Common use of Sale and Purchase Option Upon Skandalaris Removal or Disagreement on Strategic Matters Clause in Contracts

Sale and Purchase Option Upon Skandalaris Removal or Disagreement on Strategic Matters. (a) For a period of 30 calendar days following the earliest of (i) a failure to include Skandalaris as a nominee for election as director of the Company (for any reason other than his stated refusal to serve if elected) in connection with the nomination of directors generally for submission to a vote of the stockholders of the Company; (ii) a failure of the stockholders of the Company to elect Skandalaris in any such election, (iii) a failure of the Board of Directors to maintain Skandalaris in the position of Chairman of the Board of the Company (for any reason other than his resignation or stated unwillingness to continue to serve in such position), (iv) a removal of Skandalaris from the Board of Directors of the Company or from the position of Chairman of the Board of the Company or (v) a failure of the Stockholders to agree with respect to any Strategic Matter in accordance with Section 3.3(c) (each, a “Trigger Event”), Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees shall have the collective right and option (the “Sale Option”), exercisable by written notice to Arcelor, to sell all, but not less than all, of the Shares held by Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees to Arcelor for a price equal to the higher of (A) $18.00 or (B) the average closing price per Share of the Company Common Stock traded on the NASDAQ for the 25 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the applicable Trigger Event (the “Sale Price”). In any exercise notice with respect to the Sale Option, Skandalaris and the other signatories thereto shall represent and warrant that such signatories are the current holders of all Shares that were Beneficially Owned by Skandalaris, members of his Immediate Family and any trusts for the benefit of Skandalaris or his Immediate Family at the time of the Trigger Event. (b) If the Sale Option expires without being exercised by Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees, Arcelor shall have the right and option (the “Purchase Option”), exercisable within 30 calendar days after expiration of the Sale Option by written notice to Skandalaris, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Shares held by Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees, at a price per Share equal to the Sale Price. (c) Arcelor shall purchase, and Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees shall sell, all of the Shares for which the Sale Option or the Purchase Option has been exercised, at a closing within 30 calendar days after such exercise. At the closing, Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees shall deliver all original certificates representing, or other evidence of, the Shares held by them, endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank reasonably satisfactory to Arcelor, and Arcelor shall pay Skandalaris and the Skandalaris Transferees the Sale Price per Share, in cash. If any party asserts to the others that the Sale Option or the Purchase Option may not be deemed a derivative security as defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the parties agree to delay the exercise of the Sale Option or the Purchase Option for a period of time not to exceed six months and one day from the date of request of the requesting party.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Noble International, Ltd.), Standstill and Stockholder Agreement (Skandalaris Robert J), Standstill and Stockholder Agreement (Arcelor)

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