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• Market Stand-Off Agreement The Holder agrees that the Shares shall be subject to the Market Standoff provisions in Section 2.12 of the Investor Rights Agreement or similar agreement.

• Market Stand-Off In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company (other than a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering), if requested by the managing Underwriters, each Holder that is an executive officer, director or Holder in excess of five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock (and for which it is customary for such a Holder to agree to a lock-up) agrees that it shall not Transfer any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the forty-five (45)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement or in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent; provided, however, with respect to the first Underwritten Offering following the Closing, if the managing Underwriters, in their reasonable discretion, advise the Company in writing that a lock-up restriction of a period of forty-five (45) or fewer days would have a material adverse impact on such Underwritten Offering, then such lock-up restrictions shall be for the number of days such managing Underwriters so advise, not to exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the date of the pricing of any such Underwritten Offering. Each such Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

• Restriction on Transfer of Warrants The Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by the Holder's acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and that the Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, for a period of one (1) year from the date hereof, except to the Designees.

• Drag Along If, at any time, Members owning at least a majority of the outstanding Units (the “Approving Members”) approve a proposal for the sale of all of the outstanding Units of the Company, any merger or consolidation involving the Company, or the sale by the Company or its subsidiaries, if any, of all or substantially all of its assets (an “Approved Sale”), then one or more of the Approving Members, may deliver a notice (a “Required Sale Notice”) with respect to such Approved Sale to each Member other than the Approving Members (the “Other Members”) stating that the Approved Sale has been approved or proposed to be effected and providing the identity of the persons involved in such Approved Sale and the terms thereof. Each Other Member, upon receipt of a Required Sale Notice shall be obligated, which obligation shall be enforceable by any of the Approving Members, to (i) participate in the Approved Sale, (ii) consent to and vote for the Approved Sale or the process pursuant to which the Approved Sale was arranged, (iii) waive any dissenters’ or appraisal rights and similar rights with respect thereto, (iv) if the Approved Sale is structured as a sale of Units, agree to sell all of his Units on the same terms and conditions approved by the Approving Members, and (v) otherwise take all necessary actions to consummate, and to cause the Company to consummate, the Approved Sale, including without limitation: (A) if such Approved Sale is structured as a sale of assets, actions necessary to cause the orderly liquidation of the Company following the consummation of such Approved Sale; and (B) the making of the reasonable representations, warranties, covenants and undertakings to the prospective transferee(s) in such Approved Sale as are made by the Approving Members. Any such Required Sale Notice may be rescinded by the Approving Members by delivering written notice thereof to all of the Other Members.

• Restriction on Transfer of Subject Securities Subject to Section 2.3, during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Voting Covenant Expiration Date, Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, cause or permit any Transfer of any of the Subject Securities to be effected.

• Drag-Along Rights If a person or entity (the “Offeror”) offers to purchase all of the Company’s outstanding shares in any Acquisition Transaction (as defined in Article 124 of the Restated Articles) or Sale of Assets (as defined in Article 124 of the Restated Articles) and Shareholders holding at least (i) a majority of the aggregate number of the Company’s outstanding Ordinary Shares and (ii) a majority of the aggregate number of the Company’s outstanding Preference Shares, with such Preference Shares voting together on as-converted basis and not as a separate series, (the “Accepting Shareholders”) accept such offer, the Accepting Shareholders are entitled to give all (but not less than all) of the remaining shareholders (“Remaining Shareholders”) a written notice (“Drag-Along Notice”) and require each Remaining Shareholder to sell to the Offeror all of the Ordinary Share and/or Preference Shares held by each such Remaining Shareholder at the same price and on the same terms and conditions specified in the Drag-Along Notice. The Drag-Along Notice shall specify (i) the identity of the Offeror; (ii) the price payable for each class or series of the Company’s shares; and (iii) all other material terms and conditions of the offer made by the Offeror. Such Drag-Along Notices shall be delivered by the Accepting Shareholders to the Company to the attention of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, and the Company shall thereupon cause such notices to be transmitted to each Remaining Shareholders at its registered address maintained with the Company. Charges for such transmittal shall be against the account of the Accepting Shareholders, who will be required to indicate the method of transmission to be used by the Company in this regard (e.g., regular post, express courier, etc.). The Company may require advance payment of funds from the Accepting Shareholders to cover the costs of transmitting such notices. In furtherance of a sale of the shares of the Company pursuant to this Section 5.1 and Article 31 of the Restated Articles, the Company is authorized to sell the Ordinary Shares and/or Preference Shares held by the Remaining Shareholders on behalf of the Remaining Shareholders, and pursuant to such authorization, may execute all documents necessary to effectuate the sale and transfer of such shares on behalf of the Remaining Shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1, the Remaining Shareholders shall not be obligated to sell their Ordinary Shares and/or Preference Shares, and the Company shall not be authorized to sell the Ordinary Shares and/or Preference Shares held by the Remaining Shareholders in accordance with the preceding sentence, if the Accepting Shareholders do not complete the sale of all of their Ordinary Shares and/or Preference Shares to the Offeror on the same terms and conditions specified in the Drag-Along Notice. This Section 5.1 shall terminate upon the earlier of: (i) the Company’s IPO; or (ii) a Merger.

• Market Standoff Agreement Optionee, if requested by the Company and an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, agrees not to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by Optionee during the period requested by the managing underwriter following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act, provided that all officers and directors of the Company are required to enter into similar agreements. Such agreement shall be in writing in a form satisfactory to the Company and such underwriter. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such period.

• Drag Along Right Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if any Holder has not exercised its Tag-Along Right with respect to the maximum number of Holder’s Shares for which such Holder is permitted (pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii)(B) above) to exercise such Tag-Along Right in respect of a Third Party Sale, then, upon the demand of any Selling Fortress Entity participating in such Third Party Sale (in each such entity’s sole discretion), such Holder shall sell to the respective Third Party the number of whole Holder’s Shares (rounded upwards or downwards, as applicable), whether or not the restrictions on Transfer of Common Stock have lapsed, equal to the product of (x) the total number of Holder’s Shares held by such Holder on the date of the Drag-Along Notice (as defined below) and (y) the Third Party Sale Percentage, at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as such Selling Fortress Entity has agreed to with such Third Party; provided, however, that each such Holder shall not be permitted to sell any unvested Holder’s Shares (provided that the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any unvested Holder’s Shares); provided further that such Selling Fortress Entity shall use its reasonable, good faith efforts to provide that (A) the only representation and warranty which such Holder shall be required to make in connection with the Third Party Sale is a representation and warranty with respect to such Holder’s own ownership of the Holder’s Shares to be sold by it and its ability to convey title thereto free and clear of liens, encumbrances and adverse claims and (B) the liability of such Holder with respect to any representation and warranty made in connection with the Third Party Sale is the several liability of such Holder (and not joint with any other person) and that such liability is limited to the amount of proceeds actually received by such Holder in the Third Party Sale; provided further, that a Holder shall not be obligated to participate in any Third Party Sale pursuant to this Section 2(b)(iii) unless such Holder is provided an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Third Party Sale is not in violation of applicable federal and state securities or other laws or, if such Holder is not provided with an opinion with respect to the matters contemplated by this proviso, each Selling Fortress Entity who has delivered a Drag-Along Notice to such Holder shall indemnify such Holder for any such violation. If the Third Party Sale is in the form of a merger transaction, each Holder agrees to vote its Holder’s Shares in favor of such merger and not to exercise any rights of appraisal or dissent afforded under applicable law.

• First Refusal Rights The Company may elect to purchase all (but -------------------- not less than all) of the shares of Executive Stock to be transferred upon the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Sale Notice by delivering a written notice of such election to Executive and the Investors within 10 days after the Sale Notice has been delivered to the Company. If the Company has not elected to purchase all of the Executive Stock to be transferred, the Investors may elect to purchase all (but not less than all) of the Executive Stock to be transferred upon the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Sale Notice by delivering written notice of such election to Executive within 10 days after the Sale Notice has been given to the Investors. If more than one Investor elects to purchase the Executive Stock, the shares of Executive Stock to be sold shall be allocated among the Investors pro rata according to the number of shares of Common Stock owned by each Investor on a fully-diluted basis. If neither the Company nor the Investors elect to purchase all of the shares of Executive Stock specified in the Sale Notice, Executive may transfer the shares of Executive Stock specified in the Sale Notice at a price and on terms no more favorable to the transferee(s) thereof than specified in the Sale Notice during the 60-day period immediately following the Authorization Date. Any shares of Executive Stock not transferred within such 60-day period shall be subject to the provisions of this paragraph 4(c) upon subsequent transfer. If the Company or any of the Investors have elected to purchase shares of Executive Stock hereunder, the transfer of such shares shall be consummated as soon as practical after the delivery of the election notice(s) to Executive, but in any event within 15 days after the expiration of the Election Period. The Company may pay the purchase price for such shares by offsetting amounts outstanding under the Executive Note issued to the Company hereunder and any other bona fide debts owed by Executive to the Company.

• Restriction on Transfer of Shares Proxies and Non-Interference. Beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later to occur of (A) last date the Stock Options are exercisable pursuant to Section 3 hereof and (B) the date that all of the Stockholder's obligations under Section 2 have terminated, except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement, no Stockholder shall, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, transfer, tender, pledge, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to or consent to the offer for sale, sale, transfer, tender, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or other disposition of, any or all of the Shares or any interest therein; (ii) except as contemplated by this Agreement, grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any of the Shares; or (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of the Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing the Stockholder's obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Agreement, a Stockholder shall have the right to make Permitted Transfers of Shares. The Stockholder agrees with, and covenants to, Sub that beginning on the date hereof and ending on the last date the Stock Options are exercisable pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Stockholder shall not request that the Company register the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any certificate or uncertificated interest representing any of the Shares, unless such transfer is made in compliance with this Agreement (including the provisions of Section 2 hereof).