EXHIBIT 10.8
TERMINATION OF SERVICES AND
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Termination of Services and Indemnification Agreement is made by and
between Concentric Network Corporation (the "Company") and Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx
("Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx") and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx (together with Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx, "Founders").
WHEREAS, Founders wish to sell certain of their shares of Class A Common
Stock of the Company to certain investors;
WHEREAS, such investors have requested that the Company make certain
representations and warranties in the stock purchase agreement relating to
Founder's sale of Class A Common Stock of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes Founders to enter into market standoff
agreements with respect to all securities of the Company held by Founders;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes Founders to assist the Company in obtaining
market standoff agreements from all other holders of the Company's securities;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the
Company and Founders hereby agree as follows:
1. The Company agrees to make the representations and warranties set
forth in the Stock Purchase Agreements dated as of February ___, 1996 among
Founders, the Company and the purchasers of shares of Class A Common Stock of
the Company set forth on each Stock Purchase Agreement.
2. Founders will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and
against any loss, damage, settlement or expense (including attorney's fees)
incurred by the Company and arising from or related to any breach by the Company
of its representations and warranties in the Stock Purchase Agreements; provided
that Founders shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such
breach arises out of the Company's gross negligence, recklessness or intentional
act.
3. Founders hereby resign from all their positions as employees of the
Company and Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx hereby resigns from his position as a member of the
Company's Board of Directors as of the date of this Agreement. The Company
shall have no obligation to pay any severance or other compensation to Founders.
4. The Company and Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx hereby agree that the vacancy on the
Company's Board of Directors caused by Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx'x resignation will be
filled by a nominee designated by GS Capital Partners L.P. and reasonably
acceptable to the other members of the Company's Board of Directors, which
appointment will be made prior to an initial public offering of the Company's
securities.
5. Immediately prior to an initial public offering of the equity
securities of the Company, Founders will enter into a market standoff agreement
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Market Standoff
Agreement") with respect to all securities of the Company owned as of the date
of the Market Standoff Agreement or acquired thereafter.
6. Founders will use their best efforts to cause all holders of
securities of the Company to enter into a market standoff agreement in form and
substance similar to the Market Standoff Agreement.
7. Founders shall diligently and in a timely fashion assist the Company
in preparing the necessary registration statement and related disclosure
documentation, in connection with an initial public offering of the Company's
shares of Common Stock (the "IPO"), and in clearing such registration statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable state securities
commissions and shall provide such other services and assistance in connection
with the IPO as the Company shall reasonably request.
8. Founders shall refrain from taking or omitting to take any action or
making or omitting to make any statements that would prevent, delay or interfere
with the IPO.
9. Founders shall maintain the confidentiality of all confidential and
proprietary information of the Company. Founders shall return all Company
property and confidential and proprietary information in their possession within
five business days from the date hereof.
10. The Company hereby agrees that it shall have filed a registration
statement on Form S-8 covering such number of shares of Common Stock of the
Company underlying options held by Founders and Xxxxx Xxxxxx as are eligible for
registration on a Form S-8 and that the Company shall use its best efforts to
have such registration statement declared effective prior to the termination of
the Market Standoff Agreement.
11. The Company agrees to amend the Option Agreement granting Xxxxxxx-
Xxxxxx the option to purchase 800,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Options")
dated as of August 19, 1994 between the Company and Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx to allow for
the net exercise of the Options. On the date the Company is able to register
securities on Form S-3, upon the request of Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx, the Company agrees
to promptly file a shelf registration on Form S-3 (the "Shelf Registration")
relating to the shares of Common Stock of the Company underlying the Options (i)
which cannot be sold pursuant to Rule 701 or are not the subject of an effective
Form S-8 registration statement or (ii) which cannot be sold within four months
from such date under Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. In the event the Company is required to file or files
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the Shelf Registration pursuant to the prior sentence, if the Board of Directors
of the Company, in its good faith judgment, determines at any time that the
filing of the Shelf Registration or the sale of securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration should not be made or continued because it would materially
interfere with any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or
merger or other transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a
"Valid Business Reason"), the Company may postpone the filing of the Shelf
Registration or the sale of any securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration,
and Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx shall not sell any securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration, until such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event
for more than six months; and the Company shall give written notice of its
determination to so postpone and of the fact that the Valid Business Reason for
such postponement no longer exists, in each case, promptly after the occurrence
thereof.
12. The Company agrees to amend the Option Agreement granting Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx the option to purchase 800,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Options")
dated as of August 19, 1994 between the Company and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx to allow for
the net exercise of the Options. On the date the Company is able to register
securities on Form S-3; upon the request of Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, the Company agrees to
promptly file a shelf registration on Form S-3 (the "Xxxxxxxx Shelf
Registration") relating to the shares of Common Stock of the Company underlying
the Options (i) which cannot be sold pursuant to Rule 701 or are not the subject
of an effective Form S-8 registration statement or (ii) which cannot be sold
within four months from such date under Rule 144 (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event the Company is
required to file or files a Xxxxxxxx Shelf Registration pursuant to the prior
sentence, if the Board of Directors of the Company, in its good faith judgment,
determines at any time that the filing of the Xxxxxxxx Shelf Registration or the
sale of securities pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Shelf Registration should not be
made or continued because it would materially interfere with any Valid Business
Reason, the Company may postpone the filing of the Xxxxxxxx Shelf Registration
or the sale of any securities pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Shelf Registration, and
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx shall not sell any securities pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Shelf
Registration, until such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event
for more than six months; and the Company shall give written notice of its
determination to so postpone and of the fact that the Valid Business Reason for
such postponement no longer exists, in each case, promptly after the occurrence
thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California.
14. The parties hereto expressly agree that GS Capital Partners, L.P. and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx are third party beneficiaries to this Agreement
and shall have the right to enforce their rights hereunder.
15. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, and each counterpart
shall have the same force and effect as an original and shall constitute an
effective, binding agreement on the part of each of the undersigned.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of this
___________ day of February 1996.
CONCENTRIC NETWORK CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Vice President and CFO
FOUNDERS
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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