EXHIBIT 10.9
RCL ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C.
XXX AND EXECUTIVE UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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THIS XXX AND EXECUTIVE UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
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made as of May 5, 1998, by and between RCL Acquisitions, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (the "Company"), Xxxxxx X. L'Esperance ("Executive")
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and Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxxx X. L'Xxxxxxxxx XXX and Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxx X. L'Xxxxxxxxx XXX (the "IRAs"). Any capitalized
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terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to
them in Section 5 hereof.
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WHEREAS, reference is made to a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger
(the "Merger Agreement"), dated February 21, 1998, by and among Xxxx/RCL,
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L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Xxxx"), the Company, Raytheon
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Commercial Laundry LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("RCL") and
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Raytheon Company, a Delaware corporation ("Raytheon"), pursuant to which, as of
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the date hereof and simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the
Company has merged with and into RCL (such merger, the "Merger") with RCL as the
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surviving entity (as such, the "Surviving Entity");
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WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger and the transactions related
thereto, the Company, the IRAs and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement
(i) to provide for the sale to Executive by the Company of 999.123 of the
Company's Class A Common Units (the "Class A Units"), 191.015 of the Company's
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Class L Common Units (the "Class L Units," and collectively with the Class A
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Units, the "Purchased Units"), 937.474 of the Company's Class B Common Units
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(the "Class B Units") and 997.313 of the Company's Class C Common Units (the
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"Class C Units," and collectively with the Class B Units, the "Incentive
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Units"), (ii) to provide for the sale to the trustee or custodian of the IRAs
(the "Trustee"), for the benefit of the IRAs, by the Company of an aggregate of
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720.010 of the Class A Units and 0 of the Class L Units (the "XXX Purchased
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Units," and collectively with the Purchased Units and the Incentive Units, the
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"Executive Units") and (iii) to provide for certain rights and obligations of
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the parties with respect to the Executive Units; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the Merger, each of Executive and the IRAs
will become a unitholder of the Surviving Entity and will receive his, her or
its pro rata share of the common units of the Surviving Entity in exchange for
the Executive Units.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration for the premises contained herein and
the mutual obligations of the parties hereto, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, Executive and the Trustee for the
benefit of the IRAs hereto agree as follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF EXECUTIVE UNITS.
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(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, Executive shall (i) purchase,
and the Company shall sell, 999.123 Class A Units at a price of $100 per unit,
191.015 Class L Units at a price of $8,100 per unit, 937.474 Class B Units at a
price of $0.01 per unit and 997.313 Class C Units at a price of $0.01 per unit
and (ii) cause the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs to purchase, and the
Company shall sell an aggregate of, 720.010 Class A Units at a price of $100 per
unit, 0 Class L Units at a price of $8,100 per unit, 0 Class B Units at a price
of $0.01 per unit and 0 Class C Units at a price of $0.01 per unit. The Company
shall deliver to each of Executive and the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs
an executed copy of the Company's limited liability company agreement (the
"Operating Agreement") indicating each of Executive's and the IRAs' ownership of
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such Class A Units, Class L Units, Class B Units and Class C Units, and
Executive shall (y) deliver to the Company a cashier's or certified check, or by
wire transfer of immediately available funds, an aggregate principal amount of
$927,999 and a promissory note in the form of Annex A attached hereto in an
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aggregate principal amount of $719,133 (the "Executive Note") and (z) cause the
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Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs to deliver to the Company a cashier's or
certified check, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an
aggregate principal amount of $72,001. Executive's obligations under the
Executive Note shall be secured by a pledge of all of the Executive Units to the
Company, and in connection therewith, Executive shall enter into a pledge
agreement in the form of Annex B attached hereto (the "Pledge Agreement").
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(b) Within 30 days after Executive and/or the Trustee for the benefit
of the IRAs purchase any Executive Units from the Company, Executive, shall, and
shall cause the Trustee on behalf of the IRAs to, make an effective election
with the Internal Revenue Service under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder in the form of Annex C attached
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hereto.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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(a) Representations and Warranties by Executive. In connection with
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the purchase and sale of the Executive Units hereunder, Executive represents and
warrants to the Company that:
(i) The Executive Units to be acquired by each of Executive and
the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs pursuant to this Agreement shall be
acquired for Executive's own account and not with a view to, or intention
of, distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, or any
applicable state securities laws, and the Executive Units shall not be
disposed of in contravention of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities laws.
(ii) Executive is an executive officer of Alliance, is
sophisticated in financial matters and is able to evaluate the risks and
benefits of the investment in the Executive Units.
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(iii) Executive is able to bear the economic risk of his or her
investment in the Executive Units for an indefinite period of time because
the Executive Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and,
therefore, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the
Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available.
(iv) Executive has had an opportunity to ask questions and
receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of
Executive Units and has had full access to such other information
concerning the Company as he or she has requested. Executive has also
reviewed, or has had an opportunity to review, the following documents: (A)
the Operating Agreement; (B) the loan agreements, notes and related
documents with the senior and subordinated lenders of the Company; and (C)
the Company's audited and unaudited financial statements.
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
each of Executive and the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs do not and
shall not conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any
contract, agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which either
Executive or the Trustee is a party or by which he, she or it is bound and
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this
Agreement shall be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of
Executive and the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs, enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(vi) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment
agreement, noncompete agreement or confidentiality agreement with any
person or entity other than Alliance.
(vii) Executive has consulted with independent legal counsel
regarding his or her rights and obligations under this Agreement and that
he or she fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein.
(b) Acknowledgments.
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(i) As an inducement to the Company to issue the Executive Units
to each of Executive and the IRAs, as a condition thereto, Executive
acknowledges and agrees that:
(A) neither the issuance of the Executive Units to either of
Executive or the IRAs nor any provision contained herein shall entitle
Executive to remain in the employment of Alliance or affect the right
of Alliance to terminate Executive's employment at any time; and
(B) the Company shall not have any duty or obligation to
disclose to Executive or the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs, and
neither Executive or the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs shall
have the right to be advised of, any material information regarding
the Company and its Subsidiaries at any time prior to, upon or in
connection with the repurchase of Executive Units upon the termination
of Executive's employment with Alliance or as otherwise provided
hereunder.
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(ii) The Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement has been executed and delivered, and the Executive Units have
been issued hereunder, in connection with and as a part of the compensation
and incentive arrangements between Alliance and Executive.
3. RIGHT TO PURCHASE EXECUTIVE UNITS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
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(a) Repurchase Option. In the event that Executive is no longer
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employed by Alliance for any reason (the date of such termination being referred
to herein as the "Termination Date"), the Executive Units, whether held by
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Executive, the Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs or one or more Permitted
Transferees, will be subject to repurchase by the Company and the Investors
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3 (the
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"Repurchase Option").
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(b) Termination Other than for Cause or Voluntary Termination. If
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Executive is no longer employed by Alliance as a result of Executive's death or
permanent disability (as determined by the Board in its good faith judgment) or
Executive's termination by Alliance without Cause, then on or after the
Termination Date, the Company may elect to purchase all or any portion of (1)
the Purchased Units and the Vested Incentive Units at a price per unit equal to
the Fair Market Value thereof (x) as determined on the Termination Date, if the
Repurchase Notice (as defined in paragraph (d) below) has been delivered within
three months after the Termination Date, or (y) as determined as of a date
determined by the Board within thirty (30) days prior to the delivery of the
Repurchase Notice, if the Repurchase Notice is delivered after the third month
following the Termination Date and (2) the Unvested Incentive Units at a price
per unit equal to the lower of their Original Value or the Fair Market Value
thereof determined as described in clause (1) above.
(c) Voluntary Termination or Termination for Cause. If Executive is
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no longer employed by Alliance as a result of Executive's termination for Cause
or voluntary termination, then on or after the Termination Date, the Company may
elect to purchase all or any portion of the Executive Units at a price per unit
equal to the lower of the Original Value thereof or the Fair Market Value
thereof determined as described in clause (b)(1) above; provided, however, that
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on and after the seven and one-half anniversary of the date hereof, if the
Executive is no longer employed by Alliance as a result of Executive's voluntary
termination, then on or after such Termination Date, the Company may elect to
purchase all or any portion of the Executive Units at a price per unit equal to
the Fair Market Value thereof determined as described in clause 3(b)(1) above.
(d) Repurchase Procedures. The Company may elect to exercise the
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right to purchase all or any portion of the Executive Units pursuant to the
Repurchase Option by delivering written notice (the "Repurchase Notice") to the
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holder or holders of Executive Units within 180 days after Executive's
Termination Date. The Repurchase Notice will set forth the number of Executive
Units to be acquired from such holder(s), the aggregate consideration to be paid
for such units and the time and place for the closing of the transaction. The
Company may elect to purchase all or any portion of the Unvested Incentive Units
without or before purchasing any Vested Incentive Units. If any of the Executive
Units are held by Permitted Transferees of Executive, the Company shall purchase
the units elected to be purchased from such holder(s) of Executive Units pro
rata according to the number of Executive Units held by such holder(s) at the
time of delivery of such Repurchase
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Notice (determined as nearly as practicable to the nearest unit). If both
Unvested Units and Vested Units are to be purchased by the Company and Executive
Units are held by Permitted Transferees of Executive, the number of Unvested
Units and Vested Units to be purchased will be allocated among such holders pro
rata according to the total number of Executive Units to be purchased from such
person.
(e) Investors' Rights.
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(i) If for any reason the Company does not elect to purchase all
of the Executive Units pursuant to the Repurchase Option prior to the 180th
day following the Termination Date, the Investors will be entitled to
exercise the Repurchase Option, in the manner set forth in this Section 3,
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for the Executive Units the Company has not elected to purchase (the
"Available Units"). As soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty
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(30) days after the Company determines that there will be any Available
Units, the Company will deliver written notice (the "Option Notice") to the
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Investors setting forth the number of Available Units and the price for
each Available Unit.
(ii) Each of the Investors will initially be permitted to
purchase up to its pro rata share (based upon the number of Class L Units
and Class A Units then held by such Investors) of the Available Units by
delivering written notice to the Company within twenty (20) days after
receipt of the Option Notice from the Company (such 20-day period being
referred to herein as the "Investor Election Period").
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(iii) As soon as practicable but in any event within five (5) days
after the expiration of the Investor Election Period, the Company will, if
necessary, notify the Investors electing to purchase Available Units of any
Available Units which Investors have not elected to purchase and each of
the electing Investors will be entitled to purchase any number of the
remaining Available Units (the "Second Option Notice"); provided, that if
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in the aggregate such Investors elect to purchase more than the remaining
Available Units, such remaining Available Units purchased by each such
Investor will be reduced on a pro rata basis based upon the number of Class
L Units and Class A Units then held by such Investors. Each Investor may
elect to purchase any of the remaining Available Units available to such
Investor by delivering written notice to the Company within five (5) days
after the delivery of the Second Option Notice (such 5-day period being
referred to herein as the "Second Period").
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(iv) As soon as practicable but in any event within five (5)
business days after the expiration of the Investor Election Period or the
Second Period (if any), the Company will, if necessary, notify the
holder(s) of Executive Units as to the number of Executive Units being
purchased from the holder(s) by the Investors (the "Supplemental Repurchase
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Notice"). The Supplemental Repurchase Notice will set forth the number of
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Executive Units the Company and each Investor will acquire from such
holder(s), the aggregate consideration to be paid for such units and the
time and place of the closing of the transaction.
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(f) Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this
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Section 3 will take place on the date designated by the Company in the
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Repurchase Notice or the Supplemental Repurchase Notice, as the case may be,
which date will not be more than ninety (90) days after the delivery of such
notice. The Company and/or the Investors, as the case may be, will pay for the
Executive Units to be purchased pursuant to the Repurchase Option by delivery
of, in the case of each Investor, a check payable to the holder of Executive
Units, and in the case of the Company (i) a check payable to the holder of such
Executive Units, (ii) a note or notes payable in three equal annual installments
beginning on the first anniversary of the Termination Date and bearing interest
(payable quarterly) at a rate per annum equal to 8% or (iii) both (i) and (ii)
in the aggregate amount of the purchase price for such units. In addition, the
Company may pay the purchase price for such Units by offsetting amounts
outstanding under the Executive Note issued to the Company hereunder. Any notes
issued by the Company pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall be subject to any
restrictive covenants to which the Company is subject at the time of such
purchase. The Company and/or the Investors, as the case may be, will receive
customary representations and warranties from each seller regarding the sale of
the Executive Units, including but not limited to the representation that such
seller has good and marketable title to the Executive Units to be transferred
free and clear of all liens, claims and other encumbrances, other than liens
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.
(g) Termination of Repurchase Right. The rights of the Company and the
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Investors to repurchase Executive Units pursuant to this Section 3 shall
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terminate upon a Sale of the Company.
4. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The parties hereby agree that (i) prior
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to the Merger, the Executive Units cannot be transferred and (ii) after the
consummation of the Merger, the Executive Units will be subject to the
Securityholders Agreement.
5. DEFINITIONS.
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"Affiliate" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Operating
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Agreement.
"Alliance" means Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, a Delaware limited
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liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of RCL.
"Board" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Operating
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Agreement.
"Cause" means (i) the commission of a felony or a crime involving
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moral turpitude or the commission of any other act or omission involving
dishonesty, disloyalty or fraud, (ii) conduct tending to bring Alliance or any
of its Subsidiaries into public disgrace or disrepute, (iii) failure to accept
and cooperate with actions and initiatives assigned to the Executive by the
board of directors of Alliance, (iv) gross negligence or willful misconduct with
respect to Alliance or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) any breach of this
Agreement or the Employment Agreement.
"Common Units" is defined in the Operating Agreement and includes any
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equity securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to such
Common Units by way of any
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dividend or split or exchange or in connection with a combination of units,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
"Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
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the date hereof, by and among the Company, Alliance, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.,
Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. and GE Capital Corporation as Administrative Agent.
"Employment Agreement" means that certain Employment Agreement dated
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the date hereof between the Company and Executive.
"Executive Units" means collectively the Class A Units, Class L
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Units, the Class B Units and the Class C Units. Such Units shall continue to be
Executive Units in the hands of any holder other than Executive and the Trustee
for the benefit of the IRAs (except for the Company, the Investors and
transferees in a Public Sale), and except as otherwise provided herein, each
such other holder of Executive Units shall succeed to all rights and obligations
attributable to Executive as a holder of Executive Units hereunder. Executive
Units shall include both vested and unvested Executive Units and shall include
interests in the Company issued with respect to Executive Units by way of any
recapitalization.
"Fair Market Value" of each Executive Unit means the average of the
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closing prices of the sale of any such Unit on all stock exchanges on which such
security may at the time be listed, or, if there have been no sales on any such
exchange on any day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on
all such exchanges at the end of such day, or, if on any day such security is
not so listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in
the NASDAQ System as of 4:00 P.M., New York time, or, if on any day such
security is not quoted in the NASDAQ System, the average of the highest bid and
lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic over-the-counter market as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or any similar successor
organization, in each such case averaged over a period of 21 days consisting of
the day as of which the Fair Market Value is being determined and the 20
consecutive business days prior to such day, and with respect to any Unit which
is not, as of the date of determination, listed on any stock exchange or quoted
in the NASDAQ System or the over-the-counter market, the Fair Market Value
thereof shall be the amount which each such Unit would receive upon a complete
liquidation of the Company following a sale of the Company at its market value
as determined in good faith by the Board and Executive. If the Board and
Executive are unable to agree upon such market value, it shall be determined in
good faith by a nationally recognized investment banking institution selected by
the Board, who will consider in such determination, among other things, (i) the
Company's EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the previous twelve
months, (ii) EBITDA multiples paid in recent acquisitions of comparable
companies and (iii) current trends in the industry and the Company's
performance.
"Investors" means the persons listed on Schedule A hereto.
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"Original Value" $8,100 for each Class L Unit, $100 for each Class A
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Unit, $0.01 for each Class B Unit and $0.01 for each Class C Unit.
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"Operating Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
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1(a) hereof.
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"Other Investors" means the Members (as defined in the Operating
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Agreement) of the Surviving Entity, as of the date hereof, other than Xxxx/RCL,
L.L.C. and Raytheon Company.
"Permitted Transferee" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
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Securityholders Agreement.
"Person" shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a
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limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a
joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any
department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.
"Public Sale" means any sale pursuant to a registered public offering
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under the Securities Act or any sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act effected through a broker, dealer or market
maker.
"Sale of the Company" means (i) any sale of all or substantially all
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(as defined in the Model Business Corporation Act) of the assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in one transaction or series of
related transactions, (ii) any sale of all or substantially all of the Common
Units in one transaction or series of related transactions, excluding any sales
of Common Units in a Public Sale or (iii) a merger or consolidation which
accomplishes one of the foregoing; provided that the transactions contemplated
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by the Merger Agreement do not constitute a Sale of the Company.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
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time to time.
"Securityholders Agreement" means that certain Securityholders
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Agreement dated the date hereof to be entered into by and among the Surviving
Entity and its members.
"Subsidiary" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Operating
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Agreement.
"Transfer" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
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Securityholders Agreement.
"Units" means collectively the Class L Units, the Class A Units, the
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Class B Units and the Class C Units.
"Unvested Units" means any Executive Units which are not Vested Units.
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"Unvested Incentive Units" means any Incentive Units which have not
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become Vested Incentive Units.
"Vested Units" means any Purchased Units and any Vested Incentive
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Units.
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"Vested Incentive Units" means any Incentive Units which have become
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vested on a monthly basis in accordance with the following schedule, if as of
each such date Executive is employed by Alliance:
Cumulative Percentage
Date of Incentive Units Vested
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Date of this Agreement 0%
May 5, 1999 20%
May 5, 2000 40%
May 5, 2001 60%
May 5, 2002 80%
May 5, 2003 100%;
provided, that upon the occurrence of a Sale of the Company, so long as
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Executive is employed by Alliance as of the date on which such Sale of the
Company occurs, all Incentive Units which have not yet become vested shall
immediately become vested.
6. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in
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writing and must be either personally delivered, mailed by first class mail
(postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight
courier service (charges prepaid) to the Investors at the addresses indicated in
the Company's records and to the other recipients at the address indicated
below:
Notices to Executive:
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Xxxxxx X. L'Esperance
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Notices to the Trustee:
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for
Xxxxx X. L'Xxxxxxxxx
XXX and Xxxxxx X. L'Xxxxxxxxx
XXX
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Notices to the Company:
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RCL Acquisitions, L.L.C.
c/o Bain Capital, Inc.
Two Xxxxxx Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Learner
or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any
notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when so delivered
or sent or, if mailed, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail.
7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
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(a) Transfers in Violation of Agreement. Any Transfer or
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attempted Transfer of any Executive Units in violation of any provision of this
Agreement shall be void, and the Company shall not record such Transfer on its
books or treat any purported transferee of such Executive Units as the owner of
such membership Units for any purpose.
(b) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this
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Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
(c) Complete Agreement. This Agreement, those documents
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expressly referred to herein and other documents of even date herewith embody
the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and
preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the
parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in
any way.
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(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate
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counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same agreement.
(e) Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided
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herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by Executive, the Trustee for the benefit of the XXX, the Company, the Investors
and their respective successors and assigns (including subsequent holders of
Executive Units); provided, that the rights and obligations of Executive and the
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Trustee for the benefit of the IRAs under this Agreement shall not be assignable
except in connection with a permitted transfer of Executive Units hereunder.
(f) Choice of Law. The corporate law of the State of Delaware
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shall govern all questions concerning the relative rights of the Company and its
unitholders. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules
hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the
State of New York shall control the interpretation and construction of this
Agreement (and all schedules and exhibits hereto), even though under that
jurisdiction's choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of
some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.
(g) Remedies. Each of the parties to this Agreement (including
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the Investors) shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement
specifically, to recover damages and costs (including reasonable attorney's
fees) caused by any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise
all other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of
the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion
apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting
any bond or deposit) for specific performance and/or other injunctive relief in
order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement.
(h) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may
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be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and
Executive. The provisions of Section 3 may be amended and waived only with the
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prior written consent of the Investors owning 60% of the Units on a fully-
diluted basis held by all Investors.
(i) Third-Party Beneficiaries. The parties hereto acknowledge
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and agree that the Investors are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Investors
and their respective successors and assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this IRAs and
Executive Unit Purchase Agreement on the date first written above.
RCL ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C.
By: ______________________________________
Its:______________________________________
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XXXXXX X. L'ESPERANCE
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN
FOR XXXXX X. L'XXXXXXXXX XXX
By: ______________________________________
Its:______________________________________
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN
FOR XXXXXX X. L'XXXXXXXXX XXX
By: ______________________________________
Its:______________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
INVESTORS
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Bain/RCL, L.L.C.
Other Investors
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