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STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
among
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.,
RITE AID CORPORATION,
XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX & XXXX FUND III, L.P.
and
THE OTHER PERSONS
NAMED HEREIN
dated as of October 2, 2000
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1. Definitions.................................................................1
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Section 2.1. Composition of the Board...................................................12
Section 2.2. Election of Directors......................................................13
Section 2.3. Certain Provisions Regarding the Board of Directors........................14
Section 2.4. Charter and Bylaws.........................................................15
ARTICLE III
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 3.1. Required Registrations.....................................................15
Section 3.2. "Piggy-Back"Registration Rights............................................20
Section 3.3. Registration Procedures....................................................21
Section 3.4. Delay of Filing or Sales...................................................25
Section 3.5. Underwritten Offerings.....................................................25
Section 3.6. Indemnification............................................................27
Section 3.7. Rule 144...................................................................30
Section 3.8. Transfer of Registration Rights and Obligations............................30
ARTICLE IV
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
Section 4.1. Standstill.................................................................31
Section 4.2. Transfer Restrictions; Legends.............................................32
Section 4.3. Additional Restrictions on Transfers By Rite Aid...........................36
Section 4.4. Access; Reports and Notices................................................36
Section 4.5. Presence for Quorum Requirement............................................38
Section 4.6. JLL Exchange Agreement.....................................................38
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Entire Agreement...........................................................38
Section 5.2. Binding Effect; Benefit....................................................38
Section 5.3. Assignability..............................................................38
Section 5.4. Amendment; Waiver..........................................................39
Section 5.5. Termination................................................................39
Section 5.6. Notices....................................................................39
Section 5.7. Headings...................................................................40
Section 5.8. Counterparts...............................................................40
Section 5.9. Applicable Law.............................................................40
Section 5.10. Specific Performance.......................................................40
Section 5.11. Consent to Jurisdiction....................................................40
Section 5.12. Severability...............................................................41
Schedule I:....Notice Information
Exhibit A:.....By-Laws
Exhibit B:.....Certificate of Incorporation
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STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
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STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT dated as of October 2, 2000 among (i) Advance
Paradigm, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), (ii) Rite Aid
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Rite Aid"), (iii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Levy
Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("JLL") and (iv) the other
Persons named on the signature pages hereof (such Persons and JLL are
collectively referred to as the "JLL Stockholders").
Recitals
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A. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company is
issuing and delivering to Rite Aid, and Rite Aid is acquiring, a total of
125,000 shares of the Company's Series A-2 11% Preferred Stock (the "Series A-2
Preferred Stock") pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 11,
2000, between the Company and Rite Aid.
B. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company is
issuing and selling to the JLL Stockholders, and the JLL Stockholders are
subscribing for and purchasing, a total of (i) 65,854 shares of the Company's
Series A-1 11% Preferred Stock (the "Series A-1 Preferred Stock"), (ii) six
shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B
Preferred Stock") and (iii) 4,207,000 shares of Regular Common Stock (as defined
in Article I) pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July
11, 2000, between the Company and JLL, and the Exchange Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, between the Company and JLL (the "JLL Exchange Agreement").
C. The parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to govern
certain of their rights, duties and obligations relating to their ownership of
stock of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1. Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:
"Acquisition Intention Event" means, with respect to any "person" or
"group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), (i) any filing of a Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act, or any amendment
to a previously-filed Schedule 13D, by such person or group stating that it
plans or proposes any transaction of the type described in clauses (b) through
(f) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, (ii) any public
announcement by such person or group that it plans or proposes any transaction
of the type described in clauses (b) through (f) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, or
(iii) knowledge of the Investors that such person or group plans or proposes any
transaction of the type described in clauses (b) through (f) of Item 4 of
Schedule 13D.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under
direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person. Control of any
Person shall consist of the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person (whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, as
trustee or otherwise) and shall be deemed to exist upon the ownership of
securities entitling the holder thereof to exercise more than 20% of the voting
power in the election of directors of such Person (or other persons or bodies
performing similar functions).
"beneficially own" and "beneficial ownership" have the meanings given to
them in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. A Person shall be deemed
to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time.
"Board" means the board of directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or
other governmental action to close.
"By-Laws" means the amended and restated by-laws of the Company in the
form of Exhibit A adopted by the Board prior to the date hereof and effective as
of the date hereof, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time.
"Capital Stock" means (i) all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of the Company, including each
class or series of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, and (ii) any option, warrant
or other arrangement representing the right to purchase or otherwise acquire any
of the foregoing, including any securities convertible or exchangeable into any
of the foregoing.
"Certificate of Incorporation" means the Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company in the form of Exhibit B, to be
submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval and thereafter filed
according to the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as
the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Change of Control" has the meaning given to it in the Series A
Certificates of Designations.
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"Class A Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock to be created as a
separate class of Common Stock following the Class B Effectiveness, having the
powers, designations and preferences set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
"Class A Directors" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).
"Class B Directors" means the Class B-1 Directors and the Class B-2
Directors.
"Class B Common Stock" means the Class B-1 Common Stock and the Class
B-2 Common Stock.
"Class B-1 Common Stock" means the Class B-1 Common Stock to be created
as a separate class of Common Stock following the Class B Effectiveness, having
the powers, designations and preferences set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
"Class B-2 Common Stock" means the Class B-2 Common Stock to be created
as a separate class of Common Stock following the Class B Effectiveness, having
the powers, designations and preferences set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
"Class B-1 Directors" means the Directors (i) designated initially by
holders of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series B Certificate of
Designations and (ii) following the Class B Effectiveness, elected by holders of
Class B-1 Common Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
"Class B-2 Directors" means the Directors (i) designated initially by
holders of Series A-2 Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series A-2 Certificate of
Designations, (ii) following the Class B Effectiveness, so long as any shares of
Series A-2 Preferred Stock are outstanding, elected by the holders of the Series
A-2 Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations, and
(iii) following the Class B Effectiveness, in the event shares of Series A-2
Preferred Stock have been converted into Class B-2 Common Stock, elected by
holders of Class B-2 Common Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
"Class B Effectiveness" means the date of the filing of the Certificate
of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in
accordance with DGCL following receipt of Stockholder Approval.
"Class C Directors" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).
"Class D Director" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).
"Class D Termination Date" means the later of (a) the second anniversary
of the date hereof and (b) the earlier to occur of (i) the holders of Series A-2
Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Class B-1 Common Stock and Class B-2
Common Stock
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having the right to designate, in the aggregate, two or less Class B Directors
pursuant to the applicable Organizational Documents and (ii) the Current
Investor Amount representing less than 50% of the Initial Investor Amount.
"Class of Registrable Securities" means the following, each of which
constitutes a separate "Class of Registrable Securities":
(i) Shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, together with any
shares of Common Stock or other securities (whether securities of the
Company or another issuer) issued or proposed to be issued with respect
thereto (A) by way of stock dividend or other distribution, stock split
or reverse stock split, or (B) in connection with a combination of
shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange offer or other
reorganization;
(ii) Shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock, together with any
shares of Common Stock or other securities (whether securities of the
Company or another issuer) issued or proposed to be issued with respect
thereto (A) by way of stock dividend or other distribution, stock split
or reverse stock split, or (B) in connection with a combination of
shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange offer or other
reorganization;
(iii) (x) Shares of Regular Common Stock issued to the JLL
Stockholders pursuant to the JLL Exchange Agreement and (y) shares of
Regular Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of shares of
Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the Series B Certificate of
Designations, together with any shares of Common Stock or other
securities (whether securities of the Company or another issuer, but
excluding any shares of Series B Preferred Stock) issued or proposed to
be issued with respect to such shares of Regular Common Stock or Series
B Preferred Stock (A) by way of stock dividend or other distribution,
stock split or reverse stock split, or (B) in connection with a
combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange
offer or other reorganization;
(iv) Shares of Regular Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of shares of Class B-1 Common Stock in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation, together with any shares of Common Stock
or other securities (whether securities of the Company or another
issuer, but excluding any shares of Class B-1 Common Stock) issued or
proposed to be issued with respect to such shares of Regular Common
Stock or Class B-1 Common Stock (A) by way of stock dividend or other
distribution,
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stock split or reverse stock split, or (B) in connection with a
combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
exchange offer or other reorganization; and
(v) Shares of Regular Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of shares of Class B-2 Common Stock in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation, together with any shares of Common Stock
or other securities (whether securities of the Company or another
issuer, but excluding any shares of Class B-2 Common Stock) issued or
proposed to be issued with respect to such shares of Regular Common
Stock or Class B-2 Common Stock (A) by way of stock dividend or other
distribution, stock split or reverse stock split, or (B) in connection
with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
exchange offer or other reorganization.
"Common Stock" means (i) initially, the common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company, and (ii) following the Class B Effectiveness, the Class A
Common Stock, the Class B-1 Common Stock and the Class B-2 Common Stock.
"Company" has the meaning given to it in the Introduction.
"Covered Securities" has the meaning given to it in Section 4.2(a).
"Credit Agreement" has the meaning given to it in the Indenture, dated
on or about the date hereof, with U.S. Trust of Texas, N.A., as trustee,
relating to the Company's Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010.
"Current Investor Amount" means, as of any date of determination, (i)
the number of shares of Regular Common Stock issuable upon the conversion on
such date of all of the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and
Class B Common Stock that are (A) issued and outstanding on such date, and (B)
owned by the Investors and their Permitted Transferees on such date, plus (ii)
the number of shares of Regular Common Stock owned by the Investors and their
Permitted Transferees on such date received as a result of the conversion of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Class B Common
Stock, plus (iii) the number of shares of Regular Common Stock issued to JLL
Stockholders on the date hereof that are owned by the Investors and their
Permitted Transferees on such date. For purposes of determining the number of
shares of Regular Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of shares of Series
A Preferred Stock, the parties shall assume that (x) the Class B Effectiveness
has occurred, and (y) shares of Series A Preferred Stock would be converted
first into Class B Common Stock pursuant to the applicable Series A Certificate
of Designations and thereafter into Regular Common Stock pursuant to the
Certificate of Incorporation.
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"Current Market Price" means, as of any date, the average of the daily
Market Prices of the Regular Common Stock for twenty consecutive trading days
immediately preceding such date. "Market Price" means, on any given day, (i) if
shares of Regular Common Stock are listed or authorized for trading on a
national securities exchange, the last sale price of the Regular Common Stock,
regular way, on such date, or if no such sale takes place on such date, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices thereof, on such date, in each case
as officially reported on the principal national securities exchange on which
the Regular Common Stock is listed or authorized for trading, (ii) if shares of
Regular Common Stock are not listed or authorized for trading on a national
securities exchange but are quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, (A) the price
of the last trade, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market, not identified as
having been reported late to such system, or (B) if shares of Regular Common
Stock are so traded, but no such trade information is so reported, the average
of the last bid and ask prices, as those prices are reported on the Nasdaq
National Market, (iii) if shares of Regular Common Stock are not listed or
authorized for trading on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market or any comparable system but have a nationally recognized existing
trading market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by
two members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected
from time to time by the Company for that purpose or (iv) if shares of Regular
Common Stock are not listed or authorized for trading on a national securities
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or any comparable system and do not have
a nationally recognized existing trading market, the fair value of such security
as (A) determined by an agreement between the Company and Rite Aid or (B) if the
Company and Rite Aid fail to agree, determined jointly by an independent
investment banking firm retained by the Company and by an independent investment
banking firm retained by Rite Aid, or (C) if the Company or Rite Aid shall fail
so to retain an independent investment banking firm within five Business Days of
the retention of such firm by the Company or Rite Aid, as the case may be,
determined solely by the firm so retained or (D) if the firms so retained by the
Company and by Rite Aid shall be unable to reach a joint determination within 15
Business Days of the retention of the last firm so retained, determined by
another independent investment banking firm chosen by the first two such firms.
"DGCL" means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
"Director" means any director of the Company.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Excluded Holders" means (i) the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, (ii)
the Principals (as defined in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture) and the
Related Parties (as defined in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture) of the
Principals, and (iii) the Investors, the Permitted Transferees of the Investors
and Affiliates of the Persons referred to in this clause (iii).
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"Governmental Authority" means any government, any political
subdivision, any governmental agency, bureau, department, board or commission,
any court or tribunal or any other governmental instrumentality, whether
federal, state or local, domestic or foreign.
"Holder" means any Person who owns, of record, any Registrable
Securities.
"Initial Investor Amount" means, as of any date of determination, (i)
the number of shares of Regular Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of all
the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock issued on the date
hereof pursuant to the applicable Series A Certificate of Designations or the
Series B Certificate of Designations, plus (ii) the number of shares of Regular
Common Stock issued to the JLL Stockholders on the date hereof, in each case as
adjusted for stock dividends and distributions, subdivisions, combinations or
consolidations of stock on or prior to such date of determination. For purposes
of determining the number of shares of Regular Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the parties shall assume that
(x) the Class B Effectiveness has occurred, and (y) shares of Series A Preferred
Stock would be converted first into Class B Common Stock pursuant to the
applicable Series A Certificate of Designations and thereafter into Regular
Common Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation. For avoidance of
doubt, it is stipulated that the Initial Investor Amount on the date hereof is
13,750,000.
"Investors" means the JLL Stockholders, Rite Aid and each Person who is
or shall become a party to this Agreement whether as an original party as of the
date hereof or hereafter pursuant to Section 4.2(b) and Section 5.3.
"JLL" has the meaning given to it in the Introduction.
"JLL Exchange Agreement" has the meaning given to it in Recital B.
"JLL Stockholders" has the meaning given to it in the Introduction.
"Long-Form Registration" means a registration of securities pursuant to
a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-2 (or any successor form) under
the Securities Act.
"Material Activity" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.4.
"Non-Class B Director" means any Director who is neither a Class B-1
Director nor a Class B-2 Director.
"OIG Investigation" means (i) the investigation described in the
investigative subpoena issued to PCS Holding Corporation (or its Subsidiaries)
by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health
and Human Services on
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November 23, 1999, and (ii) any investigation, suit, action, litigation or other
proceeding related to or arising from the investigation referred to in clause
(i) of this definition.
"Organizational Documents" means (i) prior to the Class B Effectiveness,
the Series A Certificates of Designations and the Series B Certificate of
Designations, and (ii) following the Class B Effectiveness, the Certificate of
Incorporation (including the exhibits thereto).
"Participating Holder" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(a).
"Participating Registrable Securities" means the Registrable Securities
referred to in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of the definition of Class of
Registrable Securities.
"Permitted Transferee" has (i) with respect to holders of Series A-1
Preferred Stock in their capacity as such, the meaning given to it in the Series
A-1 Certificate of Designations, (ii) with respect to holders of Series A-2
Preferred Stock in their capacity as such, the meaning given to it in the Series
A-2 Certificate of Designations, (iii) with respect to holders of Series B
Preferred Stock in their capacity as such, the meaning given to it in the Series
B Certificate of Designations, (iv) with respect to holders of Class B Common
Stock in their capacity as such, the meaning given to it in the Certificate of
Incorporation, and (v) with respect to JLL Stockholders and any other holders of
Regular Common Stock issued to the JLL Stockholders on the date hereof, the
meaning given to it in the Series B Certificate of Designations (assuming that
the JLL Stockholders and such other holders are holders of Series B Preferred
Stock).
"Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a
Governmental Authority.
"Registrable Securities" means any securities included in any Class of
Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, securities shall cease to
be Registrable Securities when (x) a registration statement under the Securities
Act covering such security is declared effective by the SEC and such securities
have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement or (y)
such securities are sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable
conditions under Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the
Securities Act are satisfied.
"Registration Expenses" means all expenses incident to the Company's
performance of or compliance with Article III, including, (a) all registration,
filing and NASD fees, (b) all fees and expenses of complying with securities or
blue sky laws, (c) all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, (d)
messenger and delivery expenses, (e) the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of
any "comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance, (f) premiums and other costs of
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policies of insurance against liabilities arising out of the public offering of
the Registrable Securities being registered (if the Company elects to obtain any
such insurance), (g) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid
by issuers or sellers of securities, including counsel for the underwriters but
excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, and (h) reasonable costs and
expenses incurred for presentations to or meetings with prospective investors in
connection with the offer or sale of Registrable Securities in a public offering
thereof. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, Registration
Expenses do not include (x) the fees and disbursements of counsel to one or more
Selling Stockholders, or (y) transfer taxes, and underwriting discounts or
commissions and brokerage fees for the sale of any securities included in a
Class of Registrable Securities.
"Regular Common Stock" means (A) initially, the common stock, par value
$.01, of the Company and (B) following the Class B Effectiveness, the Class A
Common Stock.
"Requested Securities" has the meaning given in Section 3.1(a).
"Requesting Holders" has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a).
"Rite Aid" has the meaning given to it in the Introduction.
"Rite Aid Maximum Permitted Amount" means an amount of Common Stock, or
other Covered Securities convertible into Common Stock, in the aggregate
constituting or convertible into more than 50% of the number of shares of
Regular Common Stock into which all of the shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock
originally issued to Rite Aid would then be convertible (assuming that (i) the
Class B Effectiveness has occurred and (ii) the shares of Series A-2 Preferred
Stock would be converted (A) first into Class B-2 Common Stock pursuant to the
Series A-2 Certificate of Designations and (B) thereafter into Regular Common
Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation).
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Selling Stockholder" means any Requesting Holder or Participating
Holder.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" has the meaning given to it in the Series A
Certificates of Designations.
"Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture" has the meaning given to it in the
Series A Certificates of Designations.
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"Senior Subordinated Notes Warrants" has the meaning given to it in the
Series A Certificates of Designations.
"Series A Certificates of Designations" means the Series A-1 Certificate
of Designations and the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations.
"Series A-1 Certificate of Designations" means (i) prior to the Class B
Effectiveness, the Certificate of Designations for the Series A-1 Preferred
Stock as filed according to the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on or about the date hereof, or (ii) following the Class B
Effectiveness, Exhibit A to the Certificate of Incorporation, in each case, as
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Series A-2 Certificate of Designations" means (i) prior to the Class B
Effectiveness, the Certificate of Designations for the Series A-2 Preferred
Stock as filed according to the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on or about the date hereof, or (ii) following the Class B
Effectiveness, Exhibit B to the Certificate of Incorporation, in each case, as
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Series A Preferred Stock" means Series A-1 Preferred Stock or Series
A-2 Preferred Stock, or both, as the context may require.
"Series A-1 Preferred Stock" has the meaning given to it in Recital B.
"Series A-2 Preferred Stock" has the meaning given to it in Recital A.
"Series B Certificate of Designations" means (i) prior to the Class B
Effectiveness, the Certificate of Designations for the Series B Preferred Stock
as filed according to the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on or about the date hereof, or (ii) following the Class B
Effectiveness, Exhibit C to the Certificate of Incorporation, in each case, as
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Series B Preferred Stock" has the meaning given to it in Recital B.
"Short-Form Registration" means a registration of securities under the
Securities Act that is not a Long-Form Registration.
"Standstill Period" means the period beginning on the date hereof and
ending on the earliest to occur of:
(i) the fourth anniversary of the date hereof;
(ii) the approval by the Board of any transaction or series of
related transactions with respect to or resulting in the direct or
indirect acquisition by any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used
in Section
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13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Excluded Holders,
of beneficial ownership of more than 35% of the total issued Common
Stock (assuming the exercise or conversion of all options, warrants or
other arrangements representing the right to purchase or otherwise
acquire any shares of Common Stock, including any securities
convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing);
(iii) the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any
other corporation or entity, whether or not the Company is the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity, other than the merger or
the consolidation of the Company with or into a wholly-owned Subsidiary
of the Company;
(iv) the transfer by the Company of all or substantially all of
its properties or assets to any other corporation or entity, other than
to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company if such Subsidiary remains
wholly-owned by the Company;
(v) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Excluded Holders,
is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than
35% of the total issued Common Stock (assuming the exercise or
conversion of all options, warrants or other arrangements representing
the right to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Common Stock,
including any securities convertible or exchangeable into any of the
foregoing), except that if the Investors have Transferred beneficial
ownership of any Common Stock to such "person" or "group" following an
Acquisition Intention Event by such "person" or "group", then the
percentage referred in this clause (v) shall be increased by the
percentage of the total issued Common Stock (assuming the exercise or
conversion of all options, warrants or other arrangements representing
the right to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Common Stock,
including any securities convertible or exchangeable into any of the
foregoing) represented by the Common Stock the beneficial ownership of
which was Transferred to such "person" or "group" by the Investors and
their Permitted Transferees after the Acquisition Intention Event; and
(vi) the Current Investor Amount representing less than 10% of
the Initial Investor Amount;
but excluding the period between the following dates: (A) if a meeting of the
Company's stockholders for the purpose of voting on the matters contemplated in
the definition of Stockholder Approval has been duly convened by December 15,
2000 but the Class B
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Effectiveness has not occurred prior to the 120th day following the date hereof,
then between the 180th day following the date hereof and the Class B
Effectiveness; and (B) if the stockholders meeting referred to in clause (A) has
not been duly convened by December 15, 2000 and the Class B Effectiveness has
not occurred prior to the 120th day following the date hereof, then between the
120th day following the date hereof and the Class B Effectiveness.
"Stockholder Approval" means the approval by the Company's stockholders
of the Certificate of Incorporation and of the authorization and issuance of the
Class B Common Stock to be issued to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
and Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Series A
Certificates of Designations and the Series B Certificate of Designation.
"Subsidiary" of any specified Person is any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other entity (i) of which the stock or
membership, general or limited partnership or other ownership interests having
ordinary power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or other persons
or bodies performing similar functions) are directly or indirectly owned by such
specified Person or (ii) in which such specified Person directly or indirectly
owns at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other equity or general
voting interest.
"Transfer" has the meaning given to it in Section 4.2(a).
"Voting Stock" means the Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily
having the power to vote generally for the election of directors (or other
persons or bodies performing similar functions) of the Company. With respect to
the Company, Voting Stock shall include (i) Regular Common Stock, (ii) prior to
the Class B Effectiveness, the Series A-2 Preferred Stock and the Series B
Preferred Stock, and (iii) following the Class B Effectiveness, the Series A-2
Preferred Stock, the Class B-1 Common Stock and the Class B-2 Common Stock.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Section 2.1. Composition of the Board. Prior to the Class B
Effectiveness, the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cause the number of the Directors and the composition of the Board to be as set
forth in this Section 2.1. As of and following the Class B Effectiveness, the
composition of the Board and the number of Directors shall be governed by the
Certificate of Incorporation.
(a) Subject to Sections 2.1(b), (c) and (d), the Board shall consist of
eleven Directors, designated as follows:
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(i) Three Directors shall be employees or officers of the Company
or its Subsidiaries nominated by a majority of the Class A and Class C
Directors (the "Class A Directors");
(ii) Two Directors shall be Class B-1 Directors;
(iii) Two Directors shall be Class B-2 Directors;
(iv) Three Directors, who would (if elected) be "independent"
directors within the meaning of the rules of the Nasdaq National Market,
shall be individuals nominated by a majority of the Class A and Class C
Directors (the "Class C Directors"); and
(v) Until the occurrence of the Class D Termination Date, one
Director shall be Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, and his successor or replacement
shall be designated in accordance with Section 2.2(e) (Xxxx-Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx and such successor or replacement Director, the "Class D
Director").
(b) In the event, and in each case, that the number of Class B-1
Directors or Class B-2 Directors is subject to decrease pursuant to the
applicable Organizational Document, then (i) there shall be a corresponding
decrease in the total number of Directors, and (ii) the number of Class B-1
Directors or Class B-2 Directors referred to in clause (ii) or (iii) of Section
2.1(a), as the case may be, shall be reduced correspondingly.
(c) In the event, and in each case, that the holders of Series A-2
Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to elect additional
Directors pursuant to the applicable Organizational Document, then (i) there
shall be a corresponding increase in the total number of Directors, (ii) the
number of Class B-1 Directors shall be increased to account for the additional
Director elected by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, and (iii) the
number of Class B-2 Directors shall be increased to account for the additional
Director elected by the holders of the Series A-2 Preferred Stock.
(d) Upon the occurrence of the Class D Termination Date, the Class D
Director shall become a Class C Director, resulting in a corresponding increase
in the number of Class C Directors, and such Director shall be designated, and
may be removed or replaced, as a Class C Director according to Section 2.2(d).
Section 2.2. Election of Directors. Prior to the Class B Effectiveness,
the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the
election, appointment and filling of vacancies of Directors to be as set forth
in this Section 2.2. As of and following the Class B Effectiveness, the election
of the Directors shall be governed by the Certificate of Incorporation.
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(a) Class A Directors. At any annual meeting of stockholders, or special
meeting held in place thereof, where any Class A Directors are due to be
elected, the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the election of
the nominee or nominees referred to in Section 2.1(a)(i) as a Class A Director.
Upon any vacancy occurring because of the death, disability, disqualification,
resignation or removal of a Class A Director, the parties shall use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the person filling such vacancy to be an
officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries nominated in accordance
with Section 2.1(a)(i), and to cause such person to be elected or appointed as a
Class A Director.
(b) Class B-1 Directors. The election, filling of vacancies and removal
of Class B-1 Directors shall be governed by the Series B Certificate of
Designations.
(c) Class B-2 Directors. The election, filling of vacancies and removal
of Class B-2 Directors shall be governed by the Series A-2 Certificate of
Designations.
(d) Class C Directors. At any annual meeting of stockholders, or special
meeting held in place thereof, where any Class C Directors are due to be
elected, the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the election of
the nominee or nominees referred to in Section 2.1(a)(iv) as a Class C Director.
Upon any vacancy occurring because of the death, disability, disqualification,
resignation or removal of a Class C Director, the parties shall use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the person filling such vacancy to be an
individual nominated in accordance with Section 2.1(a)(iv), and to cause such
person to be elected or appointed as a Class C Director.
(e) Class D Director. At any annual meeting of stockholders, or special
meeting held in place thereof, prior to the occurrence of the Class D
Termination Event where the Class D Director is due to be elected, the parties
shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the election of the nominee
referred to in Section 2.1(a)(v) as the Class D Director. Prior to the
occurrence of the Class D Termination Date, upon any vacancy occurring because
of the death, disability, disqualification, resignation or removal of
Xxxx-Xxxxxx Million (or any subsequent Class D Director), the parties shall use
their reasonable best efforts to cause the person filling such vacancy to be an
individual (A) designated by a majority of the Class A Directors and (B)
approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) by all of the Class B
Directors, and to cause such person to be elected or appointed as a Class D
Director. Following the Class D Termination Date, the number of Class C
Directors shall increase by one, such Class D Director shall become a Class C
Director and the class of Class D Director shall cease to exist.
Section 2.3. Certain Provisions Regarding the Board of Directors. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) in addition to any other vote required
by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors that are not Class A
Directors shall be
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required for any decision of the Company regarding the appointment, removal or
compensation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, or any transaction
between the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) and the Company's Chief
Executive Officer (or his or her Affiliates), (ii) the Board of Directors shall
meet no less frequently than once in every calendar quarter, (iii) each
committee of the Board of Directors (including any audit or compensation
committee, but excluding any nominating committees for the nomination of
Directors) shall have, as members, a proportional number of Class B-1 Directors
and Class B-2 Directors, as a group (in relation to the total number of
Directors), unless (1) such representation is prohibited by applicable law or
rules of the Nasdaq National Market or any other national securities exchange on
which the Company's securities are listed for trading, in which case such
committees shall have, as members, the maximum number of Class B-1 Directors and
Class B-2 Directors permitted by applicable law and rules of the Nasdaq National
Market or such national securities exchange, or (2) the Class B-1 Directors and
Class B-2 Directors elect not to serve on any such committee, and (iv) except as
otherwise specified herein or in any Organizational Document, all powers and
rights of Class B-1 Directors, Class B-2 Directors and Non-Class B Directors, in
their capacity as Directors, shall be identical in all respects.
Section 2.4. Charter and Bylaws.
(a) Promptly upon (and in any event no later than two Business Days
following) the receipt of Stockholder Approval, the Company shall file the
Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the DGCL with the Secretary of the
State of Delaware.
(b) The By-Laws have been duly adopted as the by-laws of the Company,
effective as of the date hereof, pursuant to the DGCL.
(c) The Company shall take all other actions reasonably necessary, to
ensure that the Company's by-laws facilitate and do not at any time conflict
with any provision of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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Section 3.1. Required Registrations.
(a) Request. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, upon the written request of the Holders of a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities of a Class of Registrable Securities (the "Requesting
Holders") requesting that the Company effect registration under the Securities
Act of all or a specified number of such Registrable Securities (such specified
number of such Registrable Securities, the
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"Requested Securities") (which request shall also specify the intended method or
methods of disposition thereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to
effect the registration under the Securities Act of the Requested Securities
requested by the Requesting Holders for disposition according to the intended
method or methods of disposition specified by the Requesting Holders (including
a shelf registration) to the extent required or deemed appropriate by the
Requesting Holders to permit the disposition (according to the intended method
or methods thereof specified by the Requesting Holders) of the Requested
Securities. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.1 to the contrary, the
Company's obligations to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 3.1
shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) With respect to the registration of the Registrable
Securities referred to in clause (i) of the definition of Class of
Registrable Securities:
(A) the request for such registration may not be
submitted (x) prior to the 270th day following the
date of this Agreement or (y) after the Class B
Effectiveness, and the Company shall not be
required to effect such registration after the
Class B Effectiveness, and
(B) the Company shall not be required to effect more
than two Long-Form Registrations of such
Registrable Securities, it being understood that
there is no limit on the number of Short-Form
Registrations of such Registrable Securities that
the Company is required to effect pursuant to this
Section 3.1.
(ii) With respect to the registration of the Registrable
Securities referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of Class of
Registrable Securities:
(A) the request for such registration may not be
submitted (x) prior to the 270th day following the
date of this Agreement or (y) after the Class B
Effectiveness, and the Company shall not be required
to effect such registration after the Class B
Effectiveness, and
(B) the Company shall not be required to effect more
than two Long-Form Registrations of such Registrable
Securities, it being understood that there is no
limit on the number of Short-Form Registrations of
such Registrable Securities that the Company is
required to effect pursuant to this Section 3.1.
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(iii) With respect to the registration of Registrable Securities
referred to in clause (iii) of the definition of Class of Registrable
Securities:
(A) the request for such registration may not be
submitted after the Class B Effectiveness, and the
Company shall not be required to effect such
registration after the Class B Effectiveness, and
(B) the Company shall not be required to effect more
than two registrations of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.1.
(iv) With respect to the registration of Registrable Securities
referred to in clause (iv) of the definition of Class of Registrable
Securities:
(A) the request for such registration may only be
submitted after the later to occur of (x) six
months after the date hereof and (y) the Class B
Effectiveness, and
(B) the Company shall not be required to effect more
than two registrations of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.1.
(v) With respect to the registration of Registrable Securities
referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Class of Registrable
Securities:
(A) the request for such registration may only be
submitted after the later to occur of (x) six
months after the date hereof and (y) the Class B
Effectiveness, and
(B) the Company shall not be required to effect more
than two registrations of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.1.
If the Requesting Holders request registration of their Requested
Securities on a delayed or continuing basis under Rule 415 under the Securities
Act (or any successor or similar rule), the Company shall keep such registration
continuously effective for at least 24 months (or such shorter period specified
by the Requesting Holders) following the date on which such registration
statement is declared effective or until all such Registrable Securities
registered thereunder are sold, whichever is shorter.
(b) Withdrawal. The Requesting Holders shall have the right to request
withdrawal of any registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 3.1 (and
the
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Company shall so withdraw such registration statement with respect to the
Registrable Securities) prior to the effectiveness of such registration
statement.
(c) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant
to this Section 3.1 shall not be deemed to be effected (i) if a registration
statement with respect thereto does not become effective under the Securities
Act (other than as a result of a withdrawal of such registration statement by
the Requesting Holders prior to the effectiveness thereof pursuant to Section
3.1(b)), (ii) if, after it has become effective, such registration is interfered
with for any reason by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement
of the SEC or any other Governmental Authority, and the result of such
interference prevents the Requesting Holders from disposing of any of the
Requested Securities according to the intended methods of disposition or the
Company exercises its rights under Section 3.4 and delays the proposed
distribution of any Requested Securities and the Requesting Holders determine
not to sell Requested Securities pursuant to such registration as a result of
such delay, (iii) if the conditions to closing specified in the purchase
agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in connection with any
underwritten offering are not satisfied or waived with the consent of the
Requesting Holders holding more than one-half of the Requested Securities that
were to have been sold thereunder, other than as a result of any breach by any
Requesting Holder or any underwriter of its obligations thereunder or hereunder,
or (iv) if, because of inclusion in such registration of securities held by the
Company (including pursuant to Section 3.1(g)), more than 5% of the Requested
Securities for such registration are not registered.
(d) Registration Statement Form. Registration statements filed under
this Section 3.1 shall be on such form of the SEC as shall be selected by the
Company and approved by the Requesting Holders (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), and as shall permit the disposition of the Requested
Securities according to the intended method or methods of disposition specified
by the Requesting Holders. The Company agrees to include in any such
registration statement additional information or material reasonably requested
by the Requesting Holders.
(e) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration requested pursuant to this Section 3.1.
(f) Selection of Underwriters. If a registration pursuant to this
Section 3.1 involves an underwritten offering, the managing or lead underwriter
or underwriters shall be selected by the Requesting Holders; except that if a
registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 involves an underwritten offering of
the Registrable Securities referred to in clause (iv) or (v) of the definition
of Class of Registrable Securities and the Company proposes to register and sell
securities in such offering, the managing or lead underwriter or underwriters
shall be selected jointly by the Company and the Requesting Holders.
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(g) Priority in Requested Registrations. If a registration pursuant to
this Section 3.1 involves an underwritten offering, and the managing or lead
underwriter or underwriters advise the Requesting Holders in writing (a copy of
which shall be provided by the Requesting Holders to the Company) that, in its
or their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Requesting Holders, the Company and any other Person exceeds
the number that can be sold in such offering within a price range reasonably
acceptable to the Requesting Holders, the Company shall include in such
registration the number of securities that the Requesting Holders are so advised
can be sold in such offering pursuant to the following provisions:
(i) If the registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 involves the
registration of Registrable Securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
of the definition of Class of Registrable Securities,
(A) first, the Registrable Securities proposed to be
included by the Requesting Holders,
(B) second, the securities requested to be included in
such registration by the Company, and
(C) third, the securities of any other Person or
Persons proposed to be included in such
registration; and
(ii) If the registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 involves
the registration of Registrable Securities referred to in clause (iii),
(iv) or (v) of the definition of Class of Registrable Securities,
(A) first, the Registrable Securities proposed to be
included by the Requesting Holders and the
securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Company, each pro rata in
accordance with the number of Registrable
Securities proposed to be included by the
Requesting Holders and the number of securities so
proposed to be included by the Company,
respectively, and
(B) second, the securities of any other Person or
Persons proposed to be included in such
registration.
(h) Inconsistent Rights. The Company shall not grant to any Person any
registration or other rights inconsistent with the provisions of this Section
3.1.
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Section 3.2. "Piggy-Back" Registration Rights.
(a) Right to Participate. If the Company at any time proposes to
register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than (1) by a
registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor or similar forms or filed in
connection with an exchange offer or any offering of securities solely to the
Company's existing stockholders, and (2) registrations of the Senior
Subordinated Notes, whether or not for sale for its own account, the Company
shall give prompt written notice to each Holder of Participating Registrable
Securities of its intention to do so and of the rights of the Holders under this
Section 3.2. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
upon the written request of any Holder (each, a "Participating Holder") made
within 30 days after the delivery of any such notice by the Company (which
request shall specify the Participating Registrable Securities intended to be
disposed of by any Participating Holder and the intended method or methods of
such disposition), the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all Participating Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by such
Participating Holders, to the extent required or reasonably deemed appropriate
by such Participating Holders to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended methods thereof specified by the Participating Holders), of the
Participating Registrable Securities so to be registered. If, at any time after
giving written notice of its intention to register any such securities and prior
to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with
such registration, the Company determines for any reason not to register or to
delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give
written notice of such determination to each Participating Holder and,
thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, the Company need
not register any Participating Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration (but shall, in such case, pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel (but of no more than one counsel in an amount not to exceed $20,000) to
the Participating Holders in addition to the Registration Expenses), without
prejudice, however, to the rights of the Participating Holders to request that
such registration be effected as a registration under Section 3.1, and (ii) in
the case of a determination to delay registering, the Company may delay
registering any Participating Registrable Securities for the same period as the
delay in registering such other securities. No registration effected under this
Section 3.2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any
registration upon request under Section 3.1.
(b) Priority in Piggy-Back Registration Rights. If a registration
pursuant to this Section 3.2 involves an underwritten offering and the managing
or lead underwriter or underwriters advises the Company in writing (a copy of
which shall be provided by the Company to each Participating Holder) that, in
its or their opinion, the number of securities requested and otherwise proposed
to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such
offering within a price range reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Company
shall include in such registration, the number of securities that the Company is
so advised can be sold in such offering determined as follows:
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(i) If the registration is a primary registration on behalf of
the Company, (w) first, the securities proposed to be included by the
Company, (x) second, if the securities proposed to be registered are the
Senior Subordinated Notes Warrants or shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise thereof, then such Senior Subordinated Notes Warrants or
such shares, (y) third, the Participating Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration by the Participating
Holders on a pro rata basis based on the number of Participating
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by
each Participating Holder, and (z) fourth, the securities of other
Persons requested to be included in such registration, and
(ii) If the registration is a secondary registration on behalf of
a Person or Persons other than a Holder, (A) first, the securities
proposed to be registered by such other Person or Persons, and (B)
second, the Participating Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration by the Participating Holders, on a pro
rata basis based on the number of Participating Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration by each Participating
Holder.
(c) Inconsistent Rights. The Company shall not grant to any holder of
its securities any registration rights inconsistent with the provisions of this
Section 3.2.
(d) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration requested pursuant to this Section 3.2.
(e) Selection of Underwriters. If an registration pursuant to this
Section 3.2 involves an underwritten offering, the managing or lead underwriter
or underwriters shall be selected by the Company.
Section 3.3. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities as provided in Sections 3.1 and 3.2, the Company shall as
expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and as soon thereafter as possible file with the SEC the
requisite registration statement to effect such registration and thereafter use
its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
provided that before filing such registration statement or any amendments or
supplements thereto, the Company (i) shall furnish to the Selling Stockholders
and their counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which
documents will be subject to the review of such counsel, and (ii) may not file
any such registration statement or amendment or supplement to which any such
Selling Stockholder shall have reasonably objected on the grounds that, in the
opinion of counsel to such Selling Stockholder, such registration statement or
amendment
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or supplement does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the Securities Act;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to
such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be necessary to keep such registration statement continuously effective for
a period of either (i) not less than 120 days (subject to extension pursuant to
the last paragraph of this Section 3.3 or, if applicable, such longer period
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.1(a)) or, if such registration
statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as in the
opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be
delivered in connection with sales of securities by an underwriter or dealer; or
(ii) such shorter period as is required for the disposition of all of the
securities covered by such registration statement in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in
such registration statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any
longer period of effectiveness required under the Securities Act), and to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement until such time as all of such
securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration
statement;
(c) furnish to each seller of securities covered by such registration
statement such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of
each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all
exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such
registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary
prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities
Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
documents in order to facilitate the disposition of such securities owned by
such seller in accordance with such seller's intended method of disposition, as
such seller may reasonably request, but only during such time as the Company
shall be required under the provisions hereof to cause such registration
statement to remain current;
(d) use its best efforts to register or qualify securities covered by
such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as each seller thereof shall reasonably
request, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as
such registration statement remains in effect, and to take any other action
which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions in the United States of the securities owned
by such seller, except that for the performance of its obligations under this
Section 3.3(d), the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (i)
qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of
this Section 3.3(d), (ii) consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
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jurisdiction or (iv) conform its capitalization or the composition of its assets
at the time to the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction;
(e) use its best efforts to cause all securities covered by such
registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other
Governmental Authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and
operations of the Company to enable the sellers to consummate the disposition
thereof;
(f) furnish to each Selling Stockholder a signed counterpart, addressed
to such Selling Stockholder (and the underwriters, if any), of:
(i) an opinion of counsel for the Company, dated the effective
date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes
an underwritten public offering, dated the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to such Selling Stockholder; and
(ii) a "comfort" letter, dated the effective date of such
registration statement (and, if such registration includes an
underwritten public offering, dated the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to such Selling Stockholder, signed by the independent public
accountants who have certified the Company's financial statements
included in such registration statement,
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the
accountants' letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such
financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel
and in accountants' letters delivered to the underwriters in underwritten public
offerings of securities;
(g) furnish to each such Selling Stockholder a copy of any amendment or
supplement to such registration statement or prospectus (other than any
amendment or supplement in the form of a filing which the Company is required to
make pursuant to the Exchange Act);
(h) notify each Selling Stockholder, at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon
discovery that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as a result
of which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, and at the request of any such Selling Stockholder promptly prepare and
furnish to such Selling Stockholder a reasonable number of copies of a
supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as
thereafter delivered to
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the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made;
(i) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon
as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of at least
twelve months beginning after the effective date of such registration statement,
which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act;
(j) cooperate in the conduct of such due diligence relating to the
Company as the Selling Stockholders and the managing or lead underwriter or
underwriters (including their counsel and other authorized representatives) may
reasonably request and is customary for such offering, including by making
available for inspection the Company's financial and other records and pertinent
corporate and other documents as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to
enable such persons to conduct their due diligence and by causing the Company's
officers and personnel to supply information and respond to all inquiries
reasonably requested by such persons in connection with their due diligence;
(k) use its best efforts to provide customary assistance to the
underwriters in their selling efforts and presentations to prospective
investors, including by making available the Company's officers and personnel
for presentations to and meetings with prospective investors; and
(l) use its best efforts to list all shares of Regular Common Stock
covered by such registration statement on any national securities exchange on
which the Regular Common Stock is then listed or on the Nasdaq National Market
if the Regular Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market not
later than the effective date of such registration statement.
Each Selling Stockholder shall furnish the Company in writing for
inclusion in the registration statement such information regarding such Selling
Stockholder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities being sold as
the Company may from time to time reasonably request.
Each Selling Stockholder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.3(h),
such Selling Stockholder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Stockholder's
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement
relating to such Registrable Securities until such Selling Stockholder's receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section
3.3(h) and, if so directed by the Company,
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such Selling Stockholder shall use its reasonable efforts to deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies
then in such Selling Stockholder's possession, of the prospectus relating to
such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If
the Company shall give any such notice, the applicable time period mentioned in
Section 3.3(b) during which a registration statement is to remain effective
shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the
date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 3.3(h), to and including
the date when each Selling Stockholder shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.3(h).
Section 3.4. Delay of Filing or Sales.
(a) The Company shall have the right, upon giving notice to the Selling
Stockholders of the exercise of such right, to delay filing a registration
statement or to require such Selling Stockholders not to sell any Registrable
Securities pursuant to a registration statement for a period of 90 days from the
date on which such notice is given, or such shorter period of time as may be
specified in such notice or in a subsequent notice delivered by the Company to
such effect prior to or during the effectiveness of the registration statement,
if (i) the Company is engaged in negotiations with respect to, or has taken a
substantial step to commence, or there otherwise is pending, any merger,
acquisition, other form of business combination, divestiture, tender offer,
financing or other similar transaction, or there is an event or state of facts
relating to the Company, in each case which is material to the Company (any of
the foregoing, a "Material Activity"), (ii) such Material Activity would, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, require disclosure so as to permit the
Registrable Securities to be sold in compliance with law, and (iii) such
disclosure would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, be adverse to its
interests. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the
Company will not have the right to delay the filing of a registration statement
or the selling of Registrable Securities if at any time during the 365 days
preceding the date on which such notice was given the Company had delayed either
the filing of a registration statement that included Registrable Securities or
the selling of Registrable Securities.
(b) The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses and all reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel (but no more than one counsel in an amount not to
exceed $20,000) for the Selling Stockholders with respect to any registration of
Registrable Securities or sales thereof that has been delayed for more than 30
days pursuant to this Section 3.4.
Section 3.5. Underwritten Offerings.
(a) Required Underwritten Offerings. If requested by the underwriters of
any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration
requested under Section 3.1, the Company shall enter into an underwriting
agreement with such
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underwriters for such offering. Such agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory
in substance and form to each Selling Stockholder, the Company and the
underwriters and shall contain representations, warranties, indemnities and
agreements as are customarily provided or entered into by an issuer in
underwriting agreements of this type, including indemnities for the benefit of
the underwriters to the effect and to the extent provided to the Selling
Stockholders in Section 3.6. The Selling Stockholders shall be parties to such
underwriting agreement and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of such
Selling Stockholders.
(b) Piggy-Back Underwritten Offerings. If the Company at any time
proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act as
contemplated by Section 3.2 and such securities are to be distributed by or
through one or more underwriters, the Company shall, if requested by the Selling
Stockholders pursuant to Section 3.2 and subject to the provisions of Section
3.2(b), use its best efforts to arrange for such underwriters to include those
Registrable Securities designated by the Selling Stockholders among the
securities to be distributed by such underwriters. The Selling Stockholders
shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such
underwriters and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and
for the benefit of such Selling Stockholders and that any or all of the
conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of such
Selling Stockholders. No underwriting agreement (or other agreement in
connection with such offering) shall require any Selling Stockholder to make any
representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such
Selling Stockholder, such Selling Stockholder's Registrable Securities and such
Selling Stockholder's intended method of distribution and any other
representation required by law.
(c) Holdback Agreements.
(i) Each Holder agrees by becoming a holder of Registrable
Securities not to effect any public sale or distribution of any equity
securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, including a sale
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision
then in force), during the ten days before and the 90 days after any
underwritten registration pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 has become
effective (or such shorter or longer period as may be reasonably
requested by the lead or managing underwriter and consented to by the
Holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities, such
consent not to be unreasonably
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withheld), except (A) as part of such underwritten registration or (B)
as consented to by the lead or managing underwriter of the offering
pertaining thereto.
(ii) The Company agrees: (x) not to effect any public sale or
distribution of its equity securities or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any of such securities during the ten
days before and the 90 days after any underwritten registration pursuant
to Section 3.1 or 3.2 has become effective (or such shorter or longer
period as may be requested by the lead or managing underwriter and
consented to by the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld), except (1) as part of such underwritten registration, (2) as
consented to by the lead or managing underwriter of the offering
pertaining thereto, and (3) pursuant to (A) registrations on Form S-4 or
S-8, or any successor or similar forms thereto; (B) sales upon exercise
or exchange, by the holder thereof, of options, warrants or convertible
securities; or (C) any other agreement to issue equity securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of
such securities in effect on the date the Selling Stockholders deliver
to the Company the request to register, or include in a registration,
Registrable Securities under Sections 3.1 or 3.2, as the case may be;
and (y) to use all reasonable efforts to cause holders of its equity
securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any of such securities, whether outstanding on the date
of this Agreement or issued at any time after the date of this Agreement
(other than any such securities acquired in a public offering, including
any public sales pursuant to Rule 144), to agree not to effect any such
public sale or distribution of such securities during such period,
except as part of any such registration if permitted.
Section 3.6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration of
any securities of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3.1
or 3.2, the Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless each
Selling Stockholder, its directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors,
and each other Person, if any, who controls such Selling Stockholder within the
meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which each such Person may become subject
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any registration statement under which the
Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained
therein or used in connection with
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the offering of securities covered thereby, or any amendment or
supplement thereto;
(ii) 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; or
(iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company, or any
of its directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors, of any law or
regulation with respect to such registration or offer or sale of
Registrable Securities,
and the Company will reimburse such Person for any reasonable legal or any other
expenses incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided that (A) the Company
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or
omission or alleged omission, made in such registration statement, any such
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or
supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information prepared
and furnished to the Company by any Selling Stockholder specifically for use in
the preparation thereof, and (B) that the Company shall not be liable to any
Selling Stockholder who participates as an underwriter in any such registration
or any other Person who controls such underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act, in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises
out of such Person's failure to send or give a copy of the final prospectus, as
the same may be then supplemented or amended, to the Person asserting an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the securities to such Person
if such statement or omission was timely corrected in such final prospectus.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any such Person and shall survive the
transfer of such securities by such Person. The Company shall not be obligated
to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel or firm of counsel for all
parties indemnified in respect of a claim for each jurisdiction in which such
counsel is required unless a conflict of interest exists between such
indemnified party and any other indemnified party in respect of such claim.
(b) Indemnification by the Selling Stockholders. The Company may
require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities held by a
Selling Stockholder in any registration statement filed pursuant to Sections 3.1
or 3.2, that the Company receive an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it
from such Selling Stockholder, to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same
manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 3.6(a)) the Company, each
director, officer, employee, agent and advisor of the
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Company and each other Person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act (other than such Persons who are Selling
Stockholders), with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
in or omission or alleged omission from such registration statement, any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, if such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information prepared and furnished to the
Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein. Such indemnity
shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer, employee, agent,
advisor or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities
by such Selling Stockholder. The indemnity provided by each Selling Stockholder
under this Section 3.6(b) shall be only with respect to its own misstatements
and omissions and not with respect to those of any other seller or prospective
seller of securities, and not jointly and severally, and shall be limited in
amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder from
the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.
(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a
claim referred to in the preceding subsections of this Section 3.6, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an
indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of
such action; provided that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice
as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations
under this Section 3.6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is
actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is
brought against an indemnified party, unless a conflict of interest between such
indemnified and indemnifying parties exists in respect of such claim, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense
thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the
extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, if the
indemnifying party is entitled to do so hereunder, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into
any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from
all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnity set forth in the
preceding subsections of this Section 3.6 is unavailable, or is insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party, other than by reason of the exceptions
provided therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by the indemnified
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party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying
party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand in connection
with the offering of securities and the statements or omissions or alleged
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, or
liability, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party. No party shall be liable for
contribution under this Section 3.6(d) except to the extent and under such
circumstances as such party would have been liable to indemnify under this
Section 3.6 if such indemnification were enforceable under applicable law.
(e) Payments. The indemnification or contribution required by this
Section 3.6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the
course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or
expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred, subject to refund if the party
receiving such payments is subsequently found not to have been entitled thereto
hereunder.
Section 3.7. Rule 144. The Company shall file the reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file
such reports, shall, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities,
make publicly available other information) and shall take such further action as
any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such Holder to sell, to the extent permitted under Section 4.2,
Registrable Securities and the Series B Preferred Stock without registration
under the Securities Act pursuant to (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as
such rule may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or
regulation hereafter promulgated. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company
shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied
with such requirements.
Section 3.8. Transfer of Registration Rights and Obligations. The rights
provided in this Article III are for the benefit of all Holders in addition to
the Investors, and all such Holders may enforce their rights and remedies
directly against the Company. In the event the Company issues or distributes, or
proposes to issue or distribute, any shares or other securities of another
issuer to any Holder and such shares or other securities would be Registrable
Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
issuer to deliver to the Holders a written instrument, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Holders, that such issuer is bound by and subject
to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as the
Company and that the rights and remedies provided herein to the Holders apply in
all respects to the Registrable Securities of such issuer.
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ARTICLE IV
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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Section 4.1. Standstill. Without the prior written consent of the
Company (approved by a majority of the Class A and Class C Directors voting
together) or except as provided in this Agreement or in the Organizational
Documents, during the Standstill Period, no Investor may, and no Investor shall
permit any of the Permitted Transferees of such Investor to, and JLL shall not
permit Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) acquire, publicly announce an intention to acquire, or agree
to acquire, directly or indirectly (including through one or more
intermediaries), by purchase or otherwise, beneficial ownership of any
Voting Stock of the Company resulting in an increase in such Investor's
percentage beneficial ownership, at such time, of the Company's Voting
Stock on a fully diluted basis;
(b) make any public announcement or proposal whatsoever with
respect to a merger or other business combination, sale or transfer of
assets, recapitalization, dividend, share repurchase, liquidation or
other extraordinary corporate transaction with the Company that would
result in a Change of Control of the Company;
(c) solicit or encourage any third party to make any statement or
proposal, or take any action to require the Company to make a public
announcement regarding the possibility of any transaction referred to in
Section 4.1(b), or advise, assist or encourage any other Persons in
connection with the foregoing;
(d) make, or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in
any "solicitation" of "proxies" (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1
under the Exchange Act) to vote any Voting Stock, seek to advise,
encourage or influence any person or entity with respect to the voting
of any Voting Stock, or initiate or propose any shareholder proposal or
induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any shareholder
proposal; or
(e) make or advance any request or proposal to amend, modify or
waive any provision of this Section 4.1 or propose any transaction
referred to in Section 4.1(b), except in a manner that such Investor in
good faith (after consultation with counsel) believes will not require
public disclosure thereof (including through any press release or other
public announcement or any filing with the SEC, by such Investor or the
Company under applicable law or the rules of the Nasdaq National Market
or any stock exchange).
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.1 to the contrary, the
provisions of this Section 4.1 shall not apply to the following Permitted
Transferees of an Investor unless and until such Permitted Transferees acquire
beneficial ownership of Covered Securities: (i) with respect to JLL and its
Permitted Transferees, the Persons referred to in clause (iii) of Section 12 of
the Series B Certificate of Designations or clause (a)(iii) of Section 5.3.11 of
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation; and (ii) with respect to Rite Aid and
its Permitted Transferees, the Persons referred to in clause (iii) of Section 12
of the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or clause (b)(iii) of Section
5.3.11 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 4.2. Transfer Restrictions; Legends.
(a) General. None of the Investors or any of their successors in
interest may, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through the
Transfer of a controlling interest in a controlled Affiliate), sell, transfer,
assign, grant a participation in, option, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or
otherwise dispose of (each, a "Transfer") any of their Regular Common Stock,
Class B Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock
(collectively, the "Covered Securities") except:
(i) subject to Section 4.2(b), any Covered Security may be
Transferred to a Permitted Transferee of the holder thereof; and
(ii) (A) any Covered Security that is Regular Common Stock and
(B) after the 120th day following the date hereof and prior to the Class
B Effectiveness, the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred
Stock, may be Transferred:
(1) pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act (including a registration effected
under Article III),
(2) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any
successor to such rule, in the event all the
conditions to such Transfer have been met,
(3) upon delivery to the Company of a written opinion of
legal counsel (who shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Company) addressed to the Company and in
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company to
the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected
without registration under the Securities Act, or
(4) upon delivery of a "no action" letter from the SEC to
the effect that the making of such a Transfer without
registration under the Securities Act will not result
in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that
action be taken with respect thereto.
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Any purported Transfer in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void and
of no force and effect.
(b) Transfers to Permitted Transferees. No share of Covered Securities
shall be Transferred pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.2(a) to any Permitted
Transferee unless:
(A) such Permitted Transferee shall have agreed in writing, in a
manner reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Company, (x)
to accept the shares of Covered Securities Transferred to it subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (y) to be bound by this
Agreement and to agree and acknowledge that such Permitted Transferee
shall constitute an Investor for all purposes of this Agreement and (z)
if a Permitted Transferee of Rite Aid, to be bound by and subject to the
provisions of Section 4.3, and
(B) the Company shall have received (1) a written opinion of
legal counsel (who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company)
addressed to the Company and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without
registration under the Securities Act or (2) a "no action" letter from
the SEC to the effect that the making of such a Transfer without
registration under the Securities Act will not result in a
recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect
thereto;
provided that any such Permitted Transferee to whom such Covered
Securities are Transferred to secure any obligations of the transferor
shall not be required to deliver the written documents referred to in
this Section 4.2(b) unless and until such Permitted Transferee exercises
any rights as a secured party and thereby terminates such transferor's
beneficial ownership of such Covered Securities.
(c) Legends.
(i) Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 4.2(c), each
certificate representing shares of Covered Securities shall bear legends
in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION
WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR
DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR PURSUANT TO AN
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EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933.
(ii) Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 4.2(c), each
certificate for shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall bear legends
in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN (1) THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR ADVANCE
PARADIGM, INC.'S SERIES A-1 11% PREFERRED STOCK AND (2) THE
STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF October 2, 2000, BETWEEN
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS. A COPY OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT IS ON FILE
WITH THE SECRETARY OF ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND IS AVAILABLE
WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST THEREFOR. THE HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE
BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AFORESAID AGREEMENT.
(iii) Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 4.2(c), each
certificate for shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock shall bear legends
in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN (1) THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR ADVANCE
PARADIGM, INC.'S SERIES A-2 11% PREFERRED STOCK AND (2) THE
STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 2, 2000, BETWEEN
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS. A COPY OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT IS ON FILE
WITH THE SECRETARY OF ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND IS AVAILABLE
WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST THEREFOR. THE HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE
BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AFORESAID AGREEMENT.
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(iv) Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 4.2(c), each
certificate for shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall bear legends in
substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN (1) THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR ADVANCE
PARADIGM, INC.'S SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK AND (2) THE
STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 2, 2000, BETWEEN
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS. A COPY OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT IS ON FILE
WITH THE SECRETARY OF ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND IS AVAILABLE
WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST THEREFOR. THE HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE
BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AFORESAID AGREEMENT.
(v) Subject to clause (vi) of this Section 4.2(c), each
certificate for shares of Class B Common Stock shall bear legends in
substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN (1) ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
AND (2) THE STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 2, 2000,
BETWEEN ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS,
AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. A COPY OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT IS
ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC. AND IS
AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST THEREFOR. THE HOLDER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE
BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AFORESAID AGREEMENT.
(vi) If any Covered Securities cease to be Registrable
Securities, the Company shall, upon the written request of the holder
thereof, issue to such holder a new certificate evidencing such Covered
Securities without the legends contemplated by this Section 4.2 (unless
the restrictions referred to in such legends continue to apply under
applicable law).
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Section 4.3. Additional Restrictions on Transfers By Rite Aid. Prior to
the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Rite Aid may not Transfer
any of its Covered Securities representing more than the Rite Aid Maximum
Permitted Amount to any Person (other than a Permitted Transferee of Rite Aid),
unless:
(a) after six months from the date hereof, if the Current Market
Price as of any date after the date hereof shall have exceeded $40.00
(subject to adjustments for stock dividends or distributions and
subdivisions, combinations or consolidations of stock);
(b) the Class B Effectiveness shall not have occurred within 120
days of the date of this Agreement;
(c) any of the events set forth in clauses (ii) through (v) of
the definition of "Standstill Period" shall have occurred;
(d) a Change of Control shall have occurred; or
(e) the Company shall have consented to such Transfer.
Section 4.4. Access; Reports and Notices.
(a) The Company shall provide the Investors, at the Company's expense,
with the following:
(i) As soon as practicable after the end of the first, second and
third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Company,
and in any event within 45 days thereafter, a consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the end of each such
quarterly period, and consolidated statements of income and sources and
applications of funds of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries for such
period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods of the previous fiscal year, subject to changes resulting from
year end audit adjustments and the absence of notes, together with a
management's discussion and analysis thereof, all in reasonable detail
and certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of the
Company.
(ii) As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company, and in any event within 90 days thereafter, a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such
fiscal year, and consolidated statements of income and sources and
applications of funds of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such
year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied and setting forth in
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each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year, together with a management's discussion and analysis thereof,
all in reasonable detail and certified with an unqualified audit
opinion by independent public accountants of recognized national
standing selected by the Company.
(iii) Prior to the commencement of each fiscal year an annual
budget together with a summary of the business plan and financial plan
of the Company for such fiscal year. Any material changes in such
financial plan shall be submitted as promptly as practicable after such
changes have been approved by the Board of Directors.
(iv) Copies of all information (financial and other), reports,
notices and presentations (including all compliance certificates)
delivered under or pursuant to the Credit Agreements.
(v) From time to time upon the reasonable request of the
Investors, during normal business hours, access to the offices,
facilities, properties, officers, employees and other personnel,
auditors, legal counsel and other advisors and consultants, and books
and records (including financial and operating data) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries. The Company shall instruct its officers, employees and
other personnel, and auditors, legal counsel and other advisors and
consultants to cooperate with the Investors, and provide the Investors
with the appropriate information, in connection with their due diligence
and investigation of the Company and its operations. Any investigation
pursuant to this clause (v) shall be conducted in a manner so as not to
interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company.
(vi) Promptly upon becoming aware of them, notices of all
material events, conditions, circumstances and developments with respect
to the Company, its operations, results of operations and financial
condition, including any changes or proposed changes in federal, state
or local law or regulation applicable to the Company or the industries
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.
So long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act, the Company's obligations to provide the financial information required by
clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.3(a) shall be satisfied by the filing by
the Company of its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its annual reports on Form
10-K, respectively, in accordance with the Exchange Act.
(b) The Company shall provide the Investors with regular reports, in
reasonable detail, of developments in all material litigation and regulatory
proceedings, including the OIG Investigation. The Company shall retain the law
firm of Reed, Smith, Xxxx & XxXxxx to represent the Company in the OIG
Investigation and may not,
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without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority in interest of
the Covered Securities, terminate such representation or retain other outside
counsel in connection with the OIG Investigation.
(c) Unless otherwise required by law, each Investor agrees that it shall
(i) hold in confidence and cause its Affiliates to hold in confidence all
non-public information furnished to such Investor by the Company and (ii) not
use or disclose any such information to any third party without the Company's
prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Section 4.5. Presence for Quorum Requirement. Each Investor shall cause
all Covered Securities of such Investor to be present or represented at any
meeting of stockholders of the Company at which any such Covered Security is
entitled to vote and to be counted for quorum purposes at such meeting.
Section 4.6. JLL Exchange Agreement. Each JLL Stockholder acknowledges
and agrees that is bound by and subject to the terms of the JLL Exchange
Agreement as if such JLL Stockholder is an original party thereto.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 5.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, both
oral and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof.
Section 5.2. Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. Except pursuant to
Section 3.6 or as set forth in Section 3.8, nothing in this Agreement, expressed
or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto
and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted
assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of
this Agreement.
Section 5.3. Assignability. Neither this Agreement nor any right,
remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be
assignable by the Company or any Investor; provided that any Persons acquiring
shares of Covered Securities pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.2(a) shall,
upon the delivery of the documents contemplated by Section 4.2(b), become an
"Investor" under this Agreement with all the rights and obligations of an
Investor as if an original party to this Agreement.
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Section 5.4. Amendment; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be
waived except by an instrument in writing executed by the party against whom the
waiver is to be effective. No provision of this Agreement (including, prior to
the Class B Effectiveness, Exhibit B) may be amended or otherwise modified
except by an instrument in writing (i) executed by the Company and (ii) approved
by (A) the holders of a majority of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Class
B-1 Common Stock, as the case may be, then outstanding voting together as a
single class on an as-converted- basis and (B) the holders of a majority of the
Series A-2 Preferred Stock or the Class B-2 Common Stock, as the case may be,
then outstanding voting together as a single class on an as-converted-basis.
Section 5.5. Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall terminate on the first date on which no shares
of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred
Stock or Class B Common Stock are outstanding, except for the provisions of (i)
Article III which shall survive and be in full force and effect so long as any
Registrable Securities are outstanding or may be issued, (ii) Section 4.1 which
shall survive and be in full force and effect until the expiration or
termination of the Standstill Period, and (iii) Section 4.2 which shall survive
and be in full force and effect until the restrictions referred to in the
legends to Section 4.2(c) no longer apply under applicable law.
(b) The provisions of Article II shall terminate, and be of no further
force or effect, upon the earlier of (i) the Class B Effectiveness, and (ii) the
Investors no longer being entitled to designate any Class B Directors pursuant
to the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or the Series B Certificate of
Designations.
Section 5.6. Notices.
(a) All notices, consents, requests, approvals and other communications
provide for in this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed validly
duly given when sent by fax (with confirmation in writing via first class U.S.
mail), upon personal delivery or on the third Business Day after being sent by
registered or certified U.S. mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to
the parties at the fax number or address set forth below or at such other fax
number or address as a party may designate to the other parties:
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(i) if to the Company, to:
Advance Paradigm, Inc.
000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx. 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Xxxxx & Xxxx, L.L.P.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx., P.C.
(ii) if to an Investor, to the fax number or the address set forth
for such Investor on Schedule I hereto, with copies as set forth
therein.
(b) Any Person who becomes an Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall
provide its address and fax number to the Company, which shall promptly provide
such information to each other Investor.
Section 5.7. Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
Section 5.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
Section 5.9. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to the conflicts of laws rules of such state.
Section 5.10. Specific Performance. Each party hereto acknowledges that
the remedies at law of the other parties for a breach or threatened breach of
this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party
to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other
remedies which may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in
the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or
permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.
Section 5.11. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto expressly and
irrevocably (i) consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts
sitting in the City
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of New York, County of New York, (ii) agree not to bring any action related to
this agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court
(except to enforce the judgment of such courts), (iii) agree not to object to
venue in such courts or to claim that such forum is inconvenient and (iv) agree
that notice or the service of process in any proceeding shall be properly served
or delivered if delivered in the manner contemplated by Section 5.6. Final
judgment by such courts shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any manner
permitted by law. In addition, each of the parties hereto waives any right to
trial by jury with respect to any claim or proceeding related to or arising out
of this agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.12. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held
to be unenforceable to any extent under applicable law, such provision shall be
interpreted as if it were written so as to be enforceable to the maximum
possible extent so as to effectuate the parties' intent to the maximum possible
extent, and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such
provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms
to the maximum extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.
By /s/ T. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: T. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
RITE AID CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Executive Vice President
XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX & XXXX FUND III, L.P.
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Managing Director
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XXXXXX FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Member
/s/ Xxxx Xxx
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Xxxx Xxx
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
/s/ Xxx Grovman
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Xxx Grovman
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx Xxx
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Xxxx Xxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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SCHEDULE I
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NOTICE INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS
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RITE AID CORPORATION
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
0000 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX & XXXX FUND III, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXXX FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC
0000 X.X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXX XXX
000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXXX XXXXX
000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXX XXXXXXX
RiteAid Corporation
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXX-XXXXXX XXXXXX
PCS HealthSystems
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXX GROVMAN
Ladenberg Xxxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXXXX XXXX
Duquesne Capital
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXX XXXX
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXX XXXXXXXXX
Elmwood Country Club
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
XXXXXXX XXXX
XXXXXXX XXXX
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXX XXX
XXXXXXX XXXXX
c/o Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
