Transfer and Lock-Up of Shares. (i) The Management Stockholder agrees that he or she will not cause or permit the Shares or his or her interest in the Shares to be sold, transferred, hypothecated, assigned or encumbered except as expressly permitted by this Section 3; provided, however, that the Shares or any such interest may be Transferred (A) on the Management Stockholder’s death by bequest or inheritance to the Management Stockholder’s executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, (B) with the prior written consent of the Board (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), during the Management Stockholder’s lifetime for estate planning purposes and (C) in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement, subject in each case to (x) paragraph (ii) of this Section 3(a), (y) compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws and (z) the agreement by each Transferee (other than the Company or as otherwise permitted by the Company) in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such Transferee had been an original signatory hereto and provided in any such case that, in the case of a Transfer pursuant to clauses (A) or (B) above, such Transfer will not be permitted if it would cause the Company to be required to register the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. (ii) The Management Stockholder agrees that, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Board, during the period following an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering during which the Majority Stockholders are subject to underwriter-imposed restrictions on the transfer of shares of Common Stock (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, Options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, provided that such restrictions shall be no more onerous than those applicable to the Majority Stockholders. (iii) If the Company files a registration statement registering shares held by the Majority Stockholder in an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering, then the Management Stockholder or his or her Transferee shall have the right, following expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to sell (subject to Section 4(b)(iii) hereof) a number of Shares of Common Stock, not to exceed the product of (A) the total number of Shares, including any shares of Common Stock underlying vested Options, owned by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date such registration statement was filed and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder has a pecuniary interest that the Company has registered, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder had a pecuniary interest as of the date such registration statement was filed.
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Samples: Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.), Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.), Management Stockholders’ Agreement (LVB Acquisition, Inc.)
Transfer and Lock-Up of Shares. (i) The Management Stockholder agrees that he or she will not cause or permit the Shares or his or her interest in the Shares to be sold, transferred, hypothecated, assigned or encumbered except as expressly permitted by this Section 3; provided, however, that the Shares or any such interest may be Transferred (A) on the Management Stockholder’s death by bequest or inheritance to the Management Stockholder’s executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, (B) with subject to the prior written consent of approval by the Board (or an individual designated by the Board for this purpose, which consent approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), during and subject to compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws, any trust or custodianship created by the Management Stockholder, the beneficiaries of which may include only the Management Stockholder, the Management Stockholder’s lifetime for estate planning purposes spouse or the Management Stockholder’s lineal descendants (by blood or adoption) and (C) in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement, subject in each case to (x) paragraph (ii) of this Section 3(a), (y) compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws and (z) the agreement by each Transferee (other than the Company or as otherwise permitted by the Company) in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such Transferee had been an original signatory hereto and provided in any such case that, in the case of a Transfer pursuant to clauses (A) or (B) above, such Transfer will not be permitted if it would cause the Company to be required to register the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
(ii) The Management Stockholder agrees that, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Board, during the period following an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering during which the Majority Stockholders are subject to underwriter-imposed restrictions on the transfer of shares of Common Stock or, if longer, during which the employee is prohibited from selling Shares pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and pursuant to National Instrument 45-102 under Canadian Securities Law (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, Options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, provided that such restrictions shall be no more onerous than those applicable to the Majority Stockholders.
(iii) If the Company files a registration statement registering shares held by the Majority Stockholder in an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering, then the Management Stockholder or his or her Transferee shall have the right, following expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to sell (subject to Section 4(b)(iii) hereof) a number of Shares of Common Stock, not to exceed the product of (A) the total number of Shares, including any shares of Common Stock underlying vested Options, owned by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date such registration statement was filed and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder has a pecuniary interest that the Company has registered, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder had a pecuniary interest as of the date such registration statement was filed.
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Samples: Management Stockholders’ Agreement (Axcan Intermediate Holdings Inc.)
Transfer and Lock-Up of Shares. (i) The Management Stockholder agrees that he or she will not cause or permit the Shares or his or her interest in the Shares to be sold, transferred, hypothecated, assigned or encumbered Transferred except as expressly permitted by this Section 3; provided, however, that that, subject to the following sentence, the Shares or any such interest may be Transferred (A) on the Management Stockholder’s death by bequest or inheritance to the Management Stockholder’s executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, (B) with subject to the prior written consent of approval by the Board (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and subject to compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws, any trust or custodianship or family limited liability company or partnership created by the Management Stockholder, the beneficiaries or owners of which may include only the Management Stockholder, the Management Stockholder’s spouse or the Management Stockholder’s issue (by blood or adoption) (provided that a trust may have a charitable remainderman, in which case the Company shall be granted the right, in the event the Shares are ever transferred to such charitable remainderman, to purchase from such charitable remainderman the Shares at the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of any such purchase), during the Management Stockholder’s lifetime for estate planning purposes purposes, and (C) in accordance with Section Sections 3(b) and 4 of this Agreement, subject in each case to (x1) paragraph (ii) of this Section 3(a), (y2) compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws and (z3) the agreement by each Transferee (other than the Company or as otherwise permitted by the Company) in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such Transferee had been an original signatory hereto and provided in any such case that, in the case of a Transfer pursuant to clauses (A), (B) or (BC) above, such Transfer will not be permitted if it would cause the Company to be required to register the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Options (and any interests therein) shall be transferable only in accordance with the Plan.
(ii) The Management Stockholder agrees that, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Board, during the period following an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering during which the Majority Stockholders or Management Stockholders are subject to underwriter-imposed restrictions on the transfer of shares of Common Stock (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, Options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission) ), or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, provided that such restrictions shall be no more onerous than those applicable to the Majority Stockholders.
(iii) If the Company files a registration statement registering shares held by the Majority Stockholder in an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering, then the Management Stockholder or his or her Transferee shall have the right, following expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to sell (subject to Section 4(b)(iii) hereof) a number of Shares of Common Stock, not to exceed the product of (A) the total number of Shares, including any shares of Common Stock underlying vested Options, owned by the Management Stockholder or Transferee as of the date such registration statement was filed and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder has a pecuniary interest that the Company has registered, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder had a pecuniary interest as of the date such registration statement was filed.
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Samples: Management Stockholders’ Agreement (Am-Pac Tire Dist. Inc.)
Transfer and Lock-Up of Shares. (i) The Management Stockholder agrees that he or she will not cause or permit the Shares or his or her interest in the Shares to be sold, transferred, hypothecated, assigned or encumbered Transferred except as expressly permitted by this Section 3; provided, however, that that, subject to the following sentence, the Shares or any such interest may be Transferred (A) on the Management Stockholder’s death by bequest or inheritance to the Management Stockholder’s executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, (B) to pay withholding taxes related to the exercise of an Option under the Plan or the settlement of RSUs, with the prior written consent of the Board Committee, (which C) with the prior written consent shall not be unreasonably withheld)of the Board, during the Management Stockholder’s lifetime for estate planning purposes and (CD) in accordance with Section Sections 3(b) and 4 of this Agreement, subject in each case to (x1) paragraph (ii) of this Section 3(a), (y2) compliance with all applicable tax, securities and other laws and (z3) the agreement by each Transferee (other than the Company or as otherwise permitted by the CompanyCompany in writing) in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such Transferee had been an original signatory hereto hereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Options (and provided any interests therein) shall be transferable only in accordance with Section 4.5 of the Plan.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Management Stockholder or Transferee be entitled to Transfer its Shares without the prior written consent of the Majority Stockholder and the Board, (x) to any Person (other than an Affiliate of the Company) that is a Competitor with the Company and/or its Affiliates or (y) to any Person who (directly or indirectly) (1) holds an ownership interest in any such case thatPerson equal to five percent (5%) or more or (2) has designated, in or has the case right to designate, a member of a the board of directors of any such Person. In addition, and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Management Stockholder or Transferee shall be entitled to Transfer pursuant to clauses its Shares at any time if such Transfer would:
(A) violate the Securities Act, or any other securities or “Blue Sky” laws applicable to the Company or the Shares;
(B) above, such Transfer will not be permitted if it would cause the Company to be required to register the Common Stock Shares under Section 12(g) of the Exchange ActAct or comparable non-U.S. law;
(C) cause the Company to become subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or comparable non-U.S. law; or
(D) be a “prohibited transaction” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and interpretations issued thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”), or the Code or cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
(iiiii) The Management Stockholder agrees that, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Board, during the period following an Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering during which the Majority Stockholders or Management Stockholders are subject to customary underwriter-imposed restrictions on the transfer of shares of Common Stock Shares, or if longer, the period during which the Management Stockholder is prohibited from selling Shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (the “Lock-Up Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares, Options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such Management Stockholder in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission) ), or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, provided that such restrictions shall be no more onerous than those applicable . Following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period but prior to the Majority Stockholders.
Agreement Termination Date (iii) If as hereinafter defined), the Company files a registration statement registering shares Management Stockholder will be permitted to sell the pro rata portion of his or her Shares that bears the same ratio to the total Shares held by the Management Stockholder as the total number of Shares registered by the Majority Stockholder in an bears to the total number of Shares owned by Majority Stockholder as of the date the applicable registration statement for the Initial Public Offering or any secondary registered equity offering, then offering was filed with the Management Stockholder or his or her Transferee shall have the right, following expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to sell Commission.
(subject to Section 4(b)(iiiiv) hereof) a number Any purported Transfer of Shares other than in accordance with this Agreement shall be null and void, and the Company shall refuse to recognize any such Transfer for any purpose and shall not reflect in its records any change in record ownership of Common StockShares pursuant to any such Transfer.
(v) Prior to the Agreement Termination Date, not to exceed the product of (A) the total number of Shares, including any shares of Common Stock underlying vested Options, owned by the no Management Stockholder or Transferee shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust with respect to any Shares or enter into any agreements or arrangements of either kind with any person with respect to any Shares inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements and arrangements are with other Management Stockholders or holders of Shares who are not parties to this Agreement), including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting (if applicable) of any Shares, nor shall any Management Stockholder act, for any reason, as a member of a group or in concert with any other persons in connection with the date such registration statement was filed and acquisition, disposition or voting (Bif applicable) a fraction, the numerator of any Shares in any manner which is inconsistent with the aggregate number provisions of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder has a pecuniary interest that the Company has registered, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock in which the Majority Stockholder had a pecuniary interest as of the date such registration statement was filedthis Agreement.
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Samples: Management Stockholders’ Agreement (Cushman & Wakefield PLC)