EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT (the "AMENDMENT"), dated July 31,
0000, xxxxx XXX XXXX CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("OAK HILL"), OAK HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, OAK HILL SECURITIES FUND, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, OAK
HILL SECURITIES FUND II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and OHCP Ski,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with Oak Hill, the
"STOCKHOLDERS"), XXXXXX X. XXXXX ("XX. XXXXX") and AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation ("ASC"), amending that certain Stockholders' Agreement,
dated August 6, 1999 (the "STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT"), among Oak Hill, Xx. Xxxxx,
ASC and the other parties identified in Annex A thereto. Defined terms used
herein and not otherwise defined will have the meanings assigned to them in the
Stockholders' Agreement.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to amend the Stockholders' Agreement in
the manner specified in this Amendment;
WHEREAS, in connection with this Amendment, the number of Xxxxx Directors shall
be reduced from four to two and the vacancies shall be filled by two Stockholder
Directors; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors of ASC, including all Independent Common Stock
directors, has approved this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements and
covenants hereinafter set forth, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Stockholders, ASC
and Xx. Xxxxx agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO THE STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
A. SECTION 1.01. The definition of Stockholder Director in Section 1.01
shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'STOCKHOLDER DIRECTOR' means a Director designated by the
Stockholders pursuant this Agreement or elected by the holders
of the Series B Preferred pursuant to the Articles of
Incorporation, except that, for so long as Xx. Xxxxx is the
Company's chief executive officer, no employee of the
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Company or its subsidiaries may be designated a Stockholder
Director without the consent of Xx. Xxxxx."
B. SECTION 2.01(B). Section 2.01(b) of the Agreement shall be amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Each of Xx. Xxxxx and the Stockholders shall vote all
Restricted Securities Beneficially Owned by him or it, as the
case may be, to cause, and the parties hereto each shall
otherwise use its best efforts to cause, there to be (i) six
Stockholder Directors for so long as the Stockholders
Beneficially Own at least 80% of the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) that it owns
on the date of this Amendment; (ii) five Stockholder Directors
for so long as the Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 70%
of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a
Fully Diluted Basis) that it owns on the date of this
Amendment; (iii) four Stockholder Directors for so long as the
Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 60% of the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis)
that it owns on the date of this Amendment; (iv) three
Stockholder Directors for so long as the Stockholders
Beneficially Own at least 40% of the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) that it owns
on the date of this Amendment; (v) two Stockholder Directors
for so long as the Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 25%
of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a
Fully Diluted Basis) that it owns on the date of this
Amendment; and (vi) one Stockholder Director for so long as
the Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 5% of the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis)
that it owns on the date of this Amendment."
C. SECTION 2.01(C). Section 2.01(c) of the Agreement shall be amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Each of Xx. Xxxxx and the Stockholders shall vote all
Restricted Securities Beneficially Owned by him or it, as the
case may be, to cause, and the parties hereto each shall
otherwise use its best efforts to cause, there to be (i) two
Xxxxx Directors for so long as Xx. Xxxxx Beneficially Owns at
least 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a
Fully Diluted Basis) and (ii) one Xxxxx Director for so long
as Xx. Xxxxx Beneficially Owns at least 5% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis)."
D. SECTION 2.01(D). Section 2.01(d) of the Agreement shall be amended
to delete the proviso in its entirety.
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E. SECTION 2.02(D). Section 2.02(d) of the Agreement shall be amended
as such that the parenthetical beginning on the fourth line after the words
"Xxxxx Directors" and ending on the fifth line before the word "shall" shall be
deleted and shall instead read as follows:
..." (comprised of those Xxxxx directors designated by
Xxxxx)"...
F. SECTION 2.02(E). A new section 2.02(e) shall be added after Section
2.02(d) and shall read as follows:
"Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.02(d), the
vacancies created by reducing the number of Xxxxx Directors to
two pursuant to this Amendment will be filled by two
individuals designated by the Stockholder Directors."
G. SECTION 2.04(C). Section 2.04(c) shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:
"For so long as there shall be at least one Xxxxx Director and
Xx. Xxxxx is the Company's chief executive officer, each of
the parties hereto shall use its best efforts to cause (i) Xx.
Xxxxx to be a member of the Nominating Committee; (ii) Xx.
Xxxxx to be a member of the Executive Committee; (iii) Xx.
Xxxxx to serve as a member of the board of directors of ASC
Utah and American Skiing Company Resort Properties, Inc. or
any Material Subsidiary and (iv) Xx. Xxxxx to serve as a
member of each committee of the board of directors of the
Material Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, THAT, if any applicable law
or regulation of the NYSE (or other exchange on which the
Common Stock is listed) shall prohibit the Board from
appointing Xx. Xxxxx to serve on any committee, this Agreement
shall not require Xx. Xxxxx to serve on such committee."
H. SECTION 4.02(B)(II). Section 4.02(b)(ii) shall be amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"(ii) to Persons (or any other reasonably foreseeable
subsequent transferee) other than Permitted Transferees, who,
to the knowledge of any of the Stockholders, Xx. Xxxxx or
their Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, following
such Transfer would Beneficially Own 10% or more of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis),
unless such Transfer has been approved by the Board, including
the approval by a majority of the Independent Common Stock
directors; however, the approval of a majority of the
Independent Common Stock directors will not be required if the
public shareholders of the Company are offered an opportunity
to participate in such Transfer on equivalent terms (it being
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understood that such terms shall be deemed equivalent if the
value of the consideration received by the Stockholders for
its Series B Preferred does not exceed the greater of (i) the
Change of Control Price (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation) of the Series B Preferred and (ii) the value of
the consideration payable in respect of the Conversion
Stock)."
I. SECTION 4.02(B)(III)(A). Section 4.02(b)(iii)(A) shall be amended by
adding the following language at the beginning of clause (iii)(A) and prior to
the words "that is a direct competitor":
..."except as may be approved by the Board,"...
J. SECTION 4.02(B). Section 4.02(b) shall be amended by adding the
following sentence at the end of the paragraph:
"Subsections (ii) and (iii)(A) of this Section 4.02(b) shall
not apply to any Transfers of Restricted Securities by Xx.
Xxxxx, except that Xx. Xxxxx shall not Transfer any Restricted
Securities to a Person (or other reasonably foreseeable
subsequent transferee) who (i) to the knowledge of Xx. Xxxxx
or his Permitted Transferees following such Transfer would
Beneficially Own 10% or more of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) and (ii) is a direct
competitor in the ownership and operation of ski resorts on a
national scale."
K. SECTION 4.03(A). The last sentence of Section 4.03(a) will be
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"With respect to clause (i) above, any increase in Beneficial
Ownership by the Stockholders and any Stockholder Permitted
Transferees resulting from (u) any Accretion Amounts (as such
term is defined in the Certificate of Designation), (v) any
dividend in the form of Common Stock made with respect to the
Conversion Stock, (w) any repurchase of Common Stock by the
Company, (x) any purchase or series of related purchases by
any Stockholder of up to 1.5 million additional shares of
Common Stock, (y) any purchase by any Stockholder of shares of
Class A Common Stock or Common Stock owned by Xx. Xxxxx, and
(z) the issuance of the Warrants (the "WARRANTS") pursuant to
the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2000, among Oak Hill, the Company and the other
parties signatory thereto and the shares of Common Stock
issued upon exercise thereof shall not be included in the
Maximum Stockholder Stock Ownership Percentage; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in all cases, the Stockholders may acquire
securities of the Company pursuant to Section 4.05 or pursuant
to the issuance of any dividends on Common Stock."
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L. SECTION 4.04. Section 4.04 shall be amended by adding the following
language after the words "Article IV":
... "including pursuant to the Warrants"....
M. SECTION 4.05(C)(II). Section 4.05(c)(ii) shall be amended by adding
the following language before the words "the issuance of warrant shares":
..."the Warrants or the shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of the Warrants or..."
N. SECTION 4.06. A new section 4.06 will be added to the Agreement and
will read as follows:
"The provisions of the Stockholders' Agreement will terminate
for the Stockholders or Xx. Xxxxx, as the case may be, at the
time when such party transfer or sells its holdings such that
it Beneficially Owns less than 5% of the number of shares of
outstanding Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) that it
owns on the date of this Amendment."
O. All references in the Agreement to "the Agreement" shall be deemed
to be references to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
P. SECTION 7.03(A). Section 7.03(a) of the Agreement shall be amended
to require that a copy of all notices required to be sent "to the Company or Xx.
Xxxxx" under Section 7.03 shall also be sent to:
Oak Hill Capital Management, Inc.
Park Avenue Tower
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS
A. This Amendment is entered into by the parties hereto pursuant to
Section 7.09 of the Agreement.
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B. All of the other provisions of the Agreement not specifically
amended by this Amendment shall not be deemed to be affected by this Amendment
(other than as described in Article I, Section O hereof) and shall remain in
full force and effect.
C. Article VII of the Agreement shall be incorporated by reference into
this Amendment and shall be deemed to be a part hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY
By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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OAK HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By: OHCP GenPar, L.P.,
its general partner
By: OHCP MGP, LLC,
its general partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
OAK HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
PARTNERS, L.P.
By: OHCP GenPar, L.P.,
its general partner
By: OHCP MGP, LLC,
its general partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
OAK HILL SECURITIES FUND, L.P.
By: Oak Hill Securities GenPar, L.P.,
its General Partner
By: Oak Hill Securities MGP, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
OAK HILL SECURITIES FUND II, L.P.
By: Oak Hill Securities GenPar, L.P.,
its General Partner
By: Oak Hill Securities MGP, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
OHCP SKI, L.P.
By: Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P.,
its general partner
By: OHCP GenPar, L.P.,
its general partner
By: OHCP MGP, LLC,
its general partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
