Exhibit 10.4
JOINDER AGREEMENT
This Joinder Agreement (this "Agreement") is by and between VI
ACQUISITION CORP.., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and WIND POINT V
EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership ("WPVEAP").
RECITALS
A. Wind Point Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Wind Point"), is a stockholder of the Company and an affiliate of WPVEAP.
B. Wind Point purchased stock of the Company pursuant to that
certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 13, 2003, by and among the
Company, Wind Point, and the other parties thereto (the "Purchase Agreement").
Wind Point also purchased stock of the Company pursuant to that certain
Subscription Agreement dated as of July 31, 2003, by and among the Company, Wind
Point and the other parties thereto (the "Subscription Agreement").
C. Effective December 1, 2003, Wind Point has transferred to
WPVEAP 4,100 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
("Common Stock") and 235.005 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock,
par value $0.0001 per share ("Preferred Stock," and the shares so transferred,
the "Transferred Shares"), as permitted under that certain Stockholders
Agreement dated June 13, 2003 by and among the Company, Wind Point, and the
other parties thereto (the "Stockholders Agreement"). Of the Transferred Shares,
234.035 shares of Preferred Stock and 4,079 shares of Common Stock were
originally purchased by Wind Point pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and 0.970
shares of Preferred Stock and 21 shares of Common Stock were originally
purchased by Wind Point pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
D. The Company has consented to WPVEAP becoming a party to the
Purchase Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement and that certain Registration
Rights Agreement dated June 13, 2003 by and among the Company, Wind Point, and
the other parties thereto (the "Registration Agreement"), by execution of this
Joinder Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:
1. Purchase Agreement
a. Pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Purchase Agreement,
WPVEAP is hereby made a party to the Purchase Agreement in the capacity of an
"Investor" (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), and WPVEAP
hereby agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions set forth in the
Registration Agreement applicable to WPVEAP as an Investor, and that the
Transferred Shares are "Stock" (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
b. The Company agrees that the definition of "WPP" in
the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to include WPVEAP, collectively with the
other persons already included in such definition.
c. WPVEAP shall execute a signature page to the Purchase
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1.c., which signature page
shall be attached to and made a part of the Purchase Agreement.
d. Exhibit C to the Purchase Agreement shall hereby be
replaced with the form of Exhibit C set forth on Schedule 1.d. attached hereto.
2. Stockholders Agreement
a. WPVEAP is hereby made a party to the Stockholders
Agreement in the capacity of an "Investor" and a "Stockholder" (as such terms
are defined in the Stockholders Agreement), and WPVEAP hereby agrees to be bound
by all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholders Agreement
applicable to it as an Investor and a Stockholder, as to all shares purchased
under the Senior Management Agreement.
b. The Company agrees that the definition of "WPP" in
the Stockholders Agreement shall be deemed to include WPVEAP and WPP, jointly.
c. WPVEAP shall execute a signature page to the
Stockholders Agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule 2, which
signature page shall be attached to and made a part of the Stockholders
Agreement.
3. Registration Rights Agreement
a. WPVEAP is hereby made a party to the Registration
Agreement in the capacity of an "Investor" (as such term is defined in the
Registration Agreement), and WPVEAP hereby agrees to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Agreement applicable to
WPVEAP as an Investor, and that the Transferred Shares are "Investor Registrable
Securities" (as defined in the Registration Agreement).
b. WPVEAP shall execute a signature page to the
Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Schedule 3.b.,
which signature page shall be attached to and made a part of the Registration
Rights Agreement.
c. The Schedule of Security Holders to the Registration
Rights Agreement shall hereby be replaced with Schedule 3.c attached hereto.
4. The Agreement is binding upon the parties hereto and their
permitted successors and assigns.
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5. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
and by facsimile signature, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all
of which when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.
6. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be
effective as of the 1st day of December, 2003.
VI ACQUISITION CORP. WIND POINT V EXECUTIVE ADVISOR
PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Wind Point Investors V, L.P.,
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx Its: General Partner
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Executive Vice
President
By: Wind Point Advisors, LLC,
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Its: Managing Member
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SCHEDULE 1.C.
WIND POINT V EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Wind Point Investors V, L.P.,
Its: General Partner
By: Wind Point Advisors, LLC,
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Its: Managing Member
VI Acquisition Corp.
Stock Purchase Agreement
Investor Joinder Signature Page
SCHEDULE 2
WIND POINT V EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Wind Point Investors V, L.P.,
Its: General Partner
By: Wind Point Advisors, LLC,
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Its: Managing Member
VI Acquisition Corp.
Stockholders Agreement
Joinder Signature Page
SCHEDULE 3.B.
WIND POINT V EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Wind Point Investors V, L.P.,
Its: General Partner
By: Wind Point Advisors, LLC,
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Its: Managing Member
VI Acquisition Corp.
Stockholders Agreement
Joinder Signature Page
SCHEDULE 3.C
SCHEDULE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
WIND POINT PARTNERS IV, L.P.
WIND POINT PARTNERS V, L.P.
WIND POINT IV EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.
WIND POINT V EXECUTIVE ADVISOR PARTNERS, L.P.
WIND POINT ASSOCIATES IV, LLC
000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Tel.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Ltd.
00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
MID OAKS INVESTMENTS LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
With a copy to:
Altheimer & Xxxx
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Schedule of Security Holders, cont'd --
X.X. XXXXXXX PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS QP II, L.P.
A.G. XXXXXXX PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS II, L.P.
A.G. Xxxxxxx Capital, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
XXXXX XXXXXX
7 S. 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000