EXHIBIT 10.32
MANAGEMENT MEMBERS AGREEMENT
CONCERNING
NALCO LLC
DATED AS OF JUNE 11, 2004.
This MANAGEMENT MEMBERS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of June 11,
2004 by and among Nalco LLC (the "Company"), a Delaware limited liability
company and the Persons who are or after the date hereof become signatories
hereto (the "Management Members").
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WHEREAS, the Company is governed by that certain Second Amended and
Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (the "LLC Agreement")
dated as of May 17, 2004.
WHEREAS, the Management Members will be providing services to the Company
or its Affiliates.
WHEREAS, each Management Member will subscribe for and acquire from the
Company, and the Company will issue and sell to each Management Member, the
Company's Class A Units (the "Units"), in the amounts set forth on Schedule A to
the LLC Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the sale of the Units that the Management
Members enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Management Members will enter into the Registration Rights
Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
Management Members' Representations, Warranties and Agreements
(a) Units Unregistered. Each Management Member acknowledges and represents
that such Management Member has been advised by the Company that:
(A) the offer and sale of the Units have not been registered under the
1933 Act;
(B) the Units must be held and the Management Member must continue to
bear the economic risk of the investment in the Units unless the offer and
sale of such Units are subsequently registered under the 1933 Act and all
applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is
available and the Units may never be so registered;
(C) there is no established market for the Units and it is not
anticipated that there will be any public market for the Units in the
foreseeable future;
(D) a restrictive legend in the form set forth below shall be placed
on the certificates representing the Units:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY
ISSUED ON ______________, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
TRANSFER AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 17, 2004 AMONG NALCO LLC AND
CERTAIN OF ITS MEMBERS, THE MANAGEMENT MEMBERS AGREEMENTS, DATED AS OF
JUNE 11, 2004 AMONG NALCO LLC AND CERTAIN MANAGEMENT MEMBERS NAMED
THEREIN, THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AMONG NALCO LLC AND CERTAIN
OF ITS MEMBERS AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. COPIES OF SUCH
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, SUCH MANAGEMENT MEMBERS
AGREEMENTS AND SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE WITH THE
SECRETARY OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT
CHARGE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE,
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE AFORESAID AGREEMENTS.";
(E) a restrictive legend in the form set forth below shall be placed
on the certificates representing the Units held by Georgia residents:
"THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED OR SOLD IN RELIANCE ON
PARAGRAPH 13 OF CODE SECTION 10-5-9 OF THE "GEORGIA SECURITIES ACT OF
1973," AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN A TRANSACTION
WHICH IS EXEMPT UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT."; and
(F) a notation shall be made in the appropriate records of the Company
indicating that the Units are subject to restrictions on transfer and, if
the Company should at some time in the future engage the services of a
securities transfer agent, appropriate stop-transfer instructions may be
issued to such transfer agent with respect to the Units.
(b) Additional Investment Representations. Each Management Member
represents and warrants that:
(A) the Management Member's financial situation is such that such
Management Member can afford to bear the economic risk of holding the Units
for an indefinite period of time, has adequate means for providing for the
Management Member's current needs and personal contingencies, and can
afford to suffer a complete loss of the Management Member's investment in
the Units;
(B) the Management Member's knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters are such that the Management Member is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Units;
(C) the Management Member understands that the Units are a speculative
investment which involves a high degree of risk of loss of Management
Member's investment therein, there are substantial restrictions on the
transferability of the Units and, on the date on which such Management
Member acquires such Units and for an indefinite period following such
date, there will be no public market for the Units and, accordingly, it may
not be possible for the Management Member to liquidate the Management
Member's investment including in case of emergency, if at all;
(D) the terms of this Agreement provide that if the Management Member
ceases to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates, the Company
and its Affiliates have the right to repurchase the Units at a price which
may be less than the Fair Market Value thereof;
(E) the Management Member understands and has taken cognizance of all
the risk factors related to the purchase of the Units and, other than as
set forth in this Agreement, no representations or warranties have been
made to the Management Member or Management Member's representatives
concerning the Units, the Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective
prospects or other matters;
(F) the Management Member has been given the opportunity to examine
all documents and to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the
Company and its representatives concerning the Company and its
subsidiaries, the acquisition of Nalco Company and certain Subsidiaries of
Nalco International S.A.S. by subsidiaries of the Company, the LLC
Agreement, the Company's organizational documents and the terms and
conditions of the purchase of the Units and to obtain any additional
information which the Management Member deems necessary; and
(G) all information which the Management Member has provided to the
Company and the Company's representatives concerning the Management Member
and the Management Member's financial position is complete and correct as
of the date of this Agreement.
Section 1.04. Contingent Bonus. The Company shall cause one of its
Subsidiaries to pay a bonus to Management Members in the circumstances set forth
in Exhibit A.
Transfers; Acceleration
(c) Transfer. (i) Until the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, except as
required by law, no Management Member may directly or indirectly, sell, contract
to sell, give, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest
in, offer, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of any economic, voting or other rights in or to
(collectively, "Transfer") any Units except pursuant to (i) Article XI of the
LLC Agreement, (ii) Sections 2.02 or 2.04 hereof or (iii) a Transfer to a
Manager Permitted Transferee (each a "Permitted Transfer").
(A) Following a Qualified IPO and the expiration of any underwriter or
Company "lock-up" period (as provided for in Section 4(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise) applicable to such Qualified
IPO, each Management Member may only Transfer its Units pursuant to (i) a
Permitted Transfer, (ii) a Transfer pursuant to Section 2.03, (iii) a
Transfer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement or (iv) a
Transfer conducted in accordance with the requirements of Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act; provided, that no Management Member shall
make a Transfer pursuant to this clause (iv) without the Company's prior,
written approval.
(B) No Transfer by any Management Member may be made pursuant to this
Article II unless (i) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the LLC Agreement (other
than if the Transfer is conducted in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement or the requirements of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933
Act), (ii) the Transfer complies in all respects with the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, (iii) the Transfer complies in all respects
with applicable federal and state securities laws, including the 1933 Act
and (iv) the Transfer is made in compliance with all applicable Company
policies and restrictions (including any trading "window periods" or other
policies regulating xxxxxxx xxxxxxx); provided, that the conditions to
Transfer described in clause (i) above shall not apply to a Transfer
pursuant Article XI of the LLC Agreement or Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 2.04
hereof.
(d) No Transfer by any Management Member may be made pursuant to this
Article II (except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
0000 Xxx) unless and until such Management Member has first delivered to the
Company an opinion of counsel (reasonably acceptable in form and substance to
the Company) that neither registration nor qualification under the 1933 Act and
applicable state securities laws is required in connection with such Transfer.
(d) Call Option. (a) If a Management Member's Services to the Company or
any Subsidiary terminate for any of the reasons set forth in clauses (i), (ii)
or (iii) below (each such event a "Termination Event"), the Company shall have
the right but not the obligation to purchase, from time to time after such
termination of Services, any Units held by such Management Member for a period
of 60 days (subject to extension as provided below) immediately following the
later of (A) the date of the Termination Event and (B) the date that is six (6)
months and one day after the date on which such Management Member acquired such
Unit (the later of (A) and (B), the "First Purchase Date"), and such Management
Member shall be required to sell to the Company, any or all of such Units then
held by such Management Member, at a price per Unit equal to the applicable
purchase price determined pursuant to Section 2.02(c):
(1) if such Management Member's Service with the Company and its
Subsidiaries is terminated due to the Disability or death of the Management
Member;
(2) if such Management Member's Service with the Company and its
Subsidiaries is terminated by the Company and its Subsidiaries without
Cause or by the Management Member for any reason;
(3) if such Management Member's Service with the Company and its
Subsidiaries is terminated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for
Cause.
(b) If on the 61st day following the date of the Termination Event, the
Company has not purchased all of a terminated Management Member's Units, and the
Company has not opted to extend its 60 day election period pursuant to Section
2.02(d), the Company shall on or before the 61st day provide written notice to
the Investor Groups of (i) its decision not to purchase some or all of such
Units and (ii) the number of such Management Member's Eligible Units (defined
below) which the Company did not purchase, and the Investor Groups shall have
the right to purchase and such Management Member shall be required to sell to
the Investor Group(s), any or all of the Units (the "Eligible Units") then held
by such Management Member at a price per Unit equal to the applicable purchase
price determined pursuant to Section 2.02(c). The Investor Groups' rights to
purchase such Eligible Units and each Management Member's corresponding
obligation to sell such Eligible Units shall terminate on the 120th day
following the date of the Termination Event. Upon receipt of the written notice
described above, each Investor Group desiring to purchase Units shall within 45
days of receipt of the Company's notice provide written notice to the Company,
specifying that such Investor Group is willing to purchase either (i) its pro
rata share of the Eligible Units (based upon the number of Units held by such
Investor Group relative to the total number of Units held by all of the Investor
Groups), (ii) a number of Eligible Units less than such Investor Group's pro
rata share, or (iii) any and all Units available to be purchased; provided, that
the Investor Groups shall, as much as reasonably practicable, consult with each
other and coordinate the exercise of rights such that all Eligible Units are
elected to be purchased. Upon receipt of the Investor Groups' respective
notices, the Company will notify the Management Member of the Investor Group(s)'
elections and the Management Member will be obligated to sell (x) to the
Investor Groups making elections described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the
preceding sentence, the number of Eligible Units elected to be purchased by such
Investor Groups and (y) all remaining Eligible Units, if any, to the Investor
Groups making the election described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence
to such Investor Group(s) on a pro rata basis (based upon the number of Units
held by such Investor Group relative to the total number of Units held by all of
the Investor Groups making such election), but in no event more that any such
Investor Groups elected to purchase.
(c) In the event of a purchase by the Company pursuant to Section 2.02(a)
and/or the Investor Group(s) pursuant to Section 2.02(b) (each a "Units Buyer"),
the purchase price shall be:
(i) in the case of a Termination Event specified in Section 2.02(a)(i)
or 2.02(a)(ii) a price per Unit equal to the most recently determined Fair
Market Value, and
(ii) in the case of a Termination Event specified in Section
2.02(a)(iii), a price per Unit equal to the lesser of (1) Fair Market Value
and (2) Cost.
(d) The Units Buyer may pay the purchase price for such Units (i) by
delivery of funds deposited into an account designated by the Management Member,
a bank cashier's check, a certified check or a company check of the Units Buyer
for the purchase price; (ii) if the Units Buyer is the Company and is prohibited
from paying cash by financing or liquidity constraints and is unable to pay the
purchase price as provided in clause (iii), by delaying the exercise of the
purchase right described under Section 2.02(a) until the earlier of (x) when the
financing restrictions lapse and (y) when the Company is able to pay the
purchase price as provided in clause (iii); or (iii) if the Units Buyer is the
Company and has the right to purchase such Units during the period following a
Qualified IPO (including in respect of a purchase that was delayed pursuant to
clause (ii)), by delivery of a number of shares of Issuer Common Stock
determined by dividing (A) the aggregate purchase price of the Units being sold
by such Management Member by (B) the Public Share FMV as of the close of trading
on the trading day immediately prior to the delivery thereof to the Management
Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Units
Buyer may deduct and withhold from the amounts otherwise payable pursuant to
this Agreement such amounts as necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any other provision of applicable law,
with respect to the making of such payment.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere herein, the Company
shall not be obligated to purchase any Units at any time pursuant to this
Section 2.02, regardless of whether it has delivered a notice of its election to
purchase any such Units, (i) to the extent that (A) the purchase of such Units
(together with any other purchases of Units pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 2.03
hereof, or pursuant to similar provisions in any other agreements with other
investors of which the Company has at such time been given or has given notice)
or (B) in the event of an election to purchase such Units with shares of Issuer
Common Stock, the issuance of such shares by the IPO Entity, the purchase of
such shares by the Company or the distribution of such shares to the Management
Member would result (x) in a violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation,
policy, order, writ, injunction, decree or judgment promulgated or entered by
any governmental authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of its or their assets (including any unavailability of a registration
statement or exemption from registration necessary to allow delivery of shares
of Issuer Common Stock to the Management Member), (y) after giving effect
thereto (including any dividends or other distributions or loans from a
Subsidiary of the Company to the Company in connection therewith), in a
Financing Default or
(z) in the Company being required to disgorge any profit to the IPO Entity
pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, (ii) if immediately prior to such
purchase of Units, issuance of Issuer Common Stock or purchase of shares of
Issuer Common Stock, as the case may be, there exists a Financing Default which
prohibits such issuance or purchase (including any dividends or other
distributions or loans from a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company in
connection therewith), or (iii) if the Company does not have funds available to
effect such purchase of Units or Issuer Common Stock. The Company shall within
30 days of learning of any such fact so notify the Management Member that it is
not obligated to purchase such Units and has deferred its right to make such
purchase until such violation, potential liability under the 1933 Act or 1934
Act, Financing Default or unavailability of funds would not result therefrom or
has ceased. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure
any such Financing Default that is curable. To the extent that, pursuant to this
Section 2.02(e), the Company is not obligated to pay for a Management Member's
Units in accordance with one of the payment methods described in the first
sentence of Section 2.02(d), the Company shall, except as otherwise permitted by
this Section 2.02(e), be required to pay for such Units pursuant to an alternate
method of payment described in the first sentence of Section 2.02(d).
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.02, any Units which the Company has elected to purchase from a Management
Member, but which in accordance with Section 2.02(e) are not purchased at the
applicable time provided in this Section 2.02, shall be purchased by the Company
on the tenth Business Day after such date or dates that it is no longer
permitted to defer purchasing such Units under Section 2.02(e), and the Company
shall give such Management Member five Business Days prior notice of any such
purchase.
(e) Put Right. (a) Subject to the Call Right described in Section 2.02,
following a Qualified IPO and for so long as no Termination Event pursuant to
Section 2.02(a)(iii) shall have occurred with respect to a Management Member,
such Management Member shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell
(the "Put Right") beginning on the later of (x) the first date immediately
following the expiration of any Company or underwriter "lock-up" period
applicable to such Qualified IPO and (y) the date that is at least six (6)
months and one day after, the Sale Date ( the later of (x) and (y) shall be
referred to as the "First Put Date"), and the Company shall be required to
purchase from such Management Member, a number of such Management Member's Units
as determined by such Management Member, at a price per Unit equal to the Fair
Market Value as of the date the Management Member exercises such Put Right. For
the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Call Right described in Section 2.02, a
Management Member shall remain entitled to the Put Right following a Termination
Event pursuant to Sections 2.02(a)(i) or (ii) with respect to such Management
Member.
(b) Each Management Member who desires to sell any of his or her Units
following the applicable First Put Date shall send written notice to the Company
of his or her intention to sell such Units pursuant to this Section 2.03.
Subject to the exercise of any Call Right pursuant to Section 2.02, the closing
of the purchase shall take place at the principal office of the Company on a
date specified by the Company no later than 30 days after the giving of such
notice.
(c) At the closing of a purchase pursuant to a Put Right, the Company will
pay to the Management Member the purchase price for such Units (determined in
accordance with Section 2.03(a)) by delivery of a number of shares of Issuer
Common Stock determined by dividing (A) the aggregate purchase price of the
Units being sold by such Management Member
by (B) the Public Share FMV as of the close of trading on the trading day
immediately prior to the delivery thereof to the Management Member.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere herein, the Company
shall not be obligated to purchase any Units at any time pursuant to this
Section 2.03 (i) to the extent that (A) the purchase of such Units (together
with any other purchases of Units pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, or
pursuant to similar provisions in any other agreements with other investors of
which the Company has at such time been given or has given notice) or (B) the
issuance of shares by the IPO Entity or the purchase of such shares by the
Company would result (x) in a violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation,
policy, order, writ, injunction, decree or judgment promulgated or entered by
any governmental authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of its or their assets (including any unavailability of a registration
statement or exemption from registration necessary to allow delivery of shares
of Issuer Common Stock to the Management Member(s)), (y) after giving effect
thereto, in a Financing Default or (z) in the Company being required to disgorge
any profit to the IPO Entity pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act or (ii)
if immediately prior to such purchase of Units, issuance of Issuer Common Stock
or purchase of shares of Issuer Common Stock, as the case may be, there exists a
Financing Default which prohibits any such issuance or purchase. The Company
agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure any such Financing Default
that is curable. To the extent that the Company is not obligated to pay for any
Units as described in the first sentence of Section 2.03(c) pursuant to the
terms of this Section 2.03(d), the Company shall promptly notify any Management
Member that has delivered a notice of exercise of a Put Right that it is not
obligated to purchase such Units and has deferred its right to make such
purchase until such violation, potential liability under the 1933 Act or 1934
Act or Financing Default would not result therefrom or has ceased.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
2.03, any Units which a Management Member has elected to sell to the Company,
but which in accordance with Section 2.03(d) are not purchased at the applicable
time provided in this Section 2.03, shall be purchased by the Company on the
tenth Business Day after such date or dates that it is no longer permitted to
defer purchasing such Units under Section 2.03(d), and the Company shall give
such Management Member five Business Days prior notice of any such purchase.
(f) Tag-Along Right. (ii) If, at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, one or
more Sponsor Members propose to Transfer, in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions, a number of Units representing at least 30% of the Sponsor
Members' aggregate Initial Equity Stakes (as defined in the LLC Agreement) to
any Person (other than a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the
LLC Agreement) of any such Sponsor Member and other than a Transfer in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and other than to another
Sponsor Member) (a "Tag-Along Purchaser"), then, unless such transferring
Sponsor Member(s) are entitled to give and do give a Drag-Along Sale Notice (as
defined in the LLC Agreement) and no other Sponsor Member(s) has elected to
purchase its pro rata share of such Units pursuant to Section 2.04(a) of the
Sponsor Agreement, the Company shall first provide written notice to each of the
Management Members, which notice (the "Tag-Along Notice") shall state: (i) the
maximum number of Units proposed to be Transferred (the "Tag-Along Securities");
(ii) the purchase price per Unit (the "Tag-Along Price") for the Tag-Along
Securities and (iii) any other material terms and conditions of such sale,
including the proposed transfer date (which date will be within 60 business days
after the termination of the Election Period (defined below), subject to
extension for any required regulatory approvals). Each of the Management Members
that has been provided with the Tag-Along Notice (each, a "Tag-Along Manager")
shall have the right to sell to such Tag-Along Purchaser, upon the terms set
forth in the Tag-Along Notice, up to the aggregate number of Units which are
held by such Tag-Along Manager multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the aggregate number of Units proposed to be sold by the transferring Sponsor
Member as reflected in the Tag-Along Notice and the denominator of which is the
total number of Units which are held by the transferring Sponsor Member. If the
number of Units elected to be sold by the Tag-Along Managers and any other
individuals identified from time to time on Exhibit A to the LLC Agreement, the
transferring Sponsor Member and any other Sponsor Members electing to
participate in such sale is greater than the number of Tag-Along Securities
specified in the Tag-Along Notice, the number of Units being sold by each such
seller shall be reduced such that the applicable seller shall be entitled to
(and obligated to) sell only their pro rata share of Units (based on the
aggregate number of Units held by such seller to the total number of Units held
by all of such electing sellers). The transferring Sponsor Member(s), the
Sponsor Members electing to participate in such sale and the Tag-Along
Manager(s) exercising their rights pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall effect
the sale of the Tag-Along Securities, and such Tag-Along Manager(s) shall sell
the number of Tag-Along Securities required to be sold by such Tag-Along
Manager(s) pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) within 60 business days after the
expiration of the Election Period, subject to extension for any required
regulatory approvals.
(A) The tag-along rights provided by this Section 2.04 must be
exercised by any Tag-Along Manager wishing to sell its Units within 10
business days following the date of delivery of the Tag-Along Notice (the
"Election Period"), by delivery of a written notice to the Company
indicating such Tag-Along Manager's wish to irrevocably exercise its rights
and specifying the number of Units (up to the maximum number of Units owned
by such Tag-Along Manager requested to be purchased by such Tag-Along
Purchaser) it wishes to sell; provided that any Tag-Along Manager may waive
its rights under this Section 2.04 prior to the expiration of such
10-business day period by giving written notice to the Company, which will
be distributed by the Company to the transferring Sponsor Member(s). The
failure of a Tag-Along Manager to respond within such 10-business day
period shall be deemed to be a waiver of such Tag-Along Manager's rights
under this Section 2.04.
(c) In connection with any sale pursuant to this Section 2.04, each
Tag-Along Manager shall make to the Tag-Along Purchaser the same
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the
transferring Sponsor Member(s) makes in connection with the proposed transfer
(except that in the case of representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities
and agreements pertaining specifically to the transferring Sponsor Member(s), a
Tag-Along Manager shall make the comparable representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and agreements); provided that all representations,
warranties and indemnities shall be made by the transferring Sponsor Member(s)
and such Tag-Along Manager severally and not jointly and that the liability of
the transferring Sponsor Member(s) and such Tag-Along Manager thereunder shall
be borne by each of them on a pro rata basis. The Tag-Along Managers shall
receive the same type and amount of consideration (and rights) per Unit as is
paid or delivered to the transferring Sponsor Member(s) in the sale pursuant to
Section 2.04(a).
(d) No Transfer of any Unit pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be
effective unless and until the applicable transferee agrees to be bound by all
of the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement.
Section 2.05. Fair Market Value. Either the Board or the compensation
committee of the Board shall undertake in good faith to determine the Fair
Market Value of the Units no less frequently than annually and on a quarterly
basis if necessary in connection with a Transfer of Units to the Company
pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 2.03 of this Agreement. Such determination
shall be made in the sole discretion of the Board or the compensation committee
of the Board, as the case may be.
Confidentiality; Intellectual Property Rights
(g) (iii) No Management Member shall at any time (whether during or after
such Management Member's service with the Company or its Subsidiaries) (i)
retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of the Management Member or
any other Person; or (ii) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share,
transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than its professional advisers who are bound by
confidentiality obligations), any non-public, proprietary or confidential
information (including trade secrets, know-how, research and development,
software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and
other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments,
profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients,
partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising,
sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approval)
concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and/or any third party that has
disclosed or provided any of same to the Company on a confidential basis,
including, without limitation, the existence and terms of this Agreement, the
LLC Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement ("Confidential Information")
without the prior authorization of the Company.
(A) "Confidential Information" shall not include any information that
is (i) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result
of the Management Member's breach of this covenant or any breach of other
confidentiality obligations by third parties; (ii) made legitimately
available to the Management Member by a third party without breach of any
confidentiality obligation; or (iii) required by law to be disclosed;
provided that in connection with sub-clause (iii), the Management Member
shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement,
disclose no more information than is so required, and cooperate with any
attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
This Section 3.01 shall not be construed to preclude the Management Member
from using his/her acquired knowledge, experience and expertise gained
during the term of Services in any subsequent employment, provided that
such use does not include the disclosure or other use in any manner of
Confidential Information.
(B) Except as required by law or except in connection with any
proposed transfer in accordance with this Agreement or any transfer to a
Management Permitted Transferee, the Management Member will not disclose to
anyone, other
than the Management Member's immediate family and legal or financial
advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement.
(C) Upon termination of the Management Member's Services with the
Company for any reason, the Management Member shall (i) cease and not
thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual
property (including any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret,
trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned
or used by the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (ii) immediately
destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company's option, all
originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books,
papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in the Management
Member's possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or
located in the Management Member's office, home, laptop or other computer,
whether or not such computer is Company property) that contain Confidential
Information or otherwise relate to the business of the Company, its
Affiliates and Subsidiaries, except that the Management Member may retain
only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do
not contain any Confidential Information; and (iii) notify and fully
cooperate with the Company regarding the delivery or destruction of any
other Confidential Information of which the Management Member is or becomes
aware.
(D) Each Management Member who has participated or will participate in
the creation or development of any intellectual property in the course of
such individual's service to the Company or its Subsidiaries hereby (i)
disclaims and agrees to disclaim any rights with respect to such
intellectual property, (ii) agrees that the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company, as the case may be, is or will be deemed to be the sole original
owner/author of all such intellectual property and, (iii) if requested by
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, will execute an assignment or
an agreement to assign solely in favor of the Company or such Subsidiary or
such predecessor in interest, as applicable, all right, title and interest
in all such intellectual property.
Definitions
(h) "Act" shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Delaware
Code, Title 6, Sections 18-101, et seq., as in effect from time to time.
(i) "Affiliate" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 12b-2
promulgated under the 1934 Act, as in effect on the date hereof.
(j) "Applicable Law" means, with respect to any Person, any statute, law,
regulation, ordinance, rule, injunction, order, decree, governmental approval,
directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of
decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any
of the foregoing by, any governmental authority, applicable to such Person or
its Subsidiaries or their respective assets.
(k) "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
(l) "Business Day" shall mean any day on which banks are required to be
open to conduct business in New York City.
(m) "Cause", when used in connection with the termination of Services of a
Management Member, shall have the same meaning ascribed to such term in any
written agreement relating to Services or any severance agreement then in effect
between such Management Member and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if
no such agreement containing a definition of "Cause" is then in effect, shall
mean a termination of Services of the Management Member by the Company or any
Subsidiary thereof due to (i) the commission by the Management Member of an act
of fraud or embezzlement, (ii) the indictment or conviction of the Management
Member for a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or a plea by the
Management Member of guilty or nolo contendere involving such a crime, (iii) the
gross negligence, malfeasance or willful misconduct by the Management Member in
the performance of the Management Member's duties, (iv) the violation by the
Management Member of a written Company policy regarding employment, including
substance abuse, sexual harassment or discrimination, (v) the willful failure of
the Management Member to render services to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in accordance with the Management Member's Services which failure
amounts to a material neglect of the Management Member's duties to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (other than as a result of mental or physical
incapacity) (vi) the repeated failure of the Management Member to comply with
reasonable directives of the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company
consistent with the Management Member's duties or (vii) the material breach by
the Management Member of any of the provisions of any agreement between the
Management Member, on the one hand, and the Company or a Member or an Affiliate
of the Company, on the other hand.
(n) "Change of Control" shall mean the consummation of any transaction
(including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person,
other than a Sponsor Member or a Permitted Transferee of a Sponsor Member,
becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of (i) more than 50% of
the voting securities of the Company or its successor entity or (ii) all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or its successor entity.
(o) "Cost" shall mean, with respect to a Management Member's Units, the
price per unit paid by such Management Member (as proportionately adjusted for
all subsequent distributions of Units and other recapitalizations).
(p) "Disability" shall mean the inability of a Management Member to perform
the essential functions of the Management Member's job, with or without
reasonable accommodation, by reason of a physical or mental infirmity, for a
continuous period of six months or for an aggregate of nine months in a
twenty-four month period. The period of six months shall be deemed continuous
unless such Management Member returns to work for at least 30 consecutive
business days during such period and performs during such period at the level
and competence that existed prior to the beginning of the six-month period.
(q) "Fair Market Value" shall be the fair value of the Units determined
from time to time in good faith by the Board using its reasonable business
judgment. Following the initial public offering of equity securities of the
Company or the IPO Entity, Fair Market Value will be based on the public trading
price of such securities.
(r) "Financing Default" shall mean an event which would constitute (or with
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute) an event of default (which
event of default has not been cured) under or would otherwise violate or breach
(i) any financing arrangement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
effect as of the time of the aforementioned event, and any extensions, renewals,
refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part; and (ii) any provision
of the Company's or any of its Subsidiary's constitutional documents.
(s) "Investor Group" shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
(t) "IPO Entity" shall mean the issuer in a Qualified IPO.
(u) "Issuer Common Stock" shall mean common stock of the same class as that
offered to the public by the IPO Entity in a Qualified IPO or any securities
into which such common stock is exchanged, converted or reclassified, including
pursuant to any merger, reorganization or reclassification.
(v) "1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(w) "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(x) "Management Members" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
(y) "Manager Permitted Transferee" shall mean, with respect to any
Management Member, (i) a transferee in a Transfer upon the death of such
Management Member to his/her executors, administrators, testamentary trustees,
legatees or beneficiaries (ii) subject to the LLC Agreement, only in connection
with a Transfer by such Management Member for estate planning purposes not made
within twelve months of any other such Transfer, a limited partnership, limited
liability company, trust or custodianship, the beneficiaries of which may
include only
such Management Member, his/her spouse (or ex-spouse) or his/her lineal
descendants (including adopted), but only if, (x) in the case of clause (i) and
(ii), such Person becomes a party to, and is bound to the same extent as the
transferor by the terms of, this Agreement and (y) in the case of a Transfer
described in clause (ii), the Compensation Committee of the Board has given its
prior, written approval to such Transfer.
(z) "Member" shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
(aa) "Permitted Transferee" shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC
Agreement.
(bb) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any
department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(cc) "Public Share FMV", per share of Issuer Common Stock, shall mean the
arithmetic mean of the high and low prices per share as reported on such date on
the composite tape of the principal national securities exchange on which such
shares are listed or admitted to trading, or, if no composite tape exists for
such national securities exchange on such date, then on the principal national
securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading, or,
if the shares are not listed or admitted on a national securities exchange, the
arithmetic mean of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked
price on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System (or such market in which such prices are regularly
quoted) (the "NASDAQ"), or, if no sale of shares shall have been reported on
such composite tape or such national securities exchange on such date or quoted
on the NASDAQ on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales
of the shares have been so reported or quoted shall be used to calculate the
Public Share FMV.
(dd) "Qualified IPO" shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
(ee) "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2004, by and among the Company and the
Members, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
(ff) "Sale Date" shall mean, with respect to any Unit, the date on which
such Unit was first purchased from the Company.
(gg) "Services" shall mean (i) a Management Member's employment if the
Management Member is an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a
Management Member's services as a consultant, if the Management Member is a
consultant to the Company or any of its Affiliates and (iii) a Management
Member's services as a non-employee director, if the Management Member is a
non-employee member of the Board or the board of directors of an Affiliate;
provided however that unless otherwise determined by the Board or the
compensation committee of the Board, a change in a Management Member's status
from employee to non-employee
(other than with respect to a director of the Company or an Affiliate) shall
constitute a termination of employment hereunder.
(hh) "Sponsor Members" shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC
Agreement
(ii) "Subsidiary" shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
(jj) "Tag-Along Manager" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.04(a).
(kk) "Tag-Along Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.04(a).
(ll) "Tag-Along Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).
(mm) "Tag-Along Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.04(a).
(nn) "Tag-Along Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.04(a).
(oo) "Termination Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.02(a).
(pp) "Transfer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
(qq) "Units" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
(rr) "Units Buyer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c).
MISCELLANEOUS
(ss) Assignment and Binding Effect. Neither the Company nor any Management
Member shall assign all or any part of this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the other and the consent of the Board. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
parties pursuant to this paragraph.
(tt) Conversion; Restructuring; Recapitalization; Reorganization. (a) In
connection with a Qualified IPO, pursuant to Section 4.06 of the LLC Agreement,
the Units may be converted at the discretion of the Board into Reclassified
Securities (as defined in the LLC Agreement) and it is contemplated that the
restrictions contained in this Agreement would in such case be replicated in one
or more management shareholders agreements governing the Reclassified Securities
to which the Management Members would become parties.
(b) The Company may, at the discretion of the Board and in accordance with
applicable U.S. state and federal law (including the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act
and the rules promulgated thereunder), effect a reorganization,
reclassification, conversion, merger, recapitalization or restructuring (each, a
"Restructuring Event") pursuant to which the Members would become members or
shareholders of a new limited liability company or corporation and
cease to be Members of the Company or receive different securities of the
Company. The units, shares or other equity interests provided to each Management
Member pursuant to such Corporate Restructuring would provide each Management
Member with substantially similar economic and other rights and privileges as
such Management Member had as a Member of the Company prior to such
Restructuring Event and which are consistent with the rights and preferences
attendant to the Units held by the Management Members immediately prior to such
Restructuring Event. It is contemplated that the Management Members, the company
formed by such Restructuring Event and, in the discretion of the Sponsor
Members, the Sponsor Members, would enter a management members agreement or
management shareholders agreement, as the case may be, in conjunction with such
Restructuring Event, containing provisions substantially similar to the
provisions of this Agreement. The Management Members hereby agree to enter into
any such management members agreement or management shareholders agreement.
(uu) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each of the Sponsor Members shall be
considered a third party beneficiary of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Management Members made in this Agreement, entitled to take
any action against any Management Member as if such Sponsor Member were the
Company hereunder.
(vv) Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver, or other communication
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given
when personally delivered, one day after deposit with Federal Express or similar
overnight courier service or three days after being mailed by first class mail,
return receipt requested shall be deemed to have been given on the date mailed,
and shall be addressed as follows:
TO THE COMPANY: Nalco LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
And a copy to: Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
TO ANY MANAGEMENT INVESTOR MEMBER At the address set forth in the
written records of the Company.
(ww) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS
OF LAWS PRINCIPLES WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION.
(xx) Jurisdiction. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
Delaware for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to
this agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agree not to
commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts,
and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by
U.S. registered mail to its address set forth above shall be effective service
of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against such party in any
such court). The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any
objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the courts of the
State of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and
agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(yy) Management Member's Services. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be deemed to obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to employ or retain
any Management Member in any capacity whatsoever or to prohibit or restrict the
Company (or any Subsidiary) from terminating the Services of the Management
Member at any time or for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause.
(zz) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the LLC Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement set forth the entire understanding and agreement
of the parties hereto and supersede any and all other understandings, term
sheets, negotiations or agreements between the parties hereto relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement, the LLC Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement.
(aaa) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute a
single agreement.
(bbb) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the same shall not affect any other provision of this
Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed in a manner which, as nearly as
possible, reflects the original intent of the parties.
(ccc) Interpretation. Words used in the singular form in this Agreement
shall be deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the sense may require.
The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement. Whenever the words "include," "includes"
or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed
by the words "without limitation."
(ddd) Amendment. Any amendment to this Agreement shall only be effective if
evidenced by a written instrument signed by the Company; provided, that any such
amendment that is materially adverse to the economic interests of a Management
Member shall only be effective if such Management Member consents thereto in
writing.
(eee) Waiver. Any party hereto may (i) extend the time for the performance
of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive
any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in
any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of
the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a
party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in
an instrument in writing signed by the party granting such waiver but such
waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation,
covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel
with respect to, any subsequent or future failure.
(fff) Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each of the parties hereto will use its reasonable efforts to take,
or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations, to
consummate and make effective the provisions of this Agreement.
(ggg) Sections, Exhibits, Schedules. References to a section are, unless
otherwise specified, to one of the sections of this Agreement and references to
an "Exhibit" or "Schedule" are, unless otherwise specified, to one of the
exhibits or schedules attached to this Agreement.
(hhh) Specific Enforcement. The Management Members and the Company
acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any
of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of
the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they may
be entitled at law or in equity.
(iii) Successors. Manager Permitted Transferees are entitled to all of the
rights and subject to all of the obligations of the transferor hereunder from
whom they received their Interests regardless of whether the Agreement elsewhere
so expressly provides.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date set forth above.
NALCO LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
MANAGEMENT MEMBER
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Print: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Date: June 30, 2004
[Signature Page - Management Members Agreement]
Schedule A
Management Members
The Management Members will be those who accept the pending offer to participate
in the Units Plan.
EXHIBIT A
CONTINGENT BONUS
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Issuer: A Subsidiary of the Company
Bonus: Bonus of up to the maximum amount specified in the
Management Member's subscription agreement with the Company,
subject to the contingencies set forth below
Contingency: Bonus will be paid to a Management Member following a
Qualified IPO of a subsidiary of the Company (if a Qualified
IPO occurs prior to June 1, 2005) if he or she is i) an
employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries on
January 1, 2007 and ii) required to pay current income tax
on compensation with respect to Class A Units prior to
January 1, 2007 attributable to a final "determination" (as
defined in Section 1313(a)(i) of the Code) of a valuation of
such Units in excess of the valuation prepared by the
Company's third party valuation firm; the bonus shall be an
amount equal to the current income tax attributable to the
"determination", subject to the maximum amount set forth
above.
Eligibility: A Management Member will only be eligible for the bonus if
for all tax reporting purposes the Management Member uses
the Units valuation prepared by the Company's third party
valuation firm in connection with the issuance of the Units
