EQUITY ONE, INC. FOURTH AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.21
FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO
This
Fourth Amendment to Stockholders Agreement (this "Fourth Amendment") is entered
into on June 23, 2004, by and among Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the "Corporation"), Xxxxx Xxxx Properties & Investments Ltd., an Israeli
corporation or a wholly owned entity (the "Investor"), Gazit-Globe (1982) Ltd.,
an Israeli corporation ("Globe"), MGN (USA), Inc., a Nevada corporation ("MGN"),
and GAZIT (1995), Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Gazit").
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have entered into a Stockholders Agreement dated October 4,
2000 (the "Original Agreement"), a First Amendment to Stockholder Agreement
dated December 19, 2001 (the "First Amendment"), a Second Amendment to
Stockholder Agreement dated October 28, 2002 (the "Second Amendment") and a
Third Amendment to Stockholder Agreement dated May 23, 2003 (the "Third
Amendment"; the Original Agreement as amended by the First Amendment, the Second
Amendment and the Third Amendment, will be referred to herein as the
"Stockholders Agreement") (all terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Stockholders Agreement);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Investor and
Gazit-Globe Group agreed to certain rights relating to the Common Stock
purchased by the Investor; and
WHEREAS,
the Investor and Gazit-Globe Group desire to amend a certain provision of the
Stockholders Agreement as more fully set forth herein;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
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Amendment to the
Stockholders Agreement. The Stockholders Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
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Section
4 to the Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subparagraph
(ii) in the first (preamble) paragraph of the Section in its entirety and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(ii)
Gazit-Globe Group owns and/or controls, directly and/or indirectly through any
of its members' subsidiaries and/or through any agreements or undertakings made
on its (or their) behalf by other stockholders of the Corporation (including the
Investor), at least one-third (1/3) of the Corporation's common stock entitled
to vote at the Corporation's stockholders meetings with respect to the election
of the Corporation's directors."
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References. All
references in the Stockholders Agreement to "this Agreement" shall
hereafter refer to the Stockholders Agreement as amended
hereby.
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3.
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Counterparts.
This Third Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same
instrument.
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4.
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Full Force and
Effect. The Stockholders Agreement, as amended by this Third
Amendment, shall continue in full force and effect, and nothing herein
contained shall be construed as a waiver or modification of existing
rights and obligations under the Stockholders Agreement, except as such
rights or obligations are expressly modified
hereby.
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5.
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Governing Law.
This Third Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of
Florida.
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IN
WITHNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amendment to be
executed on their behalf, by their respective officers, thereunto duly
authorized, on the date first written above.
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: General
Counsel and Secretary
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XXXXX
XXXX PROPERTIES & INVESTMENTS LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: C.E.O. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: CFO | ||
GAZIT-GLOBE
(1982) LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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M.G.N.
(USA), INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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GAZIT
(1995), INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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