EXECUTION
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and between
eBAY INC.
and
NRG COMMERCE, LLC
Dated as of March 27, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 Specific Definitions
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1.2 Interpretation
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ARTICLE II |
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SALE AND PURCHASE; CLOSING |
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2.1 Sale and Purchase of the Purchased Interests
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2.2 Purchase Price; Closing Deliveries
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2.3 Closing
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2.4 Directors
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2.5 Officers
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ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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3.1 Organization
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3.2 Authorization
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3.3 Consents and Approvals
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3.4 Non-Contravention
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3.5 Litigation
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3.6 Brokers and Finders
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ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PURCHASER |
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4.1 Organization
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4.2 Authorization
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4.3 Consents and Approvals
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4.4 Non-Contravention
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4.5 Transferred Employees
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4.6 Litigation
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4.7 Conduct of Business
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4.8 Investment Status
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4.9 Brokers and Finders
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ARTICLE V |
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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5.1 Conduct of Business
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5.2 Information and Access
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5.3 Confidentiality
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5.4 Further Action; Efforts
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5.5 Publicity
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5.6 Restrictions on Transfers
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5.7 Intercompany Arrangements
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5.8 Transition Services Agreement
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5.9 Transition
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5.10 Merger Agreement Matters
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5.11 Corporate Guarantees
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5.12 Seller Guarantee
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5.13 Seller Indemnification Cooperation
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5.14 Transfer of Employees
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5.15 Further Assurances
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5.16 Business Relationships
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5.17 Intellectual Property Matters
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5.18 Employment Matters
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ARTICLE VI |
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CONDITIONS |
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6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Sale
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6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser
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6.3 Conditions to Obligations of Seller
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ARTICLE VII |
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TERMINATION |
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7.1 Termination by Mutual Consent
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7.2 Termination by Either Purchaser or Seller
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7.3 Termination by Purchaser
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7.4 Termination by Seller
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7.5 Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE VIII |
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SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION |
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8.1 Survival
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8.2 Indemnification and Reimbursement of Seller Indemnified Persons
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8.3 Indemnification and Reimbursement of Purchaser Indemnified Persons
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8.4 Third-Party Claim Indemnification Procedures
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8.5 Defense and Indemnification for Third Party IP Infringement Claims
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8.6 Characterization of Indemnification Payments
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8.7 Indemnification Payments
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8.8 Limitation on Liability
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8.9 Specific Performance
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ARTICLE IX |
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TAX MATTERS |
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9.1 Tax Indemnification and Reimbursement of Seller Indemnified Persons
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9.2 Tax Indemnification and Reimbursement of Purchaser Indemnified Persons
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9.3 Tax Returns
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9.4 Tax Cooperation
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9.5 Treatment of Indemnification Payments
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9.6 Exclusivity
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ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL |
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10.1 Modification or Amendment
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10.2 Waiver of Conditions
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10.3 GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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10.4 Consent to Jurisdiction
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10.5 Notices
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10.6 Entire Agreement
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10.7 No Assignment or Benefit to Third Parties
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10.8 Severability
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10.9 Fulfillment of Obligation
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10.10 Further Assurances
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10.11 Expenses
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10.12 Counterparts
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A RueLaLa Stockholders Agreement
Exhibit B Shoprunner Stockholders Agreement
Exhibit C Non-Competition Agreement
Exhibit D Loan Agreement
Exhibit E Transition Services Agreement Term Sheet
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Exhibit F RueLaLa Management Agreement
Exhibit G ShopRunner Management Agreement
Exhibit H Contribution Agreement
Exhibit I Release Agreement
Exhibit J Patent License Agreement
Exhibit K Intercompany Agreements
SCHEDULES
Schedule A Seller Disclosure Schedule
Schedule B Purchaser Disclosure Schedule
Schedule 1.1(a) Transferred IP Assets
Schedule 8.5(a) Third Party IP Claims
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Accounts Receivable |
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Action |
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Affiliate |
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Agreement |
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Ancillary Agreements |
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Antitrust Laws |
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Assets |
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Assigned Leases |
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Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (National Turnpike) |
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Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (Shepardsville) |
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Beneficial ownership |
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Books and Records |
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Business Day |
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Certificate |
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Chosen Courts |
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Claim Notice |
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Closing |
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Closing Date |
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Code |
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Consents |
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Contract |
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Contribution Agreement |
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Conversion Plan |
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Delayed Sale Entity |
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Employees |
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Facility Contracts |
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Fanatics |
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Fanatics Equity Interests |
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Fanatics Merger Agreement |
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Fixtures and Equipment |
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GAAP |
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Governmental Authorizations |
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Governmental Consents |
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Governmental Entity |
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Governmental Order |
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GSI |
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GSI Inventory |
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GSICS |
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HSR Act |
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Indemnified Person |
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Indemnifying Person |
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Intellectual Property |
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Intercompany Agreement |
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Intercompany Arrangements |
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Joinder Agreement |
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Law |
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Lender |
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Liabilities |
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Licensed Sports Business |
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Licensed Sports Business Purchase Price |
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Lien |
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Loan Agreement |
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Losses |
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Merger |
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Merger Agreement |
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Merger Closing |
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Merger Closing Date |
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Merger Sub |
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National Turnpike Facility |
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National Turnpike Lease |
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Non-Competition Agreement |
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Non-Exclusive License |
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Notice Period |
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Organizational Documents |
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Patent License Agreement |
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Person |
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Purchased Entities |
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Purchased Entity Inventory |
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Purchased Entity Related Liabilities |
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Purchased Interests |
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Purchaser |
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Purchaser Basket Amount |
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Purchaser Confidential Information |
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Purchaser Disclosure Schedule |
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Purchaser Indemnified Persons |
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Related to the Excluded Business |
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Related to the Purchased Entities Businesses |
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Release Agreement |
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Representatives |
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Required Governmental Approvals |
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Xxxxx Employment Agreement |
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RueLaLa |
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RueLaLa Common Stock |
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RueLaLa Management Agreement |
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RueLaLa Merger Agreement |
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Ruelala Purchase Price |
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RueLaLa Stockholders Agreement |
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Sale |
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SEC |
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Seller |
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Seller Confidential Information |
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Seller Covered Liabilities |
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Seller Created Liens |
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Seller Disclosure Schedule |
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Seller Excluded Affiliates |
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Seller Indemnified Persons |
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Shepardsville Lease |
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Shepardsville Related Contracts |
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Shepardsville Warehouse |
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Shoprunner |
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Shoprunner Common Stock |
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Shoprunner Management Agreement |
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Shoprunner Purchase Price |
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Shoprunner Stockholders Agreement |
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Subsidiary |
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Tax |
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Tax Return |
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Taxable |
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Taxes |
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TeamStore |
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TeamStore Common Stock |
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TeamStore Excluded Current Liabilities |
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Third-Party Claim |
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Trademarks |
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Transaction Agreements |
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Transferred Employees |
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Transferred IP Assets |
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Transition Services Agreement |
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U.S. Exchange Act |
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U.S. Securities Act |
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U.S. Securities Laws |
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Unvested Equity Awards |
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Value for the Unvested Equity Awards |
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (hereinafter called this “
Agreement”) is made as of
March 27, 2011, by and between eBay Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“
Seller”), and NRG
Commerce, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
Purchaser”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller, Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Seller (“
Merger Sub”), and GSI Commerce, Inc., a
Delaware corporation
(“
GSI”), are parties to that certain merger agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it
may be amended from time to time and any successor merger agreement or similar transaction
agreement entered into between Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and GSI or any of
its Affiliates, on the other hand, relating to the subject matter of such merger agreement, the
“
Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into GSI, with GSI
surviving as the successor corporation and as a subsidiary of Seller (the “
Merger”),
subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, GSI has represented to Seller that it owns,
directly or indirectly, 100% of the membership interests or other equity interests of Fanatics,
LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
Fanatics”), RueLaLa, Inc., a
Delaware
corporation (“
RueLaLa”), and ShopRunner, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(“
ShopRunner”), and as a result of the Merger, Seller will own indirectly 100% of the
outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each of Fanatics, RueLaLa and
ShopRunner;
WHEREAS, GSI has represented to Seller that it owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of certain
assets and other interests that GSI will contribute or cause to be contributed, pursuant to the
Contribution Agreement (as defined below), to an entity known as TeamStore, Inc., a
Delaware
corporation (“
TeamStore” and, collectively with Fanatics, RueLaLa and ShopRunner, the
“
Purchased Entities”), and as a result of such contribution, Seller will own indirectly
100% of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of TeamStore immediately
prior to the Closing;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger, Seller desires to sell to Purchaser
and Purchaser desires to purchase from Seller (i) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the
“TeamStore Common Stock”), of TeamStore representing 100% of the outstanding shares of
capital stock and other equity interests of TeamStore, (ii) membership interests or other equity
interests in Fanatics (the “Fanatics Equity Interests”) representing 100% of the
outstanding membership interests and other equity interests in Fanatics, (iii) shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value (the “RueLaLa Common Stock”), of RueLaLa representing 70% of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of RueLaLa and (iv) shares of common stock, no par
value (the “ShopRunner Common Stock” and, collectively with the TeamStore Common Stock, the
Fanatics Equity Interests and the RueLaLa Common Stock, the “Purchased Interests”), of ShopRunner
representing 70% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of ShopRunner (the purchase
and sale of the Purchased Interests being referred to as the “Sale”), in each case on the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser and Seller entering into this
Agreement, at the Closing, Seller will enter into that certain stockholders agreement with
Purchaser, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “RueLaLa Stockholders
Agreement”), which sets forth the parties’ agreement with respect to the governance of RueLaLa,
the voting, sale and transfer of their respective shares of RueLaLa Common Stock and certain other
matters;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser and Seller entering into this
Agreement, at the Closing, Seller will enter into that certain stockholders agreement with
Purchaser, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “ShopRunner Stockholders
Agreement”), which sets forth the parties’ agreement with respect to the governance of
ShopRunner, the voting, sale and transfer of their respective shares of the ShopRunner Common Stock
and certain other matters;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Seller entering into this Agreement, concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx is entering into a non-competition
agreement with Seller, in the form attached as Exhibit C (the “Non-Competition Agreement”),
pursuant to which Xxxxxxx Xxxxx will agree not to engage in certain businesses competitive with GSI
and its Subsidiaries on the terms and conditions set forth therein, which agreement shall become
effective upon the Merger Closing;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, an Affiliate of Seller (“Lender”), will enter into that certain loan agreement
with Purchaser, in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto (the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant
to which Lender will agree to finance in part the purchase of the Purchased Interests by Purchaser
on the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Purchaser entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, Seller will enter into one or more transition services agreements with Purchaser, which
shall be consistent in all material respects with the terms and conditions set forth in the term
sheet attached as Exhibit E hereto, pursuant to which Seller shall provide, or cause to be
provided, to Purchaser certain transition services for a limited period following the Closing on
the terms and conditions set forth in each such transition services agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, RueLaLa will enter into that certain management agreement with Purchaser, in substantially
the form attached as Exhibit F hereto (the “RueLaLa Management Agreement”), pursuant to
which Purchaser will provide certain management services to RueLaLa from and after the Closing on
the terms set forth in the RueLaLa Management Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, Shoprunner will enter into that certain management agreement with Purchaser, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit G hereto (the “Shoprunner Management
Agreement”), pursuant to which Purchaser will provide certain management services to Shoprunner
from and after the Closing on the terms set forth in the ShopRunner Management Agreement;
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WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Purchaser entering into this Agreement, prior to
the Closing, GSI Commerce Solutions, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“GSICS”), will enter
into a contribution agreement with TeamStore, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H
hereto (“Contribution Agreement”), pursuant to which GSICS will contribute certain assets
to TeamStore, and TeamStore will assume certain liabilities, in each case on the terms and
conditions set forth in the Contribution Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Seller entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, each of the Purchased Entities will enter into a joinder agreement to this Agreement, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to each of Seller and Purchaser (each, a “Joinder
Agreement”), agreeing to be jointly and severally liable with Purchaser and the other Purchased
Entities for Purchaser’s obligations to the Seller Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 8.2;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Seller entering into this Agreement, at the
Closing, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx will execute and deliver a release agreement, in the form attached as
Exhibit I hereto (the “Release Agreement”), pursuant to which Xxxxxxx Xxxxx will agree to
release GSI and its Subsidiaries from certain claims arising prior to the Closing;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Seller entering into this Agreement, at or prior
to the Closing, ShopRunner and RueLaLa will enter into a patent license agreement with GSICS, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit J hereto (the “Patent License Agreement”),
pursuant to which ShopRunner and RueLaLa will grant certain patent licenses to GSICS on the terms
and conditions set forth in the Patent License Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a condition and an inducement to Seller entering into this Agreement, at or prior
to the Closing, certain of the Purchased Entities will enter into certain service agreements with
GSI or certain of its Subsidiaries, in substantially the forms attached as Exhibit K hereto
(collectively, the “Intercompany Agreements”), pursuant to which GSI or such Subsidiaries
will provide certain services to the Purchased Entities on the terms and conditions set forth in
such Intercompany Agreements; and
WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements in connection with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, and of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Specific Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified or referred
to in this Article I:
“Accounts Receivable” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all trade accounts and
notes receivable and other miscellaneous receivables payable to or in favor of such Person.
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“Action” shall mean any civil, criminal, administrative or regulatory action, suit,
demand, complaint, inquiry, claim, allegation, hearing, investigation, audit, inquiry or
proceeding, or any mediation or arbitration.
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 12b-2 promulgated
under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that for all purposes of this Agreement Purchaser and
its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of GSI and its Subsidiaries.
“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean the Transition Services Agreement, the Loan
Agreement and any documents, agreements or instruments ancillary thereto contemplated by the Loan
Agreement to be delivered by Lender or Purchaser, as the case may be, at signing of the Loan
Agreement, the RueLaLa Stockholders Agreement, the ShopRunner Stockholders Agreement, the RueLaLa
Management Agreement, the ShopRunner Management Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption of Lease
Agreement (National Turnpike), the Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (Shepardsville),
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Non-Competition Agreement, the Joinder Agreements, the
Release Agreement, the Patent License Agreement and the Intercompany Agreements.
“Antitrust Laws” shall mean any statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees,
administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit,
restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade
or lessening of competition through mergers, acquisitions, business combinations or similar
transactions.
“Assets” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the properties and assets
(real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible), including all (i) Books and Records, (ii)
Accounts Receivable, (iii) Fixtures and Equipment, (iv) Contracts to which such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective property or assets are bound, (v)
Intellectual Property, (vi) causes of action, lawsuits, judgments, claims and demands of any nature
available to or being pursued by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, whether arising by way of
counterclaim or otherwise, (vii) all credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance payments,
security deposits, prepaid items and duties in favor of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries,
(viii) all Governmental Authorizations and all applications therefor and (ix) all guaranties,
warranties, indemnities and similar rights in favor of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, used
or held for use in connection with or material to the continued operation of the business of such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” shall mean the form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement to be executed by Seller and Purchaser at the Closing with respect to the Facility
Contracts, in customary form and substance and reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and Seller.
“Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (National Turnpike)” shall mean the
Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement to be executed by GSICS and TeamStore at the Closing
with respect to the lease for the warehouse facility located at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
xx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX (the “National Turnpike Facility,” and such lease, the
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“National
Turnpike Lease”), in customary form and substance and reasonably acceptable to Purchaser,
Seller and Airspace III, LLC.
“Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (Shepardsville)” shall mean the
Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement to be executed by GSICS and TeamStore at the Closing
with respect to the lease for the warehouse facility located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX (the “Shepardsville Warehouse,” and such lease (“Shepardsville Lease”), together
with the National Turnpike Lease, the “Assigned Leases”), in customary form and substance
and reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, Seller and PCO Omicron Court Limited Partnership.
“beneficial ownership” (and its correlative phrases) shall have the meanings assigned
to such phrases in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
“Books and Records” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all books, ledgers, files,
reports, plans, records, manuals and other materials (in any form or medium) of, or maintained for,
such Person.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a day on which banks are not required to
open or are authorized to be closed in The City of New York.
“Certificate” shall mean any stock certificate representing duly issued and validly
authorized shares of capital stock of any of the Purchased Entities.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Contract” shall mean any loan agreement, indenture, letter of credit (including
related letter of credit applications and reimbursement obligations), mortgage, security agreement,
pledge agreement, deed of trust, bond, note, guarantee, surety obligation, warranty, license,
franchise, permit, power of attorney, invoice, quotation, purchase order, sales order, lease,
endorsement agreement, and any other agreement, contract, instrument, obligation, offer,
commitment, plan, arrangement or understanding, written or oral, express or implied, to which a
Person is a party or by which any of its properties, assets or Intellectual Property may be bound
or affected, in each case as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified.
“Fanatics Merger Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of February 9, 2011, by and among GSI, Gator Acquisition Corp., Gator Acquisition LLC,
Fanatics, the stockholders of Fanatics named therein, those persons listed on Annex II thereto and
Insight Venture Partners, LLC (as Stockholders’ Representative), as such agreement may be or may
have been amended.
“Fixtures and Equipment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all furniture,
furnishings, vehicles, equipment, computers, tools and other tangible personal property owned or
leased by such Person, wherever located, including any of
the foregoing purchased subject to any conditional sales or title retention agreement in favor
of any other Person.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.
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“Governmental Authorizations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all licenses,
permits, certificates, registrations, filings, waivers, exemptions, clearances, qualifications or
certifications and other authorizations, consents and approvals of or related to such Person,
including all pending applications therefor or renewals thereof, and issued by, obtained from or
filed with a Governmental Entity.
“Governmental Entity” shall mean any (i) nation, state, county, city, town, village,
district, or other jurisdiction of any nature, (ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or
other government, (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any
governmental agency, branch, department, commission, bureau, official or entity and any court or
other tribunal) or (iv) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive,
judicial, legislative, enforcement, regulatory or taxing authority or power of any nature
(including any self-regulatory organization).
“Governmental Order” shall mean any order, writ, judgment, injunction, ruling, decree,
stipulation, determination, settlement or award entered into by or with any Governmental Entity.
“GSI Inventory” shall mean all inventory (other than the Purchased Entity Inventory)
required for, related to, or used in connection with, the business of GSI and its Subsidiaries as
conducted by them prior to the Merger Closing, wherever located, including all raw materials and
finished goods, whether held at any location or facility of GSI or any of its Subsidiaries or in
transit to GSI or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as of the Merger Closing Date.
“HSR Act” shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean (i) Trademarks; (ii) inventions and discoveries,
whether patentable or not, and all patents, registrations, invention disclosures and applications
therefor, including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and
including renewals, extensions and reissues; (iii) trade secrets, confidential information and
know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes,
models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists; (iv) published and unpublished works of
authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including without limitation databases and other
compilations of information), including mask rights and computer software, copyrights therein and
thereto, registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and
reversions thereof; and (v) any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
“Intercompany Arrangements” shall mean all Contracts between any of the Purchased
Entities, on the one hand, and Seller, GSI or any of their respective Affiliates, on the other
hand.
“Law” shall mean any law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, policy,
interpretation, guidance document, treaty, Governmental Order, arbitration award or agency
requirement of, or issued, promulgated or entered into by, any Governmental Entity.
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“Liabilities” shall mean any and all debts, liabilities, obligations, commitments,
claims, charges, damages, demands and assessments of any kind, character or description, including
those with respect to any Governmental Entity, whether accrued or not accrued, known or unknown,
disclosed or undisclosed, fixed or contingent, asserted or unasserted, disputed or undisputed,
liquidated or unliquidated, joint or several, due or to become due, whenever or however arising
(including those arising out of or under any Law, Action, Governmental Order, any Contract or tort
based on negligence or strict liability) and whether or not the same would be required by GAAP to
be reflected in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto.
“Licensed Sports Business” shall mean, collectively, TeamStore and Fanatics.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, easement, right of way, charge, claim, community
property interest, condition, equitable interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, fine,
right of first refusal, or restriction or adverse claim of any kind, including any restriction on
use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any other attribute of ownership, or any
other encumbrance or exception to title of any kind.
“Losses” shall mean any losses, charges, Liabilities, settlements, Actions, payments,
judgments, deficiencies, assessments, Taxes, interest, fines, penalties, costs, diminution in
value, expenses (including reasonable legal, accounting and other professional fees and
disbursements and expenses of investigation, preparation, defense and ongoing monitoring) and
damages of any kind or nature, whether or not resulting from a claim asserted by a third party.
“Merger Closing” shall have the meaning given to the term “Closing” in the Merger
Agreement.
“Merger Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the Merger Closing occurs pursuant
to the Merger Agreement.
“Non-Exclusive License” shall mean non-exclusive, transferable (in connection with a
merger, acquisition or other change of control of Purchaser or any Purchased Entity), perpetual,
sublicensable (but only to Purchaser’s or any Purchased Entity’s Affiliates), irrevocable,
worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to make, have made, use, import, offer for sale,
lease, sell and/or otherwise transfer or dispose of any products or services, and to use, disclose,
reproduce, and display (publicly or otherwise), perform, transmit, distribute, prepare derivative
works based on and otherwise exploit any embodiments thereof in connection with any products or
services, and for any purpose.
“Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of
a corporation, that Person’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws, and any stockholder
agreement, voting trust or similar arrangement applicable to any of that Person’s authorized shares
of capital stock, (ii) in the case of a partnership, that Person’s certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, and any voting trusts or similar arrangements applicable to any
of its partnership interests, (iii) in the case of a limited liability company, that Person’s
certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other document affecting the
rights of holders of limited liability company interests or (iv) in the case of any other legal
entity,
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that Person’s organizational documents and all other documents affecting the rights of
holders of equity interests in that Person.
“Person” shall be construed broadly and shall include any individual, corporation
(including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind
or nature.
“Purchased Entity Inventory” shall mean all inventory required for, related to, or
used in connection with the respective businesses of each of the Purchased Entities as conducted by
them prior to the Merger Closing, wherever located, including all raw materials and finished goods,
including letters, digits, heat transfers, blank garments and other similar or related materials
used in TeamStore’s business prior to the Closing, whether held at any location or facility of GSI
or any of its Subsidiaries or in transit to GSI or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as of the
Merger Closing Date.
“Purchased Entity Related Liabilities” shall mean all Liabilities (including
Liabilities relating to any Contract or breach of Contract) to the extent arising (whether on,
prior to or after the Closing) out of the conduct of the respective businesses of, or to the extent
otherwise relating to, the Purchased Entities, other than the TeamStore Excluded Current
Liabilities (it being agreed that the term “Purchased Entity Related Liabilities” shall not be
deemed to include any Seller Covered Liabilities).
“Purchaser Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule prepared by
Purchaser and delivered to Seller prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, which is
attached as Schedule B hereto.
“Related to the Purchased Entities Businesses” shall mean exclusively related to or
used exclusively in connection with the respective businesses of the Purchased Entities as
conducted by them immediately prior to the Merger Closing.
“Related to the Excluded Business” shall mean required for or used in connection with
the respective businesses of GSI and its Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased Entities) as
conducted by them immediately prior to the Merger Closing.
“RueLaLa Merger Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of October 27, 2009, by and among GSI,
Cola Acquisition Corporation, Retail Convergence, Inc., certain principal stockholders of
Retail Convergence, Inc. and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx (as Stockholders’ Representative), as such
agreement may be or may have been amended.
“Securities Laws” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Securities Act”) and the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
“Exchange Act”).
“Seller Covered Liabilities” shall mean all Liabilities (including Liabilities
relating to any Contract or breach of Contract) of GSI and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Purchased Entities) to the extent arising (whether on, prior to or after the Closing) out of the
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conduct of the respective businesses of, or to the extent otherwise relating to, GSI and its
Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased Entities) (it being agreed that the term “Seller Covered
Liabilities” shall not be deemed to include any Purchased Entity Related Liabilities).
“Seller Created Liens” shall mean any Lien upon any of the Purchased Interests created
or imposed between the Merger Closing and the Closing as a result of any action taken or omitted
from being taken, directly or indirectly, by, on behalf of or at the behest of Seller prior to the
Closing.
“Seller Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule prepared by Seller and
delivered to Purchaser prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, which is attached as
Schedule A hereto.
“Seller Excluded Affiliates” shall mean the Affiliates of Seller (other than GSI and
its Subsidiaries).
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person (whether or not
incorporated) as to which such Person and/or any one or more of its other Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, (i) own a majority of the general partner interests in such other Person, (ii) own a
majority of the outstanding securities of, or other equity interests in, such other Person which by
their terms has ordinary voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or comparable
governing body) of such other Person, or (iii) otherwise have the right to elect or appoint a
majority of such members.
“Tax” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “Taxes” and
“Taxable”) shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise,
gross receipts, environmental, customs, duties, capital stock, severances, stamp, payroll, sales,
employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, production, value added,
occupancy, license, estimated, real property, personal property, windfall profits or other taxes,
duties, fees or assessments paid or payable to any Governmental Entity of any nature whatsoever,
together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any
interest in respect of such penalties and additions.
“Tax Return” shall mean all returns and reports (including elections, declarations,
disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax
authority relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any
amendment thereof.
“TeamStore Excluded Current Liabilities” shall mean all accounts payable and accrued
expenses of the business of TeamStore as of the Effective Date (as defined in the Contribution
Agreement), as such liabilities are determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Trademarks” shall mean trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, brand names,
certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, assumed names, trade names, corporate names, domain
names and symbols, slogans and other indicia of source or origin, including the goodwill of the
business symbolized thereby or associated therewith, common law rights thereto, and registrations
and applications for registration thereof throughout the world, including all renewals of same.
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“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Merger
Agreement.
“Transferred IP Assets” shall mean the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule
1.1(a).
1.2 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, an Exhibit or a
Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of, a Section of, or an Exhibit or a Schedule to
this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The heading references herein and the table of contents
hereof are for convenience purposes only and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to “this Agreement” shall include
the Seller Disclosure Schedule and the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, references to “parties” in this Agreement refer to the parties to this
Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the 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
terms. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. Any reference in
this Agreement to a “day” or a number of “days” (without the explicit qualification of
“business”) shall be interpreted as a reference to a calendar day or number of calendar
days. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all remedies provided herein shall be in
addition to any other remedies the parties may otherwise have under applicable Law. This Agreement
is the product of negotiation by the parties having the assistance of counsel and other advisers,
and the parties and their counsel and other advisers have participated jointly in negotiating and
drafting this Agreement. If an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SALE AND PURCHASE; CLOSING
2.1 Sale and Purchase of the Purchased Interests. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and on the basis
of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, undertakings and obligations contained
herein, at the Closing, Seller hereby agrees to sell or cause to be sold to Purchaser, and
Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, all of the Purchased
Interests, free and clear of any and all Seller Created Liens. Seller will pay any and all Taxes
payable with respect to the transfer and sale of the Purchased Interests pursuant to this
Agreement, other than any applicable Transfer Taxes, which shall be paid 50% by Seller and 50% by
Purchaser.
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2.2 Purchase Price; Closing Deliveries.
(a) Licensed Sports Business Purchase. (i) At the Closing, Purchaser will pay in
cash to Seller (or, at Seller’s request, an Affiliate of Seller), by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Seller on notice to Purchaser no later than two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an amount equal to $330,000,000 (the “Licensed Sports
Business Purchase Price”), payable in the manner provided in Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e),
representing the purchase price for the purchase of the Licensed Sports Business.
(ii) At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser (i) a
Certificate evidencing the TeamStore Common Stock, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by
stock powers duly endorsed in blank, in a form acceptable for transfer on the books of
TeamStore and with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto, representing all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and all other equity interests of TeamStore, free and clear of all Seller Created Liens, and (ii)
documentation reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser reflecting the transfer on the books of
Fanatics of Fanatics Equity Interests representing all of the issued and outstanding
membership and equity interests of Fanatics, free and clear of all Seller Created Liens.
(b) RueLaLa Purchase. (i) At the Closing, Purchaser will pay in cash to Seller (or,
at the Seller’s request, an Affiliate of Seller), by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated by Seller on notice to Purchaser no later than two Business Days prior to
the Closing Date, an amount equal to $122,500,000 (the “RueLaLa Purchase Price”), payable
in the manner provided in Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e), representing the purchase price for the
purchase of the RueLaLa Common Stock.
(ii) At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser a
Certificate evidencing the RueLaLa Common Stock, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by
stock powers duly endorsed in blank, in a form acceptable for transfer on the books of
RueLaLa and with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto, representing 70% of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and all other equity interests of
RueLaLa, free and clear of all Seller Created Liens.
(c) ShopRunner Purchase. (i) At the Closing, Purchaser will pay in cash to Seller
(or, at the Seller’s request, an Affiliate of Seller), by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account designated by Seller on notice to Purchaser no later than two Business Days
prior to the Closing Date, an amount equal to $45,500,000 (the “ShopRunner Purchase
Price”), payable in the manner provided in Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e), representing the
purchase price for the purchase of the ShopRunner Common Stock.
(ii) At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser a
Certificate evidencing the ShopRunner Common Stock, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by
stock powers duly endorsed in blank, in a form acceptable for transfer on the books of
ShopRunner and with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto, representing 70%
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and all other equity interests of
ShopRunner, free and clear of all Seller Created Liens.
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(d) Payment Offset. At or prior to the Closing, Purchaser shall contribute $31,000,000 to one or more of the
Purchased Entities, at Purchaser’s election (with respect to the identity of the applicable
Purchased Entity), and such capital contribution shall be deemed to be paid in respect of a portion
of the Licensed Sports Business Purchase Price, ShopRunner Purchase Price and the RueLaLa Purchase
Price payable at the Closing.
(e) Sale Financing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2, at
the Closing, the Lender shall pay directly to Seller, on Purchaser’s behalf, the proceeds of the
loan made by the Lender to Purchaser pursuant to the Loan Agreement to pay, as directed by
Purchaser, the Licensed Sports Business Purchase Price, the RueLaLa Purchase Price and/or the
ShopRunner Purchase Price.
(f) Other Closing Deliveries by Seller. At the Closing, Seller also shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Purchaser the
following:
(i) a certificate of a duly authorized executive officer of Seller certifying as to the
matters set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b);
(ii) duly executed copies of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Seller or any of
its Affiliates is a party to the extent not previously delivered;
(iii) a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, of a
duly authorized executive officer of Seller certifying that Seller is not a foreign person
in accordance with Treasury Regulations under Code Section 897 and 1445; and
(iv) any other certificates, documents or instruments relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as Purchaser may reasonably request.
(g) Closing Deliveries by Purchaser. At the Closing, Purchaser shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Seller
the following:
(i) a certificate of a duly authorized executive officer of Purchaser certifying as to
the matters set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b);
(ii) duly executed copies of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Purchaser or any
of its Affiliates is a party to the extent not previously delivered; and
(iii) any other certificates, documents or instruments relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as Seller may reasonably request.
(h) Withholding Rights. Purchaser shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any
amounts payable by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct
and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under applicable Law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld by Purchaser, such withheld amounts (i) shall be remitted by Purchaser to
the applicable Governmental Entity and (ii) shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid by Purchaser to Seller.
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2.3 Closing. The consummation of the Sale (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, at 10:00 A.M.,
Pacific time, on the later of: (i) the Merger Closing Date and (ii) the date on which the last to
be fulfilled or waived of the conditions set forth in Article VI shall be satisfied or waived in
accordance with this Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions) or at such
other place and time and/or on such other date as Seller and Purchaser may agree (the date on which
the Closing is completed, the “Closing Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any of
the conditions set forth in Article VI is not satisfied or waived on or prior to the Closing with
respect to any particular Purchased Entity (each, a “Delayed Sale Entity”) but all such
conditions as relates to any other Purchased Entity or Purchased Entities have been satisfied or
waived (other than those
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the
fulfillment or waiver of those conditions) at that time, then the Sale shall proceed with respect
to such Purchased Entity or Purchased Entities, and the Sale of the Delayed Sale Entity shall not
occur unless and until the date on which the last to be fulfilled or waived of the conditions set
forth in Article VI is satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement (other than those
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment
or waiver of those conditions). In such event and solely for purposes of the consummation of the
Sale of any such Delayed Sale Entity, all references to the “Closing” in this Agreement shall refer
to such closing and all references to “Closing Date” shall refer to the date on which such closing
is completed.
2.4 Directors. Immediately after the Closing, Purchaser and each of the Purchased Entities shall take such
action necessary to appoint the individuals selected by Purchaser and Seller pursuant to the
RueLaLa Stockholders Agreement and ShopRunner Stockholders Agreement to be the directors of such
Purchased Entities, to hold office until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Organizational Documents of each of such Purchased Entities.
2.5 Officers. Prior to the Closing, the Seller shall, and shall cause the Purchased Entities to, take all
actions necessary to obtain resignations of any officers of any of the Purchased Entities appointed
after the Merger Closing in their capacities as such, and not in their capacities as employees.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Subject to such exceptions as are specifically disclosed in the appropriately corresponding
section of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (it being understood and agreed that only disclosures
that are set forth in the corresponding section of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or are otherwise
manifestly related to the representation or warranty in question under a plain reading of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule shall cause an item in the Seller Disclosure Schedule to operate as an
exception to a representation or warranty), Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser,
both as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
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3.1 Organization. Seller is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and is in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
3.2 Authorization. Each of Seller and the Seller Excluded Affiliates has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each of Seller
and each Seller Excluded Affiliate of any Transaction Agreement to which it is a party has been
duly and validly authorized and no additional corporate or stockholder authorization or consent is
required by Seller or any Seller Excluded Affiliate in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by Seller or any Seller Excluded Affiliate of the Transaction Agreements to which it is
a party. Each Transaction Agreement to which Seller or any Seller Excluded Affiliate is a party
has been duly executed and delivered by Seller or such Seller Excluded Affiliate, as applicable, and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Seller or such Seller Excluded Affiliate, enforceable against it in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium,
reorganization or similar Law of general applicability relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors and to the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law). A transaction committee of the board of
directors of Seller has unanimously, by resolutions duly adopted at a meeting duly called and held,
approved this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Merger, the Sale and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the other Ancillary
Agreements, which resolutions have not as of the date of this Agreement been subsequently
rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way.
3.3 Consents and Approvals. Other than the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the
“SEC”) of such reports under, and such other compliance with, the Securities Laws in
connection with the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any notices,
filings or approvals under the HSR Act (collectively, the “Required Governmental
Approvals”), no consent, approval, waiver, order, authorization, application, permit, notice,
filing or registration (collectively, the “Consents”) is or will be required to be obtained
by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing from, or to be given by Seller
or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing to, or made by Seller or any of the
Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing with, any Governmental Entity in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, or the consummation by Seller or any of the Seller
Excluded Affiliates of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. No Consent is or will be
required to be obtained by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing from,
or to be given by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing to, or to be
made by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates prior to Closing with, any Person that is
not a Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller or
any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, or the
consummation by Seller and the Seller Excluded Affiliates of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby.
3.4 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller and each Seller Excluded Affiliate of
each Transaction Agreement to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not
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(i) violate or conflict with any provision of
the Organizational Documents of Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates, (ii) conflict
with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice, lapse of time or
both) under, require any consent under, or give others any rights of termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of any right or
obligation of Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates under, or result in a loss of any
benefit to which Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates is entitled under, any Contract to
which Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates is a party, or result in the creation of any
Lien upon any of the Assets of Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates, or (iii) assuming
the filing with the SEC of such reports under, and such other compliance with, the Securities Laws
and the making of any notices, filings or approvals under the HSR Act required in connection with
the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, conflict with, violate or result in a breach by Seller or any Seller Excluded
Affiliate of, or constitute a default by Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates under, any
Law or Governmental Order applicable to Seller or any Seller Excluded Affiliate or by which any of
them or any of their respective Assets is bound or otherwise affected, or under any Governmental
Authorization of Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates.
3.5 Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of
Seller, threatened against Seller or any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates in connection with the
Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no
Action of any Governmental Entity or other Person pending against Seller or any of the Seller
Purchased Entities before any Governmental Entity, or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened
against or affecting Seller, any of the Seller Excluded Affiliates or any of their respective
properties or Assets or any of their respective officers, directors, managing members, partners or
similar Persons (in their capacities as such) that, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the ability of Seller and the
Seller Excluded Affiliates to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would
otherwise prevent Seller or any Seller Excluded Affiliate from (a) executing and delivering the
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or (b) performing its obligations pursuant to, or
observing any of the terms and provisions of, the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party.
As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Governmental Order against Seller or any of the
Seller Excluded Affiliates or, to the knowledge of Seller, any of their respective directors,
officers, managing members, partners or similar Persons (in their capacities as such), that could
reasonably be expected to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, or that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
ability of Seller and the Seller Excluded Affiliates to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
3.6 Brokers and Finders. Neither Seller nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or
finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders, fees in connection
with the Sale or the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement in a manner that would
subject Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities to any liability therefor.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PURCHASER
Subject to such exceptions as are specifically disclosed in the appropriately corresponding
section of Purchaser Disclosure Schedule (it being understood and agreed that only disclosures that
are set forth in the corresponding section of Purchaser Disclosure Schedule or are otherwise
manifestly related to the representation or warranty in question under a plain reading of Purchaser
Disclosure Schedule shall cause an item in Purchaser Disclosure Schedule to operate as an exception
to a representation or warranty), Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller, both as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
4.1 Organization. Purchaser is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing and is in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.
4.2 Authorization. Each of Purchaser and each of its Affiliates has full corporate or similar power
and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each
of Purchaser and each of its Affiliates of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party has
been duly and validly authorized and no additional corporate or member authorization or consent is
required by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by each of Purchaser and each of its Affiliates of the Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party. The Transaction Agreements to which Purchaser or any of its Affiliates is a party
have been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser or such Affiliate, as applicable, and
constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser and such Affiliates, enforceable
against it in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
moratorium, reorganization or similar Law of general applicability relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors and to the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law), subsequently rescinded, modified
or withdrawn in any way.
4.3 Consents and Approvals. Other than the Required Governmental Approvals, no Consent, approval, waiver, order,
authorization, permit, notice, filing or registration is or will be required to be obtained by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates prior to Closing from, or to be given by Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates prior to Closing to, or made by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates prior to Closing
with, any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, or the
consummation by Purchaser and its Affiliates of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(b), no Consent is or will be required to be obtained by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates prior to Closing from, or to be given by Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates prior to Closing to, or to be made by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates prior to
Closing with, any Person that is not a Governmental Entity in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates of the Transaction Agreements to
which it is a party, or the consummation by Purchaser and its Affiliates of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.
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4.4 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates of the
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any provision of
the Organizational Documents of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (ii) assuming the receipt of
all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of the notices and filings set
forth on Schedule 4.4(b), conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default (with
or without notice, lapse of time or both) under, require any consent under, or give others any
rights of termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration (with or without notice, lapse of
time or both) of any right or obligation of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates under, or result in
a loss of any benefit to which Purchaser or any of its Affiliates is entitled under any Contract to
which Purchaser or any of its Affiliates is a party to, or result in the creation of any Lien upon
any of the Assets of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, (iii) assuming the receipt of all
consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of the notices and filings set forth on Schedule 4.4(b), conflict with, or result in the breach of,
or constitute a default (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) under, require any consent
under, or give others any rights of termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration (with
or without notice, lapse of time or both) of any right or obligation of GSI or any of its
Subsidiaries under, or result in a loss of any benefit to which GSI or any of its Subsidiaries is
entitled under, any Contract, to which GSI or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or result in
the creation of any Lien upon any of the Assets of GSI or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) assuming
the receipt of all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of notices and
filings under the HSR Act, or required to be made or obtained by Purchaser, conflict with, violate
or result in a breach of or constitute a default by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates under any
Law or Governmental Order applicable to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or by which they or any
of their respective Assets is bound or otherwise affected, or under any Governmental Authorization
of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates.
4.5 Transferred Employees. Except for the individual(s) listed on Schedule 4.5, none of the Transferred Employees is
necessary for, or material to, GSI and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to continue to operate
and conduct the businesses of GSI and its Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased Entities) in all
material respects as conducted by them immediately prior to the Merger Closing.
4.6 Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of
Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Sale or the
other transactions contemplated hereby. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action of
any Governmental Entity or other Person pending against Purchaser or any of its Affiliates before
any Governmental Entity, or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against or affecting
Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective properties or Assets or any of their
respective officers, directors, managing members, partners or similar Persons (in their capacities
as such) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to prevent or
materially delay or impair the ability of Purchaser and its Affiliates to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would otherwise prevent Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates from (a) executing and delivering the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or
(b) performing its obligations pursuant to, or observing any of the terms and provisions of, the
Transaction Agreements to which it is a party. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no
Governmental Order against Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or, to the knowledge of Purchaser,
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any of their respective directors, officers, managing members, partners or similar Persons (in
their capacities as such), that could reasonably be expected to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or that could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser and its Affiliates to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
4.7 Conduct of Business. Purchaser has not conducted any business, and has not incurred any Liabilities, other than
in connection with, or incidental to, the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Merger Agreement.
4.8 Investment Status. Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under
the Securities Act. Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Interests for its own account, for
investment only and not with a view to, or any present intention of, effecting a distribution of the Purchased Interests or any part thereof in violation of
the Securities Act. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Purchased Interests have not been
registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and
cannot be disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and any
other applicable federal or state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is
available. Purchaser has conducted its own due diligence review of the business and operations of
the Purchased Entities and has made its own determination as to the suitability of an investment in
the Purchased Interests. Purchaser is not relying on any representations or warranties whatsoever,
express, implied, at common law, statutory or otherwise, except for the representations or
warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. Purchaser is not
purchasing the Purchased Interests as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication regarding the Purchased Interests published in any newspaper, magazine or similar
media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general
solicitation or general advertisement.
4.9 Brokers and Finders. Neither Purchaser nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker
or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders, fees in
connection with the Sale or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a manner that
would subject Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased Entities) to any
liability therefor.
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ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Conduct of Business. (a) Seller covenants and agrees that, from and after the date hereof until the Merger
Closing, except as prohibited or required by any Governmental Order, Seller shall use reasonable
efforts (including by enforcing covenants binding on GSI and its Subsidiaries under the Merger
Agreement) to cause GSI not to take any action that could be reasonably expected to materially
impede or interfere with, delay, postpone or materially and adversely affect the consummation of
the Sale or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Seller covenants and agrees that, from and after the Merger Closing until the Closing
(unless Purchaser shall otherwise approve in writing, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned, or except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement),
it shall use reasonable efforts to cause the business of the Purchased Entities to be conducted
only in, and the Purchased Entities not to take any action except in, the ordinary and usual course
of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, and the respective business
organizations of the Purchased Entities to be preserved intact, including by using reasonable
efforts to keep available the services of the current officers, employees and consultants of the
Purchased Entities and to maintain or improve the Purchased Entities respective existing relations
and goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees, Governmental
Entities and other Persons with which the Purchased Entities have significant business relations.
By way of amplification and not limitation, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement,
Seller shall use its reasonable efforts to ensure that none of the Purchased Entities shall, on or
after the Merger Closing and prior to the Closing, and Seller shall not cause any of the Purchased Entities to, take any action that GSI and its
Subsidiaries would be prohibited from taking prior to the Merger Closing under the Merger Agreement
without the prior written consent of Seller (without taking into account any materiality qualifiers
set forth in Section 4.2 of the Merger Agreement), in any such case without the prior written
consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.
(c) From and after the Merger Closing until the Closing, except as prohibited or required by
any Governmental Order, Seller covenants and agrees not to take any action, or cause or permit any
of the Purchased Entities, to (i) grant any preemptive or other outstanding rights, options,
warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character under which the Purchased Entities are or
may become obligated to issue or sell, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, or
in any way dispose of, any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, or any securities
or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any shares of the capital stock
or other equity interests, of the Purchased Entities; (ii) subject the shares of capital stock and
other equity interests of any Purchased Entity to any voting trust agreement or other contract,
agreement or arrangement restricting or otherwise relating to the voting, dividend rights or
disposition of such stock or other equity interests; or (iii) (A) issue, sell, transfer, grant,
pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber any Purchased Interests, (B) declare, set aside or pay any
dividends or distributions on, or make any other distributions in
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respect of, any Purchased
Interests, (C) split, combine or reclassify any outstanding Purchased Interests or (D) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or dispose of any Purchased Interests.
(d) From and after the date hereof until the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall cooperate and
use their reasonable efforts to explore and negotiate in good faith, and if mutually acceptable to
Seller and Purchaser, agree upon and undertake potential business and commercial opportunities
between RueLaLa and ShopRunner, on the one hand, and Seller and its Affiliates (including PayPal),
on the other hand.
5.2 Information and Access. (a) Each party hereto shall keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to
completion of the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing
the other with copies of any material notices or other communications received by such party or, to
the knowledge of such party, its Representatives from any third party and/or any Governmental
Entity with respect to the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each
case to the extent permitted by applicable Law. Each party hereto shall give prompt notice to the
other party hereto of any development or combination of developments that, individually or in the
aggregate, is reasonably likely to (a) cause it to fail to comply with or satisfy in any material
respect any covenant, condition or agreement under this Agreement or (in the case of Seller only)
the Merger Agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement or (in the case of
Seller only) the Merger Agreement, or (b) prevent, materially delay or materially impair its
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (in the case of Seller
only) the Merger Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties hereto (or remedies with
respect thereto) or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
(b) In order to facilitate the resolution of any claims made by or against or incurred by
Seller or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, to comply with the terms of this Agreement, any
applicable Law or Governmental Order or any request of any Governmental Entity or for any other
reasonable purpose, (i) with respect to matters not pertaining to Taxes, for a period of five years
after the Closing, or for any longer period as may be required by any Governmental Entity or as may
be reasonably necessary with respect to the prosecution or defense of any audit or other Action
that is then pending or threatened, or (ii) with respect to matters pertaining to Taxes, for a
period that is equivalent to the period established by any applicable statute of limitations
(including any extension or waiver thereof), Purchaser shall, or shall cause the Purchased Entities
to, (A) retain the Books and Records (including Tax Returns) of the Purchased Entities Related to
the Purchased Entities Businesses relating to the period prior to the Closing in a manner
consistent with the Purchased Entities’ customary document retention policies on or after the
Closing and (B) upon reasonable notice, afford the Representatives of Seller reasonable access
(including the right to make photocopies, at Seller’s expense), during normal business hours, to
such Books and Records and reasonable access to and the reasonable assistance of Purchaser’s and
its Subsidiaries respective Representatives with respect to the matters contemplated by this
Section 5.2(b) and (C) otherwise cooperate with and assist Seller or any of its Affiliates, at
Seller’s cost and expense, in connection with any such claims, including by causing employees of
Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities to avail themselves for trial, depositions, interviews
and other Action-related litigation endeavors, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser (including with respect to protecting privilege);
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provided that Seller
agrees to reimburse Purchaser for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Purchaser or
any of its Subsidiaries in complying with clauses (B) and (C) above. Following the period
specified in the first sentence of this Section 5.2(b), if Purchaser wishes to destroy such Books
and Records (other than Tax Returns), Purchaser shall first provide Seller the reasonable
opportunity to take possession of the same (at Seller’s cost and expense); it being understood and
agreed that any information disclosed to Seller or its Representatives pursuant to this Section
5.2(b) shall be subject to Seller’s obligations in Section 5.3(a) (Confidentiality).
(c) In order to facilitate the resolution of any claims made by or against or incurred by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, to comply with the terms of this Agreement,
any applicable Law or Governmental Order or any request of any Governmental Entity or for any other
reasonable purpose, (i) with respect to matters not pertaining to Taxes, for a period of five years
after the Closing, or for any longer period as may be required by any Governmental Entity or as may
be reasonably necessary with respect to the prosecution or defense of any audit or other Action
that is then pending or threatened, or (ii) with respect to matters pertaining to Taxes, for a
period that is equivalent to the period established by any applicable statute of limitations
(including any extension or waiver thereof), Seller shall, or shall cause GSI and its Subsidiaries
to, (A) retain the Books and Records (including Tax Returns) Related to the Excluded Business
relating to the period prior to the Closing in a manner consistent with the customary document
retention policies of GSI and its Subsidiaries on or after the Closing and (B) upon reasonable
notice, afford Representatives of Purchaser reasonable access (including the right to make
photocopies, at Purchaser’s expense), during normal business hours, to such Books and Records and
access to and the assistance of GSI’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective Representatives to the
extent necessary with respect to the matters contemplated by this Section 5.2(c) and (C) otherwise
cooperate with and assist Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, at Purchaser’s cost and expense, in
connection with any such claims, including by causing employees of GSI or any of its Subsidiaries to avail themselves for trial, depositions,
interviews and other Action-related litigation endeavors, in each case on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to Seller (including with respect to protecting privilege); provided that
Purchaser agrees to reimburse Seller for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by GSI or
any of its Subsidiaries in complying with clauses (B) and (C) above. Following the period
specified in the first sentence of this Section 5.2(c), if Seller wishes to destroy such Books and
Records (other than Tax Returns), Seller shall first provide Purchaser the reasonable opportunity
to take possession of the same (at Purchaser’s cost and expense); it being understood and agreed
that any information disclosed to Purchaser or its Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.2(c)
shall be subject to Purchaser’s obligations in Section 5.3(b) (Confidentiality).
5.3 Confidentiality.
(a) Following the Closing, Seller agrees to, and shall cause its Affiliates and their
respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants
and other advisors or representatives (as to each party, its “Representatives”) to, treat
and hold as confidential (and not disclose or provide access to any Person), and not to otherwise
use, any and all confidential or proprietary information, knowledge and data to the extent relating
to any of the Purchased Entities or their respective businesses and affairs (collectively,
“Purchaser Confidential Information”) that becomes known to Seller or its Representatives
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
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Ancillary Agreements or the
Merger Agreement by using the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable standard of care,
to prevent the unauthorized use, dissemination or disclosure of Purchaser Confidential Information
as it and its Affiliates use with respect to their own confidential or proprietary information,
knowledge and data, unless Purchaser provides its prior written consent to such use or disclosure
and except as otherwise permitted in this Section 5.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that Seller or any of its Representatives becomes legally compelled by Governmental Order or
is required by Law to disclose any Purchaser Confidential Information, disclosure in compliance
with this Section 5.3(a) shall be permitted and, to the extent reasonably practicable and permitted
by applicable Law, Seller agrees to, and shall cause its Representatives to, (i) provide Purchaser
with reasonable written notice of such requirement so that Purchaser may seek a protective order or
other remedy, (ii) in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, furnish
only that portion of such Purchaser Confidential Information which is legally required to be
provided and exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be
afforded to such Purchaser Confidential Information and (iii) use reasonable efforts to promptly
furnish to Purchaser a copy (in whatever form or medium) of such Purchaser Confidential Information
that it intends to furnish or has furnished. The foregoing sentences in this Section 5.3(a) shall
not apply to any information, knowledge or data that at the time of disclosure is available
publicly or becomes publicly available through no act or omission of the party owing a duty of
confidentiality, or becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the
party owing a duty of confidentiality, so long as such source is not known by such party to be
bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligations of secrecy to the other party.
Seller agrees and acknowledges that remedies at Law for any breach under this Section 5.3(a) by it
or any of its Representatives are inadequate and that in addition thereto Purchaser shall be
entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, in the event of
any such breach.
(b) Following the Closing, Purchaser agrees to, and shall cause its Representatives to, treat
and hold as confidential (and not disclose or provide access to any Person), and not to otherwise
use, any and all confidential or proprietary information, knowledge and data to the extent relating
to Seller, GSI and their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased Entities) or their
respective businesses and affairs (collectively, “Seller Confidential Information”) that
becomes known to Purchaser or its Representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements by using the same degree of care, but no less than a
reasonable standard of care, to prevent the unauthorized use, dissemination or disclosure of Seller
Confidential Information as it and its Affiliates use with respect to their own confidential or
proprietary information, knowledge and data, unless Seller provides its prior written consent to
such use or disclosure and except as otherwise permitted in this Section 5.3(b). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that Purchaser or any of its Representatives becomes legally compelled
by Governmental Order or is required by Law to disclose any Seller Confidential Information,
disclosure in compliance with this Section 5.3(b) shall be permitted and, to the extent reasonably
practicable and permitted by applicable Law, Purchaser agrees to, and shall cause its
Representatives to, (i) provide Seller with reasonable written notice of such requirement so that
Seller may seek a protective order or other remedy, (ii) in the event that such protective order or
other remedy is not obtained, furnish only that portion of such Seller Confidential Information
which is legally required to be provided and exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that
confidential treatment will be afforded to such Seller Confidential Information and (iii) use
reasonable efforts to promptly furnish to Seller a copy (in
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whatever form or medium) of such Seller
Confidential Information that it intends to furnish or has furnished. The foregoing sentences in
this Section 5.3(b) shall not apply to any information, knowledge or data that at the time of
disclosure is available publicly or becomes publicly available through no act or omission of the
party owing a duty of confidentiality, or becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a
source other than the party owing a duty of confidentiality, so long as such source is not known by
such party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other obligations of secrecy to the
other party. Purchaser agrees and acknowledges that remedies at Law for any breach under this
Section 5.3(b) by it or any of its Representatives are inadequate and that in addition thereto
Seller shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance,
in the event of any such breach.
5.4 Further Action; Efforts. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party shall use reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to use reasonable efforts to do, or cause to
be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary,
proper or advisable under this Agreement and applicable Law to satisfy the conditions to the
completion of the Sale and, except as prohibited or required by any Governmental Order, to
consummate as soon as reasonably practicable the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and, except as prohibited or required by any
Governmental Order, shall not, and it shall cause its Representatives not to, take any action that
could be reasonably expected to materially impede or interfere with, materially delay, materially
postpone or materially and adversely affect the consummation of the Sale or the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, each party shall provide, or cause
to be provided, all necessary notices, applications, requests and information to, and enter into discussions with, each Governmental Entity from whom any consent, approval,
authorization or other action or non-action is required to be obtained in order to consummate the
Sale or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection herewith
(collectively, the “Governmental Consents”), use reasonable efforts to obtain all such
Governmental Consents and, except as prohibited or required by any Governmental Order, to eliminate
each and every other impediment that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the
Sale or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case so as to enable the
Sale and the other transactions contemplated hereby to occur as soon as reasonably practicable.
Without limitation of the foregoing sentence, Purchaser and its Affiliates shall be responsible for
all filing fees under the HSR Act payable in connection with the Sale.
(c) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Purchaser shall provide, or cause
to be provided, all necessary notices and information to, and enter into discussions with, any
Person (other than any Governmental Entity) from whom any Consent is required to be obtained in
connection with the Sale or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and use
reasonable efforts to obtain all such Consents, and Seller will provide reasonable cooperation to
Purchaser, at Purchaser’s expense, in promptly seeking to obtain all such Consents. Purchaser
shall be responsible for all costs and expenses to obtain such Consents pursuant to this Section
5.4(c). If a Consent to the assignment by GSI or any of its Subsidiaries of any such Contract is
obtained, Purchaser shall not, and shall not permit any of the Purchased Entities to, (i) amend
such Contract in a manner that would increase the Liability of GSI or such
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Subsidiary thereunder or
(ii) renew, expand or enter into any extension of any such Contract unless GSI or such Subsidiary
has been released of all its Liabilities under or relating to the Contract in question.
(d) In connection with and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party shall
(i) make or cause to be made, in consultation and cooperation with the other parties, all necessary
and appropriate registrations, declarations, notices and filings relating to or in connection with
the Sale and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the relevant Governmental
Entities under all applicable Antitrust Laws; (ii) use reasonable efforts to furnish to the other
parties all reasonable assistance, cooperation and information required for any such registration,
declaration, notice or filing and in order to achieve the effects set forth in Section 5.4(b);
(iii) give the other parties reasonable prior notice of any such registration, declaration, notice
or filing and, to the extent reasonably practicable, of any material communication with any
Governmental Entity with respect to applicable Antitrust Laws regarding the Sale or the other
transactions contemplated hereby (including with respect to any of the actions referred to in
Section 5.4(b)), and permit the other parties to review and discuss in advance, and consider in
good faith the views of, and secure the participation of, the other parties in connection with, any
such registration, declaration, notice, filing or communication; (iv) respond as promptly as
practicable under the circumstances to any inquiries received from any Governmental Entity with
respect to applicable Antitrust Laws regarding the Sale or the other transactions contemplated
hereby; (v) unless prohibited by applicable Law or by the applicable Governmental Entity, (A) to
the extent reasonably practicable, not participate in or attend any meeting, or engage in any
material substantive conversation with any Governmental Entity with respect to applicable Antitrust
Laws regarding the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby (including with respect to
any of the actions referred to in Section 5.4(b)) without the other party hereto, (B) to the extent reasonably practicable, give the other party hereto
reasonable prior notice of any such meeting or conversation, (C) in the event one party is
prohibited by applicable Law or by the applicable Governmental Entity from participating or
attending any such meeting or engaging in any such conversation, keep the other parties reasonably
apprised with respect thereto, (D) cooperate in the filing of any substantive memoranda, white
papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending this
Agreement, the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, articulating any
regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any
Governmental Entity under applicable Antitrust Laws, and (E) furnish the other party hereto with
copies of all material correspondence, filings and communications (and memoranda setting forth the
substance thereof) between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity
or members of any Governmental Entity’s staff, on the other hand, with respect to applicable
Antitrust Laws that concern this Agreement, the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby.
(e) In the event that any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a
Governmental Entity or private party challenging any transaction contemplated by this Agreement,
each party shall, except as prohibited or required by any Governmental Order, (i) provide
reasonable cooperation to the other party hereto and use its respective reasonable efforts to
contest and resist any such Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree,
judgment, injunction or other Governmental Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that
is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the
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transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) at its own cost and expense, defend any such Actions
against it or its Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.5 Publicity. To the extent practicable and except with respect to any filing required to be made by
Seller under the Exchange Act, Seller and Purchaser shall consult with one another prior to issuing
any press releases or otherwise making any public announcements with respect to the Sale and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that no such consultation
shall be required with respect to press releases or public statements that are consistent with (and
not more expansive in any material respect than) prior press releases and statements made in
accordance with this Section 5.5.
5.6 Restrictions on Transfers. From and after the Merger Closing Date until the earlier of the Closing Date and the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII, except as prohibited or required by any
Governmental Order, Seller shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or
indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, sell, exchange, transfer, convey, assign, mortgage,
pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of (a) any direct or indirect interest in or beneficial
ownership of all or any portion of the issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests or
(b) except in the ordinary course of business of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries consistent with
past practice, any of the rights, property or assets, of any of the Purchased Entities (whether by
actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to hedging, cash settlement or otherwise).
5.7 Intercompany Arrangements. (a) Beginning on the date hereof, Seller and Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to
cooperate and use their reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith and, if mutually acceptable to Purchaser and Seller, agree upon and effect in an
expeditious manner modifications to any Intercompany Arrangements between GSI or any its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and any of the Purchased Entities, on the other hand, to cause the
terms of such Intercompany Arrangements to be consistent with the terms of those Contracts between
GSI or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Persons not Affiliated with GSI or its
Subsidiaries in similar arms-length transactions.
(b) At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall cause GSI to make or cause to be made to each of
RueLaLa, ShopRunner and an entity forming a part of the Licensed Sports Business, to be designated
by Purchaser prior to the Closing, a capital contribution in an amount equal to $61,000,000,
$40,000,000 and $55,000,000, respectively, in each case to the extent not previously made pursuant
to Section 2.2(d) or otherwise.
(c) At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall cause GSI to make or cause to be made to each of
RueLaLa, ShopRunner and TeamStore a capital contribution in an amount equal to such entity’s
outstanding indebtedness to GSI at that time; provided, however, that the amount of such capital
contributions shall not exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate. At or prior to the Closing, Seller
shall cause each of RueLaLa, ShopRunner and TeamStore to apply such capital contributions to
repayment in full of such indebtedness to GSI.
(d) At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall cause GSICS to effect the contribution of certain
assets and other interests to TeamStore on the terms and conditions set
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forth in the Contribution
Agreement and, to the extent any assets or other interests owned by GSICS and used exclusively by,
or customized exclusively for, the business contemplated to be engaged in by TeamStore fail to be
contributed to TeamStore prior to the Closing, Seller shall cause GSICS to complete the
contribution of such assets or other interests as soon as practicable upon Purchaser’s written
request.
5.8 Transition Services Agreement. Promptly after the date hereof, the parties hereto shall negotiate reasonably and in good
faith agree upon (in no event later than the Closing) a form of one or more transition services
agreements consistent in all material respects with the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit
B, pursuant to which Seller or its Affiliates shall provide to Purchaser or its Affiliates certain
specified services for up to the time periods and at the prices specified in Exhibit B following
the Closing Date (collectively, the “Transition Services Agreement”).
5.9 Transition. (a) Assuming that Seller or its Representatives receive information reasonably necessary
to assess the matters contemplated by this Section 5.9(a), Seller and Purchaser shall work together
in good faith to develop a plan prior to the Closing Date (the “Conversion Plan”) to effect
the orderly transfer of servicing of any customer accounts serviced by GSI and its Subsidiaries
(other than the Purchased Entities) as of the Merger Closing Date from the Shepardsville Warehouse
to another warehouse facility owned or leased by Seller and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Purchased Entities). Seller shall bear any and all cost and expense of such transfer as determined
using the existing intercompany rates between GSI and its Subsidiaries for such transfers as in
effect as of the Merger Closing Date. Each of Purchaser and Seller shall use reasonable efforts to
agree upon and implement the Conversion Plan.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in the Contribution Agreement, promptly following the
Closing, Seller agrees to cause to be transferred and delivered to Purchaser or any of the
Purchased Entities, as directed by Purchaser and at Purchaser’s sole cost and expense using the
intercompany rates currently in effect for such transfers and on the same terms as the intercompany
agreements between GSI and its Subsidiaries or among the Subsidiaries of GSI governing such
transfers as in effect immediately prior to the Merger Closing, any and all Purchased Entity
Inventory in the possession of GSI and its Subsidiaries as of the Merger Closing; provided that if
GSI or any of its Subsidiaries receive any Purchased Entity Inventory after the Closing, Seller
shall cause such inventory to be transferred and delivered to Purchaser or any of the Purchased
Entities, as directed by Purchaser, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. Promptly
following the Closing, Purchaser agrees to cause to be transferred and delivered to GSI or any of
its Subsidiaries, as directed by Seller and at Seller’s sole cost and expense using the
intercompany rates currently in effect for such transfers and on the same terms as the intercompany
agreements between GSI and its Subsidiaries or among the Subsidiaries of GSI governing such
transfers as in effect immediately prior to the Merger Closing, any and all GSI Inventory in the
possession of the Purchased Entities as of the Merger Closing, including that located at the
Shepardsville Warehouse; provided that if any Purchased Entity receives any GSI Inventory after the
Closing, Purchaser shall cause such GSI Inventory to be transferred and delivered to GSI or any of
its Subsidiaries, as directed by Seller, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof.
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(c) Following the Closing, Seller will authorize, and use reasonable efforts to cause, GSI or
any of its Subsidiaries to assign to the Purchased Entities all Contracts for services provided by
third parties solely for the National Turnpike Facility or the Shepardsville Warehouse
(collectively, the “Facility Contracts”) to the extent reasonably practicable. To the
extent such assignment of any such Facility Contract is not reasonably practicable, following the
Closing, Seller agrees to cause GSI or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into in any reasonable and
lawful arrangements (including at a mutually agreeable cost) mutually agreeable between Purchaser
and Seller that is designed to provide to the Purchased Entities the benefits of use of such
Facility Contract consistent with the services provided to the Purchased Entities pursuant to any
such Facility Contract until Purchaser replaces those arrangements with an alternative arrangement
for the provision of services provided to the Purchased Entities prior to the Closing pursuant to
any such Facility Contract. Without limitation of the foregoing sentence, Purchaser agrees to use
reasonable efforts promptly following the Closing (but in no event later than the first anniversary
of the Closing) to enter into a Contract with a third party for the provision of services provided
to the Purchased Entities prior to the Closing pursuant to any such Facility Contract that is not
assigned to any of the Purchased Entities at Closing.
5.10 Merger Agreement Matters. (a) Without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned, except as prohibited or required by any Governmental Order,
Seller shall not amend or modify the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or grant any
consent or waiver thereunder, in a manner that adversely affects in any material respect
Purchaser’s rights and obligations hereunder or would be reasonably expected to prevent or
materially delay or materially impair the ability of Seller to consummate the Sale and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, Seller shall deliver promptly to Purchaser copies of all amendments or
modifications to the Merger Agreement.
(b) Nothing in this Section 5.10 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall (i) prohibit Seller from
terminating the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms or (ii) shall require that Seller
waive in whole or in part any condition to its obligation to effect the Merger.
5.11 Corporate Guarantees. Seller acknowledges that GSI or its Subsidiaries have guaranteed the performance of
RueLaLa, ShopRunner and TeamStore under certain inventory purchase agreements and leases entered
into by them prior to the Merger Closing and the performance of TeamStore under certain Contracts
assigned to TeamStore pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and agrees to maintain those corporate
guarantees in full force and effect with respect to all inventory purchases by RueLaLa, ShopRunner
and TeamStore following the Merger Closing in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, all such leases and all such Contracts assigned to TeamStore, without modification, until
Purchaser replaces those guarantees with corporate guarantees by Purchaser or its Subsidiaries,
subject to Purchaser’s indemnification obligations pursuant to clause (B) of Section 8.2(e);
provided, however, that Seller shall not be required to so maintain such corporate guarantees after
the first anniversary of the Closing Date; provided further, however, that Purchaser shall not, and
shall not permit any of the Purchased Entities to, renew, expand, amend in a manner that would
increase its Liability thereunder or enter into any extension of any such agreement, lease or
Contract while any corporate guarantee by GSI or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Purchased
Entities) with respect to such agreement, lease or Contract remains outstanding.
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Without
limitation of the foregoing, Purchaser agrees to use reasonable efforts (including by Purchaser or
its Subsidiaries issuing replacement guarantees) to cause the guarantees to be released promptly
(but in no event later than one year) after the Closing.
5.12 Seller Guarantee. Seller hereby unconditionally guarantees the remaining obligations of GSI under Section 2.9
of the RueLaLa Merger Agreement, subject to Purchaser’s indemnification obligations to the Seller
Indemnified Persons pursuant to Sections 8.2(d) and 8.2(f). Without limitation of the foregoing,
Purchaser shall promptly pay as and when due any amounts required to be paid by GSI pursuant to,
and perform or cause to be performed any other obligations of GSI under, Section 2.9 of the RueLaLa
Merger Agreement.
5.13 Seller Indemnification Cooperation. Following the Closing, at the written direction of Purchaser, Seller shall (or shall cause
the applicable Affiliate of Seller to), at Purchaser’s expense, participate as a party in any
action, suit or proceeding to obtain reimbursement and indemnification, on behalf of Purchaser and
the Purchased Entities, under the RueLaLa Merger Agreement or the Fanatics Merger Agreement, as
applicable, for any Losses incurred by Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities for which GSI and
its Affiliates would be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the RueLaLa Merger Agreement or the
Fanatics Merger Agreement, as applicable, and to obtain the release from escrow of any amount that
may be released in connection therewith, in each case only to the extent reasonably necessary to
enable Purchaser and the Purchased Entities to obtain any and all reimbursement and indemnification
for which GSI and its Affiliates would be otherwise entitled pursuant to the RueLaLa Merger
Agreement or the Fanatics Merger Agreement, as applicable; provided that Purchaser assumes the sole
obligation to prosecute and defend any such proceeding, at its sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend and reimburse Seller and all Affiliates of Seller for any Losses incurred by
Seller or any Affiliate of Seller (including reasonable fees of Seller’s counsel) in connection
with any such action, suit or proceeding. Purchaser shall have the sole power to direct and
control any proceedings for which it has assumed the sole responsibility to prosecute and defend
and agrees to keep Seller and its counsel reasonably apprised with regard to the status of any such
action, suit or proceeding. Seller shall hold in trust (or cause to be held in trust) for and pay
to Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable upon receipt thereof all amounts received by Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of Purchaser and the Purchased Entities pursuant to this
Section 5.13 or otherwise pursuant to such merger agreements.
5.14 Transfer of Employees. Effective immediately prior to the Closing, Seller shall request that GSI and its
Subsidiaries to transfer the employment of the employees listed on Schedule 5.14 to the extent such
individuals are employed by GSI and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing (the “Transferred
Employees”) to one of the Purchased Entities, as determined by Purchaser. Seller and Purchaser
shall work together in good faith to effect such transfer. All Liabilities with respect to accrued
but unused vacation, sick pay or other paid time off or other compensation and benefits payable
with respect to the Transferred Employees in connection with such transfer or in connection with
their employment with GSI or any of its Subsidiaries shall be the sole responsibility of Purchaser.
Seller shall pay Purchaser a cash payment within three days after the Closing equal to 50% of the
value of any unvested stock options, restricted stock units, performance restricted stock units or
any other unvested equity-based compensation (the “Unvested Equity Awards”) granted by GSI
or any of its Subsidiaries to the Transferred Employees and the employees of the Purchased Entities
(together with the Transferred
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Employees, the “Employees”) and that are forfeited as of the
Closing (collectively, the “Value for the Unvested Equity Awards”), and such payment shall
be treated as an adjustment to the ShopRunner Purchase Price, the RueLaLa Purchase Price and the
Licensed Sports Business Purchase Price, as applicable, for all Tax purposes to the extent
permitted by applicable Law. The Value for the Unvested Equity Awards shall be determined in good
faith by both the Seller and Purchaser and shall be based on the value of the Unvested Equity
Awards assuming that they became fully vested and paid out on the Closing. The cash payment by
Seller to Purchaser in respect of the Value for the Unvested Equity Awards shall be used by
Purchaser to implement a compensation plan. The Employees will participate in such compensation
plan, as determined by the Purchaser, and any awards granted thereunder will have vesting terms and
conditions substantially similar in all material respects to the vesting terms and conditions to
those Unvested Equity Awards that are forfeited upon Closing.
5.15 Further Assurances.
(a) From time to time after the Closing Date, each party hereto shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries, promptly to execute, acknowledge and deliver any other assurances or documents or
instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the other party hereto and necessary for the
requesting party to satisfy its obligations hereunder or to obtain the benefits of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that
Purchaser discovers following the Closing that any Asset Related to the Purchased Entities
Businesses that the parties intended to be transferred to Purchaser or any of the Purchased
Entities pursuant to this Agreement was not transferred to Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities at Closing, or Seller discovers following the Closing that any Asset
Related to the Excluded Business that the parties had not intended to be transferred to or retained
by Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities pursuant to this Agreement was transferred to
Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities at the Closing, Purchaser or Seller, as applicable,
shall or shall cause its Subsidiaries promptly upon request of the other party to assign and
transfer to such other party, at no cost to the other party, all right, title and interest in such
Asset and shall hold in trust for and pay to such other party promptly upon receipt thereof, all
income, proceeds and other monies received by it or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with its
use of such Asset (net of any Taxes and any other costs imposed upon it or any of its
Subsidiaries), except in each case to the extent (i) any applicable Law prohibits the transfer of
such Asset or (ii) the transfer of such Asset otherwise would subject the transferring party or any
of its Subsidiaries to any material liability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if Purchaser discovers following the Closing that any Transferred Employee was transferred to or
retained by Purchaser or any of the Purchased Entities at the Closing in breach of Purchaser’s
representations and warranties in Section 4.5, Purchaser agrees to cooperate with Seller to enable
such Transferred Employee to be hired by GSI or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by
applicable Law.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any Asset
Related to the Excluded Business that is required for or used in connection with the respective
businesses of the Purchased Entities as conducted by them prior to the Merger Closing that is not
transferred or assigned to Purchaser or any Purchased Entity at the Closing, Seller agrees to enter
into in any mutually agreeable, reasonable and lawful arrangements designed to provide to Purchaser
and the Purchased Entities the benefits of use of such Asset (including
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mutually agreeable
cost) (including Non-Exclusive Licenses under Intellectual Property) consistent with the Purchased
Entities’ use of such Asset prior to the Closing.
(c) At the Closing, Purchaser shall assume and discharge or perform when due all the Purchased
Entity Related Liabilities. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, Purchaser will not assume or have any responsibility of any nature with respect to any
other Liability relating to GSI or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Purchased Entity Related
Liability. Seller and its Affiliates shall retain and be responsible for all Seller Covered
Liabilities. From and after the Closing, Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to assume (and
cause Seller and its Affiliates to be released from) any Purchased Entity Related Liabilities for
which the Seller Indemnified Persons are entitled to reimbursement and indemnification from the
Purchaser Indemnifying Parties pursuant to Section 8.2(h). From and after the Closing, Seller
shall use reasonable efforts to assume (and cause Purchaser and its Affiliates to be released from)
any Seller Covered Liabilities for which the Purchaser Indemnified Persons are entitled to
reimbursement and indemnification from Seller pursuant to Section 8.3(d).
5.16 Business Relationships. From and after the Closing and as long as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx continues to beneficially own at
least a majority of the outstanding capital stock of ShopRunner, Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause GSI to continue to make ShopRunner a standard feature on current and
future platforms and agrees to use reasonable efforts to maintain custom configuration on current
and future platform for TeamStore.
5.17 Intellectual Property Matters. (a) Seller hereby assigns, sells, conveys and transfers (and agrees to cause its Affiliates
to assign, sell, convey and transfer) to the appropriate Purchased Entity (as set forth on Schedule
1.1(a)) all its (and their) rights, title and interest in and to the Transferred IP Assets to be
held and enjoyed by such Purchased Entity, its successors and assigns. Seller hereby further
assigns, sells, conveys and transfers (and agrees to cause its Affiliates to assign, sell, convey
and transfer) to such Purchased Entity all its (and their) right, title and interest in and to any
and all causes of action and rights to recover past, present and future infringement of the
Transferred IP Assets (whether before or hereafter accrued), to settle and retain proceeds from any
such actions, and the right to claim priority from the Transferred IP Assets. At Purchaser’s
reasonable request and expense, Seller shall provide, and shall cause its Affiliates to provide,
any cooperation and perform any other acts as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, (i) to
fully assign to such Purchased Entity all rights, title and interest in and to the Transferred IP
Assets assigned or required to be assigned hereunder, (ii) to record and otherwise perfect such
assignments, including by promptly executing and delivering to such Purchased Entity all forms and
other documents (such as short form assignment agreements for purposes of recording any such
assignments) reasonably requested by such Purchased Entity for such purposes, and (iii) to convey
possession to such Purchased Entity of copies of any such Transferred IP Assets that are not in the
possession or control of such Purchased Entity as of the date of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Prior to and after the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
assign, sell, convey and transfer to the appropriate Purchased Entity all of Seller’s and its
Affiliates’ rights, title and interest in, to and under all Internet domain names Related to the
Purchased Entities Businesses, including (x) all registrations, and applications for registration
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therein, and the exclusive right to apply for and maintain such Internet domain names, (y) all
goodwill associated therewith and symbolized by such Internet domain names, and (z) all benefits,
privileges, causes of action and remedies relating to any of the foregoing, whether before or
hereafter accrued (including the rights to xxx for all past, present or future infringements or
other violations of any rights in such Internet domain names and to settle and retain proceeds from
any such actions).
(ii) Prior to and after the Closing, Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Affiliates
(including, after the Closing, the Purchased Entities) to, assign, sell, convey and transfer
to Seller all of Purchaser’s and its Affiliates’ rights, title and interest in, to and under
all Internet domain names Related to the Excluded Businesses, including (x) all
registrations and applications for registration therein and the exclusive right to apply for
and maintain such Internet domain names, (y) all goodwill associated therewith and
symbolized by such Internet domain names and (z) all benefits, privileges, causes of action
and remedies relating to any of the foregoing, whether before or hereafter accrued
(including the rights to xxx for all past, present or future infringements or other
violations of any rights in such Internet domain names and to settle and retain proceeds
from any such actions).
(iii) Prior to the Closing, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to identify
Internet domain names that will be assigned hereunder.
(c) (i) Prior to and after the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
assign, sell, convey and transfer to the appropriate Purchased Entity all of such Seller’s and its
Affiliates’ rights, title and interest in, to and under, and, to the extent that a right cannot be
assigned, license or otherwise provide a contractual use right (with the same breadth and
exclusivity as Seller’s and its Affiliates’ use rights) to, all Intellectual Property (other than
Internet domain names and patents and patent applications) Related to the Purchased Entities
Businesses.
(ii) Prior to and after the Closing, Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Affiliates
(including, after the Closing, the Purchased Entities) to, assign, sell, convey and transfer
to Seller all of Purchaser’s and its Affiliates’ rights, title and interest in, to and
under, and, to the extent that a right cannot be assigned, license or otherwise provide a
contractual use right (with the same breadth and exclusivity as Purchaser’s and its
Affiliates’ use rights) to, all Intellectual Property (other than Internet domain names and
patents and patent applications) Related to the Excluded Businesses.
5.18 Employment Matters.
(a) The parties acknowledge and agree that the consummation of the Merger shall be deemed to
constitute a “Change of Control” as such term is defined under that certain employment agreement
between GSI and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, effective August 23, 2006, as amended by an Amendment 2008-1 to the
Employment Agreement, effective December 30, 2008 (such agreement as so amended, the “Xxxxx
Employment Agreement”) and that upon the consummation of the Merger, (i) all time-based vesting
restrictions on any stock options, RSUs, PRSUs or any other equity-based compensation awarded by
GSI to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall be
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deemed fully satisfied upon such Change in Control and (ii) all
performance based vesting conditions on any PRSUs or any other equity-based compensation awarded by
GSI to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall be deemed fully satisfied at the maximum level upon such Change in
Control. For the avoidance of doubt, the acceleration of vesting and the payment set forth in this
Section 5.18(a) shall be in addition to any other payments and benefits that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may be
entitled to under the Xxxxx Employment Agreement.
(b) The parties further acknowledge and agree that following the Merger Closing, Section 7.2
of the Xxxxx Employment Agreement shall be amended by adding the following new sentence to the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Executive shall have the right to,
directly or indirectly, communicate, disclose or divulge to any Person, or use for
the benefit of any Person, any Proprietary Information or Third Party Information,
in each case, in any way relating to the business or operation of any of the
Purchased Entities (as defined in that certain Stock Purchase Agreement by and
between NRG Commerce, LLC and eBay Inc., dated as of March 27, 2011).”
Following the Merger Closing, Seller shall cause GSI to amend the employment agreement to reflect
the addition to Section 7.2 discussed above in this Section 5.18(b).
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS
6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Sale. The respective obligation of each party to effect the Sale is subject to the satisfaction
or waiver at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) Regulatory Consents. The waiting period applicable to the consummation of the
Sale under the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws shall have expired or been earlier
terminated and any Governmental Consents required under applicable Antitrust Laws shall have been
obtained.
(b) No Injunctions or Restraints. No court or other Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Governmental
Order or taken any other action (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and
makes illegal, restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Sale or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the terms contemplated hereby or materially modifies
any material term of this Agreement, the Sale or the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) Merger Closing. The Merger Closing contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have occurred in accordance
with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
(d) Ownership of Purchased Entities. GSI and its Subsidiaries, collectively, own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding
capital stock and other equity interests in the
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Purchased Entities and the Purchased Entities own
all assets required to enable Seller to discharge all obligations to Purchaser related to the Sale.
6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligations of Purchaser to effect the Sale is also subject to the satisfaction or
waiver by Purchaser at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties of Seller. The representations and warranties of
Seller contained in Article III (considered without regard to any reference to materiality
qualifiers such as “material” or “in all material respects” set forth therein) shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing
Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier
date), other than any failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct to
the extent that such failures and the underlying causes thereof, individually or in the aggregate,
(i) have not impaired and would not reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect the
ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a timely basis or (ii) have not
materially and adversely affected (and would not be reasonably expected to materially and adversely
affect) the right and ability of Purchaser to receive the full benefits of the Sale and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as contemplated hereunder, and Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Seller by an executive
officer of Seller to such effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations of Seller. Seller shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the
Closing Date, and Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Seller by an
executive officer of Seller to such effect.
(c) Closing Deliverables. Seller shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
Purchaser at the Closing all documents required to be delivered by or on behalf of Seller to
Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.2.
(d) Financing. Contemporaneously with the Closing, Lender shall pay to Seller, on
behalf of Purchaser, the proceeds of the Loan to be made to Purchaser pursuant to the Loan
Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement as such terms and conditions
may be amended with Purchaser’s consent, in its sole discretion.
6.3 Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligation of Seller to effect the Sale is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver
by Seller at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Purchaser
contained in Article IV (considered without regard to any reference to materiality qualifiers such
as “material” or “in all material respects set forth therein”) shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, other than
any failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct to the extent that
such failures and the underlying causes thereof, individually or in the aggregate, (i) have not
impaired and would not reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect the ability of
Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements
or to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a timely basis or (ii) have not materially
and adversely affected (and would not be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect)
the right and ability of Seller to receive the full benefits of the Sale and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as contemplated hereunder, and Seller shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of Purchaser by an executive officer of Purchaser to such effect
(b) Performance of Obligations of Purchaser. Purchaser shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior
to the Closing Date and Seller shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Purchaser by
an executive officer of Purchaser to such effect.
(c) Key Man. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall beneficially own, directly or indirectly, a majority
of the outstanding membership and other equity interests of Purchaser. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall not
have died or become permanently disabled.
(d) Closing Deliverables. Purchaser shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
Seller at the Closing all documents required to be delivered by or on behalf of Purchaser to Seller
pursuant to Section 2.2.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior
to the Closing by mutual written consent of each of Purchaser and Seller.
7.2 Termination by Either Purchaser or Seller. If the Merger Agreement is terminated,
this Agreement may be terminated by either Purchaser or Seller at any time on or after the second
anniversary of the date hereof.
7.3 Termination by Purchaser. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to
the Closing by Purchaser if (i) there has been a breach of or failure to perform any covenant or
agreement made by Seller in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty of Seller shall
have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, in either case such that the conditions in
Sections 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) would not be satisfied; and (ii) such failure is not capable of being
cured or, if capable of being cured, shall not have been cured by Seller by the 30th calendar day
following receipt of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from Purchaser.
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7.4 Termination by Seller. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the
Closing by Seller if (i) there has been a breach of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement
made by Purchaser in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty of Purchaser shall have
become untrue after the date of this Agreement, in either case such that the conditions in Sections
6.3(a) or 6.3(b) would not be satisfied and (ii) such failure is not capable of being cured or, if
capable of being cured, shall not have been cured by Purchaser by the 30th calendar day following
receipt of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from Seller.
7.5 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to
this Article VII, this Agreement (other than as set forth in Section 8.1) shall become void and of
no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto (or of any of its Representatives);
provided, however, except as otherwise provided herein, no such termination shall relieve any party
hereto of any liability or damages resulting from any breach of any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Survival. Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, each of the
representations, warranties, covenants and obligations in this Agreement shall survive and continue
in full force and effect notwithstanding the occurrence of the Closing and the consummation of the
Sale. Each representation and warranty shall expire and terminate on the one year anniversary of
the Closing Date, except that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1 through
Section 3.4 and Section 4.1 through Section 4.4 shall survive indefinitely. All covenants and
obligations of the parties shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect in
accordance with their respective terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time prior to the
one year anniversary of the Closing Date, any Indemnified Person delivers a Claim Notice pursuant
to Section 8.4, then the claim asserted in such Claim Notice and the corresponding representation
and warranty shall survive the one year anniversary of the Closing to the extent and only to the
extent of the claims set forth in such Claim Notice. Section 7.5 and Article IX (Miscellaneous and
General) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The right of a Person to any remedy
pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be affected by any investigation or examination conducted,
or any knowledge possessed or acquired, by such Person at any time concerning any circumstance,
action, omission or event relating to the accuracy or performance of any representation, warranty,
covenant or obligation, or by the waiver of any closing condition contained in this Agreement.
8.2 Indemnification and Reimbursement of Seller Indemnified Persons. Following the
Closing, Purchaser shall (and shall cause the Purchased Entities from and after the Closing,
jointly and severally with Purchaser and the other Purchased Entities, to) indemnify, defend, hold
harmless and reimburse Seller, its Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers,
stockholders, partners, members, attorneys, accountants, agents, representatives and employees and
their heirs, successors and permitted assigns, each in their capacity as such (the “Seller
Indemnified Persons”) from and against each Loss asserted against, or sustained, incurred or
accrued directly or indirectly by, any of them, whether in respect of third party claims, claims
between the parties hereto or otherwise, in connection with, relating to or arising out of:
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(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by Purchaser pursuant to Article IV of
this Agreement for the period such representation or warranty survives;
(b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Purchaser contained in this Agreement;
(c) all Liabilities arising under (i) the Shepardsville Lease and (ii) the Facility Contracts
relating to services provided by third parties in respect of the Shepardsville Warehouse
(collectively, the “Shepardsville Related Contracts”), in each case under clause (i) and
(ii) of this clause (c) in respect of any period from and after the Closing Date;
(d) 70% of any earnout payments that become payable following the Closing by GSI or Seller
upon the achievement of specified financial milestones in accordance with Section 2.9 of the
RueLaLa Merger Agreement;
(e) the guarantees of the performance of any of the Purchased Entities or any Subsidiary of
the Purchased Entities provided by GSI or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) GSI’s obligations under or with respect to (or the taking of any action in relation to)
the RueLaLa Merger Agreement (other than any earnout payments payable following the Closing by GSI
or Seller upon the achievement of specified financial milestones in accordance with Section 2.9 of
the RueLaLa Merger Agreement) and any agreements ancillary thereto, including any breach of the
foregoing agreements;
(g) GSI’s obligations under or with respect to (or the taking of any action in relation to)
the escrow arrangement established in connection with the Fanatics Merger Agreement;
(h) the Purchased Entity Related Liabilities (it being understood that the Seller Indemnified
Persons shall only be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement for 70% of any such Losses in
connection with, relating to or arising out of any Purchased Entity Related Liabilities to the
extent arising out of the conduct of the respective businesses of, or to the extent otherwise
relating to, ShopRunner and RueLaLa); and
(i) any claim against GSI or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person who immediately prior to
the Closing is an employee of any of the Purchased Entities with respect to the termination of
equity awards of GSI in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8.3 Indemnification and Reimbursement of Purchaser Indemnified Persons. Following the
Closing, Seller shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless and reimburse Purchaser, its Affiliates, and
their respective directors, officers, stockholders, partners, members, attorneys, accountants,
agents, representatives and employees and their heirs, successors and permitted assigns, each in
their capacity as such (the “Purchaser Indemnified Persons”) from and against each Loss
asserted against, or sustained, incurred or accrued directly or indirectly by, any of them, whether
in respect of third party claims, claims between the parties hereto or otherwise, in connection
with, relating to or arising out of:
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(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller pursuant to Article III of
this Agreement for the period such representation or warranty survives;
(b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Seller contained in this Agreement;
(c) all Liabilities arising under the Shepardsville Lease and the Shepardsville Related
Contracts to the extent in respect of any period prior to the Closing Date;
(d) the Seller Covered Liabilities.
8.4 Third-Party Claim Indemnification Procedures. (a) In the event that any written
claim or demand for which either party may have liability (such Person, an “Indemnifying
Person”) to any Seller Indemnified Person or Purchaser Indemnified Person, as applicable (such
Person, an “Indemnified Person”), hereunder is asserted against or sought to be collected
from any Indemnified Person by a third party (a “Third-Party Claim”), such Indemnified
Person shall promptly, but in no event more than ten days following such Indemnified Person’s
receipt of a Third-Party Claim, notify the Indemnifying Person in writing of such Third-Party
Claim, the amount or the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then
ascertainable (which estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount of such Third-Party
Claim), any other remedy sought thereunder, any relevant time constraints relating thereto and, to
the extent practicable, any other material details pertaining thereto (a “Claim Notice”);
provided, however, that the failure timely to give a Claim Notice shall affect the rights of an
Indemnified Person hereunder only to the extent that such failure has a prejudicial effect on the
defenses or other rights available to the Indemnifying Person with respect to such Third-Party
Claim. The Indemnifying Person shall have 20 days (or such lesser number of days set forth in the
Claim Notice as may be required by any court proceeding in the event of a litigated matter) after
receipt of the Claim Notice (the “Notice Period”) to notify the Indemnified Person that it
desires to defend the Indemnified Person against such Third-Party Claim.
(b) In the event that the Indemnifying Person notifies the Indemnified Person within the
Notice Period that it desires to defend the Indemnified Person against a Third-Party Claim, the
Indemnifying Person shall have the right to defend the Indemnified Person by appropriate
proceedings and shall have the sole power to direct and control such defense, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person at the Indemnifying Person’s expense. Once the
Indemnifying Person has duly assumed the defense of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Person
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate in any such defense and to employ
separate counsel of its choosing. The Indemnified Person shall participate in any such defense at
its expense unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person are both named parties to
the proceedings and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that representation of
both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them, or (ii) the Indemnified Person assumes the defense of a Third-Party Claim
after the Indemnifying Person has failed to diligently pursue a Third-Party Claim it has assumed,
as provided in the first sentence of Section 8.4(c). The Indemnifying Person shall not, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, settle, compromise or offer to settle or
compromise any Third-Party Claim unless (A) no finding or admission of any violation of Law or any
violation of the rights of any Person by the
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Indemnified Person or any of its Affiliates can be made as the result of such action, and (B)
the sole relief (if any) provided is monetary damages that are reimbursed in full by the
Indemnifying Person.
(c) If the Indemnifying Person (i) elects not to defend the Indemnified Person against a
Third-Party Claim, whether by not giving the Indemnified Person timely notice of its desire to so
defend or otherwise or (ii) after assuming the defense of a Third-Party Claim, fails to take
reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently such Third-Party Claim within five days after
receiving written notice from the Indemnified Person to the effect that the Indemnifying Person has
so failed, the Indemnified Person shall have the right but not the obligation to assume its own
defense, and in such event (A) the Indemnifying Person shall be bound by any action taken, or any
compromise or settlement effected by the Indemnified Person, and (B) to the extent that such
Third-Party Claim is properly subject to indemnification or reimbursement under Section 8.2 or
Section 8.3, all costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Person in defending the Third-Party
Claim (including reasonable legal, accounting and other professional fees and disbursements and
expenses of investigation, preparation and defense) shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Person
as incurred. If the Indemnifying Person has not duly assumed the defense of the Third-Party Claim
within 10 calendar days following its receipt of the Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Person shall
thereafter have no further right to assume or control such defense; it being understood that the
Indemnified Person’s right to indemnification for a Third-Party Claim shall not be adversely
affected by assuming the defense of such Third-Party Claim.
(d) The Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person shall cooperate in order to ensure the
proper and adequate defense of a Third-Party Claim, including by providing access to each other’s
relevant business records and other documents, and employees; it being understood that the costs
and expenses of the Indemnified Person relating thereto shall be considered as Losses.
(e) The Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person shall keep each other informed on a
reasonable basis concerning the status of such Third-Party Claim and any related proceedings at all
stages thereof, and shall render to each other such assistance as they may reasonably require of
each other and shall cooperate with each other in good faith in order to ensure the proper and
adequate defense of such Third-Party Claim. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Indemnified Person in connection therewith shall be reimbursed by the Indemnifying
Person as incurred.
(f) The Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person shall use reasonable efforts to avoid
production of confidential information (consistent with applicable Law and rules of procedure), and
to cause all communications among employees, counsel and others representing any party to a
Third-Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client or work-product
privileges.
8.5 Defense and Indemnification for Third Party IP Infringement Claims. Third Party
IP Claims (as defined below) are subject to this Section 8.5 and are not subject to Section 8.4.
For purposes of this Section 8.5:
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(a) “Existing Third Party IP Claim” means any claim or demand that, as of the date of this
Agreement, a third party has asserted in a Legal Proceeding, or threatened in writing to assert,
against both (i) one or more Purchaser Indemnified Parties and (ii) one or more Seller Indemnified
Parties, based on allegations of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of Intellectual
Property. The claims identified on Schedule 8.5(a) are both Existing Third Party IP Claims.
“Future Third Party IP Claim” means any claim or demand (excluding any Existing Third Party IP
Claim) that a third party asserts in a Legal Proceeding, or threatens in writing to assert, after
the date of this Agreement against both (i) one or more Purchaser Indemnified Parties and (ii) one
or more Seller Indemnified Parties, based on allegations of infringement, misappropriation or other
violations of Intellectual Property.
“Purchaser Indemnified Party” means any customer or client of a Purchaser Indemnifying Party
that is entitled to indemnification by any Purchaser Indemnifying Party, with respect to a third
party claim or demand based on allegations of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of
Intellectual Property arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, the products and services
being developed, offered, marketed, distributed, provided or sold by any Purchaser Indemnifying
Party immediately prior to the Merger Closing or any future versions of such products or services
(but not new and different products or services developed, offered, marketed, distributed, provided
or sold by any Purchaser Indemnifying Party after the Merger Closing).
“Purchaser Indemnifying Party” means any Purchased Entity or any Subsidiary of a Purchased
Entity.
“Seller Indemnified Party” means any customer or client of a Seller Indemnifying Party that is
entitled to indemnification by any Seller Indemnifying Party, with respect to a third party claim
or demand based on allegations of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of
Intellectual Property arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, the products and services
being developed, offered, marketed, distributed, provided or sold by any Seller Indemnifying Party
immediately prior to the Merger Closing or any future versions of such products or services (but
not new and different products or services developed, offered, marketed, distributed, provided or
sold by any Seller Indemnifying Party after the Merger Closing).
“Seller Indemnifying Party” means Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller (other than the Purchased
Entities and their Subsidiaries).
“Third Party IP Claims” means, collectively, Existing Third Party IP Claims and Future Third
Party IP Claims.
(b) Each party hereto shall promptly notify the other party hereto in writing upon becoming
aware of any Third Party IP Claim. As between the Seller Indemnifying Parties and the Purchaser
Indemnifying Parties, the Seller Indemnifying Parties will have the right to conduct and direct the
defense and settlement negotiations related to all Third Party IP Claims, with counsel of their
choice. If the Seller Indemnifying Parties assume control of the defense of a Third Party IP
Claim, then (i) Purchaser shall ensure that the applicable Purchaser
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Indemnifying Parties fully cooperate with the Seller Indemnifying Parties in such defense and
settlement negotiations (including, but not limited to, preserving and providing reasonable access
to documents, information, evidence, and witnesses), and (ii) the Seller Indemnifying Parties may
agree to or reject a settlement of any Third Party IP Claim in their discretion (after consultation
with the applicable Purchaser Indemnifying Parties), except that Purchaser’s approval (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) will be required to accept any settlement of a Third Party
Claim that contains an admission of liability, royalty rate, or valuation or would require a
monetary payment by or restrict any activity of any Purchaser Indemnifying Party. If the Seller
Indemnifying Parties are unable or unwilling to conduct and direct such defense, then the Purchaser
Indemnifying Parties will conduct and direct such defense and (i) Seller shall ensure that the
applicable Seller Indemnifying Parties fully cooperate with the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties in
such defense and settlement negotiations (including, but not limited to, preserving and providing
reasonable access to documents, information, evidence, and witnesses), and (ii) the Purchaser
Indemnifying Parties may agree to or reject a settlement of any Third Party IP Claim in their
discretion (after consultation with the applicable Seller Indemnifying Parties), except that
Seller’s approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) will be required to accept
any settlement of a Third Party Claim that contains an admission of liability, royalty rate, or
valuation or would require a monetary payment by or restrict any activity of any Seller
Indemnifying Party.
(c) As between the Seller Indemnifying Parties and the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties,
responsibility for the total amount of costs and expenses of defending Third Party IP Claims will
be allocated according to the Allocation Percentage (as defined below).
(d) As between the Seller Indemnifying Parties and the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties,
responsibility for any judgment amounts or settlement payments arising from an Existing Third Party
IP Claim will be allocated as follows: (i) the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties will be responsible
for the first $100,000 in judgment amounts or settlement payments arising from such Existing Third
Party IP Claim, and (ii) any additional judgment amounts or settlement payments arising from such
Existing Third Party IP Claim will be allocated according to the Allocation Percentage.
(e) As between the Seller Indemnifying Parties and the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties,
responsibility for any awards of judgment amounts or settlement payments arising from a Future
Third Party IP Claim will be allocated as follows: (i) the Seller Indemnifying Parties will be
responsible for the first $100,000 in judgment amounts or settlement payments arising from such
Future Third Party IP Claim, and (ii) any additional judgment amounts or settlement payments
arising from such Future Third Party IP Claim will be allocated according to the Allocation
Percentage.
(f) For purposes of paragraphs (d) and (e) above, any judgment amounts or settlement payments
(or portions thereof) for which no Seller Indemnified Party and no Purchaser Indemnified Party is
entitled to indemnification or reimbursement from, respectively, a Seller Indemnifying Party or a
Purchaser Indemnifying Party, will be disregarded and excluded from the allocation calculations.
Allocations of costs, expenses, judgment amounts, and settlement payments will be done on a
quarterly basis, with each party reporting to the other
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party the amount of costs and expenses incurred by the first party during such quarter within
forty-five (45) days after the end of such quarter. Any payment owed hereunder will be due within
thirty (30) days after each party has made such report to the other party.
(g) For each Legal Proceeding in which there are one or more Third Party IP Claims:
“Allocation Percentage” means: (i) for the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties, the Purchaser Party
Revenue divided by the Total Revenue; and (ii) for the Seller Indemnifying Parties, the Seller
Party Revenue divided by the Total Revenue;
“Purchaser Party Revenue” means the aggregate amount of the payments received by the Purchaser
Indemnifying Parties from the Purchaser Indemnified Parties (with respect to the products or
services of the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties that are the subject of the Third Party IP Claims)
in the Allocation Period;
“Seller Party Revenue” means the aggregate amount of the payments received by the Seller
Indemnifying Parties from the Seller Indemnified Parties (with respect to the products or services
of the Seller Indemnifying Parties that are the subject of the Third Party IP Claims) in the
Allocation Period;
“Total Revenue” means the sum of the Purchaser Party Revenue and the Seller Party Revenue;
“Filing Date” means the date on which the complaint containing the first such Third Party IP
Claim was first filed; and
“Allocation Period” means (a) if each Purchaser Indemnified Party was a customer of a
Purchaser Indemnifying Party for at least one year before the Filing Date, and each Seller
Indemnified Party was a customer of a Seller Indemnified Party for at least one year before the
Filing Date, the one year period of time ending on the Filing Date; and otherwise (b) the longest
period of time, ending on the Filing Date, in which each Purchaser Indemnified Party was a customer
of a Purchaser Indemnifying Party and each Seller Indemnified Party was a customer of a Seller
Indemnified Party.
For example, if the Purchaser Party Revenue were $5 million and the Seller Party Revenue were
$20 million, then (i) twenty percent (20%) of the costs and expenses would be allocated to the
Purchaser Indemnifying Parties and eighty percent (80%) of the costs and expenses would be
allocated to the Seller Indemnifying Parties; (ii) the Purchaser Indemnifying Parties would be
responsible the first $100,000 in judgment amounts or settlement payments attributable to Existing
Third Party IP Claims and twenty percent (20%) of any additional judgment amounts or settlement
payments attributable to Existing Third Party IP Claims, and the Seller Indemnifying Parties would
be responsible for eighty percent (80%) of any additional judgment amounts or settlement payments
attributable to Existing Third Party IP Claims; and (iii) the Seller Indemnifying Parties would be
responsible for the first $100,000 in judgment amounts or settlement payments attributable to
Future Third Party IP Claims and eighty percent (80%) of any additional judgment amounts or
settlement payments attributable to Future Third Party IP Claims, and the Purchaser Indemnifying
Parties would be responsible for twenty percent
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(20%) of any additional judgment amounts or settlement payments attributable to Future Third
Party IP Claims.
8.6 Characterization of Indemnification Payments. Any payment to be made to any
Indemnified Person by any Indemnifying Person under this Article VIII shall be treated as an
adjustment to the purchase price of the Purchased Interests for all Tax purposes to the extent
permitted by applicable Law.
8.7 Indemnification Payments. For the avoidance of doubt and without limitation of
anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, the determination at any time of the amount of any
Losses for which Seller is entitled to reimbursement and indemnification by Purchaser pursuant to
Section 8.2 shall be grossed up to take into account, to the extent reasonably appropriate, the
diminution in the value of the RueLaLa Common Stock and ShopRunner Common Stock held by Purchaser
at such time by virtue of RueLaLa or ShopRunner having made such payment to Seller.
8.8 Limitation on Liability. Purchaser shall not be liable to the Seller Indemnified
Persons for any Losses with respect to the matters contained in Section 8.2(a), and Seller shall
not be liable to the Purchaser Indemnified Persons for any Losses with respect to the matters
contained in Section 8.3(a), unless and until the Losses therefrom exceed an aggregate amount equal
to $1,000,000 (the “Basket Amount”) and then only for Losses in excess of the Basket
Amount; provided that any Losses for which the Seller Indemnified Persons or Purchaser Indemnified
Persons are entitled to reimbursement and indemnification under Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.3(a) in
respect of any individual inaccuracy or breach (or multiple inaccuracies or breaches of the same
representation or warranty or of different representations and warranties, but based on similar
events, conditions, facts or circumstances) must exceed $10,000.
8.9 Specific Performance. Each of Purchaser and Seller acknowledges and agrees that
any breach of Section 5.3(a) or Section 5.3(b) would give rise to irreparable harm for which
monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy. Each of Purchaser and Seller accordingly agrees
that, in addition to other remedies, the other party shall be entitled to enforce the terms of
Section 5.3(a) or Section 5.3(b), as applicable, by decree of specific performance without the
necessity of proving the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy or the posting of any bond and
to obtain injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach of Section 5.3(a) or Section
5.3(b), as applicable.
ARTICLE IX
TAX MATTERS
9.1 Tax Indemnification and Reimbursement of Seller Indemnified Persons.
(a) Following the Closing, subject to Section 9.1(b), Purchaser shall (and shall cause the
Purchased Entities from and after the Closing, jointly and severally with Purchaser and the other
Purchased Entities, to) indemnify, defend, hold harmless and reimburse the Seller Indemnified
Persons from and against all Taxes actually paid by GSI that are related or attributable to the
Purchased Entities (excluding, for the avoidance of any doubt, any Taxes on any gains attributable
to the sale of the Purchased Interests), regardless of the taxable period to
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which such Taxes relate. For purposes of calculating the income Taxes that are related or
attributable to a Purchased Entity with respect to a taxable period ending on or prior to the
Closing Date during which such Purchased Entity was a member of a consolidated, combined or unitary
group, such income Taxes shall be deemed equal to the income Taxes for which such Purchased Entity
would have been liable if it had filed a separate income Tax Return during such period, computed by
employing the methods and principles of accounting, elections and conventions actually used in the
determination of the income tax liability of such group.
(b) With respect to Taxes that are related to or attributable to RueLaLa or ShopRunner,
Purchaser’s indemnification obligation under Section 9.1(a) shall be limited to 70% (or if at the
time of such indemnification payment the Seller owns less than 30% of either of such company, then
such limit shall be increased by the difference between 30% and the percentage so owned) if the
indemnification payment with respect thereto is made by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (other
than RueLaLa or ShopRunner).
9.2 Tax Indemnification and Reimbursement of Purchaser Indemnified Persons. Following
the Closing, Seller shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless and reimburse the Purchaser Indemnified
Persons from and against all Taxes that are related or attributable to Seller, GSI or any of their
respective Affiliates other than those that are related or attributable to the Purchased Entities
as determined under Section 9.1, regardless of the taxable period to which such Taxes relate.
9.3 Tax Returns. Seller shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed
(a) all Tax Returns for the Purchased Entities that are due on or before the Closing Date and (b)
all consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns that include a Purchased Entity with respect to a
taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, regardless of when such Tax Returns are due.
Purchaser shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed all Tax Returns for the
Purchased Entities other than those described in the preceding sentence.
9.4 Tax Cooperation. From and after the Closing Date, each party hereto shall,
and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide the other party with such cooperation, documentation and
information as either of them reasonably may request in connection with (a) filing any Tax Return,
(b) determining a liability for Taxes or an indemnity or obligation under this Article IX, (c)
preparing for any audit or the defense of any audit or other Tax proceeding, provided, however,
that Purchaser shall have the right to control any audit or other Tax proceeding related to Taxes
for which it has an indemnification obligation under Section 9.1(a), or (d) preparing any financial
statements or regulatory filings with respect to the Purchased Entities. Such cooperation and
information shall include providing copies of all relevant portions of relevant Tax Returns,
together with all relevant accompanying schedules and work papers (or portions thereof) and other
supporting documentation, providing each party with reasonable access to employees, consultants,
third-party advisors and auditors, and providing any needed powers of attorney or Tax forms or
certificates needed to establish an exemption from Tax; provided, however, that none of the parties
or any of their Affiliates shall be required to disclose to the other party, any Tax Returns or
accompanying schedules and work papers (or portions thereof) relating to any consolidated, combined
or unitary group, except for a pro forma copy of any such Tax Return, schedule or work paper that
does not directly relate to a Purchased Entity.
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9.5 Treatment of Indemnification Payments. Any payment to be made to any Indemnified
Person by any Indemnifying Person under Article VIII or this Article IX shall be treated as an
adjustment to the purchase price of the Purchased Interests for all Tax purposes to the extent
permitted by applicable Law.
9.6 Exclusivity. Notwithstanding any other provision in this agreement to the
contrary all matters relating to Taxes (other than Taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of
the Purchased Interests covered in Section 2.1) covered in this Article IX shall be governed
exclusively by the provisions of this Article IX.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
10.1 Modification or Amendment. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Law, at
any time prior to the Closing, the parties hereto may only modify or amend this Agreement by a
written agreement, specifically referring to this Agreement, executed and delivered by duly
authorized officers of Purchaser and Seller.
10.2 Waiver of Conditions. At any time prior to the Closing, any party hereto may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of any other party
hereto or (b) waive compliance with any of the agreements of any other party or any conditions to
its own obligations, in each case only to the extent such obligations, agreements and conditions
are intended for its benefit and to the extent permitted by applicable Law. Any such extension or
waiver shall be binding upon a party only if such extension or waiver is set forth in a writing
executed by such party and shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which it is granted. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power
or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise
thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.
10.3
GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE
IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF. EACH PARTY
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO
INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY
HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS
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CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY,
AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.3.
10.4
Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto agrees that it shall bring any action
or proceeding in respect of any claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or the
transactions contained in or contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
exclusively in the
Delaware Chancery Court or, if the
Delaware Chancery Court lacks jurisdiction in
any such action or proceeding, in the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of the
United States of America located in the State of Delaware (the “
Chosen Courts”), and solely
in connection with claims arising under this Agreement or the transactions that are the subject of
this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements (i) irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in any action or
proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an
inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party hereto and (iv) agrees that service
of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given
in accordance with Section 10.5. Each party hereto irrevocably designates CT Corporation as its
agent and attorney-in-fact for the acceptance of service of process and making an appearance on its
behalf in any such claim or proceeding and for the taking of all such acts as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to confer jurisdiction over it before the Chosen Courts, and each party hereto
stipulates that such consent and appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
10.5 Notices. All notices and communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been
duly given and made if in writing and if served by personal delivery upon the party for whom it is
intended or delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or if sent by
facsimile or email, provided that the facsimile or email is promptly confirmed by telephone
confirmation thereof, to the Person at the address set forth below, or such other address as may be
designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person:
if to Purchaser to:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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if to Seller to:
General Counsel’s Office
eBay Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
10.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any exhibits and schedules hereto)
and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior
agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both written and oral, among the
parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
10.7 No Assignment or Benefit to Third Parties. Subject to Section 10.8, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. No party to this Agreement may assign any
of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement, by operation of Law or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, except as provided in
Section 10.9 and except that Purchaser may assign any and all of its rights under this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement to one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries (but no such assignment
shall relieve Purchaser of any of its obligations hereunder). Nothing in this Agreement, express
or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person other than Purchaser, Seller, (in the case of
Section 8.2 or Section 8.3 only) the Seller Indemnified Persons and the Purchaser Indemnified
Persons, the Persons entitled to the benefit of the corporate guarantees from GSI and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.11, the Persons entitled to the benefit of the guarantee from
Seller pursuant to Section 5.12, and their respective successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
10.8 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability or
the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any
Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision
shall be substituted therefore in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the
intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this
Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be
affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other
jurisdiction.
10.9 Fulfillment of Obligation. Any obligation of any party to any other party under
this Agreement, or any of the Ancillary Agreements, which obligation is performed, satisfied or
fulfilled completely by an Affiliate of such party, shall be deemed to have been performed,
satisfied or fulfilled by such party. Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Seller to
take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Seller
to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
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10.10 Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall use reasonable efforts to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fulfill and cause to be fulfilled the
conditions to Closing under this Agreement. Each party hereto, at the reasonable request of
another party hereto, shall execute and deliver, or cause to be delivered, such further
certificates, instruments and other documents, and to take, or cause to be taken, such further
actions as may be necessary or desirable for effecting the consummation of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
10.11 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, each of the parties shall bear its own
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement (including the preparation,
negotiation and performance hereof) and the transactions contemplated hereby (including fees and
disbursements of attorneys, accountants, agents, representatives and financial and other advisors).
10.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all
of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to each other party. Copies of
executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission service
shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 10.12; provided
that receipt of copies of such counterparts is confirmed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto
as of the date first written above.
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Exhibit A
RueLaLa Stockholders Agreement
by and among
RUELALA, INC.,
NRG COMMERCE, LLC
and
EBAY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of [•], 2011
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Definitions
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Section 2.10 Acknowledgment |
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Annex A — Definitions
Exhibit A — Adoption Agreement
Exhibit B — Consent of Spouse
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THIS
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “
Stockholders’ Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
this [
•] day of [
•], 2011, by and among RueLaLa, Inc. (formerly known as Retail Convergence, Inc.),
a Delaware corporation (the “
Company”), NRG Commerce, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “
NRG Holder”), eBay Domestic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
EDH Holder”) and any
subsequent stockholders, or any transferees, who become parties hereto pursuant to Section 14.1
below (the “
Other Holders”, and collectively with the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder, the
“
Stockholders”).
RECITALS
A. The NRG Holder and the EDH Holder are parties to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 27, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the NRG Holder has agreed to acquire
70% of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value US$0.001 per share, of
the Company (the “Common Stock”), with the EDH Holder holding the remaining 30% of the total issued
and outstanding shares of the Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; and
B. In connection with the Purchase Agreement and as a condition to consummating the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the parties hereto desire to enter into this
Stockholders’ Agreement in order to set forth certain rights and obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the mutual promises and
covenants set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.2 Interpretation.
(b) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this
Stockholders’
Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(c) The words “hereby,” “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall,
unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this
Stockholders’ Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Stockholders’ Agreement. Whenever reference is made in this
Stockholders’ Agreement to any Article, Section, Annex or Exhibit, such reference shall be deemed
to apply to the specified Article or Section of this Stockholders’ Agreement or the specified Annex
or Exhibit to this Stockholders’ Agreement.
(d) The meaning assigned to each term defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
singular and plural forms of such term, and words denoting any gender shall include all genders.
Where a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a
corresponding meaning.
(e) Reference to any law means as amended, modified, codified, replaced or re-enacted, in
whole or in part, and in effect on the date hereof, including rules, regulations, enforcement
procedures and any interpretations promulgated thereunder. References to any contract or document
means as amended, novated, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time and in effect on
the date hereof, unless the context requires otherwise.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors and Voting Provisions
Section 2.1 Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted,
all Shares (as defined below) owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting
control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure
that the size of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall be set and remain at
five (5) directors.
Section 2.2 Company Board Composition. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to
be voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control,
from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that, at
each annual or special meeting of Stockholders at which an election of directors is held or
pursuant to any written consent of the Stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the
Board:
(a) The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO Director”); provided that, if for any
reason the CEO Director shall cease to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, each of
the Stockholders shall promptly vote their respective Shares (i) to remove the former Chief
Executive Officer from the Board if such individual has not resigned as a member of the Board; and
(ii) to elect such individual’s replacement as Chief Executive Officer of the Company as the new
CEO Director;
(b) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx;
(c) Two (2) individuals designated by the NRG Holder for so long as the NRG Holder alone, or
collectively with its transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer and its Affiliates, owns thirty
percent (30%) or more of the Shares then outstanding (together with Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, the “NRG
Holder Designees”); and
(d) One (1) individual designated by the EDH Holder (the “EDH Holder Company Designee”), which
individual shall initially be Xxxxxx X. Xxxx.
(e) To the extent the NRG Holder no longer qualifies to appoint two (2) individuals to the
Board under clause (c) above, such two (2) individuals shall be appointed by majority vote of the
Stockholders. To the extent the EDH Holder exercises its right to appoint the Board Observer
(defined below) in lieu of its right to appoint one (1) individual under clause
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(d) above, such one (1) individual shall be appointed by the NRG Holder or, in the case where
the immediately preceding sentence applies, by majority vote of the Stockholders.
Section 2.3 Subsidiary Governing Body Composition. The EDH Holder shall have the
right to designate one (1) individual to the board of directors or similar governing body of each
and every Subsidiary of the Company (each, an “EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee”).
Section 2.4 Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation by
the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder as specified in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3, the director or
directors (or in the case of Section 2.3, such individual appointed to the governing body, as
applicable) previously designated by the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder, as applicable, and then
serving shall be reelected if still eligible to serve as provided herein.
Section 2.5 Actions of Stockholders. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be
voted, all Shares owned by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control,
from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:
(a) no director who is a NRG Holder Designee may be removed from office unless such removal is
directed or approved by the NRG Holder;
(b) no director who is an EDH Holder Company Designee may be removed from office unless such
removal is directed or approved by the Other Holder;
(c) following the resignation, removal or death of a director who is a NRG Holder Designee,
the NRG Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor director and such nominee shall be
appointed as a member of the Board, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Article
II;
(d) following the resignation, removal or death of a director who is an EDH Holder Company
Designee, the EDH Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor director and such nominee
shall be appointed as a member of the Board, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this
Article II;
(e) upon the request of the NRG Holder to remove any director who is a NRG Holder Designee,
such director shall be removed;
(f) upon the request of the EDH Holder to remove any director who is an EDH Holder Company
Designee, such director shall be removed; and
(g) no NRG Holder Designee (other than Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx) remains in office after the NRG
Holder no longer qualifies for appointment rights under Section 2.2(c).
Section 2.6 Actions of the Company.
(a) The Company agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all voting securities of its
Subsidiaries owned directly or indirectly by the Company, or over which the Company has voting
control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure
that:
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(i) each EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee is elected to the governing body of each
Subsidiary of the Company as designated by the EDH Holder under Section 2.3;
(ii) no individual who is a EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee may be removed from office
unless such removal is directed or approved by the EDH Holder;
(iii) following the resignation, removal or death of an individual who is a EDH Holder
Subsidiary Designee, the EDH Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor individual
and such nominee shall be appointed as a member of the governing body of the applicable
Subsidiary of the Company, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Article
II; and
(iv) upon the request of the EDH Holder to remove any individual who is an EDH Holder
Subsidiary Designee, such individual shall be removed.
(b) The Company agrees at the request of any party entitled to designate directors to call a
special meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.
Section 2.7 No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors. No Stockholder, nor
any Affiliate of any Stockholder, shall have any liability as a result of designating an individual
for election to the Board or similar governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company for any act or
omission by such designated individual in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or similar
governing body of any Subsidiary, nor shall any Stockholder or Affiliate of any Stockholder have
any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in accordance with the provisions of this
Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 2.8 Quorum.
(a) For so long as the EDH Holder Company Designee serves on the Board, the presence of the
EDH Holder Company Designee shall be required to constitute a quorum of the Board; provided,
however, that if the EDH Holder Company Designee is not present at any two (2) consecutive meetings
of the Board, then the presence of the EDH Holder Company Designee shall not be required to
constitute a quorum of the Board for the following meeting of the Board.
(b) For so long as any EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee serves on the board of directors or
similar governing body of any Subsidiary, the presence of such EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee shall
be required to constitute a quorum of such governing body; provided, however, that if such EDH
Holder Subsidiary Designee is not present at any two (2) consecutive meetings of such governing
body, then the presence of such EDH Holder Company Designee shall not be required to constitute a
quorum of such governing body for the following meeting of such governing body.
Section 2.9 Observer Rights.
(a) In lieu of appointing any EDH Holder Company Designee to the Board, the EDH Holder may
appoint a representative of the EDH Holder chosen by the EDH Holder in
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its sole discretion (the “Board Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board and all
committees thereof (whether in person, telephonic or other) in a non-voting, observer capacity, and
in this respect the Company shall provide to the Board Observer complete copies of all notices,
minutes, consents and other materials that are sent to the members of the Board or any committee
thereof, at the same time such notices, minutes, consents and other materials are provided to the
Company’s directors; provided, however, that such Board Observer shall agree to hold in confidence
and trust all information so provided; and provided further that the Company reserves the right to
withhold any information and to exclude such Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if
access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client
privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a
conflict of interest.
(b) In lieu of appointing any EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee to the governing body of any
Subsidiary of the Company, the EDH Holder may appoint a representative of the EDH Holder chosen by
the EDH Holder in its sole discretion (in each case, a “Subsidiary Observer”) to attend all
meetings of the governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company and all committees thereof (whether
in person, telephonic or other) in a non-voting, observer capacity, and in this respect such
Subsidiary of the Company shall provide to the Subsidiary Observer complete copies of all notices,
minutes, consents and other materials that are sent to the members of the governing body of such
Subsidiary of the Company or any committee thereof, at the same time such notices, minutes,
consents and other materials are provided to such to the members of such Subsidiary’s governing
body; provided, however, that such Subsidiary Observer shall agree to hold in confidence and trust
all information so provided; and provided further that the Company reserves the right to withhold
any information and to exclude such Subsidiary Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if
access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client
privilege between such Subsidiary and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a
conflict of interest.
Section 2.10 Acknowledgment. Each of the Company and the NRG Holder recognizes and
acknowledges that the EDH Holder and its Affiliates may now or in the future be engaged in the
research, development, production, marketing, licensing and/or sale of similar services or products
to those being researched, developed, produced, marketed, licensed and/or sold by the Company, its
Subsidiaries and/or the NRG Holder. The services or products of the EDH Holder and its Affiliates
may be competitive with those of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the NRG Holder and may
display the same or similar functionality. Nothing in this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be
construed to prevent the EDH Holder and its Affiliates from engaging independently in such
activities; provided that the EDH Holder and its Affiliates do not use the Company’s Highly
Proprietary Information (defined below) in order to do so.
(a) Each of the Company, the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder hereby acknowledge and agree that
the Company does not intend to provide the EDH Holder and its Affiliates, and the EDH
Holder and its Affiliates do not intend to receive, any Highly Proprietary Information from
the Company. For clarity, the following provisions are included if and only if the Company, the
NRG Holder and the EDH Holder and its Affiliates desire that the Company disclose any Highly
Proprietary Information from the Company. Accordingly, prior to any disclosure to the EDH Holder
and its Affiliates (including by way of disclosure to any EDH
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Holder Company Designee, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee, Board Observer or Subsidiary
Observers) of any Highly Proprietary Information, the Company shall either (i) if in a tangible
form, clearly xxxx such information as Highly Proprietary Information at the time of disclosure,
and receive the EDH Holder’s (or its EDH Holder Company Designee’s, EDH Holder Subsidiary
Designee’s, Board Observer’s or Subsidiary Observers’) express written consent to receive such
information prior to its delivery; or (ii) if oral, verbally indicate such information is Highly
Proprietary Information at the time of disclosure and receive the EDH Holder’s (or its EDH Holder
Company Designee’s, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee’s, Board Observer’s or Subsidiary Observers’)
express consent to receive such information prior to discussing it. Nothing contained in this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be construed as preventing EDH Holder’s or its Affiliates’ employees
and agents (including its EDH Holder Company Designee, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee, Board
Observer or Subsidiary Observers) who had access to Highly Proprietary Information from using such
information as part of their general skill, knowledge, talent and expertise.
(b) For purposes of this Stockholders’ Agreement, the term “Highly Proprietary Information”
means (i) the Company’s trade secrets; and (ii) such other highly confidential and proprietary
information that is material to the Company’s products and services (not including ordinary course
confidential business, financial and commercial information). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement, “Highly Proprietary Information” shall not
include information, and none of the EDH Holder or its Affiliates shall have any obligations to the
Company with respect to any information, that: (A) is now or hereafter becomes publicly available
through no act or failure to act on the part of the EDH Holder or its Affiliates; (B) a third party
furnishes or has furnished to the EDH Holder or its Affiliates if, to the knowledge of the EDH
Holder or its Affiliates after reasonable inquiry, such third party is not breaching any obligation
of confidentiality by disclosing such information to the EDH Holder or its Affiliates; (C) the EDH
Holder or its Affiliates have independently developed without using the Company’s Highly
Proprietary Information; or (D) the Company gives written permission to the EDH Holder or its
Affiliates to disclose.
Section 2.11 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article II shall expire on
the earlier of (a) the closing of a Qualified IPO; and (b) with respect to any particular
provision, the last date permitted by applicable law (including the rules of the SEC and any
exchange, quotation service or other market upon which Securities of the Company are listed).
ARTICLE III
Related Party and Other Transactions
Section 3.1 Related Party Transactions. For as long as the EDH Holder owns at least
five percent (5%) of the then outstanding Shares, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall, without the prior written consent of the EDH Holder, enter into or agree to enter into any
contract, transaction or arrangement with the NRG Holder or any of its Affiliates, other than:
(a) contracts, transactions or arrangements between the Company and one or more of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
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(b) contracts, transactions or arrangements that are entered into on an arms’ length basis in
the ordinary course of business and on terms and conditions generally offered by the Company, any
of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, the NRG Holder or any of its Affiliates to third parties;
(c) contracts, transactions or arrangements that are fair from a financial point of view to
the Company and/or its relevant Subsidiaries, as determined by the Board, after consultation with
an independent financial advisor;
(d) the declaration and payment of dividends to the Stockholders in accordance with their
equity interests in the Company; and
(e) the Management Agreement.
Section 3.2 Compensation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall pay
or agree to pay more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) (excluding compensation accrued as
of the Closing), in the aggregate, to employees, independent contractors, consultants, advisors or
others who had or have any relationship with the Company except on account of services performed on
or after the Closing.
Section 3.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of Section 3.1 shall expire on the
closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE IV
Rights to Future Stock Issuances
Section 4.1 Preemptive Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IV
and applicable securities laws, if the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company proposes to offer
or sell any New Securities, the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company shall first offer such
New Securities to each Stockholder then existing.
(a) The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Stockholder, stating (i) its or
any Subsidiary of the Company’s bona fide intention to offer such New Securities; (ii) the number
of such New Securities to be offered; and (iii) the price and terms upon which it proposes to offer
such New Securities.
(b) By notification to the Company within ten (10) Business Days after the Offer Notice is
given (the “Option Period”), each Stockholder may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the
price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities
which equals the proportion that the shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly
or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then
held by such Stockholder bears to the total shares of Common Stock then outstanding (assuming full
conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Derivative Securities then outstanding). If the
total number of New Securities set forth in the Offer Notice is not fully subscribed by the
Stockholders upon expiration of the Option Period, the Company shall promptly provide written
notice of the number of unsubscribed New Securities (the “Overallotment Notice”) to the
Stockholders electing to participate in the offering of New Securities. By notification to the
Company within seven (7) Business Days after the
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Overallotment Notice is given (the “Overallotment Period”), each Stockholder entitled to
receive the Overallotment Notice may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on
the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such additional New Securities which
equals the proportion that the shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or
indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then held
by such Stockholder bears to the total shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable
(directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative
Securities then held by all Stockholders entitled to receive the Overallotment Notice. The closing
of any sale pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall occur on the later of (i) thirty (30) days of the
date that the Offer Notice or, if applicable, the Overallotment Notice is given; and (ii) the date
of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 4.1(c).
(c) If all New Securities the Stockholders are entitled to purchase under this Section 4.1 are
not elected to be purchased as provided in clause (b) of this Section 4.1, the Company may, during
the one hundred and eighty (180) day period following the expiration of the Overallotment Period,
offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons
at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in
the Offer Notice. If the Company does not consummate the sale of the New Securities within such
period, the rights of Stockholders to subscribe to the issuance of such New Securities provided
hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first
reoffered to the Stockholders in accordance with this Section 4.1.
Section 4.2 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article IV shall expire on
the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE V
Right of First Refusal
Section 5.1 Right of First Refusal.
(a) Grant.
(i) The NRG Holder (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant
to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the EDH Holder a
Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed
Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered on or before January 1, 2015
pursuant to the terms of this Section 5.1.
(ii) The EDH Holder (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and its transferees
pursuant to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the NRG
Holder a Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a
Proposed Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered on or before
January 1, 2015 pursuant to the terms of this Section 5.1.
(iii) For purposes of this Article V, the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder (and each of
their respective Affiliates and any other transferees pursuant to an Exempt
Transfer), as the case may be, proposing to make a Proposed Transfer is referred to as the
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ROFR Selling Stockholder, and the EDH Holder or the NRG Holder, as the case may be,
entitled to a Right of First Refusal with respect to a Proposed Transfer by the ROFR Selling
Stockholder pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i) or Section 5.1(a)(ii) is referred to as the ROFR
Stockholder.
(b) Proposed Transfer Notice and Exercise of Right of First Refusal.
(i) If the ROFR Selling Stockholder desires to engage in or effect a Proposed Transfer,
the ROFR Selling Stockholder shall first deliver to the Company and the ROFR Stockholder a
Proposed Transfer Notice of its bona fide intention of a Proposed Transfer. Such Proposed
Transfer Notice shall contain (A) the number of and type of Securities included in the
Proposed Transfer (the “ROFR Offered Securities”); (B) the per unit cash value of the
consideration to be received in the Proposed Transfer (the “ROFR Offer Price”), including
the form of consideration (if other than cash); (C) the name and address of the Proposed
Transferee; (D) the date the Proposed Transfer is expected to be entered into or otherwise
consummated, if known; (E) any binding or non-binding documentation entered into with such
Proposed Transferee in connection with the Proposed Transfer (or negotiated drafts thereof);
and (F) any other material terms and conditions of the Proposed Transfer. Delivery of a
Proposed Transfer Notice shall constitute an offer by the ROFR Selling Stockholder,
irrevocable through and including the Offer Date to transfer to the ROFR Stockholder,
subject to the terms of this Section 5.1, all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities,
each unit at the ROFR Offer Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the
Proposed Transfer Notice.
(ii) During the ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such Proposed Transfer
Notice (such tenth day, for the purposes of this Section 5.1, the “ROFR Offer Date”), the
ROFR Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, each unit at the
ROFR Offer Price, all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities (the “Right of First
Refusal”) by delivery of a written notice (the “ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice”) to the
ROFR Selling Stockholder setting forth (A) its irrevocable election to purchase from the
ROFR Selling Stockholder all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities (the “ROFR
Accepted Securities”); (B) closing arrangements; and (C) a closing date not more than
forty-five (45) days following the ROFR Offer Date. The ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice
shall constitute a binding commitment of the ROFR Stockholder to purchase, and a binding
commitment of the ROFR Selling Stockholder to transfer the ROFR Accepted Securities, each
unit at the ROFR Offer Price. The ROFR Selling Stockholder shall transfer to the ROFR
Stockholder the ROFR Accepted Securities, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and shall
deliver to the ROFR Stockholder such other documents and instruments of transfer as the ROFR
Stockholder may reasonably request.
(iii) If the ROFR Stockholder fails to respond to the Proposed Transfer Notice by the
ROFR Offer Date, delivers a ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice electing to purchase less
than all of the Offered Securities or elects by written notice to the ROFR Selling
Stockholder not to purchase any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities, the ROFR Selling
Stockholder, or its applicable Affiliate or transferee, shall
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be free to transfer such portion of the ROFR Offered Securities which are not ROFR
Accepted Securities to the Proposed Transferee, each unit at the ROFR Offer Price and on
terms and conditions no more favorable to the Proposed Transferee than were set forth in the
Proposed Transfer Notice; provided that such Proposed Transfer is consummated within 180
days after the ROFR Offer Date. In the event that the ROFR Selling Stockholder, or its
applicable Affiliate or transferee, does not consummate such transfer within such 180 day
period, the rights of the ROFR Stockholder to purchase all or any portion of Securities
included in a Proposed Transfer provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such
Securities shall not be transferred to the Proposed Transferee or any other Person, other
than those permitted under Section 5.2, unless reoffered to the ROFR Stockholder in
accordance with this Section 5.1.
(iv) The receipt of consideration by any ROFR Selling Stockholder selling Securities in
payment for the transfer of such Securities pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder that: (A) such ROFR Selling
Stockholder has full right, title and interest in and to such Securities; (B) such ROFR
Selling Stockholder has all necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary
actions to sell such Securities as contemplated by this Section 5.1; and (C) such Securities
are free and clear of any Encumbrances.
(c) Consideration. Should the ROFR Offer Price specified in the Proposed Transfer
Notice be payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the ROFR Stockholder
shall have the right to pay the ROFR Offer Price in the form of cash equal in amount to the fair
market value of such property, determined on a per unit basis with respect to each ROFR Offered
Security. If the ROFR Stockholder objects to the ROFR Selling Stockholder’s calculation of the
ROFR Offer Price and the parties are unable to agree on the calculation of the Offer Price within
seven (7) days after the ROFR Stockholder’s receipt of the Proposed Transfer Notice, the valuation
of the fair market value of such property shall be made by an independent financial advisor jointly
selected by the ROFR Selling Stockholder and the ROFR Stockholder. The determination made by such
independent financial advisor shall be binding on both the ROFR Selling Stockholder and the ROFR
Stockholder and the cost of such valuation shall be shared equally by the ROFR Selling Stockholder
and the ROFR Stockholder. The ten (10) Business Day period set forth in Section 5.1(b)(ii) shall
not begin to run until such dispute is resolved either by an agreement between the ROFR Selling
Stockholder and the ROFR Stockholder or by the independent financial advisor.
Section 5.2 Exempt Transfers. The provisions of Section 5.1 shall not apply to Exempt
Transfers; provided that any transferee obtaining Securities in an Exempt Transfer shall remain
bound by the terms of this Section 5.1.
Section 5.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article V shall expire on the
earlier of (i) the closing of a Qualified IPO or (ii) the full repayment of the principal of, and
any interest on, the Loan (as defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Right of First Offer
Section 6.1 Right of First Offer.
(a) Grant.
(i) The NRG Holder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant to
an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the EDH Holder a Right
of First Offer to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed Transfer;
provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered after January 1, 2015 pursuant to the
terms of this Section 6.1.
(ii) The EDH Holder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant
to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the NRG Holder a
Right of First Offer to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed
Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered after January 1, 2015
pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.1.
(iii) For purposes of this Article VI, the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder (and each of
their respective Affiliates and any other transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer), as
the case may be, proposing to make a Proposed Transfer is referred to as the ROFO Selling
Stockholder, and the EDH Holder or the NRG Holder, as the case may be, entitled to a Right
of First Offer with respect to a Proposed Transfer by the ROFO Selling Stockholder pursuant
to Section 6.1(a)(i) or Section 6.1(a)(ii) is referred to as the ROFO Stockholder.
(b) Proposed Transfer Notice and Exercise of Right of First Offer.
(i) If the ROFO Selling Stockholder desires to engage in or effect a Proposed Transfer,
the ROFO Selling Stockholder shall first deliver to the Company and the ROFO Stockholder a
Proposed Transfer Notice of its bona fide intention of a Proposed Transfer. Such Proposed
Transfer Notice shall contain (A) the number of and type of Securities included in the
Proposed Transfer (the “ROFO Offered Securities”); (B) the per unit cash value of the
consideration to be received in the Proposed Transfer (the “ROFO Offer Price”), including
the form of consideration (if other than cash); and (C) any other material terms and
conditions of the Proposed Transfer. Delivery of a Proposed Transfer Notice shall
constitute an offer by the ROFO Selling Stockholder, irrevocable through and including the
ROFO Offer Date to transfer to the ROFO Stockholder, subject to the terms of this Section
6.1, all or any portion of the ROFO Offered Securities, each unit at the ROFO Offer Price
and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice.
(ii) During the ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such Proposed Transfer
Notice (such tenth Business Day, for the purposes of this Section 6.1, the “ROFO Offer
Date”), the ROFO Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, each
unit at the ROFO Offer Price, all or any portion of the
ROFO Offered Securities (the “Right of First Offer”) by delivery of a written notice
(the
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“ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice”) to the ROFO Selling Stockholder setting forth (A)
its irrevocable election to purchase from the ROFO Selling Stockholder all or any portion of
the ROFO Offered Securities (the “ROFO Accepted Securities”); (B) closing arrangements; and
(C) a closing date not more than forty-five (45) days following the ROFO Offer Date. The
ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice shall constitute a binding commitment of the ROFO
Stockholder to purchase, and a binding commitment of the ROFO Selling Stockholder to
transfer the ROFO Accepted Securities, each unit at the ROFO Offer Price. The ROFO Selling
Stockholder shall transfer to the ROFO Stockholder the Accepted Shares, free and clear of
all Encumbrances, and shall deliver to the ROFO Stockholder such other documents and
instruments of transfer as the ROFO Stockholder may reasonably request.
(iii) If the ROFO Stockholder fails to respond to the Proposed Transfer Notice by the
Offer Date, or elects by written notice to the ROFO Selling Stockholder (a “ROFO Stockholder
Election Notice”) not to purchase any portion of the ROFO Offered Securities, the ROFO
Selling Stockholder, or its applicable Affiliate or transferee, shall be free to transfer
such portion of the ROFO Offered Securities which are not Accepted Securities in any manner
permitted by this Stockholders’ Agreement; provided that (x) such Proposed Transfer is
consummated within 180 days after the later of (A) the ROFO Offer Date, or (B) the receipt
by the ROFO Selling Stockholder of the foregoing ROFO Stockholder Election Notice, and (y)
the per unit price at which the ROFO Offered Securities are transferred must be equal to or
higher than the Offer Price. In the event that the ROFO Selling Stockholder, or its
applicable Affiliate or transferee, does not consummate such transfer within such 180-day
period, the rights of the ROFO Stockholder to purchase all or any portion of Securities
included in a Proposed Transfer provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such
Securities shall not be transferred to any Person, other than those permitted under Section
6.2, unless reoffered to the ROFO Stockholder in accordance with this Section 6.1.
(iv) The receipt of consideration by the ROFO Selling Stockholder selling Securities in
payment for the transfer of such Securities pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder that: (A) the ROFO Selling
Stockholder has full right, title and interest in and to such Securities; (B) the ROFO
Selling Stockholder has all necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary
actions to sell such Securities as contemplated by this Section 6.1; and (C) such Securities
are free and clear of any Encumbrances.
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(c) Consideration. Should the ROFO Offer Price specified in the Proposed Transfer
Notice be payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the ROFO Stockholder
shall have the right to pay the ROFO Offer Price in the form of cash equal in amount to the fair
market value of such property, determined on a per unit basis with respect to each Offered
Security. If the ROFO Stockholder objects to the ROFO Selling Stockholder’s calculation of the
Offer Price and the parties are unable to agree on the calculation of the ROFO Offer Price within
seven (7) days after the ROFO Stockholder’s receipt of the Proposed Transfer Notice, the valuation
of the fair market value of such property shall be made by an independent financial advisor jointly
selected by the ROFO Selling Stockholder and the ROFO Stockholder. The determination made by such
independent financial advisor shall be binding on both the ROFO Selling Stockholder and the ROFO
Stockholder and the cost of such valuation shall be shared equally by the ROFO Selling Stockholder
and the ROFO Stockholder. The ten (10) Business Day period set forth in Section 6.1(b)(ii) shall
not begin to run until such dispute is resolved either by an agreement between the ROFO Selling
Stockholder and the ROFO Stockholder or by the independent financial advisor.
Section 6.2 Exempt Transfers. The provisions of Section 6.1 shall not apply to Exempt
Transfers; provided that any transferee obtaining Securities in an Exempt Transfer shall remain
bound by the terms of this Section 6.1.
Section 6.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VI shall expire upon
the earlier of (i) the closing of a Qualified IPO or (ii) the full repayment of the principal of,
and any interest on, the Loan (as defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Tag-Along Right
Section 7.1 Tag-Along Right; Actions to Be Taken. Subject to prior compliance with
Articles V and VI, if the NRG Holder or any of its Affiliates or other transferees pursuant to an
Exempt Transfer proposes to transfer (in a sale consummated in a single transfer, or a series of
related transfers to a single purchaser or a group of purchasers as part of a single transaction)
Shares representing five percent (5%) or more of the then outstanding Shares (the “Transfer”);
provided that the Transfer is not an Exempt Transfer, then the EDH Holder shall have the right (the
“Tag-Along Right”) to require the proposed purchaser(s) to purchase from the EDH Holder not less
than the number of whole Shares derived by multiplying the total number of Shares to be purchased
by the proposed purchaser(s) in such transaction(s) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
total number of Shares owned by the EDH Holder, and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Shares owned by the NRG Holder plus the Shares owned by the EDH Holder (in each case including the
Shares owned by any Affiliates of such Stockholder). Any Shares purchased from the EDH Holder
pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall be purchased at the same price per Share and upon the same terms
of payment and conditions as such proposed Transfer by the NRG Holder (the “Transfer Terms”).
(a) Notice. The NRG Holder shall promptly notify the EDH Holder in writing in advance
of a proposed Transfer giving rise to the Tag-Along Right, and such notice shall include the
Transfer Terms and a copy of any written offer or agreement pertaining thereto. The Tag-Along
Right may be exercised by the EDH Holder by delivery of a written notice to the
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NRG Holder proposing to sell Shares (the “Tag-Along Notice”) within ten (10) Business Days
following the EDH Holder’s receipt of such notice from the NRG Holder. The Tag-Along Notice shall
state the number of Shares that the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates propose to include in such
Transfer to the proposed purchaser(s). If the proposed purchaser(s) will not agree to purchase the
sum of all of the Shares intended to be included in the Transfer by the NRG Holder and any of its
Affiliates and the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates, the number of Shares that the NRG Holder
and any of its Affiliates may sell in the Transfer shall be reduced by the number of Shares the EDH
Holder is entitled to include as calculated in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.
(b) Closing. At the closing of any Transfer pursuant to this Section 7.1, the
proposed purchaser(s) shall deliver to the EDH Holder the consideration for the total sales price
of the Shares of the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates sold pursuant hereto, upon delivery by
the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates of stock certificate(s) for such Shares duly endorsed in
blank for transfer or accompanied by stock power(s) duly executed in blank, and the compliance by
the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates with all other conditions to closing generally applicable
to the NRG Holder and its Affiliates in such transaction (including the provision by the EDH Holder
and any of its Affiliates to the proposed purchaser(s) of customary representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities so long as they are made severally and not jointly and the aggregate
liabilities of the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates in connection with these representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities will not exceed the gross proceeds received by the EDH Holder
and any of its Affiliates from such sale. In the event that the EDH Holder fails to deliver or
cause to be delivered the stock certificates representing the Shares of the EDH Holder and any of
its Affiliates sold pursuant hereto, or fails to satisfy any other condition applicable to it, at
the closing (assuming the satisfaction of all other conditions to closing), the EDH Holder shall be
deemed to have waived the Tag-Along Right therefor and the NRG Holder shall be entitled to complete
the Transfer at the closing without participation by the EDH Holder or any of its Affiliates.
Section 7.2 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VII shall expire on
the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE VIII
Drag-Along Right
Section 8.1 Application of Drag-Along Rights. Subject to prior compliance with
Articles V and VI, in the event that the NRG Holder approves in writing a Sale of the Company to
any Person, or a group of related Persons, that is not, or if a group does not include, an
Affiliate or member of the NRG Holder, at any time on or after January 1, 2013, specifying that
this Article VIII shall apply to such transaction, then each of the EDH Holder and its Affiliates
and any Other Holders (collectively, the “Dragged Holders” and collectively with the NRG Holder,
the “Drag-Along Sellers”) shall be bound by the terms of this Section 8.1.
Section 8.2 Exercise. The NRG Holder shall deliver a written notice (the “Drag-Along
Sale Notice”) to the Company at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction and the Company shall promptly deliver such Drag-Along Sale Notice to each
Dragged Holder. The Drag-Along Sale Notice shall set forth the principal terms
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and conditions of the proposed sale, including (a) the percentage of Shares held by the NRG
Holder and any of its Affiliates that are proposed to be transferred; (b) the form of consideration
(if other than cash); (c) the name and address of the prospective purchaser; and (d) if known, the
proposed transfer date. If any Drag-Along Sellers are given an option as to the form and amount of
consideration to be received, all Drag-Along Sellers will be given the same option with respect to
such sale. Unless otherwise agreed by each Drag-Along Seller, any non-cash consideration shall be
allocated among such Drag-Along Sellers pro rata based upon the aggregate amount of consideration
to be received by such Drag-Along Sellers. If at the end of the 180th day after the date of
delivery of the Drag-Along Sale Notice, the NRG Holder has not completed the proposed Sale of the
Company, the Drag-Along Sale Notice shall be null and void, each Dragged Holder shall be released
from such Dragged Holder’s obligation under the Drag-Along Sale Notice and it shall be necessary
for a separate Drag-Along Sale Notice to be delivered and the terms and provisions of this Section
8.2 separately complied with, in order to consummate such proposed sale pursuant to this Section
8.2, unless the failure to complete such proposed sale resulted directly from any failure by any
Dragged Holder to comply with the terms of this Article VIII.
Section 8.3 Agreements. Each Dragged Holder hereby agrees:
(a) if such transaction requires stockholder approval, with respect to all Shares that the
Dragged Holders own or over which the Dragged Holders otherwise exercise voting power, to vote (in
person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all Shares in favor of, and adopt,
such Sale of the Company (together with any related amendment to the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws of the Company required in order to implement such Sale of the Company) and to vote in
opposition to any and all other proposals that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the
ability of the Company to consummate such Sale of the Company;
(b) if such transaction is a Stock Sale, to sell the same proportion of Shares beneficially
held by the Dragged Holders as is being sold by the NRG Holder to the Person to whom the NRG Holder
proposes to sell its Shares, and on the same terms and conditions as the NRG Holder (provided that,
the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities provided by the Dragged Holders are made
severally and not jointly and the aggregate liabilities of each Dragged Holder in connection with
these representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities will not exceed the gross proceeds
received by the Dragged Holder and any of its Affiliates from such Sale of the Company;
(c) to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of
the Sale of the Company as shall reasonably be requested by the Company or the NRG Holder in order
to carry out the terms and provisions of this Article VIII, including without limitation executing
and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger
agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share
certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of Encumbrances) and any similar or related
documents, each on terms and conditions substantially similar to all other Drag-Along Sellers; and
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(d) not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in
this Stockholders’ Agreement, any Shares owned by such party or Affiliate in a voting trust or
subject any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares,
unless specifically requested to do so by the acquiror in connection with the Sale of the Company;
and
(e) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable
law at any time with respect to such Sale of the Company.
Section 8.4 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VIII shall expire on
the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE IX
[Reserved]
Section 9.1 [Reserved]
ARTICLE X
Information Rights
Section 10.1 Applicable Regulatory Compliance.
(a) The Company agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the EDH Holder, or its
designee(s), as promptly as reasonably practicable upon written request therefor, any information
in the possession or under the control of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent (i)
reasonably necessary to allow the EDH Holder to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other
requirements imposed on it or its Affiliates by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over
it, including under applicable securities or tax laws, including the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations thereunder, or applicable rules of any Self-Regulatory Organization
(collectively, the “Applicable Regulatory Requirements”); (ii) reasonably required for use by the
EDH Holder in any judicial, regulatory, administrative, tax or other proceeding; or (iii)
reasonably required for use by the EDH Holder in order to satisfy any audit, accounting, claims,
regulatory, litigation, tax or other similar requirements; provided that, in the event that the
Company determines in its reasonable discretion that any such provision of information would result
in disclosure of commercially sensitive information or a violation of any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Company and the EDH Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to permit
the Company to comply with this Section 10.1(a) to the extent such compliance would not result in
any such disclosure or violation.
(b) The Company will maintain true books and records of account in which full and correct
entries will be made of all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting
established and administered in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and will set aside on
its books such accruals and reserves as may be required under GAAP.
(c) The Company will furnish the EDH Holder a draft of the annual and quarterly budgets
fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year to which the budgets apply including an
operating plan (forecast) for such fiscal year (and as soon as available, any
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subsequent written revisions thereto) and shall include at least a projection of income and
cash flow for each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year and a projected balance sheet as of the end
of each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year. The Company will provide Board approved annual and
quarterly budgets as soon as practicable following the beginning of the fiscal year to which the
budgets apply.
(d) The Company will provide the EDH Holder updates to the annual and quarterly budgets as
soon as practicable after any such updates are prepared by the Company during a given fiscal year.
(e) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain systems of disclosure
controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, to the extent and only to
the extent if such systems are reasonably required to enable the EDH Holder to satisfy its
obligations under applicable securities laws, including under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
Section 10.2 Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to the EDH
Holder:
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year; (ii) statements of
income and of cash flows for such year; and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end
of such year, all such financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and audited and
certified by independent public accountants selected by the Company; and
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
quarter of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited statements of income and of cash flows for
such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited balance sheet and a statement of stockholders’ equity as of
the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial
statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes
thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP); and provided, further, that upon reasonable
advance request from the EDH Holder, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to
furnish (to the extent prepared and available) draft financial statements for each month, quarter
and annual period-end (with the exception that no notes need to be attached to such statements)
within one month (or as soon as such is prepared and available) following the period-end prepared
consistent with management’s reports and consistent (pending audit and review adjustments and
subject to normal quarterly adjustments to comply with external reporting obligations) with audited
and reviewed financial statements including any details of accounts the EDH Holder is required to
obtain to publicly report financial measures, including, but not limited to, amortization of
intangible assets, stock-based compensation and other extraordinary items as required to complete
any publicly reported financial measures.
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(c) If, for any period, the Company has any Subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with
those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to
the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements
of the Company and all such consolidated Subsidiaries.
Section 10.3 Inspection. The Company shall permit the EDH Holder, at the EDH Holder’s
expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records;
and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and auditors,
during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the EDH Holder;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 10.3 to provide
access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be Highly Proprietary
Information or the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between
the Company and its counsel.
Section 10.4 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article X shall expire on
the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE XI
Registration Rights
Section 11.1 Demand Registration Rights.
(a) Following the date that is six (6) months after the closing of an Initial Public Offering,
any Stockholder, or Stockholders, holding individually, or in the aggregate, at least five percent
(5%) of the Securities then outstanding (each such Stockholder, the “Demanding Stockholder”) may,
in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article XI, demand that the Company publish an
Offer Document for a Public Offering of all or part of the Demanding Stockholders’ Subject
Securities, by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of Subject Securities to
be covered by such Offer Document and the intended method of distribution thereof (the “Demand
Request”). The Demanding Stockholder shall deliver such Demand Request to the other Stockholders.
The Demanding Stockholder may specify that the registration statement shall be in the form of a
“shelf” registration statement, providing for the offer and sale of Subject Securities by the
Demanding Stockholder on a delayed or continuous basis as permitted by the Securities Act, in which
case the intended method of distribution contained in the Demand Request may be general in nature
or contemplate multiple methods of distribution.
(b) Each Stockholder shall have the right, within twenty (20) days of delivery of a Demand
Request by a Demanding Stockholder, or within such lesser period of time as specified in the Demand
Request (but in any event not less than five (5) Business Days) if the Public Offering is
reasonably required to occur on an accelerated timetable, to request that the Company include in
the Offer Document all or a portion of the Subject Securities held by such other Stockholder (a
“Participation Request”).
(c) Upon receipt of a Demand Request, the Company shall as promptly as practicable file with
the SEC an Offer Document and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Qualification of
such Offer Document, covering the Subject Securities included in the
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Demand Request and, if applicable, the Subject Securities included in any Participation
Request, for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in the Demand
Request.
(d) The Company’s obligations under subsections (a) to (c) are subject to the following
limitations:
(i) The Company shall not be required to comply with its obligations under subsections
(a) to (c) during any period of time (not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in the
aggregate with respect to each calendar year) with respect to which it and the Board, each
acting in good faith, have decided to proceed with a Public Offering for its own account
and, in the good faith judgment of the managing underwriters (the “Underwriters”) thereof,
the compliance with such obligations would have a material adverse effect on such Public
Offering (any such period of time being hereinafter referred to as a “Blackout Period”);
provided that (A) any such Blackout Period shall terminate upon the completion or
abandonment of such Public Offering; (B) the Company shall deliver to each Stockholder a
certificate of a member of the Board demonstrating that, prior to the receipt of the Demand
Request, it engaged an investment bank of international standing to conduct the Public
Offering; and (C) if during the Blackout Period a Demand Request is withdrawn, such request
shall not be considered a Demand Request and such request shall be of no further effect.
(ii) The Company shall not be required to comply with its obligations under subsections
(a) to (c) during any period of time (not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in the
aggregate with respect to each calendar year) with respect to which in the good faith
judgment of the Board and the Company it would be materially detrimental to the Company and
its Stockholders for any Offer Document to be filed because such filing would (A) require
disclosure of material nonpublic information, the disclosure of which would be reasonably
likely to materially adversely affect the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(B) adversely affect an existing or prospective material financing, acquisition, merger,
disposition or other comparable transaction or negotiation involving the Company; provided
that in any such case the Company shall have the right to suspend the use of but not the
filing of, any Offer Document.
(iii) The minimum aggregate offering price of the Subject Securities in any Public
Offering, as estimated in good faith by the Board immediately prior to the time the
Qualification of the relevant Offer Document becomes effective, shall be at least one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
(iv) If the number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold in an underwritten
Public Offering following a Demand Request exceeds the Maximum Number, then the aggregate
number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold shall be reduced to the Maximum Number
and the Company shall include in the Offer Document up to the Maximum Number (A) first, all
of the Subject Securities requested by the Demanding Stockholder and the other requesting
Stockholders to be included in the Offer Document, allocated among them pro rata on the
basis of the number of Subject Securities then held by them; and (B) second, to the extent
that the number of Subject
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Securities to be included in the Offer Document pursuant to (A) is less than the
Maximum Number, any Subject Securities that the Company proposes to offer and sell for its
own account.
(v) The Company shall not be obligated to give effect to a Demand Request in the event
that a registration pursuant to Section 11.2 has been available to any Stockholder within
the ninety (90) days preceding the date of the Demand Request.
(vi) The Company shall not be obligated to give effect to more than two (2) Demand
Requests under this Article XI.
(e) A request by a Stockholder that the Company file an Offer Document shall not be considered
a Demand Request if the Offer Document does not become Qualified.
Section 11.2 Piggyback Registration Rights.
(a) If the Company proposes to seek Qualification of an Offer Document in respect of any
authorized but unissued Subject Securities for purposes of a Public Offering of such Subject
Securities, the Company shall deliver written notice to each Stockholder of such proposal at least
fifteen (15) Business Days before the commencement of preparations for such Public Offering. Such
notice shall specify at a minimum the number of Subject Securities proposed to be included in the
Offer Document, the proposed filing date of the Offer Document, the proposed method of distribution
of the Subject Securities and the proposed Underwriters, if any.
(b) Each Stockholder shall be entitled to submit a written request within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice that all or a portion of the Subject Securities held by it shall be
included in the Offer Document, and the Company shall permit, or cause the Underwriters, if any, to
permit, the inclusion in the Offer Document the Subject Securities referred to in such request;
provided that any offer and sale of such Subject Securities shall be on the same terms and
conditions as the Subject Securities offered and sold by the Company; provided, further, that the
number of Subject Securities to be included in the Offer Document for any underwritten Public
Offering shall not exceed the Maximum Number. If the number of Subject Securities to be offered and
sold in an underwritten Public Offering pursuant to Section 11.2(a) exceeds the Maximum Number, the
aggregate number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold shall be reduced to the Maximum
Number and the Company shall include in the Offer Document up to the Maximum Number (i) first, all
of the Subject Securities that the Company proposes to offer and sell for its own account; and (ii)
second, to the extent that the number of Subject Securities to be included in the Offer Document
pursuant to (i) is less than the Maximum Number, any Subject Securities requested by any requesting
Stockholders to be included in the Offer Document, allocated among them pro rata on the basis of
the number of Subject Securities then held by them. A Stockholder who has submitted a request to
have Subject Securities included in the Offer Document pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall be
entitled to withdraw this request by giving written notice to the Company of its election to do so
at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed date of Qualification of such Offer Document.
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Section 11.3 Offer Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by Section
11.1 or Section 11.2 to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Qualification of an Offer
Document in respect of any Subject Securities, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall:
(i) As promptly as practicable prepare and file with the SEC an Offer Document with
respect to the Subject Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Offer
Document to become and remain Qualified; provided that before filing any Offer Document or
any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford each
Stockholder holding Subject Securities covered by such Offer Document (a “Participating
Stockholder”), its advisors and the Underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review
and comment on copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed.
(ii) As promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to an Offer Document as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of
applicable Law with respect to the sale or disposition of the Subject Securities.
(iii) Promptly notify each Participating Stockholder (A) when an Offer Document or any
amendment or supplement thereto has been filed and when it has become Qualified; (B) of any
request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to an Offer Document or for additional
information; or (C) of any order issued or threatened by the SEC suspending the
Qualification of an Offer Document; the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such order and, if any such order is issued, shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible
moment.
(iv) Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, notify each Participating Stockholder and
the Underwriters, if any, at any time when an Offer Document is required to be made
available under applicable law or regulations, of the occurrence of an event requiring the
preparation of a supplement or amendment to an Offer Document so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Subject Securities, such Offer Document will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and promptly make available to
each Participating Stockholder and the Underwriters, if any, any such supplement or
amendment.
(v) Use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Subject Securities under
such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
Participating Stockholders or the Underwriters, if any, shall reasonably request, and do any
and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary to enable each Participating
Stockholder or the Underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of the Subject
Securities in such jurisdictions; provided that in no event shall the Company
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be required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
where it is not so qualified, or to execute or file any general consent to service of
process under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement that has become a
Qualified Offer Document continuously effective and not subject to any stop order,
injunction or other similar order or requirement of the SEC, until the earlier of (A) the
expiration of the SEC Required Period; and (B) the date on which all Subject Securities
covered by the Registration Statement (1) have been disposed of pursuant to such
Registration Statement; or (2) cease to be subject to the registration requirements of the
Securities Act; provided that in no event will such period expire prior to the expiration of
the applicable period referred to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174
promulgated thereunder; provided, further, that in the event of any stop order, injunction
or other similar order or requirement of the SEC relating to the Registration Statement, the
SEC Required Period shall be extended by the number of days during which such stop order,
injunction or similar order or requirement remains in effect.
(vii) Make available upon reasonable advance notice for inspection by any Participating
Stockholder, any Underwriters and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by
any such Participating Stockholder or Underwriter (collectively, the “Advisors”), all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company
(collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to conduct a
“reasonable” investigation for purposes of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and other
applicable antifraud and securities laws and cause the Company’s directors, officers and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Advisors in connection with
such Offer Document.
(viii) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Subject Securities covered by an
Offer Document to be listed or qualified for trading on a national securities exchange, or
otherwise become actively traded over-the-counter, in any case in the same manner in which
the Company’s outstanding Securities are listed or qualified for trading and, if none of the
Company’s outstanding Securities are so listed or qualified for trading, use its reasonable
best efforts to cause all such Securities promptly to be listed or qualified for trading on
a national securities exchange, or otherwise become actively traded over-the-counter in a
generally recognized and generally accepted manner in the United States.
(ix) Promptly furnish to each Participating Stockholder and each Underwriter, if any,
such number of copies of an Offer Document, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each
case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and
such other documents as such Participating Stockholder or Underwriter may reasonably request
in order to facilitate the disposition of the Subject Securities owned by such Participating
Stockholder.
(x) In connection with an underwritten offering of Subject Securities, enter into an
underwriting agreement in such form as is customary in underwritten offerings made by
selling security holders and take all such other actions as are
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reasonably requested by the Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of such Subject Securities, and in such connection (A) make
such representations and warranties to the Underwriters with respect to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries, and the relevant Offer Document and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, as are customarily made by
issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings made by selling security holders, and
confirm the same on the settlement date for the offering; (B) cause opinions of counsel to
the Company (which counsel and opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Underwriters) to be delivered to the Underwriters covering the matters customarily covered
in opinions requested in underwritten offerings by selling security holders; (C) cause “cold
comfort” letters and updates thereof (which letters and updates shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriters) from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any
Subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired or owned by the Company for which
financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Offer
Document) to be delivered to the Underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection
with underwritten offerings by selling security holders; and (D) agree to customary
indemnification and contribution provisions in favor of both the Participating Stockholders
and the Underwriters or selling agents.
(xi) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally
available to security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the
Securities Act) not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of any twelve (12)-month
period (or ninety (90) days after the end of any twelve (12)-month period if such period is
a fiscal year) (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Subject Securities
are offered and sold to underwriters in a Public Offering; and (B) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the fiscal quarter of the
Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover
said twelve (12)-month period.
(xii) Cooperate with each Participating Stockholder and the Underwriters in connection
with any filings required to be made with any Self-Regulatory Organization.
(xiii) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to
effect the Qualification, offering and sale of the Subject Securities covered by an Offer
Document and enter into any other customary agreements and take such other actions,
including participation in “road shows”, as are reasonably required in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of the Subject Securities.
(b) Each Participating Stockholder shall enter into an underwriting agreement in such form as
is customary in underwritten offerings made by selling security holders including, without
limitation, any lock-up restrictions requested by the Underwriters prohibiting and/or restricting
the transfer of Subject Securities and any hedging or other trading activities with respect to such
securities. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
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Company to take any action pursuant to this Article XI with respect to the Subject Securities
of any Participating Stockholder that such Participating Stockholder shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding itself, the Subject Securities held by it, and the intended method of
disposition of such Subject Securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such
Participating Stockholder’s Subject Securities.
Section 11.4 Expenses.
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the Qualification and offer and sale of the Subject
Securities in a Public Offering pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 (and all fees and expenses
incurred by the Company or, subject to any limitations under applicable law, the Participating
Stockholder (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any underwriting discounts or commissions) in
compliance with Section 11.3) shall be borne by the Company, including without limitation (i) all
registration and filing fees (including (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with
any Self-Regulatory Organization; and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or
blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Underwriters in
connection with such matters)); (ii) printing expenses (including any costs of printing
certificates for Subject Securities in a form eligible for deposit with clearing agencies, printing
prospectuses, and printing or preparing any underwriting agreement, agreement among underwriters
and related syndicate or selling group agreements, pricing agreements and blue sky memoranda);
(iii) the expenses, excluding for the avoidance of doubt any underwriting fees or commissions, of
any “qualified independent underwriter” or other independent appraiser participating in an offering
pursuant to the conduct rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; (iv) the expenses and
costs of any road show (including travel, meals, accommodation and other arrangements for investor
presentations or meetings); (v) the fees, expenses and costs of any public relations, investor
relations or other consultants retained in connection with any road show (including travel and
other arrangements for any investor presentations or meetings); (vi) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and, if applicable, one counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for the
Participating Stockholders; (vii) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants for the Company (including the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by or
incident to such performance); and (viii) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
quotation or listing of the Subject Securities on any securities exchange or automated securities
quotation system. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any expenses of any
registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Article XI if a Demand Request is subsequently
withdrawn at the request of a majority in interest of the Participating Stockholders requesting
such registration (in which case all Participating Stockholders shall bear such expenses pro rata
based upon the number of Subject Securities that were to be thereby registered in the withdrawn
registration).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.4(a), the Company will bear all
costs and expenses associated with any offering-related liability insurance, if the Company desires
to obtain such insurance.
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Section 11.5 Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) In connection with any Offer Document in respect of any Public Offering pursuant to this
Article XI, the Company shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Participating Stockholder
and each Underwriter, if any, and each of their respective officers, directors or employees, each
Person, if any, who controls such Participating Stockholder or such Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act, Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each Person of which such
Participating Stockholder or such Underwriter, directly or indirectly, is a subsidiary or group
company, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (“Losses”) and any
actions in respect thereof (including any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Offer Document (as amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or any violation by the
Company of any securities or other applicable laws relating to such Offer Document, except insofar
as such Losses or actions in respect thereof are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission contained in any information (i) in the case of a
Participating Stockholder, relating to such Participating Stockholder and furnished to the Company
by such Participating Stockholder in writing expressly for use therein; or (ii) in the case of an
Underwriter, relating to such Underwriter and furnished to the Company by such Underwriter in
writing expressly for use therein.
(b) In connection with any Offer Document in respect of any Public Offering pursuant to this
Article XI, each Participating Stockholder shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and each Underwriter, if any, and each of their respective officers, directors or employees, each
Person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act, Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each Person of which the Company or such
Underwriter, directly or indirectly, is a subsidiary or group company and any other Stockholder,
from and against any and all Losses and any actions in respect thereof (including any legal or
other expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim)
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such
Offer Document (as amended or supplemented if such Participating Stockholder shall have furnished
any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by 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, but only with respect to any information relating to such Participating Stockholder
furnished to the Company by such Participating Stockholder in writing expressly for use therein and
not otherwise caused by the manner of disclosure of such information by the Company or the
Underwriter; provided that the obligations of each Participating Stockholder hereunder shall not
exceed the amount of net proceeds realized by such Participating Stockholder from the sale of its
Subject Securities registered pursuant to such Offer Document.
(c) In the event a claim arises pursuant to subsection 11.5(a) through 11.5(b), any Person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought (the “Public Offering Indemnified Party”) shall
promptly notify the party against whom the claim for indemnification
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is made of such claim and the facts constituting the basis for such claim in reasonable
detail. The party against whom the claim for indemnification is made is hereinafter referred to as
the “Public Offering Indemnifying Party”. Failure to notify a Public Offering Indemnifying Party
shall not relieve such Public Offering Indemnifying Party from its obligations hereunder unless
such Public Offering Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced as a result thereof.
(d) Counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party shall be selected by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Public Offering Indemnified Party;
provided that counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party shall not (except with the consent
of the relevant Public Offering Indemnified Party) also be counsel to the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party. The Public Offering Indemnifying Party may participate at its own expense in
the defense of any claim arising pursuant to subsections 11.5(a) through 11.5(b) and, to the extent
it shall wish and be legally permitted, assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other Public
Offering Indemnifying Party similarly notified; provided, however, that in the event the Public
Offering Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded on the advice of counsel that there may
be defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Public
Offering Indemnifying Party, the Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action as it relates to such defenses on behalf of such Public Offering
Indemnified Party and the fees and expenses of separate counsel (selected by the Public Offering
Indemnified Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Public Offering Indemnifying Party) relating
to such defenses for such Public Offering Indemnified Party shall be borne by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party. After notice from the Public Offering Indemnifying Party to such Public
Offering Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense of any such claim and after
election of counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party as set forth above, the Public
Offering Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any legal expenses of other counsel (except for
separate counsel, but not more than the costs of one such separate counsel for all Public Offering
Indemnified Parties, in the circumstances described above) subsequently incurred by such Public
Offering Indemnified Party. Except as provided in the preceding sentences, the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition
to any local counsel) separate from its own counsel for all Public Offering Indemnified Parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No Public Offering Indemnifying
Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Public Offering Indemnified Parties, settle
or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation or any
investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever in respect of which indemnification could be sought under this Section 11.5 (whether or
not the Public Offering Indemnified Parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each Public Offering
Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such litigation or claim; (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Public Offering Indemnified Party; and (iii) does not impose any restriction upon the future
operations of the Public Offering Indemnified Party.
(e) If at any time a Public Offering Indemnified Party shall have requested a Public Offering
Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Public Offering Indemnified Party for fees and disbursements of
counsel, such Public Offering Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be
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liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by such Public Offering Indemnifying
Party of the aforesaid request; (ii) such Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall have received
notice of the terms of such settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement taking
effect; and (iii) such Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed such Public
Offering Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time a Public Offering Indemnified
Party shall have requested a Public Offering Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Public Offering
Indemnified Party for fees and disbursements of counsel, a Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall
not be liable for any settlement effected without its consent if such Public Offering Indemnifying
Party (i) reimburses such Public Offering Indemnified Party in accordance with such request to the
extent it considers such request to be reasonable; and (ii) provides written notice to the Public
Offering Indemnified Party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to
the date of such settlement.
(f) If the indemnification provided for in subsections 11.5(a) through 11.5(b) is unavailable
to Persons to be indemnified pursuant thereto or insufficient in respect of any Losses referred to
therein, then the Public Offering Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Person, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Person as a result of such Losses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Person, on the other hand, from the Public Offering;
or (ii) if allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of the Public Offering Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such
Person, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that the obligations of
each Participating Stockholder hereunder shall not exceed the amount of net proceeds realized by
such Participating Stockholder from the sale of its Subject Securities registered pursuant to such
Offer Document.
(g) The indemnity, contribution and reimbursement obligations under this Section 11.5 shall be
in addition to any liability each Public Offering Indemnifying Party may otherwise have and shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Public Offering Indemnified Party but may be modified as appropriate and agreed by the
Parties in connection with entering any customary underwriting agreement.
(h) In the event of any conflict between the provisions set forth in this Section 11.5 and
those set forth in any underwriting agreement entered pursuant to this Article XI, the provisions
of this Section 11.5 shall control unless the Participating Stockholder involved in such conflict
is a party to such underwriting agreement, in which case the underwriting agreement shall control.
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ARTICLE XII
Representations and Warranties
Section 12.1 Power and Authority; Valid and Binding Obligations; No Conflict or Violation.
Each party represents and warrants that:
(a) such party has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as
applicable, to execute and deliver this Stockholders’ Agreement and perform its obligations
hereunder;
(b) this Stockholders’ Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
party and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of such party, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles where applicable; and
(c) neither the execution or delivery of this Stockholders’ Agreement by such party, nor the
performance by such party of its obligations hereunder, will (i) violate any provision of the
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement
or such similar organizational documents of such party; or (ii) violate or result in a breach of or
constitute a default under any law to which such party is subject.
ARTICLE XIII
Additional Covenants
Section 13.1 Further Assurances. All Stockholders agree to execute and deliver any
written consents or other documentation required to effectuate or otherwise carry out the
provisions and purposes of this Stockholders’ Agreement. At any time or from time to time after
the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other
party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further
action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the
parties hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Company and the Stockholders agrees
to use its best efforts, within the requirements of applicable law, to ensure that the rights
granted under this Stockholders’ Agreement are effective and that the parties enjoy the benefits of
this Stockholders’ Agreement. Each of the Stockholders and the Company agrees to vote the Shares
it then holds for the amendment of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company and
such same or similar organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case for
all matters necessary to implement any provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement and that do not
impair any right or privilege of such Stockholder or the Company or impose any new or increase any
existing obligation of such Stockholder or the Company, other than to the extent is contemplated
herein. Each of the Stockholders and the Company agrees not to vote any Share such Stockholder or
the Company holds, and each of the Company and the Stockholders agrees not to take any other
actions, that would in any manner defeat, impair, be inconsistent with or adversely affect the
stated intentions of the parties under this Stockholders’ Agreement.
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Section 13.2 Specific Enforcement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party
hereto will be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions of this Stockholders’
Agreement are not performed by the parties in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise
breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to an
injunction to prevent breaches of this Stockholders’ Agreement, and to specific enforcement of this
Stockholders’ Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the
United States or any state having competent jurisdiction.
Section 13.3 Remedies Cumulative. All remedies, either under this Stockholders’
Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
Section 13.4 Prohibited Transfer Void. Any transfer of Securities not made in
compliance with the requirements of this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be null and void ab initio,
shall not be recorded on the books of the Company and shall not be recognized by the Company.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
Section 14.1 Transfers. Each transferee or assignee of any Securities, and such
Securities so transferred or assigned, shall continue to be subject to the terms hereof and, as a
condition precedent to the effectiveness of such transfer or assignment, each transferee or
assignee shall agree in writing to be subject to each of the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement
by executing and delivering an adoption agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (an “Adoption Agreement”). Upon the execution and delivery of an Adoption
Agreement by any transferee, such transferee shall be deemed to be a party hereto as if such
transferee were the transferor and such transferee’s signature appeared on the signature pages of
this Stockholders’ Agreement and shall be deemed to be an Other Holder and Stockholder. The
Company shall not permit the transfer of any Securities subject to this Stockholders’ Agreement on
its books or issue a new certificate representing any such Securities unless and until such
transferee shall have complied with the terms of this Section 14.1. Each certificate representing
the Securities subject to this Stockholders’ Agreement if issued on or after the date of this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with the legend set forth in Section
14.13.
Section 14.2 Assignment. No party may assign this Stockholders’ Agreement, or any of
the rights and obligations under this Stockholders’ Agreement, other than in accordance with
Section 14.1.
Section 14.3 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Stockholders’
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns
of the parties. Nothing in this Stockholders’ Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer
upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights,
remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Stockholders’ Agreement, except as
expressly provided herein.
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Section 14.4 Governing Law. This Stockholders’ Agreement and any controversy arising
out of or relating to this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof,
and as to all other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, in each case, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in
the application of any law other than the laws of the State of Delaware or the laws of the State of
New York.
Section 14.5 Counterparts. This Stockholders’ Agreement may be executed in two
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic
mail (including pdf) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed
to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
Section 14.6 Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be
given under this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been fully
given on the date delivered by hand or by a generally recognized courier service (with relevant
fees prepaid), or by other messenger (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or upon receipt
by facsimile transmission (provided that, the confirmation of such facsimile transmission is
delivered by hand or by a generally recognized courier service to the addressee of the facsimile
within five (5) days after the delivery of the facsimile), or upon delivery by registered or
certified mail (return receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at the address as shown
below the signature of each such party on the signature page of this Stockholders’ Agreement (or at
such other address as such party may designate by fifteen (15) days’ advance written notice to the
other parties to this Stockholders’ Agreement given in accordance with this Section 14.6). If
notice is given to (i) the NRG Holder, a copy shall also be sent to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx; facsimile no.: (000)
000-0000; (ii) the EDH Holder, a copy shall also be sent to Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx; facsimile
no.: (000) 000-0000; and (iii) the Company, a copy shall also be sent to [•]; facsimile no.:
([•]) [•].
Section 14.7 Effective Time; Consent Required to Amend, Terminate or Waive.
(a) This Stockholders’ Agreement shall come into effect upon the Closing.
(b) This Stockholders’ Agreement may be amended or terminated and the observance of any term
hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) only by a written instrument executed by each of the Company and the Stockholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the consent of the Other Holders shall not be required for any amendment or waiver
if such amendment or waiver does not materially and adversely affect the rights of the Other
Holders; provided that, it is understood and agreed that amendments or waivers of this
Agreement or certain provisions hereof that affect all Stockholders will not be deemed to
“materially and adversely affect” an Other Holder solely because such Other Holder (1) owns
or holds more or fewer Securities than any
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other Stockholders; (2) invested more or less money in the Company or its Subsidiaries
than any other Stockholders; or (3) has different voting power than other Stockholders
because of the size of its equity interest in the Company; and
(ii) any provision hereof may be waived by the waiving party on such party’s own
behalf, without the consent of any other party.
(c) The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, termination or waiver
hereunder to any party that did not consent in writing thereto. Any amendment, termination or
waiver effected in accordance with this Section 14.7 shall be binding on each party and all of such
party’s successors and permitted assigns, whether or not any such party, successor or assignee
entered into or approved such amendment, termination or waiver. For purposes of this Section 14.7,
the requirement of a written instrument may be satisfied in the form of an action by written
consent of the Stockholders circulated by the Company and executed by the Stockholder parties
specified in accordance with this Section 14.7, whether or not such action by written consent makes
explicit reference to the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.8 Termination.
(a) This Stockholders’ Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual written consent of
the Company, the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder.
(b) No termination of this Stockholders’ Agreement by mutual consent or termination of any of
the terms hereof, in accordance with their terms, shall relieve any Person of liability for any
breach occurring prior to such termination.
Section 14.9 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power
or remedy accruing to any party under this Stockholders’ Agreement, upon any breach or default of
any other party under this Stockholders’ Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of
such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such
breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter
occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other
breach or default previously or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of
any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Stockholders’
Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this
Stockholders’ Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically
set forth in such writing.
Section 14.10 Severability. If any provision of this
Stockholders’ Agreement is determined by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision will be enforced to the maximum
extent possible given the intent of the parties hereto. If such clause or provision cannot be so
enforced, (a) such provision shall be stricken from this Stockholders’ Agreement and the remainder
of this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be enforced as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
clause or provision had (to the extent not enforceable) never been contained in this Stockholders’
Agreement; (b) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry
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out, so far as is enforceable, the intent and purpose of such unenforceable provision; and (c)
the remainder of this Stockholders’ Agreement and the application of such provision to other
persons, entities or circumstances shall not be affected by such unenforceability; nor shall such
unenforceability affect the enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any
other jurisdiction.
Section 14.11 No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Stockholders’
Agreement shall be deemed to vest in any party any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of
ownership of or with respect to any Securities. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and
relating to any securities of the Company shall remain vested in and belong to the respective
holders thereof.
Section 14.12 Entire Agreement. This Stockholders’ Agreement (including the Annex and
Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in
any manner by any warranties, representations, or covenants except as specifically set forth herein
or therein.
Section 14.13 Legend on Stock Certificates.
(a) Each certificate representing any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Stockholders, or issued by the Company after the date hereof, shall be endorsed by the Company with
a legend reading substantially as follows:
“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, AS MAY BE AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME (A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE COMPANY), AND BY
ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SECURITIES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO
AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THAT STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT.”
(b) Each of the Company and the Stockholders agree that the Company shall impose transfer
restrictions on the Securities represented by certificates bearing the legend referred to in this
Section 14.13 to enforce the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement. The legend shall not be
removed, unless none of the restrictions contained in Articles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
and XI remain in effect with respect to such Securities.
(c) The Company, by its execution of this Stockholders’ Agreement, agrees that it will cause
the certificates evidencing any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by the Stockholders, or
issued by the Company after the date hereof, to bear the legend required by this Section 14.13, and
it shall supply, free of charge, a copy of this Stockholders’ Agreement to any holder of a
certificate evidencing Securities upon written request from such holder to the Company at its
principal executive office. The parties to this Stockholders’ Agreement hereby agree that the
failure to cause the certificates evidencing the Securities to bear the legend required by this
Section 14.13 and/or the failure of the Company to supply, free of charge, a copy
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of this Stockholders’ Agreement as provided hereunder, shall not affect the validity or
enforcement of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.14 Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any issuance of
Securities hereafter to any of the Stockholders (including, without limitation, in connection with
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, or the like), such Securities
shall become subject to this Stockholders’ Agreement and shall be endorsed with the legend set
forth in Section 14.13.
Section 14.15 Manner of Voting. The voting of Common Stock pursuant to this
Stockholders’ Agreement may be effected in person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other
manner permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, voting of the Common Stock
pursuant to this Stockholders’ Agreement need not make explicit reference to the terms of this
Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.16 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in
the State of Delaware for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or
based upon this Stockholders’ Agreement, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of
motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is
not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such courts in the State of Delaware, that its
property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is
brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or
that this Stockholders’ Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such
court.
Section 14.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT OR
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND
ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION
14.17 HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE
SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH
PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND
VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
Section 14.18 Costs of Enforcement. If any party to this Stockholders’ Agreement
seeks to enforce its rights under this Stockholders’ Agreement by legal proceedings, the
non-prevailing party shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party, including,
without limitation, all reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees.
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Section 14.19 Aggregation of Stock. All Securities held or acquired by a Stockholder
and/or its Affiliates and any other transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer shall be aggregated
together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Stockholders’
Agreement, and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner
they deem appropriate.
Section 14.20 Spousal Consent. If any individual Stockholder is married on the date
of this Stockholders’ Agreement, such Stockholder’s spouse shall execute and deliver to the Company
a consent of spouse in the form of Exhibit B hereto (“Consent of Spouse”), effective on the
date hereof. Notwithstanding the execution and delivery thereof, such consent shall not be deemed
to confer or convey to the spouse any rights in such Stockholder’s Shares that do not otherwise
exist by operation of law or the agreement of the parties. If any individual Stockholder should
marry or remarry subsequent to the date of this Stockholders’ Agreement, such Stockholder shall
within thirty (30) days thereafter obtain his/her new spouse’s acknowledgement of and consent to
the existence and binding effect of all restrictions contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement by
causing such spouse to execute and deliver a Consent of Spouse acknowledging the restrictions and
obligations contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement and agreeing and consenting to the same.
Section 14.21 No Presumption. The parties acknowledge that any applicable law that
would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Stockholders’ Agreement against the
party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived. If any claim is made by a party
relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement,
no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion will be implied because this Stockholders’
Agreement was prepared by or at the request of any party or its counsel.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stockholders’ Agreement as of the date
first written above.
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ANNEX A
DEFINITIONS
“Adoption Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14.1.
“Advisors” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(vii).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. The term “Affiliated” has
the meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this Stockholders’ Agreement, (a) in no
event shall the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder be deemed to be “Affiliates” and (b) the Company
shall not be deemed an “Affiliate” of any Stockholder (and vice versa).
“Applicable Regulatory Requirements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.1(a).
“Blackout Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(d)(i).
“Board” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.
“Board Observer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.9(a).
“Business Day” means any day other than a day on which banks are not required to open or are
authorized to be closed in The City of New York.
“CEO Director” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(a).
“Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
“Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Consent of Spouse” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14.20.
“Control” of a given Person means the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct
the business, management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, which power or authority shall
conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the
vote of more than 50% of the votes entitled to be cast at meetings of the members or stockholders
of such Person or power to control composition of a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other governing body of such Person; the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Annex A-1
“Deemed Liquidation Event” means either:
(a) a merger or consolidation in which
(i) the Company is a constituent party or
(ii) a subsidiary of the Company is a constituent party and the Company issues shares
of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation,
except any such merger or consolidation involving the Company or a Subsidiary in which the shares
of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation
continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that
represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting
power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation or (2) if the surviving
or resulting corporation is a wholly owned Subsidiary of another corporation immediately following
such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation; or
(b) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction
or series of related transactions, by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the sale or
disposition (whether by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Company if
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by
such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or
other disposition is to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
“Demanding Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(a).
“Demand Request” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(a).
“Derivative Securities” means any rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for
(in each case, directly or indirectly), or whose value is derived from, Securities, including
options and warrants.
“director” means a member of the Board.
“Drag-Along Sale Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.2.
“Drag-Along Sellers” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
“Dragged Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
“EDH Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“EDH Holder Company Designee” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(d).
“EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3.
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“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, option,
mortgage, easement, or other restriction of any kind, excluding any restrictions upon transfer
under applicable law or any encumbrance arising under the terms of this Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Exempt Transfers” mean a transfer of Securities (a) to one or more Affiliates of a
Stockholder; provided, however, that the transferring Stockholder shall procure that, immediately
prior to such transferee ceasing to be an Affiliate of the transferring Stockholder, that
transferee shall transfer all such Securities to the transferring Stockholder or one or more
Affiliates of such transferring Stockholder; (b) to any other Person approved in writing by the EDH
Holder; or (c) in the case of the NRG Holder, (i) made for bona fide estate planning purposes,
either during the lifetime of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or on death by will or intestacy to the spouse,
child (natural or adopted), or any other direct lineal descendant of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (or his
spouse) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “Xxxxx Family Members”), (ii) to any
custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the benefit of, or
the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or any Xxxxx Family Members
or (iii) to any Xxxxx Family Member as a bona fide gift; provided that any transfers of Securities
made during the life of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the NRG
Holder retains the right to vote and direct the disposition of such Securities; provided, further,
that in each case described in the foregoing clauses, only to the extent such transferee agrees to
be bound by the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement in accordance with Section 14.1.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state or local court, administrative body or other
governmental or quasi-governmental entity with competent jurisdiction.
“High Proprietary Information” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.10(b).
“Initial Public Offering” shall mean the initial underwritten Public Offering by means of an
Offer Document filed by the Company that results in the Securities of the Company being traded on a
national securities exchange, or otherwise becoming actively traded over-the-counter.
“Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(a).
“Management Agreement” means the management agreement, dated as of the date of the Closing, by
and between the Company and the NRG Holder.
“Maximum Number” means the maximum number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold that
the Underwriters consider in good faith to be appropriate based on market conditions and other
relevant factors (including pricing, the identity of the Stockholders and the proportion of the
Subject Securities being offered and sold by the Company and the Stockholders) and advises the
Company in writing that in its opinion the inclusion of any Subject
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Securities in excess of such maximum number would materially adversely affect the marketing of
the Subject Securities to be sold.
“New Securities” means, collectively, Securities; provided, however, that the term “New
Securities” shall not include:
(a) Securities granted or issued hereafter to (i) employees, officers, directors, contractors,
consultants, or advisors of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to incentive agreements, stock
purchase or stock option plans, stock bonuses or awards, warrants, contracts or other compensatory
arrangements, in each case to the extent approved by the Board; or (ii) prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing, to employees, contractors, consultants, advisors or others who had or
have any relationships with the Company; provided that (x) such Securities issued on or before the
second anniversary of the Closing pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) shall not exceed twenty (20%) of
the Shares outstanding at the Closing, in the aggregate; (y) such Securities shall not be granted
or issued except on account of services performed on or after the Closing if any amounts are paid
in cash pursuant to Section 3.2 (excluding amounts paid thereunder on account of services performed
on or after the Closing); and (z) once any Securities are granted or issued except on account of
services performed on or after the Closing, no amounts may be paid in cash pursuant to Section 3.2
(excluding amounts paid thereunder on account of services performed on or after the Closing);
(b) Securities (and/or options, restricted stock units, warrants or rights therefor) issued
for consideration other than cash pursuant to any merger, consolidation, acquisition, joint venture
or similar business combination, to the extent approved by the Board;
(d) Securities issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
similar event, to the extent approved by the Board;
(e) Securities issued upon (i) the exercise of Derivative Securities, or (ii) the conversion
or exchange of any Derivative Security, in each case; provided that such issuance is pursuant to
the terms of Derivative Security; and
(f) Securities issued by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any of the Company’s
other Subsidiaries.
“NRG Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“NRG Holder Designees” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(c).
“Offer Document” means a Prospectus and/or a Registration Statement, as the context may
require.
“Offer Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(a).
“Option Period’ shall have the meaning ascribed to in Section 4.1(b).
“Other Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
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“Overallotment Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(b).
“Overallotment Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(b).
“Participation Request” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(b).
“Participating Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(i).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company,
association or other entity.
“Proposed Transfer” means any proposed assignment, sale, offer to sell, pledge, mortgage,
hypothecation, encumbrance, disposition of or any other like transfer or encumbering of any
Securities (or any interest therein) owned by the ROFR Selling Stockholder or the ROFO Selling
Stockholder, as the case may be.
“Proposed Transfer Notice” means written notice from the ROFR Selling Stockholder or the ROFO
Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, setting forth the terms and conditions of a Proposed
Transfer as required under Section 5.1(b)(i) or 6.1(b)(i).
“Proposed Transferee means the Person or group of Persons with which the ROFR Selling
Stockholder has the bona fide intent of consummating a Proposed Transfer.
“Prospectus” means a prospectus with respect to the Public Offering included in any
Registration Statement (including a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted
from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Subject Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such Prospectus.
“Public Offering” means any offering of the Subject Securities in connection with a
Qualification.
“Public Offering Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(c).
“Public Offering Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(c).
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
“Qualification” means the declaration of effectiveness of a Registration Statement by the SEC
and the term “Qualified” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Qualified IPO” means a firmly underwritten Public Offering of Securities; provided that there
are sales pursuant to such Registration Statement for an aggregate offering price,
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before deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions, of not less than fifty million
dollars ($50,000,000).
“Records” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(vii).
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement under the Securities Act that covers
Subject Securities, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
“Right of First Offer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“Right of First Refusal” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Accepted Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Offer Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Offer Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(i).
“ROFO Offered Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(i).
“ROFO Selling Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(a)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(a)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder Election Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1(b)(iii).
“ROFR Accepted Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFR Offer Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFR Offer Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(i).
“ROFR Offered Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(i).
“ROFR Selling Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(a)(ii).
“ROFR Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(a)(ii).
“ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
5.1(b)(ii).
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“Xxxxx Family Members” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of “Exempt
Transfers”.
“Sale of the Company” means either: (a) a Stock Sale; or (b) a transaction that is a Deemed
Liquidation Event.
“SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Required Period” means, with respect to a “shelf registration” requested pursuant to
Section 11.1, two (2) years following the first day of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement, and with respect to any other Registration Statement, ninety (90) days following the
first day of effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
“Securities” means, collectively, Shares, Derivative Securities, and any other share capital
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including equity or debt securities), whether or not
currently authorized, including any voting or other rights related thereto.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules promulgated thereunder,
as amended from time to time.
“Self-Regulatory Organization” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the American
Stock Exchange, the National Futures Association, the Chicago Board of Trade, the New York Stock
Exchange, any other national securities exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act), any other
securities exchange, futures exchange, contract market, any other exchange or corporation or
similar self-regulatory body or organization.
“Shares” means any Securities the holders of which are entitled to vote in an election of
members of the Board, including without limitation, all shares of Common Stock, by whatever name
called, now owned or subsequently acquired by a Stockholder, however acquired, whether through
stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations or similar
events or otherwise.
“Stock Sale” means a transaction or series of related transactions in which a Person, or a
group of related Persons, acquires from stockholders of the Company shares representing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the Company.
“Stockholders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Stockholders’ Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Subject Securities” means registrable Securities of the Company; provided that, as to any
particular Subject Securities, such Securities shall cease to be Subject Securities when (a) a
Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Securities shall have become effective
under the Securities Act and such Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such
Registration Statement; or (b) such securities are capable of being transferred by the applicable
Stockholder pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without limitation by the volume
limitations contained therein.
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person of which the specified
Person, directly or indirectly, owns more than 50% of the issued and outstanding share capital or
voting interests.
“Subsidiary Observer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.9(b).
“Tag-Along Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1(a).
“Tag-Along Right” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
“Transfer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
“Transfer Terms” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
“Underwriters” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(d).
“US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
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EXHIBIT A
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) is executed on ___________________, 20__, by
the undersigned (the “Holder”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Stockholders’ Agreement dated
as of [•], 2011 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by and among RueLaLa, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, NRG Commerce, LLC and eBay Domestic Holdings, Inc., as such Stockholders’ Agreement
may be amended or amended and restated hereafter. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Adoption Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholders’
Agreement. By the execution of this Adoption Agreement, the Holder agrees as follows.
1.1 Acknowledgement. Holder acknowledges that Holder is acquiring certain shares of
the capital stock of the Company (the “Stock”) [or options, warrants or other rights to purchase
such Stock (the “Options”)] in accordance with Section 14.1 of the Stockholders’ Agreement, as a
transferee of Shares from a party in such party’s capacity as an “Other Holder” bound by the
Stockholders’ Agreement.
1.2 Agreement. Holder hereby (a) agrees that the [Stock][Options], and any other
shares of capital stock or securities required by the Stockholders’ Agreement to be bound thereby,
shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement and (b) adopts the
Stockholders’ Agreement with the same force and effect as if Holder were originally an Other Holder
and a Stockholder thereunder for all purposes of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
1.3 Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be
given to Holder at the address or facsimile number listed below Holder’s signature hereto.
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EXHIBIT B
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
I, ____________________, spouse of ______________, acknowledge that I have read the
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of [•], 2011, to which this Consent is attached as Exhibit
B (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), and that I know the contents of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
I am aware that the Stockholders’ Agreement contains provisions regarding the shares of capital
stock of the Company that my spouse may own, including any interest I might have therein.
I hereby agree that my interest, if any, in any shares of capital stock of the Company subject
to the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be irrevocably bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement and
further understand and agree that any community property interest I may have in such shares of
capital stock of the Company shall be similarly bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement.
I am aware that the legal, financial and related matters contained in the Stockholders’
Agreement are complex and that I am free to seek independent professional guidance or counsel with
respect to this Consent. I have either sought such guidance or counsel or determined after
reviewing the Stockholders’ Agreement carefully that I will waive such right.
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Exhibit B
ShopRunner Stockholders Agreement
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
by and among
SHOPRUNNER, INC.,
NRG COMMERCE, LLC
and
EBAY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of [•], 2011
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ARTICLE I
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STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT
THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “Stockholders’ Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
this [•] day of [•], 2011, by and among ShopRunner, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“Company”), NRG Commerce, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “NRG Holder”), eBay
Domestic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “EDH Holder”) and any subsequent stockholders,
or any transferees, who become parties hereto pursuant to Section 14.1 below (the “Other Holders”,
and collectively with the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder, the “Stockholders”).
RECITALS
A. The NRG Holder and the EDH Holder are parties to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 27, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the NRG Holder has agreed to acquire
70% of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the
“Common Stock”), with the EDH Holder holding the remaining 30% of the total issued and outstanding
shares of the Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase
Agreement; and
B. In connection with the Purchase Agreement and as a condition to consummating the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the parties hereto desire to enter into this
Stockholders’ Agreement in order to set forth certain rights and obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the mutual promises and
covenants set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions. Defined terms used in this Stockholders’ Agreement are set forth in Annex A.
Section 1.2 Interpretation.
(a) The headings contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
(b) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Stockholders’
Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(c) The words “hereby,” “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall,
unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Stockholders’ Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Stockholders’ Agreement. Whenever reference is made in this
Stockholders’ Agreement to any Article, Section, Annex or Exhibit, such reference shall be deemed
to apply to the specified Article or Section of this Stockholders’ Agreement or the specified Annex
or Exhibit to this Stockholders’ Agreement.
(d) The meaning assigned to each term defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
singular and plural forms of such term, and words denoting any gender shall include all genders.
Where a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a
corresponding meaning.
(e) Reference to any law means as amended, modified, codified, replaced or re-enacted, in
whole or in part, and in effect on the date hereof, including rules, regulations, enforcement
procedures and any interpretations promulgated thereunder. References to any contract or document
means as amended, novated, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time and in effect on
the date hereof, unless the context requires otherwise.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors and Voting Provisions
Section 2.1 Size of the Board. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares (as defined below) owned
by such Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at
all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that the size of the board of
directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall be set and remain at five (5) directors.
Section 2.2 Company Board Composition. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such
Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times,
in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that, at each annual or special meeting of
Stockholders at which an election of directors is held or pursuant to any written consent of the
Stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board:
(a) The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO Director”); provided that, if for any
reason the CEO Director shall cease to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, each of
the Stockholders shall promptly vote their respective Shares (i) to remove the former Chief
Executive Officer from the Board if such individual has not resigned as a member of the Board; and
(ii) to elect such individual’s replacement as Chief Executive Officer of the Company as the new
CEO Director;
(b) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx;
(c) Two (2) individuals designated by the NRG Holder for so long as the NRG Holder alone, or
collectively with its transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer and its Affiliates, owns thirty
percent (30%) or more of the Shares then outstanding (together with Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, the “NRG
Holder Designees”); and
(d) One (1) individual designated by the EDH Holder (the “EDH Holder Company Designee”), which
individual shall initially be Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
(e) To the extent the NRG Holder no longer qualifies to appoint two (2) individuals to the
Board under clause (c) above, such two (2) individuals shall be appointed by majority vote of the
Stockholders. To the extent the EDH Holder exercises its right to appoint the Board Observer
(defined below) in lieu of its right to appoint one (1) individual under clause
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(d) above, such one (1) individual shall be appointed by the NRG Holder or, in the case where
the immediately preceding sentence applies, by majority vote of the Stockholders.
Section 2.3 Subsidiary Governing Body Composition. The EDH Holder shall have the right to designate one (1) individual to the board of
directors or similar governing body of each and every Subsidiary of the Company (each, an “EDH
Holder Subsidiary Designee”).
Section 2.4 Failure to Designate a Board Member. In the absence of any designation by the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder as specified in
Section 2.2 or Section 2.3, the director or directors (or in the case of Section 2.3, such
individual appointed to the governing body, as applicable) previously designated by the NRG Holder
or the EDH Holder, as applicable, and then serving shall be reelected if still eligible to serve as
provided herein.
Section 2.5 Actions of Stockholders. Each Stockholder agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all Shares owned by such
Stockholder, or over which such Stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times,
in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that:
(a) no director who is a NRG Holder Designee may be removed from office unless such removal is
directed or approved by the NRG Holder;
(b) no director who is an EDH Holder Company Designee may be removed from office unless such
removal is directed or approved by the Other Holder;
(c) following the resignation, removal or death of a director who is a NRG Holder Designee,
the NRG Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor director and such nominee shall be
appointed as a member of the Board, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Article
II;
(d) following the resignation, removal or death of a director who is an EDH Holder Company
Designee, the EDH Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor director and such nominee
shall be appointed as a member of the Board, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this
Article II;
(e) upon the request of the NRG Holder to remove any director who is a NRG Holder Designee,
such director shall be removed;
(f) upon the request of the EDH Holder to remove any director who is an EDH Holder Company
Designee, such director shall be removed; and
(g) no NRG Holder Designee (other than Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx) remains in office after the NRG
Holder no longer qualifies for appointment rights under Section 2.2(c).
Section 2.6 Actions of the Company.
(a) The Company agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all voting securities of its
Subsidiaries owned directly or indirectly by the Company, or over which the Company has voting
control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure
that:
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(i) each EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee is elected to the governing body of each
Subsidiary of the Company as designated by the EDH Holder under Section 2.3;
(ii) no individual who is a EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee may be removed from office
unless such removal is directed or approved by the EDH Holder;
(iii) following the resignation, removal or death of an individual who is a EDH Holder
Subsidiary Designee, the EDH Holder shall have the right to nominate a successor individual
and such nominee shall be appointed as a member of the governing body of the applicable
Subsidiary of the Company, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this Article
II; and
(iv) upon the request of the EDH Holder to remove any individual who is an EDH Holder
Subsidiary Designee, such individual shall be removed.
(b) The Company agrees at the request of any party entitled to designate directors to call a
special meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of electing directors.
Section 2.7 No Liability for Election of Recommended Directors. No Stockholder, nor any Affiliate of any Stockholder, shall have any liability as a result
of designating an individual for election to the Board or similar governing body of any Subsidiary
of the Company for any act or omission by such designated individual in his or her capacity as a
member of the Board or similar governing body of any Subsidiary, nor shall any Stockholder or
Affiliate of any Stockholder have any liability as a result of voting for any such designee in
accordance with the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 2.8 Quorum.
(a) For so long as the EDH Holder Company Designee serves on the Board, the presence of the
EDH Holder Company Designee shall be required to constitute a quorum of the Board; provided,
however, that if the EDH Holder Company Designee is not present at any two (2) consecutive meetings
of the Board, then the presence of the EDH Holder Company Designee shall not be required to
constitute a quorum of the Board for the following meeting of the Board.
(b) For so long as any EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee serves on the board of directors or
similar governing body of any Subsidiary, the presence of such EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee shall
be required to constitute a quorum of such governing body; provided, however, that if such EDH
Holder Subsidiary Designee is not present at any two (2) consecutive meetings of such governing
body, then the presence of such EDH Holder Company Designee shall not be required to constitute a
quorum of such governing body for the following meeting of such governing body.
Section 2.9 Observer Rights.
(a) In lieu of appointing any EDH Holder Company Designee to the Board, the EDH Holder may
appoint a representative of the EDH Holder chosen by the EDH Holder in
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its sole discretion (the “Board Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board and all
committees thereof (whether in person, telephonic or other) in a non-voting, observer capacity, and
in this respect the Company shall provide to the Board Observer complete copies of all notices,
minutes, consents and other materials that are sent to the members of the Board or any committee
thereof, at the same time such notices, minutes, consents and other materials are provided to the
Company’s directors; provided, however, that such Board Observer shall agree to hold in confidence
and trust all information so provided; and provided further that the Company reserves the right to
withhold any information and to exclude such Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if
access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client
privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a
conflict of interest.
(b) In lieu of appointing any EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee to the governing body of any
Subsidiary of the Company, the EDH Holder may appoint a representative of the EDH Holder chosen by
the EDH Holder in its sole discretion (in each case, a “Subsidiary Observer”) to attend all
meetings of the governing body of any Subsidiary of the Company and all committees thereof (whether
in person, telephonic or other) in a non-voting, observer capacity, and in this respect such
Subsidiary of the Company shall provide to the Subsidiary Observer complete copies of all notices,
minutes, consents and other materials that are sent to the members of the governing body of such
Subsidiary of the Company or any committee thereof, at the same time such notices, minutes,
consents and other materials are provided to such to the members of such Subsidiary’s governing
body; provided, however, that such Subsidiary Observer shall agree to hold in confidence and trust
all information so provided; and provided further that the Company reserves the right to withhold
any information and to exclude such Subsidiary Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if
access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client
privilege between such Subsidiary and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a
conflict of interest.
Section 2.10 Acknowledgment. Each of the Company and the NRG Holder recognizes and acknowledges that the EDH Holder and
its Affiliates may now or in the future be engaged in the research, development, production,
marketing, licensing and/or sale of similar services or products to those being researched,
developed, produced, marketed, licensed and/or sold by the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the NRG
Holder. The services or products of the EDH Holder and its Affiliates may be competitive with
those of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or the NRG Holder and may display the same or similar
functionality. Nothing in this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be construed to prevent the EDH
Holder and its Affiliates from engaging independently in such activities; provided that the EDH
Holder and its Affiliates do not use the Company’s Highly Proprietary Information (defined below)
in order to do so.
(a) Each of the Company, the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder hereby acknowledge and agree that
the Company does not intend to provide the EDH Holder and its Affiliates, and the EDH
Holder and its Affiliates do not intend to receive, any Highly Proprietary Information from
the Company. For clarity, the following provisions are included if and only if the Company, the
NRG Holder and the EDH Holder and its Affiliates desire that the Company disclose any Highly
Proprietary Information from the Company. Accordingly, prior to any disclosure to the EDH Holder
and its Affiliates (including by way of disclosure to any EDH
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Holder Company Designee, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee, Board Observer or Subsidiary
Observers) of any Highly Proprietary Information, the Company shall either (i) if in a tangible
form, clearly xxxx such information as Highly Proprietary Information at the time of disclosure,
and receive the EDH Holder’s (or its EDH Holder Company Designee’s, EDH Holder Subsidiary
Designee’s, Board Observer’s or Subsidiary Observers’) express written consent to receive such
information prior to its delivery; or (ii) if oral, verbally indicate such information is Highly
Proprietary Information at the time of disclosure and receive the EDH Holder’s (or its EDH Holder
Company Designee’s, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee’s, Board Observer’s or Subsidiary Observers’)
express consent to receive such information prior to discussing it. Nothing contained in this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be construed as preventing EDH Holder’s or its Affiliates’ employees
and agents (including its EDH Holder Company Designee, EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee, Board
Observer or Subsidiary Observers) who had access to Highly Proprietary Information from using such
information as part of their general skill, knowledge, talent and expertise.
(b) For purposes of this Stockholders’ Agreement, the term “Highly Proprietary Information”
means (i) the Company’s trade secrets; and (ii) such other highly confidential and proprietary
information that is material to the Company’s products and services (not including ordinary course
confidential business, financial and commercial information). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement, “Highly Proprietary Information” shall not
include information, and none of the EDH Holder or its Affiliates shall have any obligations to the
Company with respect to any information, that: (A) is now or hereafter becomes publicly available
through no act or failure to act on the part of the EDH Holder or its Affiliates; (B) a third party
furnishes or has furnished to the EDH Holder or its Affiliates if, to the knowledge of the EDH
Holder or its Affiliates after reasonable inquiry, such third party is not breaching any obligation
of confidentiality by disclosing such information to the EDH Holder or its Affiliates; (C) the EDH
Holder or its Affiliates have independently developed without using the Company’s Highly
Proprietary Information; or (D) the Company gives written permission to the EDH Holder or its
Affiliates to disclose.
Section 2.11 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article II shall expire on the earlier of (a) the closing of
a Qualified IPO; and (b) with respect to any particular provision, the last date permitted by
applicable law (including the rules of the SEC and any exchange, quotation service or other market
upon which Securities of the Company are listed).
ARTICLE III
Related Party and Other Transactions
Section 3.1 Related Party Transactions. For as long as the EDH Holder owns at least five percent (5%) of the then outstanding
Shares, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, without the prior written consent of
the EDH Holder, enter into or agree to enter into any contract, transaction or arrangement with the
NRG Holder or any of its Affiliates, other than:
(a) contracts, transactions or arrangements between the Company and one or more of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
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(b) contracts, transactions or arrangements that are entered into on an arms’ length basis in
the ordinary course of business and on terms and conditions generally offered by the Company, any
of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, the NRG Holder or any of its Affiliates to third parties;
(c) contracts, transactions or arrangements that are fair from a financial point of view to
the Company and/or its relevant Subsidiaries, as determined by the Board, after consultation with
an independent financial advisor;
(d) the declaration and payment of dividends to the Stockholders in accordance with their
equity interests in the Company; and
(e) the Management Agreement.
Section 3.2 Payments and Issuances. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall pay or agree to pay any cash or cash
equivalents, or issue any Securities, other than in connection with (i) the payment of dividends to
the Stockholders in accordance with their equity interests in the Company or (ii) the operation of
the business of the Company, without the prior written consent of the EDH Holder.
Section 3.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of Section 3.1 shall expire on the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE IV
Rights to Future Stock Issuances
Section 4.1 Preemptive Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IV and applicable securities laws, if
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the
Company or such Subsidiary of the Company shall first offer such New Securities to each Stockholder
then existing.
(a) The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Stockholder, stating (i) its or
any Subsidiary of the Company’s bona fide intention to offer such New Securities; (ii) the number
of such New Securities to be offered; and (iii) the price and terms upon which it proposes to offer
such New Securities.
(b) By notification to the Company within ten (10) Business Days after the Offer Notice is
given (the “Option Period”), each Stockholder may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the
price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities
which equals the proportion that the shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly
or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then
held by such Stockholder bears to the total shares of Common Stock then outstanding (assuming full
conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Derivative Securities then outstanding). If the
total number of New Securities set forth in the Offer Notice is not fully subscribed by the
Stockholders upon expiration of the Option Period, the Company shall promptly provide written
notice of the number of unsubscribed New Securities (the “Overallotment Notice”) to the
Stockholders electing to participate in the offering of New Securities. By notification to the
Company within seven (7) Business Days after the
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Overallotment Notice is given (the “Overallotment Period”), each Stockholder entitled to
receive the Overallotment Notice may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on
the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such additional New Securities which
equals the proportion that the shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or
indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative Securities then held
by such Stockholder bears to the total shares of Common Stock issued and held, or issuable
(directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of any Derivative
Securities then held by all Stockholders entitled to receive the Overallotment Notice. The closing
of any sale pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall occur on the later of (i) thirty (30) days of the
date that the Offer Notice or, if applicable, the Overallotment Notice is given; and (ii) the date
of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 4.1(c).
(c) If all New Securities the Stockholders are entitled to purchase under this Section 4.1 are
not elected to be purchased as provided in clause (b) of this Section 4.1, the Company may, during
the one hundred and eighty (180) day period following the expiration of the Overallotment Period,
offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons
at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in
the Offer Notice. If the Company does not consummate the sale of the New Securities within such
period, the rights of Stockholders to subscribe to the issuance of such New Securities provided
hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first
reoffered to the Stockholders in accordance with this Section 4.1.
Section 4.2 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article IV shall expire on the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE V
Right of First Refusal
Section 5.1 Right of First Refusal.
(a) Grant.
(i) The NRG Holder (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant
to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the EDH Holder a
Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed
Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered on or before January 1, 2015
pursuant to the terms of this Section 5.1.
(ii) The EDH Holder (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and its transferees
pursuant to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the NRG
Holder a Right of First Refusal to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a
Proposed Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered on or before
January 1, 2015 pursuant to the terms of this Section 5.1.
(iii) For purposes of this Article V, the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder (and each of
their respective Affiliates and any other transferees pursuant to an Exempt
Transfer), as the case may be, proposing to make a Proposed Transfer is referred to as
the
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ROFR Selling Stockholder, and the EDH Holder or the NRG Holder, as the case may be,
entitled to a Right of First Refusal with respect to a Proposed Transfer by the ROFR Selling
Stockholder pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i) or Section 5.1(a)(ii) is referred to as the ROFR
Stockholder.
(b) Proposed Transfer Notice and Exercise of Right of First Refusal.
(i) If the ROFR Selling Stockholder desires to engage in or effect a Proposed Transfer,
the ROFR Selling Stockholder shall first deliver to the Company and the ROFR Stockholder a
Proposed Transfer Notice of its bona fide intention of a Proposed Transfer. Such Proposed
Transfer Notice shall contain (A) the number of and type of Securities included in the
Proposed Transfer (the “ROFR Offered Securities”); (B) the per unit cash value of the
consideration to be received in the Proposed Transfer (the “ROFR Offer Price”), including
the form of consideration (if other than cash); (C) the name and address of the Proposed
Transferee; (D) the date the Proposed Transfer is expected to be entered into or otherwise
consummated, if known; (E) any binding or non-binding documentation entered into with such
Proposed Transferee in connection with the Proposed Transfer (or negotiated drafts thereof);
and (F) any other material terms and conditions of the Proposed Transfer. Delivery of a
Proposed Transfer Notice shall constitute an offer by the ROFR Selling Stockholder,
irrevocable through and including the Offer Date to transfer to the ROFR Stockholder,
subject to the terms of this Section 5.1, all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities,
each unit at the ROFR Offer Price and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the
Proposed Transfer Notice.
(ii) During the ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such Proposed Transfer
Notice (such tenth day, for the purposes of this Section 5.1, the “ROFR Offer Date”), the
ROFR Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, each unit at the
ROFR Offer Price, all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities (the “Right of First
Refusal”) by delivery of a written notice (the “ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice”) to the
ROFR Selling Stockholder setting forth (A) its irrevocable election to purchase from the
ROFR Selling Stockholder all or any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities (the “ROFR
Accepted Securities”); (B) closing arrangements; and (C) a closing date not more than
forty-five (45) days following the ROFR Offer Date. The ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice
shall constitute a binding commitment of the ROFR Stockholder to purchase, and a binding
commitment of the ROFR Selling Stockholder to transfer the ROFR Accepted Securities, each
unit at the ROFR Offer Price. The ROFR Selling Stockholder shall transfer to the ROFR
Stockholder the ROFR Accepted Securities, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and shall
deliver to the ROFR Stockholder such other documents and instruments of transfer as the ROFR
Stockholder may reasonably request.
(iii) If the ROFR Stockholder fails to respond to the Proposed Transfer Notice by the
ROFR Offer Date, delivers a ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice electing to purchase less
than all of the Offered Securities or elects by written notice to the ROFR Selling
Stockholder not to purchase any portion of the ROFR Offered Securities, the ROFR Selling
Stockholder, or its applicable Affiliate or transferee, shall
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be free to transfer such portion of the ROFR Offered Securities which are not ROFR
Accepted Securities to the Proposed Transferee, each unit at the ROFR Offer Price and on
terms and conditions no more favorable to the Proposed Transferee than were set forth in the
Proposed Transfer Notice; provided that such Proposed Transfer is consummated within 180
days after the ROFR Offer Date. In the event that the ROFR Selling Stockholder, or its
applicable Affiliate or transferee, does not consummate such transfer within such 180 day
period, the rights of the ROFR Stockholder to purchase all or any portion of Securities
included in a Proposed Transfer provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such
Securities shall not be transferred to the Proposed Transferee or any other Person, other
than those permitted under Section 5.2, unless reoffered to the ROFR Stockholder in
accordance with this Section 5.1.
(iv) The receipt of consideration by any ROFR Selling Stockholder selling Securities in
payment for the transfer of such Securities pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder that: (A) such ROFR Selling
Stockholder has full right, title and interest in and to such Securities; (B) such ROFR
Selling Stockholder has all necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary
actions to sell such Securities as contemplated by this Section 5.1; and (C) such Securities
are free and clear of any Encumbrances.
(c) Consideration. Should the ROFR Offer Price specified in the Proposed Transfer
Notice be payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the ROFR Stockholder
shall have the right to pay the ROFR Offer Price in the form of cash equal in amount to the fair
market value of such property, determined on a per unit basis with respect to each ROFR Offered
Security. If the ROFR Stockholder objects to the ROFR Selling Stockholder’s calculation of the
ROFR Offer Price and the parties are unable to agree on the calculation of the Offer Price within
seven (7) days after the ROFR Stockholder’s receipt of the Proposed Transfer Notice, the valuation
of the fair market value of such property shall be made by an independent financial advisor jointly
selected by the ROFR Selling Stockholder and the ROFR Stockholder. The determination made by such
independent financial advisor shall be binding on both the ROFR Selling Stockholder and the ROFR
Stockholder and the cost of such valuation shall be shared equally by the ROFR Selling Stockholder
and the ROFR Stockholder. The ten (10) Business Day period set forth in Section 5.1(b)(ii) shall
not begin to run until such dispute is resolved either by an agreement between the ROFR Selling
Stockholder and the ROFR Stockholder or by the independent financial advisor.
Section 5.2 Exempt Transfers. The provisions of Section 5.1 shall not apply to Exempt Transfers; provided that any
transferee obtaining Securities in an Exempt Transfer shall remain bound by the terms of this
Section 5.1.
Section 5.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article V shall expire on the earlier of (i) the closing of
a Qualified IPO or (ii) the full repayment of the principal of, and any interest on, the Loan (as
defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Right of First Offer
Section 6.1 Right of First Offer.
(a) Grant.
(i) The NRG Holder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant to
an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the EDH Holder a Right
of First Offer to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed Transfer;
provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered after January 1, 2015 pursuant to the
terms of this Section 6.1.
(ii) The EDH Holder (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and its transferees pursuant
to an Exempt Transfer) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the NRG Holder a
Right of First Offer to purchase all or any portion of Securities included in a Proposed
Transfer; provided that a Proposed Transfer Notice is delivered after January 1, 2015
pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.1.
(iii) For purposes of this Article VI, the NRG Holder or the EDH Holder (and each of
their respective Affiliates and any other transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer), as
the case may be, proposing to make a Proposed Transfer is referred to as the ROFO Selling
Stockholder, and the EDH Holder or the NRG Holder, as the case may be, entitled to a Right
of First Offer with respect to a Proposed Transfer by the ROFO Selling Stockholder pursuant
to Section 6.1(a)(i) or Section 6.1(a)(ii) is referred to as the ROFO Stockholder.
(b) Proposed Transfer Notice and Exercise of Right of First Offer.
(i) If the ROFO Selling Stockholder desires to engage in or effect a Proposed Transfer,
the ROFO Selling Stockholder shall first deliver to the Company and the ROFO Stockholder a
Proposed Transfer Notice of its bona fide intention of a Proposed Transfer. Such Proposed
Transfer Notice shall contain (A) the number of and type of Securities included in the
Proposed Transfer (the “ROFO Offered Securities”); (B) the per unit cash value of the
consideration to be received in the Proposed Transfer (the “ROFO Offer Price”), including
the form of consideration (if other than cash); and (C) any other material terms and
conditions of the Proposed Transfer. Delivery of a Proposed Transfer Notice shall
constitute an offer by the ROFO Selling Stockholder, irrevocable through and including the
ROFO Offer Date to transfer to the ROFO Stockholder, subject to the terms of this Section
6.1, all or any portion of the ROFO Offered Securities, each unit at the ROFO Offer Price
and on the other terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Transfer Notice.
(ii) During the ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such Proposed Transfer
Notice (such tenth Business Day, for the purposes of this Section 6.1, the “ROFO Offer
Date”), the ROFO Stockholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, each
unit at the ROFO Offer Price, all or any portion of the
ROFO Offered Securities (the “Right of First Offer”) by delivery of a written notice
(the
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“ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice”) to the ROFO Selling Stockholder setting forth (A)
its irrevocable election to purchase from the ROFO Selling Stockholder all or any portion of
the ROFO Offered Securities (the “ROFO Accepted Securities”); (B) closing arrangements; and
(C) a closing date not more than forty-five (45) days following the ROFO Offer Date. The
ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice shall constitute a binding commitment of the ROFO
Stockholder to purchase, and a binding commitment of the ROFO Selling Stockholder to
transfer the ROFO Accepted Securities, each unit at the ROFO Offer Price. The ROFO Selling
Stockholder shall transfer to the ROFO Stockholder the Accepted Shares, free and clear of
all Encumbrances, and shall deliver to the ROFO Stockholder such other documents and
instruments of transfer as the ROFO Stockholder may reasonably request.
(iii) If the ROFO Stockholder fails to respond to the Proposed Transfer Notice by the
Offer Date, or elects by written notice to the ROFO Selling Stockholder (a “ROFO Stockholder
Election Notice”) not to purchase any portion of the ROFO Offered Securities, the ROFO
Selling Stockholder, or its applicable Affiliate or transferee, shall be free to transfer
such portion of the ROFO Offered Securities which are not Accepted Securities in any manner
permitted by this Stockholders’ Agreement; provided that (x) such Proposed Transfer is
consummated within 180 days after the later of (A) the ROFO Offer Date, or (B) the receipt
by the ROFO Selling Stockholder of the foregoing ROFO Stockholder Election Notice, and (y)
the per unit price at which the ROFO Offered Securities are transferred must be equal to or
higher than the Offer Price. In the event that the ROFO Selling Stockholder, or its
applicable Affiliate or transferee, does not consummate such transfer within such 180-day
period, the rights of the ROFO Stockholder to purchase all or any portion of Securities
included in a Proposed Transfer provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such
Securities shall not be transferred to any Person, other than those permitted under Section
6.2, unless reoffered to the ROFO Stockholder in accordance with this Section 6.1.
(iv) The receipt of consideration by the ROFO Selling Stockholder selling Securities in
payment for the transfer of such Securities pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder that: (A) the ROFO Selling
Stockholder has full right, title and interest in and to such Securities; (B) the ROFO
Selling Stockholder has all necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary
actions to sell such Securities as contemplated by this Section 6.1; and (C) such Securities
are free and clear of any Encumbrances.
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(c) Consideration. Should the ROFO Offer Price specified in the Proposed Transfer
Notice be payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the ROFO Stockholder
shall have the right to pay the ROFO Offer Price in the form of cash equal in amount to the fair
market value of such property, determined on a per unit basis with respect to each Offered
Security. If the ROFO Stockholder objects to the ROFO Selling Stockholder’s calculation of the
Offer Price and the parties are unable to agree on the calculation of the ROFO Offer Price within
seven (7) days after the ROFO Stockholder’s receipt of the Proposed Transfer Notice, the valuation
of the fair market value of such property shall be made by an independent financial advisor jointly
selected by the ROFO Selling Stockholder and the ROFO Stockholder. The determination made by such
independent financial advisor shall be binding on both the ROFO Selling Stockholder and the ROFO
Stockholder and the cost of such valuation shall be shared equally by the ROFO Selling Stockholder
and the ROFO Stockholder. The ten (10) Business Day period set forth in Section 6.1(b)(ii) shall
not begin to run until such dispute is resolved either by an agreement between the ROFO Selling
Stockholder and the ROFO Stockholder or by the independent financial advisor.
Section 6.2 Exempt Transfers. The provisions of Section 6.1 shall not apply to Exempt Transfers; provided that any
transferee obtaining Securities in an Exempt Transfer shall remain bound by the terms of this
Section 6.1.
Section 6.3 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VI shall expire upon the earlier of (i) the closing
of a Qualified IPO or (ii) the full repayment of the principal of, and any interest on, the Loan
(as defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Tag-Along Right
Section 7.1 Tag-Along Right; Actions to Be Taken. Subject to prior compliance with Articles V and VI, if the NRG Holder or any of its
Affiliates or other transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer proposes to transfer (in a sale
consummated in a single transfer, or a series of related transfers to a single purchaser or a group
of purchasers as part of a single transaction) Shares representing five percent (5%) or more of the
then outstanding Shares (the “Transfer”); provided that the Transfer is not an Exempt Transfer,
then the EDH Holder shall have the right (the “Tag-Along Right”) to require the proposed
purchaser(s) to purchase from the EDH Holder not less than the number of whole Shares derived by
multiplying the total number of Shares to be purchased by the proposed purchaser(s) in such
transaction(s) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of Shares owned by the EDH
Holder, and the denominator of which is the sum of the Shares owned by the NRG Holder plus the
Shares owned by the EDH Holder (in each case including the Shares owned by any Affiliates of such
Stockholder). Any Shares purchased from the EDH Holder pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall be
purchased at the same price per Share and upon the same terms of payment and conditions as such
proposed Transfer by the NRG Holder (the “Transfer Terms”).
(a) Notice. The NRG Holder shall promptly notify the EDH Holder in writing in advance
of a proposed Transfer giving rise to the Tag-Along Right, and such notice shall include the
Transfer Terms and a copy of any written offer or agreement pertaining thereto. The Tag-Along
Right may be exercised by the EDH Holder by delivery of a written notice to the
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NRG Holder proposing to sell Shares (the “Tag-Along Notice”) within ten (10) Business Days
following the EDH Holder’s receipt of such notice from the NRG Holder. The Tag-Along Notice shall
state the number of Shares that the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates propose to include in such
Transfer to the proposed purchaser(s). If the proposed purchaser(s) will not agree to purchase the
sum of all of the Shares intended to be included in the Transfer by the NRG Holder and any of its
Affiliates and the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates, the number of Shares that the NRG Holder
and any of its Affiliates may sell in the Transfer shall be reduced by the number of Shares the EDH
Holder is entitled to include as calculated in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.
(b) Closing. At the closing of any Transfer pursuant to this Section 7.1, the
proposed purchaser(s) shall deliver to the EDH Holder the consideration for the total sales price
of the Shares of the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates sold pursuant hereto, upon delivery by
the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates of stock certificate(s) for such Shares duly endorsed in
blank for transfer or accompanied by stock power(s) duly executed in blank, and the compliance by
the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates with all other conditions to closing generally applicable
to the NRG Holder and its Affiliates in such transaction (including the provision by the EDH Holder
and any of its Affiliates to the proposed purchaser(s) of customary representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities so long as they are made severally and not jointly and the aggregate
liabilities of the EDH Holder and any of its Affiliates in connection with these representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities will not exceed the gross proceeds received by the EDH Holder
and any of its Affiliates from such sale. In the event that the EDH Holder fails to deliver or
cause to be delivered the stock certificates representing the Shares of the EDH Holder and any of
its Affiliates sold pursuant hereto, or fails to satisfy any other condition applicable to it, at
the closing (assuming the satisfaction of all other conditions to closing), the EDH Holder shall be
deemed to have waived the Tag-Along Right therefor and the NRG Holder shall be entitled to complete
the Transfer at the closing without participation by the EDH Holder or any of its Affiliates.
Section 7.2 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VII shall expire on the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE VIII
Drag-Along Right
Section 8.1 Application of Drag-Along Rights. Subject to prior compliance with Articles V and VI, in the event that the NRG Holder
approves in writing a Sale of the Company to any Person, or a group of related Persons, that is
not, or if a group does not include, an Affiliate or member of the NRG Holder, at any time on or
after January 1, 2013, specifying that this Article VIII shall apply to such transaction, then each
of the EDH Holder and its Affiliates and any Other Holders (collectively, the “Dragged Holders” and
collectively with the NRG Holder, the “Drag-Along Sellers”) shall be bound by the terms of this
Section 8.1.
Section 8.2 Exercise. The NRG Holder shall deliver a written notice (the “Drag-Along Sale Notice”) to the Company
at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction and the
Company shall promptly deliver such Drag-Along Sale Notice to each Dragged Holder. The Drag-Along
Sale Notice shall set forth the principal terms
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and conditions of the proposed sale, including (a) the percentage of Shares held by the NRG
Holder and any of its Affiliates that are proposed to be transferred; (b) the form of consideration
(if other than cash); (c) the name and address of the prospective purchaser; and (d) if known, the
proposed transfer date. If any Drag-Along Sellers are given an option as to the form and amount of
consideration to be received, all Drag-Along Sellers will be given the same option with respect to
such sale. Unless otherwise agreed by each Drag-Along Seller, any non-cash consideration shall be
allocated among such Drag-Along Sellers pro rata based upon the aggregate amount of consideration
to be received by such Drag-Along Sellers. If at the end of the 180th day after the date of
delivery of the Drag-Along Sale Notice, the NRG Holder has not completed the proposed Sale of the
Company, the Drag-Along Sale Notice shall be null and void, each Dragged Holder shall be released
from such Dragged Holder’s obligation under the Drag-Along Sale Notice and it shall be necessary
for a separate Drag-Along Sale Notice to be delivered and the terms and provisions of this Section
8.2 separately complied with, in order to consummate such proposed sale pursuant to this Section
8.2, unless the failure to complete such proposed sale resulted directly from any failure by any
Dragged Holder to comply with the terms of this Article VIII.
Section 8.3 Agreements. Each Dragged Holder hereby agrees:
(a) if such transaction requires stockholder approval, with respect to all Shares that the
Dragged Holders own or over which the Dragged Holders otherwise exercise voting power, to vote (in
person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all Shares in favor of, and adopt,
such Sale of the Company (together with any related amendment to the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws of the Company required in order to implement such Sale of the Company) and to vote in
opposition to any and all other proposals that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the
ability of the Company to consummate such Sale of the Company;
(b) if such transaction is a Stock Sale, to sell the same proportion of Shares beneficially
held by the Dragged Holders as is being sold by the NRG Holder to the Person to whom the NRG Holder
proposes to sell its Shares, and on the same terms and conditions as the NRG Holder (provided that,
the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities provided by the Dragged Holders are made
severally and not jointly and the aggregate liabilities of each Dragged Holder in connection with
these representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities will not exceed the gross proceeds
received by the Dragged Holder and any of its Affiliates from such Sale of the Company;
(c) to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of
the Sale of the Company as shall reasonably be requested by the Company or the NRG Holder in order
to carry out the terms and provisions of this Article VIII, including without limitation executing
and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger
agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share
certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of Encumbrances) and any similar or related
documents, each on terms and conditions substantially similar to all other Drag-Along Sellers; and
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(d) not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in this
Stockholders’ Agreement, any Shares owned by such party or Affiliate in a voting trust or subject
any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares, unless
specifically requested to do so by the acquiror in connection with the Sale of the Company; and
(e) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable
law at any time with respect to such Sale of the Company.
Section 8.4 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article VIII shall expire on the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE IX
[Reserved]
Section 9.1 [Reserved]
ARTICLE X
Information Rights
Section 10.1 Applicable Regulatory Compliance.
(a) The Company agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the EDH Holder, or its
designee(s), as promptly as reasonably practicable upon written request therefor, any information
in the possession or under the control of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent (i)
reasonably necessary to allow the EDH Holder to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other
requirements imposed on it or its Affiliates by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over
it, including under applicable securities or tax laws, including the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations thereunder, or applicable rules of any Self-Regulatory Organization
(collectively, the “Applicable Regulatory Requirements”); (ii) reasonably required for use by the
EDH Holder in any judicial, regulatory, administrative, tax or other proceeding; or (iii)
reasonably required for use by the EDH Holder in order to satisfy any audit, accounting, claims,
regulatory, litigation, tax or other similar requirements; provided that, in the event that the
Company determines in its reasonable discretion that any such provision of information would result
in disclosure of commercially sensitive information or a violation of any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Company and the EDH Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to permit
the Company to comply with this Section 10.1(a) to the extent such compliance would not result in
any such disclosure or violation.
(b) The Company will maintain true books and records of account in which full and correct
entries will be made of all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting
established and administered in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and will set aside on
its books such accruals and reserves as may be required under GAAP.
(c) The Company will furnish the EDH Holder a draft of the annual and quarterly budgets
fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year to which the budgets apply including an
operating plan (forecast) for such fiscal year (and as soon as available, any
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subsequent written revisions thereto) and shall include at least a projection of income and
cash flow for each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year and a projected balance sheet as of the end
of each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year. The Company will provide Board approved annual and
quarterly budgets as soon as practicable following the beginning of the fiscal year to which the
budgets apply.
(d) The Company will provide the EDH Holder updates to the annual and quarterly budgets as
soon as practicable after any such updates are prepared by the Company during a given fiscal year.
(e) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain systems of disclosure
controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, to the extent and only to
the extent if such systems are reasonably required to enable the EDH Holder to satisfy its
obligations under applicable securities laws, including under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
Section 10.2 Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to the EDH Holder:
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year; (ii) statements of
income and of cash flows for such year; and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end
of such year, all such financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and audited and
certified by independent public accountants selected by the Company; and
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
quarter of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited statements of income and of cash flows for
such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited balance sheet and a statement of stockholders’ equity as of
the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial
statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes
thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP); and provided, further, that upon reasonable
advance request from the EDH Holder, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to
furnish (to the extent prepared and available) draft financial statements for each month, quarter
and annual period-end (with the exception that no notes need to be attached to such statements)
within one month (or as soon as such is prepared and available) following the period-end prepared
consistent with management’s reports and consistent (pending audit and review adjustments and
subject to normal quarterly adjustments to comply with external reporting obligations) with audited
and reviewed financial statements including any details of accounts the EDH Holder is required to
obtain to publicly report financial measures, including, but not limited to, amortization of
intangible assets, stock-based compensation and other extraordinary items as required to complete
any publicly reported financial measures.
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(c) If, for any period, the Company has any Subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with
those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to
the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements
of the Company and all such consolidated Subsidiaries.
Section 10.3 Inspection. The Company shall permit the EDH Holder, at the EDH Holder’s expense, to visit and inspect
the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss the Company’s
affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and auditors, during normal business
hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the EDH Holder; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 10.3 to provide access to any information
that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be Highly Proprietary Information or the
disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and
its counsel.
Section 10.4 Termination. Each of the provisions of this Article X shall expire on the closing of a Qualified IPO.
ARTICLE XI
Registration Rights
Section 11.1 Demand Registration Rights.
(a) Following the date that is six (6) months after the closing of an Initial Public Offering,
any Stockholder, or Stockholders, holding individually, or in the aggregate, at least five percent
(5%) of the Securities then outstanding (each such Stockholder, the “Demanding Stockholder”) may,
in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article XI, demand that the Company publish an
Offer Document for a Public Offering of all or part of the Demanding Stockholders’ Subject
Securities, by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of Subject Securities to
be covered by such Offer Document and the intended method of distribution thereof (the “Demand
Request”). The Demanding Stockholder shall deliver such Demand Request to the other Stockholders.
The Demanding Stockholder may specify that the registration statement shall be in the form of a
“shelf” registration statement, providing for the offer and sale of Subject Securities by the
Demanding Stockholder on a delayed or continuous basis as permitted by the Securities Act, in which
case the intended method of distribution contained in the Demand Request may be general in nature
or contemplate multiple methods of distribution.
(b) Each Stockholder shall have the right, within twenty (20) days of delivery of a Demand
Request by a Demanding Stockholder, or within such lesser period of time as specified in the Demand
Request (but in any event not less than five (5) Business Days) if the Public Offering is
reasonably required to occur on an accelerated timetable, to request that the Company include in
the Offer Document all or a portion of the Subject Securities held by such other Stockholder (a
“Participation Request”).
(c) Upon receipt of a Demand Request, the Company shall as promptly as practicable file with
the SEC an Offer Document and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Qualification of
such Offer Document, covering the Subject Securities included in the
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Demand Request and, if applicable, the Subject Securities included in any Participation
Request, for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in the Demand
Request.
(d) The Company’s obligations under subsections (a) to (c) are subject to the following
limitations:
(i) The Company shall not be required to comply with its obligations under subsections
(a) to (c) during any period of time (not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in the
aggregate with respect to each calendar year) with respect to which it and the Board, each
acting in good faith, have decided to proceed with a Public Offering for its own account
and, in the good faith judgment of the managing underwriters (the “Underwriters”) thereof,
the compliance with such obligations would have a material adverse effect on such Public
Offering (any such period of time being hereinafter referred to as a “Blackout Period”);
provided that (A) any such Blackout Period shall terminate upon the completion or
abandonment of such Public Offering; (B) the Company shall deliver to each Stockholder a
certificate of a member of the Board demonstrating that, prior to the receipt of the Demand
Request, it engaged an investment bank of international standing to conduct the Public
Offering; and (C) if during the Blackout Period a Demand Request is withdrawn, such request
shall not be considered a Demand Request and such request shall be of no further effect.
(ii) The Company shall not be required to comply with its obligations under subsections
(a) to (c) during any period of time (not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in the
aggregate with respect to each calendar year) with respect to which in the good faith
judgment of the Board and the Company it would be materially detrimental to the Company and
its Stockholders for any Offer Document to be filed because such filing would (A) require
disclosure of material nonpublic information, the disclosure of which would be reasonably
likely to materially adversely affect the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(B) adversely affect an existing or prospective material financing, acquisition, merger,
disposition or other comparable transaction or negotiation involving the Company; provided
that in any such case the Company shall have the right to suspend the use of but not the
filing of, any Offer Document.
(iii) The minimum aggregate offering price of the Subject Securities in any Public
Offering, as estimated in good faith by the Board immediately prior to the time the
Qualification of the relevant Offer Document becomes effective, shall be at least one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
(iv) If the number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold in an underwritten
Public Offering following a Demand Request exceeds the Maximum Number, then the aggregate
number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold shall be reduced to the Maximum Number
and the Company shall include in the Offer Document up to the Maximum Number (A) first, all
of the Subject Securities requested by the Demanding Stockholder and the other requesting
Stockholders to be included in the Offer Document, allocated among them pro rata on the
basis of the number of Subject Securities then held by them; and (B) second, to the extent
that the number of Subject
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Securities to be included in the Offer Document pursuant to (A) is less than the
Maximum Number, any Subject Securities that the Company proposes to offer and sell for its
own account.
(v) The Company shall not be obligated to give effect to a Demand Request in the event
that a registration pursuant to Section 11.2 has been available to any Stockholder within
the ninety (90) days preceding the date of the Demand Request.
(vi) The Company shall not be obligated to give effect to more than two (2) Demand
Requests under this Article XI.
(e) A request by a Stockholder that the Company file an Offer Document shall not be considered
a Demand Request if the Offer Document does not become Qualified.
Section 11.2 Piggyback Registration Rights.
(a) If the Company proposes to seek Qualification of an Offer Document in respect of any
authorized but unissued Subject Securities for purposes of a Public Offering of such Subject
Securities, the Company shall deliver written notice to each Stockholder of such proposal at least
fifteen (15) Business Days before the commencement of preparations for such Public Offering. Such
notice shall specify at a minimum the number of Subject Securities proposed to be included in the
Offer Document, the proposed filing date of the Offer Document, the proposed method of distribution
of the Subject Securities and the proposed Underwriters, if any.
(b) Each Stockholder shall be entitled to submit a written request within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice that all or a portion of the Subject Securities held by it shall be
included in the Offer Document, and the Company shall permit, or cause the Underwriters, if any, to
permit, the inclusion in the Offer Document the Subject Securities referred to in such request;
provided that any offer and sale of such Subject Securities shall be on the same terms and
conditions as the Subject Securities offered and sold by the Company; provided, further, that the
number of Subject Securities to be included in the Offer Document for any underwritten Public
Offering shall not exceed the Maximum Number. If the number of Subject Securities to be offered and
sold in an underwritten Public Offering pursuant to Section 11.2(a) exceeds the Maximum Number, the
aggregate number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold shall be reduced to the Maximum
Number and the Company shall include in the Offer Document up to the Maximum Number (i) first, all
of the Subject Securities that the Company proposes to offer and sell for its own account; and (ii)
second, to the extent that the number of Subject Securities to be included in the Offer Document
pursuant to (i) is less than the Maximum Number, any Subject Securities requested by any requesting
Stockholders to be included in the Offer Document, allocated among them pro rata on the basis of
the number of Subject Securities then held by them. A Stockholder who has submitted a request to
have Subject Securities included in the Offer Document pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall be
entitled to withdraw this request by giving written notice to the Company of its election to do so
at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed date of Qualification of such Offer Document.
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Section 11.3 Offer Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 to use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the Qualification of an Offer Document in respect of any Subject
Securities, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall:
(i) As promptly as practicable prepare and file with the SEC an Offer Document with
respect to the Subject Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Offer
Document to become and remain Qualified; provided that before filing any Offer Document or
any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford each
Stockholder holding Subject Securities covered by such Offer Document (a “Participating
Stockholder”), its advisors and the Underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review
and comment on copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed.
(ii) As promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to an Offer Document as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of
applicable Law with respect to the sale or disposition of the Subject Securities.
(iii) Promptly notify each Participating Stockholder (A) when an Offer Document or any
amendment or supplement thereto has been filed and when it has become Qualified; (B) of any
request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to an Offer Document or for additional
information; or (C) of any order issued or threatened by the SEC suspending the
Qualification of an Offer Document; the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such order and, if any such order is issued, shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible
moment.
(iv) Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, notify each Participating Stockholder and
the Underwriters, if any, at any time when an Offer Document is required to be made
available under applicable law or regulations, of the occurrence of an event requiring the
preparation of a supplement or amendment to an Offer Document so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Subject Securities, such Offer Document will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and promptly make available to
each Participating Stockholder and the Underwriters, if any, any such supplement or
amendment.
(v) Use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Subject Securities under
such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
Participating Stockholders or the Underwriters, if any, shall reasonably request, and do any
and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary to enable each Participating
Stockholder or the Underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of the Subject
Securities in such jurisdictions; provided that in no event shall the Company
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be required to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
where it is not so qualified, or to execute or file any general consent to service of
process under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement that has become a
Qualified Offer Document continuously effective and not subject to any stop order,
injunction or other similar order or requirement of the SEC, until the earlier of (A) the
expiration of the SEC Required Period; and (B) the date on which all Subject Securities
covered by the Registration Statement (1) have been disposed of pursuant to such
Registration Statement; or (2) cease to be subject to the registration requirements of the
Securities Act; provided that in no event will such period expire prior to the expiration of
the applicable period referred to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174
promulgated thereunder; provided, further, that in the event of any stop order, injunction
or other similar order or requirement of the SEC relating to the Registration Statement, the
SEC Required Period shall be extended by the number of days during which such stop order,
injunction or similar order or requirement remains in effect.
(vii) Make available upon reasonable advance notice for inspection by any Participating
Stockholder, any Underwriters and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by
any such Participating Stockholder or Underwriter (collectively, the “Advisors”), all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company
(collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to conduct a
“reasonable” investigation for purposes of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and other
applicable antifraud and securities laws and cause the Company’s directors, officers and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Advisors in connection with
such Offer Document.
(viii) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Subject Securities covered by an
Offer Document to be listed or qualified for trading on a national securities exchange, or
otherwise become actively traded over-the-counter, in any case in the same manner in which
the Company’s outstanding Securities are listed or qualified for trading and, if none of the
Company’s outstanding Securities are so listed or qualified for trading, use its reasonable
best efforts to cause all such Securities promptly to be listed or qualified for trading on
a national securities exchange, or otherwise become actively traded over-the-counter in a
generally recognized and generally accepted manner in the United States.
(ix) Promptly furnish to each Participating Stockholder and each Underwriter, if any,
such number of copies of an Offer Document, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each
case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and
such other documents as such Participating Stockholder or Underwriter may reasonably request
in order to facilitate the disposition of the Subject Securities owned by such Participating
Stockholder.
(x) In connection with an underwritten offering of Subject Securities, enter into an
underwriting agreement in such form as is customary in underwritten offerings made by
selling security holders and take all such other actions as are
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reasonably requested by the Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of such Subject Securities, and in such connection (A) make
such representations and warranties to the Underwriters with respect to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries, and the relevant Offer Document and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, as are customarily made by
issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings made by selling security holders, and
confirm the same on the settlement date for the offering; (B) cause opinions of counsel to
the Company (which counsel and opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Underwriters) to be delivered to the Underwriters covering the matters customarily covered
in opinions requested in underwritten offerings by selling security holders; (C) cause “cold
comfort” letters and updates thereof (which letters and updates shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriters) from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any
Subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired or owned by the Company for which
financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Offer
Document) to be delivered to the Underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection
with underwritten offerings by selling security holders; and (D) agree to customary
indemnification and contribution provisions in favor of both the Participating Stockholders
and the Underwriters or selling agents.
(xi) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally
available to security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the
Securities Act) not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of any twelve (12)-month
period (or ninety (90) days after the end of any twelve (12)-month period if such period is
a fiscal year) (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Subject Securities
are offered and sold to underwriters in a Public Offering; and (B) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the fiscal quarter of the
Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover
said twelve (12)-month period.
(xii) Cooperate with each Participating Stockholder and the Underwriters in connection
with any filings required to be made with any Self-Regulatory Organization.
(xiii) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary to
effect the Qualification, offering and sale of the Subject Securities covered by an Offer
Document and enter into any other customary agreements and take such other actions,
including participation in “road shows”, as are reasonably required in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of the Subject Securities.
(b) Each Participating Stockholder shall enter into an underwriting agreement in such form as
is customary in underwritten offerings made by selling security holders including, without
limitation, any lock-up restrictions requested by the Underwriters prohibiting and/or restricting
the transfer of Subject Securities and any hedging or other trading activities with respect to such
securities. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
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Company to take any action pursuant to this Article XI with respect to the Subject Securities
of any Participating Stockholder that such Participating Stockholder shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding itself, the Subject Securities held by it, and the intended method of
disposition of such Subject Securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such
Participating Stockholder’s Subject Securities.
Section 11.4 Expenses.
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the Qualification and offer and sale of the Subject
Securities in a Public Offering pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 (and all fees and expenses
incurred by the Company or, subject to any limitations under applicable law, the Participating
Stockholder (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any underwriting discounts or commissions) in
compliance with Section 11.3) shall be borne by the Company, including without limitation (i) all
registration and filing fees (including (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with
any Self-Regulatory Organization; and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or
blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Underwriters in
connection with such matters)); (ii) printing expenses (including any costs of printing
certificates for Subject Securities in a form eligible for deposit with clearing agencies, printing
prospectuses, and printing or preparing any underwriting agreement, agreement among underwriters
and related syndicate or selling group agreements, pricing agreements and blue sky memoranda);
(iii) the expenses, excluding for the avoidance of doubt any underwriting fees or commissions, of
any “qualified independent underwriter” or other independent appraiser participating in an offering
pursuant to the conduct rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; (iv) the expenses and
costs of any road show (including travel, meals, accommodation and other arrangements for investor
presentations or meetings); (v) the fees, expenses and costs of any public relations, investor
relations or other consultants retained in connection with any road show (including travel and
other arrangements for any investor presentations or meetings); (vi) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and, if applicable, one counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for the
Participating Stockholders; (vii) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants for the Company (including the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by or
incident to such performance); and (viii) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
quotation or listing of the Subject Securities on any securities exchange or automated securities
quotation system. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any expenses of any
registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Article XI if a Demand Request is subsequently
withdrawn at the request of a majority in interest of the Participating Stockholders requesting
such registration (in which case all Participating Stockholders shall bear such expenses pro rata
based upon the number of Subject Securities that were to be thereby registered in the withdrawn
registration).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.4(a), the Company will bear all
costs and expenses associated with any offering-related liability insurance, if the Company desires
to obtain such insurance.
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Section 11.5 Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) In connection with any Offer Document in respect of any Public Offering pursuant to this
Article XI, the Company shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Participating Stockholder
and each Underwriter, if any, and each of their respective officers, directors or employees, each
Person, if any, who controls such Participating Stockholder or such Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act, Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each Person of which such
Participating Stockholder or such Underwriter, directly or indirectly, is a subsidiary or group
company, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (“Losses”) and any
actions in respect thereof (including any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Offer Document (as amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or any violation by the
Company of any securities or other applicable laws relating to such Offer Document, except insofar
as such Losses or actions in respect thereof are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission contained in any information (i) in the case of a
Participating Stockholder, relating to such Participating Stockholder and furnished to the Company
by such Participating Stockholder in writing expressly for use therein; or (ii) in the case of an
Underwriter, relating to such Underwriter and furnished to the Company by such Underwriter in
writing expressly for use therein.
(b) In connection with any Offer Document in respect of any Public Offering pursuant to this
Article XI, each Participating Stockholder shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and each Underwriter, if any, and each of their respective officers, directors or employees, each
Person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act, Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each Person of which the Company or such
Underwriter, directly or indirectly, is a subsidiary or group company and any other Stockholder,
from and against any and all Losses and any actions in respect thereof (including any legal or
other expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim)
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such
Offer Document (as amended or supplemented if such Participating Stockholder shall have furnished
any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by 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, but only with respect to any information relating to such Participating Stockholder
furnished to the Company by such Participating Stockholder in writing expressly for use therein and
not otherwise caused by the manner of disclosure of such information by the Company or the
Underwriter; provided that the obligations of each Participating Stockholder hereunder shall not
exceed the amount of net proceeds realized by such Participating Stockholder from the sale of its
Subject Securities registered pursuant to such Offer Document.
(c) In the event a claim arises pursuant to subsection 11.5(a) through 11.5(b), any Person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought (the “Public Offering Indemnified Party”) shall
promptly notify the party against whom the claim for indemnification
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is made of such claim and the facts constituting the basis for such claim in reasonable
detail. The party against whom the claim for indemnification is made is hereinafter referred to as
the “Public Offering Indemnifying Party”. Failure to notify a Public Offering Indemnifying Party
shall not relieve such Public Offering Indemnifying Party from its obligations hereunder unless
such Public Offering Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced as a result thereof.
(d) Counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party shall be selected by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Public Offering Indemnified Party;
provided that counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party shall not (except with the consent
of the relevant Public Offering Indemnified Party) also be counsel to the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party. The Public Offering Indemnifying Party may participate at its own expense in
the defense of any claim arising pursuant to subsections 11.5(a) through 11.5(b) and, to the extent
it shall wish and be legally permitted, assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other Public
Offering Indemnifying Party similarly notified; provided, however, that in the event the Public
Offering Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded on the advice of counsel that there may
be defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Public
Offering Indemnifying Party, the Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action as it relates to such defenses on behalf of such Public Offering
Indemnified Party and the fees and expenses of separate counsel (selected by the Public Offering
Indemnified Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Public Offering Indemnifying Party) relating
to such defenses for such Public Offering Indemnified Party shall be borne by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party. After notice from the Public Offering Indemnifying Party to such Public
Offering Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense of any such claim and after
election of counsel to the Public Offering Indemnified Party as set forth above, the Public
Offering Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any legal expenses of other counsel (except for
separate counsel, but not more than the costs of one such separate counsel for all Public Offering
Indemnified Parties, in the circumstances described above) subsequently incurred by such Public
Offering Indemnified Party. Except as provided in the preceding sentences, the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition
to any local counsel) separate from its own counsel for all Public Offering Indemnified Parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No Public Offering Indemnifying
Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Public Offering Indemnified Parties, settle
or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation or any
investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever in respect of which indemnification could be sought under this Section 11.5 (whether or
not the Public Offering Indemnified Parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each Public Offering
Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such litigation or claim; (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Public Offering Indemnified Party; and (iii) does not impose any restriction upon the future
operations of the Public Offering Indemnified Party.
(e) If at any time a Public Offering Indemnified Party shall have requested a Public Offering
Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Public Offering Indemnified Party for fees and disbursements of
counsel, such Public Offering Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be
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liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by such Public Offering Indemnifying
Party of the aforesaid request; (ii) such Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall have received
notice of the terms of such settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement taking
effect; and (iii) such Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed such Public
Offering Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time a Public Offering Indemnified
Party shall have requested a Public Offering Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Public Offering
Indemnified Party for fees and disbursements of counsel, a Public Offering Indemnifying Party shall
not be liable for any settlement effected without its consent if such Public Offering Indemnifying
Party (i) reimburses such Public Offering Indemnified Party in accordance with such request to the
extent it considers such request to be reasonable; and (ii) provides written notice to the Public
Offering Indemnified Party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to
the date of such settlement.
(f) If the indemnification provided for in subsections 11.5(a) through 11.5(b) is unavailable
to Persons to be indemnified pursuant thereto or insufficient in respect of any Losses referred to
therein, then the Public Offering Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Person, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Person as a result of such Losses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Public Offering
Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Person, on the other hand, from the Public Offering;
or (ii) if allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of the Public Offering Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such
Person, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that the obligations of
each Participating Stockholder hereunder shall not exceed the amount of net proceeds realized by
such Participating Stockholder from the sale of its Subject Securities registered pursuant to such
Offer Document.
(g) The indemnity, contribution and reimbursement obligations under this Section 11.5 shall be
in addition to any liability each Public Offering Indemnifying Party may otherwise have and shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Public Offering Indemnified Party but may be modified as appropriate and agreed by the
Parties in connection with entering any customary underwriting agreement.
(h) In the event of any conflict between the provisions set forth in this Section 11.5 and
those set forth in any underwriting agreement entered pursuant to this Article XI, the provisions
of this Section 11.5 shall control unless the Participating Stockholder involved in such conflict
is a party to such underwriting agreement, in which case the underwriting agreement shall control.
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ARTICLE XII
Representations and Warranties
Section 12.1 Power and Authority; Valid and Binding Obligations; No Conflict or
Violation. Each party represents and warrants that:
(a) such party has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as
applicable, to execute and deliver this Stockholders’ Agreement and perform its obligations
hereunder;
(b) this Stockholders’ Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
party and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of such party, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles where applicable; and
(c) neither the execution or delivery of this Stockholders’ Agreement by such party, nor the
performance by such party of its obligations hereunder, will (i) violate any provision of the
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement
or such similar organizational documents of such party; or (ii) violate or result in a breach of or
constitute a default under any law to which such party is subject.
ARTICLE XIII
Additional Covenants
Section 13.1 Further Assurances. All Stockholders agree to execute and deliver any written consents or other documentation
required to effectuate or otherwise carry out the provisions and purposes of this Stockholders’
Agreement. At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate
with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further
instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably
request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing,
each of the Company and the Stockholders agrees to use its best efforts, within the requirements of
applicable law, to ensure that the rights granted under this Stockholders’ Agreement are effective
and that the parties enjoy the benefits of this Stockholders’ Agreement. Each of the Stockholders
and the Company agrees to vote the Shares it then holds for the amendment of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company and such same or similar organizational documents of any
Subsidiary of the Company, in each case for all matters necessary to implement any provisions of
this Stockholders’ Agreement and that do not impair any right or privilege of such Stockholder or
the Company or impose any new or increase any existing obligation of such Stockholder or the
Company, other than to the extent is contemplated herein. Each of the Stockholders and the Company
agrees not to vote any Share such Stockholder or the Company holds, and each of the Company and the
Stockholders agrees not to take any other actions, that would in any manner defeat, impair, be
inconsistent with or adversely affect the stated intentions of the parties under this Stockholders’
Agreement.
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Section 13.2 Specific Enforcement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party hereto will be irreparably damaged in
the event any of the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement are not performed by the parties in
accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that
each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent breaches of this
Stockholders’ Agreement, and to specific enforcement of this Stockholders’ Agreement and its terms
and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having
competent jurisdiction.
Section 13.3 Remedies Cumulative. All remedies, either under this Stockholders’ Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to
any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
Section 13.4 Prohibited Transfer Void. Any transfer of Securities not made in compliance with the requirements of this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be null and void ab initio, shall not be recorded on the books of the
Company and shall not be recognized by the Company.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
Section 14.1 Transfers. Each transferee or assignee of any Securities, and such Securities so transferred or
assigned, shall continue to be subject to the terms hereof and, as a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of such transfer or assignment, each transferee or assignee shall agree in writing to
be subject to each of the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement by executing and delivering an
adoption agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (an “Adoption
Agreement”). Upon the execution and delivery of an Adoption Agreement by any transferee, such
transferee shall be deemed to be a party hereto as if such transferee were the transferor and such
transferee’s signature appeared on the signature pages of this Stockholders’ Agreement and shall be
deemed to be an Other Holder and Stockholder. The Company shall not permit the transfer of any
Securities subject to this Stockholders’ Agreement on its books or issue a new certificate
representing any such Securities unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the
terms of this Section 14.1. Each certificate representing the Securities subject to this
Stockholders’ Agreement if issued on or after the date of this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be
endorsed by the Company with the legend set forth in Section 14.13.
Section 14.2 Assignment. No party may assign this Stockholders’ Agreement, or any of the rights and obligations
under this Stockholders’ Agreement, other than in accordance with Section 14.1.
Section 14.3 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Stockholders’ Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this
Stockholders’ Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the
parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or
liabilities under or by reason of this Stockholders’ Agreement, except as expressly provided
herein.
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Section 14.4 Governing Law. This Stockholders’ Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Business Corporation Law as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, in each case,
without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other
than the laws of the State of Pennsylvania or the laws of the State of New York.
Section 14.5 Counterparts. This Stockholders’ Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or other
transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly
delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
Section 14.6 Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under this
Stockholders’ Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been fully given on the
date delivered by hand or by a generally recognized courier service (with relevant fees prepaid),
or by other messenger (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or upon receipt by facsimile
transmission (provided that, the confirmation of such facsimile transmission is delivered by hand
or by a generally recognized courier service to the addressee of the facsimile within five (5) days
after the delivery of the facsimile), or upon delivery by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at the address as shown below the signature of
each such party on the signature page of this Stockholders’ Agreement (or at such other address as
such party may designate by fifteen (15) days’ advance written notice to the other parties to this
Stockholders’ Agreement given in accordance with this Section 14.6). If notice is given to (i) the
NRG Holder, a copy shall also be sent to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx; facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000; (ii) the EDH Holder, a
copy shall also be sent to Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx; facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000; and (iii) the
Company, a copy shall also be sent to [•]; facsimile no.: ([•]) [•].
Section 14.7 Effective Time; Consent Required to Amend, Terminate or Waive.
(a) This Stockholders’ Agreement shall come into effect upon the Closing.
(b) This Stockholders’ Agreement may be amended or terminated and the observance of any term
hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) only by a written instrument executed by each of the Company and the Stockholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) the consent of the Other Holders shall not be required for any amendment or waiver
if such amendment or waiver does not materially and adversely affect the rights of the Other
Holders; provided that, it is understood and agreed that amendments or waivers of this
Agreement or certain provisions hereof that affect all Stockholders will not be deemed to
“materially and adversely affect” an Other Holder solely because such Other Holder (1) owns
or holds more or fewer Securities than any
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other Stockholders; (2) invested more or less money in the Company or its Subsidiaries
than any other Stockholders; or (3) has different voting power than other Stockholders
because of the size of its equity interest in the Company; and
(ii) any provision hereof may be waived by the waiving party on such party’s own
behalf, without the consent of any other party.
(c) The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, termination or waiver
hereunder to any party that did not consent in writing thereto. Any amendment, termination or
waiver effected in accordance with this Section 14.7 shall be binding on each party and all of such
party’s successors and permitted assigns, whether or not any such party, successor or assignee
entered into or approved such amendment, termination or waiver. For purposes of this Section 14.7,
the requirement of a written instrument may be satisfied in the form of an action by written
consent of the Stockholders circulated by the Company and executed by the Stockholder parties
specified in accordance with this Section 14.7, whether or not such action by written consent makes
explicit reference to the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.8 Termination.
(a) This Stockholders’ Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual written consent of
the Company, the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder.
(b) No termination of this Stockholders’ Agreement by mutual consent or termination of any of
the terms hereof, in accordance with their terms, shall relieve any Person of liability for any
breach occurring prior to such termination.
Section 14.9 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under
this Stockholders’ Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this
Stockholders’ Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or
non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an
acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any
waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default previously
or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the
part of any party of any breach or default under this Stockholders’ Agreement, or any waiver on the
part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Stockholders’ Agreement, must be in
writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
Section 14.10 Severability. If any provision of this Stockholders’ Agreement is determined by any court or arbitrator
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision
will be enforced to the maximum extent possible given the intent of the parties hereto. If such
clause or provision cannot be so enforced, (a) such provision shall be stricken from this
Stockholders’ Agreement and the remainder of this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be enforced as if
such invalid, illegal or unenforceable clause or provision had (to the extent not enforceable)
never been contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement; (b) a suitable and equitable provision shall
be substituted therefor in order to carry
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out, so far as is enforceable, the intent and purpose of such unenforceable provision; and (c)
the remainder of this Stockholders’ Agreement and the application of such provision to other
persons, entities or circumstances shall not be affected by such unenforceability; nor shall such
unenforceability affect the enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any
other jurisdiction.
Section 14.11 No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement shall be deemed to vest in any party any
direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Securities. All
rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to any securities of the Company shall
remain vested in and belong to the respective holders thereof.
Section 14.12 Entire Agreement. This Stockholders’ Agreement (including the Annex and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full
and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any warranties,
representations, or covenants except as specifically set forth herein or therein.
Section 14.13 Legend on Stock Certificates.
(a) Each certificate representing any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Stockholders, or issued by the Company after the date hereof, shall be endorsed by the Company with
a legend reading substantially as follows:
“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, AS MAY BE AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME (A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE COMPANY), AND BY
ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SECURITIES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO
AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THAT STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT.”
(b) Each of the Company and the Stockholders agree that the Company shall impose transfer
restrictions on the Securities represented by certificates bearing the legend referred to in this
Section 14.13 to enforce the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement. The legend shall not be
removed, unless none of the restrictions contained in Articles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
and XI remain in effect with respect to such Securities.
(c) The Company, by its execution of this Stockholders’ Agreement, agrees that it will cause
the certificates evidencing any Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by the Stockholders, or
issued by the Company after the date hereof, to bear the legend required by this Section 14.13, and
it shall supply, free of charge, a copy of this Stockholders’ Agreement to any holder of a
certificate evidencing Securities upon written request from such holder to the Company at its
principal executive office. The parties to this Stockholders’ Agreement hereby agree that the
failure to cause the certificates evidencing the Securities to bear the legend required by this
Section 14.13 and/or the failure of the Company to supply, free of charge, a copy
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of this Stockholders’ Agreement as provided hereunder, shall not affect the validity or
enforcement of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.14 Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any issuance of Securities hereafter to any of the Stockholders (including,
without limitation, in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization, or the like), such Securities shall become subject to this Stockholders’ Agreement
and shall be endorsed with the legend set forth in Section 14.13.
Section 14.15 Manner of Voting. The voting of Common Stock pursuant to this Stockholders’ Agreement may be effected in
person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other manner permitted by applicable law. For the
avoidance of doubt, voting of the Common Stock pursuant to this Stockholders’ Agreement need not
make explicit reference to the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement.
Section 14.16 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the state or federal courts located in the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of any suit,
action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Stockholders’ Agreement, and hereby
waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such
courts in the State of Pennsylvania, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or
execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue
of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Stockholders’ Agreement or the subject
matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.
Section 14.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THE SCOPE OF
THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY
COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL
OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION 14.17 HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO
HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL
COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
Section 14.18 Costs of Enforcement. If any party to this Stockholders’ Agreement seeks to enforce its rights under this
Stockholders’ Agreement by legal proceedings, the non-prevailing party shall pay all costs and
expenses incurred by the prevailing party, including, without limitation, all reasonable and
documented attorneys’ fees.
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Section 14.19 Aggregation of Stock. All Securities held or acquired by a Stockholder and/or its Affiliates and any other
transferees pursuant to an Exempt Transfer shall be aggregated together for the purpose of
determining the availability of any rights under this Stockholders’ Agreement, and such Affiliated
persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
Section 14.20 Spousal Consent. If any individual Stockholder is married on the date of this Stockholders’ Agreement, such
Stockholder’s spouse shall execute and deliver to the Company a consent of spouse in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (“Consent of Spouse”), effective on the date hereof. Notwithstanding the
execution and delivery thereof, such consent shall not be deemed to confer or convey to the spouse
any rights in such Stockholder’s Shares that do not otherwise exist by operation of law or the
agreement of the parties. If any individual Stockholder should marry or remarry subsequent to the
date of this Stockholders’ Agreement, such Stockholder shall within thirty (30) days thereafter
obtain his/her new spouse’s acknowledgement of and consent to the existence and binding effect of
all restrictions contained in this Stockholders’ Agreement by causing such spouse to execute and
deliver a Consent of Spouse acknowledging the restrictions and obligations contained in this
Stockholders’ Agreement and agreeing and consenting to the same.
Section 14.21 No Presumption. The parties acknowledge that any applicable law that would require interpretation of any
claimed ambiguities in this Stockholders’ Agreement against the party that drafted it has no
application and is expressly waived. If any claim is made by a party relating to any conflict,
omission or ambiguity in the provisions of this Stockholders’ Agreement, no presumption or burden
of proof or persuasion will be implied because this Stockholders’ Agreement was prepared by or at
the request of any party or its counsel.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stockholders’ Agreement as of the date
first written above.
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ANNEX A
DEFINITIONS
“Adoption Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14.1.
“Advisors” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(vii).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,
Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. The term “Affiliated” has
the meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this Stockholders’ Agreement, (a) in no
event shall the NRG Holder and the EDH Holder be deemed to be “Affiliates” and (b) the Company
shall not be deemed an “Affiliate” of any Stockholder (and vice versa).
“Applicable Regulatory Requirements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.1(a).
“Blackout Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(d)(i).
“Board” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.
“Board Observer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.9(a).
“Business Day” means any day other than a day on which banks are not required to open or are
authorized to be closed in The City of New York.
“CEO Director” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(a).
“Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
“Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Consent of Spouse” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14.20.
“Control” of a given Person means the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct
the business, management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, which power or authority shall
conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the
vote of more than 50% of the votes entitled to be cast at meetings of the members or stockholders
of such Person or power to control composition of a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other governing body of such Person; the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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“Deemed Liquidation Event” means either:
(a) a merger or consolidation in which
(i) the Company is a constituent party or
(ii) a subsidiary of the Company is a constituent party and the Company issues shares
of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation,
except any such merger or consolidation involving the Company or a Subsidiary in which the shares
of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation
continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that
represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting
power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation or (2) if the surviving
or resulting corporation is a wholly owned Subsidiary of another corporation immediately following
such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation; or
(b) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition, in a single transaction
or series of related transactions, by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the sale or
disposition (whether by merger or otherwise) of one or more subsidiaries of the Company if
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by
such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or
other disposition is to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
“Demanding Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(a).
“Demand Request” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(a).
“Derivative Securities” means any rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for
(in each case, directly or indirectly), or whose value is derived from, Securities, including
options and warrants.
“director” means a member of the Board.
“Drag-Along Sale Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.2.
“Drag-Along Sellers” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
“Dragged Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
“EDH Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“EDH Holder Company Designee” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(d).
“EDH Holder Subsidiary Designee” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.3.
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“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, option,
mortgage, easement, or other restriction of any kind, excluding any restrictions upon transfer
under applicable law or any encumbrance arising under the terms of this Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Exempt Transfers” mean a transfer of Securities (a) to one or more Affiliates of a
Stockholder; provided, however, that the transferring Stockholder shall procure that, immediately
prior to such transferee ceasing to be an Affiliate of the transferring Stockholder, that
transferee shall transfer all such Securities to the transferring Stockholder or one or more
Affiliates of such transferring Stockholder; (b) to any other Person approved in writing by the EDH
Holder; or (c) in the case of the NRG Holder, (i) made for bona fide estate planning purposes,
either during the lifetime of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or on death by will or intestacy to the spouse,
child (natural or adopted), or any other direct lineal descendant of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (or his
spouse) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “Xxxxx Family Members”), (ii) to any
custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the benefit of, or
the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or any Xxxxx Family Members
or (iii) to any Xxxxx Family Member as a bona fide gift; provided that any transfers of Securities
made during the life of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the NRG
Holder retains the right to vote and direct the disposition of such Securities; provided, further,
that in each case described in the foregoing clauses, only to the extent such transferee agrees to
be bound by the terms of this Stockholders’ Agreement in accordance with Section 14.1.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state or local court, administrative body or other
governmental or quasi-governmental entity with competent jurisdiction.
“High Proprietary Information” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.10(b).
“Initial Public Offering” shall mean the initial underwritten Public Offering by means of an
Offer Document filed by the Company that results in the Securities of the Company being traded on a
national securities exchange, or otherwise becoming actively traded over-the-counter.
“Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan Agreement as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(a).
“Management Agreement” means the management agreement, dated as of the date of the Closing, by
and between the Company and the NRG Holder.
“Maximum Number” means the maximum number of Subject Securities to be offered and sold that
the Underwriters consider in good faith to be appropriate based on market conditions and other
relevant factors (including pricing, the identity of the Stockholders and the proportion of the
Subject Securities being offered and sold by the Company and the Stockholders) and advises the
Company in writing that in its opinion the inclusion of any Subject
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Securities in excess of such maximum number would materially adversely affect the marketing of
the Subject Securities to be sold.
“New Securities” means, collectively, Securities; provided, however, that the term “New
Securities” shall not include:
(a) Securities granted or issued hereafter to employees, officers, directors, contractors,
consultants, or advisors of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to incentive agreements, stock
purchase or stock option plans, stock bonuses or awards, warrants, contracts or other compensatory
arrangements, in each case to the extent approved by the Board;
(b) Securities (and/or options, restricted stock units, warrants or rights therefor) issued
for consideration other than cash pursuant to any merger, consolidation, acquisition, joint venture
or similar business combination, to the extent approved by the Board;
(d) Securities issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
similar event, to the extent approved by the Board;
(e) Securities issued upon (i) the exercise of Derivative Securities, or (ii) the conversion
or exchange of any Derivative Security, in each case; provided that such issuance is pursuant to
the terms of Derivative Security; and
(f) Securities issued by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any of the Company’s
other Subsidiaries.
“NRG Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“NRG Holder Designees” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(c).
“Offer Document” means a Prospectus and/or a Registration Statement, as the context may
require.
“Offer Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(a).
“Option Period’ shall have the meaning ascribed to in Section 4.1(b).
“Other Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Overallotment Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(b).
“Overallotment Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1(b).
“Participation Request” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(b).
“Participating Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(i).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company,
association or other entity.
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“Proposed Transfer” means any proposed assignment, sale, offer to sell, pledge, mortgage,
hypothecation, encumbrance, disposition of or any other like transfer or encumbering of any
Securities (or any interest therein) owned by the ROFR Selling Stockholder or the ROFO Selling
Stockholder, as the case may be.
“Proposed Transfer Notice” means written notice from the ROFR Selling Stockholder or the ROFO
Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, setting forth the terms and conditions of a Proposed
Transfer as required under Section 5.1(b)(i) or 6.1(b)(i).
“Proposed Transferee means the Person or group of Persons with which the ROFR Selling
Stockholder has the bona fide intent of consummating a Proposed Transfer.
“Prospectus” means a prospectus with respect to the Public Offering included in any
Registration Statement (including a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted
from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Subject Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such Prospectus.
“Public Offering” means any offering of the Subject Securities in connection with a
Qualification.
“Public Offering Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(c).
“Public Offering Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.5(c).
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.
“Qualification” means the declaration of effectiveness of a Registration Statement by the SEC
and the term “Qualified” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Qualified IPO” means a firmly underwritten Public Offering of Securities; provided that there
are sales pursuant to such Registration Statement for an aggregate offering price, before deduction
of underwriting discounts and commissions, of not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).
“Records” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.3(a)(vii).
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement under the Securities Act that covers
Subject Securities, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
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“Right of First Offer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“Right of First Refusal” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Accepted Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Offer Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Offer Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(i).
“ROFO Offered Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(b)(i).
“ROFO Selling Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(a)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.1(a)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder Acceptance Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1(b)(ii).
“ROFO Stockholder Election Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
6.1(b)(iii).
“ROFR Accepted Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFR Offer Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(ii).
“ROFR Offer Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(i).
“ROFR Offered Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(b)(i).
“ROFR Selling Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(a)(ii).
“ROFR Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.1(a)(ii).
“ROFR Stockholder Acceptance Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
5.1(b)(ii).
“Xxxxx Family Members” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the definition of “Exempt
Transfers”.
“Sale of the Company” means either: (a) a Stock Sale; or (b) a transaction that is a Deemed
Liquidation Event.
“SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Required Period” means, with respect to a “shelf registration” requested pursuant to
Section 11.1, two (2) years following the first day of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement, and with respect to any other Registration Statement, ninety (90) days following the
first day of effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
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“Securities” means, collectively, Shares, Derivative Securities, and any other share capital
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including equity or debt securities), whether or not
currently authorized, including any voting or other rights related thereto.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules promulgated thereunder,
as amended from time to time.
“Self-Regulatory Organization” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the American
Stock Exchange, the National Futures Association, the Chicago Board of Trade, the New York Stock
Exchange, any other national securities exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act), any other
securities exchange, futures exchange, contract market, any other exchange or corporation or
similar self-regulatory body or organization.
“Shares” means any Securities the holders of which are entitled to vote in an election of
members of the Board, including without limitation, all shares of Common Stock, by whatever name
called, now owned or subsequently acquired by a Stockholder, however acquired, whether through
stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations or similar
events or otherwise.
“Stock Sale” means a transaction or series of related transactions in which a Person, or a
group of related Persons, acquires from stockholders of the Company shares representing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the Company.
“Stockholders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Stockholders’ Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Subject Securities” means registrable Securities of the Company; provided that, as to any
particular Subject Securities, such Securities shall cease to be Subject Securities when (a) a
Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Securities shall have become effective
under the Securities Act and such Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such
Registration Statement; or (b) such securities are capable of being transferred by the applicable
Stockholder pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without limitation by the volume
limitations contained therein.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person of which the specified
Person, directly or indirectly, owns more than 50% of the issued and outstanding share capital or
voting interests.
“Subsidiary Observer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.9(b).
“Tag-Along Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1(a).
“Tag-Along Right” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
“Transfer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
“Transfer Terms” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.1.
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“Underwriters” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.1(d).
“US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
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EXHIBIT A
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) is executed on ___________________, 20__, by
the undersigned (the “Holder”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Stockholders’ Agreement dated
as of [•], 2011 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), by and among ShopRunner, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, NRG Commerce, LLC and eBay Domestic Holdings, Inc., as such Stockholders’ Agreement
may be amended or amended and restated hereafter. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Adoption Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholders’
Agreement. By the execution of this Adoption Agreement, the Holder agrees as follows.
1.1 Acknowledgement. Holder acknowledges that Holder is acquiring certain shares of
the capital stock of the Company (the “Stock”) [or options, warrants or other rights to purchase
such Stock (the “Options”)] in accordance with Section 14.1 of the Stockholders’ Agreement, as a
transferee of Shares from a party in such party’s capacity as an “Other Holder” bound by the
Stockholders’ Agreement.
1.2 Agreement. Holder hereby (a) agrees that the [Stock][Options], and any other
shares of capital stock or securities required by the Stockholders’ Agreement to be bound thereby,
shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement and (b) adopts the
Stockholders’ Agreement with the same force and effect as if Holder were originally an Other Holder
and a Stockholder thereunder for all purposes of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
1.3 Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be
given to Holder at the address or facsimile number listed below Holder’s signature hereto.
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EXHIBIT B
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
I, ____________________, spouse of ______________, acknowledge that I have read the
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of [•], 2011, to which this Consent is attached as Exhibit
B (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), and that I know the contents of the Stockholders’ Agreement.
I am aware that the Stockholders’ Agreement contains provisions regarding the shares of capital
stock of the Company that my spouse may own, including any interest I might have therein.
I hereby agree that my interest, if any, in any shares of capital stock of the Company subject
to the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be irrevocably bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement and
further understand and agree that any community property interest I may have in such shares of
capital stock of the Company shall be similarly bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement.
I am aware that the legal, financial and related matters contained in the Stockholders’
Agreement are complex and that I am free to seek independent professional guidance or counsel with
respect to this Consent. I have either sought such guidance or counsel or determined after
reviewing the Stockholders’ Agreement carefully that I will waive such right.
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Exhibit C
Non-Competition Agreement
Loan Agreement
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NRG Commerce, LLC,
as Borrower,
Guarantors Listed on Schedule I hereto,
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GSI Commerce, Inc.,
as Lender
Dated as of [•], 2011
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Annex A — Collateral and Subordinate Terms
Annex B — Limited Guarantee
Schedule I
Schedule 3.7 Existing Liens
Schedule 3.8 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 5.4 Transactions with Affiliates
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This Loan Agreement, dated as of [•], 2011 (this “Agreement”), is made by and
among NRG Commerce, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), the Guarantors
listed on Schedule I hereto, and GSI Commerce, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Lender”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”), Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“Merger Sub”), and Lender are
parties to that certain Merger Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2011 (as it may be amended from
time to time and any successor merger agreement or similar transaction agreement entered into
between Seller or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Lender or any of its Affiliates, on
the other hand, relating to the subject matter of such merger agreement, the “Merger
Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Lender, with Lender
surviving as the successor corporation and as a subsidiary of Seller (the “Merger”),
subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the closing of the Merger, Seller desires to sell to Borrower
and Borrower desires to purchase from Seller (the “Stock Purchase”), pursuant to that
certain Stock Purchase Agreement, date as of March 27, 2011 (the “Stock Purchase
Agreement”), between Seller and Borrower, the equity interests in certain entities that would
be indirectly owned by Seller upon the consummation of the Merger, including the Guarantors;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement, Lender intends to lend to Borrower and Borrower intends
to borrow from Lender $467 million to fund the Stock Purchase, pursuant to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is willing to provide unconditional guarantees with respect to
Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, and of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Interpretation
Section 1.1 Definitions. (a) As used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified herein unless the context otherwise requires:
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled
by or is under common Control with the person specified. For purposes hereof, each member of
the MR Group shall be deemed an Affiliate of Borrower.
“Asset Sale” shall mean any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related
sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the Investor or any
Affiliate of the Investor, or issuance (in the case of clause (a) below) by a Subsidiary or
Guarantor, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction
(each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of:
(a) any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary or a Guarantor;
(b) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary; or
(c) any other assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
other than, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above,
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that, in the case of dispositions to RueLaLa or ShopRunner, the aggregate
fair market value of all such assets shall not exceed $10 million to each); |
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merger, consolidation or the disposition of the assets of a Loan
Party or a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2; |
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a disposition of assets of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary (other
than Equity Interests of any Loan Party or Subsidiary) or series of related
dispositions of assets with a fair market value of less than $1 million
(and not more than $10 million in the aggregate for all such transactions
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dispositions of obsolete, worn-out or redundant equipment no
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dispositions in the ordinary course of business for purposes of
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a sale or transfer of accounts receivable or related assets as
part of a receivables, factoring or similar transaction where either (A)
the proceeds are used for working capital purposes or (B) such transaction
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an issuance or sale of any Equity Interests of a Loan Party or a
Subsidiary (including its Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any
warrant or option or warrants or options to purchase its Equity Interests)
to officers, directors, consultants or employees of any Loan Party or any
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a sale, distribution or transfer of all or substantially all of
the Equity Interests or property of RueLaLa or ShopRunner to the Investor
or any Affiliate of the Investor; provided that following such sale,
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an issuance of Equity Interests of RueLaLa or ShopRunner
pursuant to one or more underwritten public offerings where the cash
proceeds are received by the issuer of such Equity Interests (and if not
RueLaLa or ShopRunner, respectively, contributed as capitol to such
entities) and used for investment in the business of RueLaLa or ShopRunner,
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“Base Revenue Amount” shall mean the sum of the pro forma annual consolidated revenues of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Fanatics, LLC and its subsidiaries) for the 2010 fiscal
year plus the actual consolidated revenues of Fanatics, LLC and its subsidiaries for the full 2010
fiscal year plus an amount equal to $250 million.
“Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any
corporation, the board of directors of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability
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company, the board of managers or managing members of such person, (iii) in the case of any
partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such person and (iv) in any other
case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in
New York City are authorized or required by law to close or banks are not open for dealings in
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Calculation Agent” shall mean [•].
“Casualty Event” shall mean any involuntary loss of title, any involuntary loss of, damage to
or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental
Authority) of, any property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary. “Casualty Event” shall include
but not be limited to any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part
thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any requirement of
law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any
Real Property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military,
or any settlement in lieu thereof.
“Change in Control” shall mean Investor (or his estate), his immediate family members or
relatives, or trusts or partnerships for the benefit of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“MR Group”), collectively, cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly,
more than 50% of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of Borrower
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Borrower.
“Closing Date” shall mean the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1
are satisfied or waived by Lender, whether in writing or by the funding of Loan pursuant to
Section 2.1.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Pledge Agreement.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean the Pledge Agreement and the Control Agreement.
“Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any person, any obligation, agreement, understanding
or arrangement of such person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases,
dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation
of such person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for
the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor; (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make
payment of such primary obligation; (d) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and
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credit arrangements, until a reimbursement obligation arises (which reimbursement obligation shall
constitute Indebtedness); or (e) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent
Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business or any product warranties. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in
respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such
primary obligation for which such person may be liable, whether singly or jointly, pursuant to the
terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable,
the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required
to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.
“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of either (a) the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise or (b) solely for the purpose of the definition of
Affiliate, the power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of any other Person,
and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
“Control Agreement” shall mean that certain account control agreement dated as of the date
hereof among the Loan Parties, Lender and the issuer of the account governed by such account
control agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Annex A.
“Credit Facilities” shall mean one or more debt facilities, commercial paper facilities,
securities purchase agreements, indentures or similar agreements, in each case, with banks or other
institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to
borrow from such lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or the issuance and sale of
securities, in each case, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended,
restated, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise, and whether with the original
lenders or otherwise), Refinanced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed (in whole or in
part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from
time to time, including any extension of the maturity thereof or increase in the amount of
available borrowings thereunder.
“Default” shall mean any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event
of Default.
“EBITDA” shall mean, for any applicable period of computation, earnings of the applicable
Person and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization, as determined in good faith by the Person’s Board of Directors in accordance
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with GAAP, as consistently applied, and with reference, to the extent applicable, to the Person’s
consolidated financial statements for the applicable period.
“Equity Interest” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether
voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that
confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the Closing
Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.
“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, during any fiscal period, (a) consolidated EBITDA of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period minus (b) the sum of (i) the cash portion of interest expense
paid and cash principal repayments, purchases or other retirements of Indebtedness during such
fiscal period made (1) with respect to the Loan, solely pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Agreement,
and (2) with respect to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 5.3(b), solely pursuant to
mandatory payments in connection with such Indebtedness (with, in the case of any revolving
Indebtedness, a permanent reduction in the applicable revolving commitments), (ii) the cash portion
of income taxes paid during such fiscal period, (iii) the cash portion of capital expenditures (net
of (y) any net cash proceeds received in connection with a Casualty Event applied to replace the
properties or assets subject to the Casualty Event during such fiscal period, and (z) any proceeds
of related financings with respect to such expenditures) made during such fiscal period, (iv) to
the extent otherwise included in the calculation of consolidated EBITDA, gains on Asset Sales where
Net Cash Proceeds are used by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to make prepayments on the Loan
during such fiscal period, (v) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of
consolidated EBITDA, extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual cash charges paid during such fiscal
period and (vi) increases in working capital during such fiscal period, plus (c) decreases in
working capital during such fiscal period.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of determining EBITDA
and Excess Cash Flow, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the
date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial
statements referred to in Section 5.8. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined
below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of EBITDA and
Excess Cash Flow under this Agreement, then at the request of Borrower, Borrower and Lender shall
enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect
equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such
Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed
and delivered by Borrower and Lender, the calculation of EBITDA and Excess Cash Flow under this
Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not
occurred. “Accounting Changes”
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refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule,
regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the Securities Exchange Commission.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation,
or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).
“Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees issued pursuant to Article VII by Guarantors.
“Guarantors” shall mean each entity listed on Schedule I hereto and any other Person that from
time to time becomes a party hereto as a guarantor by executing and delivering a joinder to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 5.10 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender;
provided that upon any of these entities ceasing to be a “Guarantor” pursuant to Section 7.9, the
term “Guarantor” or “Guarantors” shall no longer refer to such entity.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (without duplication) (i) all
liabilities for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind with respect to
such Person, whether current or funded, secured or unsecured, (ii) all liabilities (contingent or
actual) for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, surety
bonds or similar credit transaction, (iii) all liabilities and debts for borrowed money that accrue
interest, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments,
including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets
or businesses, and (v) all guarantees and arrangements having the economic effect of a guarantee of
such Person of any Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (iv) above of any other Person.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean (i) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, brand
names, certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, assumed names, trade names, corporate names,
domain names and symbols, slogans and other indicia of source or origin, including the goodwill of
the business symbolized thereby or associated therewith, common law rights thereto, and
registrations and applications for registration thereof throughout the world, including all
renewals of same; (ii) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents,
registrations, invention disclosures and applications therefor, including divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and including renewals, extensions and reissues;
(iii) trade secrets, confidential information and know-how, including processes, schematics,
business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier
lists; (iv) published and unpublished works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including
without limitation databases and other compilations of information), including mask rights and
computer software, copyrights therein and thereto, registrations and applications
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therefor, and all renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; and (v) any other
intellectual property or proprietary rights.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (i) March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
in each year, starting from [•], 20111, until the Repayment Date, and (ii) the
Repayment Date.
“Interest Period” shall mean:
(a) initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the
third calendar month thereafter; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period and ending on the last day of the third calendar month thereafter;
provided that, in each of the case of clauses (a) and (b), (i) if any Interest Period would end on
a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest
Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is
no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on
the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, and (iii) no Interest
Period shall extend beyond the Repayment Date.
“Interest Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period, LIBOR for such Interest Period plus
1.10%.
“Investor” shall mean Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
“LIBOR” shall mean, for any Interest Period, (i) the rate per annum equal to the rate
appearing on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or any successor or substitute page of such Reuters service, or
if the Reuters service ceases to be available, any successor to or substitute for such service
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as
reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent from time to time in consultation with Borrower and
Lender, for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to deposits in Dollars in
the London interbank market) for delivery on the first (1st) day of such Interest Period with a
term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time)
two (2) Business Days prior to the first (1st) day of such Interest Period or (ii) if the rate
referenced in the preceding clause (i) is not available, the rate per annum determined by the
Calculation Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first
(1st) day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the
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approximate amount of the Loan being made, continued or converted by the Calculation Agent and
with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by the Calculation Agent’s London
Branch to major banks in the London interbank market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m.
(London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first (1st) day of such Interest Period.
“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of
any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference or any filing of any financing
statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of lien under any similar notice or recording
statute of any Governmental Authority, including any easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on
title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, and any
agreement to give any of the foregoing; (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such property;
and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such securities.
“Limited Guarantors” shall mean, solely after the consummation of an underwritten initial
public offering of Equity Interests therein in an amount not less than $50 million, RueLaLa or
ShopRunner; provided that upon any of these entities ceasing to be a “Guarantor” pursuant to
Section 7.9, the term “Limited Guarantor” or “Limited Guarantors” shall no longer refer to such
entity.
“Loan Amount” shall mean $467 million.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
“Loan Parties” shall mean Borrower and the Guarantors; provided that upon any of these
entities ceasing to be a “Guarantor” or “Loan Party” pursuant to Section 7.9, the term “Loan Party
” or “Loan Parties” shall no longer refer to such entity.
“Management Agreements” shall mean the Management Agreement, dated [•], 2011, by and between
RueLaLa and Borrower, and the Management Agreement, dated [•], 2011, by and between ShopRunner and
Borrower.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on or material adverse change
in: (i) the financial condition, assets, prospects or business of the Loan Parties and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform or comply with
their obligations under this Agreement or their material obligations under any other Loan Document;
(iii) the validity, legality or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iv) the validity, perfection or priority of the security interests provided under the Collateral
Documents.
“Maturity Date” shall mean December 31, 2018 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day).
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“MR Group” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change in Control”,
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary,
the Investor or any Affiliate of the Investor (a “Recipient”) (including cash proceeds
subsequently received (as and when received by a Recipient) in respect of non-cash consideration
initially received) from any Asset Sale net of (i) reasonable selling expenses (including
reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, underwriting or placement fees or commissions,
accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and similar taxes and a
Recipient’s good faith estimate of income and any other taxes paid or payable in connection with
such sale); and (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, determined by Borrower in good faith and in
accordance with GAAP, against (x) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations of any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary associated with such Asset Sale or (y) any other liabilities retained by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the Investor or any Affiliate of the Investor associated with the
assets sold in such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are
released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds).
“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain Pledge and Security Agreement entered into as of
the date hereof among the Loan Parties and Lender in accordance with the terms set forth on Annex
A.
“Pro
Rata Share” shall mean, with respect to RueLaLa, 30.7%, and with respect to ShopRunner,
11.4%.
“Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any
leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property
owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with,
in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and
appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property
and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“Recipient” shall have meaning set forth in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
“Refinance” shall mean, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund,
repay, prepay, purchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or
replacement for, such Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative
meanings.
“Repayment Date” shall mean the Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date on which the entire
Loan Amount is fully paid.
“RueLaLa” shall mean RueLaLa, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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“ShopRunner” shall mean ShopRunner, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of Borrower hereunder on terms and conditions
acceptable to Lender.
“Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those
of Borrower in Borrower’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, (ii) any other corporation, limited liability
company, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors thereof are,
as of such date, owned, controlled or held by Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries of Borrower,
(iii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is
Borrower and/or one or more subsidiaries of Borrower or (b) the only general partners of which are
Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries of Borrower and (iv) any other person that is otherwise
Controlled by Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries of Borrower.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as
otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.
“Unlimited Guarantors” shall mean each Guarantor including, at all times prior to becoming a
Limited Guarantor, RueLaLa and ShopRunner; provided that (i) upon any of these entities ceasing to
be a “Guarantor” pursuant to Section 7.9 or (ii) in the case of RueLaLa and ShopRunner, upon such
entity becoming a Limited Guarantor, the term “Unlimited Guarantor” or “Unlimited Guarantors”
shall no longer refer to such entity.
As used in this Agreement, each of the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in the
Section of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
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Section 1.2 Interpretation. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided:
(a) words denoting the singular include the plural and words denoting the
masculine gender include the feminine (and vice versa);
(b) any reference to an “Article” or “Section” refers to an Article or
Section of this Agreement;
(c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision of this Agreement;
(d) any reference to a “party” refers to a party to this Agreement and any
reference to any party to this Agreement or any other document or agreement shall include
its successors and permitted assigns;
(e) any reference to a “day”, “month” or “year” refers to a calendar day,
month or year, respectively;
(f) any payment date provided for in this Agreement that falls on a day
that is not a Business Day shall be the first following day that is a Business Day, unless
such day falls in the next month, in which case such payment date shall fall on the first
preceding day that is a Business Day;
(g) the words “include”, “includes” or “including” as used in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
(h) all references to “$” or “Dollars” are to the lawful currency of the
United States of America;
(i) all references to this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument
shall be deemed to be to this Agreement or such other agreement or instrument as amended,
modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time;
(j) all references to any statute shall be deemed to be to such statute as
amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time (and shall be
deemed to include any rules and regulations promulgated under such statute), and all
references to any section of any statute shall be deemed to include any successor to such
section;
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(k) all references to any Governmental Authority shall be deemed to include
any successor to such Governmental Authority;
(l) all references to any copy of any document are to a true, correct and
complete copy thereof (including all annexes, exhibits, schedules and attachments
thereto); and
(m) the table of contents of this Agreement and the various headings
contained herein are for reference purposes only and do not limit or otherwise affect any
of the provisions hereof.
ARTICLE II
Loans
Section 2.1 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender
agrees to make a loan (the “Loan”) to Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount
equal to the Loan Amount.
Section 2.2 Interest on the Loans. (a) The Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid
principal amount of the Loan at the Interest Rate from and including the date hereof through but
excluding the date upon which the Loan Amount is fully paid. Interest shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date.
(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(i) or 8.1(ii), with respect to the
outstanding Loan Amount, and (ii) in any case with respect to any overdue amount under the
Loan (including accrued and unpaid interest), with respect to such overdue amount,
interest thereon shall accrue and be compounded on a daily basis on such amount and the
interest due and owing on such amount (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable) for each day from (and including) the date of such default
to (but excluding) the date of actual payment (by Borrower or Guarantors) at a rate per
annum equal to the Interest Rate plus 2%.
(b) All interest (including each notional amount of interest calculated in
connection with Section 2.2(b)) shall accrue and be calculated based on actual days
elapsed and a 360-day year. Interest shall not accrue on the Loan, or any portion
thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid in accordance with Section
2.6.
Section 2.3 Maturity. The Loan shall mature on the Maturity Date. To the extent
that the Loan has not previously been prepaid or accelerated in accordance with Section 2.4, 2.5 or
8.1, Borrower shall repay the Loan Amount, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
on the Maturity Date.
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Section 2.4 Mandatory Prepayment. (a) Not later than 10 Business Days following
the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds by a Recipient of any Asset Sale or cash proceeds from a
Casualty Event (in the case of a Casualty Event, solely to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds or cash
proceeds thereof exceed $10 million), Borrower shall make prepayments of the Loan, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including interest on defaulted interest, if any), in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds or cash proceeds; provided that,
with respect to cash proceeds received in connection with a Casualty Event, so long as (A) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B)
Borrower shall have given Lender prior written notice of Borrower’s intention to apply such cash
proceeds to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that were the subject of such
Casualty Event, and (C) Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such reinvestment,
replacement, purchase, or construction within 365 days after the initial receipt of such cash
proceeds, then Borrower shall have the option to apply such monies to reinvest in the business, or
to the cost of replacement of the lost or damaged assets unless and to the extent that such
applicable period shall have expired without such reinvestment, replacement, purchase, or
construction being made or completed, in which case, any amounts remaining with respect thereto
shall be paid to Lender and applied in accordance with this Section 2.4.
(a) Not later than the earlier of (i) 60 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter of Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending immediately following the
Closing Date, and (ii) the date on which the financial statements with respect to such
fiscal quarter are delivered pursuant to Section 5.8(b), Borrower shall prepay the
Loan in an aggregate amount equal to 25% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal quarter then
ended.
(b) Any mandatory prepayment made by Borrower or caused to be made by any
Loan Party in accordance with this Section 2.4 shall be credited first to repayment of all
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loan as of the date of such prepayment and then to the
unpaid principal amount of the Loan.
(c) Borrower shall notify Lender by written notice of any prepayment under
this Section 2.4 not later than three Business Days before the date of prepayment. Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and specify the prepayment date and a reasonably detailed
calculation of the amount of such prepayment.
Section 2.5 Optional Prepayment. Borrower may, at any time and from time to time,
by irrevocable written notice to Lender, elect to pay part or all of the unpaid principal amount of
the Loan as set forth in such notice, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
(including interest on defaulted interest, if any) (the “Optional Prepayment Amount”), on
the Business Day specified in such notice, which (unless an Event of Default has occurred) shall be
no earlier than the fifth Business Day after the delivery thereof. The Optional Prepayment Amount
shall be due and payable on the date specified in such notice.
Section 2.6 Payments. All payments under this Agreement and the Loan shall be made
in Dollars to Lender not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time), on the relevant payment
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date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account that is designated by
Lender at least 5 Business Days prior to such relevant payment date. Any funds received by Lender
after 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on any date shall be deemed to have been paid on the next
succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Limited Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as to itself, and each other Loan Party
hereby represents and warrants as to itself and each other Loan Party, to and for the benefit of
Lender, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, as set forth below.
Section 3.1 Due Organization. It is duly formed and validly existing, and is in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.
Section 3.2 Authority. It has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all of its necessary corporate or similar action, and no other action or proceeding
on its part is necessary to authorize the execution or delivery of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by such Loan Party.
Section 3.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes its valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
Section 3.4 No Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption,
registration, license or declaration of or by, notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority
is required to be made or obtained by it in connection with its due execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.
Section 3.5 No Conflicts or Default. Its execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any of the terms and provisions
of (i) its organizational documents; (ii) any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its
properties or assets, the breach of which would have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) any
applicable laws to which it or any of its property or assets is subject, violation of which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
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Section 3.6 Investment Company Act. Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
“investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 3.7 Liens. The property and assets that it or any of its
Subsidiaries owns are free and clear of all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, loans and
encumbrances other than: (i) statutory liens for the payment of current taxes that are not yet
delinquent; (ii) encumbrances and liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and do not
materially impair its or any of its Subsidiary’s ownership or use of such property or assets; (iii)
Liens set forth on Schedule 3.7; and (iv) such other Liens that (A) do not secure
Indebtedness and (B) are not material to the financial condition, assets, prospects or business of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 3.8 Debt. None of it or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred,
created, assumed, permitted to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect
to, any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness between Loan Parties) in a principal or face
amount equal to $1 million or more, except Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3.8.
Section 3.9 Compliance with Laws. It and its Subsidiaries has complied
and is in compliance, in all material respects, with all laws applicable to such entity, as the
case may be, and none of it or its Subsidiaries has been charged with any material violation of any
provision of any law, and none of it or its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any
material violation of law, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10 Guarantors. Schedule I hereto lists each Subsidiary of
Borrower that is not a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of the date
hereof after giving the effect to the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement and the
Stock Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent
Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent. The obligation of Lender to make the Loan is
subject to the satisfaction by the Loan Parties or waiver by Lender of the following conditions
precedent on the Closing Date:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Agreement shall be true and complete in
all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (both immediately prior to the
transactions contemplated hereby and immediately after giving effect to such transactions)
as if made on and as of such date.
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(b) No Default. As of the Closing Date, no condition or event which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) Merger Agreement, Stock Purchase and Other Transactions. (i) The
transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement, and this
Agreement shall have been consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously on the
Closing Date, in each case in all material respects in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof; and (ii) Borrower shall have received $31 million in cash from the Investor.
(d) Delivery of Documents. On the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received:
(i) fully executed copies of each Loan Document;
(ii) fully executed Management Agreements;
(iii) a closing certificate of an authorized representative of Borrower
certifying that to the best of knowledge of such representative after reasonable
investigation, the representations and warranties are true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date;
(iv) a copy of one or more sets of resolutions or other authorizations of
each Loan Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, as to
each such Loan Party’s participation in the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, certified as of the Closing Date by an authorized party of such Loan
Party;
(v) a certificate of each Loan Party, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Lender, as to the incumbency and specimen of signature of each
authorized signatory of such Loan Party, certified as of the Closing Date by an
authorized party of such Loan Party;
(vi) copies of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement
or other organizational documents of each Loan Party, including the certificate
of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, certified as of the Closing
Date by an authorized party of such Loan Party;
(vii) good standing certificates with respect to each Loan Party issued by
the secretary of state of the state in which such Loan Party is formed or
incorporated, which certificates shall be dated on or around the Closing Date,
and shall certify that such Loan Party is in good standing and is qualified to
do business in, and, to the extent such information is provided by the
applicable secretary of state, has paid all franchise taxes or similar taxes due
to, such state.
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(e) Opinions. Lender shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
ARTICLE V
Covenants
Each Limited Guarantor hereby covenants as to itself, and each other Loan Party hereby
covenants as to itself and each other Loan Party, with Lender that, so long as the Loan remains
outstanding:
Section 5.1 Existence. It (i) shall maintain its legal existence under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) shall maintain good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (iii) shall maintain all licenses necessary or desirable for the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the continued operation of its business, in
full force and effect, and (iv) shall qualify and remain qualified to do business in each
jurisdiction in which it transacts its business, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and
(iv), where the failure to do so, when taken together with all other such failures, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.2 Merger and Consolidation. (a) Other than in connection with an Asset
Sale permitted under Section 5.6, it shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, consolidate
with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, and such Loan Party shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into such Loan Party or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to such Loan Party, unless (i) no Default or Event
of Default then exists (or would occur as a result thereof), (ii) no Change in Control
would occur as a result thereof, and (iii) in case such Loan Party shall consolidate
with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
such Loan Party or its Subsidiary is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer,
or which leases, the properties and assets of such Loan Party or its Subsidiary substantially as an
entirety (W) shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (X)
in the case of a Guarantor, shall, after giving effect to the transaction, be a Subsidiary of
Borrower (or in the case of any Limited Guarantor, Investor) and Borrower (or, in the case of any
Limited Guarantor, Investor) shall have the same percentage of Equity Interests in such Subsidiary
as it had in such predecessor Loan Party, (Y) shall expressly assume (or guarantee, in the case of
a Guarantor), by an assumption agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to Lender, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Loan and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Agreement and each other Loan Document on the part of such
Loan Party to be performed or observed, and (Z) shall take (or cause to be taken) such action as
necessary to grant (or maintain) the perfected security interests in its assets (and to the extent
applicable, its outstanding Equity Interests) as Loan Party and contemplated by the Loan
Documents.
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(b) Upon any consolidation of such Loan Party with, or merger of such Loan
Party into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of such Loan Party substantially as an entirety in accordance with this Section
5.2, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Loan Party is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Loan Party under this
Agreement with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as such Loan
Party herein, and thereafter.
Section 5.3 Indebtedness. None of it or any of its Subsidiaries shall incur,
create, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness, except
(a) Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement;
(b) Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred by Borrower (and any guaranty
or Contingent Obligation thereof by any other Loan Party) pursuant to one or more Credit
Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (i) $100 million at
any time outstanding plus (ii) if for any immediately preceding full fiscal year
ending after the date hereof, the annual consolidated revenue of Borrower exceeds the Base
Revenue Amount, in each case as such consolidated revenue is evidenced by the audited
financial statements delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 5.8(a), then (1) one
time by $25 million if Borrower’s consolidated revenue exceeds the Base Revenue Amount,
(2) one additional time by $25 million if Borrower’s consolidated revenue exceeds the Base
Revenue Amount plus $250 million, (3) one additional time by $25 million if Borrower’s
consolidated revenue exceeds the Base Revenue Amount plus $500 million and (4) one
additional time by $25 million if Borrower’s consolidated revenue exceeds the Base Revenue
Amount plus $750 million. For the avoidance of doubt, at no time shall the total
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) exceed $200 million in the
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding.
(c) (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date, and (ii) Refinancings
thereof; provided that (A) any such Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal
amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced, plus the amount of any premiums required to be paid thereon and reasonable
fees and expenses associated therewith, and (B) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a later
or equal final maturity and longer or equal weighted average life than the Indebtedness
being Refinanced;
(d) Indebtedness arising from netting services, the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except
in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business;
(e) Indebtedness arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for
deposit in the ordinary course of business; and
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(f) Indebtedness of it to any other Loan Party.
Section 5.4 Transactions with Affiliates. Other than (w) transactions
under the Management Agreements (as in effect on the date hereof or as amended or modified with the
prior written consent of Lender), (x) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 5.5 hereof, (y)
transactions among Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries (other than RueLaLa, ShopRunner and their
respective Subsidiaries), transactions among RueLaLa and/or its Subsidiaries, and transactions
among ShopRunner and/or its Subsidiaries and (z) any transaction set forth on Schedule 5.4,
no Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter
into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees,
with any Affiliate of such Loan Party unless such transaction is upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to such Loan Party or Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of such Loan Party. In
the event any transaction outside the ordinary course of business with an Affiliate of such Loan
Party, or any series of such related transactions with an Affiliate, involving aggregate
consideration (or the transfer by Loan Parties of assets having an aggregate fair market value) in
excess of $10 million, prior to consummation thereof, (A) Borrower shall given Lender written
notice thereof, and (B) unless waived by Lender, such Loan Party shall have received (and delivered
to Lender a copy of) a written opinion from an independent investment banking, accounting or
appraisal firm or nationally recognized standing that such Affiliate transaction is not materially
less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at
such time on an arm’s length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of such Loan Party.
Section 5.5 Restricted Payments. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party
shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) declare or make any dividend payment or other
distribution of assets, properties, cash, rights, obligations or securities on account of any
Equity Interests of any Loan Party, (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any Equity
Interests of any Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding or (iii) make any payment or prepayment of
principal of, premium (if any), interest, fees, redemption, exchange, purchase, retirement,
defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness (all such
transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the “Restricted Payments”), other
than:
(a) dividend payments or other distribution of assets, properties, cash,
rights, obligations or securities on account by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
Borrower to any Loan Party; and
(b) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, Borrower may make cash dividend payments to the Investor or cash payments with
respect to Subordinated Indebtedness, commencing after the first full fiscal quarter
ending after the date hereof, in an amount not to exceed 75% of the aggregate Excess Cash
Flow commencing from the date hereof until the end of the fiscal quarter preceding such
payment, less the aggregate amount of all prior cash dividend payments and cash payments
made pursuant to this Section 5.5(b) so long as,
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prior to such cash dividend payment or cash payment, as the case may be, (y) Borrower
shall have delivered to Lender the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 5.8(a) or Section 5.8(b), as the case may be, as of the end of such
prior fiscal quarter and (z) Borrower shall have repaid the Loan as required for such
fiscal quarter in accordance with Section 2.4(b).
Section 5.6 Asset Sales. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall
permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any binding agreement with respect to, or consummate, any
Asset Sale, unless (i) the full amount of the consideration to be received by the Loan Party for
such Asset Sale is to be paid in cash (other than the assumption of liabilities provided that such
liabilities were not created or incurred in contemplation thereof), (ii) such cash consideration is
at least equal to the fair market value of such assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale and
(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds with respect thereto are applied to the repayment of the Loan in
accordance with Section 2.4(a).
Section 5.7 Books and Records.
(a) Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in
all material respects in conformity with GAAP shall be made of all financial transactions
and matters involving the assets and business of the such Loan Party or such Subsidiary,
as the case may be.
(b) Each Loan Party shall permit Lender, at Lender’s expense, to visit and
inspect its properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with its officers, employees and auditors, during normal business
hours of such Loan Party as may be reasonably requested by Lender; provided, however, that
such Loan Party shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 5.7 to provide access to
any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or
confidential information or the disclosure of which would adversely affect the
attorney-client privilege between such Loan Party and its counsel.
Section 5.8 Financial Reporting; Other Documents. Borrower shall deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to Lender:
(a) as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the close
of each fiscal year, balance sheets as of the end of such fiscal year and the related
statements of income, cash flow and members’ equity for such fiscal year, on a
consolidated basis for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which consolidated statements shall
be audited and certified by an independent public accountant selected by Borrower and
reasonably acceptable to Lender, and shall set forth in comparative form corresponding
figures for the preceding fiscal year;
(b) as soon as reasonably practicable, within 60 days after the end of each
of the first three fiscal quarters of Borrower, with respect to Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis prepared in accordance with GAAP, unaudited
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income and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited balance sheet and
a statement of members’ equity as of the end of such fiscal quarter (except that such
financial statements may (A) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (B) not
contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
(c) concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clause (a)
above, copies of all management letters and other material reports submitted to Borrower
by its accountants in connection with such financial statements;
(d) concurrently with the consummation of any agreement evidencing a Credit
Facility under Section 5.3(b) (each a “Senior Debt Agreement”), copies of all
documents evidencing such Senior Debt;
(e) concurrently with the delivery thereof, copies of any notice,
amendment, supplement or other document delivered (to or from a Loan Party) pursuant to
any Senior Debt Agreement; and
(f) promptly after Borrower knows or has reason to know that any Default or
Event of Default (or any default or event of default under any Senior Debt Agreement) has
occurred, a notice thereof describing the same in reasonable detail and, together with
such notice or as soon thereafter as possible, a description of the action that Borrower
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 5.9 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with the requirements of all laws and
all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except
in such instances in which (i) such requirement of law or order, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to
comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10 Joinder. In the event that any Person becomes a direct or
indirect Subsidiary of Borrower (whether or not wholly-owned) after the Closing Date, Borrower
shall promptly, but in no event more than 30 days thereafter, cause such Subsidiary (unless such
Subsidiary is a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to execute and deliver to
Lender a xxxxxx agreement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender) to become a
Guarantor hereunder and a pledgor under the Pledge Agreement and to take all such further actions
and execute all such further documents and instruments (including actions, documents and
certificates comparable to those described in Section 4.1(d) as may be reasonably necessary
or, in the reasonable opinion of Lender, desirable to create in favor of Lender, a valid and
perfected first priority Lien on the property and assets of such Subsidiary that constitutes
collateral under the applicable Collateral Documents.
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ARTICLE VI
Subordination
Section 6.1 Subordination. Each of Lender and the Loan Parties hereby agrees to enter into a subordination agreement
in accordance with the terms set forth in Annex A hereof.
ARTICLE VII
The Guarantee
Section 7.1 The Guarantee. (a) The Unlimited Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee, as a primary obligor
and not as a surety, to Lender and its respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in
full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or
charges that would accrue but for the provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code after
any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code) on the Loan,
strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called
the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Unlimited Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree
that if Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Unlimited Guarantors
will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will
be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in
accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. For the avoidance of doubt, upon an
Unlimited Guarantor becoming a Limited Guarantor, this Section 7.1(a) shall cease to apply to such
Guarantor and its Guarantee shall be instead governed by Section 7.1(b).
(a) Each Limited Guarantor severally but not jointly guarantees, as a
primary obligor and not as a surety, to Lender and its respective successors and assigns,
the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of its Pro Rata Share of the Guaranteed
Obligations. Each Limited Guarantor severally but not jointly agrees that if Borrower or
other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Limited Guarantor will
promptly pay its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations, without any demand or
notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations, such Limited Guarantor will promptly pay its Pro Rata
Share of such Guaranteed Obligations when due (whether at extended maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article VII to the contrary, in no event shall (i)
RueLaLa be obligated to pay an amount in excess of $143.4 million on account of its
Guarantee hereunder or (ii)
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ShopRunner be obligated to pay an amount in excess of $53.2 million on account of its
Guarantee hereunder (each of such amount in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Maximum
Amount”).
Section 7.2 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 7.1 shall constitute a guaranty of payment
and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable requirements of law, are absolute, irrevocable
and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability
of the Guaranteed Obligations of Borrower under this Agreement, or any substitution, release or
exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of
the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall
remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the
Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect,
or any right under this Agreement shall be amended or waived in any respect or any
other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall
be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or
(d) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.9.
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and
all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or
proceed against Borrower under this Agreement, or against any other person under any other
guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive any and all
notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by Lender upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this
Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have
been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between
Borrower and Lender shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Lender, and the
obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder
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shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by Lender or any other person at any
time of any right or remedy against Borrower or against any other person which may be or become
liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto.
Section 7.3 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article VII shall be automatically reinstated
if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of Borrower or other Loan
Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any
holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy
or reorganization or otherwise.
Section 7.4 Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full
in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement it shall waive any claim and shall not
exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its
Guarantee in Section 7.1, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against Borrower or any other
Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
Section 7.5 Remedies. The Unlimited Guarantors jointly and severally agree, and the Limited Guarantors jointly
but not severally agree, that, as between the Guarantors and Lender, the obligations of Borrower
under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.1
(and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in
Section 8.1) for purposes of Section 7.1, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to
have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by
Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.1.
Section 7.6 Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article VII constitutes an
instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that Lender, at its sole option, in
the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the
right to bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.
Section 7.7 Continuing Guarantee. The Guarantee in this Article VII is a continuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to
all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
Section 7.8 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited
liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any
Guarantor under Section 7.1 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or
unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of
its liability under Section 7.1, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the
amount of such
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liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other
person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the
right of contribution established in Section 7.10) that is valid and enforceable and not
subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
Section 7.9 Release of Guarantors. If, pursuant to a permitted Asset Sale and in compliance with the other terms and
provisions of this Agreement, all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor are
sold or otherwise transferred (a “Transferred Guarantor”) to a person or persons, none of
which is Borrower, a Subsidiary or, only in the case of RueLaLa or ShopRunner being a Transferred
Guarantor, the Investor or any Affiliate of the Investor, such Transferred Guarantor shall, upon
the consummation of such Asset Sale, be automatically released from its obligations under this
Agreement and automatically cease to be a “Guarantor” or “Loan Party” hereunder.
Section 7.10 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than
its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (and in the case of a Limited Guarantor, its
Pro Rata Share of such payment or its applicable Maximum Amount, whichever is lower), such
Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor
hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment (and in the case of a Limited
Guarantor, its Pro Rata Share of such payment or its applicable Maximum Amount, whichever is
lower). Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 7.4. The provisions of this Section 7.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Guarantor to Lender, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to Lender for the
full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default
Section 8.1 Events of Default. If any one or more of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) shall have
occurred:
(i) default shall be made in the payment of any portion of the
principal amount of the Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by
acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(ii) default shall be made in the payment of any interest accrued on
the Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall
have continued unremedied for 10 Business Days after written notice thereof from
Lender to Borrower;
(iii) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any term,
covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 5.1(i), 5.2,
5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6;
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(iv) any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall fail to
observe or perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in any covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any material
respect (other than a covenant or agreement described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)
above) and such failure pursuant to this clause (B) shall have continued unremedied
for 45 days after written notice thereof from Lender to Borrower;
(v) any representation and warranty pursuant to Article III hereof,
or any other material representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made
herein or in any other Loan Document (or in any modification or supplement hereto or
thereto) by any Loan Party, or any certificate furnished to Lender pursuant to the
provisions hereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading as of the time made
or furnished in any material respect provided that if such false or misleading
statement or certification is capable of being cured, it shall not be an Event of
Default if such Loan Parties effects such cure within 30 days after written notice
from Lender or knowledge by any Loan Party of such false or misleading statement or
certification; or
(vi) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary
petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (A) relief in
respect of Borrower or any Guarantor (other than RueLaLa or ShopRunner), or of a
substantial part of the property of any such Person, under Title 11 of the United
States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law; (B) the appointment of
a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for
any such Person or for a substantial part of the property of such Person; or (C) the
winding-up or liquidation of any such Person; and such proceeding or petition shall
continue undismissed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of
the foregoing shall be entered;
(vii) Borrower or any Guarantor (other than RueLaLa or ShopRunner)
shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief
under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended,
or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law; (B) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and
appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause
(vi) above; (C) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any such Person or for
a substantial part of the property of such Person; (D) file an answer admitting the
material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding; (E) make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (F) become unable, admit in
writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; (G)
take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or (H) wind up or
liquidate; or
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(viii) (A) this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any
material provisions hereof or thereof, shall at any time and for any reason be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, or any Loan Party
shall repudiate or deny any portion of its liability or obligation hereunder or
thereunder, or (B) any Collateral Document shall for any reason (other than pursuant
to the terms hereof) cease to create a valid security interest in the Collateral
purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall for any reason cease
to be a perfected security interest subject only to permitted Liens; or
(ix) One or more judgments, orders, decrees or arbitration awards
shall be entered against any one or more of the Loan Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries (A) involving the aggregate liability of $25 million or more (net of
insurance coverage provided by a carrier and for which liability has been
acknowledged in writing by such carrier), and the same shall remain unsatisfied,
unvacated or unstayed pending appeal for a period of thirty days after the entry
thereof or (B) that has or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be a period of ten
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by
reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(x) a Change in Control occurs; or
(xi) Borrower shall fail to satisfy its indemnification and
reimbursement obligations under: (a) Section 8.2(d) of the Stock Purchase Agreement;
or (b) Section 8.2(f) of the Stock Purchase Agreement.
(xii) acceleration of any Credit Facility under Section 5.3(b) by
the holders thereof occurs;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Loan Party described in
clause (vi) or (vii) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event,
Lender may, by notice to Borrower, declare the Loan then outstanding to be forthwith due and
payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loan so declared to be due and payable,
together with accrued interest thereon, shall become forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by Borrower, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event,
with respect to any Loan Party described in clause (vi) or (vii) above, the principal of the Loan
then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, shall automatically become due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by Borrower, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
Section 9.1 Entire Understanding. This Agreement and the Collateral Documents constitute the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersedes all prior
agreements, written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof.
Section 9.2 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be amended or waived, except by an
instrument in writing executed by or on behalf of each of the respective parties thereto. Unless
expressly agreed, no such amendment shall constitute a general waiver of any provisions of this
Agreement, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant thereto
that have already accrued up to the date of such amendment, and the rights and obligations of the
respective parties thereto shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent
that they are so amended. Any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, or the time for
its performance may be extended, by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof. Any such
waiver shall be validly and sufficiently authorized for the purposes of this Agreement if, as to
any party, it is authorized in writing by an authorized representative of such party. The failure
of any party to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a
waiver of such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part
hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of
any breach of this Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights or remedies provided by other agreements or by law.
Section 9.3 Successors and Assigns. No party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other parties; provided that Lender shall not need the consent of any Loan Party to
assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder (i) at any time if such assignment is to a
Controlled subsidiary of Lender (or of Lender’s ultimate parent company) or (ii) upon the
occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default beyond 180 days after the occurrence thereof.
Any assignment in violation of this Section 9.3 shall be void ab initio. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
Section 9.4 Severability. If any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever
held invalid, to the extent permitted by law, such provisions shall be deemed severable from and
shall in no way affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 9.5 Notices. All notices and communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given and made
if in writing and if served by personal delivery upon the party for whom it is intended or
delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or if sent by facsimile or
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confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, to the Person at the address set forth below, or
such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person:
if to any Loan Party to:
[•]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax: x0 (000) 000-0000
if to Lender to:
[•]
and
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Section 9.6 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY
THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND
THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 9.7 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto agrees that it shall bring any action or proceeding in respect of any
claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or the
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transactions contained in or contemplated by this Agreement exclusively in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New
York City (the “Chosen Courts”), and solely in connection with claims arising under this
Agreement or the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement (i) irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in any
action or proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an
inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party hereto and (iv) agrees that service
of process upon such party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given
in accordance with Section 9.5. Each party hereto irrevocably designates C.T. Corporation as its
agent and attorney-in-fact for the acceptance of service of process and making an appearance on its
behalf in any such claim or proceeding and for the taking of all such acts as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to confer jurisdiction over it before the Chosen Courts, and each party hereto
stipulates that such consent and appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Each of
the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law.
Section 9.8 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed
and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Delivery of counterpart signatures by facsimile shall be deemed effective as
manual delivery of such signatures.
Section 9.9 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall bind the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and
their successors and permitted assigns and, with respect to Annex A, as well as holders of the
Credit Facilities under Section 5.3(b) (as defined in Annex A hereto) of any Loan Party.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered on the date first above written.
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ShopRunner, Inc.,
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TeamStore, Inc.,
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Fanatics, LLC,
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ANNEX A
Collateral and Subordination Terms
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Second priority perfected security interest in all assets of Loan Parties, and
Equity Interests in Loan Parties (other than Equity Interests in the Borrower), subject
to customary exceptions for permitted liens, foreign subsidiaries, immaterial real
property, excluded accounts, security interests prohibited by law or agreement and
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Customary Accounts Control Agreement that satisfies U.C.C. “control”
requirements for purposes of perfection, but that allows (i) Borrower and the other
Loan Parties to direct the management and operation of the accounts so long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) customary exceptions for excluded
accounts, such as tax, payroll, xxxxx cash and employee benefits accounts. |
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Customary Pledge Agreement shall provide for the pledge and delivery of Equity
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Loan Parties will make required filings and take such other steps required, or
deemed reasonable in Lender’s good faith judgment, to perfect the security interests in
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Customary permitted liens, such as tax and government liens, liens required by
law, existing liens, easements and rights-of-way, purchase money liens, judgment liens,
conditional sale and title retention for sale of goods and bankers’ liens and rights of
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Collateral pledged by the Limited Guarantors shall secure only and be limited
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The following provisions are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of
subordinated Lender, on the one hand, and the senior creditors under the Credit Facilities
permitted under the Loan Agreement (the “Senior Lenders”), on the other hand, and shall not
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any subordinated Lender due to the operation of these provisions shall not be construed as
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Credit Facility (not to exceed the maximum permitted pursuant to Section 5.3(b)
of the Loan Agreement) shall have a first priority perfected security interest in the
collateral described above and the liens securing the Credit Facility will be senior to
the liens securing the Loan. No secured party shall contest the priority, validity or
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Lender will not seek to or exercise remedies in respect of the collateral
described above until after the end of the Standstill Period and in no event if the
collateral agent for the Credit Agreement is diligently pursuing remedies with respect
to the collateral. Lender shall otherwise have all rights and remedies as an unsecured
creditor that is subordinate to the Credit Facilities. |
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The collateral agent for the Credit Facility shall have the right to exercise
all remedies in respect of the collateral and Lender shall not object to or hinder
remedies being exercised by the collateral agent for the Credit Agreement. |
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Lender shall not receive collateral or any proceeds of collateral in violation
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Any payments made to Lender in violation of subordination and collateral
priority provisions described above shall be paid over to the lenders under the Credit
Facility and no subrogation rights will be available to the Lender until the Credit
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Following an event of default of the Credit Facility, Lender shall have the
right to buyout the Credit Facility under Section 5.3(b) at any time after the earlier
of (A) the end of the Standstill Period and (B) acceleration of the Credit Facility,
provided that the buyout right in (B) shall expire 90 days following such acceleration
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ANNEX B
Limited Guarantee
LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of [•], 2011 (this “Limited Guarantee”), by Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”) in favor of GSI Commerce, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Guaranteed Party”).
The Guarantor hereby guarantees to the Guaranteed Party the payment in full when due (whether
at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of
the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but
for the provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency
petition under Title 11 of the United States Code) on the loan under the Loan Agreement, dated the
date hereof (the “Loan Agreement”), between NRG Commerce, LLC, as borrower (the
“Borrower”), the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Loan Guarantors”) and
the Guaranteed Party, as lender, in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being
herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations); provided that in no event shall
the Guarantor be obligated to pay an amount in excess of $30 million on account of its guarantee
hereunder (the “Cap”), it being understood that the guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations
under this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced against the Guarantor without giving effect to the
Cap.
The Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that its guarantee obligations hereunder are
irrevocable, absolute and continuing obligations. This Limited Guarantee may not be revoked or
terminated and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the Guarantor, its
successors and assigns until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full.
The guarantee obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall constitute a guaranty of collection
and not a guaranty of payment. In order to enforce the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, the
Guaranteed Party or any other person shall be required to have exercised due diligence in its
pursuit of remedies against the Borrower and the Loan Guarantors for all or any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations and against any collateral pledged to secure the Guaranteed Obligations or
other secured interest thereon. The parties hereto agree that, should a judgment be rendered by a
court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitration panel against the Borrower and the Loan
Guarantors in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation, and such judgment remains unsatisfied for
thirty (30) days, the party seeking to enforce against the Borrower or the Loan Guarantors shall be
entitled to enforce such Guaranteed Obligation against the Guarantor as provided herein.
In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited
liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or
unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of
its liability hereunder, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of
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such liability shall, without any further action by the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party or any
other person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and
enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or
proceeding.
The Guarantor may not assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any
other person (except by operation of law) without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed
Party.
THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and
delivered as of the date first written above by its officer thereunto duly authorized.
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Exhibit E
Transition Services Agreement Term Sheet
Exhibit F
RueLaLa Management Agreement
Exhibit G
Shoprunner Management Agreement
Exhibit H
Contribution Agreement
Exhibit I
Release Agreement
Exhibit J
Patent License Agreement
Exhibit K
Intercompany Agreements
[see attached]