METAVANTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT Dated as of November 1, 2007
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ARTICLE I |
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GOVERNANCE |
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1.1
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Composition of the Board of Directors | 2 | ||||
1.2
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Committees | 4 | ||||
1.3
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Articles of Incorporation and By-laws | 4 | ||||
1.4
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Approval Rights | 4 | ||||
1.5
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Venture Capital Qualifying Investment | 5 | ||||
1.6
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Termination of Article I | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS |
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2.1
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Demand Registrations | 6 | ||||
2.2
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Piggyback Registrations | 9 | ||||
2.3
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Registration Procedures | 10 | ||||
2.4
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Registration Expenses | 13 | ||||
2.5
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Participation in Underwritten Registrations | 13 | ||||
2.6
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Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc | 14 | ||||
2.7
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Holdback | 15 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
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TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS |
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3.1
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Investor Group Transfer Restrictions | 15 | ||||
3.2
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Standstill Provisions | 16 | ||||
3.3
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Anti-Takeover Provisions | 17 | ||||
3.4
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Buyout Transactions | 18 | ||||
3.5
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Preemptive Rights | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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4.1
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Indemnification | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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DEFINITIONS |
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5.1
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Defined Terms | 24 |
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Terms Generally | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Term | 30 | ||||
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No Inconsistent Agreements | 30 | ||||
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Legend | 30 | ||||
6.4
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Amendments and Waivers | 31 | ||||
6.5
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Successors and Assigns | 31 | ||||
6.6
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Severability | 32 | ||||
6.7
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Counterparts | 32 | ||||
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Descriptive Headings | 32 | ||||
6.9
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Governing Law | 32 | ||||
6.10
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Consent to Jurisdiction | 32 | ||||
6.11
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Waiver of Jury Trial | 32 | ||||
6.12
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Enforcement; Attorneys’ Fees | 33 | ||||
6.13
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No Third Party Beneficiaries | 33 | ||||
6.14
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Notices | 33 | ||||
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Entire Agreement | 34 |
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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 1, 2007 (as it may be amended from time to time,
this “Agreement”), among (i) Metavante Technologies, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
(the “Company”), (ii) WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Investor”), and (iii) any other Shareholder that may become a party to this
Agreement after the date and pursuant to the terms hereof.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007 (the “Investment
Agreement”), among the Company, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI
Corp.”), New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin
corporation, and Investor, Investor has agreed to acquire, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in such agreement, (i) newly issued shares of the Class A common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) of the Company and
(ii) certain purchase rights with respect to shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Right Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Investor
(“Purchase Rights”) (such transaction, the “Investment”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Investor will own 29,732,214 shares of Class A Common Stock;
WHEREAS, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first day following the date hereof, each
outstanding share of Class A Common Stock held by Investor shall automatically convert into a share
of Common Stock;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Investment Agreement that the Company execute and deliver this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and
conditions regarding the Investment and the ownership of shares of Common Stock, including certain
registration rights applicable to such shares, restrictions on the transfer of such shares,
restrictions on certain actions relating to the Company, and the management of the Company and its
subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GOVERNANCE
1.1 Composition of the Board of Directors. (a) The by-laws of the Company shall
provide that so long as this Article I is in effect the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) shall consist of eleven directors, such directors to be nominated and elected in
accordance with this Agreement and the provisions of the by-laws of the Company. As of the Closing
Date, the directors shall consist of (i) three directors designated by Investor (such
designees and any persons nominated pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and elected as directors and any
persons designated as replacement directors for such designees or their replacements pursuant to
Section 1.1(c), the “Investor Designees”), (ii) two directors who shall be officers
of the Company, one of whom shall be the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
one of whom shall be the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company,
(iii) one director who shall be designated by MI Corp. and shall initially be Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx (such designee and any person designated as a replacement director for such designee or
their replacement pursuant to Section 1.1(d), the “MI Designee”), and (iv) five
additional directors designated pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Investment Agreement, each of whom
shall qualify as Independent Directors and one of whom shall also be a director of MI Corp. (such
designees, any persons nominated and elected as directors or designated as replacement directors
for such designees or their replacements pursuant to Section 1.1(d), the “Initial Unaffiliated
Directors”); provided, however, that if Investor or MI Corp. is prevented by
Applicable Law or regulatory process from designating any of its designees pursuant to the
foregoing clause (i), (iii) or (iv) (in the case of a MI Corp. director), as applicable, or if such
designation is otherwise prohibited by Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement (because such
designation would result in the Company being an affiliate of New MI Corp. for purposes of Section
23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act), then such directors shall be Independent Directors selected
pursuant to the foregoing clause (iv) in a manner which addresses the reason that the designee was
originally prevented from being designated. The Chairman of the Board of the Company shall be
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx for a period of one year from the date hereof. If Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx is unable to
serve as Chairman of the Board during such one-year period, and after such one-year period, the
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall, subject to the approval of the Board,
succeed Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as the Chairman of the Board. In connection with the 2008 annual meeting
of the Company, the Company shall take all actions necessary to provide that the Investor Designees
are nominated for re-election to the Board at such annual meeting and the remaining directors shall
be nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the by-laws of the Company.
(b) Following the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company: (i) so long as
the Investor Percentage Interest equals or exceeds 17.5%, Investor shall
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have the right to nominate
three directors; (ii) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 17.5% but equals or exceeds
7.5% Investor shall have the right to nominate two directors; (iii) if the Investor
Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% but the fair market value, as determined by the Board in good
faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investor Group equals or exceeds $150
million, Investor shall have the right to nominate one director; and (iv) if the Investor
Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% and the fair market value, as determined by the Board in good
faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investor Group is less than $150 million,
Investor shall not have the right to nominate any directors. Such nominees shall, subject to
Applicable Law, be the Company’s nominees to serve on the Board and the Company shall solicit
proxies for them to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board.
Following the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, the remaining directors of the
Board shall be nominated in accordance with this Agreement and the provisions of the by-laws of the
Company.
(c) Subject to Section 1.1(b), the remaining Investor Designees then in office shall have the
right to designate any replacement for an Investor Designee upon the death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director; provided, that if an
Investor Designee is removed for cause by the shareholders, the remaining Investor Designee shall
not designate the person who was removed as such replacement Investor Designee.
(d) Until the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, (i) the remaining MI
Designees then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for a MI Designee upon
the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director;
provided, that if an MI Designee is removed for cause by the shareholders, the remaining MI
Designees shall not designate the person who was removed as such replacement MI Designee and
(ii) the Initial Unaffiliated Directors by majority vote or consent of those Initial
Unaffiliated Directors then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for an
Initial Unaffiliated Director upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal
from office of such director; provided, that if an Initial Unaffiliated Director is removed
for cause by the shareholders, the remaining Initial Unaffiliated Directors shall not designate the
person who was removed as such replacement Initial Unaffiliated Director.
(e) For purposes of constituting the initial Board as of the Closing Date upon consummation of
the Transactions, no Investor Designee shall be deemed not to be an Independent Director because of
the ownership of Common Stock by Investor or because of the rights of Investor under this
Agreement.
(f) Until the Board shall determine otherwise, the regular meetings of the Board shall be held
on the third Thursday of each February, April, June, August, October and December.
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1.2 Committees.
(a) The Board shall have the following committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation
Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (as such terms are defined in the
Company’s by-laws). Each of the foregoing committees shall have three members.
(b) All the members of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee shall qualify as Independent Directors. To the extent permitted by
Applicable Law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, at least one member of the
Compensation Committee (who shall be the Chairman of the Compensation Committee), Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee shall be an Investor Designee.
1.3 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. The Company and Investor shall take or
cause to be taken all lawful action necessary to ensure at all times as of and following the
Closing Date that the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Company are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.4 Approval Rights. In addition to any other approval required, during any time that
the restrictions of Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b) are in effect, the Company shall not, and
shall cause its subsidiaries not to, take any of the following actions without the approval of the
Board by Supermajority Vote:
(i) entering into a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business
combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving
the Company that if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; provided,
however, that for the purposes of this clause (i) of Section 1.4, the words “a
majority of” and “all or substantially all of” in the definition of “Change of Control”
shall be replaced by the words “twenty percent of”;
(ii) acquiring (including by merger, business combination, reorganization or other
similar transaction), in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, any
business or assets for consideration having a value (valuing any non-cash consideration at
fair market value as determined by the Board in good faith) in excess of $300 million;
(iii) making or committing to make any capital expenditure or series of related
capital expenditures in excess of $300 million;
(iv) disposing of (including by merger, business combination, reorganization or other
similar transaction), in a single transaction or a series of
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related transactions, any
business or assets for consideration having a value (valuing non-cash consideration at fair
market value as determined by the Board in good faith) in excess of $100 million; and
(v) (A) incurring any indebtedness for borrowed money or issuing any debt securities
(other than indebtedness or debt securities owed or issued solely between or among the
Company and/or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries), or (B) guaranteeing any indebtedness
for borrowed money of any other Person if the amount of such incurred or guaranteed
indebtedness exceeds $300 million.
1.5 Venture Capital Qualifying Investment. (a) Investor represents and warrants that
Investor Fund is a “venture capital operating company” within the meaning of Department of Labor
“plan asset” regulations (“VCOC”). Investor agrees to notify the Company promptly if
Investor Fund ceases to be a VCOC or if, in Investor’s good faith judgment, the provisions set
forth in Section 1.5(b) are no longer required in order for the ownership of Common Stock
to qualify as a venture capital investment within the meaning of Department of Labor “plan asset”
regulations.
(b) The Company hereby agrees that, subject to Applicable Law and existing contractual
restrictions and provided that Investor Fund executes a confidentiality agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company covering Investor Fund and its representatives which governs
the confidentiality and use of any information received by Investor Fund or its representatives
from the Company pursuant to this Section 1.5, it shall (i) furnish Investor Fund
with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and
properties of the Company as the Company prepares and compiles for its directors in the ordinary
course and as Investor Fund may from time to time reasonably request, (ii) permit Investor
Fund to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company, and to make proposals and
furnish advice with respect thereto, with the principal officers of the Company within thirty days
after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, and (iii) invite a representative of
Investor Fund to attend all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity if none of the
Investor Designees is a member of the Board and, in this respect, shall give such representative
copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that it provides to the directors and
such representative shall be entitled to participate in discussions of matters brought to the
Board. The provisions of this Section 1.5(b) shall terminate on the earlier of
(i) the date of termination of this Article I pursuant to Section 1.6, (ii)
the date on which Investor Fund ceases to be a VCOC and (iii) the date on which, in Investor’s good
faith judgment, the provisions of this Section 1.5(b) are no longer required in order for
the ownership of Common Stock to qualify as a
venture capital investment within the meaning of Department of Labor “plan asset” regulations.
1.6 Termination of Article I. Subject to Section 6.1, this Article I (other
than Section 1.3) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the earlier of
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date on which the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% and the fair
market value, as determined by the Board in good faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned
by the Investor Group is less than $150 million and (ii) the tenth anniversary of the
Closing Date.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
2.1 Demand Registrations.
(a) Requests for Registration. At any time following the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, Investor may request in writing, on behalf of Investor Group, that the Company effect
the registration of all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by Investor Group (a
“Registration Request”), provided that, prior to the second anniversary of the
Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by Investor Group pursuant to a
Registration Request shall be limited to an amount that will not cause the Investor Percentage
Interest to be less than 25%. Promptly after its receipt of any Registration Request, the Company
will give written notice of such request to all other Shareholders, and will use its reasonable
best efforts to register, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, all Registrable
Securities that have been requested to be registered in the Registration Request or by any other
Shareholders by written notice to the Company given within fifteen Business Days after the date the
Company has given such Shareholders notice of the Registration Request. The Company will pay all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1.
Any registration requested by Investor pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.1(c) is referred to in this
Agreement as a “Demand Registration”.
(b) Limitation on Demand Registrations. Investor will be entitled to initiate no more
than four Demand Registrations (including Short-Form Registrations permitted pursuant to Section
2.1(c)). No request for registration will count for the purposes of the limitations in this
Section 2.1(b) if (i) Investor determines in good faith to withdraw the proposed
registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement relating to such request due
to marketing conditions or regulatory reasons relating to the Company, (ii) the
Registration Statement relating to such request is not declared effective within 180 days of the
date such Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission (other than solely by reason of
Investor having refused to proceed) and Investor withdraws its
Registration Request prior to such Registration Statement being declared effective,
(iii) prior to the sale of at least 90% of the Registrable Securities included in the
applicable registration relating to such request, such registration is adversely affected by any
stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency
or court for any reason and the Company fails to have such stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement removed, withdrawn or resolved to Investor’s reasonable satisfaction within thirty days
of the date of such order, (iv) more
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than 10% of the Registrable Securities requested by
Investor to be included in the registration are not so included pursuant to Section 2.1(f), or
(v) the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement or purchase agreement
entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied (other
than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by Investor). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any request for
registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) regardless of whether or not such request counts toward the
limitation set forth above.
(c) Short-Form Registrations. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to
qualify for registration on Form S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar
short-form registration (“Short-Form Registrations”), and, if requested by Investor and
available to the Company, such Short-Form Registration will be a “shelf” registration statement
providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of the Registrable
Securities, pursuant to Rule 415. In no event shall the Company be obligated to effect any shelf
registration other than pursuant to a Short-Form Registration. The Company will pay all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any Short-Form Registration.
(d) Restrictions on Demand Registrations. If the filing, initial effectiveness or
continued use of a registration statement, including a shelf registration statement pursuant to
Rule 415, with respect to a Demand Registration would (i) require the Company to make a
public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment
of the Board (A) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such
Registration Statement would not be materially misleading, (B) would not be required to be made at
such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement and (C)
would in the good faith judgment of the Board reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Company or its business if made at such time, or (ii) would in the good faith
and judgment of the Board reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company
or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a planned or proposed acquisition,
disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company
may upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the participants in such registration (each
of whom hereby agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all information disclosed to such
participants) delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration
Statement, provided, that the Company shall not be
permitted to do so (x) more than three times during any twelve-month period or
(y) for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred twenty-five days during any
twelve-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence,
such Shareholders agree to suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the notice referred to above,
their use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to
sell Registrable Securities. If the Company so postpones the filing of a prospectus or the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, Investor will be
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entitled to withdraw such request and,
if such request is withdrawn, such registration request will not count for the purposes of the
limitation set forth in Section 2.1(b). The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any such aborted registration or prospectus.
(e) Selection of Underwriters.
(i) If Investor intends that the Registrable Securities covered by its Registration
Request shall be distributed by means of an underwritten offering, Investor will so advise
the Company as a part of the Registration Request, and the Company will include such
information in the notice sent by the Company to the other Shareholders with respect to
such Registration Request. In such event, the lead underwriter to administer the offering
will be chosen by Investor subject to the prior written consent, not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, of the Company.
(ii) If the offering is underwritten, the right of any Shareholder to registration
pursuant to this Section 2.1 will be conditioned upon such Shareholder’s participation in
such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shareholder’s Registrable Securities in the
underwriting, and each such Shareholder will (together with the Company and the other
Shareholders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for
such underwriting. If any Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such
Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing
underwriter and Investor.
(f) Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company will not include in any
underwritten registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 any securities that are not Registrable
Securities, without the prior written consent of Investor. If the managing underwriter advises the
Company that in its reasonable opinion the number of Registrable Securities (and, if permitted
hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering) exceeds the number of
securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the
offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in
such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters
can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse
effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of
priority: (i) first, Registrable Securities of Investor Group and (ii) second,
Registrable Securities of any other Shareholders who have delivered written requests for
registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a), pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of
Registrable Securities owned by each such Shareholder and (iii) any other securities of the
Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
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(g) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) shall not be deemed to have been effected unless it is declared effective by the
Commission and remains effective for the period specified in Section 2.3(b).
2.2 Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its
securities, other than a registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or a Special Registration, and the
registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of
Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice (and in any event no later than
fifteen Business Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to such
registration) to all Shareholders of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to
Section 2.2(d), will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which
the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten Business Days after the
date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). Any Shareholder that has made
such a written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by
giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the tenth
Business Day prior to the planned effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may
terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such
registration, whether or not any Shareholder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such
registration, and except for the obligation to pay Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.2(c)
the Company will have no liability to any Shareholder in connection with such termination or
withdrawal.
(b) Underwritten Registration. If the registration referred to in Section 2.2(a) is
proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise the Shareholders as a part of the written
notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Shareholder to
registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 will be conditioned upon such Shareholder’s participation
in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shareholder’s Registrable Securities in the
underwriting, and each such Shareholder will (together with the Company and the other Shareholders
and other holders of securities distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such
underwriting by the Company. If any Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such
Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing
underwriter and Investor.
(c) Piggyback Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses
in connection with any Piggyback Registration, whether or not any registration or prospectus
becomes effective or final.
(d) Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration relates to an
underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, and the managing
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underwriters advise the
Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of
such offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will
include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable
opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the
offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so
included in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities the Company
proposes to sell, (ii) second, Registrable Securities of any Shareholders who have
requested registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, pro rata on the
basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares owned by each such Shareholder and
(iii) third, any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so
included, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
2.3 Registration Procedures. Subject to Section 2.1(d), whenever the Shareholders of
Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to
Sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this Agreement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable
in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and pursuant thereto. The Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities, make all required filings with the National Association of Securities
Dealers and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that before filing a
Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will, in the case of a
Demand Registration, furnish to Shareholders’ Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be
filed, which documents will be subject to review of such counsel at the Company’s expense;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration
Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of either
(i) not less than (A) three months, (B) if such Registration Statement relates to an
underwritten offering, such longer period as a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an
underwriter or dealer or (C) two years in the case of shelf registration statements (or in each
case such shorter period ending on the date that the securities covered by such shelf registration
statement cease to constitute Registrable Securities) or (ii) such shorter period as will
terminate when all of the securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of
in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth
in such Registration Statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any longer period
required under the Securities Act), and comply
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with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time
as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;
(c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number of copies, without charge, of
such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, including each preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus, any other prospectus (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424,
Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such
term is defined under Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act), all exhibits and other
documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request including
in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(d) register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and
things that may be reasonably necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such seller to consummate
the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller
(provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or
(iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);
(e) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities and Shareholders’ Counsel, at any time
when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon
discovery that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as a result of which, the
prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
and, as soon as reasonably practicable, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of
copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
(f) notify each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
and Shareholders’ Counsel (i) when such Registration Statement or the prospectus or any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to such
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective,
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration
Statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for additional information, and
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes;
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(g) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which
similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or, if no similar securities issued by the
Company are then listed on any securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all
such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ stock market,
as determined by the Company;
(h) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than
the effective date of such Registration Statement;
(i) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements and, subject to
Section 2.7, lock-up agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to
indemnification and contribution in customary form) and take all such other customary actions as
Investor, the selling Shareholders or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without
limitation, making members of senior management of the Company available to participate in “road
show” and other customary marketing activities);
(j) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities and Shareholders’
Counsel, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement
and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business
of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants
to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement, provided that it shall
be a condition to such inspection and receipt of such information that the inspecting Person
(i) enter into a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and (ii) agree to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in
connection with the foregoing;
(k) timely provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(l) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus
or ceasing trading of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any
jurisdiction, use every reasonable effort to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(m) obtain one or more comfort letters, addressed to the underwriters, if any, dated the
effective date of such Registration Statement and the date of the closing under the underwriting
agreement for such offering, signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary
form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as such
underwriters shall reasonably request; and
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(n) provide legal opinions of the Company’s counsel, addressed to the underwriters, if any,
dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, with respect to the Registration
Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (including the preliminary prospectus) and such
other documents relating thereto as the underwriter shall reasonably request in customary form and
covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature.
As a condition to registering Registrable Securities, the Company may require each Shareholder
of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish the Company
with such information regarding such Shareholder and pertinent to the disclosure requirements
relating to the registration and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time
to time reasonably request in writing.
2.4 Registration Expenses.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all expenses incidental to the Company’s
performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration
and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, word processing,
duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters and other
Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses, “Registration Expenses”), will be borne
by the Company. The Company will, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting
duties), the expenses of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expenses of any liability
insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities
exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or on the New York Stock
Exchange or NASDAQ. All Selling Expenses will be borne by the holders of the securities so
registered pro rata on the basis of the amount of proceeds from the sale of their shares so
registered.
(b) In connection with each Demand Registration and each Piggyback Registration in which
members of Investor Group participate, the Company will reimburse Investor for the reasonable fees
and disbursements of one counsel (“Shareholders’ Counsel”).
2.5 Participation in Underwritten Registrations.
(a) No Shareholder may participate in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless
such Shareholder (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by Investor (including, without limitation, pursuant to the
terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter(s),
provided that no Shareholder will be required to sell more than the number of Registrable
Securities that such Shareholder has
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requested the Company to include in any registration),
(ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements, and (iii) cooperates with the Company’s reasonable requests in
connection with such registration or qualification (it being understood that the Company’s failure
to perform its obligations hereunder, which failure is caused by such Shareholder’s failure to
cooperate with such reasonable requests, will not constitute a breach by the Company of this
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Shareholder will be required to agree to any
indemnification obligations on the part of such Shareholder that are materially greater than its
obligations pursuant to Section 4.1(b).
(b) Each Shareholder that is participating in any registration hereunder agrees that, upon
receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 2.3(f), such Shareholder will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Shareholder receives copies of a
supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by such Section 2.3(f). In the event the
Company gives any such notice, the applicable time period mentioned in Section 2.3(b) during which
a Registration Statement is to remain effective will be extended by the number of days during the
period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5(b) to
and including the date when each seller of a Registrable Security covered by such Registration
Statement will have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 2.3(f).
2.6 Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.
(a) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other
documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder (or, if the
Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Shareholder,
make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144), and
will take such further action as any Shareholder may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such Shareholder to sell shares of Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.
Upon the request of any Shareholder, the Company will deliver to such Shareholder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with such information requirements.
(b) The Company will not issue new certificates for shares of Registrable Securities without a
legend restricting further transfer unless (i) such shares have been sold to the public
pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144, or
(ii) (x) otherwise permitted under the Securities Act, (y) the Shareholder
of such shares shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, which opinion
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and counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to such effect, and (z) the Shareholder of
such shares expressly requests the issuance of such certificates in writing.
2.7 Holdback. In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this
Agreement, each Shareholder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities
(whether or not such Shareholder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the
Company and the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, not to
effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution of Registrable
Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, or make any
short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Registrable
Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company without the prior written
consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, during the Holdback Period,
provided that nothing herein will prevent any Shareholder that is a partnership or
corporation from making a distribution of Registrable Securities to the partners or shareholders
thereof or a transfer to an Affiliate that is otherwise in compliance with applicable securities
laws, so long as such distributees agree to be so bound. With respect to such underwritten
offering of Registrable Securities covered by a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, the
Company further agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a
Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Registration Statement (other
than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the Holdback
Period with respect to such underwritten offering, if required by the managing underwriter,
provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company’s obligations
under this Section 2.7 shall not apply during any twelve-month period for more than an aggregate of
ninety days.
ARTICLE III
TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
3.1 Investor Group Transfer Restrictions. (a) Prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, no member of Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any
short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of
Common Stock (it being understood that transfers of, or other transactions with respect to
ownership interests in the Investor Fund or ownership interests in other members of the Investor
Group the purpose of which is not to transfer shares of Common Stock shall not be considered to be
direct or indirect transfers of shares of Common Stock) except (i) to other members of
Investor Group who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement,
(ii) pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (iii) in connection with a bona
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fide pledge to, or similar arrangement in connection with a bona fide borrowing from, a financial
institution, or (iv) in a transaction approved by a majority of the directors of the
Company who qualify as Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.
(b) Following the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of
the Closing Date, no member of Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make
any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of
Common Stock (it being understood that transfers of, or other transactions with respect to
ownership interests in the Investor Fund or ownership interests in other members of the Investor
Group the purpose of which is not to transfer shares of Common Stock shall not be considered to be
direct or indirect transfers of shares of Common Stock) except (i) to other members of
Investor Group who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement,
(ii) pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (iii) if following the closing
of such transfer, the Investor Percentage Interest would not be less than 17.5%, (iv) in
connection with a bona fide pledge to, or similar arrangement in connection with a bona fide
borrowing from, a financial institution or (v) in a transaction approved by a majority of
the directors of the Company who qualify as Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.
(c) Any transfer or attempted transfer of shares of Common Stock in violation of this Section
3.1 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and
the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record
or recognize any such purported transaction on the share register of the Company.
(d) Investor acknowledges that this Section 3.1 may be enforced by the Company at the
direction of a majority of the Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.
(e) This Section 3.1 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, provided that such termination shall not relieve any party
of liability for such party’s breach of this Article III prior to such termination.
3.2 Standstill Provisions. (a) Unless specifically requested in writing in advance by
the Company’s Board of Directors, Investor will not and will cause each Investor Group member not
to (and Investor will not and will cause each Investor Group member not to at any time assist or
encourage others to):
(i) acquire or agree, offer, seek or propose to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone
or in concert with any other Person, by purchase or otherwise, any (A) ownership of any of
the material assets or businesses of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or any rights
or options to acquire such ownership (including from any third party), or (B) ownership,
including, but not limited to, beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, of any
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securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or any rights or
options to acquire such ownership (including from any third party), if such ownership would
result in an Investor Percentage Interest in excess of 40%;
(ii) solicit proxies (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 under the Exchange Act),
whether or not such solicitation is exempt under Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act, with
respect to any matter from holders of any shares of stock of the Company or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for or exercisable (whether currently or upon the
occurrence of any contingency) for the purchase of such stock, or make any communication
exempted from the definition of solicitation by Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) under the Exchange
Act;
(iii) initiate, or induce or attempt to induce any other Person, entity or group (as
defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) to initiate, any shareholder proposal or
tender offer for any securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, any change of
control of the Company or any subsidiary thereof or the convening of a shareholders’
meeting of the Company or any subsidiary thereof;
(iv) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any
other Person with respect to any matter described in the foregoing subparagraphs (i)
through (iii);
(v) request the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents), directly or
indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 3.2(a); or
(vi) take any action with respect to any of the matters described in this Section
3.2(a) that requires public disclosure.
(b) The provisions of Section 3.2(a) shall not apply in respect of any action taken by the
Investor Designees in their capacity as members of the Board.
(c) The provisions of Section 3.2(a) shall terminate on earliest of (i) the two year
anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which any Investor Designee that Investor
is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 1.1(b) is not elected to the Board at any annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Company (or at any special meeting held to elect directors in
lieu of an annual meeting) and is not otherwise appointed to the Board, and (iii) the date
of a Change of Control (the “Standstill Termination Date”). In addition, the provisions of
Section 3.2(a) shall not apply at any time after (A) the Board resolves to pursue a Buyout
Transaction or a transaction that is contemplated by the Board to result in a Change of Control or
(B) the Board approves, recommends or accepts a Buyout Transaction or a transaction that would
result in a Change of Control proposed by any Person (other than any Investor Group member);
provided, however, that the provisions
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of Section 3.2(a) shall again become
operative at any time that the Board (1) resolves not to pursue any such transaction described in
clause (A) above or (2) rejects or announces that it has withdrawn its recommendation of any such
transaction described in clause (B) above.
3.3 Anti-Takeover Provisions. From the date hereof until the Standstill Termination
Date, the Company shall take all reasonable actions to ensure that (i) to the extent
permissible under Applicable Law, no “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or
other form of antitakeover statute or regulation under Wisconsin law, (ii) no anti-takeover
provision in the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or other similar
organizational documents of its subsidiaries, and (iii) no shareholder rights plan, “poison
pill” or similar measure, in each case that contains restrictions that are different from or in
addition to those contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 (including with respect to the time periods
specified in Section 3.1), is applicable to Investor’s ownership of Common Stock.
3.4 Buyout Transactions. So long as Investor is in compliance with Section 3.1,
nothing set forth in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2 shall prohibit Investor from (i) selling or
transferring shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (ii)
voting its shares of Common Stock with respect to any Buyout Transaction or (iii) endorsing a
Buyout Transaction or any other transaction that would constitute a Change of Control proposed by
any Person (other than any member of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of
the Investor Group); provided that, in the case of clause (iii) above, (A) no member
of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group is an Acquiring
Person with respect to any such transaction that constitutes a Change of Control, (B) no member of
the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group solicits or
induces such Person to propose such a transaction and (C) no member of the Investor Group or any
Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group is providing equity or debt financing in
connection with such transaction.
3.5 Preemptive Rights.
(a) Sale of New Stock. Until the date on which the Investor’s Investor Percentage
Interest is less than 10%, if the Company at any time or from time to time makes a Qualified Equity
Offering, Investor shall be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the Company for the same price
and on the same terms as such securities are proposed to be offered to others, in the aggregate up
to the amount of New Stock required to enable it to maintain its Investor Percentage Interest.
(b) Notice.
(i) In the event the Company intends to make a Qualified Equity Offering that is an
underwritten public offering or a private offering made to
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financial institutions for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A, no later than five business days after the initial filing of
a registration statement with the Commission with respect to such underwritten public
offering or the commencement of marketing with respect to such Rule 144A offering, it shall
give Investor written notice of its intention (including, in the case of a registered
public offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the
registration statement filed in respect of such offering) describing, to the extent then
known, the anticipated amount of securities, range of prices, timing and other material
terms of such offering. Investor shall have five business days from the date of receipt of
any such notice to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise such
preemptive purchase rights and as to the amount of New Stock Investor desires to purchase,
up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.5(a) (the “Designated
Stock”). Such notice shall constitute a non-binding indication of interest of Investor
to purchase the Designated Stock so specified at the range of prices and other terms set
forth in the Company’s notice to it. The failure to respond during such five Business Day
period shall constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering.
(ii) If the Company proposes to make a Qualified Equity Offering that is not an
underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering (a “Private Placement”), the
Company shall give Investor written notice of its intention, describing, to the extent then
known, the anticipated amount of securities, price and other material terms upon which the
Company proposes to offer the same.
Investor shall have five Business Days from the date of receipt of the notice required
by the immediately preceding sentence to notify the Company in writing that it intends to
exercise such preemptive purchase rights and as to the amount of Designated Stock Investor
desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.5(a). Such
notice shall constitute the binding agreement of Investor to purchase the amount of
Designated Stock so specified (or a proportionately lesser amount if the amount of New
Stock to be offered in such Private Placement is subsequently reduced) upon the price and
other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it. The failure of Investor to respond
during the five Business Day period referred to in the second preceding sentence shall
constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering.
(c) Purchase Mechanism.
(i) If Investor exercises its preemptive purchase rights provided in Section
3.5(b)(ii), the closing of the purchase of the New Stock with respect to which such right
has been exercised shall be conditioned on the consummation of the Private Placement giving
rise to such preemptive purchase rights and shall take place simultaneously with the
closing of the Private Placement or on such other date as the Company and the Investor
shall agree in writing; provided, that
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the actual amount of Designated Stock to be
sold to the Investor pursuant to its exercise of preemptive rights hereunder shall be
reduced if the aggregate amount of New Stock sold in the Private Placement is reduced and,
at the option of the Investor (to be exercised by delivery of written notice to the Company
within three Business Days of receipt of notice of such increase), shall be increased if
such aggregate amount of New Stock sold in the Private Placement is increased. In
connection with its purchase of Designated Stock, Investor shall execute an instrument in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company containing representations,
warranties and agreements of Investor that are customary for private placement
transactions.
(ii) If the Investor exercises its preemptive purchase rights provided in Section
3.5(b)(i), the Company shall offer the Investor, if such underwritten public offering or
Rule 144A offering is consummated, the Designated Stock (as adjusted to reflect the actual
size of such offering when priced) at the same price as the New Stock is offered to the
underwriters or initial purchasers and shall provide written notice of such price to
Investor as soon as practicable prior to such consummation. Contemporaneously with the
execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into between the
Company and the underwriters or initial purchasers of such underwritten public offering or
Rule 144A offering, Investor shall enter into an instrument in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company acknowledging Investor’s binding obligation to
purchase the Designated Stock to be acquired by it and containing
representations, warranties and agreements of Investor that are customary in private
placement transactions, and the failure to enter into such an instrument at or prior to
such time shall constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering.
Any offers and sales pursuant to this Section 3.5 in the context of a registered public
offering shall be also conditioned on reasonably acceptable representations and warranties
of the Investor regarding its status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be
made concurrently with a registered public offering in compliance with applicable
securities laws.
(d) Failure of Purchase. In the event the Investor fails to exercise its preemptive
purchase rights provided in this Section 3.5 within the applicable five Business Day period or, if
so exercised, the Investor does not consummate such purchase within the applicable period, the
Company shall thereafter be entitled during the period of 120 days following the conclusion of the
applicable period to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of New Stock
covered thereby shall be consummated, if at all, within 60 days from the date of such agreement) to
sell the New Stock not purchased pursuant to this Section 3.5 at a price which is at a discount
(expressed as a percentage) to the market price of the shares of the Company that does not exceed
by more than 5% the discount (expressed as a percentage) to the market price offered in the
Qualified Equity Offering giving rise to such preemptive purchase rights
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hereunder (if such a
discount was so offered). In the event the Company has not sold the New Stock or entered into an
agreement to sell the New Stock within said 120 day period, the Company shall not thereafter offer,
issue or sell such New Stock without first offering such securities to Investor in the manner
provided in this Section 3.5.
(e) The Investor shall not have any rights to participate in the negotiation of the proposed
terms of any Private Placement, underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering.
(f) The Company and the Investor shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of
the Investor’s preemptive rights hereunder, including securing any required approvals or consents,
in a manner that does not jeopardize the timing, marketing, pricing or execution of any offering of
the Company’s securities.
ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION
4.1 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Shareholder, its officers,
directors and managers and each Person who is a controlling Person of such
Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act (each such person being referred to herein as a “Covered Person”) against, and
pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Covered Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any
Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or (ii) any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and the Company will pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for any legal
or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating,
defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that
the Company shall not be liable to a Covered Person in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out
of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged
omission, made or incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or
preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by
reference therein, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and
furnished to the Company by such Covered Person expressly for use therein or arises out of or is
based on
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such Shareholder’s failure to deliver a copy of the Registration Statement or prospectus
or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished such Shareholder with a
sufficient number of copies thereof. In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company, if
requested, will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who
controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as
provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Covered Persons.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Shareholder is participating,
each such Shareholder will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the
Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or
prospectus and, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, each
underwriter and any Person who is or might be deemed to be a controlling person of the Company, any
of its subsidiaries or any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several,
to which the Company or any such director or officer, any such underwriter or controlling person
may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (ii) any omission or
alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is
made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information prepared and
furnished to the Company by such Shareholder expressly for use therein, and such Shareholder will
reimburse the Company and each such director, officer, underwriter and controlling Person for any
legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding,
provided that the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless will be individual and several
to each Shareholder and will be limited to the net amount of proceeds actually received by such
Shareholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written
notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and
(ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between
such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party will not, without the
indemnified party’s prior consent,
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settle or compromise any action or claim or consent to the entry
of any judgment unless such settlement or compromise includes as an unconditional term thereof the
release of the indemnified party from all liability, which release shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the indemnified party. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume
the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel
for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the
reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such
indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.
(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer,
director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and will survive the registration and sale
of any securities by any Person entitled to any indemnification hereunder and the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relevant fault of the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party will be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified
party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount any Shareholder
will be obligated to contribute pursuant to this Section 4.1(e) will be limited to an amount equal
to the net proceeds to such Shareholder of the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement which gives rise to such obligation to contribute (less the aggregate amount
of any damages which the Shareholder has otherwise been required to pay in respect of such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action or any substantially similar loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arising from the sale of such Registrable Securities). No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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ARTICLE V
DEFINITIONS
5.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following
meanings:
“Acquiring Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Change of Control;
provided, however, that for purposes of Section 3.4, an Acquiring Person shall not
include any Investor solely by reason of Investor’s taking or agreeing to take any action permitted
under Section 3.4.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or
indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person or
(ii) any officer, director, manager, general partner or trustee of any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement the
Company and any Person directly or indirectly Controlled by the Company shall not be deemed
to be Affiliates of Investor or of the Investor Group.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of (i) constitutions,
treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, ordinances, codes
or orders of any Governmental Entity, (ii) any consents or approvals of any
Governmental Entity, and (iii) any orders, decisions, injunctions, judgments,
awards, decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Entity.
“Beneficially Own” with respect to any securities shall mean having “beneficial
ownership” of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in
writing.
“Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
“Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close
in the City of New York.
“Buyout Transaction” means a tender offer, merger, sale of all or substantially all
the Company’s assets or any similar transaction, except such a transaction that is proposed
by or involves a member of the Investor Group or an Affiliate of any member of the Investor
Group and has not been approved by the Board, that offers each holder of Voting Securities
(other than, if applicable, the Person proposing such transaction) the opportunity to
dispose of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder for the same
consideration or otherwise
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contemplates the acquisition of Voting Securities Beneficially
Owned by each such holder for the same consideration.
“Change of Control” means the consummation of any transaction or series of related
transactions involving (i) any purchase or acquisition (whether by way of merger,
share exchange, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction or otherwise) by
any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (such
other Person or group, an “Acquiring Person”), of any of (A) securities
representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company entitled to elect
the Board, (B) the majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, or
(C) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
together as a whole, (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken together as a whole, to an Acquiring Person or (iii) any merger,
consolidation or business combination in which the holders of voting securities of the
Company immediately prior to the transaction, as a group, do not hold securities
representing a majority of the outstanding voting power entitled to elect the board of
directors of surviving entity in such merger, consolidation or business combination.
“Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency administering the Securities Act.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(i) into which the Class A Common Stock held by the Investor shall automatically
convert pursuant to its terms and (ii) purchased by Investor pursuant to the
exercise of the Purchase Rights and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in
substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any
reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar
reorganization.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Control” means the power to direct the affairs of a Person by reason of ownership
of Voting Securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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“Designated Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(i).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to
time.
“Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or foreign court,
legislative, executive or regulatory authority or agency.
“Holdback Period” means, with respect to any registered offering covered by this
Agreement, (i) ninety days after and during the ten days before, the effective date
of the related Registration Statement or, in the case of a takedown from a shelf
registration statement, ninety days after the date of the prospectus supplement filed with
the Commission in connection with such takedown and during such prior period (not to exceed
ten days) as the Company has given reasonable written notice to the holder of Registrable
Securities or (ii) such shorter period as Investor, the Company and the underwriter
of such offering, if any, shall agree.
“Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board following
the Closing Date, would be independent of the Company under the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. or such other securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.
“Initial Unaffiliated Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
“Investment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Investor Affiliate” means an Affiliate of Investor other than any “portfolio
company” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) of Investor or
any Affiliate of Investor.
“Investor Cessation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Investor Designees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
“Investor Fund” shall mean Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, or any Successor Fund that Beneficially Owns Common Stock.
“Investor Group” means Investor, Investor Fund and any Investor Affiliate.
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“Investor Percentage Interest” means the percentage of Total Voting Power,
determined on the basis of the number of Voting Securities actually outstanding, that is
controlled directly or indirectly by Investor Group, including as Beneficially Owned.
“Investor Permitted Transferee” means each of (i) Investor Fund,
(ii) an Investor Affiliate, (iii) the owners of Investor, including
Beneficial Owners of any owners of Investor, in connection with any liquidation of, or a
distribution with respect to equity interests owned in, Investor (including but not limited
to any distributions by the owners of Investor to their Beneficial Owner) or (iv)
any financial institution that acquires shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
3.1(a)(iii).
“MI Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“MI Designees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).
“New Stock” means common stock of the Company or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for common stock of the Company offered in a public or nonpublic offering by
the Company.
“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or
department or agency thereof.
“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Private Placement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(ii).
“Public Offering” means an offering of Common Stock pursuant to a Registration
Statement filed in accordance with the Securities Act.
“Purchase Rights” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Qualified Equity Offering” means a public or nonpublic offering of common stock of
the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the Company
(collectively, “New Stock”) solely for cash and not pursuant to a Special Registration;
provided, however, that none of the following offerings shall constitute a
Qualified Equity Offering: (i) any offering pursuant to any stock purchase plan,
stock ownership plan, stock option plan or other similar plan where stock is being issued
or offered to a trust, other entity or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any employees,
officers, consultants, directors, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company, or
(ii) any offering made as part of or in connection with a merger or acquisition, a
partnership or joint venture or strategic
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alliance or investment by the Company or a similar non-capital-raising transaction.
“Register,” “registered” and “registration” refers to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with
the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement, and compliance with applicable state securities laws of such states
in which Shareholders notify the Company of their intention to offer Registrable
Securities.
“Registrable Securities” means (i) all Common Stock, (ii) any
other stock or securities that the Shareholders of the Common Stock may be entitled to
receive, or will have received pursuant to such Shareholders’ ownership of the Common
Stock, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or (iii) any equity securities
issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the
foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) by way of conversion or exchange thereof or share dividend or
share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization.
As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will
cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) they have been effectively registered
or qualified for sale by prospectus filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the Registration Statement covering therein, (x) they have been
sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 or other exemption from registration
under the Securities Act or (y) they have been acquired by the Company.
“Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
“Registration Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a). The term
Registration Request will also include, where appropriate, a Short-Form Registration
request made pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
“Registration Statement” means the prospectus and other documents filed with the
Commission to effect a registration under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule
as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor or similar
rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.
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“Rule 145” means Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule
as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule
as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar
federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and
transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder and any other
Registration Expenses required by law to be paid by a selling Shareholder.
“Shareholder” means any Investor Permitted Transferee who holds outstanding
Registrable Securities and is or becomes a party to this Agreement.
“Shareholders’ Counsel” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Short-Form Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Special Registration” means the registration of (i) equity securities
and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8
(or successor form) or (ii) shares of equity securities and/or options or other
rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management,
employees, consultants, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company or its direct or
indirect subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans.
“Standstill Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Successor Fund” means one or more successor funds to the Investor Fund, each of
which is Controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC and/or Warburg Pincus & Co. (or a Controlled
Affiliate of one of such entities) and is managed by Warburg Pincus LLC or its Affiliates.
“Supermajority Vote” means the affirmative vote of at least eight members of the
Board.
“Total Voting Power” at any time shall mean the total combined voting power in the
general election of directors of all the Voting Securities then outstanding.
“Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.
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“Voting Securities” means, at any time, shares of any class of equity securities of
the Company, which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
5.2 Terms Generally. The words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph
or clause in which such word appears. All references herein to Articles and Sections shall be
deemed references to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise
require. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The definitions given for terms in this Article V and elsewhere in
this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine
and neuter forms. References herein to any agreement or letter (including the Investment
Agreement) shall be deemed references to such agreement or letter as it may be amended, restated or
otherwise revised from time to time.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Term. This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof and will continue in
effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) its termination by the consent of all parties
hereto or their respective successors in interest (with the consent of a majority of Independent
Directors who are not Investor Designees),
(b) except for those provisions of this Agreement that terminate as of a date specified in
such provisions, which provisions shall terminate in accordance with the terms thereof, the date on
which Investor Group ceases to hold any shares of Registrable Securities (“Investor Cessation
Date”) and (c) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
6.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted
to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or grant any registration rights to any
other Person without obtaining the prior approval of Investor.
6.3 Legend.
(a) All certificates representing the shares of Common Stock held by each Shareholder shall
bear a legend substantially in the following form:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A SHAREHOLDERS
AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY). NO
TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE
SECURITIES
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REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT AND (A) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
(B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF
THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT.”
(b) Upon the permitted sale of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to (i) an effective
Registration Statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 or (ii) another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act or upon the termination of this Agreement, the
certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall be replaced, at the expense of the
Company, with certificates or instruments not bearing the legends required by this Section 6.3
provided that the Company may condition such replacement of certificates under the
foregoing clause (ii) upon the receipt of an opinion of securities counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company.
6.4 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of
this Agreement may be
amended or waived only upon the prior written consent of the Company (to the extent approved
by a majority of Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees) and Investor. A copy of
each such amendment shall be sent to each Shareholder and shall be binding upon each party hereto,
provided that the failure to deliver a copy of such amendment shall not impair or affect
the validity of such amendment.
6.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and its successors and permitted assigns and will be
binding upon Investor and its successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by Investor and solely with respect to Article II and Article IV, any
Shareholder who is a permitted assignee hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of
Investor Group may assign its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Company, provided that, subject to Section 3.1, Investor may assign its rights under
Article II and Article IV, absent such consent, in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition
to any Investor Permitted Transferee who is a Shareholder. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the Company may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger,
reorganization or sale, transfer or contribution of all or substantially all of the assets or
shares of the Company to any Person; provided, that such Person expressly or by operation
of law or otherwise assumes the due and punctual performance and observance of every covenant,
agreement and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company.
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6.6 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision
of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any
Applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will
not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other
jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as
if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
6.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such
counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.
6.8 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
6.9 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Wisconsin regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable principles
or rules of conflicts of law to the extent such principles or rules are not mandatorily
applicable by statute and would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
6.10 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, for the purposes of
any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby (and agrees not to commence any such suit, action or other proceeding except in such
courts). Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by
U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth or referred to in Section 6.14
shall be effective service of process for any such suit, action or other proceeding. Each party
irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit,
action or other proceeding in the above-named courts, or that any such suit, action or other
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
6.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party
(a) certifies and acknowledges that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party
has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of
litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it understands
and has considered the implications of this waiver and makes this waiver voluntarily, and that it
and the other parties have been induced to
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enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the
mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 6.11.
6.12 Enforcement; Attorneys’ Fees. Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages
would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this
Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in
addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party
will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and
provisions hereof, provided that no Shareholder will have any right to an injunction to
prevent the filing or effectiveness of any Registration Statement of the Company. In any action or
proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement, the successful party shall be
entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in addition to its costs and expenses and other
available remedies.
6.13 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights
upon any Person other than the parties hereto and each such party’s respective heirs, successors
and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement,
provided that the Persons indemnified under Article IV are intended third party beneficiaries of Article IV.
6.14 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if (a) delivered personally, (b) mailed, certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, (c) sent by reputable overnight courier or
(d) sent by fax (provided a confirmation copy is sent by one of the other methods
set forth above), as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall
hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):
If to the Company, to it at:
Metavante Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Metavante Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
and Secretary
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
and Secretary
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to Investor, to it at:
WPM, L.P.
c/o Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
c/o Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to any other Shareholder, to its address set forth on the signature page of such Shareholder to
this Agreement with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to any party so indicated thereon.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given
(w) on the date of delivery if by personal delivery, (x) upon confirmation of
receipt if delivered by facsimile, (y) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if
delivered by a recognized next-day courier service (z) when received if delivered by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.
6.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement by their authorized
representatives as of the date first above written.
METAVANTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President and Secretary | ||||||
WPM, L.P. | ||||||
By: WPM GP, LLC, its general partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director |
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