Exhibit 99.2
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 26, 2007, between
Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Centerbridge”), CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited
liability company (the “Purchaser”), and Xxxx Corporation, a Virginia corporation
(the “Company”) and debtor-in-possession under chapter 11 of title 11 of the
United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in case No. 06-10354 (BRL) (the
“Chapter 11 Case”), pending in the Bankruptcy Court.
WHEREAS, the Company, together with its debtor Subsidiaries that commenced jointly
administered cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (such Subsidiaries and
Affiliates and the Company collectively, the “Debtor”), intends to file with the
Bankruptcy Court a chapter 11 plan of reorganization containing, among others, the terms
set forth in the PSA Term Sheet, the effectiveness of which will be conditioned on the
Closing having occurred (the “Chapter 11 Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Company, the Unions and Centerbridge have entered into an Amended Plan
Support Agreement (the “Support Agreement”), including the Plan Term Sheet
attached as to the Support Agreement as it may be amended in accordance with the terms of
the Support Agreement (the “PSA Term Sheet”), pursuant to which the parties to
the Support Agreement have agreed to various transactions in furtherance of the Chapter
11 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Chapter 11 Plan contemplates (i) a new investment (the “Series A
Investment”) in the corporation that will be the successor to the Company under the
Chapter 11 Plan for purposes of Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (“New Xxxx”)
by Purchaser, a newly formed investment company that is a Subsidiary of Centerbridge, in
4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New Xxxx (the
“Series A Preferred”) having the terms set forth in the Certificate of
Designation attached hereto as Exhibit B and (ii) new investments (such
investments, together with the Series A Investment, the “Investments”) by
Purchaser and certain institutional investors in 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New Xxxx and by certain institutional investors in
4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New Xxxx, in
each case having the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designation attached hereto as
Exhibit B and to be made in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Chapter 11 Plan, including without limitation the transactions contemplated by the
Support Agreement; and
WHEREAS, subject to the entry of a Confirmation Order on the effective date of the
Chapter 11 Plan (the “Effective Date”), New Xxxx will be authorized to issue new
shares of Series A Preferred to Purchaser and Series B Preferred to the Series B
Investors.
ACCORDINGLY, the parties agree as follows:
I. SHARE PURCHASE
1.1 Series A Preferred Share Purchase. On the terms and subject to the
conditions herein, at the Closing, New Xxxx will issue and sell to Purchaser, and
Purchaser will purchase from New Xxxx, for an aggregate price of $250,000,000 in cash
(the “Series A Purchase Price”), 2,500,000 newly issued shares of Series A
Preferred representing 100% of the Series A Preferred issued and outstanding as of
immediately after the Effective Date.
1.2
Series B Preferred Share Purchase. On the terms and subject to the
conditions herein, at the Closing, New Xxxx will issue and sell to Purchaser and
Purchaser will purchase from New Xxxx, for an aggregate price of $250,000,000 in cash
(the “
Series B-1 Purchase Price”), 2,500,000 newly issued shares of Series B
Preferred (“
Series B-1 Shares” and, together with the Series A Preferred, the
“
Shares”);
provided,
however, that Purchaser’s obligation and
right to purchase Series B-1 Preferred will be reduced to the extent that Qualified
Investors purchase and pay for Series B-1 Preferred at the Closing pursuant to a duly
executed
Subscription Agreement in the form of
Exhibit C delivered to
Centerbridge and the Company prior to 5:00 p.m. EST on the fifth business day after the
Company files a form 8-K with the SEC announcing the Confirmation Date (such time, the
“
Subscription Deadline” and such Qualified Investors, together with Purchaser,
the “
Series B Investors”). In addition, on the terms and subject to the
conditions herein, New Xxxx will issue and sell an additional up to 2,500,000 shares of
Series B Preferred (“
Series B-2 Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of
$250,000,000, or $100 per share, in cash (the “
Series B-2 Purchase Price” and
together with the Series B-1 Purchase Price, the “
Series B Purchase Price”) to
Series B Investors who have delivered to Centerbridge and the Company a duly executed
Subscription Agreement in the form of Exhibit C prior to the Subscription Deadline and
have paid for such Series B-2 Shares prior to the Closing. Purchaser will use its
reasonable efforts to identify persons who may be Qualified Investors eligible to
purchase such Series B-2 Shares;
provided,
however, that in no event will
Purchaser be required or entitled to purchase any portion of Series B-2 Shares. Each
Qualified Investor will be entitled to purchase its
pro rata allocation of Series B-1 and
B-2 Shares, calculated based on the proportion that the Participating Claims beneficially
owned by it bear to the total amount of Participating Claims beneficially owned by
Qualified Investors (disregarding whether such Qualified Investor has subscribed to
purchase Shares for purposes of calculating such total amount) (“
Pro Rata
Share”);
provided,
however, that in no event will any Qualified
Investor and its Affiliates be entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than $200
million in aggregate liquidation preference of Series B Preferred. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event a Qualified Investor does not purchase its Pro Rata Share of the
Series B-2 Shares (the “
Unsubscribed Shares”), each other Qualified Investor
subscribing for Series B-2 Shares (collectively, the “
Subscribing Investors”)
will be entitled to purchase its
pro rata share of such Unsubscribed Shares, calculated
based on the proportion that the Participating Claims beneficially owned by it bear to
the total amount of Participating Claims held by Subscribing Investors;
provided,
however, that in no event will any Qualified Investor and its Affiliates be
entitled to acquire beneficial ownership of more than $200 million in aggregate
liquidation preference of Series B Preferred after
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taking into account subscriptions for Unsubscribed Shares. In the event that a
Subscribing Investor ceases to be a Qualified Investor after executing a
Subscription
Agreement, such Subscribing Investor shall not be entitled to acquire Series B-1 Shares
or Series B-2 Shares and such Person’s allocation of Series B-1 and B-2 Shares shall be
deemed to be Unsubscribed Shares.
1.3 Purchase Price. The Series A Purchase Price and the Series B Purchase
Price will be payable on the Closing Date in cash by bank wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account of New Xxxx designated by the Company by written notice to
Centerbridge and each Series B Investor delivered at least two business days prior to the
Closing Date.
1.4 Closing Timing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the
“Closing”) will take place at the offices of Xxxxx Day, 000 X. 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx at 10:00 a.m. local time on the date on which all of the
conditions (other than the conditions to be satisfied concurrently with the Closing) set
forth in Article V have been satisfied or waived (or such other date, time and place to
which the parties may agree in writing). The date on which the Closing occurs is the
“Closing Date.”
1.5 Closing Deliveries. (a) At or prior to the Closing, Centerbridge,
Purchaser or the Series B Investors, as applicable, will deliver to New Xxxx:
(i) the Series A Purchase Price and the Series B Purchase Price
payable in accordance with Section 1.3;
(ii) a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D (the “Shareholders Agreement”), duly executed by
Centerbridge and Purchaser;
(iii) a counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Series A Registration Rights
Agreement”), duly executed by Purchaser; and
(iv) a counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Series B Registration Rights
Agreement” and, together with the Series A Registration Rights Agreements, the
“Registration Rights Agreements”), duly executed by the Qualified Investors;
(vi) a certificate from each Qualified Investor to New Xxxx and dated
the Closing Date, signed by an executive of such Qualified Investor, confirming the
matters set forth in
Exhibit G (the “
Series B Subscription Agreement Rep
Bringdown”).
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(b) At or prior to the Closing, New Xxxx will deliver to Purchaser or the
Series B Investors, as applicable:
(i) Subject to clause (c) below, validly issued stock certificates
evidencing the Shares;
(ii) a counterpart to the Shareholders Agreement duly executed by
New Xxxx;
(iii) a counterpart to the Registration Rights Agreements duly executed
by New Xxxx; and
(iv) a copy of the New Xxxx charter containing the Certificate of
Designations, certified by the Secretary of State of the state in which it is incorporated.
(c) Certificates for Series B Shares purchased by Qualified Investors will be delivered as promptly as practicable after the Closing, following
confirmation of Qualified Investor status and calculation of Pro Rata Shares.
II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser, except as disclosed (i) in,
and reasonably apparent from, any report, schedule, form or other document filed with, or
furnished to, the SEC by the Company and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement and only as and to the extent disclosed therein (other than any forward-looking
disclosures set forth in any risk factor section, any disclosures in any section relating
to forward-looking statements and any other similar disclosures included therein to the
extent they are primarily cautionary in nature), or (ii) in the letter, dated the date
hereof, from the Company to Purchaser specifically referencing this Agreement and
delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement and initialed by the parties hereto
(the “Company Disclosure Letter”), as follows:
2.1 Existence; Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreement. Each of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (i) is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization (to
the extent the legal concept of good standing exists in such jurisdiction), (ii) has all
requisite corporate or equivalent power and authority to own, operate or lease the
properties that it purports to own, operate or lease and to conduct its business as
currently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign entity to do
business, and is in good standing (to the extent the legal concept of good standing
exists in such jurisdiction), in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties
owned, operated or leased or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or
licensing necessary, except in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or to possess requisite power and
authority would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, New Xxxx will be a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state in
which it is incorporated. Subject to the entry of the Approval Order, Confirmation Order
and the
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occurrence of the Effective Date, (a) the Company has and New Xxxx will have the
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all
agreements and documents contemplated hereby to be executed and delivered by it, (b) this
Agreement and the consummation by the Company and New Xxxx of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been (or, in the case of New Xxxx, will be on or prior to the
Effective Date) duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and, (c) this Agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes, and the
Shareholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreements (together with this
Agreement, referred to collectively as the “Transaction Documents”) contemplated
hereby to be executed and delivered by New Xxxx (when executed and delivered pursuant
hereto) will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company or New Xxxx, as
applicable, enforceable against the Company or New Xxxx, as applicable, in accordance
with their respective terms.
2.2 Capitalization. Immediately following the Effective Date and upon
issuance of the Shares, the Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred and New Common Stock
will be the only issued and outstanding equity securities of New Xxxx, including
management incentive equity issued in accordance with the Chapter 11 Plan. Except as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreements, the Company is not, and New Xxxx will
not be, under any third party contractual obligation to register any of its equity
securities under the Securities Act.
2.3 Validity of Shares, Etc. Each of the Shares when issued to Purchaser in
accordance with the Chapter 11 Plan and this Agreement will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive rights of third parties, except
for the preemptive rights included in Exhibit B. At the Closing, Purchaser will
acquire good and valid title to the Shares, free and clear of any and all liens, Claims,
security interests, encumbrances, restrictions on voting or alienation or otherwise, or
adverse interests, except as may be created by Purchaser, the Transaction Documents,
Exhibit B or by applicable Securities Laws. All issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock, if any, of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive
rights of third parties.
2.4 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a) The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company or
New Xxxx, as applicable, do not, and the consummation by the Company and New Xxxx of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) conflict with or violate the
articles of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or New Xxxx, as applicable (as they may be amended or adopted
pursuant to the Chapter 11 Plan, as applicable), (ii) subject to the entry of the
Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, conflict with or violate any
domestic or foreign statute, rule, regulation or other legal requirement (“Law”)
or order, judgment, injunction or decree (“Order”) applicable to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or New Xxxx or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is (or New Xxxx will be) bound or affected or (iii) subject to
the entry of the Confirmation Order and the
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occurrence of the Effective Date and the implementation of the transactions
contemplated by the Chapter 11 Plan and the application of bankruptcy Law, conflict with
or violate or result in a breach or default under any contract, agreement or instrument
binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or New Xxxx, or result, except to the
extent specified in the Chapter 11 Plan, in the acceleration of, or the creation of any
lien under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is (or New Xxxx will be) a
party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is (or New Xxxx will be) bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
(or New Xxxx will be) subject, except, in the case of clauses (i) (as to Subsidiaries
only), (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents by the Company or New Xxxx, as applicable, does not, and the performance of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company
and New Xxxx of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, require any
consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, including without limitation
any quasi-governmental, supranational, statutory, environmental entity and any stock
exchange, court or arbitral body (each a “Governmental Entity”), except (i) for
(A) the applicable notification requirements of the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, if any, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the “HSR Act”), and any other comparable laws or regulations in any foreign
jurisdiction relating to the sale or issuance of the Shares, (B) filings contemplated by
the Registration Rights Agreements and (C) the entry of the Approval Order and the
Confirmation Order and any other Bankruptcy Court Orders that may be required in
connection with the Chapter 11 Plan, and (ii) where the failure to obtain any such
consent, approval, authorization or permit, or to make any such filing or notification,
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.5 No Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date hereof, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations (absolute or
accrued, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due and whether the amount
thereof is readily ascertainable or not) that are material to the business or operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than: (a) liabilities or
obligations disclosed in the financial statements of the Company included in the Company
Reports filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof; (b) liabilities or obligations under
contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; (c) liabilities of
a nature not required by GAAP to be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or in the notes thereto; (d) liabilities or obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices since December
31, 2006, or (e) liabilities or obligations expressly included within the scope of
another representation or warranty in this Article II or as expressly excluded
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from any representation or warranty in this Article II as a result of the scope
of any materiality or similar qualification applicable to such representation or
warranty.
2.6 No Violation or Default; Compliance with Laws. Neither the Company nor
any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar
organizational documents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, except as a
result of the Chapter 11 Case, in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject, except for any such default that has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has been, in violation of any Law,
except for any such violation that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.7 Litigation. There are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions,
suits, proceedings or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigations pending to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in
the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no such actions,
suits or proceedings or investigations are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened or contemplated, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
2.8 Labor Relations. (a) The Company is not a party to, and has no
obligations under, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement, unexpired, or
expired in circumstances where the Company has a continuing statutory obligation to
maintain the existing terms and conditions of employment as specified in the expired
contract, with any labor organization governing wages, hours or other terms and
conditions of employment of any current employees of the Company at any facility
currently operated by the Company in the United States and Canada, that is, individually
or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b)
there are no current organizational activities, demands for recognition or petitions for
representation by a labor organization seeking to represent employees of the Company or
any Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (c) no grievance, arbitration, litigation,
complaint or charge, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigations relating to
labor or employment matters is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied and is in
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compliance in all respects with all applicable laws (domestic and foreign),
agreements, contracts, and policies relating to employment, employment practices, wages,
hours, and terms and conditions of employment and is not engaged in any unfair labor
practice as defined by the National Labor Relations Board (or any foreign equivalent), in
each case except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (e) the Company
has complied and is in compliance in all material respects with its obligations pursuant
to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (“WARN Act”) (and any
similar state or local law) to the extent applicable, and all material other employee
notification and bargaining obligations arising under any collective bargaining agreement
or statute, in each case except to the extent the failure to comply would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.9 Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries
own all right, title and interest in and to, or possess valid and enforceable rights to
use, all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses, software and
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of their respective
businesses, the failure to own or possess which would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. All registrations
with and applications to governmental or regulatory authorities in respect of such
Intellectual Property are (i) to the Knowledge of the Company, valid and (ii) in full
force and effect, (iii) have not lapsed, expired or been abandoned, and (iv) are not the
subject of any opposition filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
other applicable Intellectual Property registry other than in the ordinary course of
business and, in each case in clauses (i) through (iv), except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
The consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby and by the Chapter 11 Plan will
not result in the loss or impairment of any rights to use such Intellectual Property or
obligate Purchaser to pay any royalties or other amounts to any third party in excess of
the amounts that would have been payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries absent the
consummation of the Investments, except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality and
value of its and their material trade secrets (or other Intellectual Property for which
the value is dependent upon its confidentiality), and no such material trade secrets have
been misappropriated, except to the extent that such misappropriation would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are not in default (and no event has
occurred so that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, they will be in
default) under any contract relating to such Intellectual Property except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Intellectual Property rights of the
Company or its Subsidiaries are being infringed by
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any other Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company,
the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not and will not
conflict in any respect with any intellectual property rights of others, and the Company
and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement or
conflict with any such rights of others, in each case, which would be reasonably expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.10 Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have good and marketable fee simple, leasehold or subleasehold title to all real property
owned, leased or subleased by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and for all real property
currently used, and good title to all other tangible and intangible properties (other
than Intellectual Property covered by Section 2.9) owned by them, in each case, free and
clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or
encumbrances of any kind (“Liens”), except for such Liens or failure to have
title as, individually and in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. All of the leases and subleases for real property to
which the Company or its Subsidiaries are a party are in full force and effect and
enforceable by the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with their terms, and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice
of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the
Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above or under
any documents affecting any fee owned property, or affecting or questioning the rights of
the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of any owned, leased or
subleased property by under any such lease or sublease or under any documents affecting
any fee owned property, or for the continued operations of the Company’s business as
currently operated in any material respect on any owned, leased or subleased property,
except for any such matter as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.11 No Undisclosed Relationships. As of the date hereof, no relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Exchange Act to
be described in the Company Reports and that are not so described, except for the
transactions pursuant to this Agreement and pursuant to Company Plans.
2.12 Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries have and are
in compliance with all licenses, certificates, permits, approvals, franchises or other
authorizations required to be obtained from a Governmental Authority necessary for the
ownership or lease of their respective properties or for the conduct of their respective
businesses as now conducted, which if violated or not obtained would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has finally been denied any application for any
such license, permit, franchise or other governmental authorization.
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2.13 Compliance with Environmental Laws. (a) Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied and are in compliance with
any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
decisions and orders, including all civil and common law, relating to the protection of
human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (b) during the
three years prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, the
Company and its Subsidiaries have not received notice from any governmental authority or
other Person of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of
any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, or for any violation of Environmental Laws that would in any such case
reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a material
liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (c) except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts, circumstances or
conditions relating to the past or present business or operations of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or any of their predecessors (including the disposal of any hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants), or to any real property
currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their
predecessors, that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any claim, proceeding or
action, or to any liability, under any Environmental Law; (d) to the Knowledge of the
Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required or reasonably
expected to incur material capital expenditures during the current and the subsequent
five fiscal years to reach or maintain compliance with existing or reasonably anticipated
Environmental Laws except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (e) the disclosure in the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, as reproduced in
Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, was, to the Knowledge of the Company, true
and correct in all material respects based on the assumptions set forth therein and as of
May 10, 2007. To the Knowledge of the Company, no changes in the facts underlying these
asbestos-related disclosures (as opposed to the assumptions made) have occurred since May
10, 2007, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a liability that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
2.14 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Company has
timely filed or caused to be timely filed (taking into account any applicable extension
of time within which to file) with the appropriate taxing authorities all material tax
returns, statements, forms and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures,
schedules, estimates and information Tax Returns) for Taxes (“Tax Returns”) that
are required to be filed by, or with respect to, the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b)
the Tax Returns accurately reflect all liability for Taxes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby; (c) all material Taxes and Tax liabilities
due by or with respect to the income, assets or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries
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have been timely paid in full or accrued and fully provided for in accordance with
GAAP on the financial statements of the Company included in the Company Reports; (d)
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notices from any
Taxing authority relating to any issue that has not been adequately provided for in
accordance with GAAP in the financial statements of the Company included in the Company
Reports; (e) all material Taxes which the Company and each or any of its Subsidiaries is
(or was) required by law to withhold or collect in connection with amounts paid or owing
to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party have
been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid to the proper authorities to
the extent due and payable; (f) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
included in any “consolidated,” “unitary” or “combined” Tax Return provided for under the
law of the United States, any foreign jurisdiction or any state or locality with respect
to Taxes for any taxable period for which the statute of limitations has not expired
(other than a group of which the Company and/or its Subsidiaries are the only members);
and (g) the Company is not a party to any agreement other than certain Change In Control
Agreements described in the Company Reports filed prior to the date hereof that would
require the Company or any affiliate thereof to make any material payment that would
constitute an “excess parachute payment” for purposes of Sections 280G and 4999 of the
Code.
2.15 Compliance With ERISA.
(a) Correct and complete copies of the following documents, with respect to all U.S.
domestic benefit and compensation plans, programs, contracts, commitments, practices,
policies and arrangements, whether written or oral, that are maintained or contributed to
(or with respect to which an obligation to contribute has been undertaken) or with
respect to which any potential liability is borne by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, “employee benefit plans” within the meaning
of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”), and deferred compensation, stock option, stock purchase, restricted
stock, stock appreciation rights, stock based, incentive and bonus plans, but excluding
any employee benefit plans within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which Xxxxx GmbH
or its subsidiaries or affiliates have agreed to assume (the “Company Plans”),
have been delivered or made available to Centerbridge and Purchaser by the Company, to
the extent applicable: (i) all material Company Plan documents, together with all
amendments and attachments thereto (including, in the case of any Company Plan not set
forth in writing, a written description thereof); (ii) all material trust documents,
declarations of trust and other documents establishing other funding arrangements, and
all amendments thereto and the latest financial statements thereof; (iii) the most recent
annual report on Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 for the past year and
all schedules thereto; (iv) the most recent IRS determination letter; (v) summary plan
descriptions and summaries of material modifications; and (vi) the most recently prepared
actuarial valuation report.
(b) Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect (i) each
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Company Plan, other than any “multiemployer plans” within the meaning of Section
3(37) of ERISA (“Multiemployer Plans”), is in compliance with ERISA, the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and other applicable laws; (ii)
each Company Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the
Code is so qualified and has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS
covering all Tax law changes prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001 or has applied to the IRS for such favorable determination within the
applicable remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of the Code, and the Company is
not aware of any circumstances likely to result in the loss of the qualification of such
Company Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code; (iii) no liability under Subtitle C or D
of Title IV of ERISA has been incurred during the previous three years by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated
“single-employer plan,” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA
(“Single-Employer Plan”) currently or previously maintained or contributed to (or
with respect to which an obligation to contribute has been undertaken) by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or the Single-Employer Plan of any entity which is considered
one employer with the Company under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code (a
“Company ERISA Affiliate”); (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not
incurred any withdrawal liability (including any contingent or secondary withdrawal
liability) with respect to a Multiemployer Plan under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA
(regardless of whether based on contributions of a Company ERISA Affiliate) that has not
been satisfied in full and no condition or circumstance has existed that presents a risk
of the occurrence of any withdrawal from or the partition, termination, reorganization or
insolvency of any such Multiemployer Plan; (v) no notice of a “reportable event,” within
the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA has occurred after January 1, 2005 for any Company
Plan or by any Single Employer Plan of a Company ERISA Affiliate; (vi) all contributions
required to be made under the terms of any tax qualified Company Plan have been timely
made or have been reflected in the financial statements of the Company included in the
Company Reports filed prior to the date hereof; and (vii) there has been no amendment to,
announcement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to, or change in employee
participation or coverage under, any Company Plan which would increase the expense of
maintaining such plan above the level of the expense incurred therefor for the most
recent fiscal year.
(c) (i) Neither any Company Plan nor any Single-Employer Plan of a Company ERISA
Affiliate has an “accumulated funding deficiency” (whether or not waived) within the
meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has applied for or obtained a
funding waiver; and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has provided, or
is required to provide, security to any Company Plan or to any Single-Employer Plan of a
Company ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code.
(d) Except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) no claim, lawsuit, arbitration
or other action has been instituted against the Company Plans (other than routine claims
for benefits, and appeals of such claims), the Company, any
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Subsidiary, any director, officer, or employee thereof, any of the assets of any
trust of the Company Plans, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any fiduciary of a Company
Plan with respect to a Company Plan, and (ii) no “prohibited transaction,” within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, for which no exemption is
available, has occurred with respect to any Company Plan or its related trust.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i)(A) all material company benefit
plans maintained primarily for the benefit of employees principally employed in
jurisdictions listed in Schedule 2.15(e) (the “Non-U.S. Benefit Plans”) have been
maintained in all material respects in accordance with their terms and all applicable
legal requirements, (B) if any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan is intended to qualify for special
tax treatment, such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan meets all requirements to the extent necessary
to obtain such treatment, and (C) the fair market value of the assets of each Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan required to be funded, the liability of each insurer for any Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan required to be funded, and the book reserve established for any Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to provide for the
accrued benefit obligations under each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan and (ii) neither the Company
nor any Company subsidiary is or has (x) a debt that is or has become due under Section
75 of the Pensions Xxx 0000; (y) been a party to an act or deliberate failure to act (or
knowingly assisted) to prevent the recovery of any amount of debt due under Section 75 of
the Pensions Act of 1995; or (z) is or has been an associate of or connected with (as set
out in Sections 38 and 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) any person who is an employer in
relation to any occupational pension scheme other than the company’s pension schemes
disclosed on Schedule 2.15(e).
2.16 SEC Filings; Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed, all
Company Reports required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) since January 1, 2006. All Company Reports, as of their respective
dates (a) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules
and regulations thereunder and (b) did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The representation in the preceding sentence does not apply to (a)
any statement or omission in (i) any Company Report filed prior to the date of this
Agreement that was superseded by a subsequent Company Report filed prior to the date of
this Agreement or (ii) any Company Report filed after the date of this Agreement that is
superseded by a subsequent Company Report filed prior to the Closing Date or (b) any
projections, forecasts, estimates and forward-looking information included in the Company
Reports. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in any Company
Reports were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly presented the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the dates thereof (subject,
in the case of any unaudited statements, to the absence of footnotes and to normal
year-end audit adjustments). No Subsidiary
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of the Company is currently required to file any periodic reports with the SEC under
the Exchange Act.
Each Company Report containing financial statements that has been filed with the SEC
by the Company was accompanied by the certifications required to be filed or furnished by
the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and, at the time of filing or submission of each such certification,
such certification was true and accurate in all material respects.
2.17
Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance covering
their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business
interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and
risks as are customary for companies whose businesses are similar to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, except where such failure would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any termination or threatened
termination of any of such policies and such policies are in full force and effect.
2.18 No Brokers. The Company has not entered into any contract, arrangement
or understanding with any Person or firm that may result in the obligation of the Company
or Purchaser to pay any investment banker’s or finder’s fees, brokerage or agent’s
commissions or other like payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this
Agreement or the consummation of the Investments, except that the Company has retained
Xxxxxx, Buckfire & Co., LLC as its financial advisor. The Company, New Xxxx or one of
their Subsidiaries will pay all amounts owed pursuant to the foregoing arrangements.
2.19 State Takeover Statutes. The Company Board has approved this Agreement
and the transactions described herein and such approval is sufficient to render
inapplicable to this Agreement and such transactions the restrictions of Article 14 of
the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “VSCL”), and, accordingly such Article 14
does not apply to any such transactions. The Company has opted out of Article 14.1 of the
VSCL in Section 10.1 of its bylaws. There is no other provision of the VSCL or the
Company’s bylaws or charter under which special voting or waiting period requirements
would become applicable to this Agreement and the transactions described herein, or under
which Centerbridge, Purchaser or the Qualified Investors would not have rights possessed
by other stockholders of the Company.
2.20 Rights Plan Amendment. The Company has taken all action, if any,
necessary or appropriate so that the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of
the purchase of Series A Shares and Series B Shares pursuant to this Agreement do not and
will not result in the ability of any Person to exercise any Rights (as defined in the
Rights Agreement) under the Rights Agreement or enable or require any Rights to separate
from the Shares to which they are attached or to be triggered or to become exercisable.
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2.21 No Additional Representations. Except as and to the extent
expressly set forth in this Agreement (together with the schedules hereto and the
agreements and certificates contemplated hereby), the Company makes no representations or
warranties whatsoever, and disclaims all liability and responsibility for any
representation, warranty, statement made or information communicated (orally or in
writing) to Centerbridge or Purchaser (including, but not limited to, the information
memorandum furnished to Centerbridge or Purchaser in connection with their consideration
of an investment in the Company and any opinion, information or advice which may have
been provided to Centerbridge or Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, by any
officer, stockholder, director, employee, engineering or accounting firm, legal counsel
or any other agent, consultant or representative of such party, as applicable).
III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CENTERBRIDGE AND
PURCHASER
Centerbridge and Purchaser represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Existence; Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreement. Centerbridge
is a limited partnership and Purchaser is a limited liability company duly formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Purchaser
is a Subsidiary of Centerbridge. Centerbridge and Purchaser have all requisite power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all agreements and documents
contemplated hereby and thereby to be executed by it. This Agreement and the consummation
by Centerbridge and Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all requisite action. This Agreement constitutes, and all
Transaction Documents contemplated hereby to be executed and delivered by Centerbridge or
Purchaser (when executed and delivered pursuant hereto) will constitute, the valid and
binding obligations of Centerbridge or Purchaser, as the case may be, enforceable against
each of them in accordance with their respective terms.
3.2 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a) The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by Centerbridge and
Purchaser do not, and the consummation by Centerbridge and Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) conflict with or violate the organizational
documents of Centerbridge or Purchaser, (ii) conflict with or violate any Law or Order
applicable to Centerbridge or Purchaser or by which any property or asset of Centerbridge
or Purchaser is bound or affected or (iii) conflict with or violate or result in a breach
or default under any contract, agreement or instrument binding upon Centerbridge or
Purchaser, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents by Centerbridge and Purchaser does not, and the performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
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thereby by them will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of,
or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except (i) for (A) applicable
requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, and (B) the applicable notification
requirements of the HSR Act, and (ii) where failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect.
3.3 No Undisclosed Agreements. Centerbridge and Purchaser have disclosed to the Company the terms of all agreements, arrangements and understandings, whether oral or written, between Centerbridge and any of its
Affiliates or their respective officers, directors or employees, on the one hand, and any other
Person that involve or relate to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, the Unions,
or the Company’s creditors or their respective officers, directors, employees or representatives, on the other hand. Centerbridge and Purchaser have provided to the
Company true and correct copies of all such agreements, arrangements and
understandings that are in written form.
3.4 No Brokers. Centerbridge and Purchaser have not entered into
any contract, arrangement or understanding with any Person or firm that may result
in the obligation of the Company, New Xxxx or any of their Subsidiaries to pay any
investment banker’s or finder’s fees, brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like
payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, any such amounts to be the
sole liability of Centerbridge or Purchaser.
3.5 Sufficient Funds. Centerbridge and Purchaser will have sufficient funds
available to pay the Series A Purchase Price and the Series B Purchase Price in cash at
the Closing.
3.6 Investment Intent. Other than the Series B Preferred that will be
purchased by Qualified Investors pursuant to Section 1.2, Centerbridge and Purchaser are
purchasing the Shares to be purchased by them for their own account and for investment
purposes, and neither of them intends to redistribute the Shares (except in a transaction
or transactions exempt from registration under the federal and state securities laws or
pursuant to an effective registration statement under such laws). Centerbridge and
Purchaser acknowledge that the Shares have not been and will not, when issued, be
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
or any state blue sky or Securities Laws and that the transfer of the Shares may be
subject to compliance with such Laws unless an exemption is available pursuant to section
1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (in addition to the restrictions set forth in the
Shareholders Agreement).
3.7 Investor Sophistication. Centerbridge and Purchaser are sophisticated
investors and each has such knowledge and experience in financial, business and
investment matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment
in the Shares. Centerbridge was not organized for the specific purpose
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of acquiring the Shares. Centerbridge and Purchaser are not an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3.8 Ownership of Company Securities/ Related Businesses. As of the date of
this Agreement, none of Centerbridge, Purchaser or any of their Subsidiaries, Affiliates
or affiliated funds (a) beneficially own any Claims, indebtedness or equity securities of
the Company or any direct or indirect options, warrants or other rights to acquire, or
any security convertible into or exchangeable for, any indebtedness or equity securities
of the Company, or (b) have an equity interest greater than 10% in any Person that owns,
Controls or operates a business engaged in any of the following: (i) the supply of
components for automobiles or trucks, including but not limited to drivetrain products
(including front and rear axles, transfer cases and gearboxes, differential and torque
couplings, driveshafts, propshafts and drivetrain systems), chassis products (including
front and rear suspension systems and modules, chassis systems, steering components and
suspension components), structural products (including cradles, frames, sub-frames and
side-rails), or engine components (including sealing systems and thermal management
products); (ii) the supply of components for off-highway vehicles (including
single-reduction drive and non-drive axles, steering and rigid planetary axles,
transaxles, driveshafts, transfer cases and gearboxes, powershaft transmissions, torque
converters, brakes, and electronic controls); or (iii) replacement components for sale in
the independent aftermarket or for original equipment service (including replacement
parts of any of the components listed above, transmissions, universal joints, brakes and
gaskets).
3.9 No Additional Representations. Centerbridge and Purchaser acknowledge
that they and their representatives have received or been afforded the opportunity to
review prior to the date hereof all written materials that the Company was requested to
deliver or make available, as the case may be, to Centerbridge pursuant to this Agreement
on or prior to the date hereof. Centerbridge and Purchaser acknowledge that they and
their representatives have been permitted access to the books and records, Tax Returns,
contracts, insurance policies (or summaries thereof) and other properties and assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries that they and their representatives have desired or
requested to see or review, and that they and their representatives have had a full
opportunity to meet with the officers and employees of the Company. Neither Centerbridge
nor Purchaser has Knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to constitute a breach of the representations and warranties of the Company in
Article II of this Agreement.
IV. COVENANTS
4.1 Approval Motion; Approval Order. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Bankruptcy Court to enter a final order of the
Bankruptcy Court (the “Approval Order”) approving and authorizing the Company to
enter into this Agreement and authorizing the various fees contained herein and approving
and authorizing the Support Agreement and that, subject to Section 4.9, to issue such
Approval Order and to cause such Approval Order to contain a process specified therein
that is reasonably acceptable to the Creditors’ Committee, the
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Company and Centerbridge, whereby Persons who have submitted a bona fide proposal
for an Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority Investment, Alternative Transaction
or Alternative Stand-Alone Plan (each, an “Alternative Proposal”) would be
granted access to Company information after signing a confidentiality agreement having
terms no less favorable to the Company or more favorable to the recipient thereunder than
the respective terms of the Confidentiality Agreement (an “Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreement”), would be required to submit a definitive Alternative Proposal to the
Company on or before the deadlines specified in the Approval Order. Nothing in this
Section 4.1 or the Approval Order will be deemed to limit Section 4.10 or the Company’s
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to any of Sections 6.2(f), (g), (h) or (i) or
the exercise of its fiduciary duties with respect to the Plan Support Agreement.
4.2 Plan and Disclosure Statement. Subject to Section 4.9, the Company shall
authorize, execute, file with the Bankruptcy Court and seek confirmation of, a Chapter 11
Plan (and a related disclosure statement (the “Disclosure Statement”)) the terms
of which are consistent with this Agreement, the Support Agreement, the PSA Term Sheet
and with such other terms that, to the extent they have a material impact on Purchaser’s
proposed investment in the Company, are reasonably satisfactory to Centerbridge and
Purchaser. The Company shall (a) provide to Centerbridge and Purchaser and their counsel
a copy of the Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement, and any amendments thereto, and a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents prior to such documents
being filed with the Bankruptcy Court, and (b) duly consider in good faith any comments
consistent with this Agreement, the Support Agreement and the PSA Term Sheet, and any
other reasonable comments of Centerbridge and Purchaser and their counsel. In addition,
the Company shall (y) provide to Centerbridge and Purchaser and their counsel a copy of
the Confirmation Order and a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such order
prior to such order being filed with the Bankruptcy Court and (z) duly consider in good
faith any comments consistent with this Agreement, the Support Agreement and the PSA Term
Sheet, and any other reasonable comments of Centerbridge and Purchaser and their counsel.
4.3 Rights Agreement. Subject to compliance by Purchaser and Centerbridge
with Section 2.1 and 2.2 of the Shareholders Agreement, the Company shall take all action
to ensure that the purchase of Series A Shares and Series B Shares pursuant to this
Agreement will not result in the ability of any Person to exercise any Rights (as defined
in the Rights Agreement) under the Rights Agreement or enable or require any Rights to
separate from the Shares to which they are attached or to be triggered or to become
exercisable.
4.4 Employment Agreements. The Company and Centerbridge will use reasonable
best efforts to ensure that the individuals negotiating the employment agreements for the
persons listed on Schedule 4.4, as contemplated by the Chapter 11 Plan, will consult with
Centerbridge during that negotiation and that such employment agreements shall be on
market terms and in form and substance reasonably acceptable
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to Centerbridge, all subject to approval by the Board of Directors of New Xxxx on
the Effective Date.
4.5 Conduct of Business by Company Pending the Closing. The Company
covenants and agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the
Closing Date, (i) except as expressly required or permitted by this Agreement, the
Support Agreement or the Chapter 11 Plan, as required by Law or order of the Bankruptcy
Court or as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter or otherwise with
the prior written consent of Purchaser (which will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the
usual and ordinary course of business consistent in all material respects with past
practices, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) preserve
substantially intact its current business organization and (b) preserve in all material
respects its present relationships with suppliers, lessors, employees, customers, and
other Persons with which it has significant business relations, and (ii) it will promptly
give written notice to Centerbridge with particularity upon having Knowledge of any
matter that may constitute a breach of any of the Company’s representations, warranties,
agreements or covenants contained in this Agreement that would reasonably be expected to
result in a failure of a condition in Section 5.3(b) or 5.3(c). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company shall not, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries
not to, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, except as expressly
required or permitted by this Agreement, the Support Agreement or the Chapter 11 Plan, as
required by Law or order of the Bankruptcy Court or as set forth in Section 4.5 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, directly or indirectly, do, or irrevocably commit to do, any
of the following without the prior written consent of Centerbridge or Purchaser, which
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) amend or otherwise change the Company’s charter or bylaws or, unless the Company
Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel, that its
fiduciary duties require it, amend or grant any waiver under the Rights Agreement;
(b) except for intercompany transactions, issue, deliver, grant, sell or dispose of
any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries capital stock or any securities convertible
into, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such capital stock at less than
fair market value;
(c) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, whether
payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock
(other than dividends or distributions by any wholly owned Subsidiary to its parent);
(d) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire,
directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or
any securities convertible into or exercisable for any such shares of its capital stock
or securities;
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(e) acquire any shares or equity interests in any corporation, partnership,
Person or other business organization or division thereof, or a substantial portion of
the assets thereof, except (i) immaterial acquisitions in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (ii) other acquisitions involving not in excess of $50
million in any transaction;
(f) (i) incur, create or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money (including by
issuance of debt securities) other than borrowings in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices under the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s existing or any
amended or replacement credit facilities or (ii) other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices or for guarantees of Subsidiary obligations to
the extent permitted under the Company’s applicable credit agreements, issue any debt
securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or
any Subsidiary, or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an accommodation become
responsible for, the obligations or indebtedness for borrowed money of any Person, or
make any loans or advances or, except in connection with an acquisition permitted under
clause (e) above, make any capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
(g) except as may be required as a result of a change in law or in GAAP or audit
practices, make any material change to any of the financial accounting methods, practices
or principles used by it;
(h) adopt or authorize a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (other than as provided for under the
Chapter 11 Plan or as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement);
(i) sell, lease, license, mortgage, pledge, xxxxx x xxxx, mortgage, pledge,
security interest, charge, claim or other encumbrance of any kind or nature on or
otherwise encumber or dispose of any of its properties or assets, except (i) in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) other transactions
involving not in excess of $50 million in any 12-month period;
(j) settle or dismiss any Litigation threatened against, relating to or
involving the Company and any Subsidiary in connection with any business, asset or
property of the Company and any Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices but not, in any individual case, in excess of $50 million
or in a manner that would prohibit or materially restrict the Company from operating as
it has historically (including as of the date of this Agreement);
(k) (A) make any material Tax election, (B) enter into any settlement or
compromise of any material Tax liability, (C) file any amended Tax Return with respect to
any material Tax, (D) change any annual Tax accounting period, (E) enter into any closing
agreement relating to any material Tax, or (F) surrender any right to claim a material
Tax refund other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
or
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(l) enter into any new, or amend or supplement any existing, collective
bargaining agreement, which is inconsistent with the Chapter 11 Plan, this Agreement or
the Support Agreement.
4.6 Access. From the date hereof to the Closing Date, the Company will (i)
allow all designated officers, attorneys, accountants and other representatives of
Centerbridge and Purchaser reasonable access at reasonable times during normal business
hours to the officers, key employees, accountants and other representatives of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and the books and records of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and (ii) furnish to Centerbridge and Purchaser and their counsel, financial
advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives such financial and operating data
and other information as such Persons may reasonably request. All information provided
pursuant to this Section 4.6 will be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
4.7 Publicity. The initial press release relating to this Agreement will be
in the form of a joint press release previously agreed between Centerbridge and Purchaser
and the Company. Thereafter, the Company (or New Xxxx, as applicable), Centerbridge and
Purchaser will, subject to their respective legal obligations (including requirements of
stock exchanges and other similar regulatory bodies), consult with each other, and use
reasonable efforts to agree upon the text of any press release, before issuing any such
press release or otherwise making public statements with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and in making any filings with any Governmental Entity or with any
national securities exchange with respect thereto.
4.8 HSR Act; Other Regulatory Filings. The Company and Centerbridge will or
will cause the Person within which the Company and Purchaser are included, pursuant to
the HSR Act and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to (i) promptly, but in no
event later than twenty business days after the date of the Approval Order, file any and
all Notification and Report Forms required under the HSR Act with the Federal Trade
Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
(the “Antitrust Division”) and use their respective reasonable efforts to respond
as promptly as practicable to all reasonable inquiries received from the FTC or the
Antitrust Division for additional information or documentation, (ii) use reasonable best
efforts to cause the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting periods under
the HSR Act, (iii) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each other in (x)
determining whether any filings are required to be made with, or consents, permits,
authorizations, waivers, clearances, approvals, and expirations or terminations of
waiting periods are required to be obtained from any Governmental Entities in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and (y) timely making all such filings and timely
obtaining all such consents, permits, authorizations or approvals, (iii) supply to any
Governmental Entity as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information or
documentary material that may reasonably be requested pursuant to any Antitrust Law or by
such Governmental Entity, and (iv) use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all other actions and do, or cause to be done, all other things necessary, proper
or advisable to consummate and make effective the Investments, including using reasonable
best efforts to (A) take such further action as may be necessary to resolve
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such objections, if any, as the FTC, Antitrust Division, state antitrust enforcement
authorities or competition authorities of any other nation or other jurisdiction or any
other Person may assert under any Antitrust Law with respect to the Investments, and (B)
avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Law that may be asserted by any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Investments so as to enable the Closing to occur
no later than May 1, 2008; provided that, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
will, nor will Centerbridge or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, be obligated to,
become subject to, or consent or agree to or otherwise take any action with respect to,
any requirement, condition, understanding, agreement or order of a Governmental Entity to
sell, to hold separate or otherwise dispose of, or to conduct, restrict, operate, invest
or otherwise change the assets or business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Centerbridge or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, as the case may be, unless such
requirement, condition, understanding, agreement or order is binding on the Company or
Centerbridge, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, respectively, only in the event that the
Closing occurs. For purposes hereof, “Affiliates” shall in no event include or be deemed
to include any portfolio companies (whether Controlled by Centerbridge or otherwise) of
Centerbridge or any of its affiliated funds.
4.9 Reasonable Efforts to Close. The parties agree to use their reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and
to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or
advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable,
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation using
reasonable efforts to cause the conditions to Closing to be satisfied as promptly as
practicable. Each of Purchaser and the Company agrees that it will consult with the other
with respect to the obtaining of all approvals of any and all third parties and
Governmental Entities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and each party will keep the other reasonably apprised of the status
of any material matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated herein.
Centerbridge will cause Purchaser to perform its obligations in this Agreement.
4.10 Notification of Alternative Investment. Nothing in this Agreement will
be deemed to preclude the Company from furnishing information with respect to the Company
and its Subsidiaries to any Person making an Alternative Proposal or participating in
discussions or negotiations with the Person making an Alternative Proposal; provided,
that the Company will not disclose any material non-public information to such Person
without entering into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement. If the Company Board
determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its
independent financial advisor or advisors) that the terms of an Alternative Investment
proposal are superior to the terms of this Agreement and the Investments, taking into
account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative
Investment, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Investment and the
termination rights of the Unions set forth in the Union Settlement Agreement, then the
Company must promptly, but in no event more than one business day, after such Company
Board determination provide written notice to Centerbridge (the “Notice of
Alternative Investment”) advising it that it has received a proposal for an
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Investment, specifying the material terms and conditions of such proposal and
indicating that the Company Board intends to consider whether to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to Section 6.2(f). Centerbridge will have five business days from its receipt of
the Notice of Alternative Investment (the “Match Period”) to make an offer to
amend the terms of this Agreement and the Investments in response thereto.
4.11 Takeover Statutes and Charter. The Company and the Company Board have
taken, or with respect to New Xxxx, will prior to Closing take, all action necessary (a)
to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes
applicable to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or by the Chapter 11
Plan, the Support Agreement or the PSA Term Sheet, (b) if any state takeover statute is
or may become applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Chapter
11 Plan, the Support Agreement or the PSA Term Sheet, to grant such approvals and take
such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as
practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement, the Chapter 11 Plan, the Support
Agreement or the PSA Term Sheet and otherwise to act to eliminate or minimize the effects
of such statute or regulation on such transactions and (iii) to ensure that this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or by the Chapter 11 Plan, the Support
Agreement or the PSA Term Sheet are approved for purposes of Article 14 of the VSCA.
V. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations
of Centerbridge and Purchaser, on the one hand, and Xxxx and New Xxxx, on the other hand,
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the
fulfillment (or waiver by all parties to the extent permitted by Law) at or prior to the
Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) All conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Chapter 11 Plan shall
have been satisfied or waived pursuant to the provisions therein.
(b) The waiting period (and any extension thereof) if any, applicable to the
issuance and sale of the Shares under all applicable Antitrust Laws shall have been
terminated or expired.
(c) No Order or Law enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or issued by any court
of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or
prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be in effect.
(d) The Bankruptcy Court shall have issued the Approval Order.
(e) The Union Settlement Agreement shall not have been terminated and shall have
been approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
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5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the
Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the Closing of the following
conditions:
(a) That all closing deliveries set forth in Section 1.5(a) hereof shall have been
delivered to New Xxxx.
(b) All representations and warranties of Centerbridge and Purchaser in Article III
must be true and correct in all respects on the Closing Date, except as would not have or
reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(c) All covenants in Article IV required to be performed by Centerbridge or
Purchaser herein must have been complied with in all material respects.
(d) A confirmation order (the “Confirmation Order”) approving the Chapter 11
Plan in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company consistent with the PSA Term Sheet in
all respects shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court.
(e) The Chapter 11 Plan, including the plan documents attached thereto, shall be in
a form reasonably acceptable to the Company consistent with the PSA Term Sheet and shall
have been implemented in all material respects in a manner acceptable to the Company.
(f) The Company or New Xxxx, as the case may be, must have received from
Centerbridge a certificate of an executive officer of Centerbridge (without personal
liability) certifying to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.2(b)
and 5.2(c) above.
5.3 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligations of
Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject
to the satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the Closing of the following
conditions:
(a) All closing deliveries set forth in Section 1.5(b) hereof must have been
delivered to Purchaser.
(b) All representations and warranties of the Company and New Xxxx in Article II
must be true and correct in all respects on the Closing Date, except as would not have or
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) All covenants in Article IV required to be performed by the Company or New
Xxxx, as the case may be, must have been complied with in all material respects.
(d) No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred between the date hereof
and the Closing.
(e) The Confirmation Order approving the Chapter 11 Plan in a form reasonably
acceptable to Centerbridge consistent with the PSA Term Sheet in all
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respects shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court on or before February 28,
2008.
(f) The Company shall have obtained exit financing with parties and on market terms
that are reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge and shall have consulted with Centerbridge
regarding such parties and terms.
(g) The Chapter 11 Plan and the related disclosure statement shall have been filed
with the Bankruptcy Court no later than September 3, 2007.
(h) The Chapter 11 Plan, including the plan documents attached thereto, shall
be in a form acceptable to Centerbridge and shall have been implemented in all material
respects in a manner acceptable to Centerbridge consistent with this Agreement and the
PSA Term Sheet.
(i) Centerbridge must have received from the Company or New Xxxx, as the case
may be, a certificate of an executive officer of the Company or New Xxxx, as the case may
be, (without personal liability) certifying to such executive’s Knowledge the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.3(b), (c) and (d) above.
(j) New Dana’s charter or amendments to the Company’s charter, as applicable,
shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the state in which it is
incorporated, which charter or amendments, and the bylaws of New Xxxx in effect as of the
Closing Date, shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and
Centerbridge and consistent with this Agreement and the Exhibits hereto, necessary to
implement the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Chapter 11 Plan, the
Support Agreement and the PSA Term Sheet; provided, however, that the
terms of the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred included in the New Xxxx charter
shall in any event be in the form of Exhibit B, and Centerbridge shall have
received from the Company or New Xxxx, as the case may be, a certificate of the Secretary
of the Company or New Xxxx, as the case may be, certifying as to such charter and bylaws.
(k) Effective upon the Closing, the New Xxxx Board shall consist of seven
directors, (i) three of whom shall be designated by Centerbridge, one of whom shall be an
Independent Director, (ii) two of whom shall be designated by representatives of the
unsecured creditor’s committee (the “Creditors’ Committee”) appointed in the
Chapter 11 Case, each of whom shall be an Independent Director, (iii) one of whom shall
be selected by the Creditors’ Committee from a list of three Independent Directors
proffered to the Creditors’ Committee by Centerbridge, provided, however,
if none of the Independent Directors on the list are reasonably satisfactory to the
Creditors’ Committee, then Centerbridge shall proffer the names of additional Independent
Directors until the name of an Independent Director reasonably satisfactory to the
Creditors’ Committee is put forth and at any time during that process, the Creditors’
Committee may submit its own list, which would then be subject to the same proffer
process, and (iv) one of whom shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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5.4 Frustration of Closing Conditions. No party hereto may rely,
either as a basis for not consummating the Investments or terminating this Agreement and
abandoning the Investments, on the failure of any condition set forth in Section 5.1, 5.2
or 5.3, as the case may be, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such party’s
breach in any material respect of any provision of this Agreement or failure to use all
reasonable best efforts to consummate the Investments and the other transactions
contemplated hereby.
VI. TERMINATION AND WAIVER
6.1 Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any
time prior to the Closing Date by the mutual consent of Centerbridge and the Company.
6.2 Other Termination Rights. This Agreement may also be
terminated:
(a) by either Centerbridge or the Company, if the Effective Date has not occurred on
or before May 1, 2008; provided, however, that no party may terminate
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(a) if such party has failed in any material
respect to fulfill any of its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) by either Centerbridge or the Company, if any Governmental Entity has issued an
order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the purchase of Shares by Purchaser or any of
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree or ruling or
other action has become final and nonappealable;
(c) by either Centerbridge or the Company, if the Chapter 11 Case is dismissed or
converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code or a Chapter 11 trustee is
appointed;
(d) by Centerbridge, if there has been a default or breach by the Company of its
representations and warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, or
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, which default or breach is
incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured has not been cured within 60 days
following receipt by the Company from Centerbridge of written notice of such default or
breach (specifying in reasonable detail the claimed default or breach and demand of its
cure or satisfaction) and which default or breach would result in a failure of the
condition set forth in Section 5.3(f) or (g), as applicable or if, pursuant to an order
of the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtor no longer has the exclusive right to file a plan of
reorganization; provided, however, that Centerbridge will not have the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) if it or Purchaser is
in material breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder;
(e) by the Company, if there has been a default or breach by
Centerbridge or Purchaser of its representations and warranties, covenants or
agreements set forth in this Agreement, or in connection with the
transactions
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contemplated hereby, which default or breach is incapable of being cured or, if
capable of being cured has not been cured within 60 days following receipt by
Centerbridge from the Company of written notice of such default or breach (specifying in
reasonable detail the claimed default or breach and demand of its cure or satisfaction)
and which default or breach would result in a failure of the condition set forth in
Section 5.2(d) or (e), as applicable; provided, however, that the Company
will not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(e) if it
is in material breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
hereunder;
(f) by the Company, in the event that the Company Board approves an Alternative
Investment (whether pursuant to a binding letter of intent or definitive agreements)
after determining in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
its independent financial advisor or advisors) that the terms of such Alternative
Investment are superior to the terms of this Agreement and the Investments, taking into
account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative
Investment, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Investment, the
termination rights of the Unions set forth in the Union Settlement Agreement and any
amendments to this Agreement and the Investments proposed by Centerbridge during the
Match Period; provided, however, that in order for the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(f) to be effected, the Company shall first
have complied in all material respects with the provisions of Section 4.10;
(g) by the Company, in the event that the Company Board approves an Alternative
Majority Investment (whether pursuant to a binding letter of intent or definitive
agreements) after determining in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal
counsel and its independent financial advisor or advisors) that the terms of such
Alternative Majority Investment are more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the Debtor
than the Chapter 11 Plan and the Investments, taking into account all legal, financial,
regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Majority Investment, the likely time to
consummation of the Alternative Majority Investment and the termination rights of the
Unions set forth in the Union Settlement Agreement;
(h) by the Company, in the event that the Company Board approves an Alternative
Transaction (whether pursuant to a binding letter of intent or definitive agreements)
after determining in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
its independent financial advisor or advisors) that the terms of such Alternative
Transaction are more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the Debtor than the Chapter 11
Plan and the Investments, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other
aspects of such Alternative Transaction, the likely time to consummation of the
Alternative Transaction and the termination rights of the Unions set forth in the Union
Settlement Agreement; and
(i) by the Company, in the event that the Company Board approves an
Alternative Stand-Alone Plan after determining in good faith (after consultation with its
outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisor or advisors) that the terms
of an Alternative Stand-Alone Plan are more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the
Debtor than the Chapter 11 Plan and the Investments, taking into account all legal,
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financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Stand-Alone Plan, the
likely time to consummation of the Alternative Stand-Alone Plan and the termination
rights of the Unions set forth in the Union Settlement Agreement.
6.3 Effect of Termination. (a) Any termination of this Agreement by
Centerbridge pursuant to this Article VI will be deemed to be a termination on behalf of
itself and Purchaser.
(b) A termination under Section 6.1 will be effective upon the date of the mutual
agreement to terminate this Agreement pursuant thereto.
(c) In order to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof by
Centerbridge or the Company, written notice thereof must promptly be given to the other
party specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and the
effective date of such termination will be as follows (with respect to each applicable
paragraph of Section 6.2, the “Termination Effective Date” thereof):
(i) with respect to a termination under Section 6.2(a), (b), (c), (d) or
(e), such termination will become effective upon notice of the exercise of
such termination right, in accordance with Section 8.1;
(ii) with respect to a termination under Section 6.2(f), (g) or (h),
notwithstanding the prior delivery of a notice of the Company’s exercise of such
termination right, such termination will become effective only upon the earlier to
occur of (A) the approval by the Bankruptcy Court of the Alternative Investment,
the Alternative Majority Investment or the Alternative Transaction, respectively,
(B) the 30th day after the applicable Company Board approval giving rise
to such termination right, as described in Section 6.2(f), (g) or (h), and (C) the
Company’s written notice to Centerbridge that it wishes the termination to be
effective at a specified earlier date, respectively; provided,
however, that in the event the Bankruptcy Court enters an order denying the
Company’s motion to approve such Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority
Investment or Alternative Transaction, as applicable, prior to such 30th
day (or, if earlier, the date of such Company notice), the Company’s termination
notice relating thereto will automatically and without further action be deemed to
have been withdrawn and such termination will not become effective for any purposes
under this Agreement; and
(iii) with respect to a termination under Section 6.2(i), notwithstanding
the prior delivery of a notice of the Company’s exercise of such termination
right, such termination will become effective only upon the entry of an order by
the Bankruptcy Court approving the disclosure statement relating to such
Alternative Stand-Alone Plan or such earlier date on which the Company give
written notice to Centerbridge that it wishes the termination to be effective at
a specified earlier date.
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(d) Upon the effectiveness of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 6.3(c), this Agreement will become void and have no effect, and there will be
no liability hereunder on the part of Centerbridge, Purchaser or the Company or New Xxxx;
provided, however, that Section 4.7 and Article VIII and all obligations
to pay any fees pursuant to Article VII, if any, will survive any such effectiveness or
termination as set forth therein; provided further, however, that nothing
in this Section 6.3 will relieve Centerbridge or Purchaser of liability for any breach of
this Agreement. The Confidentiality Agreement will, except as provided herein, remain in
effect during the term of this Agreement and following its termination pursuant to its
terms; provided, however, that such agreement will automatically
terminate as of the Closing. Notwithstanding that a termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 6.2(f), (g), (h) or (i) is not yet effective, upon delivery by the
Company of notice of termination pursuant to one of those Sections, the Company’s
obligations to pursue the Chapter 11 Plan and to otherwise use reasonable efforts to
consummate, and take actions in furtherance of, the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement and the Chapter 11 Plan will be suspended until such termination either becomes
effective or is withdrawn pursuant to the applicable provision of Section 6.2;
provided, however, that during such suspension period, the Company will
not voluntarily take any action, directly or indirectly, that would preclude continued
compliance with its obligations hereunder should the termination be so withdrawn.
VII. FEES AND EXPENSES
7.1 Liquidated Damages. (a) Subject to Section 7.3, in the event that
this Agreement is terminated by the Company in accordance with Section 6.2(f), and at the
time of such termination Centerbridge and Purchaser have not breached any of their
respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement in
any material respect, then the Company will pay Purchaser, as liquidated damages, a
payment of $15.0 million, plus an additional amount equal to the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by Purchaser and Centerbridge in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in an amount not to exceed $4.0
million (the “Purchaser Expenses”). Any such payments pursuant to this Section
7.1(a) will be earned and payable by the Company to Purchaser immediately upon the
Termination Effective Date.
(b) Subject to Section 7.3, in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the
Company pursuant to Section 6.2(g), (h) or (i), and at the time of such termination
Centerbridge and Purchaser have not breached any of their respective representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement in any material respect, then
the Company will pay Purchaser, as liquidated damages, a payment of $22.5 million, plus
an additional amount equal to the Purchaser Expenses. Any such payments pursuant to this
Section 7.1(b) will be earned and payable by the Company to Purchaser immediately upon
the Termination Effective Date of the applicable termination.
(c) Subject to Section 7.3, in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 6.2(c) or (d), then the Company will be obligated to pay
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Purchaser, as liquidated damages, a payment of $3.5 million (the “Termination
Fee”) plus an additional amount equal to the Purchaser Expenses. Any such payments
pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) will be earned and payable by the Company to Purchaser
immediately upon the Termination Effective Date of the applicable termination.
(d) Subject to Section 7.3, in the event that this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 6.2(a), then the Company will be obligated to pay Purchaser, as
liquidated damages, a payment of $2.5 million (the “Commitment Fee”) plus an
additional amount equal to the Purchaser Expenses. Any such payments pursuant to this
Section 7.1(d) will be earned and payable by the Company to Purchaser immediately upon
the Termination Effective Date of the applicable termination.
7.2 Commitment Fee. Subject to Section 7.3, in consideration of
Centerbridge’s and Purchaser’s commitment to purchase the Series B-1 Preferred pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, on the Effective Date, the Company will pay to Purchaser
the Commitment Fee, plus an additional amount equal to the Purchaser Expenses.
7.3 No Duplication of Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof,
Purchaser shall be entitled to only one payment of each of the following fees and
expenses: (a) Purchaser Expenses, (b) a Termination Fee, (c) a Commitment Fee and (c) the
$15.0 million or $22.5 million, as applicable, fee payable pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or
(b).
7.4 Superpriority Administration Expense Claims. The liquidated damages
payments payable pursuant to Section 7.1 and 7.2 will be superpriority allowed
administrative expense claims having priority over all other administrative claims other
than any such claims of the Debtors’ post-petition lenders in their capacity as such.
7.5 Liquidated Damages. Centerbridge and Purchaser agree that it would be
impractical and extremely difficult to determine the extent of any damages to
Centerbridge and Purchaser that might result from a breach by the Company of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of this Agreement or the Support
Agreement. Therefore, the parties acknowledge and agree that any payment to Purchaser
made pursuant this Article VII will be paid as liquidated damages and the parties’ good
faith estimate of the actual potential damages to Purchaser and Centerbridge for any such
breach. Purchaser and Centerbridge agree to accept such amounts as satisfaction in full
of any claim or demand that Purchaser or Centerbridge may have against the Company, its
Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, successors and assigns because of
such breach.
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VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Notices. Any notice or other communication required to be given
hereunder will be in writing, and sent by reputable courier service (with proof of
service), by hand delivery, or by email or facsimile (followed on the same day by
delivery by courier service (with proof of delivery) or by hand delivery), addressed as
follows:
If to Centerbridge or Purchaser:
Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
With copies to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to the Company or New Xxxx:
Xxxx Corporation (or the name of New Xxxx)
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel and Secretary
Email:
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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With copies to:
Xxxxx Day
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party will specify by written notice so given, and such
notice will be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so telecommunicated or
personally delivered.
8.2 Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, interests or obligations hereunder will be assigned by any party hereto (whether
by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party,
except that (a) Centerbridge will have the right to assign any of the rights and
obligations of Centerbridge hereunder to any Qualified Purchaser Transferee, who executes
and delivers to the Company an Assumption Agreement, provided, that any such assignment
will not relieve Centerbridge from any of its obligations hereunder and (b) the Company
will, effective as of the Effective Date, assign all of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement to New Xxxx. Any assignment not granted in accordance with the foregoing
will be null and void. Subject to the first and last sentence of this Section 8.2, this
Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, (A) the Company’s and New Dana’s obligations hereunder are
subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court of the transactions contemplated hereby and
under the other Transaction Documents and (B) nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto or their
respective heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns any rights, remedies,
obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
8.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter, and any
documents delivered by the parties in connection herewith or therewith, including the
Transaction Documents, the Support Agreement (except for the Investment Term Sheet as
defined therein) and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement among
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings among the parties with respect thereto, including without limitation,
the Investment Agreement among the Company, Centerbridge and Purchaser, dated as of July
25, 2007. The Confidentiality Agreement
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and Support Agreement remain in full force and effect except that the Investment Term Sheet is
replaced in its entirety with this Agreement.
8.4 Amendment. Subject to applicable law, including but not limited to the
requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court, this Agreement may only
be amended by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
8.5
Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
8.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be an original, but all such
counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of
a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the parties
hereto. A facsimile copy of a signature page will be deemed to be an original signature page.
8.7 Headings. Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for the
convenience of the parties only, and will be given no substantive or interpretive effect
whatsoever.
8.8 Certain Definitions/Interpretations. (a) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Assumption Agreement” means an agreement in writing in substantially
the form of Exhibit A to the Shareholders Agreement pursuant to which the party
thereto agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement;
(ii) An “Affiliate” of any Person means another Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under
Common Control with, such first Person; provided that as such term is used in this
Agreement, Centerbridge and Purchaser will not be considered to be Affiliates of the
Company;
(iii) “Alternative Investment” means an investment proposed by any Person
or group of Persons (other than a party to this Agreement or its Affiliates) (a “Third
Party Investor”) that would result in any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by
such Third Party Investor of beneficial ownership of less than 50% of the equity securities
of New Xxxx entitled to vote generally in the election of directors calculated on a
fully-diluted basis, taking into account any securities convertible into, exchangeable for
or exercisable for any such securities (whether immediately or otherwise) on an
as-converted, exchanged or exercised basis, that would be an alternative to the Investments;
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(iv) “Alternative Majority Investment” means an investment proposed by
any Third Party Investor, other than an Alternative Investment, that would result in any
direct or indirect acquisition or purchase by such Third Party Investor of beneficial
ownership of at least 50% of the equity securities of New Xxxx entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors calculated on a fully-diluted basis, taking into
account any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for any such
securities (whether immediately or otherwise) on an as-converted, exchanged or exercised
basis, that would be an alternative to the Investments; ;
(v) “Alternative Transaction” means a proposed transaction, other than
an Alternative Investment or Alternative Majority Investment, between the Company and a
Third Party Investor, involving the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
Debtor as a going concern and not as a liquidation;
(vi) “Alternative Stand-Alone Plan” means any plan of reorganization
for the Company, not involving any Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority
Investment or Alternative Transaction, proposed by the Debtor without any party
providing equity financing;
(vii) “Antitrust Laws” means the Xxxxxxx Antitrust Act, as amended, the
Xxxxxxx Act of 1914, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914,
as amended, Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of
concentrations between undertakings, as amended, and all other Laws and Orders that are
designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or
effect of monopolization or restraint of trade, whether foreign or domestic;
(viii) “Acquired Bond Claims” means Qualified Bond Claims that are
transferred to a Person who (A) is a QIB and (B) who assumes all of the obligations of
the transferor under the Support Agreement in connection with such transfer. Acquired
Bond Claims that are subsequently transferred to a Person who (A) is a QIB and (B) who
assumes all of the obligations of the transferor under the Support Agreement and
delivers a signature page to the Support Agreement to the Company and Centerbridge
within 5 business days of the closing of such transfer (however, in no event later than
the Confirmation Date) shall continue to be deemed Acquired Bond Claims.
(ix) “
Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of
New York;
(x) “Bondholder Claims” means all allowed liquidated, noncontingent,
unsecured Claims arising under the unsecured notes listed in the definition of
Bondholders in the PSA Term Sheet;
(xi) “Bondholder Record Date” means August 13, 2007;
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(xii) “Certificate of Designation” means the Articles of Serial
Designation of 4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0% Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock in the form of Exhibit B;
(xiii) “Claims” means claims (as such term is defined under section 101
of the Bankruptcy Code) against the Company or any rights to acquire such claims;
(xiv) “Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company;
(xv) “Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event
or condition that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect (a) on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company,
New Xxxx and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) that would prevent the Company
from timely consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in all material respects;
provided, however, that the definition of Company Material Adverse
Effect will not include facts, circumstances, events, changes, effects or occurrences
(i) generally affecting the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries or their
customers operate, or the economy or the financial, credit or securities markets, in the
United States or other countries in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate,
including effects on such industries, economy or markets resulting from any regulatory
and political conditions or developments in general, or any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism (other than any of the
foregoing that causes any damage or destruction to or renders physically unusable or
inaccessible any facility or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); (ii)
reflecting or resulting from changes in law or GAAP (or authoritative interpretations
thereof); (iii) resulting from actions of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
Centerbridge has expressly requested in writing or to which Centerbridge has expressly
consented to in writing; (iv) to the extent resulting from the announcement of the
Investments and the transactions contemplated thereby, including any lawsuit related
thereto or any loss or threatened loss of or adverse change or threatened adverse
change, in each case resulting therefrom, in the relationship of the Company or its
Subsidiaries with its customers, suppliers, employees or others; (v) resulting from
changes in the market price or trading volume of the Company’s securities, provided that
the exceptions in this clause (v) are strictly limited to any such change or failure in
and of itself and will not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any fact,
circumstance, event, change, effect or occurrence underlying such change or such failure
has resulted in, or contributed to a Company Material Adverse Change; (vi) resulting
from the suspension of trading in securities generally on any U.S. national securities
exchange; or (vii) resulting from changes in the pool of claims (as such term is defined
in Section 1.01(5) of the Bankruptcy Code); except to the extent that, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii), the impact of such fact, circumstance, event, change, effect or
occurrence is disproportionately adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, as compared to
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other Persons engaged in the industries in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries compete;
(xvi) “Company Reports” means all forms and reports filed by the Company
with the SEC after January 1, 2006, and any such forms or reports filed by the Company
with the SEC after the date of this Agreement and until the Closing Date, in each case
under Sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder;
(xvii) “Confirmation Date” means the date that the Confirmation Order is
entered;
(xviii) “Confidentiality Agreement” means that agreement by and between
Centerbridge and the Company, dated as of June 1, 2007, as amended on June 19, 2007 and
at any time thereafter;
(xix) “Control” (including the terms “Controlling”,
“Controlled by” and under “Common Control with”) means possession,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract,
or otherwise;
(xx) “Independent Director” has the meaning given such term in
Exhibit B;
(xxi) “Investment Term Sheet” means the term sheet summarizing
certain terms of this Agreement, dated July 5, 2007;
(xxii) “Knowledge” means the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry of
any of the Company’s executive officers in the case of the Company and, in the case of
Purchaser, means the actual knowledge of Centerbridge’s executive officers after
reasonable inquiry;
(xxiii) “Litigation” means any complaint, action, suit, proceeding,
arbitration or other alternate dispute resolution procedure, demand, investigation or
inquiry, whether civil, criminal or administrative;
(xxiv) “New Common Stock” means the common stock of New Xxxx issued
pursuant to the Plan;
(xxv) “New Xxxx Board” means the board of directors of New Xxxx;
(xxvi) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated
organization or other entity;
(xxvii) “Purchaser Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event
or condition that has prevented or materially delayed or could reasonably
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be expected to prevent or materially delay Centerbridge’s or Purchaser’s ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(xxviii) “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as such term
is defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
(xxix) “Qualified Bond Claims” means the net Bondholder Claims (after
subtracting short positions and/or other hedge positions) that are beneficially owned as
of the Bondholder Record Date by a Person who (A) together with its Affiliates, holds
Bondholder Claims and/or Trade Claims in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than
the Threshold Amount; (B) is a QIB; and (C) executes and delivers a signature page to
the Support Agreement on or before the Bondholder Record Date.
(xxx) “
Qualified Investor” means a Person, other than the Unions, who (A)
together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns Qualified Bond Claims, Acquired Bond
Claims, and/or Qualified Trade Claims(such claims collectively, “
Participating
Claims”) in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount; (B)
is a QIB; (C) is qualified to make the representations and warranties in, and who
delivers to the Company within the timeframe specified in Section 1.2, a duly executed
copy of, a Series B
Subscription Agreement in the form of
Exhibit C ; and (D)
has not at any time during the period from the Bondholder Record Date through and
including the Effective Date, engaged in any short sales of New Common Stock or Claims,
any transactions involving options (including exchange-traded options), puts, calls or
other derivatives involving securities of New Xxxx or any other transactions of any type
that would have the effect of providing such holder with any other economic gain in the
event of a decrease in the current or future market price of New Common Stock or Claims
unless such Person has engaged in such activity pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Support
Agreement, or otherwise breached any covenants or agreements in the
Subscription
Agreement.
(xxxi) “Qualified Purchaser Transferee” means an Affiliate of Purchaser
that executes an Assumption Agreement, but only to the extent that such Qualified
Purchaser Transferee is a corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, of which either Purchaser or Centerbridge directly or indirectly owns or
Controls 100% of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting
power to elect the board of directors (or others performing similar functions) of such
corporation or other organization;
(xxxii) “Qualified Trade Claims” means Trade Claims that are beneficially
owned as of the Trade Claims Record Date by a Person who (A) together with its
Affiliates, beneficially owns Trade Claims, Qualified Bond Claims and/or Acquired Bond
Claims in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount; (B) is a
QIB; and (C) executes and delivers a signature page to the Support Agreement on or
before the Trade Claims Record Date.
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(xxxiii) “
Rights Agreement” means the Rights Agreement, dated as of
April 25, 1996, as amended, between the Company and The Bank of
New York, successor to
Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), as
Rights Agent;
(xxxiv) “Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, and any state securities and “blue sky” laws;
(xxxv) “Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC;
(xxxvi) “Subsidiary” when used with respect to any Person, means any
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such
Person directly or indirectly owns or Controls more than 50% of the securities or other
interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors or others performing similar functions;
(xxxvii) “Taxes or Tax” means all federal, state, local and foreign taxes
arising after the date on which the Debtor filed the Chapter 11 Case, in the case of the
Debtor, and arising at anytime in the case of Persons other than the Debtor, (including
income or profits taxes, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, profits or excess profits
taxes, premium taxes, occupation taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, gross
receipts taxes, franchise taxes, ad valorem taxes, severance taxes, capital levy taxes,
prohibited transaction taxes, transfer taxes, value added taxes, employment and
payroll-related taxes (including employee withholding or employer payroll tax, FICA or
FUTA), real or personal property taxes, business license taxes, occupation taxes, stamp
taxes or duties, withholding or back up withholding taxes, import duties and other
governmental charges and assessments), of any kind whatsoever, including charges,
interest, additions to tax and penalties with respect thereto, it being agreed that the
foregoing shall include any transferee or secondary liability for a Tax and any
liability assumed by agreement or arising as a result of being or ceasing to be a member
of any affiliated group or being included or required to be included in any Tax Return;
(xxxviii) “Threshold Amount” means $25 million.
(xxxix) “Trade Claims” means all allowed liquidated, noncontingent,
unsecured Claims other than Bondholder Claims;
(xl) “Trade Claims Record Date” means the Confirmation Date.
(xli) “Unions” means, the United Steelworkers of America and the
International Union, UAW; and
(xlii) “Union Settlement Agreement” means the Settlement Agreements by
and between the Company and the Unions.
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(b) When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Annex,
such reference will be to an Article or Section of, or an Annex or Exhibit to, this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in
this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words
“hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms
used herein with initial capital letters have the meanings ascribed to them herein and all terms
defined in this Agreement will have such defined meanings when used in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions
contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such
terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument
that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver
or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. As the context requires,
all references to the “Company” contained herein shall be references to “New Xxxx” after the
Closing.
8.9 No Survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations and warranties
in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the
Closing.
8.10 Waivers. Except as provided in this Agreement, no action taken pursuant to this
Agreement, including without limitation any investigation by or on behalf of any party, will be
deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The waiver by any
party hereto of a breach of any provision hereunder will not operate or be construed as a waiver of
any prior or subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereunder. At any time prior to
the Closing Date, any party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and
(c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension
or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or
parties to be bound thereby.
8.11 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision will be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
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8.12 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Bankruptcy Court, and any appellate court from any such court, in any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment resulting from any such suit, action or proceeding, and each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in the Bankruptcy Court.
(b) It will be a condition precedent to each party’s right to bring any such suit, action or
proceeding that such suit, action or proceeding, in the first instance, be brought in the
Bankruptcy Court, and if each such court refuses to accept jurisdiction with respect thereto, such
suit, action or proceeding may be brought in any other court with jurisdiction.
(c) No party may move to (i) transfer any such suit, action or proceeding from the Bankruptcy
Court to another jurisdiction, (ii) consolidate any such suit, action or proceeding brought in the
Bankruptcy Court with a suit, action or proceeding in another jurisdiction, or (iii) dismiss any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in the Bankruptcy Court for the purpose of bringing the
same in another jurisdiction.
(d) Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, (i) any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the
Bankruptcy Court, (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action
or proceeding in any such court, and (iii) the right to object, with respect to such suit, action
or proceeding, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party. Each party irrevocably
consents to service of process in any manner permitted by law.
8.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AT LAW
OR IN EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
8.14 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement and caused the same to be
duly delivered on their behalf on the day and year first written above.
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LIST OF
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Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
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Exhibit A
[Intentionally Omitted]
[NEW XXXX CORPORATION]
ARTICLES OF SERIAL DESIGNATION OF
4.0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND
4.0% SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK1
The terms of the authorized 4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the “Series A Preferred”), and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share (the “Series B Preferred”), of [New Xxxx Corporation], a corporation organized and
existing under the State of [ ] (the “Corporation”), are as set forth below:
1. Designation. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred
Stock of the Corporation two new series of Preferred Stock designated as the Series A Preferred and
the Series B Preferred. The number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred will be 2,500,000,
and the number of shares constituting the Series B Preferred will be 5,000,000.
2. Ranking. The Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will, with respect to payment of
dividends and to distributions in the event of the Corporation’s voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, winding up or dissolution (a “Liquidation”), rank (i) senior to the Corporation’s
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and all classes of Common Stock and to each other
class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation
established hereafter by the Board, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such
class or series ranks senior to, or on a parity with, the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred
as to dividend rights and rights on a Liquidation (collectively referred to as “Junior Stock”),
(ii) on a parity with each class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock
of the Corporation established hereafter by the Board, the terms of which expressly provide that
such class or series will rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred as to
dividend rights and rights on a Liquidation (collectively referred to as “Parity Stock”), and (iii)
junior to each class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation established hereafter by the Board, the terms of which expressly provide that such
class or series will rank senior to the Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred as to dividend
rights and rights on a Liquidation. For the avoidance of doubt, the Series A Preferred and Series B
Preferred will rank on a parity with each other as to dividend rights and rights on a Liquidation.
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To be conformed, as necessary, to reflect the name and jurisdiction of the reorganized
company. The Charter and By-Laws will also be amended to reflect changes in par value, to
authorize additional preferred stock to permit the issuance of the Series A Preferred and
Series B Preferred, to permit preemptive rights, to increase the number of directors and to
allow a special meeting of shareholders to be held at the request of shareholders owning not
less than 20% of the issued and outstanding voting shares, including taking into account the
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3. Dividends. (a) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred are
outstanding, the holders of such shares will be entitled to receive out of the Corporation’s assets
legally available therefor, when, as and if declared by the Board, preferential dividends at a rate
per annum equal to 4.0% (the “Dividend Rate”) on the then-effective Liquidation Preference per
share for such share hereunder, payable in cash. Subject to Section 5(f), such dividends with
respect to each share of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred, as applicable, will be fully
cumulative and will begin to accrue from the Issue Date of such share, whether or not such
dividends are authorized or declared by the Board and whether or not in any Dividend Period or
Dividend Periods there are assets of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such
dividends.
(b) Dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will be payable
quarterly in equal amounts (subject to Section 3(d) hereunder with respect to shorter periods,
including the first such period with respect to newly issued shares of Series A Preferred or Series
B Preferred) in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, in preference to and in priority over
dividends on any Junior Stock, commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date after the Issue Date
of such share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable. Subject to
Section 3(f),
such dividends will be paid to the holders of record of the shares of Series A Preferred and Series
B Preferred, as applicable, as they appear at the close of business on the applicable Dividend
Record Date. The amount payable as dividends on such Dividend Payment Date will be payable in cash, unless
such payment is prohibited under statutory law.
(c) All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred
pursuant to Section 3(a) will be paid pro rata to the holders thereof and will first be credited
against the dividends accrued with respect to the earliest Dividend Period for which dividends have
not been paid. Dividend payments will be aggregated per holder and will be made to the nearest cent
(with $0.005 being rounded upward).
(d) The amount of dividends payable per share of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred for
each full Dividend Period will be computed by dividing the annual dividend amount for such share by
four. The amount of dividends payable for the initial Dividend Period, or any other period shorter
or longer than a full Dividend Period, on a share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as
applicable, will be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. No interest
will accrue or be payable in respect of unpaid dividends.
(e) Any reference to “distribution” in this Section 3 will not be deemed to include any
distribution made in connection with any Liquidation.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in no event will a dividend payable under
Section 3(a) be paid in respect of any share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred that has
been converted prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 5(b) or (c) if
such dividend was included in the calculation of clause (i) of Section 5(b) or 5(c), as applicable.
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4. Liquidation Rights. (a) In the event of any Liquidation, the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred and Series B Preferred then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of
the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders, whether such assets are capital,
surplus, earnings or otherwise, before any payment or declaration and setting apart for payment of
any amount will be made in respect of any shares of Junior Stock, an amount with respect to each
share of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred outstanding equal to the then-effective
Liquidation Preference per share for such shares, plus all declared or accrued and unpaid dividends
in respect thereof to the date of final distribution. If upon any Liquidation, the assets to be
distributed among the holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred are insufficient to
permit the payment to such shareholders of the full preferential amounts thereof, then the entire
assets of the Corporation to be distributed will be distributed ratably among the holders of Series
A Preferred, Series B Preferred and Parity Stock, based on the full preferential amounts for the
number of shares of Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred and Parity Stock held by each holder.
(b) After payment to the holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred of the amounts
set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, such holders will not be entitled to any further participation in
any distribution of the Corporation’s assets and the entire remaining assets and funds of the
Corporation legally available for distribution, if any, will be distributed among the holders of
any Capital Stock entitled to a preference over the Common Stock in accordance with the terms
thereof and, thereafter, to the holders of Common Stock.
(c) No funds are required to be set aside to protect the Liquidation Preference of the shares
of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred, although the applicable Liquidation Preference will
be substantially in excess of the par value of the shares of Series A Preferred and Series B
Preferred.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4, neither a merger, consolidation, business combination,
reorganization or recapitalization of the Corporation with or into any corporation, nor a sale,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) will be deemed a Liquidation.
5. Conversion. The Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred are convertible into shares
of Common Stock as follows:
(a) Conversion Price. The initial Conversion Price of each share of Series A Preferred and
Series B Preferred will be determined as set forth in the definition of “Conversion Price” in
Section 13 and the defined terms used therein. In addition to Common Stock, holders will receive,
upon conversion, rights under the Corporation’s Rights Agreement, dated as of April 25, 1996,
unless, prior to conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the
rights have separated from the Common Stock. The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 5(h).
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(b) Optional Conversion Right. At any time after the six-month anniversary of the Original
Issue Date, but subject to Section 8, at the option of the holder thereof, any share of Series A
Preferred or Series B Preferred may be converted into such number of fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock that is obtained by dividing (i) the then-effective Liquidation Preference
plus all accrued but unpaid dividends under Section 3(a) for such share by (ii) the Conversion
Price (as in effect on the Conversion Date).
(c) Mandatory Conversion. If the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock has exceeded an amount
equal to 1.4 multiplied by the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share (such product, rounded
up to the nearest cent, and subject to equitable adjustment in the event of any stock dividends,
splits, reverse splits, combinations, reclassifications and similar actions, the “Mandatory
Conversion Trigger Price”), for at least 20 consecutive Trading Days commencing from or after the
fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, then the Corporation may, at its option at any time
after any such 20 consecutive Trading Day period, cause all but not less than all of the
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred to convert into such number of
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock that is obtained by dividing (i) the
then-effective Liquidation Preference of such shares plus any accrued but unpaid dividends under
Section 3(a) for such shares by (ii) the Conversion Price (as in effect on the Conversion Date).
(d) Mechanics for Exercise of Conversion Rights. In order to exercise the optional conversion
right provided for in Section 5(b), the holder of each share of Series A Preferred or Series B
Preferred to be converted will (i) surrender the certificate representing such share, duly endorsed
or assigned to the Corporation or in blank, to the office of the Transfer Agent or (ii) deliver
written notice to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent that such certificate has been lost,
stolen or destroyed and execute an agreement satisfactory to the Corporation to indemnify the
Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection with such certificates (the actions taken
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii), a “Surrender”), accompanied, in either case, by written notice to
the Corporation that the holder thereof elects to convert all or a specified whole number of shares
of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable. Unless the shares of Common Stock
issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such shares of Series
A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, are registered, each share Surrendered for
conversion must be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Corporation, duly executed by the holder or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount
sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Corporation demonstrating that such taxes have been paid). In the event the
Corporation elects to exercise the mandatory conversion right provided for in Section 5(c), the
Corporation will provide written notice of such exercise to the Transfer Agent and each holder of
Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred specifying the date on which such conversion will be
effective (the “Mandatory Conversion Notice”), which date must be no less than 90 days from the
date on which such written notice is sent, and thereafter each holder of shares of Series A
Preferred and Series B Preferred will Surrender its shares to the Corporation.
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(e) Delivery of Certificates and Conversion Date. As promptly as practicable, but in any event
within five Business Days following the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion pursuant to
Section 5(b)) or within five Business Days following the date on which a holder of shares to be
converted Surrenders such shares to the Corporation (in the case of a conversion pursuant to
Section 5(c)), the Corporation will issue and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the holder
a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of such holder’s applicable shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 5, and any fractional interest in respect of a share
of Common Stock arising upon such conversion will be settled as provided in Section 5(g) hereof. In
the event of a conversion pursuant to Section 5(b), upon conversion of only a portion of the number
of shares covered by a certificate representing shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred
Surrendered for conversion, the Corporation will also issue and deliver to, or upon the written
order of, the holder of the certificate so Surrendered for conversion, at the expense of the
Corporation, a new certificate covering the number of shares of Series A Preferred or Series B
Preferred, as applicable, representing the unconverted portion of the certificate so Surrendered,
which new certificate will entitle the holder thereof to the rights of the shares of Series A
Preferred or Series B Preferred represented thereby to the same extent as if the certificate
theretofore covering such unconverted shares had not been Surrendered for conversion. Each
conversion will be deemed to have been effected as of the close of
business on the date on which (i) in the case of an optional conversion pursuant to Section
5(b), the certificates for Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred are Surrendered and such notice
and payment of all required transfer taxes and dividends received by the Corporation as aforesaid,
or (ii) in the case of a mandatory conversion pursuant to Section 5(c), the date specified in the
Mandatory Conversion Notice (the “Conversion Date”). On the Conversion Date, all rights with
respect to the shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred so converted, including the
rights, if any, to receive notices, will terminate except only the rights of holders thereof to
receive the physical certificates contemplated by this Section 5(e) and cash in lieu of any
fractional share as provided in Section 5(g), and the Person entitled to receive the shares of
Common Stock will be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder of such shares
(even if certificates for such shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued).
(f) If conversion rights are exercised with respect to shares of Series A Preferred or Series
B Preferred under Section 5(b) or (c), such shares will cease to accrue dividends pursuant to
Section 3(a) as of the end of day immediately preceding the Conversion Date.
(g) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares of
Common Stock will be issued upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred.
Instead of any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock that would otherwise be deliverable
upon the conversion of such shares, the Corporation will pay to the holder of such shares an amount
in cash based upon the Current Market Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Conversion Date. If more than one share is Surrendered for conversion pursuant to
this Section 5 at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock
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issuable upon conversion thereof will be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares
so Surrendered.
(h) Conversion Price Adjustments. The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment from time to
time as follows:
(i) Stock Splits and Combinations. If, after the Original Issue Date, the Corporation (A)
subdivides or splits its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (B)
combines or reclassifies its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or
(C) issues any Capital Stock of the Corporation by reclassification of its Common Stock, then the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event will be adjusted so that the holder of
any share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred thereafter Surrendered for conversion will be
entitled to receive the number of such securities that such holder would have owned or have been
entitled to receive after the occurrence of any of the events described above as if such share had
been converted immediately prior to the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification or the record date therefor, whichever is earlier. An adjustment made pursuant to
this Section 5(h)(i) will become effective at the close of business on the effective date of such
corporate action. Such adjustment will be made successively wherever any event listed above occurs.
(ii) Dividends/Distributions of Common Stock. If, after the Original Issue Date, the
Corporation fixes a record date for or pays a dividend or makes a distribution in shares of Common
Stock on any class of Capital Stock of the Corporation, other than dividends or distributions of
shares of Common Stock or other securities with respect to which adjustments are provided in
Section 5(h)(i), then the Conversion Price in effect at the close of business on the record date
therefor will be adjusted to equal the price determined by multiplying (A) such Conversion Price by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at
the close of business on the record date and the denominator of which will be the sum of (1) the
number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the close of business on the record date and (2)
the number of shares of Common Stock constituting such dividend or distribution. An adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 5(h)(ii) will become effective immediately after the close of business on
such record date (except as provided in Section 5(h)(iv)(F) hereof). Such adjustment will be made
successively wherever any event listed above occurs.
(iii) Certain Issuances of Common Stock and Common Stock Derivatives. If, after the Original
Issue Date, the Corporation issues or sells shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Derivative
without consideration or at a consideration per share of Common Stock (or having a conversion,
exercise or exchange price per share of Common Stock, in the case of a Common Stock Derivative),
calculated by including the aggregate proceeds to the Corporation upon issuance and any additional
consideration payable to the Corporation upon and in respect of any such conversion, exchange or
exercise, that is less than the Conversion Price in effect at the close of business on the day
immediately preceding such issuance, then the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion,
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exchange or exercise of such Common Stock Derivatives, as applicable, will be deemed to have been
issued as of such issuance and such Conversion Price will be decreased, effective as of the time of
such issuance, to equal the price determined by multiplying (A) such Conversion Price by (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which will be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock
Outstanding immediately prior to such issuance and (2) the number of shares which the aggregate
proceeds to the Corporation from such issuance (including any additional consideration per share of
Common Stock payable to the Corporation upon any such conversion, exchange or exercise) would
purchase at such Conversion Price, and the denominator of which will be the sum of (1) the number
of shares of Common Stock Outstanding immediately prior to such issuance and (2) the number of
additional shares of Common Stock issued or subject to issuance upon the conversion, exchange or
exercise of such Common Stock Derivatives issued. In the event that any portion of such
consideration is in a form other than cash, the Fair Market Value of such noncash consideration
will be used. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, this Section
5(h)(iii) will not apply to any issuance of Common Stock in any manner described in Section 5(h)(i)
and (ii). Such adjustment will be made successively wherever any event listed above occurs.
(iv) Additional Conversion Matters.
(A) Minor Adjustments and Calculations. No adjustment in the Conversion Price pursuant to any
provision of this Section 5(h) will be required unless such adjustment would require a cumulative
increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by
reason of this Section 5(h)(iv)(A) are not required to be made will be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustments until made. All calculations under this Section 5(h)
will be made to the nearest cent (with $0.005 being rounded upward) or to the nearest whole share
(with 0.5 of a share being rounded upward), as the case may be.
(B) Exceptions to Adjustment Provisions. The provisions of this Section 5(h) will not be
applicable to (1) any issuance for which an adjustment to the Conversion Price is provided under
any other subclause of this Section 5(h), (2) any issuance of shares of Common Stock upon actual
exercise, exchange or conversion of any Common Stock Derivative if the Conversion Price was fully
and properly adjusted at the time such securities were issued or if no such adjustment was required
hereunder at the time such securities were issued, (3) the issuance of additional shares of Series
A Preferred or Series B Preferred at a per share price equal to or greater than the applicable
Liquidation Preference or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, (4) the issuance of Common Stock Derivatives or
shares of Common Stock to employees, directors or consultants of the Corporation or its
subsidiaries pursuant to management or director incentive plans or stock compensation plans as in
effect on or prior to the Original Issue Date or approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board after the Original Issue Date, including any employment, severance or consulting
agreements, or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of such Common Stock
Derivative, (5) the issuance of shares of Common Stock as consideration for an arm’s-length
acquisition of a business or assets from Third Parties
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that is approved by a majority of the Corporation’s shareholders in accordance with the
requirements under the Charter and the Corporation’s By-Laws and applicable law, or (6) the
issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends
or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional
amounts in Common Stock under such plan.
(C) Board Adjustment to Conversion Price. Anything in this Section 5(h) to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Corporation may, to the extent permitted by law, make such reductions in the
Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this Section 5(h), as the Board in its good
faith discretion determines to be necessary in order that any subdivision of shares,
reclassification or combination of shares, distribution of Common Stock
Derivatives, or a distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by
the Corporation to its shareholders will not be taxable. Whenever the Conversion Price is so
decreased, the Corporation will mail to holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred and
Series B Preferred a notice of the decrease at least 5 days before the date the decreased
Conversion Price takes effect, and such notice will state the decreased Conversion Price and the
period it will be in effect.
(D) Other Capital Stock. In the event that, at any time as a result of the provisions of this
Section 5(h), a holder of shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred becomes entitled to
receive any shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation other than Common Stock upon subsequent
conversion, the number of such other shares so receivable upon conversion will thereafter be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the provisions contained herein.
(E) Effect of Adjustment. In the event that, at any time after the Original Issue Date, any
adjustment is made to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 5, such adjustment to the
Conversion Price will be applicable with respect to all then outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred and Series B Preferred and all shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred issued
after the date of the event causing such adjustment to the Conversion Price.
(F) Adjustment Deferral. In any case in which Section 5(h) provides that an adjustment becomes
effective from and after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence
of such event (1) issuing to the holder of any shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred
converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over
and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such
adjustment and (2) paying to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to
Section 5(g).
(G) Other Limits on Adjustment. There will be no adjustment of the Conversion Price in the
event of the issuance of any shares of the Corporation in a
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reorganization, acquisition or other similar transaction, except as specifically set forth in this
Section 5.
(H) Abandoned Events and Expired Common Stock Derivatives. If the Corporation takes a record
of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
distribution, and thereafter and before the distribution to shareholders legally abandons its plan
to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then thereafter any adjustment in the Conversion
Price granted by this Section 5(h) will, as and if necessary, be readjusted at the time of such
abandonment to the Conversion Price that would have been in effect if no adjustment had been made
(taking proper account of all other conversion adjustments under this Section 5(h)); provided,
however, that such readjustment will not affect the Conversion Price of any shares of Series A Preferred or
Series B Preferred that have been converted prior to such abandonment. If any Common Stock
Derivatives referred to in this Section 5(h) in respect of which an adjustment has been made expire
unexercised in whole or in part after the same have been distributed or issued by the Corporation,
the Conversion Price will be readjusted at the time of such expiration to the Conversion Price that
would have been in effect if no adjustment had been made on account of the distribution or issuance
of such expired Common Stock Derivatives (taking proper account of all other conversion adjustments
under this Section 5(h)); provided, however, that such readjustment will not affect the Conversion
Price of any shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred that have been converted prior to
such expiration.
(I) Participation in Dividends. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment
to the Conversion Price will be made under Section 5(h)(ii) to the extent that the holders of
Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, participate in any such distribution on an
as-converted basis based on the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares are then
convertible.
(J) Pre-Conversion Price Determination Time Events. No adjustment will be made to the
Conversion Price for events occurring prior to the determination of the Conversion Price in
accordance with Section 5(a) (the “Conversion Price Determination Time”), whether or not they would
otherwise result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 5(h); provided,
however, that the Corporation will not take any actions that, but for this Section 5(h)(iv)(J),
would have resulted in an adjustment of the Conversion Price prior to the Conversion Price
Determination Time pursuant to this Section 5(h) without the written consent of the Required
Holders.
(i) Fundamental Changes. In the event that any transaction or event (including, without
limitation, any merger, consolidation, sale of assets, tender or exchange offer, reclassification,
compulsory share exchange or liquidation) occurs in which all or substantially all of the
outstanding Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for stock, other securities, cash or assets
(each, a “Fundamental Change”), the holder of each share of Series A Preferred and each share of
Series B Preferred outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Change will
have the right upon any subsequent conversion to receive (but only out of legally available
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funds, to the extent required by applicable law) the kind and amount of stock, other securities,
cash and assets that such holder would have received if such share had been converted immediately
prior thereto (assuming such holder failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the
kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such Fundamental Change). Such
adjustment will be made successively whenever any event listed above occurs. No adjustment will be
made pursuant to Section 5(i) in respect of any Fundamental Event as to which an adjustment to the
Conversion Price was made pursuant to Section 5(h).
(j) Notice of
Certain Events. If, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 hereof:
(i) the Corporation declares (A) any dividend (or any other distribution) on Common Stock,
other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or (B) any extraordinary dividend or
distribution on any Junior Stock (excluding any regularly scheduled dividends paid in accordance
with the terms thereof);
(ii) there is any recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock (other than an
event to which Section 5(h) hereof applies) or any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation
is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Corporation is required, or a share
exchange or self-tender offer by the Corporation for all or substantially all of its outstanding
Common Stock or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation
as an entirety or any compulsory share exchange affecting the Common Stock; or
(iii) there occurs a Liquidation;
then the Corporation will cause to be filed with the Transfer Agent and will cause to be mailed to
the holders of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred at the addresses
of such holders as shown on the stock books of the Corporation, as promptly as possible, but at
least ten Business Days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified and no later than when
notice is first mailed or sent to the holders of Common Stock, a notice stating (A) the date on
which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or grant, or, if a
record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution or grant are to be determined or (B) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, self-tender offer, sale, transfer or
Liquidation is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders
of Common Stock of record will be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities
or other property, if any, deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share
exchange, self-tender offer, sale, transfer or Liquidation. Failure to give or receive such notice
or any defect therein will not affect the legality of validity of the proceedings described in this
Section 5.
(k) Sufficient Shares of Common Stock. The Corporation covenants that it will at all times
reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the
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purpose of effecting conversion of the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred, the full number
of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred and Series B Preferred not theretofore converted. For purposes of this Section 5(k), the
number of shares of Common Stock that are deliverable upon the conversion of all such outstanding
shares will be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a
single holder.
(l) Compliance with Laws. Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation is
obligated to deliver upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, the
Corporation will use its best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations
thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the
delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.
(m) Officer’s Certificate. As promptly as practicable following the Conversion Price
Determination Time, the Corporation will promptly file with the Transfer Agent, and cause to be
delivered to each holder of Series A Preferred and each holder of Series B Preferred, a certificate
signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Corporation, setting forth the
determination of the initial Conversion Price, the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share and
the Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price. Thereafter whenever the applicable Conversion Price is
adjusted pursuant to this Section 5, the Corporation will promptly file with the Transfer Agent,
and cause to be delivered to each holder of Series A Preferred and each holder of Series B
Preferred, a certificate signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the
Corporation, setting forth in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method
by which such adjustment was calculated (including a description of the basis of the determination
of the Current Market Price and/or Fair Market Value, as applicable) and specifying the new
applicable Conversion Price. In the event of a Fundamental Event pursuant to Section 5(i), such a
certificate will be issued describing the amount and kind of stock, securities, property or assets
or cash receivable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred after giving
effect to the provisions of such Section 5(i).
(n) Errors. The Board will have the power to resolve any ambiguity or correct any error in
Section 5, and its action in doing so will be final and binding and conclusive.
(o) No Increase. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Conversion Price will
in no event be increased pursuant to
Section 5(h)(iii).
6. Voting Rights. (a) General. Subject to the terms of the Shareholders
Agreement, holders of shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will have one vote for
each share of Common Stock into which such share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as
applicable, could be converted at the Conversion Price at the record date for determination of the
shareholders entitled to vote, or, if no such record date is established, at the date such vote is
taken or any written consent of shareholders is solicited by the Corporation. Except as required by
law, by the terms of any agreement to which the Corporation and holders of Series A Preferred or
Series B
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Preferred, as applicable, are a party or as otherwise set forth in this Section 6, such holders
will have full voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the holders of
Common Stock, and will be entitled to vote, together with holders of Common Stock and not by
classes, with respect to any and all matters upon which holders of Common Stock have the right to
vote. Fractional votes by the holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will not be permitted, and any
fractional voting rights (after aggregating all shares into which shares of Series A Preferred or
Series B Preferred, as applicable, held by each holder could be converted) will be disregarded.
(b) Without limiting Article III of the Shareholders Agreement, beginning with the
Corporation’s first annual meeting of shareholders following the Original Issue Date, for as long
as shares of Series A Preferred having an aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference of at least
$125 million are owned by the Initial Series A Purchaser, the Board will consist of seven members,
elected as follows:
(i) The holders of shares of the Series A Preferred will be entitled, voting as a separate
class, to elect three directors at each meeting of shareholders held for the purpose of electing
directors, at least one of whom will be an Independent Director.
(A) In case of any removal, either with or without cause, of a director elected by the holders
of the shares of Series A Preferred, the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred will be
entitled, voting as a separate class either by written consent or at a special meeting or next
regular meeting, to elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the director who has
been removed.
(B) (1) In case of such removal, an officer of the Corporation may call, and, upon written
request of the Initial Series A Purchaser, addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation, will call
a special meeting of the holders of shares of Series A Preferred. Such meeting will be held at the
earliest practicable date upon the notice required for annual meetings of shareholders at the place
for holding annual meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, or, if none, at a place designated
by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(b)(i)(B)(1), no such special meeting
will be called during a period within the 120 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the
next annual meeting of shareholders in which such case, the election of directors pursuant to
Section 6(b)(i) will be held at such annual meeting of shareholders.
(2) At any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors at which the holders of shares
of Series A Preferred voting separately as one class have the right to elect directors as provided
herein, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of more than 50% of the then-outstanding
shares of the Series A Preferred will be required and will be sufficient to constitute a quorum of such class for the
election of directors by such class.
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(ii) The remaining directors will be elected by holders of shares of Common Stock and any
other class of Capital Stock entitled to vote in the election of directors (including the Series A
Preferred and Series B Preferred) (together the “Voting Stock”), voting together as a single class
at each meeting of shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors.
(A) In case of any removal, either with or without cause, of a director elected by the holders
of the Voting Stock, the holders of the shares of Voting Stock will be entitled, voting together as a class either by written consent or at a
special meeting or next regular meeting, to elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term
of the director who has been removed.
(B) (1) In case of such removal, an officer of the Corporation may call, and, upon written
request of the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock, addressed to the
Secretary of the Corporation, will call a special meeting of the holders of Voting Stock. Such
meeting will be held at the earliest practicable date upon the notice required for annual meetings
of shareholders at the place for holding annual meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, or, if
none, at a place designated by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
6(b)(ii)(B)(1), no such special meeting will be called during a period within the 120 days
immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of shareholders in which such
case, the election of directors pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) will be held at such annual meeting of
shareholders.
(2) At any meeting held for the purpose of electing directors at which the holders of Voting
Stock voting together as one class have the right to elect directors as provided herein, the
presence in person or by proxy of the holders of more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of
Voting Stock will be required and will be sufficient to constitute a quorum of such class for the
election of directors by such class.
(C) In case of any vacancy (other than by removal) in the office of a director elected by the
holders of the shares of Common Stock, the vacancy will be filled by the remaining directors of the
Board.
(c) Election of Directors Upon Dividend Default. If at any time the equivalent of six
quarterly dividends payable on the shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred or any other
class or series of Parity Stock are accrued and unpaid (whether or not consecutive and whether or
not declared), then, immediately prior to the next annual meeting of shareholders or special
meeting of shareholders, the total number of directors constituting the entire Board will
automatically be increased by two and, in each case, the holders of all outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred and any Parity Stock having similar voting rights then
exercisable, voting separately as a single class without regard to series, will be entitled to
elect at such meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation two directors to serve until all
dividends accumulated and unpaid on any such voting shares have been paid. The term of office of
all such directors will terminate immediately upon payment in full of all accrued but unpaid
dividends and upon such termination the total number of directors constituting
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the entire Board will be reduced by two. In exercising any such vote, each outstanding share
of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will be entitled to one vote, excluding shares held by
the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation, which shares will have no vote.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of directors to be elected pursuant to this Section
6(c) will be reduced to zero in the event that the holders of Series A Preferred are entitled
to elect directors pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) at such time; provided, however, that such
number will be increased back to two pursuant to this Section 6(c) effective immediately
upon the termination of the right of the holders of Series A Preferred to elect directors pursuant
to Section 6(b)(i) unless at such time all accumulated and unpaid dividends have been paid.
(d) No holder of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred may receive any compensation or
remuneration of any kind (from the Corporation or from any other Person) in connection with the
exercise or non-exercise of any voting or other rights under any provision of these Articles.
7. Preemptive Rights. (a) If, prior to the Preemptive Rights Disqualifying Date, the
Corporation proposes to offer any shares of Capital Stock to any Person or Persons, other than any
shares of Capital Stock issued as described in Section 5(h)(iv)(B)(4) or (5), (the
“New Securities”), the Corporation will, prior to issuing such New Securities, deliver to
the holders of Series A Preferred (the “Qualified Participants”) a written offer (the
“Preemptive Rights Offer”) to issue to such Qualified Participants New Securities to
maintain their Pro Rata Amounts. The Preemptive Rights Offer will state (i) the amount of New
Securities to be issued, (ii) the terms of the New Securities, (iii) the purchase price of the New
Securities, and (iv) any other material terms of the proposed issuance. The Preemptive Rights Offer
will remain open and irrevocable for a period of 30 days from the date of its delivery (the
“Preemptive Rights Period”).
(b) Each Qualified Participant may accept the Preemptive Rights Offer by delivering to the
Corporation a written notice (the “Preemptive Rights Notice”) within the Preemptive Rights
Period. The Preemptive Rights Notice will state the number (the “Preemptive Rights Number”)
of New Securities such Qualifying Participant desires to purchase. If the sum of all Preemptive
Rights Numbers exceeds the number of New Securities that the Corporation proposes to issue, then
the New Securities will be allocated among the Qualifying Participants that delivered a Preemptive
Rights Notice in accordance with their Pro Rata Amounts.
(c) The issuance of New Securities to the Qualified Participants will be made on a Business
Day, as designated by the Corporation, not less than ten nor more than 30 days after expiration of
the Preemptive Rights Period on terms and conditions of the Preemptive Rights Offer consistent with
this Section 7. At the closing of the issuance of the New Securities to such Qualified
Participants, the Corporation will deliver certificates or other instruments evidencing such New
Securities against payment of the purchase price therefor, and such New Securities will be issued
free and clear of all liens, claims and other encumbrances (other than those attributable to
actions by the purchasers thereof). At such closing, all of the parties to the transaction will
execute such additional
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documents as are deemed by the Board to be necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion.
(d) If the number of New Securities included in the Preemptive Rights Offer exceeds the sum of
all Preemptive Rights Numbers, the Corporation may issue such excess or any portion thereof on the
terms and conditions of the Preemptive Rights Offer to any Person within 45 days after expiration
of the Preemptive Rights Period (or upon the expiration of any regulatory period, if applicable).
If such issuance is not made within such period, the restrictions provided for in this Section
7 will again become effective.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 7, no holder of any shares of
Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred will have any preemptive right to acquire any shares of
unissued Capital Stock of the Corporation, now or hereafter authorized, or any treasury shares or
securities convertible into such shares or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire such shares
of capital stock.
8. Transferability. (a) Subject to Section 8(c), during the six-month period
following the Original Issue Date (the “Transfer Prohibition Period”), no holder of shares
of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred may (i) sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way all or any part of an interest in (“Transfer”)
such holder’s Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, or (ii) convert any such
shares into Common Stock pursuant to Section 5; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 8(a) will prohibit a holder from Transferring Series A Preferred or
Series B Preferred to a Permitted Transferee of such holder.
(b) Subject to Section 8(c), during the 30-month period commencing immediately upon
the end of the Transfer Prohibition Period, the Initial Series A Purchaser may not (i) Transfer
shares of Series A Preferred having an aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference of more than
$125 million to any Person or (ii) convert shares of Series A Preferred having an aggregate
Series A Liquidation Preference of more than $125 million into shares of Common Stock pursuant to
Section 5; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8(b)
will prohibit the Initial Series A Purchaser from Transferring Series A Preferred to a Permitted
Transferee of such holder (and such a Transfer will not be counted for purposes of clause (i)
above).
(c) The restrictions on transferability set forth in Sections 8(a) and (b)
will automatically terminate upon any (i) Bankruptcy Event relating to the Corporation, (ii)
Company Sale to a Third Party, or (iii) underwritten public offering of any Common Stock for cash
(other than in connection with an acquisition of assets, a company or a business by the Corporation
or one of its subsidiaries in a transaction approved by the Board) pursuant to an effective
registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any similar form)
filed under the Securities Act, unless the holders of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as
applicable, are given the opportunity to sell securities in such public offering on the basis of
their Pro Rata Amounts.
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(d) Each certificate representing Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred issued to any
holder will bear a legend on the face thereof substantially to the following effect (with such
additions thereto or changes therein as the Corporation may be advised by counsel are required by
law (the “Legend”)):
“THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLES OF SERIAL DESIGNATION RELATING TO SUCH SHARES, A COPY
OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE,
HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH ARTICLES OF SERIAL DESIGNATION.”
“THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THEY HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THAT ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
IS AVAILABLE.”
The Legend will be removed by the Corporation by the delivery of substitute certificates
without such Legend in the event of the termination of the restrictions contained in this
Section 8 pursuant to the terms of hereof; provided, however, that the
second paragraph of such Legend will only be removed if at such time a legal opinion from counsel
to the transferee is obtained to the effect that such legend is no longer required for purposes of
applicable securities laws.
(e) In the event of any purported Transfer not made in compliance with this Section 8,
such purported Transfer will be void and of no effect and the Corporation will not give effect to
such Transfer. The Corporation will be entitled to treat the prior owner as the holder of any such
securities not Transferred in accordance with this Section 8.
(f) In no event will any holder of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred engage in any
short sales of Common Stock, any transactions involving options (including exchange-traded
options), puts, calls or other derivatives involving securities of the Corporation or any other
transactions of any type that would have the effect of providing such holder with any other
economic gain in the event of a decrease in the Current Market Price, unless such holder has
entered into a market maker agreement with the Corporation (or its predecessor) and Centerbridge,
in the form annexed to the Investment Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2007, by and among
Centerbridge, CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company, and
the Corporation as Exhibit H.
9. Deregistration. For as long as any shares of Series A Preferred or Series
B Preferred are outstanding, the Corporation will not voluntarily take any action to
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deregister or suspend the registration of its Common Stock under Section 12 or 15 of the Exchange
Act.
10. No Reissuance. Shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred that have been
issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares purchased, redeemed, converted or exchanged,
may not be reissued as shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred and will (upon compliance
with applicable law) have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock
undesignated as to series and may be redesignated and reissued as part of any series of Preferred
Stock; provided, however, that so long as any shares of Series A Preferred or
Series B Preferred are outstanding, any issuance of such shares must be in compliance with the
terms hereof in respect of the applicable series of such shares. Upon any such reacquisitions, the
number of shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, authorized pursuant to
the Charter and these Articles will be reduced by the number of shares so acquired.
11. Transfer Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent for the Series A Preferred and
Series B Preferred will be [___]. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the
Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent as
long as the Corporation will appoint a successor transfer agent who will accept such appointment
prior to the effectiveness of such removal.
12. Currency. All shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will be
denominated in U.S. currency, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto
will be made in U.S. currency. All references herein to “$” refer to the U.S. currency.
13. Definitions. In additions to terms defined elsewhere in these Articles, the
following terms have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, another Person. For purposes of this definition, the terms “control,” “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control with,” as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Articles” means these Articles of Serial Designation of 4.0% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
“Bankruptcy Event” means the voluntary or involuntary commencement of a case or other
proceeding against a Person seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution,
winding up or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee or the like for such Person of all or substantially all
of its assets, or any similar action with respect
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to such Person, whether judicial or non-judicial or under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts; provided,
however, that in no event will a Bankruptcy Event be deemed to have occurred as a result of
any internal corporate or other restructuring or reorganization of such Person.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation; where any consent, approval
or action is required by the Board hereunder and the authority of the Board with respect to such
consent, approval or action has been delegated to a committee of the Board, in accordance with
applicable law, the consent, approval or action by such committee will satisfy such requirement for
purposes hereof.
“
Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Capital Stock” means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company,
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
or capital stock of such Person and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or
company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Centerbridge” means Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
“Charter” means the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as it may be
amended from time to time.
“Closing Sale Price” when used with reference to shares of the Common Stock or other
securities on any date, means the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes
place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if the shares of Common Stock or other applicable
security are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal
national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or other security are listed or
admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock or other security are not listed or admitted
to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the last quoted high bid and low
asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date
the shares of Common Stock or other security are not quoted by any such organization, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in
the Common Stock or other security, as selected by the Board (any such applicable exchange or
market referred to above, the “Corporation’s Principal Exchange”).
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“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation
and any shares or Capital Stock for or into which such common stock hereafter is exchanged,
converted, reclassified or recapitalized by the Corporation or pursuant to an agreement to which
the Corporation is a party.
“Common Stock Derivative” means any option, right, warrant or security of the
Corporation which is convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock of the
Corporation.
“Common Stock Outstanding” means all shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as
of the applicable time plus the number of shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of all
outstanding Common Stock Derivatives (including the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred)
as of the applicable time.
“Company Sale” means any merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization
or recapitalization of the Corporation that results in the transfer of 50% or more of the
outstanding voting power of the Corporation, any sale, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis),
or any other form of corporate reorganization in which 50% or more of the outstanding shares of any
class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation are exchanged for or converted into cash,
securities or property of another business organization.
“Conversion Price” means an amount equal to 0.83 (the “Discount Factor”)
multiplied by the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share (rounded up to the nearest cent).
“Current Market Price” when used with reference to shares of Common Stock or other
securities on any date, means the average of the Closing Sale Price for the 30 consecutive Trading
Days immediately prior to such date; provided, however, (a) if on any such date no market maker is
making a market in the Common Stock or such other security so that there is no Closing Sale Price,
then the Current Market Price of such Common Stock or other security will be valued using clause
(a) of the definition of “Fair Market Value” below, as if it were an “asset” thereunder, and (b)
that in the event that the Current Market Price is determined during a period following the
announcement by the Corporation or other issuer of the applicable securities of (i) a dividend or
distribution on such Common Stock or such other securities payable in shares of such Common Stock
or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock or securities, or (ii) any subdivision,
combination or reclassification of such Common Stock or other securities, and prior to the
expiration of the requisite 30 Trading Day period set forth above, then, and in each such case, the
Current Market Price will be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading.
“Debt/Interest” means an amount equal to the sum of net debt of the Corporation
(defined as funded debt plus the average outstanding revolver balance pursuant to the Corporation’s
five-year business plan net of cash as of the Original Issue Date) and the value of minority
interests of the Corporation as of the Original Issue Date.
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“Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share” means a per share value equal to the
20-Trading Day volume weighted average sale price (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000) of the Common
Stock on the Corporation’s Principal Exchange, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (or such
other source as the Corporation may reasonably determine) and determined using the 22 Trading Days
beginning on and including the first Business Day after the Original Issue Date (disregarding the
Trading Days during such period having the highest and lowest volume weighted average sale price
(as so determined)); provided, however, that, as of immediately following the
Conversion Price Determination Time, the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share shall result
in the holders of the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred owning, on an as-converted,
fully diluted basis, no less than the Preferred Ownership Floor of the Fully Diluted Shares on
account of the Preferred Stock, and no more than Preferred Ownership Ceiling of the Fully Diluted
Shares on account of the Preferred Stock.
“Dividend Payment Date” means the first day of March, June, September and December;
provided, however, that if any Dividend Payment Date falls on any day other than a Business Day,
the dividend payment due on such Dividend Payment Date will be paid on the Business Day immediately
following such Dividend Payment Date.
“Dividend Periods” means the quarterly dividend periods commencing on and including
the first day of March, June, September and December of each year and ending on and including the
date before the next Dividend Payment Date of such year, respectively (other than the initial
Dividend Period, which will commence on the Original Issue Date and end on and include the date
before the first Dividend Payment Date after the Original Issue Date).
“Dividend Record Date” means, with respect to a Dividend Payment Date, the close of
business on the 15th calendar day prior thereto, or such other record date, not more
than 60 days and not less than 10 days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as may be
fixed by the Board.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any (a) asset, the amount that a willing
buyer would pay an unaffiliated willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction to acquire ownership
of such asset, with neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell, and both having reasonable
knowledge of all relevant facts and taking into account all relevant circumstances and information,
including market treatment of similar businesses, historical operating results and projections for
future periods, as determined in good faith by the Board, or (b) security, the Current Market Price
thereof.
“Floor/Ceiling Mechanism” means the Preferred Ownership Floor and the Preferred
Ownership Ceiling may be adjusted in accordance with the following chart to
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the extent the Debt/Interest is an amount other than $525 million2 in accordance with
the following chart:
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Preferred |
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Preferred |
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Ownership |
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Ownership |
Debt/Interest |
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Ceiling |
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Xxxx/Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxx |
000 |
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33.2 |
% |
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425 |
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29.4 |
% |
475 |
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33.8 |
% |
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475 |
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29.9 |
% |
525 |
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34.4 |
% |
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525 |
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30.4 |
% |
575 |
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35.1 |
% |
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575 |
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30.9 |
% |
625 |
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35.8 |
% |
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625 |
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31.4 |
% |
675 |
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36.5 |
% |
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675 |
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32.0 |
% |
725 |
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37.3 |
% |
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725 |
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32.6 |
% |
775 |
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38.0 |
% |
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775 |
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33.2 |
% |
825 |
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38.9 |
% |
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825 |
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33.8 |
% |
To the extent Debt/Interest either is less than $425 million or exceeds $825 million, the
Preferred Ownership Ceiling and Preferred Ownership Floor will be adjusted ratably based on the
chart above and the calculations therein.
“Fully Diluted Shares” means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of
(a) the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Issue Date plus (b) a number
equal to the quotient of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference plus (B)
the aggregate Series B Liquidation Preference divided by (ii) the Conversion Price.
“
Independent Director” means a director of the Corporation who qualifies as an
“independent director” of the Corporation under (a)
New York Stock Exchange (“
NYSE”) Rule 303A(2),
as such rule may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time (“
303A(2)”), or (b) if the
Corporation is listed or quoted on another securities exchange or quotation system that has an
independence requirement, the comparable rule or regulation of such securities exchange or
quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted (whether by final rule or
otherwise). In addition, in order for a director designated by Centerbridge to be deemed to be an
“Independent Director,” such director would also have to be considered an “independent director” of
Centerbridge and the Initial Series A Purchaser under 303A(2), assuming for this purpose that (i)
such director were a director of Centerbridge and the Initial Series A
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Subject to possible revision taking into account the Debtors’ business plan filed with
its Disclosure Statement, and the cash component may change based on the actual structure
of the Plan. The Debtors, Centerbridge and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee (each as defined
in Exhibit B to the Amended Plan Support Agreement, dated July 26, 2007, among the
Corporation and the other parties thereto) and the Creditors’ Committee (as defined in the
Investment Agreement, dated July 26, 2007, among the Corporation and the other parties
thereto), if it is in existence at the time, or its designee under the Chapter 11 Plan (as
defined in such Investment Agreement), will negotiate such number in good faith. |
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Purchaser (whether or not such director actually is or has been a director of Centerbridge or
the Initial Series A Purchaser) and (ii) Centerbridge and the Initial Series A Purchaser are each
deemed to be a NYSE listed company.
“Initial Series A Purchaser” means CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and any Permitted Transferee thereof, but only to the extent that such Permitted
Transferee is a corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which
either the Initial Series A Purchaser or Centerbridge directly or indirectly owns or controls 100%
of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect the board
of directors (or others performing similar functions) of such corporation or other organization.
“Issue Date” means, with respect to a share of Series A Preferred or Series B
Preferred, the date on which such share is issued and sold by the Corporation.
“Liquidation Preference” means, as applicable, the Series A Liquidation Preference
or the Series B Liquidation Preference.
“Original Issue Date” means effective date of the Plan, which is the date of the
original issuance of shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred.
“Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any holder of Series A Preferred or
Series B Preferred, an Affiliate of such holder that acknowledges the transfer restrictions set
forth in Section 8 and agrees to be bound by any agreements to which such holder is a party with
respect to its ownership of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, to the same
extent it would be bound if it were an original party thereto as evidenced by documentation
satisfactory to the Corporation in its sole discretion.
“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other
entity, and will include a “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), as well as any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such Person.
“
Plan” means the joint plan of reorganization filed by Xxxx Corporation and its debtor
subsidiaries with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York on
______ ___, 2007, as such joint plan may be amended.
“Preemptive Rights Disqualifying Date” means the date on which the Initial Series A
Purchaser no longer beneficially owns shares of Series A Preferred having a Liquidation Preference
of at least 50% of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference of shares of Series A Preferred
that are outstanding at such time.
“Preferred/Common Equity Value” means total enterprise value of the Corporation
minus the Debt/Interest.
“Preferred Equity Value” means an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Series
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A Liquidation Preference multiplied by the number of shares of the Series A Preferred and (ii) the
Series B Liquidation Preference multiplied by the number of shares of the Series B Preferred (b)
divided by the Discount Factor.
“Preferred Ownership Ceiling” means an amount equal to the Preferred Equity Value
divided by the Preferred/Common Equity Value (assuming for this purpose that “total enterprise
value” is $3.15 billion), which shall be [34.4]% (assuming Debt/Interest equals $525 million),
subject to the Floor/Ceiling Mechanism.
“Preferred Ownership Floor” means an amount equal to the Preferred Equity Value
divided by the Preferred/Common Equity Value (assuming for this purpose that “total enterprise
value” is $3.5 billion), which shall be [30.4]% (assuming Debt/Interest equals $525 million),
subject to the Floor/Ceiling Mechanism.
“Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s authorized Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share.
“Pro Rata Amounts” means, on the date of determination, with respect to any holder of
Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as
applicable, held by such holder on such date by (b) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
Outstanding.
“Required Holders” means holders of shares of Series A Preferred having a Liquidation
Preference of at least 50% of the Series A Liquidation Preference of shares of Series A Preferred
that are outstanding at such time.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series A Liquidation Preference” means $100.00 per share, as adjusted from time to
time for Series A Preferred stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like.
“Series B Liquidation Preference” means $100.00 per share, as adjusted from time to
time for Series B Preferred stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like.
“Series A Nominating Committee” means a committee of the Board that consists of three
directors, two of whom will be chosen by the Initial Series A Purchaser and one of whom will be
chosen by the Board.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement among the Corporation,
Centerbridge and the Initial Series A Purchaser, as in effect from time to time.
“set apart for payment” will be deemed to include, without any action by the
Corporation other than the following, the recording by the Corporation in its accounting ledgers of
any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to an
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authorization of dividends or other distribution by the Board, the allocation of funds or Capital
Stock of the Corporation to be so paid on any series or class of Capital Stock of the Corporation.
“Third Party” means a Person that is not (a) the Corporation or any of its
subsidiaries or (b) an Affiliate of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which
the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of
business or, if the shares of the Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, a Business Day.
“Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent or agents of the Corporation as may be
designated by the Board or its designee as the transfer agent for the Series A Preferred and Series
B Preferred.
14. Amendment. No provision of these Articles may be repealed or amended in any
respect unless such repeal or amendment is approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a
majority of the total voting power of all Common Stock Outstanding (on an as-converted basis).
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[NEW XXXX CORPORATION]
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Copy # ____
NOTICES
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
SELECTED QUALIFIED INVESTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF SECURITIES OF THE
CORPORATION (“NEW XXXX”) THAT WILL BE THE SUCCESSOR TO XXXX CORPORATION, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION
(“XXXX”), UNDER THE CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF XXXX AND ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES AND
AFFILIATES THAT COMMENCED JOINTLY ADMINISTERED CASES UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED
STATES CODE (THE “CHAPTER 11 PLAN”). ANY REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT, OR RETRANSMITTAL OF ITS CONTENTS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT
OF XXXX OR NEW XXXX IS
PROHIBITED. THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL COPIES THEREOF, SHALL BE RETURNED TO XXXX
IF REQUESTED.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY SECURITIES
REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION OR ANY SUCH AUTHORITY PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL.
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL TO OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY FROM, NOR SHALL ANY SECURITIES BE OFFERED OR SOLD TO, ANY PERSON IN
ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION, PURCHASE OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK OF NEW XXXX, AND IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT
THERE WILL BE A MARKET IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE FOR THE RESALE OF THE SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
OFFERED HEREBY.
NEITHER XXXX NOR NEW XXXX MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY
OFFEREE OR PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REGARDING THE LEGALITY OF AN INVESTMENT THEREIN BY SUCH
OFFEREE OR PURCHASER UNDER APPLICABLE LEGAL INVESTMENT OR SIMILAR LAWS.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD NOT CONSTRUE THE CONTENTS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, OR ANY PRIOR
OR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS FROM XXXX OR ANY OF ITS AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR REPRESENTATIVES, AS LEGAL
OR TAX ADVICE. EACH OFFEREE SHOULD CONSULT HIS OWN ADVISERS
AS TO LEGAL, TAX AND RELATED MATTERS CONCERNING AN INVESTMENT IN NEW XXXX.
AS A PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT NOT
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, EACH INVESTOR SHOULD PROCEED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE
ECONOMIC RISK OF THE INVESTMENT MUST BE BORNE FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD, SINCE THE SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE RESOLD UNLESS THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.
THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. IT IS SPECULATIVE AND SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL
RESOURCES AND HAVE NO NEED FOR LIQUIDITY IN THIS INVESTMENT. FURTHER, THIS INVESTMENT SHOULD ONLY
BE MADE BY THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF AND
RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVESTMENT AND WHO ARE ABLE TO BEAR THE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC RISK
OF THE INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
NOTICE TO FLORIDA INVESTORS: THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN WILL BE SOLD TO, AND ACQUIRED BY,
THE HOLDER IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 517.061 OF THE FLORIDA SECURITIES ACT. THE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER SAID ACT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IN ADDITION, ALL
FLORIDA RESIDENTS SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF VOIDING THE PURCHASE WITHIN THREE (3) DAYS AFTER THE
FIRST TENDER OF
CONSIDERATION IS MADE BY SUCH PURCHASER TO THE ISSUER, AN AGENT OF THE ISSUER, OR AN ESCROW AGENT
OR WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT PRIVILEGE IS COMMUNICATED TO SUCH PURCHASER,
WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR A FLORIDA PURCHASER TO SEND A
LETTER OR TELEGRAM TO THE ISSUER WITHIN SUCH THREE (3) DAY PERIOD, STATING THAT THE PURCHASER IS
VOIDING AND RESCINDING THE PURCHASE. IF A PURCHASER SENDS A LETTER, IT IS PRUDENT TO DO SO BY
CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO INSURE THAT THE LETTER IS RECEIVED AND TO EVIDENCE THE
TIME OF MAILING. HOWEVER, THIS RIGHT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO ANY PURCHASER WHO IS A BANK, TRUST
COMPANY, SAVINGS INSTITUTION, INSURANCE COMPANY, SECURITIES DEALER, INVESTMENT COMPANY (AS DEFINED
IN THE 1940 ACT), PENSION OR PROFIT-SHARING TRUST OR QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT).
NOTICE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE INVESTORS: NEITHER THE FACT THAT A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE HAS BEEN FILED UNDER THIS CHAPTER WITH THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NOR THE FACT THAT A SECURITY IS EFFECTIVELY REGISTERED OR A PERSON IS
LICENSED IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSTITUTES A FINDING BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT ANY
DOCUMENT FILED UNDER RSA 421-B IS TRUE, COMPLETE AND NOT MISLEADING. NEITHER ANY SUCH FACT NOR
THE FACT THAT AN EXEMPTION OR EXCEPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR A SECURITY OR A TRANSACTION MEANS THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS PASSED IN ANY WAY UPON THE MERITS OR QUALIFICATIONS OF, OR RECOMMENDED OR
GIVEN APPROVAL TO, ANY PERSON, SECURITY, OR TRANSACTION. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE, OR CAUSE TO BE
MADE, TO ANY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER, CUSTOMER, OR CLIENT ANY REPRESENTATION INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
[NEW XXXX CORPORATION]
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This Subscription Agreement, dated as of ___, 2007 (the “Subscription Agreement”), is made
by and between Xxxx and the undersigned (the “Subscriber” or “Preferred Stockholder”) who is
subscribing hereby for shares of 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of New Xxxx (the “Shares” or the “Series B Preferred Stock”).
The Subscriber and Xxxx agree and represent as follows:
1. SUBSCRIPTION
(a) The
Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for its Pro Rata Share (as defined in the Investment Agreement) of Shares of New Xxxx with respect to the Participating Claims
(as defined in the Investment Agreement) beneficially owned by the Subscriber and set forth on
Schedule I. The Subscriber will pay to New Xxxx the Series B Purchase Price (as
defined in the Investment Agreement) for its Pro Rata Share within [two] business days of notice
from Xxxx of the Pro Rata Share with respect to such Participating Claims, in the form of a wire
transfer of immediately available funds payable to New Xxxx in accordance with the wiring
instructions set forth on Schedule II or pursuant to another method of payment approved in advance
by Xxxx. In the event that (i) such funds are not received within such timeframe or (ii) Xxxx
determines that the Claims shown as Participating Claims shown on Schedule I1 are not
Participating Claims, Xxxx will be entitled to reallocate the Shares that the Subscriber would
otherwise be entitled to purchase as its Pro Rata Share of such Participating Claims. The
Subscriber acknowledges that this Subscription Agreement contains its firm commitment, subject only
to the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement, to purchase its Pro Rata Share of
Shares of New Xxxx with respect to the Participating Claims beneficially owned by it and shown on
Schedule I.
(b) The closing of the issuance of Shares contemplated by this Subscription Agreement (the
“Closing”) will take place at the offices of Xxxxx Day, 000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
concurrently with the Closing, as defined in that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of July
26, 2007, by and among Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, CBP
Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company, and Xxxx (the
“Investment Agreement”). The date on which the Closing occurs is the “Closing Date.”
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Disclosure Statement or otherwise communicated to holders of Claims within 10 business days prior
to the Confirmation Date. The idea is that the Subscriber commits to participate with respect to
the Participating Claims it lists for its Pro Rata Share and as to the reallocation of Series B-2
contemplated by the Investment Agreement, either by Claim amount or by percentage of its aggregate
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(c) The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that:
(i) The Shares purchased pursuant hereto will be owned only in the
name of the Subscriber as indicated on the signature page below.
(ii) Except to the extent provided in this Subscription Agreement, (A) Xxxx and New Xxxx make
no representation or warranty in connection with the purchase of the Shares hereunder, (B) Xxxx has
made available to the Subscriber, prior to the Closing Date, the opportunity to ask questions of
and receive answers from Xxxx or persons acting on behalf of Xxxx concerning the investment
contemplated hereby, the terms and conditions of the private placement and the business, operations
and prospects of Xxxx and New Xxxx, and to obtain any additional information to the extent Xxxx
possesses such information and (C) any materials provided to the Subscriber prior to the date
hereof are for presentation purposes only and do not constitute representations or warranties by
Xxxx or New Xxxx.
(iii) No federal or state agency has made or will make any finding or determination as to the
adequacy or accuracy of any information provided to the Subscriber in connection with its
consideration of its investment in the Shares or as to the fairness of this private placement for
investment, nor any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares.
(iv) Since neither the Shares nor the shares of common stock of New Xxxx, par value $0.01 per
share, into which the Shares are convertible (the “Common Shares” and, together with the Shares,
the “Unregistered Securities”) will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, the economic risk of the investment must be
held indefinitely by the Subscriber and the Unregistered Securities cannot be sold unless
subsequently registered under the Securities Act and such state securities laws or an exemption
from such registration is available; New Dana’s obligations to file a registration statement under
the Securities Act will be limited to those set forth under the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated ___, 200_, among the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and Xxxx (“the “Registration
Rights Agreement”). It is not anticipated that there will be any market for resale of the Series B
Preferred Stock prior to the filing of a registration statement in respect of such securities.
(v) The Articles of Serial Designation of 4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0%
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Articles of Designation”) will contain restrictions on
transfer of the Series B Preferred Stock held by a Preferred Stockholder.
(d) The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that New Xxxx will be relying on
representations, warranties and agreements made by the Subscriber to Xxxx and New Xxxx, and the
covenants agreed to by the Subscriber, herein.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF XXXX AND NEW XXXX. Xxxx represents and warrants to the Subscriber as follows:
(a) Xxxx is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Virginia.
(b) Subject to the entry of the confirmation order for the Chapter 11 Plan contemplated by the
Investment Agreement and occurrence of the Closing, (i) Xxxx has and New Xxxx will have the
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, (ii)
this Subscription Agreement and the consummation by Xxxx and New Xxxx of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been (or, in the case of New Xxxx, will be prior to the Effective Date)
duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and (iii) this Subscription Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Xxxx and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of
Xxxx and New Xxxx, enforceable against Xxxx or New Xxxx, as applicable, in accordance with its
terms.
(c) New Xxxx will at Closing be a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of ___.
(d) The Series B Preferred Stock to be issued and sold by New Xxxx pursuant to this
Subscription Agreement when issued in accordance with the provisions hereof will be validly issued
by New Xxxx, and will represent fully paid and nonassessable shares of New Xxxx.
(d) Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Xxxxxxx 0, xxxx of Xxxx,
New Xxxx and any other Person on behalf of Xxxx or New Xxxx makes any other express or implied
representation or warranty with respect to Xxxx or New Xxxx with respect to any other information
provided to the Subscriber. None of Xxxx, New Xxxx and any other Person will have or be subject to
any liability or indemnification obligation to the Subscriber or any other Person resulting from
the distribution to the Subscriber, or use by the Subscriber of, any such information, including
any information, documents, projections, forecasts or other material made available to the
Subscriber, unless any such information is included in a representation or warranty contained in
this Section 2.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBSCRIBER. The Subscriber represents and warrants to Xxxx and New Xxxx as follows:
(a) Due Authorization. (i) The Subscriber has the requisite corporate or individual
power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, (ii) this Subscription
Agreement and the consummation by Subscriber of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all requisite corporate action, and (iii) this Subscription Agreement has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by Subscriber and constitutes the valid and binding obligation
of Subscriber, enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms. Except to the extent
Subscriber is an individual, Subscriber is a duly organized entity of the type set forth on the
signature page hereto and such entity is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or formation.
(b) Offering Exemption. The Subscriber understands that the Series B Preferred Stock
of New Xxxx that he or she is purchasing hereunder has not been registered under the Securities
Act, nor qualified under any state securities laws, and that it is being offered and sold pursuant
to an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements based in part upon the
Subscriber’s representations contained herein.
(c) Knowledge of Offer. The Subscriber has been given the opportunity to obtain from
Xxxx all information that he or she has requested regarding Dana’s and New Dana’s business plans
and prospects. The Subscriber has read this Subscription Agreement, the Articles of Designation,
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation of New Xxxx and understands
the terms and conditions herein and therein.
(d)
Knowledge and Experience; Ability to Bear Economic Risks. The Subscriber has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he or she is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the investment contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, and he or she
is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in New Xxxx. The Subscriber has sufficient
financial resources available to support the loss of all or a portion of his or her investment in
New Xxxx, and has no need for liquidity in his or her investment in New Xxxx.
(e) Limitations on Disposition. The Subscriber recognizes that no public market exists
for the Unregistered Securities, and no representation has been made to the Subscriber that such
public market will exist in the future. The Subscriber understands that he or she must bear the
economic risk of this investment indefinitely unless his or her Unregistered Securities are
registered pursuant to the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available, and
unless the disposition of such Unregistered Securities is qualified under applicable state
securities laws or an exemption from such qualification is available. The Subscriber further
understands that there is no assurance that any exemption from the Securities Act will be
available, or, if available, that such exemption will allow the Subscriber to Transfer (as
hereinafter defined) all or part of his or her Unregistered Securities, in the amounts or at the
times the Subscriber might propose. The Subscriber further acknowledges and understands that his or
her Series B Preferred Stock will be subject to restrictions on transfer contained in the Articles
of Designation.
(f) Investment Purpose. The Subscriber is acquiring the Series B Preferred Stock
solely for his or her own account for investment and not with a view toward the resale, Transfer,
or distribution thereof, nor with any present intention of distributing the Series B Preferred
Stock. No other Person (as hereinafter defined) has any right with respect to or interest in the
Shares to be purchased by the Subscriber, nor has the Subscriber agreed to give any Person any such
interest or right in the future.
(g) Capacity. The Subscriber has full power and legal right to execute and deliver
this Subscription Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement and to perform his or her obligations
hereunder and thereunder.
(h) No Finder’s Fee. No finder’s fee or other similar fee is payable to any third
party in connection with the Subscriber’s investment in New Xxxx. Should such a fee be payable to
any third party, such fee is payable in its entirety by the Subscriber and not by Xxxx, New Xxxx or
any of their affiliates.
(i) Accredited Investor. The Subscriber represents and warrants that he or she is an
“accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under Section
4(2) of the Securities Act, has completed the accredited investor questionnaire
attached hereto as Schedule III, and that such completed questionnaire sets forth a true, correct
and complete statement of the Subscriber’s accredited investor status.
(j) Qualified Institutional Buyer. The Subscriber represents and warrants that it is a
“qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act, has completed the qualified institutional buyer questionnaire attached hereto as
Part III of Schedule III, and that such completed questionnaire sets forth a true, correct and
complete statement of the Subscriber’s qualified institutional investor status.
(k) Consents and Approvals. No third-party consents or approvals are required to be
obtained, made or given in order to permit the Subscriber to execute and deliver this Subscription
Agreement and to perform his, her or its obligations hereunder.
(l) No Conflicts or Violations. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Subscription Agreement by the Subscriber nor the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby will violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under (whether upon notice or the passage of time or both) any (i) contract to which the
Subscriber is a party or (ii) applicable laws, regulations, orders, judgments and decrees.
(m) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The foregoing representations and
warranties will be true on the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and shall survive delivery of
this Subscription Agreement. If any of such representations and warranties shall not be true prior
to acceptance of this Subscription Agreement by Xxxx or prior to the Closing Date, the Subscriber
shall give written notice of such fact to Xxxx, specifying which representations and warranties are
not true and accurate and the reasons therefor.
4. COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES.
(a) Securities Act Restrictions. The Subscriber covenants that he or she will not sell or
otherwise Transfer all or part of his or her Unregistered Securities except pursuant to an
effective registration under the Securities Act or in a transaction which, in the opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to New Xxxx, qualifies as an exempt transaction under the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) Financial and Business Information. If requested by the Subscriber, New Xxxx shall
deliver to the Subscriber, so long as it owns any Unregistered Securities, one copy of each
financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by New Xxxx to any stockholders.
(c) Alternative Investment. Nothing in this Subscription Agreement will be deemed to
preclude the Subscriber from making any proposal for an investment, transaction or plan that would
be an alternative to the investment contemplated by the Investment Agreement or the Chapter 11 Plan
(as defined in the Investment Agreement), or from financing any such proposal made by a third
party.
(d) Access. If and only after the Subscriber executes a confidentiality agreement
having terms neither less favorable to Xxxx nor more favorable to the other party thereto than the
respective terms of the confidentiality agreement, dated July 21, 2007, by and
between Xxxx and Appaloosa Management L.P. that was filed as Exhibit 99 to the Schedule 13D/A
(Amendment No. 3) filed by Appaloosa Management L.P., among others, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 23, 2007 regarding Dana’s common stock, then Xxxx will (i) allow all
designated officers, attorneys, accountants and other representatives of the Subscriber reasonable
access at reasonable times during normal business hours to the officers, key employees, accountants
and other representatives of Xxxx and its Subsidiaries and the books and records of Xxxx and its
Subsidiaries and (ii) furnish to the Subscriber and its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and
other authorized representatives such financial and operating data and other information as such
Persons may reasonably request. All information provided pursuant to this Section 4(d) will be
subject to the confidentiality agreement executed by the Subscriber as described in the first
sentence of this Section 4(d).
(e) Hedging. The Subscriber covenants that, between the date hereof and the Closing,
he or she will not engage in any short sales of Common Shares or Claims (as defined in the
Investment Agreement, “Claims”), any transactions involving options (including exchange-traded
options), puts, calls or other derivatives involving securities of New Xxxx or any other
transactions of any type that would have the effect of providing such holder with any other
economic gain in the event of a decrease in the current or future market price of Common Shares or
Claims, unless such Subscriber has engaged in such activity pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Support
Agreement (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreement.).
5. SUBSCRIBER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The Subscriber further acknowledges the following as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Disclosure Statement. The Subscriber has received, read and understands the risks
associated with Dana’s and New Dana’s business described in the Disclosure Statement.
(b) Lack of Public Market. No public market exists for the Unregistered Securities,
and no representation has been made to the Subscriber that such public market will exist in the
future. The sale of the Shares offered by this Subscription Agreement is not being registered under
the Securities Act or under state securities laws, and the Unregistered Securities may not be
resold or otherwise transferred unless they are subsequently registered or an exemption from
applicable registration requirements is available. Consequently, investors may not be able to
liquidate their investments.
(c) Projections. The Business Plan of New Xxxx presented to the Subscriber prior to
the Closing Date contains projections. Projections are hypothetical and based upon present factors
influencing the business of New Xxxx. Assumptions regarding future changes in sales and revenues
are necessarily speculative in nature. In addition, projections do not and cannot take into account
such factors as general economic conditions, unforeseen changes and developments in available
technologies and products, the entry into New Dana’s market of significant additional competitors,
natural disasters, the terms and conditions of future financings of New Xxxx, and other risks
inherent to the business of New Xxxx. While management believes that the projections reflect the
possible future results of New Dana’s operations, such results cannot be guaranteed. Investors must
be prepared for the substantial economic risks involved in the purchase of the Shares, including
the total loss of their investment. Neither Xxxx
nor New Xxxx will be under any duty to update the projections received by the Subscriber prior to
the Closing Date.
6. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
(a) Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations of the Subscriber
and New Xxxx to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are subject
to the concurrent occurrence of the Closing, as defined in the Investment Agreement.
(b) Conditions to Obligations of New Xxxx. The obligations of New Xxxx to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or
waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:
(i) All representations and warranties of the Subscriber in Section 3 of this
Subscription Agreement must be true, correct and complete in all respects on the Closing
Date.
(ii) All acknowledgments of the Subscriber in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement
must be true, correct and complete in all respects on the Closing Date.
(c) Conditions to Obligations of the Subscriber. The obligations of the Subscriber to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are subject to the
satisfaction or waiver, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:
(i) All representations and warranties of Xxxx and New Xxxx in Section 2 of this
Subscription Agreement must be true and correct in all respects on the Closing Date; and
(ii) No Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Investment Agreement) shall
have occurred between the date hereof and the Closing.
7. TERMINATION. This Subscription Agreement will terminate automatically upon the
termination of the Investment Agreement.
8.
INTERPRETATION OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Terms Defined. As used in this Subscription Agreement, the following terms have the
respective meanings set forth below:
Bankruptcy Court: the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New
York.
Debtors: Xxxx, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries operating as debtors and
debtors-in-possession in the Chapter 11 Cases.
Disclosure Statement: a disclosure statement with respect to the Plan filed by the
Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court.
Exchange Act: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Person: an individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company,
corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Plan: the plan of reorganization for the Debtors filed in connection with the Debtors’
jointly administered chapter 11 cases (“Chapter 11 Cases”) filed in the Bankruptcy Court as case
No. 06-10354 (BRL).
Security, Securities: as defined in Section 2(l) of the Securities Act.
Transfer: any sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition or
encumbrance.
(a) Accounting Principles. Where the character or amount of any asset or amount of any
asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation
or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Subscription
Agreement, this shall be done in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles at
the time in effect, to the extent applicable, except where such principles are inconsistent with
the requirements of this Subscription Agreement.
(b) Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Subscription Agreement refers
to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision
shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
(c)
Governing Law. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of
New York without giving effect to the choice of law or
conflicts of law principles thereof.
(d) Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this
Subscription Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a
part thereof.
9. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Notices.
(i) All communications under this Subscription Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be delivered by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight courier or by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid:
(A) if to the Subscriber, at his or her address or facsimile number shown on Schedule I,
or at such other address or facsimile number as the Subscriber may have furnished New Xxxx in
writing, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000-0000 (facsimile (000) 000-0000), marked for the attention of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.; and
(B) if to Xxxx, at Xxxx Corporation (or the name of New Xxxx), 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000), marked for the attention of General Counsel
and Secretary, or at such other address or facsimile number as it may have furnished in
writing to the Subscriber, with a copy to Xxxxx Day, 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 (facsimile: 212-755-7306), marked for the attention of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Esq.
(ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given: if delivered by hand or
facsimile, on the date of such delivery; if mailed by courier, on the first business day
following the date of such mailing; and if mailed by registered or certified mail, on the
third business day after the date of such mailing.
(b) Expenses and Taxes. Xxxx or New Xxxx, as applicable, will pay, and save the
Subscriber harmless from any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties) with respect
to, or resulting from any delay or failure in paying, stamp and other taxes (other than income
taxes), if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable on the execution and delivery of
this Subscription Agreement or acquisition of the securities pursuant to this Subscription
Agreement.
(c) Reproduction of Documents. This Subscription Agreement and all documents relating
thereto, including, without limitation, (i) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter
be executed, (ii) documents received by the Subscriber pursuant hereto and (iii) financial
statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to the Subscriber,
may be reproduced by the Subscriber by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard,
miniature photographic or other similar process and the Subscriber may destroy any original
document so reproduced. All parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be
admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether
or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by the Subscriber
in the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of
such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Subscription Agreement and the rights, powers and
duties set forth herein shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of each of the parties.
(e)
Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Subscription Agreement and the
Stockholders Agreement constitute the entire understanding of the parties hereto and supersede all
prior understandings among such parties with respect to the matters covered herein. This
Subscription Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term of this Subscription
Agreement may be waived, with (and only with) the written consent of Xxxx (or New Xxxx, if after
the Closing Date) and the Subscriber.
(f) Severability. If any provision of this Subscription Agreement or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, the remainder of this Subscription Agreement or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be
affected thereby.
(g) Counterparts. This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be
considered one and the same agreement.
Please indicate your acceptance and approval of the foregoing in the space provided below.
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subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that
he or she signed and delivered said instrument as his or her own free and voluntary act and/or as
the free and voluntary act of said corporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
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My commission expires:
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SCHEDULE II
Wiring Instructions
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SCHEDULE III
THE
QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST NEW XXXX IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE
SUBSCRIBER IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR. INITIAL ALL APPROPRIATE SPACES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES,
INDICATING THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE SUBSCRIBER MAY QUALIFY TO PURCHASE SHARES. FAILING TO INITIAL
ALL SPACES APPLICABLE TO THE SUBSCRIBER MAY RESULT IN NEW XXXX NOT HAVING ENOUGH INFORMATION TO
DETERMINE IF THE SUBSCRIBER IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR.
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS. If the Subscriber is an individual, including individuals who
intend to subscribe for Shares with funds held in a pension plan, profit-sharing plan, XXX or
similar plan, the information requested in this section should be provided in regard to such
individuals.
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B. ENTITY INVESTORS. If the Subscriber is a partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, trust or other entity, the information requested in this section should be provided in
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II. ACCREDITED INVESTOR DETERMINATION
A. FOR INDIVIDUALS:
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“Net worth” means the excess of total assets at fair market value, including home,
furnishings and automobiles, over total liabilities. For purposes of determining “net worth,” the
principal residence owned by an individual shall be valued either at (A) cost, including the cost
of improvements, net of current encumbrances upon the property, or (B) the appraised value of the
property as determined upon a written appraisal used by an institutional lender making a loan to
the individual secured by title property, including the cost of subsequent improvements, net of
current encumbrances upon the property. “Institutional lender” means a bank, savings and loan
company, industrial loan company, credit union or personal property broker or a company whose
principal business is as a lender upon loans secured by real property and which has such loans
receivable in the amount of $2,000,000 or more. |
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of more than $300,000 in each of the two most recent years and I reasonably expect to have a joint income of $300,000 in the current year. |
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B. FOR ENTITIES:
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1. Subscriber is either (i) a corporation, (ii) a Massachusetts or similar business trust, (iii) Initial a partnership, or (iv) a limited liability company, in each case not formed
for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and in each case with total assets in excess of $5,000,000. |
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2. Subscriber is either (i) a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any
savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the
Securities Act, acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; (ii) a broker or dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act; (iii) an insurance company as
defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act; (iv) an investment company or a business
development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”) or a private business development company under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940; or (v) a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small
Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958, as amended. |
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3. Subscriber is an employee benefit plan under ERISA: (a) whose decision to invest in
New Xxxx is made by a plan fiduciary as defined in ERISA §3(21) that is a registered
investment adviser, bank, savings and loan association, or insurance company; or (b) with
total assets exceeding $ 5,000,000, or (c) that is a self-directed plan, and the decision to
invest in New Xxxx is made by an accredited investor. |
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4. Subscriber is a plan established and maintained by a state, a political subdivision
thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of its employees and with total assets exceeding $ 5,000,000. |
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“Individual income” means adjusted gross income, as reported for Federal income
tax purposes, less any income attributable to a spouse or to property owned by a spouse, increased
by the following amounts (but not including any amounts attributable to a spouse or to property
owned by a spouse): (i) the amount of any tax-exempt interest income under Section 103 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (ii) the amount of losses claimed as a
limited partner in a limited partnership as reported on Schedule E of Form 1040, (iii) any
deduction claimed for depletion under section 611 et seq. of the Code, and (iv) any amount by which
income from long-term capital gains has been reduced in arriving at adjusted gross income pursuant
to the provisions of Section 1202 of the Code. |
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5. Subscriber is a trust, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities
offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 and whose purchase is directed by a
sophisticated person. |
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6. Subscriber is an entity as to which all the equity owners are accredited investors under one or
more of the foregoing categories. |
C. FAILURE TO QUALIFY UNDER ANY CATEGORY
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2. I do not meet any of the standards set forth in any one of the above categories, however, I am
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares. To the extent
necessary, I have retained, at my own expense, and relied upon, appropriate professional advice
regarding the investment, tax and legal merits and consequences of this Subscription Agreement and
owning the Shares. In addition, the amount of my investment in the Shares does not exceed ten
percent (10%) of my net worth. I agree to furnish any additional information requested to assure
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the purchase and
sale of the Shares. |
III. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER DETERMINATION
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1. Subscriber is either (i) an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the
Securities Act, (ii) an investment company registered under the 1940 Act, (iii) a business
development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the 1940 Act, (iv) a small business
development company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d)
of the Small Business Act or (v) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political
subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees, in each case, owning and investing on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities of issuers not affiliated with Subscriber.4 |
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In determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by an entity, the following instruments and interests shall be excluded: bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, loan participations, repurchase agreements, securities
owned, but subject to a repurchase agreement and currency, interest rate and commodity swaps. |
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The aggregate value of securities owned and invested on a discretionary basis by an entity shall
be the cost of such securities, except where the entity reports its securities holdings in its
financial statements on the basis of their market value and no current information with respect to
the cost of those securities has been published. In the latter event, the securities may be valued
at market. |
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2. Subscriber is either (i) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of ERISA,
(ii) a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company and whose participants are exclusively
plans established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or
instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees or
employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of ERISA or (iii) a business development
company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the 1940 Act, in each case, owning and investing on a
discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in securities of issuers not affiliated with Subscriber. |
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3. Subscriber is either (i) an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, (ii) a corporation (other than a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act or a savings and loan association or other institution referenced in Section
3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act or a foreign bank or savings and loan association or equivalent
institution), (iii) a partnership, (iv) a limited liability company, (iv) a Massachusetts or
similar business trust or (v) an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, in each
case, owning and investing on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in securities of issuers
not affiliated with Subscriber. |
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qualified institutional buyers under one or more of the categories contained in this Part III. |
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5. Subscriber is either (i) a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act, acting
for its own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers under one or more of
the categories contained in this Part III, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a
discretionary basis at least $10 million of securities of issuers that are not affiliated with
Subscriber or (ii) a dealer, whether or not otherwise a qualified institutional buyer under one or
more of the categories contained in this Part III, registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Exchange Act acting in a riskless principal transaction on behalf of a qualified institutional
buyer under one or more of the categories contained in this Part III.5 |
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6. Subscriber is an investment company registered under the 1940 Act, acting for its own account or
for the account of other qualified institutional buyers under one or more of the categories
contained in this Part III, that is part of a family of investment companies (any two or more
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In determining the aggregate amount of securities owned by an entity and invested on a
discretionary basis, securities owned by subsidiaries of the entity that are consolidated with the
entity in its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles may be included if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the direction
of the entity, except that, unless the entity is a reporting company under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, securities owned by such subsidiaries may not be included if the entity itself is
a majority-owned subsidiary that would be included in the consolidated financial statements of
another enterprise. |
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person and makes a simultaneous offsetting sale of such security to a qualified institutional
buyer, including another dealer acting as riskless principal for a qualified institutional buyer. |
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investment trust whose assets consist solely of shares of one or more registered
investment companies, that have the same investment adviser, or, in the case of unit investment
trust, the same depositor)6 which own in the aggregate at least $100 million in
securities of issuers other than issuers that are affiliated with the investment company or are
part of such family of investment companies. |
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7. Subscriber is (i) a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, a savings and
loan association or other institution as referenced in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act or
any foreign savings bank or savings and loan association or equivalent institution, acting for its
own account or the accounts of other qualified institutional buyers under one or more of the
categories contained in this Part III, that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary
basis at least $100 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated with it and that has
an audited net worth of at least $25 million as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, as of a date not more than, if a U.S. bank or savings and loan, 16 months preceding
the date hereof and, if a foreign bank or savings and loan, 18 months preceding the date hereof. |
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For purposes of the definition of “family of investment companies”, each series of a
series company (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) shall be deemed to be a separate investment company and
investment companies shall be deemed to have the same investment adviser (or depositor) if their
advisers (or depositors) are majority-owned subsidiaries of the same parent or if one investment
company’s adviser (or depositor) is a majority-owned subsidiary of the other investment company’s
adviser (or depositor). |
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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of ___, 200_, among [New
Xxxx Corporation], a [___] corporation (the “Company”),1 Centerbridge
Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Centerbridge”), and CBP Parts
Acquisition Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with any Qualified Purchaser
Transferee thereof, “Purchaser”).
A. Xxxx Corporation, a Virginia corporation and the predecessor to the Company for certain
Bankruptcy Code purposes (“Xxxx”), entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as of July
26, 2007 (the “Investment Agreement”), with Centerbridge, Purchaser and the other parties
thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, on the terms and subject to the conditions thereof,
Purchaser has agreed to acquire up to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s 4.0% Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred”), and up to 2,500,000
shares of the Company’s 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Series B Preferred”). The Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred are convertible into
shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), on the terms
set forth in the Articles (defined below).
B. The Series A Preferred owned by Purchaser constitutes 100% of the shares of Series A
Preferred outstanding on the date hereof, and the Series B Preferred owned by Purchaser constitutes
___% of the shares of Series B Preferred outstanding on the date hereof. Together, the shares of
Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred owned by Purchaser constitute ___% of the shares of the
Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof, on an as-converted basis.
C. The Company, Purchaser and Centerbridge desire to make certain provisions in respect of
their relationship.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following
terms have the following meanings when used herein:
“Affiliate” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles; provided, however,
that as such term is used in this Agreement, the members of the Investor Group will not be included
as Affiliates of the Company.
“Articles” means the Company’s Articles of Serial Designation of 4.0%
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Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Assumption Agreement” means an agreement in writing in substantially the form of
Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which the party thereto agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions
of this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” means chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code.
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Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
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New York.
A Person will be deemed the “beneficial owner” of, and will be deemed to
“beneficially own,” and will be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of:
(i) any securities that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates is deemed to
“beneficially own” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, as in
effect on the date of this Agreement and any securities deposited into a trust established by
the Person the sole beneficiaries of which are the shareholders of the Person; and
(ii) any securities (the “underlying securities”) that such Person or any of
such Person’s Affiliates has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (written or oral), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights,
rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (it being understood that such Person will also be
deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for the
underlying securities); and
(iii) any securities beneficially owned by persons that are part of a “group” (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act) with such Person.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Chapter 11 Plan” means the joint plan of reorganization filed by Xxxx and its debtor
subsidiaries with the Bankruptcy Court.
“Charter” means the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as in effect from
time to time, together with the Articles.
“Company Sale” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles.
“Current Market Price” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles.
“Director Designation Termination Date” means the date on which shares
of Series A Preferred having an aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference of at least
$125 million are no longer owned by Purchaser.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fair
Market Value” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles.
“Financial Ratio
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“Indebtedness” means all indebtedness of a Person, including without limitation
obligations for borrowed money, lease financing and indebtedness of another Person guaranteed by
such Person or secured by the assets of such Person.
“Independent Director” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles.
“Investor Group” means Purchaser and its Affiliates, including Centerbridge.
“Person” has the meaning given to such term in the Articles.
“Purchaser Designees” means the directors of the Company who were designated for
nomination pursuant to Article III of this Agreement (including the Series A Nominee).
“Qualified Purchaser Transferee” means an Affiliate of Purchaser that executes an
Assumption Agreement, but only to the extent that such Qualified Purchaser Transferee is a
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which either
Purchaser or Centerbridge directly or indirectly owns or controls 100% of the securities or other
interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect the board of directors (or others
performing similar functions) of such corporation or other organization.
“Representatives” means, with respect to a Person, such Person’s directors, officers,
employees, agents, counsel, consultants, accountants, experts, auditors, examiners, financial
advisors or other representatives, agents or professionals.
“Series A Liquidation Preference” means $100.00 per share, as adjusted from time to
time in accordance with the Articles.
“Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such Person directly or indirectly
owns or controls more than 50% of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions.
“Voting Securities” means the Common Stock, all other equity securities entitled to
vote in the election of directors of the Company and all other securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or exercisable for any such securities (whether
immediately or otherwise), including the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred.
II. STANDSTILL
2.1 Limitation During Standstill Period. Subject to Section 2.2, during the period
commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the tenth anniversary thereof, no member of
the Investor Group will, and none of its Representatives will on its behalf, publicly propose or
publicly announce or otherwise disclose publicly an intent to propose, or enter into an agreement
with any Person for, singly or with any other Person or directly or indirectly, (a) any form of
business combination, acquisition or other transaction relating to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (b) any form of restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (c) any demand, request or proposal to amend, waive
or terminate any provision of this Article II, nor except as aforesaid during such period will any
member of the Investor Group or any of its Representatives on its behalf (i) acquire, or offer,
propose or agree to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, subject to applicable securities laws, any
Voting Securities, (ii) make, or in any way participate in, any solicitation of proxies or votes
with respect to any such Voting Securities (including by the execution of action by written
consent), become a participant in any election contest with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, seek to influence any person with respect to any such Voting Securities, make a
shareholder proposal with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or demand a copy of any the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ lists of shareholders or other books and records, (iii) participate
in or encourage the formation of any partnership, syndicate or other group which owns or seeks or
offers to acquire beneficial ownership of any such Voting Securities or which seeks to affect
control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or has the purpose of circumventing any provision
of this Agreement, (iv) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others (including by providing
financing for another person), to seek or to offer to control or influence, in any manner, the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ management, board of directors or policies, or (v) make any
proposal or other communication designed to, or which could be reasonably expected to, compel the
Company to make a public announcement thereof in respect of any matter referred to in this Section
2.1.
2.2 Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 2.1,
nothing in clause (ii) or (iv) of Section 2.1 will limit or affect or be deemed to apply to a
Purchaser Designee’s actions taken in connection with such Purchaser Designee’s service as a
director of the Company, and nothing herein will prohibit any member of the Investor Group from:
(a) acquiring the shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred pursuant to the
Investment Agreement and the Chapter 11 Plan, and any Common Stock received upon conversion
thereof (or any dividends or distributions received thereon); or
(b) acquiring beneficial ownership of any Voting Securities, unless following such
acquisition the Investor Group would beneficially own more than
30% of the Voting Securities issued and outstanding at such time;
(c) taking any action with the approval of a majority of the members of the Board who
are not Purchaser Designees; or
(d) in the event a majority of the members of the Board who are not Purchaser Designees
approves a transaction described in Section 2.1(a) or (b) above, (i) voting to approve such
transaction, subject to the restrictions contained in Section 4.3, and (ii) selling any
securities of the Company owned by the Investor Group in connection with, and pursuant to the
terms of, such transaction.
III. BOARD REPRESENTATION
3.1 Series A Preferred Directors. (a) The holders of the Series A Preferred have the
director election rights set forth in Section 6(c) and (d) of the Articles for the time periods and
to the extent set forth therein.
(b) Beginning with the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders to elect directors
following the date hereof (the “Director Designation Commencement Date”), the Company will
ensure that Purchaser may designate nominees for each of the three directors to be elected by the
Series A Preferred pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) of the Articles, including following the removal of
any such director. In case of any vacancy (other than by removal) in the office of a Purchaser
Designee, the vacancy will be filled with a designee of Purchaser by the remaining Purchaser
Designees.
(c) From and after the Director Designation Termination Date, Purchaser will cause any
Purchaser Designees to resign promptly after the Company so requests.
3.2 Series A Nominating Committee. (a) Without limiting Section 3.1(a), beginning with
the Director Designation Commencement Date, at each election of members of the Board, the Company
will use its best efforts to cause a nominating committee (the “Series A Nominating
Committee”) to be constituted. The Company will use its best efforts to (i) cause the Series A
Nominating Committee to consist of three directors and (ii) cause two of the Purchaser Designees
designated by Purchaser to so serve to sit on such Series A Nominating Committee. The Series A
Nominating Committee will be constituted solely for the purpose of Section 3.2(b) below and will be
a separate committee from the Company’s Nominating Committee.
(b) Beginning with the Director Designation Commencement Date, the Company will use its best
efforts to cause the Series A Nominating Committee to be entitled to nominate one director for
election by the holders of the Voting Securities pursuant to Section 6(c)(ii) of the Articles (a
“Series A Nominee”); provided, however, that, in order for such nomination
to be effective, such nomination by the Series A Nominating Committee must be made unanimously. To
the extent the members of the Series A Nominating Committee are unable to unanimously agree on the
identity of a Series A Nominee on or before the latest time at which the Company can reasonably
meet its obligations with respect to printing and mailing a proxy statement for an annual
meeting of Company shareholders, the Board (by majority vote of all Independent Directors) will
select a Person to be nominated for such Board seat. Each Series A Nominee will, at all times
during his or her service on the Board, be qualified to serve as a director of the Company under
any applicable law, rule or regulation imposing or creating standards or eligibility criteria for
individuals serving as directors of organizations such as the Company. If at any time, an
individual Series A Nominee is not so qualified, such Series A Nominee will be replaced pursuant to
Section 3.2(c).
(c) Each elected Series A Nominee will serve until his successor is elected and qualified or
until his earlier resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or death. If any
Series A Nominee ceases to be a director of the Company for any reason, the Company will promptly
use its best efforts to cause a person designated by the Series A Nominating Committee to replace
such director.
3.3 Effectiveness. This Article III (other than Section 3.1(c)) will terminate
without further action on the Director Designation Termination Date.
IV. CERTAIN VOTING RIGHTS
4.1 Purchaser Approval Rights. The Company may not, and may not permit its
Subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions without Purchaser’s prior written consent;
provided, however, that if such written consent is withheld by Purchaser, the
Company may, notwithstanding the withholding of such written consent, take any such actions that
are first approved by the affirmative vote or consent of holders of not less than two-thirds of the
Voting Securities that are not held by Centerbridge, Purchaser or any of their respective
Affiliates:
(a) enter into any transaction with any director or officer of the Company, or any
holder of 10% or more of the Voting Securities outstanding at such time, except for (i)
compensation or incentive arrangements with officers or directors that have been approved by
the Board or Compensation Committee thereof and (ii) transactions that are not material to
the Company;
(b) issue any security that ranks senior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred (or
the Series B Preferred, if any shares of Series B Preferred are outstanding and owned by
Purchaser) as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the
Company (including without limitation additional shares of Series A Preferred or Series B
Preferred), or issue any options, rights, warrants or securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for such shares; provided, however, that the
written consent of Purchaser will not be necessary for the Company to authorize or issue any
Indebtedness incurred to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease,
exchange or replace (collectively, “Refinancings”) any Indebtedness of the Company
existing at the applicable time, as long as such Refinancings are (i) on prevailing market
terms with respect to the economics thereof in all material respects and (ii) are on
substantially the same terms (including without limitation with respect to obligors, tenor,
security and ranking)
as the Indebtedness to which such Refinancings relate with respect to other terms;
(c) issue or authorize the issuance of any capital stock of the Company (or rights to acquire
any capital stock of the Company) for a price per share that is less than (A) if such issuance is
for Common Stock or options, rights, warrants or securities of the Company which are convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock of the Company (“Common Stock
Derivatives”), the Current Market Price for the Common Stock at the time of such issuance, or
(B) if such issuance is for capital stock of the Company or rights to acquire capital stock of the
Company other than Common Stock or Common Stock Derivatives, the Fair Market Value of such capital
stock or rights to acquire such capital;
(d) (i) amend, alter or repeal any amendment to the Company’s By-Laws that materially changes
the rights of any member of the Investor Group or any Qualified Purchaser Transferee (in such
Person’s capacity as a holder of Series A Preferred) or the Company’s shareholders generally or
(ii) authorize, adopt or approve an amendment to, or repeal any provision of, the Charter or the
Articles;
(e) take any action that results in the purchase or redemption by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company of any equity securities of the Company involving aggregate cash
payments by the Company in excess of $10 million during any 12-month period after the date hereof;
provided, however, that the written consent of Purchaser will not be required for
(i) the repurchase of any equity securities from any individual whose employment with the Company
is terminated as long as such repurchase is approved by the Board (by majority vote of all
members) or (ii) cashless exercise of, or surrender of shares for payment of withholding tax in
connection with, any option, right, warrant or other security that is convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock in accordance with the terms of its issuance;
(f) effect a Company Sale;
(g) voluntarily or involuntarily liquidate, wind up or dissolve; or
(h) except pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Articles, pay or declare any
dividend in cash on any shares of capital stock that ranks junior to or on parity with the
Series A Preferred, including Series B Preferred.
4.2 Termination of Purchaser Approval Rights. The provisions of Sections 4.1(a), (c),
(d), (e), (f) and (g) will terminate upon the earlier to occur of the (a) third anniversary of the
date hereof and (b) the date on which Purchaser no longer owns shares of Series A Preferred having
an aggregate Series A Liquidation Preference of at $125 million. The provisions of Section 4.1(b)
and (h) will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the third anniversary of the date hereof,
(ii) the date on which Purchaser no longer owns shares of Series A Preferred having an aggregate
Series A Liquidation
Preference of at least $125 million, and (iii) the later to occur of (A) the first anniversary of
the date hereof and (B) the Financial Ratio Date.
4.3 Certain Limitations. Without limiting any other provision hereof, Purchaser will,
and will cause each other member of the Investor Group to, at any meeting of holders of Voting
Securities, however such meeting is called and regardless of whether such meeting is a special or
annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, or at any adjournment thereof, or in connection with
any written consent of shareholders of the Company, vote, or cause to be voted, the Investor
Group’s Voting Securities in excess of 40% of the issued and outstanding Voting Securities (the
“Voting Threshold”) in the same proportion that the Company’s other shareholders vote their Voting
Securities with respect to any proposal submitted to the Company’s shareholders for a vote, so
that, as a result, the percentage of the Investor Group’s Voting Securities in excess of the Voting
Threshold that are voted in favor of such proposal will equal the percentage of the outstanding
Voting Securities held by all other Company shareholders voted in favor of such proposal, and the
percentage of the Investor Group’s Voting Securities in excess of the Voting Threshold that are
voted against such proposal will equal the percentage of the outstanding Voting Securities held by
all other Company shareholders voted against such proposal.
4.4 Certain Transactions. Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the
Investment Agreement or the documents referred to herein or therein, without the approval of a
majority of the members of the Board who are not Purchaser Designees, none of Centerbridge,
Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates may enter into any transaction or agreement with
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any amendment or waiver of this Agreement.
V. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Notice of Certain Matters. Without limiting Section 8 of the Articles, if
Purchaser at any time sells, assigns, transfers, pledges, hypothecates or otherwise encumbers or
disposes of in any way all or any part of an interest in any shares of Series A Preferred (a
“Transfer”), then Purchaser will, as promptly as practicable but in any event within five business
days of such Transfer, provide notice to the Company in accordance with Section 5.3 stating (a) the
date on which such Transfer occurred and (b) the name and contact information of such Transferee.
5.2 Specific Performance. The parties agree that any breach by any of them of any
provision of this Agreement would irreparably injure the Company or Purchaser and Centerbridge, as
the case may be, and that money damages would be an inadequate remedy therefor. Accordingly, the
parties agree that the other parties will be entitled to one or more injunctions enjoining any such
breach and requiring specific performance of this Agreement and consent to the entry thereof, in
addition to any other remedy to which such other parties are entitled at law or in equity.
5.3
Notices. Any notice or other communication required to be given hereunder will be
in writing and sent by reputable courier service (with proof of service),
by hand delivery, or by email or facsimile (followed on the same day by delivery by courier service
(with proof of delivery) or by hand delivery), addressed as follows:
If to the Company, to:
[New Xxxx Corporation]
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel and Secretary
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Day
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to Purchaser or Centerbridge, to:
Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
and
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party may specify by written notice so given, and such notice will
be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so emailed, telecommunicated or personally
delivered.
5.4 Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder will be assigned by any party hereto (whether by operation of
law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Purchaser may
transfer any of its rights under Article III or IV to any Qualified Purchaser Transferee to which
it transfers shares of Series A Preferred without violating the restrictions on transfer of the
Series A Preferred set forth in Section 8 of the Articles; provided, however, that neither
Purchaser nor Centerbridge will dispose of a majority of the voting power of such Qualified
Purchaser Transferee in any transaction or series of transactions unless such shares of Series A
Preferred have been transferred and the rights under this Agreement have been assigned back, in
each case to the original transferor thereof. Subject to this Section 5.4, this Agreement will be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assign. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this
Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto
or, if applicable, any Qualified Purchaser Transferee or their respective heirs, successors,
executors, administrators and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by
reason of this Agreement.
5.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties with respect thereto (including Section 7 of the Confidentiality
Agreement, dated June 1, 2007, between Centerbridge Associates, L.P. and the Company, as amended by
the Confidentiality Agreement Amendment, dated June 19, 2007, between Centerbridge Associates, L.P.
and the Company).
5.6 Amendment. Subject to applicable law, this Agreement may only be amended by an
instrument in writing signed by the Company and Centerbridge (who will have the authority to bind
Purchaser and all other members of the Investors Group).
5.7
Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
5.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered will be an original, but all such
counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of
a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the parties
hereto. A facsimile copy of a signature page will be deemed to be an original signature page.
5.9 Headings. Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for
convenience of the parties only, and will be given no substantive or interpretive effect
whatsoever.
5.10 Waivers. Except as provided in this Agreement, no action taken pursuant to this
Agreement, including without limitation any investigation by or on behalf of any party, will be
deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any of the
covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of
any provision hereunder will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent
breach of the same or any other provision hereunder. Any party hereto may (a) extend the time for
the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto and (b) waive
compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension or waiver
will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be
bound thereby.
5.11 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms
and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so
broad as to be unenforceable, the provision will be interpreted to be only so broad as is
enforceable.
5.12 Calculation of Beneficial Ownership. Any provision in this Agreement that refers
to a percentage of Common Stock or Voting Securities will be calculated based on the aggregate
number of issued and outstanding securities at the time of such calculation (on an as-converted
basis, in the case of Voting Securities), but will not include any such securities issuable upon
any options or warrants that are exercisable for such securities.
5.13 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each party hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York located in New York, New York or the United States District
for the Southern District of New York (as applicable, a “New York Court”), and any appellate court
from any such court, in any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment
resulting from any such suit, action or proceeding, and each party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be
heard and
determined in the New York Court.
(b) It will be a condition precedent to each party’s right to bring any such suit, action or
proceeding that such suit, action or proceeding, in the first instance, be brought in a New York
Court, and if each such court refuses to accept jurisdiction with respect thereto, such suit,
action or proceeding may be brought in any other court with jurisdiction.
(c) No party may move to (i) transfer any such suit, action or proceeding from a New York
Court to another jurisdiction, (ii) consolidate any such suit, action or proceeding brought in a
New York Court with a suit, action or proceeding in another jurisdiction, or (iii) dismiss any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in a New York Court for the purpose of bringing the same in
another jurisdiction.
(d) Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, (i) any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a New
York Court, (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or
proceeding in any such court, and (iii) the right to object, with respect to such suit, action or
proceeding, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party. Each party irrevocably
consents to service of process in any manner permitted by law.
5.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR
TORT, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.
5.15 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
5.16 Confidentiality. (a) The Investor Group will maintain, and Purchaser will cause
each member of the Investor Group and each of its and their respective Representatives to maintain,
the confidentiality of all material non-public information obtained by any member of the Investor
Group from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their respective Representatives (a
“Company Person”), and not to use such information for any purpose other than (i) the evaluation
and protection of the investment by Purchaser in the Company, (ii) the exercise by Purchaser of any
of its rights under this Agreement, and (iii) the exercise by the Purchaser Designees of their
fiduciary duties as members of the Board.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality obligations of Section 5.16(a) will not
apply to information obtained other than in violation of this Agreement:
(i) which any member of the Investor Group or any of its Representatives is
required to disclose by judicial or administrative process, or by other requirements
of applicable law or regulation or any governmental authority; provided,
however, that, where and to the extent practicable, such disclosing party (A)
gives the Company reasonable notice of any such requirement and, to the extent
protective measures consistent with such requirement are available, the opportunity to
seek appropriate protective measures and (B) reasonably cooperates with the Company
(at the Company’s expense) in attempting to obtain such protective measures;
(ii) which becomes available to the public other than as a result of a breach of
Section 5.16(a); or
(iii) which has been provided to a member of the Investor Group or any of its
Representatives by a source other than a Company Person, unless either Purchaser or
such member of the Investor Group knows that the source of such information was bound
by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary
objections of confidentiality to, the Company or any other Person with respect to such
information.
5.17 Acknowledgment of Securities Laws. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that it is
aware, and that it will advise the other members of the Investor Group and its and their respective
Representatives who are informed as to the material non-public information that is the subject of
Section 5.16, that the United States securities laws prohibit any Person who has received from an
issuer material, non-public information from purchasing or selling securities of such issuer or
from communication of such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is
reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.
5.18 Premiums Upon a Change of Control. None of Centerbridge, Purchaser or any of
their respective Affiliates may receive, or be entitled to receive, any premium, payment or fee
from any Person (a “Payor”) in connection with voting in favor of, or transferring any Voting
Securities in connection with, a transaction that results in (either alone or in connection with a
series of related transactions) a Company Sale (as defined in the Articles), unless such amount is
shared with, or payable by such Payor to, all shareholders of the Company on a pro rata basis.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
Articles
[See Exhibit B to the Investment Agreement, filed as Exhibit 99.2]
EXHIBIT B
Form of Assumption Agreement
The undersigned hereby agrees, effective as of the date hereof, to become a party
to, and be bound by the provisions of, the Shareholders Agreement (the
“Agreement”) dated as of
___ ___, 200___ by and among [New Xxxx Corporation],
Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P. and CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, and for all
purposes of the Agreement, the undersigned will be a “Qualified Purchaser Transferee” (as
defined in the Agreement). Without limiting the foregoing, the undersigned acknowledges
that the shares of Series A Preferred (as defined in the Agreement) transferred to the
undersigned in connection herewith are subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in
the Articles (as defined in the Agreement). The address and facsimile number to which
notices may be sent to the undersigned is as follows:
[NEW XXXX CORPORATION]
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of , 2007 (the
“Agreement”), between Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Centerbridge”), CBP Parts Acquisition Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Investor”) and [New Xxxx Corporation], a corporation (the “Company”).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Investor has, pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, dated
as of July 26, 2007, by and among the Company, Centerbridge and the Investor (the
“Investment Agreement”), agreed to purchase shares of (i) 4.0% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Series A
Preferred Stock”) and (ii) 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Company (the “Series B Preferred Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of
Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed, as a condition precedent to the Investor’s
obligations under the Investment Agreement, to grant the Investor certain registration
rights; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor desire to define the registration rights of
the Investor on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set
forth below:
Allocation Priority: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(ii);
Agreement: shall mean this Agreement among Centerbridge, the Investor and
the Company;
Commission: shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act;
Exchange Act: shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or
any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
Holder: shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities;
Initiating Holder: shall mean any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate are
Holders of more than 50% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities;
Maximum Number of Shares: shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b)(ii);
Person: shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company,
corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof;
Pro Rata: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(ii);
Register, Registered and Registration: shall mean a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with
the Securities Act (and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed) and
the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement;
Registrable Securities: shall mean any (A) Series A Preferred Stock held by
the Investor, (B) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series
A Preferred Stock held by the Investor, (C) Series B Preferred Stock held by the
Investor, (D) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock held by the Investor, (E) other shares of Common Stock acquired by the
Investor after the date hereof unless acquired in breach of any agreement between the
Holder and the Company and (F) any additional securities of the Company issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of,
any securities of the Company held by the Investor, including but not limited to, those
listed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E);
Registration Expenses: shall mean all reasonable expenses incurred by the
Company in compliance with Section 2(a), (b) and (c) hereof, including, without
limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for all the
Holders, blue sky fees and expenses and the reasonable expense of any special audits
incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of
regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company);
security, securities: shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(1) of the Securities Act;
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Securities Act: shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (or any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder; and
Selling Expenses: shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and
disbursements of counsel for each of the Holders other than reasonable fees and
expenses of one counsel for all the Holders.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
(a) Demand Registration.
(i) Request for Registration. If the Company shall receive from
an Initiating Holder, at any time, a written request that the Company effect any
registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities, the
Company will:
(1) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, qualification
or compliance to all other Holders; and
(2) as soon as practicable, use its reasonable best efforts to effect such
registration (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to
file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky
or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
regulations issued under the Securities Act) as may be so requested and as would
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such
Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such
portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such
request as are specified in a written request received by the Company within ten
(10) business days after written notice from the Company is given under Section
2(a)(i)(1) above; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to
effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a):
(A) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be
required to execute a general consent to service of process in
effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, unless the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except
as may be required by the Securities Act or applicable rules or
regulations thereunder;
(B) After the Company has effected one (1) such registration pursuant
to this Section 2(a) and such registration has been declared or
ordered effective and the sales of such Registrable Securities shall
have closed; provided, however, that a registration shall not be
deemed to constitute a registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a) in the event that less than ninety percent (90%) of
the Registrable Securities held by Holders participating in the
registration are permitted to participate in such registration;
(C) If the Registrable Securities requested by all Holders to be
registered pursuant to such request do not have an anticipated
aggregate public offering price (before any underwriting discounts
and commissions) of not less than $[insert dollar amount to 10% of
the sum of (1) the total aggregate Series A Purchase Price (as
defined in the Investment Agreement) and (2) the total aggregate
Series B-1 Purchase Price that
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is paid by Centerbridge and the Investor under the
Investment Agreement for Shares (as defined in the Investment
Agreement)];
(D) During the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior
to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and
ending on the date three (3) months immediately following the
effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to
securities of the Company (other than a registration of securities in
a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act, with respect to an
employee benefit plan or with respect to the Company’s first
registered public offering of its stock); provided, that the
Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to
cause such registration statement to become effective;
provided, however, that the Company may only delay an
offering pursuant to this Section 2(a)(i)(2)(D) for a period of not
more than thirty (30) days, if a filing of any other registration
statement is not made within that period and the Company may only
exercise this right once in any twelve (12)-month period; or
(E) If the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company it
would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for
a registration statement to be filed in the near future, in which
case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts to comply with
this Section 2(a) shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety
(90) days from the date of receipt of written request from the
Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the
Company shall not exercise such right more than once in any twelve
(12)-month period.
The registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders may,
subject to the provisions of Section 2(a)(ii) below, include other securities of the
Company that are held by Persons who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are
entitled to include their securities in any such registration (“Other
Stockholders”). In the event any Holder requests a registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a) in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its partners
or members, the registration shall provide for the resale by such partners or members, if
requested by such Holder.
The registration rights set forth in this Section 2 may be assigned, in whole or in part,
to any transferee of Registrable Securities (who shall be bound by all obligations of
this Agreement).
(ii) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute
the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to
Section 2(a)(i).
If Other Stockholders request inclusion of their securities in the underwriting, the
Holders shall offer to include the securities of such Other Stockholders in the
underwriting and may condition
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such offer on their acceptance of the further applicable provisions of this Section
2. The Holders whose shares are to be included in such registration and the Company shall
(together with all Other Stockholders proposing to distribute their securities through
such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the
Initiating Holders and reasonably acceptable to the Company. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 2(a), if the representative advises the Holders in writing that
marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the
representative may limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the
registration and underwriting in accordance with the Allocation Priority set forth in
Section 2(b)(ii); provided that such allocation shall be made in
the following manner: (i) first, Pro Rata (as defined below) to
Registrable Securities and securities entitled to registration under
the Series B Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below),
regardless of the number of shares that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to securities that the
Company desires to sell, and (iii) third, securities for the account
of Other Stockholders that the Company is obligated to register
pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons that
can be sold, Pro Rata, in the case of (ii) and (iii) without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares. If any Holder or Other Stockholder who has requested inclusion in such
registration as provided herein disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Person
may elect to withdraw therefrom by providing written notice to the Company, the
underwriter and the Initiating Holders. The securities so withdrawn shall also be
withdrawn from registration.
(b) Company Registration.
(i) If the Company shall determine to register any of its equity
securities either for its own account or for the account of Other Stockholders,
other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, or a
registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act, or
a registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or
does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of Registrable Securities,
the Company will:
(1) promptly give to each of the Holders a written notice thereof (which shall
include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends to attempt to
qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or other state securities
laws); and
(2) include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky
laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the
Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made by the
Holders within ten (10) days after receipt of the written notice from the Company
described in clause (1) above, except to the extent limited as set forth in Section
2(b)(ii) below. Such written request may specify all or a part of the Holders’
Registrable Securities. In the event any Holder requests inclusion in a
registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) in connection with a distribution of
Registrable Securities to its partners or members, the registration shall provide
for the resale by such partners or members, if requested by such Holder.
(ii) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company gives
notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company
shall so advise each of the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant
to Section 2(b)(i)(1) above. In such event, the right of each of the Holders to
registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be conditioned upon such Holders’
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holders’ Registrable
Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Holders whose
shares are to be included in such registration shall (together with the Company and
the Other Stockholders distributing their securities
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through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected for
underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
2(b), if the representative determines that marketing factors require a limitation
on the number of shares to be underwritten, the representative may limit the number
of Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting in
accordance with the allocation priority set forth below. The Company shall promptly
advise all holders of securities requesting registration of such limitation, and
the number of shares of securities that are entitled to be included in the
registration and underwriting (the “Maximum Number of Shares”) shall be
allocated in the following manner: (i) first, the securities that the
Company desires to sell, regardless of the number of shares that can be sold
without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second,
both (A) the
Registrable Securities held by the Holders and (B) the securities
held by holders of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to
registration under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated
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Series B Preferred Stock and the Company (the
“Series B Registration Rights Agreement”), all pro
rata in accordance with the number of shares that each such
Holder of Registrable Securities or holders of securities entitled to
registration under the Series B Registration Right Agreement,
respectively, has requested be included in such
registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”), to the
extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been exceeded; and (iii)
third, to the extent that the Maximum
Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses, the securities
for the account of Other Stockholders that the Company is obligated to register
pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons that can be sold,
Pro Rata, without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares (the foregoing allocation
is referred to herein as the “Allocation Priority”). If any of the Holders
or any officer, director or Other Stockholder disapproves of the terms of any such
underwriting, he she or it may elect to withdraw therefrom by providing written
notice to the Company and the underwriter. Any Registrable Securities or other
securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from
such registration.
(c) Form S-3. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
qualify for registration on Form S-3 for secondary sales. After the Company has qualified
for the use of Form S-3, the Holders shall have the right to request up to four (4)
registrations on Form S-3 (such requests shall be in writing and shall state the number
of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of and the intended method of
disposition of shares by such holders), provided, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this
Section 2(c):
(i) Unless the Holder or Holders requesting registration propose to
dispose of shares of Registrable Securities having an aggregate price to the public
(before deduction of Selling Expenses) of more than $[insert dollar amount to 5% of
the sum of (1) the total aggregate Series A Purchase Price (as defined in the
Investment Agreement) and (2) the total aggregate Series B-1 Purchase Price that is
paid by Centerbridge and the Investor under the Investment Agreement for Shares (as
defined in the Investment Agreement)];
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(ii) Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of
the most recent registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) in which securities held
by the requesting Holder could have been included for sale or distribution;
(iii) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be
required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such
registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to
service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act or
applicable rules or regulations thereunder;
(iv) During the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior to
the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date
three (3) months immediately following the effective date of, any registration
statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a registration of
securities in a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act or with respect to an
employee benefit plan); provided, that the Company is actively employing in
good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective; provided, however, that the Company may only delay an
offering pursuant to this Section 2(c)(iv) for a period of not more than thirty
(30) days, if a filing of any other registration statement is not made within that
period and the Company may only exercise this right once in any twelve (12)-month
period; or
(v) If the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by
the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its
stockholders for a registration statement to be filed in the near future, in which
case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts to comply with this Section
2(c) shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of
receipt of written request from the Holders; provided, however,
that the Company shall not exercise such right more than once in any twelve
(12)-month period.
The Company shall give written notice to all Holders of the receipt of a request for
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c)and shall provide a reasonable opportunity for
other Holders to participate in the registration; provided, that if the
registration is for an underwritten offering, the terms of Section 2(a)(ii) above shall
apply to all participants in such offering. Subject to the foregoing, the Company will
use its reasonable best efforts to effect promptly the registration of all shares of
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 to the extent requested by the Holder or Holders
thereof for purposes of disposition. In the event any Holder requests a registration
pursuant to this Section 2(c) in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities
to its partners or members, the registration shall provide for the resale by such
partners or members, if requested by such Holder.
(d) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2
shall be borne by the Company, and all Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holders of
the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
registered.
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(e) Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration effected
by the Company pursuant to this Section 2, the Company will keep the Holders, as
applicable, advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the
completion thereof. At its reasonable expense, the Company will:
(i) keep such registration effective for a period of ninety (90) days;
(ii) furnish such number of prospectuses and other documents incident
thereto as each of the Holders, as applicable, from time to time may reasonably
request;
(iii) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such
registration at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of
which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(iv) furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered
to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through
underwriters or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the
date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes
effective, (1) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the
Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is
reasonably and customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders participating
in such registration and (2) a letter, dated as of such date, from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is reasonably
and customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters
in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and if
permitted by applicable accounting standards, to the Holders participating in such
registration.
(f) Indemnification.
(i) The Company will indemnify each Holder, each of its officers,
directors and partners and members, and each Person controlling each Holder, with
respect to each registration which has been effected pursuant to this Section 2,
and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter, against
all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, issuer free-writing
prospectus, offering circular or other document, or based on any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each
such Holder, each of its officers, directors and partners and members, and each
Person controlling each such Holder, each such
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underwriter and each Person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any
such claim, loss, damage, liability or action; provided, that the Company will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission based upon
written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter and stated to
be specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the obligations
of the Company to each Holder hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net
proceeds to such Holder of securities sold in such registration as contemplated herein.
(ii) Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by it are included in the
securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected,
severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers and
each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration
statement, each Person who controls the Company or such underwriter, each Other
Stockholder and each of their respective officers, directors, partners and members, and
each Person controlling such Other Stockholder against all claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such
registration statement, prospectus, issuer free-writing prospectus, offering circular or
other document made by such Holder in writing, or based on any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements by such Holder therein not misleading, and will reimburse the
Company, the underwriters, and such Other Stockholders, and their respective directors,
officers, partners, members, Persons or control persons for any legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such
claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged
omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other
document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; provided,
however, that the obligations of each Holder hereunder shall be limited to an
amount equal to the net proceeds to such Holder of securities sold in such registration
as contemplated herein.
(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2(f) (the
“Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit
the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation
resulting therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall
conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be
approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and
the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense (unless the
Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in such action, in
which case the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party), and provided
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further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as
provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Section 2(f) unless the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby. No
Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation shall, except with the
prior written consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish
such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the
defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2(f) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the Indemnifying
Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions (or alleged statements or omissions) which
resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue (or alleged untrue) statement of a material fact or the omission (or alleged
omission) to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying
Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on
indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in
connection with any underwritten public offering contemplated by this Agreement are in
conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement
shall be controlling.
(g) Information by the Holders.
(i) Each Holder including securities in any registration pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and
the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing
and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification or
compliance referred to in this Section 2.
(ii) In the event that, either immediately prior to or subsequent to the
effectiveness of any registration statement, any Holder shall distribute Registrable
Securities to its partners or members, such Holder shall so advise the Company and
provide such information as shall be necessary to permit an amendment to such
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registration statement to provide information with respect to such partners or
members, as selling security holders. Promptly following receipt of such
information, the Company shall file an appropriate amendment to such registration
statement reflecting the information so provided. Any incremental expense to the
Company resulting from such amendment shall be borne by such Holder.
(h) Rule 144 Reporting.
With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the
Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities to the public without
registration, the Company agrees to:
(i) at all times make and keep public information available as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule
144”);
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission in a
timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such
reporting requirements; and
(iii) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such
Holder, upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with
the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such
other reports and documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in
availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing the Holder to
sell any such securities without registration.
(i) Termination. The registration rights set forth in this Section 2
shall not be available to any Holder if, (i) in the written opinion of counsel to the
Company, all of the Registrable Securities then owned by such Holder could be sold in any
ninety (90)-day period pursuant to Rule 144(k) or are otherwise freely saleable or (ii)
all of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder have been sold in a registration
pursuant to the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144.
SECTION 3. INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
(a) Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement
refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from
taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or
indirectly by such Person.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to
be performed entirely within such State without regard to conflicts of law principles.
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(b) Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a
part thereof.
(c) Notices.
(i) All communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight courier or by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid:
(1) if to the Company, to Xxxx Corporation (or the name of the Company), 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel and Secretary (facsimile:
(000) 000-0000), or at such other address or facsimile number as it may have
furnished in writing to the Holders, with a copy to Xxxxx Day, 000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000),
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
(2) if to the Holders, to Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (facsimile:
(000) 000-0000) and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (facsimile: (000) 000-0000) or at such other
address or facsimile numbers as may have been furnished the Company in writing,
with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
(facsimile: (000) 000-0000), Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
(ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given: if delivered by
hand or facsimile, on the date of such delivery; if mailed by overnight courier, on
the first business day following the date of such mailing; and if mailed by
registered or certified mail, on the third business day after the date of such
mailing.
(d) Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating
thereto, including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and modifications which may
hereafter be executed may be reproduced by the Holders by any photographic, photostatic,
microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and the Holders may
destroy any original document so reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that
any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and
whether or not such reproduction was made by the Holders in the regular course of
business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon and enforceable by the successors and assigns of each of the parties.
(f) Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the
entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior understandings among such parties. This Agreement may be amended,
and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, with (and only with) the
written
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consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section
4(f) shall be binding upon each Holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding
(whether or not such Holder consented to any such amendment or waiver).
(g) Severability. In the event that any part or parts of this Agreement
shall be held illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date
first set forth above.
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CBP PARTS ACQUISITION CO. LLC
By: Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.,
its member owning a majority of its interests
By: Centerbridge Associates, L.P.,
its General Partner
By: Centerbridge GP Investors, LLC,
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[NEW XXXX CORPORATION]
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of , 2007 (the
“Agreement”), among the purchasers of 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock listed on
Schedule A (the “Investors”) and [New Xxxx Corporation], a corporation (the
“Company”).
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E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Investors have, pursuant to the terms of the Subscription
Agreement, dated as of , 2007, by and among the Company and the Investors (the
“Subscription Agreement”), agreed to purchase shares of 4.0% Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Series B Preferred
Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”);
and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed, as a condition precedent to the Investors’
obligations under the Subscription Agreement, to grant the Investors certain
registration rights; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors desire to define the registration rights of
the Investor on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set
forth below:
Allocation Priority: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(ii);
Agreement: shall mean this Agreement among the Investors and the Company;
Commission: shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act;
Exchange Act: shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(or any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
Holder: shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities;
Initiating Holder: shall mean any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate are
Holders of more than 50% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities;
Maximum Number of Shares: shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b)(ii);
Person: shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company,
corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof;
Pro Rata: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(ii);
Register, Registered and Registration: shall mean a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with
the Securities Act (and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed) and
the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement;
Registrable Securities: shall mean any (A) Series B Preferred Stock held by
the Investors, (B) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of
Series B Preferred Stock held by the Investors, (C) other shares of Common Stock acquired
by the Investors after the date hereof unless acquired in breach of any agreement between
the Holder and the Company and (D) additional securities of the Company issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of
any securities of the Company held by the Investors, including but not limited to, those
listed in clauses (A), (B) and (C);
Registration Expenses: shall mean all reasonable expenses incurred by the
Company in compliance with Section 2(a), (b) and (c) hereof, including, without
limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for all the
Holders, blue sky fees and expenses and the reasonable expense of any special audits
incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of
regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company);
security, securities: shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(1) of the Securities Act;
Securities Act: shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(or any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
and
Selling Expenses: shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and
disbursements of counsel for each of the Holders other than reasonable fees and
expenses of one counsel for all the Holders.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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(a) Demand Registration.
(i) Request for Registration. If the Company shall receive from an
Initiating Holder, at any time, a written request that the Company effect any
registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities, the Company
will:
(1) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, qualification or
compliance to all other Holders; and
(2) as soon as practicable, use its reasonable best efforts to effect such
registration (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file
post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other
state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under
the Securities Act) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and
distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as are specified in
such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any
Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received
by the Company within ten (10) business days after written notice from the Company is
given under Section 2(a)(i)(1) above; provided, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a):
(A) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required
to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such
registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already
subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by
the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder;
(B) After the Company has effected one (1) such registration pursuant to
this Section 2(a) and such registration has been declared or ordered
effective and the sales of such Registrable Securities shall have
closed; provided, however, that a registration shall not be deemed
to constitute a registration pursuant to this Section 2(a) in
the event that less than ninety percent (90%) of the Registrable
Securities held by Holders participating in the registration are
permitted to participate in such registration;
(C) If the Registrable Securities requested by all Holders to be registered
pursuant to such request do not have an anticipated aggregate public
offering price (before any underwriting discounts and commissions) of not
less than $[insert dollar amount to 10% of the sum of (1) the total
aggregate Series B-1 Purchase Price (as defined in the Investment
Agreement) that is paid by all of the Investors under the Investment
Agreement for Series B-1 Shares (as defined in the Investment Agreement)and
(2) the total aggregate Series B-2 Purchase Price that is paid by all of
the Investors under the Investment Agreement for Series B-2 Shares (as
defined in the Investment Agreement)];
(D) During the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior to the
Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the
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date three (3) months immediately following the effective date
of, any registration statement pertaining to securities of the
Company (other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145
transaction under the Securities Act, with respect to an employee
benefit plan or with respect to the Company’s first registered public
offering of its stock); provided, that the Company is
actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; provided,
however, that the Company may only delay an offering pursuant
to this Section 2(a)(i)(2)(D) for a period of not more than thirty
(30) days, if a filing of any other registration statement is not
made within that period and the Company may only exercise this right
once in any twelve (12)-month period; or
(E) If the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company it
would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for
a registration statement to be filed in the near future, in which
case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts to comply with
this Section 2(a) shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety
(90) days from the date of receipt of written request from the
Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the
Company shall not exercise such right more than once in any twelve
(12)-month period.
The registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders may,
subject to the provisions of Section 2(a)(ii) below, include other securities of the
Company that are held by Persons who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are
entitled to include their securities in any such registration (“Other
Stockholders”). In the event any Holder requests a registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a) in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its partners
or members, the registration shall provide for the resale by such partners or members, if
requested by such Holder.
The registration rights set forth in this Section 2 may be assigned, in whole or in part,
to any transferee of Registrable Securities (who shall be bound by all obligations of
this Agreement).
(ii) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute
the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to
Section 2(a)(i).
If Other Stockholders request inclusion of their securities in the underwriting, the
Holders shall offer to include the securities of such Other Stockholders in the
underwriting and may condition such offer on their acceptance of the further applicable
provisions of this Section 2. The Holders whose shares are to be included in such
registration and the Company shall (together with all Other Stockholders proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters
selected for such underwriting by the Initiating Holders and reasonably acceptable
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to the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2(a), if the
representative advises the Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation
on the number of shares to be underwritten, the representative may limit the number of
Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting in accordance
with the Allocation Priority set forth in Section 2(b)(ii); provided that such allocation shall be made in the following manner:
(i) first, Pro Rata (as defined below) to Registrable Securities and securities entitled to registration under the Series A
Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), regardless of the number
of shares that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to securities that the Company
desires to sell, and (iii) third securities for the account of Other Stockholders that the Company is obligated
to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons that can be sold, Pro Rata, in the case of (ii) and (iii)
without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares. If any Holder or Other
Stockholder who has requested inclusion in such registration as provided herein
disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Person may elect to withdraw therefrom
by providing written notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating Holders.
The securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from registration.
(b) Company Registration.
(i) If the Company shall determine to register any of its equity
securities either for its own account or for the account of Other Stockholders,
other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, or a
registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act, or
a registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or
does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of Registrable Securities,
the Company will:
(1) promptly give to each of the Holders a written notice thereof (which shall
include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends to attempt to
qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or other state securities
laws); and
(2) include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky
laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the
Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made by the
Holders within ten (10) days after receipt of the written notice from the Company
described in clause (1) above, except to the extent limited as set forth in Section
2(b)(ii) below. Such written request may specify all or a part of the Holders’
Registrable Securities. In the event any Holder requests inclusion in a
registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) in connection with a distribution of
Registrable Securities to its partners or members, the registration shall provide
for the resale by such partners or members, if requested by such Holder.
(ii) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company gives
notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company
shall so advise each of the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant
to Section 2(b)(i)(1) above. In such event, the right of each of the Holders to
registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be conditioned upon such Holders’
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holders’ Registrable
Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The
Holders whose shares are to be included in such registration shall (together with the Company and
the Other Stockholders distributing their securities through such underwriting)
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative of
the underwriter or underwriters selected for underwriting by the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2(b), if the representative
determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to
be underwritten, the representative may limit the number of Registrable Securities
to be
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included in the registration and underwriting in accordance with the
allocation priority set forth below. The Company shall promptly advise all holders
of securities requesting registration of such limitation, and the number of shares
of securities that are entitled to be included in the registration and underwriting
(the “Maximum Number of Shares”) shall be allocated in the following
manner: (i) first, the securities that the Company desires to sell,
regardless of the number of shares that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum
Number of Shares; (ii) second, both (A) the securities entitled to registration
under the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated ____, 200_, between Centerbridge, CBP Parts
Acquisition Co. LLC and the Company (the “Series A
Registration Rights Agreement”) and (B) the Registrable
Securities that can be sold, all pro rata in accordance with
the number of securities entitled to registration under the
Series A Registration Rights Agreement and Registrable
Securities, respectively, that each such holder of securities
entitled to registration under the Series A Registration Rights
Agreement or Holder has requested be included in such
registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro
Rata”), without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii)
third, the Registrable Securities that can be sold, Pro Rata, without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses, the
securities for the account of Other Stockholders that the Company is obligated to
register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons that can be
sold, Pro Rata, without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares (the foregoing
allocation is referred to herein as the “Allocation Priority”). If any of
the Holders or any officer, director or Other Stockholder disapproves of the terms
of any such underwriting, he she or it may elect to withdraw therefrom by providing
written notice to the Company and the underwriter. Any Registrable Securities or
other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn
from such registration.
(c) Form S-3. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
qualify for registration on Form S-3 for secondary sales. After the Company has qualified
for the use of Form S-3, the Holders shall have the right to request up to four (4)
registrations on Form S-3 (such requests shall be in writing and shall state the number
of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of and the intended method of
disposition of shares by such holders), provided, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this
Section 2(c):
(i) Unless the Holder or Holders requesting registration propose to
dispose of shares of Registrable Securities having an aggregate price to the public
(before deduction of Selling Expenses) of more than $[insert dollar amount to 5% of
the sum of (1) the total aggregate Series B-1 Purchase Price (as defined in the
Investment Agreement) that is paid by all of the Investors under the Investment
Agreement for Series B-1 Shares (as defined in the Investment Agreement)and (2) the
total aggregate Series B-2 Purchase Price that is paid by all of the Investors
under the Investment Agreement for Series B-2 Shares (as defined in the Investment
Agreement)];
(ii) Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the
most recent registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) in which securities held by
the requesting Holder could have been included for sale or distribution;
(iii) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be
required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such
registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to
service in such jurisdiction and
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except as may be required by the Securities Act or applicable rules
or regulations thereunder;
(iv) During the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior to
the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date
three(3) months immediately following the effective date of, any registration
statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a registration of
securities in a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act or with respect to an
employee benefit plan); provided, that the Company is actively employing in
good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective; provided, however, that the Company may only delay an
offering pursuant to this Section 2(c)(iv) for a period of not more than thirty
(30) days, if a filing of any other registration statement is not made within that
period and the Company may only exercise this right once in any twelve (12)-month
period; or
(v) If the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by
the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its
stockholders for a registration statement to be filed in the near future, in which
case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts to comply with this Section
2(c) shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of
receipt of written request from the Holders; provided, however,
that the Company shall not exercise such right more than once in any twelve
(12)-month period.
The Company shall give written notice to all Holders of the receipt of a request for
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c)and shall provide a reasonable opportunity for
other Holders to participate in the registration; provided, that if the
registration is for an underwritten offering, the terms of Section 2(a)(ii) above shall
apply to all participants in such offering. Subject to the foregoing, the Company will
use its reasonable best efforts to effect promptly the registration of all shares of
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 to the extent requested by the Holder or Holders
thereof for purposes of disposition. In the event any Holder requests a registration
pursuant to this Section 2(c) in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities
to its partners or members, the registration shall provide for the resale by such
partners or members, if requested by such Holder.
(d) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2
shall be borne by the Company, and all Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holders of
the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
registered.
(e) Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration effected by
the Company pursuant to this Section 2, the Company will keep the Holders, as applicable,
advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion
thereof. At its reasonable expense, the Company will:
(i) keep such registration effective for a period of ninety (90) days;
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(ii) furnish such number of prospectuses and other documents incident
thereto as each of the Holders, as applicable, from time to time may reasonably request;
(iii) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration
at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included
in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and
(iv) furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the
underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters or, if such
securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration
statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (1) an opinion, dated as of
such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration,
in form and substance as is reasonably and customarily given to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders
participating in such registration and (2) a letter, dated as of such date, from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
reasonably and customarily given by independent certified public accountants to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any,
and if permitted by applicable accounting standards, to the Holders participating in such
registration.
(f) Indemnification.
(i) The Company will indemnify each of the Holders, as applicable, each of its
officers, directors and partners and members, and each Person controlling each of the
Holders, with respect to each registration which has been effected pursuant to this
Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter,
against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a
material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, issuer
free-writing prospectus, offering circular or other document, or based on any omission
(or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each of such
Holders, each of its officers, directors and partners and members, and each Person
controlling each of such Holders, each such underwriter and each Person who controls any
such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action;
provided, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any
untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by
the Holders or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein;
provided, however, that the obligations of the Company to
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each of the Holders hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net
proceeds to such Holder of securities sold in such registration as contemplated herein.
(ii) Each of the Holders will, if Registrable Securities held by it are
included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is
being effected, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its directors
and officers and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a
registration statement, each Person who controls the Company or such underwriter, each
Other Stockholder and each of their respective officers, directors, partners and members,
and each Person controlling such Other Stockholder against all claims, losses, damages
and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such
registration statement, prospectus, issuer free-writing prospectus, offering circular or
other document made by such Holder in writing, or any omission (or alleged omission) to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements by such Holder therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company, the
underwriters, and such Other Stockholders, and their respective directors, officers,
partners, members, Persons or control persons for any legal or any other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss,
damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is
made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; provided, however,
that the obligations of each of the Holders hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal
to the net proceeds to such Holder of securities sold in such registration as
contemplated herein.
(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2(f) (the
“Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit
the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation
resulting therefrom; provided, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall
conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be
approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and
the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense (unless the
Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in such action, in
which case the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party), and provided further, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give
notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations
under this Section 2(f) unless the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby.
No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation shall, except with
the prior written consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or
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litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself
or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and
as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and
litigation resulting therefrom.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2(f) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the Indemnifying
Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions (or alleged statements or omissions) which
resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue (or alleged untrue) statement of a material fact or the omission (or alleged
omission) to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying
Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on
indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in
connection with any underwritten public offering contemplated by this Agreement are in
conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement
shall be controlling.
(g) Information by the Holders.
(i) Each of the Holders including securities in any registration shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by
such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably
required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in
this Section 2.
(ii) In the event that, either immediately prior to or subsequent to the
effectiveness of any registration statement, any Holder shall distribute Registrable
Securities to its partners or members, such Holder shall so advise the Company and
provide such information as shall be necessary to permit an amendment to such
registration statement to provide information with respect to such partners or members,
as selling security holders. Promptly following receipt of such information, the Company
shall file an appropriate amendment to such registration statement reflecting the
information so provided. Any incremental expense to the Company resulting from such
amendment shall be borne by such Holder.
(h) Rule 144 Reporting.
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With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations
of the Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities to the public
without registration, the Company agrees to:
(i) at all times make and keep public information available as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule
144”);
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission in a
timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such
reporting requirements; and
(iii) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such
Holder, upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with
the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such
other reports and documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in
availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing the Holder to
sell any such securities without registration.
(i) Termination. The registration rights set forth in this Section 2
shall not be available to any Holder if, (i) in the written opinion of counsel to the
Company, all of the Registrable Securities then owned by such Holder could be sold in any
ninety (90)-day period pursuant to Rule 144(k) or are otherwise freely saleable or (ii)
all of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder have been sold in a registration
pursuant to the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144.
SECTION 3. INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
(a) Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement
refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from
taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or
indirectly by such Person.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be
performed entirely within such State without regard to conflicts of law principles.
(b) Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
thereof.
(c) Notices.
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(i) All communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight courier or by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid:
(1) if to the Company, to Xxxx Corporation (or the name of the Company), 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel and Secretary (facsimile:
(000) 000-0000), or at such other address or facsimile numbers as it may have
furnished in writing to the Holders, with a copy to Xxxxx Day, 000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000),
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
(2) if to the Holders, to the address or facsimile provided on Schedule A,
or at such other address or facsimile number as may have been furnished the
Company in writing, with a copy to: [ ]; and a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx
LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000),
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
(ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given: if delivered by
hand or facsimile, on the date of such delivery; if mailed by overnight courier, on
the first business day following the date of such mailing; and if mailed by
registered or certified mail, on the third business day after the date of such
mailing.
(d) Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating
thereto, including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and modifications which may
hereafter be executed may be reproduced by the Holders by any photographic, photostatic,
microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and the Holders may
destroy any original document so reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that
any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any
judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and
whether or not such reproduction was made by the Holders in the regular course of
business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of each of the parties.
(f) Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the
entire understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior understandings among such parties. This Agreement may be amended,
and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, with (and only with) the
written consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section
4(f) shall be binding upon each Holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding
(whether or not such Holder consented to any such amendment or waiver).
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(g) Severability. In the event that any part or parts of this
Agreement shall be held illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of
competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of
this Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date
first set forth above.
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[HOLDERS]
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit G
QUALIFIED INVESTOR CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned officer of ____________, a Qualified Investor (“Qualified
Investor”) under the Investment Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2007, by and among Centerbridge
Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, _________, a newly formed Delaware
corporation, and Xxxx Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Investment Agreement”), in
connection with Section 1.5(vi) of the Investment Agreement, do hereby certify to New Xxxx as of
the Closing Date, on behalf of the Qualified Investor and solely in my capacity as an officer of
the Qualified Investor, as follows (unless otherwise defined herein or by reference to another
document, capitalized terms used herein without definition will have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Investment Agreement):
1. The Qualified Investor is a Subscriber (the “Subscriber”), as defined in the
Subscription Agreement.
2. The representations, warranties and acknowledgments of the Subscriber set forth in the
Subscription Agreement were true and correct in all respects as of the date of the Investment
Agreement, and are true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as though made on and as
of the Closing Date.
3. The Subscriber has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements required
to be performed by the Subscriber under the Subscription Agreement on or before the Closing Date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first written
above.
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I, _________, a Notary Public in and for and residing in said County and
State, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ____________, the
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____________, personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he or she
signed and delivered said instrument as his or her own free and voluntary act and/or as the free
and voluntary act of said corporation for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this ___day of _________, 2007.
My commission expires:
Exhibit H
[Name of legal entity and trading
unit]
[Address]
Re: In re Xxxx Corporation, et al., Debtors,
(Case No. 06-10354 (BRL)), Jointly Administered
Dear Sir or Madam:
On July 5, 2007, the above-referenced Debtors filed the Motion of Debtors And Debtors In
Possession For Entry Of An Order (A) Approving Settlement Agreements With The United
Steel Workers And United Autoworkers, Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. §§ 1113 And 1114(E) And
Federal Rule Of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019, And (B) Authorizing The Debtors To Enter Into
Plan Support Agreement, Investment Agreement And Related Agreements, Pursuant To 11
U.S.C. §§ 105(A), 363(B), 364(C)(1), 503 And 507, dated July 5, 2007 (the
“Motion”), which Motion attached thereto, among other things, the Plan Support
Agreement and Investment Agreement Term Sheet. 1
Reference is made to Section 8(f) of the Articles of Serial Designation of 4.0% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock setting forth
certain restrictions relating to the Qualified Securities, as may be amended from time to
time (collectively, the “Shorting Restrictions”). The Debtor hereby agrees to
waive and does waive (and Centerbridge shall not and does not object to such waiver) any
and all rights to enforce the provisions of the Shorting Provisions against any Qualified
Marketmaker (as defined below) in respect of transactions by such Qualified Marketmaker
in respect of Qualified Securities (as defined below) (i) conducted solely in the
ordinary course of its broker/dealer or market maker business, (ii) accommodating
customer orders, and (iii) not entered into with a view towards establishing
directionally biased positions (including without limitation engaging in arbitrage
positions with respect to the Preferred Stock (as defined in the Investment Agreement))
for the proprietary account of such Qualified Marketmaker, whether in a proprietary
trading unit or otherwise, provided however that so long as the business unit to which
this letter is addressed maintains the confidentiality of all non-public information
relating to the Debtor that is now in, or in the future comes into, its possession, using
the same standard of confidentiality [name of legal entity] uses to maintain the
confidentiality of its own confidential information, other proprietary business units of
[name of legal entity] shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 8(f) unless such
unit otherwise acquires shares of the 4.0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 4.0%
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
For these purposes, a Qualified Marketmaker means an entity that (i) holds itself out to
the public as standing ready in the ordinary course of its business to purchase from
customers and sell to customers Qualified Securities (or to enter with customers into
long and short positions in derivative contracts that reference Qualified Securities), in
its capacity as a dealer or market
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maker in such Qualified Securities, (ii) in fact regularly makes a two-way market in
such Qualified Securities, and (iii) consistently has filed its U.S. federal income tax
returns on the basis that such business constituted a securities dealer business within
the scope of section 475(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. An entity
that is under common control with or controlled by a Qualified Marketmaker shall be
considered a Qualified Marketmaker for purposes of this waiver (and the limitations to
this waiver expressly provided herein) to the extent it satisfies conditions (i) and (ii)
of the preceding sentence.
For these purposes, the term “Qualified Securities” means (i) New Common Stock (as
defined in the Investment Agreement Term Sheet) and (ii) options, forward contracts,
swaps or other derivative contracts that require the delivery of such securities, or that
require the payment of money determined by reference to the value or yield of such
securities.
The signatories hereby represent that they are duly authorized by their respective
institutions to execute this agreement.
Please acknowledge your acceptance of the above referenced waiver by executing and
signing below. By doing so, you hereby represent to the undersigned, to the best of your
knowledge, that such business unit is, as of the date hereof, the only entity, division
or unit of [name of legal entity] that holds claims against the Debtor in a proprietary
capacity.
Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P.
Xxxx Corporation
Acknowledged and Accepted:
[Trading unit and name of legal entity]