Call Rights. (i) Except as provided in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(b), in the event the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(i) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (i) shall not apply with respect to such Management Stockholder’s Rollover Shares. (ii) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan: (A) in either case prior to the Agreement Termination Date, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; or (B) in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise of Options at any time following, or within one year prior to, the date of termination of his or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes). (iii) In the event that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan). (iv) The Company (or its designated assignee) shall exercise the call rights described in this Section 3(b) by delivering to the Management Stockholder or Transferee, as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Call Notice is delivered. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”), the Company may delay any such payment for no more than two (2) years. In the event the payment of the purchase price is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate equal to the average annual prime rate charged during the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated by the Board plus two (2) percentage points. In the event that the Company is not able to make payment within two (2) years after the date specified in the Call Notice, the Company will, upon the written request of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereon. (v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following the date of such violation, an amount equal to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A).
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Management Stockholders’ Agreement, Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.), Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.)
Call Rights. (i) Except as provided in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(b), in the event the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(i) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (i) shall not apply with respect to such Management Stockholder’s Rollover Shares.
(ii) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan:
(A) in either case prior to the Agreement Termination Date, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; or
(B) in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise of Options at any time following, or within one year prior to, the date of termination of his or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes).
(iii) In the event that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan).
(iv) The Company (or its designated assignee) shall exercise the call rights described in this Section 3(b) by delivering to the Management Stockholder or Transferee, as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter (A) in which the Call Notice is delivereddelivered or (B) if the Management Stockholder or Transferee seeks an Outside Appraisal, in which the Outside Appraisal is completed. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”), the Company may delay any such payment for no more than two (2) years. In the event the payment of the purchase price is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate equal to the average annual prime rate charged during the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated by the Board plus two (2) percentage points. In the event that the Company is not able to make payment within two (2) years after the date specified in the Call Notice, the Company will, upon the written request of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereon.
(v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following the date of such violation, an amount equal to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A).
(vi) In the event that the Management Stockholder or Transferee (as applicable) disagrees with the Company’s determination of the Fair Market Value of a Share, the Management Stockholder or Transferee shall have the right to require the Company to seek an appraisal to determine the Fair Market Value of a Share in lieu of the Board determination (an “Outside Appraisal”); provided that the Transferee shall not be entitled to an Outside Appraisal in the event that a third party valuation to determine the Fair Market Value of a Share has been done within the nine-month period immediately preceding delivery of the Call Notice and the Board determines in good faith that no event has occurred that would result in the prior determination of Fair Market Value being materially inaccurate. Any such Outside Appraisal shall be made by one qualified person (which can be an accounting firm or investment banking firm or similar firm) (an “Appraiser”), having substantial experience in the valuation of similar enterprises in the United States. The Company and the Management Stockholder or Transferee shall mutually agree upon such Appraiser within 30 days of the date of delivery of the Call Notice. The Company shall bear 100% of the fees and expenses of the Appraiser; provided, however, that the Management Stockholder or Transferee that sought the Outside Appraisal shall immediately reimburse the Company for 100% of the cost of the Outside Appraisal if the Fair Market Value of a Share determined by the Appraiser is less than or equal to the amount equal to 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share determined by the Board.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.), Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.), Management Stockholders’ Agreement (Biomet Inc)
Call Rights. (ia) Except as provided Each Service Provider Partner (and each Permitted Transferee of such Service Provider Partner, if any) agrees that, unless otherwise agreed in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(b)writing by the Board, in the event the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined)consummation of an IPO or Company Sale, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall will have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase (the “Call Right”) up to all Units (other than any Unvested Class B Units) held by a Service Provider Partner (and any Permitted Transferees of such Service Provider Partner) (the “Callable Equity”) following the occurrence of (x) a Termination or (y) a Restrictive Covenant Violation (any such event, a “Call Event”), as provided in this Section 6.7. To the extent that the Callable Equity includes any Units (other than any Unvested Class B Units) held by any Permitted Transferee of a Service Provider Partner, each reference to such “Service Provider Partner” in the remainder of this Section 6.7 shall be deemed to include such Permitted Transferees. Upon a Call Event, the General Partner may exercise the Call Right on behalf of the Company with respect to all or any portion of the Callable Equity by one or more written notices (each, a “Call Right Notice”) delivered to the applicable Service Provider Partner at any time during the 180-day period following commencing on the later to occur date of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) Termination or the date on which the Management Stockholder General Partner acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of the Restrictive Covenant Violation, as applicable, and ending on the one-year anniversary of the later of the date of Termination and the date on which the General Partner acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of the Restrictive Covenant Violation, as applicable (such period, the “Call Right Period” and the date such notice is given, the “Call Exercise Date”). Upon the giving of a Call Right Notice, the Company will be obligated to purchase and the applicable Service Provider Partner will be obligated to sell all (or Transferee has held any lesser portion indicated in the Shares most recently acquired Call Right Notice) of the Callable Equity for the consideration calculated either (i) if the Call Event is due to be sold a Termination for “Cause” (as defined in the applicable Award Agreement) or a Restrictive Covenant Violation, the lesser of cost or Fair Market Value or (ii) if the Call Event is due to a Termination for any reason other than described in the preceding clause (i), at the Fair Market Value of such Units on the Call Exercise Date (the “Call Consideration”); provided, that, if, at any time after such Service Provider Partner’s receipt of the Call Consideration, the General Partner acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of a subsequent or continuing Restrictive Covenant Violation, the General Partner may require such Service Provider Partner to repay promptly to the Company the full amount of the Call Consideration.
(b) The closing for all purchases and sales of Callable Equity pursuant to this Section 3(b)(i6.7 will be at the principal executive offices of the Company or such other location and such date and time as the Board may determine within sixty (60) for days after the Call Exercise Date and set forth in a written notice to such Service Provider Partner (the date on which such closing occurs, the “Call Repurchase Date”). The Call Consideration will be paid to the applicable Service Provider Partner in cash, by cashier’s check or by wire transfer of funds; provided, that if the payment of such cash or the distribution or dividend to the Company by any other Company Entity of the cash needed to make such payment (x) would be in violation of or prohibited by Applicable Law or securities regulations (including as to solvency of the Company) or (y) would constitute or result in a Financing Default (each such occurrence being a “Default Event”), the Company shall, in lieu of a cash payment, be permitted to issue a promissory note (a “Promissory Note”) equal to the aggregate Call Consideration, with such Promissory Note (1) (A) having an interest rate equal to “prime rate” (as published in The Wall Street Journal) as in effect on the date the Promissory Note is entered into, which interest will be payable in equal yearly installments during the term of the Promissory Note and, at least six the option of the Board, in cash or in kind and (6B) monthsbeing mandatorily payable within one hundred eighty (180) days (or such shorter period at the sole discretion of the Board) after the date the payment would not (a) violate or be prohibited by Applicable Law or securities regulations and (b) constitute a Default Event, (2) having a term not to purchase exceed four (4) years from the Management Stockholder date the Promissory Note was entered into or (3) having such other terms as may be required by any financing agreement of any Company Entity; provided, further, that, in the Management Stockholder’s Transfereeevent of any Default Event, in lieu of closing the purchase and upon sale of the applicable Callable Equity, the Company, in its sole discretion, may rescind the exercise of such right Call Right, in which case, the Management Stockholder period upon which the Call Right may be exercised by the Company shall be tolled until thirty (30) days following the date on which there ceases to be any Default Event, and the Company may exercise the Call Right at any time during such thirty (30) day period pursuant to this Section 6.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may elect to pay the Call Consideration in shares or other Equity Securities of any Company Entity other than the Company with a Fair Market Value equal to the applicable Call Consideration; provided, that such Transferee shall sell Company Entity promptly repurchases/redeems such shares or other Equity Securities for cash equal to the applicable Call Consideration or a Promissory Note with a principal amount equal to the applicable Call Consideration. The applicable Service Provider Partner will cause the Callable Equity to be delivered to the Company at the closing free and clear of all Liens of any kind, other than those which continue to apply pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The applicable Service Provider Partner will take all such actions and deliver all such documents and instruments as the General Partner requests to vest in the Company title to the Callable Equity free of any Lien incurred by or through such Service Provider Partner.
(c) Each Service Provider Partner hereby makes the following representations and warranties for the benefit of the purchaser of its Callable Equity as of the Call Repurchase Date, which (A) shall survive the consummation of the purchase of the Callable Equity and the termination of this Agreement and (B) may also be set forth in the purchase agreement giving effect to the purchase of the Callable Equity in the form requested by the Company:
(i) The applicable Service Provider Partner (A) is the legal, record and beneficial owner of, and has good and valid title to, the Callable Equity and (B) has full power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Callable Equity;
(ii) The purchaser of the Callable Equity will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title to such Callable Equity, free and clear of any Liens, and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim or right; and
(iii) Each representation and warranty of the applicable Service Provider Partner set forth in the applicable Award Agreement mutatis mutandis with respect to the purchase of the Callable Equity and the purchase agreement giving effect to the purchase of the Callable Equity in the form requested by the Company.
(d) The rights of the Company to deliver a Call Right Notice, as the case may be, as contemplated in this Section 6.7 shall automatically terminate upon the consummation of an IPO or Company Sale; provided, that it is understood and agreed that any Callable Equity that is subject to a Call Right Notice that has been delivered prior to the consummation of an IPO or Company Sale shall continue to be subject to the terms and provisions of this Section 6.7. The Company shall have the right to assign its designated assignee)rights and obligations to purchase any Callable Equity set forth in this Section 6.7 to any Person that has been approved in writing by the SL Partners; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.7, no amendments to the rights, powers and preferences of the Callable Equity may be made in connection with such assignment.
(e) In addition to the provisions set forth in this Section 6.7, the Company shall have the right to purchase, from time to time, all or any portion of the Shares held Equity Securities owned by any Service Provider Partner to the Management Stockholder extent set forth in any subscription agreement, Award Agreement or Transferee as of the date as of other agreement pursuant to which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal Equity Securities were granted or issued, in each case upon the terms and subject to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date conditions set forth in such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (i) shall not apply with respect to such Management Stockholder’s Rollover Sharesagreement.
(iif) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan:
(A) in either case prior to the Agreement Termination Date, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; or
(B) in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise of Options at any time following, or within one year prior to, the date of termination of his or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes).
(iii) In the event that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan).
(iv) The Company (or its designated assignee) shall exercise the call rights described All obligations in this Section 3(b) by delivering to the Management Stockholder 6.7 shall, except as expressly provided in this Section 6.7, be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or Transferee, as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Call Notice is delivered. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”), the Company may delay any such payment for no more than two (2) years. In the event the payment of the purchase price is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate equal to the average annual prime rate charged during the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated by the Board plus two (2) percentage points. In the event that the Company is not able to make payment within two (2) years after the date specified in the Call Notice, the Company will, upon the written request of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereoncounterclaim.
(v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following the date of such violation, an amount equal to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Limited Partnership Agreement (Intel Corp), Limited Partnership Agreement (Intel Corp)
Call Rights. (a) The Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to purchase up to all of the Vested Equity Plan Units of each Equity Plan Member under the following circumstances:
(i) Except within twelve (12) months (or such shorter period if required by applicable law) of the date an Equity Plan Member ceases to be an employee, consultant or representative of the Company, as provided in paragraphs applicable;
(ii) and in the event of a Sale Transaction;
(iii) in the event of the Bankruptcy of such Equity Plan Member; and
(iv) as permitted by and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement or employment agreement.
(b) If the Company elects to exercise its right to purchase such Equity Plan Units in accordance with this Article XII, it shall provide written notice thereof to the Equity Plan Members, which notice shall include the number of Equity Plan Units to be purchased (the “Equity Plan Call Units”) and the basis on which the Company is exercising its call rights under Section 3(b12.1(a).
(c) The fair market value of each Equity Plan Call Unit (such price, the “Equity Plan Call Unit Price”) shall be determined by an appraisal process between the Company and the applicable Equity Plan Member, which process shall include deductions for any outstanding debt or other liabilities of the Company (including accrued but unpaid interest at the Applicable Interest Rate) and each Class A Member’s right to the return of its Capital Contributions under Section 9.3(a) (it being understood that the deduction of debt and/or the right to receive back contributed capital may result in the Equity Plan Units or the Community Connect Equity Plan Units having a negative value that will be taken into consideration in determining the net value of the Equity Plan Units and Community Connect Equity Plan Units subject to the same Combined Award Agreement); provided, however, in the event that the Management Stockholderbasis for the Company’s Employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), the Company (or exercise of its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to rights under this Section 3(b)(i) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right 12.1 is exercised at a per Share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (i) shall not apply with respect to such Management Stockholder’s Rollover Shares.
(ii) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan:
(A) in either case prior to the Agreement Termination Date, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; or
(B) in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise the termination of Options at any time followingan Equity Plan Member for Cause, or within one year prior tothe Board has determined that such Member has violated any non- solicitation, the date of termination of his non-competition or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes).
(iii) In the event that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180non-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or disclosure provision contained in any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan).
(iv) The Company (or its designated assignee) shall exercise the call rights described in this Section 3(b) by delivering to the Management Stockholder or Transferee, as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Call Notice is delivered. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by and between such Member and the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”)Company, the Company may delay any fair market value of such payment for no more than two (2) yearsMember’s Equity Plan Units shall be the lesser of such Member’s Capital Account balance attributed to such Units or the value determined in accordance with the procedures described above. In If the event the payment value of the purchase price Equity Plan Units is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without positive and the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation value of the terms or provisions ofCommunity Connect Equity Plan Units is negative, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would Equity Plan Units will only have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate value equal to the average annual prime rate charged during sum of such positive and negative amounts (i.e., the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated positive amount of the value of the Equity Plan Units will be offset by the Board plus two (2) percentage pointsnegative amount of the value of the Community Connect Equity Plan Units that have a negative value). In the event that the Equity Plan Member and the Company is cannot able reach an agreement as to make payment the Equity Plan Call Unit Price within two thirty (230) years after days of the date specified in of the Call Noticenotice delivered pursuant to Section 12.1(b), the parties agree to submit such determination to binding arbitration in New York, New York, before one (1) arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association pursuant to the AAA Rules and Procedures. For purposes of determining the Equity Plan Call Unit Price, the valuation of the Company willshall first be determined as an entirety before determining the value of the Equity Plan Units held by the applicable Equity Plan Member, based on the amount that such Equity Plan Member would receive from the proceeds of the sale of the Company at such valuation upon the written request liquidation of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereon.
(v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following and the date interest of such violation, an amount equal the Equity Plan Member shall not be subject to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder a discount for minority interest or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A)lack of liquidity.
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Sources: Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Radio One Distribution Holdings, LLC)
Call Rights. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Other Agreements to the contrary (including Section 3.7 of the Shareholders Agreement), the Participant and the Company agree that the provisions of this Section 6(e) shall apply with respect to the Vested Shares and any shares into which such Vested Shares are exchanged or converted in connection with or prior to any IPO (collectively, the “Subject Shares”).
(i) Except as provided in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) Within 270 days following a Participant’s Termination of this Section 3(b), in the event the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company terminates Relationship for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined)reason, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during right (but not the 180-day period following the later obligation) to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(i) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), repurchase all or any portion of the Subject Shares, and the Participant shall be obligated to sell any such Subject Shares in accordance with this Section 6(e). Any Permitted Transferee that received Subject Shares pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Transfer as set forth in the Shareholders Agreement shall be subject to this Section 6(e) as if such Permitted Transferee and the Participant through which such Permitted Transferee received such Subject Shares are one and the same. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s repurchase of a portion of the Subject Shares held by the Management Stockholder Participant (or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (iPermitted Transferee) shall not apply with respect to preclude the Company from repurchasing additional Subject Shares held by such Management Stockholder’s Rollover SharesParticipant (or Permitted Transferee) at a later date or dates within the 270-day period described above.
(ii) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with Company wishes to exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 6(e), the Company shall deliver to such Participant (or his or her heirs or representatives), a timely written notice (the “Repurchase Notice”) that sets forth (i) the number of Subject Shares the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any repurchasing, (ii) an indication of the restrictive covenants set forth in price to be paid for each such Subject Shares and (iii) the Plan or in anticipated closing date of such transaction. The Company shall have the right to revoke the Repurchase Notice at any equity award grant agreement under time prior to the Planconsummation of such repurchase.
(iii) Any repurchase of Subject Shares by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Section 6(e) shall be consummated on a date (the “Repurchase Date”) within thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of a Repurchase Notice. Any repurchase of Subject Shares by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Section 6(e) shall be made:
(A) in either case with respect to Subject Shares that are repurchased prior to an IPO, if the Agreement Termination Dateof Relationship occurred for any reason other than Cause, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised in cash at a price per Subject Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined Class A Share as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid most recently reported to Shareholders by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; orCompany;
(B) with respect to Subject Shares that are repurchased after an IPO, if the Termination of Relationship occurred for any reason other than Cause, in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount cash at a price per Subject Share equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise of Options at any time following, or within one year prior to, volume weighted average closing trading price on the principal exchange where the Subject Shares are traded during the 60-trading day period immediately preceding the date of termination of his or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes).Repurchase Notice; and
(iiiC) In the event with respect to Subject Shares that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary are repurchased following a Termination of the Effective Time, the Company Relationship for Cause (whether before or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assigneeafter an IPO), all or any portion of the Shares held in cash at a price per Subject Share equal to original per Subject Share Purchase Price paid by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover ShareParticipant, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date , for such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan)Subject Share.
(iv) The Company Repurchase Price (defined below) shall be paid in a lump sum cash payment on the Repurchase Date. The Participant (or its designated assigneePermitted Transferee) hereby agrees that upon his or her receipt of such Repurchase Price, the outstanding Subject Shares then owned by such Participant (or Permitted Transferee) that are sold pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall exercise automatically be transferred, sold and assigned to the call rights described in Company and the Secretary of the Company shall automatically and irrevocably be appointed to transfer such Subject Shares to the Company on the books of the Company with full power of substitution. For purposes of this Section 3(b) by delivering 6(e), the “Repurchase Price” means the price referred to the Management Stockholder or Transfereein Sections 6(e)(iii)(A)-(C), as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Call Notice is delivered. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”), the Company may delay any such payment for no more than two (2) years. In the event the payment of the purchase price is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate equal to the average annual prime rate charged during the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated by the Board plus two (2) percentage points. In the event that the Company is not able to make payment within two (2) years after the date specified in the Call Notice, the Company will, upon the written request of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereon.
(v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following the date of such violation, an amount equal to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A).
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Sources: Restricted Share Award Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)
Call Rights. (a) The Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to purchase up to all of the Vested Equity Plan Units of each Equity Plan Member under the following circumstances:
(i) Except within twelve (12) months (or such shorter period if required by applicable law) of the date an Equity Plan Member ceases to be an employee, consultant or representative of the Company, as provided in paragraphs applicable;
(ii) and in the event of a Sale Transaction;
(iii) in the event of the Bankruptcy of such Equity Plan Member; and
(iv) as permitted by and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement or employment agreement.
(b) If the Company elects to exercise its right to purchase such Equity Plan Units in accordance with this Article XII, it shall provide written notice thereof to the Equity Plan Members, which notice shall include the number of Equity Plan Units to be purchased (the “Equity Plan Call Units”) and the basis on which the Company is exercising its call rights under Section 3(b12.1(a).
(c) The fair market value of each Equity Plan Call Unit (such price, the “Equity Plan Call Unit Price”) shall be determined by an appraisal process between the Company and the applicable Equity Plan Member, which process shall include deductions for any outstanding debt or other liabilities of the Company (including accrued but unpaid interest at the Applicable Interest Rate) and each Class A Member’s right to the return of its Capital Contributions under Section 9.3(a) (it being understood that the deduction of debt and/or the right to receive back contributed capital may result in the Equity Plan Units or the Interactive One Equity Plan Units having a negative value that will be taken into consideration in determining the net value of the Equity Plan Units and Interactive One Equity Plan Units subject to the same Combined Award Agreement); provided, however, in the event that the Management Stockholderbasis for the Company’s Employment with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Agreement Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), the Company (or exercise of its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to rights under this Section 3(b)(i) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right 12.1 is exercised at a per Share price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised, provided that if such termination of the Management Stockholder’s Employment occurs due to the Management Stockholder’s death or Disability or is effected by the Company without Cause or by the Management Stockholder for Good Reason, the call right described in this paragraph (i) shall not apply with respect to such Management Stockholder’s Rollover Shares.
(ii) In the event that either the Management Stockholder’s Employment with the Company is terminated for Cause or the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan:
(A) in either case prior to the Agreement Termination Date, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180-day period following the latest to occur of (x) such termination of Employment, (y) such violation of a restrictive covenant and (z) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(ii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of such Share determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (b) the exercise price per Share paid by the Management Stockholder to acquire such Share; or
(B) in either case following the Agreement Termination Date, the Management Stockholder shall be obligated to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount which, as a result of such Management Stockholder’s exercise the termination of Options at any time followingan Equity Plan Member for Cause, or within one year prior tothe Board has determined that such Member has violated any non-solicitation, the date of termination of his non-competition or her Employment, such Management Stockholder was required to recognize as income for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or would have been required to recognize as income if the Management Stockholder was subject to U.S. federal income taxes).
(iii) In the event that the Management Stockholder resigns from Employment with the Company without Good Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Company (or its designated assignee) shall have the right, during the 180non-day period following the later to occur of (A) such termination of Employment and (B) the date on which the Management Stockholder or Transferee has held the Shares most recently acquired to be sold pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii) for at least six (6) months, to purchase from the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee, and upon the exercise of such right the Management Stockholder or such Transferee shall sell to the Company (or its designated assignee), all or disclosure provision contained in any portion of the Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date as of which such right is exercised at a per Share price equal to (I) in the case of a Rollover Share, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised or (II) in the case of an Option Share, an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised less (b) the amount equal to 20% of the amount (if any) by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock determined as of the date such right is exercised exceeds the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock (as defined under the Plan or any successor plan).
(iv) The Company (or its designated assignee) shall exercise the call rights described in this Section 3(b) by delivering to the Management Stockholder or Transferee, as applicable, a written notice specifying its intent to purchase Shares held by the Management Stockholder or Transferee (the “Call Notice”) and the number of Shares to be purchased. The Company’s call right shall be deemed exercised as of the date on which the Company delivers such Call Notice to the Management Stockholder or Transferee. Such purchase and sale shall occur on such date as the Company (or its designated assignee) shall specify, which date shall be no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Call Notice is delivered. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the payment for the Shares in cash on the date of such purchase and sale; provided that, despite using such efforts, if such payment will result in the violation of the terms or provisions of, or result in a default or event of default under, any guarantee, financing or security agreement or document entered into by and between such Member and the Company or any of its Affiliates and in effect on such date (hereinafter a “Financing Agreement”)Company, the Company may delay any fair market value of such payment for no more than two (2) yearsMember’s Equity Plan Units shall be the lesser of such Member’s Capital Account balance attributed to such Units or the value determined in accordance with the procedures described above. In If the event the payment value of the purchase price Equity Plan Units is delayed as a result of a restriction imposed by a Financing Agreement as provided above, such payment shall be made without positive and the application of further conditions or impediments as soon as practicable after the payment of such purchase price would no longer result in the violation value of the terms or provisions ofInteractive One Equity Plan Units is negative, or result in a default or event of default under, any Financing Agreement, and such payment shall equal the amount that would Equity Plan Units will only have been paid to the Management Stockholder or Transferee if no delay had occurred plus interest for the period from the date on which the purchase price would have been paid but for the delay in payment provided herein to the date on which such payment is made (the “Delay Period”), calculated at an annual rate value equal to the average annual prime rate charged during sum of such positive and negative amounts (i.e., the Delay Period by a nationally recognized bank designated positive amount of the value of the Equity Plan Units will be offset by the Board plus two (2) percentage pointsnegative amount of the value of the Interactive One Equity Plan Units that have a negative value). In the event that the Equity Plan Member and the Company is cannot able reach an agreement as to make payment the Equity Plan Call Unit Price within two thirty (230) years after days of the date specified in of the Call Noticenotice delivered pursuant to Section 12.1(b), the parties agree to submit such determination to binding arbitration in New York, New York, before one (1) arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association pursuant to the AAA Rules and Procedures. For purposes of determining the Equity Plan Call Unit Price, the valuation of the Company willshall first be determined as an entirety before determining the value of the Equity Plan Units held by the applicable Equity Plan Member, based on the amount that such Equity Plan Member would receive from the proceeds of the sale of the Company at such valuation upon the written request liquidation of the Management Stockholder or Transferee, cancel the Call Notice and return to the Management Stockholder or Transferee the Shares subject to the Call Notice (as adjusted to take into account any corporate transactions during the intervening period) in exchange for cancellation of the debt and any interest payments that would otherwise have been payable thereon.
(v) In the event that the Company exercises its call right to purchase Shares from the Management Stockholder under Section 3(b)(i) or Section 3(b)(iii) and, following the date that the Company pays the Management Stockholder the applicable purchase price for such Shares, the Management Stockholder violates any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan or in any equity award grant agreement under the Plan, the Management Stockholder or the Management Stockholder’s Transferee shall pay to the Company, within ten (10) business days following and the date interest of such violation, an amount equal the Equity Plan Member shall not be subject to (A) the amount the Company paid the Management Stockholder a discount for minority interest or Transferee to purchase such Shares less (B) the amount the Company would have been required to pay the Management Stockholder or Transferee for such Shares if the Company had purchased the Shares pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii)(A)lack of liquidity.
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Sources: Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Radio One Distribution Holdings, LLC)