockholder to designate one (1) additional Person to the Board, and (y) appoint such additional Person designated by the Buying Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy and, thereafter, for so long as the Buying Stockholder beneficially owns at least 50% of the Additional Common Stock, the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to nominate for election at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by the Buying Stockholder that, if elected, would result in one (1) additional Director designated by the Buying Stockholder serving on the Board and, if such individual is not so elected, cause such individual to be promptly appointed as a director. For the avoidance of doubt, the right to designate the additional Person to the Board pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not be triggered by the acquisition of Preferred Stock or conversion of Preferred Stock to Common Stock and shall, with respect to each Buying Stockholder, be limited to one (1) additional designee in total regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock acquired in excess of the 10% threshold pursuant to this Section 2.1(e). (hf) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere herein, in no event shall a Stockholder be entitled to designate or nominate a number of directors to the Board that would constitute a majority of the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1. (ig) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the at least one Charter Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and Board, (ii) the at least one Charter Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board and (iii) at least one Charter Director to serve on the finance committee of the Board. (jh) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Liberty Broadband Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the at least one Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and Board, (ii) the at least one Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board and (iii) at least one Liberty Broadband Director to serve on the finance committee of the Board. (ki) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 7.55% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to appoint (i) the at least one Cerberus Director to serve on the compensation committee of the Board and Board, (ii) the at least one Cerberus Director to serve on the nominating and governance committee of the Board and (iii) at least one Cerberus Director to serve on the finance committee of the Board. (l) Subject to compliance with applicable laws, stock exchange regulations and the Settlement, for so long as the Charter Stockholder, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder and the Cerberus Stockholder beneficially own Voting Stock representing (in aggregate) at least 22.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis), the Company will take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to designate the Additional Director as the Chair of the Board unless otherwise agreed. (mj) In the event that any Stockholder has nominated fewer than the total number of designees that the Stockholder shall be entitled to nominate to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1, then such Stockholder shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to nominate such additional designee(s) to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to (x) increase the size of the Board as required to enable such Stockholder to so nominate such additional designee(s), and (y) appoint such additional designees nominated by such Stockholder to fill such newly created vacancy or vacancies, as applicable. (n) The Charter Stockholder may cause the Charter Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, the Liberty Broadband Stockholder may cause the Liberty Broadband Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company, and the Cerberus Director may cause the Cerberus Director to resign (with or without cause) from time to time and at any time upon notice to the Company. (o) In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board by the death, disability, resignation or removal of a Director, the relevant Stockholder that designated such Director shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy so long as (i) the total number of such Stockholder’s Directors serving on the Board immediately following the filling of such vacancy will not exceed the total number of Persons such Stockholder is entitled to designate pursuant to this Section 2.1 on the date of such replacement designation and (ii) the replacement designee (A) will, if the departing Director being replaced qualified as independent within the meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a) as of his or her departure (an “Independent Director”), qualify as an Independent Director and (B) does not serve on the board of directors or as an officer of an Industry Person. The Company shall, as promptly as is reasonably practicable, take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause such replacement designee to become a member of the Board. (p) The Company agrees to take all necessary action (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) to cause the Board to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors each individual designated by a Stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (to the extent that directors of such nominee’s class are to be elected at such meeting for so long as the Board is classified) and to nominate and recommend each such individual to be elected as a director as provided herein, and to solicit proxies or consents in favor thereof. The Company is entitled to identify such individual(s) as Charter Director, Liberty Broadband Director, Cerberus Director or Additional Director, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall support each Charter Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Director and Additional Director for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which the Company supports the other nominees. (q) [Reserved.] (r) For so long as a Stockholder beneficially owns Voting Stock representing at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its Voting Stock, and to cause such Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, their Voting Stock, in each case in a neutral manner, in the election of any directors nominated by the Board, other than pursuant to any Stockholder’s right to designate or nominate such Director pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, each Stockholder agrees to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) that represent voting power in excess of 49.99% of the total voting power of the Company in a neutral manner on all matters upon which such Stockholder is entitled to vote such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. A “neutral manner” means in the same proportion as all other outstanding Common Stock of the Company (excluding any and all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Stockholders and their respective Permitted Transferees that become parties to this Agreement) voted on the relevant matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stockholder has exhausted all commercially reasonable efforts to vote any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock held by such Stockholder (or with respect to which such Stockholder has the power to vote) in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement but is unable to cast such vote neutrally, then instead of voting neutrally with respect thereto, such Stockholder shall be permitted to abstain from casting votes with respect to such shares of Common Stock on the relevant matter or matters (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such Stockholder shall still be required to vote, or provide a written consent or proxy with respect to, its other Voting Stock in a neutral manner in accordance with this Agreement). For so long as this Section 2.1(r) applies to a Stockholder or its Permitted Transferee, each such Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Voting Stock held by them in accordance with this Section 2.1(r). Moreover, upon the acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock, each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to irrevocably appoint as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel of the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to consent to or vote any shares of Preferred Stock held by them in excess of the Voting Threshold (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) with respect to any matters that must be voted in a neutral manner under the Certificate of Designations. Each Stockholder and Permitted Transferee intends for any proxy des

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Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Comscore, Inc.)