Tag-Along Rights (a) If, at any time or from time to time prior to a Qualifying Public Equity Offering, Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (the "Sponsor Transferor") proposes to Transfer any shares of Common Stock to a Person (the "Purchaser"), other than pursuant to Section 3.02(a), 3.02(d), 5.01 or 5.02 or in a circumstance where all of the shares owned by all of the Shareholders are being purchased pursuant to Section 4.03, the Sponsor Transferor shall give written notice (a "Transfer Notice") of such proposed Transfer to the Shareholders at least fifteen (15) days prior to the consummation of such proposed Transfer, setting forth (A) the total number of shares of Common Stock offered to be Transferred to Purchaser, (B) the consideration to be received for such shares of Common Stock by the Sponsor Transferor, (C) the identity of the Purchaser(s), (D) any other material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer, (E) the expected date of the proposed Transfer and (F) that each such Shareholder shall have the right (the "Tag-Along Right") to elect to sell up to its Pro Rata Portion of such shares of Common Stock to be Transferred to Purchaser. If any portion of the consideration contained in the Transfer Notice includes consideration other than cash, the Sponsor Transferor shall provide the Shareholders with a summary of a valuation study, if any, that the Sponsor Transferor has prepared concerning such consideration, but the Sponsor Transferor shall have no liability to any Shareholder with respect to any such summary or study and no obligation to undertake any such valuation. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 4.02(a), a Shareholder will have a Tag-Along Right in connection with Transfers of shares of Common Stock by the Sponsor Transferor to a Permitted Transferee (other than an Affiliate of the Sponsor Transferor) when the Sponsor Transferor Transfers shares of Common Stock to such Person at a price per share (as adjusted for Adjustments) that is greater than the price per share (as adjusted for Adjustments) paid for such shares by the Sponsor Transferor.
(b) Upon delivery of a Transfer Notice, each Shareholder has the option, but not the obligation, to sell up to the Pro Rata Portion of its shares of Common Stock at the same price per share of Common Stock and pursuant to the same terms and conditions with respect to payment for the shares of Common Stock as agreed to by the Sponsor Transferor, by sending written notice to the Sponsor Transferor within ten (10) days of the date of the Transfer Notice, indicating its election to sell up to the Pro Rata Portion of its shares of Common Stock in the same transaction. To the extent that elections pursuant to this Section 4.02(b) are not made with respect to any shares of Common Stock included in a Transfer Notice within such 10-day period, then the Sponsor Transferor shall re-offer to Shareholders who have elected to sell their Pro Rata Portion (the "Tag-Along Shareholders") for one additional three day period, the right to sell such additional number of shares as will result in the Tag-Along Shareholders being able to sell their pro rata share of such remaining shares of Common Stock, based upon all the shares of Common Stock being sold by all the Tag Along Shareholders (not including the remaining shares). For a sixty (60) day period following such ten (10) day period (which period may be extended an additional thirty (30) days in order to satisfy the Conditions), each Tag-Along Shareholder shall be permitted to sell to the Purchaser(s) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice that amount of its shares of Common Stock as to which it has made its election and the Sponsor Transferor shall be permitted to concurrently sell the balance of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Transfer Notice that are not sold by the Tag-Along Shareholders.
(c) The provisions of Section 4.02(a) and (b) shall not apply to any Transfer or series of Transfers by Sponsor of shares of Common Stock to one or more Persons other than Permitted Transferees which in the aggregate do not exceed ten percent (10%) of such shares of Common Stock owned by Sponsor immediately following the Transactions.
(d) Each Tag-Along Shareholder shall not be required to make representations and warranties in connection with such sale other than customary representations and warranties with respect to (i) such Shareholder's due organization, power and authority, (ii) such Shareholder's ownership of the shares of Common Stock and ability to freely convey such shares of Common Stock without liens or encumbrances, (iii) customary representations regarding non-contravention of such Shareholder's charter, bylaws or other organizational documents or material agreements of such Tag-Along Shareholder and (iv) the enforceable nature of such Tag-Along Shareholder's obligations under the documents for such sale to which it is a party (collectively, the "Shareholder Representations"). No Tag-Along Shareholder shall be liable in respect of any indemnification provided in connection with a Tag-Along Sale (with respect to such Shareholder's Shareholder Representations) in excess of the consideration received by such Tag-Along Shareholder in such Tag-Along Sale and no Tag-Along Shareholder shall be required to participate in any escrow relating to such Tag-Along Sale in excess of such Tag-Along Shareholder's participation in the Tag-Along Sale.
(e) In the event that no Shareholder elects to sell shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.02, Sponsor and/or its Affiliates (as the case may be) shall have the right for a period of seventy-five (75) days (which period may be extended by an additional thirty (30) days to satisfy the Conditions) after the expiration of the 10-day period referred to in Section 4.02(b) to Transfer the Shares subject to the Transfer Notice to the Purchaser at a price not greater than the price contained in, and otherwise on terms and conditions no more favorable to Sponsor and/or such Affiliates than those set forth in, the Transfer Notice; it being agreed that, after the end of the 75-day period referred to in this Section 4.02(e) (including any permitted extension thereof), Sponsor and/or such Affiliates will not effect any transaction in any shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Transfer Notice without commencing de novo the procedures set forth in this Section 4.02.
Tag-Along Right (a) If, at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, one or more Sponsor Members propose to Transfer, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, a number of Units representing at least 30% of the Sponsor Members' aggregate Initial Equity Stakes (as defined in the LLC Agreement) to any Person (other than a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the LLC Agreement) of any such Sponsor Member and other than a Transfer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and other than to another Sponsor Member) (a "Tag-Along Purchaser"), then, unless such transferring Sponsor Member(s) are entitled to give and do give a Drag-Along Sale Notice (as defined in the LLC Agreement) and no other Sponsor Member(s) has elected to purchase its pro rata share of such Units pursuant to Section 2.04(a) of the Sponsor Agreement, the Company shall first provide written notice to each of the Management Members, which notice (the "Tag-Along Notice") shall state: (i) the maximum number of Units proposed to be Transferred (the "Tag-Along Securities"); (ii) the purchase price per Unit (the "Tag-Along Price") for the Tag-Along Securities and (iii) any other material terms and conditions of such sale, including the proposed transfer date (which date will be within 60 business days after the termination of the Election Period (defined below), subject to extension for any required regulatory approvals). Each of the Management Members that has been provided with the Tag-Along Notice (each, a "Tag-Along Manager") shall have the right to sell to such Tag-Along Purchaser, upon the terms set forth in the Tag-Along Notice, up to the aggregate number of Units which are held by such Tag-Along Manager multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Units proposed to be sold by the transferring Sponsor Member as reflected in the Tag-Along Notice and the denominator of which is the total number of Units which are held by the transferring Sponsor Member. If the number of Units elected to be sold by the Tag-Along Managers and any other individuals identified from time to time on Exhibit A to the LLC Agreement, the transferring Sponsor Member and any other Sponsor Members electing to participate in such sale is greater than the number of Tag-Along Securities specified in the Tag-Along Notice, the number of Units being sold by each such seller shall be reduced such that the applicable seller shall be entitled to (and obligated to) sell only their pro rata share of Units (based on the aggregate number of Units held by such seller to the total number of Units held by all of such electing sellers). The transferring Sponsor Member(s), the Sponsor Members electing to participate in such sale and the Tag-Along Manager(s) exercising their rights pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall effect the sale of the Tag-Along Securities, and such Tag-Along Manager(s) shall sell the number of Tag-Along Securities required to be sold by such Tag-Along Manager(s) pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) within 60 business days after the expiration of the Election Period, subject to extension for any required regulatory approvals.
(b) The tag-along rights provided by this Section 2.04 must be exercised by any Tag-Along Manager wishing to sell its Units within 10 business days following the date of delivery of the Tag-Along Notice (the "Election Period"), by delivery of a written notice to the Company indicating such Tag-Along Manager's wish to irrevocably exercise its rights and specifying the number of Units (up to the maximum number of Units owned by such Tag-Along Manager requested to be purchased by such Tag-Along Purchaser) it wishes to sell; provided that any Tag-Along Manager may waive its rights under this Section 2.04 prior to the expiration of such 10-business day period by giving written notice to the Company, which will be distributed by the Company to the transferring Sponsor Member(s). The failure of a Tag-Along Manager to respond within such 10-business day period shall be deemed to be a waiver of such Tag-Along Manager's rights under this Section 2.04.
(c) In connection with any sale pursuant to this Section 2.04, each Tag-Along Manager shall make to the Tag-Along Purchaser the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the transferring Sponsor Member(s) makes in connection with the proposed transfer (except that in the case of representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements pertaining specifically to the transferring Sponsor Member(s), a Tag-Along Manager shall make the comparable representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements); provided that all representations, warranties and indemnities shall be made by the transferring Sponsor Member(s) and such Tag-Along Manager severally and not jointly and that the liability of the transferring Sponsor Member(s) and such Tag-Along Manager thereunder shall be borne by each of them on a pro rata basis. The Tag-Along Managers shall receive the same type and amount of consideration (and rights) per Unit as is paid or delivered to the transferring Sponsor Member(s) in the sale pursuant to Section 2.04(a).
(d) No Transfer of any Unit pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be effective unless and until the applicable transferee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement.
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Drag-Along Rights (a) If, at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any Investor (the “Drag-Along Seller”) secures an irrevocable offer to acquire all share capital or assets of the Company (a “Drag-Along Sale”) with a valuation of the Company of more than US$600,000,000 with any Person (such Person, a “Drag-Along Purchaser”) upon such terms and conditions as agreed to with the Drag-Along Seller, and such Drag-Along Sale is agreed by a majority vote of the other Investors and a majority vote of the Founders, each other Investor (an “Other Investor”) agrees, at the request of the Drag-Along Seller, to participate in such Drag-Along Sale as set forth in this Section 9.1.
(b) If the Drag-Along Sale is structured as a sale of Shares, each Other Investor shall sell to the Drag-Along Purchaser all Shares then held by such Other Investor on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the Drag-Along Seller, including the same per-share consideration with respect to a specific class of Shares, and shall execute the necessary transfer forms in favor of the Drag-Along Purchaser; provided that the proceeds from such sale of any Round C Investors shall not be less than the higher of (i) the Series A Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Memorandum and Articles) or (ii) the purchase price as stated in the offer of the Drag-Along Purchaser pro rata based on the number of Ordinary Shares held by such Round C Investors (on an as-converted basis); provided, further, that except with respect to any liability incurred by such Other Investor individually, such Other Investor shall not be liable to a Drag-Along Purchaser for an amount greater than the proceeds from such sale.
(c) If the Drag-Along Sale is structured as a merger, amalgamation or scheme of arrangement of the Company or other transaction that requires the approval of the Investors, each Investor shall vote its respective Shares (or execute and deliver any written consents in lieu thereof) in favor of any Drag-Along Sale and all actions deemed reasonably necessary by the Drag-Along Seller in connection with the Drag-Along Sale, and against any action or proposal that may prevent, hinder or impede the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale.
(d) The Drag-Along Seller shall provide written notice of a proposed Drag-Along Sale to the Other Investors (a “Drag-Along Sale Notice”) not later than ten (10) days prior to such proposed Drag-Along Sale. The Drag-Along Sale Notice shall identify the Drag-Along Purchaser, the per-Ordinary Share consideration for which a transfer is proposed to be made (the “Drag-Along Sale Price”) and all other material terms and conditions of the Drag-Along Sale. Each Other Investor shall be required to participate in the Drag-Along Sale on the terms and conditions set forth in the Drag-Along Sale Notice and to tender its Shares. The price and form of consideration payable in such transfer shall be the Drag-Along Sale Price.
(e) The Drag-Along Seller shall have a period of 180 days from the date of receipt of the Drag-Along Sale Notice to enter into a definitive agreement providing for the Drag-Along Sale on the terms and conditions set forth in such Drag-Along Sale Notice, which Drag-Along Sale shall be promptly consummated, subject to fulfilling any closing conditions and obtaining any required regulatory approvals. If the Drag-Along Seller has not entered into a definitive agreement providing for the Drag-Along Sale within such 180-day period and the Drag-Along Seller proposes to effect a Drag-Along Sale after such 180-day period, the Drag-Along Seller shall again comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 9.1(e).
(f) In connection with a Drag-Along Sale, each Other Investor shall (i) make such representations, warranties and covenants and enter into such definitive agreements as are customary for transactions of the nature of the Drag-Along Sale, (ii) benefit from and be subject to all of the same provisions of the definitive agreements as are applicable to the Drag-Along Seller, (iii) be required to bear its proportionate share of any escrows, holdbacks or adjustments in respect of the purchase price or indemnification obligations; provided that an Other Investor shall only be obligated to indemnify any other Person in connection with such Drag-Along Sale severally; provided, further, that no Other Investor shall be obligated to indemnify any other shareholder for any breach or misrepresentation by such other shareholder with respect to title in such other shareholder’s equity securities, (iv) be required to bear its proportionate share of the costs and expenses incurred by the Company and the Investors in connection with the proposed transaction (whether or not consummated), including all attorney’s fees and charges, all accounting fees and charges and all finders, brokerage or investment banking fees, charges or commissions (including, if requested by the Drag-Along Seller, an investment banking firm selected by the Drag-Along Seller and engaged, on customary terms (including customary indemnification from the Company)), to the extent not paid by the Company, and (v) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, not exercise any dissenters’ or appraisal rights to which they may be entitled in connection with a Drag-Along Sale.
Transfers of Membership Interests 8.1. A Member may withdraw from the Company at any time by giving Notice of withdrawal to the Manager at least 180 calendar days before the effective date of withdrawal. Withdrawal will not release a Member from any obligations and liabilities under this Agreement accrued or incurred before the effective date of withdrawal. A withdrawing Member will divest the Member’s entire Membership Interest before the effective date of withdrawal in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Article VIII.
8.2. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, a Member will not Transfer any part of the Member’s Membership Interest in the Company, whether now owned or later acquired, unless: (a) the other Members unanimously approve the transferee’s admission to the Company as a Member on that Transfer; and (b) the Membership Interest to be Transferred, when added to the total of all other Membership Interests Transferred in the preceding 12 months, will not cause the termination of the Company under the Code. No Member may Encumber or permit or suffer any Encumbrance of all or any part of the Member’s Membership Interest in the Company unless the Encumbrance has been approved in writing by the Manager. Approval may be granted or withheld in the Manager’s sole discretion. Any Transfer or Encumbrance of a Membership Interest without that approval will be void. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, a Member who is a natural person may Transfer all or any portion of his or her Membership Interest to any revocable trust created for the benefit of the Member, or any combination between or among the Member, the Member’s spouse, and the Member’s issue, provided that the Member retains a beneficial interest in the trust and all of the Voting Interest included in the Membership Interest. A Transfer of a Member’s beneficial interest in the trust, or failure to retain the Voting Interest, will be deemed a Transfer of a Membership Interest.
8.3. If a Member wishes to Transfer any or all of the Member’s Membership Interest in the Company under a Bona Fide Offer (as defined below), the Member will give Notice to the Manager at least 30 days in advance of the proposed sale or Transfer, indicating the terms of the Bona Fide Offer and the identity of the offeror. The Company and the other Members will have the option to purchase the Membership Interest proposed to be transferred at the price and on the terms provided in this Agreement. If the price for the Membership Interest is other than cash, the fair value in dollars of the price will be as established in good faith by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Bona Fide Offer” means an offer in writing setting forth all relevant terms and conditions of purchase from an offeror who is ready, willing, and able to consummate the purchase and who is not an Affiliate of the selling Member. For 30 days after the Notice is given, the Company will have the right to purchase the Membership Interest offered, on the terms stated in the Notice, for the lesser of: (a) the price stated in the Notice (or the price plus the dollar value of noncash consideration, as the case may be); and (b) the price determined under the appraisal procedures set forth in Section 8.8. If the Company does not exercise the right to purchase all of the Membership Interest, then, with respect to the portion of the Membership Interest that the Company does not elect to purchase, that right will be given to the other Members for an additional 30-day period, beginning on the day that the Company’s right to purchase expires. Each of the other Members will have the right to purchase, on the same terms, a part of the interest of the offering Member in the proportion that the Member’s Percentage Interest bears to the total Percentage Interests of all of the Members who choose to participate in the purchase; provided, however, that the Company and the participating Members may not, in the aggregate, purchase less than the entire interest to be sold by the offering Member. If the Company and the other Members do not exercise their rights to purchase all of the Membership Interest, the offering Member may, within 90 days from the date the Notice is given and on the terms and conditions stated in the Notice, sell or exchange that Membership Interest to the offeror named in the Notice. Unless the requirements of Section 8.2 are met, the offeror under this Section 8.3 will become an Assignee, and will be entitled to receive only the share of Profits or other compensation and the return of Capital Contribution to which the assigning Member would have been entitled.
Transfers of Partnership Interests Except as the Partners may otherwise agree from time to time, a Partner may not Transfer all or any part of its Partnership Interest without the Consent of each other Partner, which Consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of each such other Partner.
Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time the General Partner and its Affiliates hold more than 80% of the total Limited Partner Interests of any class then Outstanding, the General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the General Partner, exercisable at its option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Limited Partner Interests of such class then Outstanding held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x) the Current Market Price as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed and (y) the highest price paid by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Limited Partner Interest of such class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed. As used in this Agreement, (i) “Current Market Price” as of any date of any class of Limited Partner Interests means the average of the daily Closing Prices (as hereinafter defined) per Limited Partner Interest of such class for the 20 consecutive Trading Days (as hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; (ii) “Closing Price” for any day means the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular way, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal National Securities Exchange (other than the Nasdaq Stock Market) on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange (other than the Nasdaq Stock Market), the last quoted price on such day or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market or such other system then in use, or, if on any such day such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class selected by the General Partner, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class, the fair value of such Limited Partner Interests on such day as determined by the General Partner; and (iii) “Trading Day” means a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests of any class are listed or admitted for trading is open for the transaction of business or, if Limited Partner Interests of a class are not listed or admitted for trading on any National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are open.
Tag Along 2.1. If TIC and/or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “the Shareholder”) proposes to sell, in one or a series of related transactions, any of its Shares and/or Convertible Securities to any person and/or any of such person’s Affiliates (other than non-prearranged sales of Shares into the market executed on any stock exchange on which the Shares are then listed for trading or submitted for quotation), such that, immediately following any such sale, the Shareholder would cease to be the largest holder of: (a) the then issued and outstanding Shares (for the avoidance of doubt, not taking into account any Convertible Securities); or (b) the Shares on a fully-diluted basis, taking into account the Convertible Securities (for the avoidance of doubt, as determined pursuant to clause 1.3 above), the Shareholder may only sell such Shares or Convertible Securities if it complies with the provisions of this clause 2.
2.2. TIC shall give written notice (“the Offer Notice”) to the Bank of such intended sale on the earlier of (i) 5 (five) days after any person or persons comprising the Shareholder enters into an agreement to effect such sale (whether or not subject to conditions) and (ii) 30 (thirty) days prior to the Proposed Sale Date (as defined below). The Offer Notice shall specify the identity of the proposed purchaser (“the Third Party Purchaser”), the purchase price (“the Purchase Price”), including the purchase price per Share (“the Per Share Price”), and other terms and conditions of payment, the proposed date of sale (“the Proposed Sale Date”), the number of Shares and/or Convertible Securities (together with details of such Convertible Securities) proposed to be purchased by the Third Party Purchaser (“the Offered Shares”) and the percentage that the Offered Shares represent of all (a) Shares owned by the Shareholder, in the event the Shareholder proposes to sell Shares only and/or only clause 2.1(a) above is applicable; or (b) the Shareholder’s Shares and Convertible Securities, in the event that the Shareholder proposes to sell both Shares and Convertible Securities or Convertible Securities only and clause 2.1(b) above is (or for the avoidance of doubt, both clauses 2.1(a) and 2.1(b) above are) applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Offer Notice shall describe any other transactions relating to the Shares and/or Convertible Securities with the Third Party Purchaser and/or its Affiliates that have taken place or are proposed to take place or certify that no such transaction has taken place or are proposed to take place.
2.3. The Bank shall be entitled, by written notice given to TIC within 20 (twenty) days of receipt of the Offer Notice, to join (and, if applicable, have its Affiliates join) the sale to such Third Party Purchaser. If the Bank has notified the Shareholder of its election to exercise its tag along rights under this clause 2, the Shareholder shall, as a condition to the sale by it of any of the Offered Shares, cause the Third Party Purchaser to purchase from the Bank Group the number of the Bank Group’s (i) Capital Notes issued pursuant to clause 5.4 of the Amending Agreement or Shares received from the conversion of such Capital Notes; (ii) Capital Notes and/or convertible debentures issued as part of the Clause 9.4 Equity Issuances or Shares received from the conversion of such Capital Notes and/or convertible debentures; and (iii) Shares received as part of the Clause 9.4 Equity Issuances (collectively, “the Bank Group’s Shares”) multiplied by the Bank Group’s Percentage (as determined pursuant to clause 2.4 below)) on the same terms and conditions (per Share) as those set out in the Offer Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Per Share Price for Capital Notes and/or convertible debentures of Tower held by the Shareholder shall be the total purchase price offered for such Convertible Securities divided by the number of Shares into which such Convertible Securities are then convertible.
2.4. The Bank shall be entitled to sell to the Third Party Purchaser such percentage of the Bank Group’s Shares equal to the percentage (“the Bank Group’s Percentage”) which the Offered Shares constitute of all Shares and, if applicable, Convertible Securities, held by the Shareholder (as determined pursuant to clauses 2.1(a), 2.1(b), 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) above, as applicable, and, for the avoidance of doubt, as determined pursuant to clause 1.3 above). The number of Offered Shares proposed to be sold by the Shareholder shall be reduced if and to the extent necessary to provide for the exercise of the “tag along” rights set forth in this clause 2. The number of Shares and/or Convertible Securities actually sold to the Third Party Purchaser by the Bank Group as a proportion of the number of Shares and/or Convertible Securities actually sold by the Shareholder to the Third Party Purchaser shall be referred to as “the Bank Group’s Proportion”. In effecting any such sale to the Third Party Purchaser, the Bank Group shall be entitled to substitute Capital Notes and/or convertible debentures convertible into all or a portion of the number of Shares to be sold by the Bank Group pursuant to this clause 2.
2.5. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Bank shall have exercised its “tag along” right as aforesaid, TIC shall procure that no person comprising the Shareholder shall sell any Shares or Convertible Securities to the Third Party Purchaser without the Bank Group joining in such sale, as aforesaid.
2.6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no person comprising the Bank Group shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the Third Party Purchaser regarding any matters except the ownership of, and title to, the Shares and/or Convertible Securities to be sold by such person to the Third Party Purchaser as aforesaid, nor shall any person comprising the Bank Group be required to agree to any undertakings except to deliver the Shares and/or Convertible Securities to the Third Party Purchaser against payment therefor in accordance with this clause 2, provided that in the event that (a) not all of the Purchase Price is received by the Shareholder at the closing of the sale to the Third Party Purchaser because of a requirement that the Shareholder place a portion of the Purchase Price into escrow to secure representations, warranties or covenants (other than those related to the Shareholder (and not Tower) and/or its title to the Shares and/or Convertible Securities being sold), a portion of the Purchase Price equal to the Bank Group’s Proportion multiplied by the amount of Purchase Price placed into escrow by the Shareholder shall also be placed into escrow and (b) any payment is made to the Third Party Purchaser (whether from such escrow or not) on account of an indemnification obligation of the Shareholder (other than an indemnification obligation related to (i) representations, warranties or covenants relating to the Shareholder (and not Tower) and/or its title to the Shares and/or Convertible Securities sold and/or (ii) a fraudulent misrepresentation fraudulently made by the Shareholder (such payment, after such exclusion, “an Indemnification Payment”), the amount to be released from such escrow to the Bank Group shall be reduced by the Bank Group’s Proportion of the Indemnification Payment or the Bank Group shall pay the Shareholder or the Third Party Purchaser the Bank Group’s Proportion of the Indemnification Payment, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, no placement into escrow and/or sharing in an Indemnification Payment as aforesaid shall be construed to mean that the Bank Group has any liability whatsoever to any person, including the Third Party Purchaser, on account of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Shareholder, such placement and/or sharing representing only an adjustment between TIC and the Bank of the tag along right granted pursuant to this clause 2 to reflect when the Purchase Price is actually received by TIC out of such escrow and/or the actual Price Per Share finally received by TIC after such Indemnification Payment.
2.7. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) in the event the transactions contemplated by an Offer Notice shall not be consummated by the Shareholder for any reason, the Bank Group shall not be required to sell any Shares or Convertible Securities to the Third Party Purchaser and (b) in the event that the Shareholder proposes to sell to a different third party or on terms and conditions other than as set forth in the Offer Notice or in the event that the transaction is not consummated within 2 (two) months after the Bank’s notification of its exercise of its “tag along” rights hereunder, then TIC shall procure that no person comprising the Shareholder shall proceed with any sale without TIC again complying with the terms and conditions of this Clause 2.
2.8. TIC shall cause its Subsidiaries to act in accordance with this Agreement.
Shares; Membership Interests (a) The total of the membership interests in the Company shall be divided into (i) Class A Ordinary Shares having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), (ii) Class A Preferred Shares having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class A Preferred Shares” and, together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the “Class A Shares”), (iii) Class B Ordinary Shares having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), and (iv) Class C Ordinary Share having the rights and preferences as set forth herein (the “Class C Ordinary Share” and, together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, the Class A Preferred Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares, the “Shares” and each a “Share”). Class A Ordinary Shares, Class A Preferred Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall have the same rights, powers and duties, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. The number of Class A Ordinary Shares shall be limited to the maximum number of Class A Ordinary shares offered in the Offering, plus (i) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon conversion of the Class A Preferred Shares, plus (ii) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares. The number of Class A Preferred Shares shall be limited to the number of Class A Preferred Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Management Services Agreement. The number of Class B Ordinary Shares shall be limited to up to 1,000. The number of Class C Ordinary Shares shall be limited to one. Class A Preferred Shares issued pursuant to the Management Services Agreement (“ASA Shares”) may be subject to vesting provisions as set forth in the Management Services Agreement. The Shares of the Members shall be as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, which may be updated as set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that all of the Class A Ordinary Shares are not sold pursuant to the Offering, the Board shall, upon the final closing of the Offering, issue a number of Class A Ordinary Shares to the Initial Member equal to the aggregate number of Class A Ordinary Shares that remain unsold in the Offering, as repayment in full of any and all obligations owing to the Initial Member in respect of advances made to acquire the Artwork and true-up fees payable to the Initial Member. The name and mailing address of each Member or such Member’s representative shall be listed on the books and records of the Company maintained for such purpose by the Company or the Transfer Agent.
(b) Prior to the date hereof and as set forth in the Original Agreement, the Initial Member has been issued 100% of the membership interests in the Company in return for a capital contribution of $100 (the “Prior Interests”). Upon execution of this Agreement, the Prior Interests shall be automatically converted into 1,000 Class B Ordinary Shares. As of the date of such conversion, the Class B Ordinary Shares shall constitute all of the membership interests of the Company and, prior to the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares, Class A Preferred Shares and Class C Ordinary Share, shall have all of the rights and privileges of 100% of the membership interests in the Company afforded pursuant to this Agreement and applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Board shall have full power and authority to schedule one or more closings to issue Class A Ordinary Shares and admit Members to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Any Person that acquires Class A Ordinary Shares and is admitted as a Member of the Company after the date hereof, shall, in connection with such Member’s acquisition of such Class A Ordinary Shares, be deemed to pay to the Company such Member’s pro rata share of any amounts used to acquire the Artwork, including any true-up fees and any other amounts paid to the Company by the previously admitted Members.
(d) The Class A Members may elect to convert their Class A Preferred Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the consummation of the Sale of the Artwork, subject to the terms and conditions herein, for no additional consideration. Each Class A Preferred Shares will automatically convert to one Class A Ordinary Share upon any Transfer of such Class A Preferred Shares to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Administrator.
(e) The Class B Members may elect to convert their Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the consummation of the Sale of the Artwork, subject to the terms and conditions herein, for no additional consideration pursuant and to the following conversion formula: The number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of Class B Ordinary Shares shall equal (A) the Value Increase, multiplied by (B) the Conversion Percentage, multiplied by (C) 20%, divided by (D) the Class A Ordinary Share Value. For purposes herein:
Transfer of Membership Interests (a) The Member may transfer its Membership Interest, in whole but not in part, but the transferee shall not be admitted as a Member except in accordance with Section 6.07. Until the transferee is admitted as a Member, the Member shall continue to be the sole member of the Company (subject to Section 1.02) and to be entitled to exercise any rights or powers of a Member of the Company with respect to the Membership Interest transferred.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported transfer of any Membership Interest in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be wholly void and shall not effectuate the transfer contemplated thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member may not transfer any Membership Interest in violation of any provision of this Agreement or in violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws.
