EXHIBIT 10.6
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS LLC
SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT
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THIS SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of May
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5, 1998, between Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Company"), each of the securityholders listed on Schedule A
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attached hereto and each of the other Persons who becomes a party to this
Agreement after the date hereof pursuant to Section 3 hereof (the
"Securityholders"). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
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herein are defined in Section 8 hereof.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Securityholders desire to enter into this
Agreement for the purposes of, among others, inducing certain of the
Securityholders to enter into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of even date herewith, as amended or modified from time to time (the
"LLC Agreement"), and to restrict the sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or
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other disposition of the Securities.
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, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SECURITIES.
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(a) Transfer of Securities. No holder of Other Securities shall sell,
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transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of (whether with or without
consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law)
any interest in (a "Transfer") such holder's Securities, except pursuant to (i)
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Section 1(b) or 1(d) hereof, (ii) a Public Sale, (iii) a Liquidity Event
pursuant to Section 5, (iv) a repurchase pursuant to the Executive Agreements or
(v) the consent of the Board; provided that the applicable requirements of
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Sections 2 and 3 (if any) are also satisfied.
(b) Participation Rights.
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(i) If one or more of the Xxxx Group (the "Transferring
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Securityholders") desires to Transfer all or any portion of any class
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of its Securities (or any direct or indirect interest therein) to any
Person(s) or to the Company, they must first deliver to all of the
other holders of such class of Securities (the "Other
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Securityholders") a written notice (the "Sale Notice") in which the
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prospective Transferring Securityholders state the price and other
material terms and conditions on which they propose to effect such
Transfer of such class of (or interest in) their Securities, or
portion thereof, and the identity of the proposed Transferee(s). For
purposes of this Section 1(b), a Transfer by the Xxxx Group shall
include a transfer, direct or indirect,
by the holders of the Equity Securities of the Xxxx Group (or any
direct or indirect interest therein) and such Transfer will be deemed
to be a Transfer by the Xxxx Group for purposes of determining the
rights of Other Securityholders under this Section 1(b). Each Other
Securityholder to whom such a Sale Notice is given may within 15 days
following receipt of the Sale Notice, give to the Company and the
Transferring Securityholders a written notice ("Tag-Along Notice")
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indicating that it desires to participate in such Transfer. If any
Other Securityholders have elected to participate in such Transfer,
each of the Transferring Securityholders and such Other
Securityholders will be entitled to sell in the contemplated Transfer,
at the same price and on the same terms and conditions, a number of
units of such class of Securities equal to the product of (A) the
quotient determined by dividing the number of units of such class of
Securities owned by such person by the aggregate number of units of
such class of Securities owned by the Transferring Securityholders and
the Other Securityholders participating in such Transfer and (B) the
number of units of such class of Securities to be sold in the
contemplated Transfer (the "Pro Rata Share"). Notwithstanding the
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foregoing, (x) in the event that the Transferring Securityholders
intend to Transfer units of more than one class of Securities, the
Other Securityholders participating in such Transfer shall be required
to sell in the contemplated Transfer a pro rata portion of units of
all such classes of Securities (to the extent such Other
Securityholders own any units of such other classes of Securities),
which portion shall be determined in the manner set forth immediately
above, (y) Units which are not Vested Common Units pursuant to the LLC
Agreement may not be transferred by an Other Securityholder in any
event and (z) Vested Common Units shall be treated as Class A Units
for purposes of this Paragraph 1(b)(i) except that the price to be
paid for such Vested Common Units will be the amount such holder of
such Vested Common Units would have received if a Liquidity Event
occurred at the value which the proposed transferee is acquiring the
Securities and such consideration was paid directly to the Company and
then distributed by the Company in a complete liquidation pursuant to
the terms of the LLC Agreement as in effect immediately prior to such
Transfer.
For example (by way of illustration only), if the Sale Notice
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contemplated a sale of 100 Class A Units by the Transferring
Securityholders, and if the Transferring Securityholders at such
time owns 30% of the Class A Units and if one Other
Securityholder elects to participate and owns 20% of the Class A
Units, the Transferring Securityholders would be entitled to sell
60 Class A Units (30% / 50% x 100 units) and the Other
Securityholder would be entitled to sell 40 Class A Units (20% /
50% x 100 units).
(ii) The Transferring Securityholders will use reasonable efforts
to obtain the agreement of the prospective Transferee(s) to the
participation of the Other Securityholders in any contemplated
Transfer, and the Transferring Securityholders will not Transfer any
of their units of Securities to the prospective Transferee(s) unless
(A) simultaneously with such transfer, the prospective Transferee or
Transferees purchase from the Other Securityholders the units of
Securities which
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the Other Securityholders are entitled to sell to such prospective
Transferee(s) pursuant to paragraph 1(b)(i) above or (B)
simultaneously with such transfer, the Transferring Securityholders
purchase (on the same terms and conditions on which such units were
sold to the transferee(s)) the number of units of such class of
Securities from the Other Securityholders which the Other
Securityholders would have been entitled to sell pursuant to paragraph
1(b)(i) above.
(c) Transfers by Certain Indirect Owners. Each holder of Other
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Securities that is not a BRS entity, an individual or Raytheon shall not permit
(i) the issuance of additional interests in such holder or (ii) any Transfer of
any interest of any Indirect Owner in such holder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Indirect Owner of such holder or of another Indirect Owner may
Transfer its interest in such holder or other Indirect Owner to another Indirect
Owner of a holder or to a Permitted Transferee; provided, that the restrictions
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contained in this Section 1(c) will continue to apply to such securities
following such Transfer and the Permitted Transferees thereof will be required
prior to the effectiveness of such Transfer, to execute a written agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the Board pursuant to which such Permitted
Transferees acknowledge and agree to be bound by the Transfer restrictions
contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 1(c)).
To the extent such Securities are certificated, the certificates evidencing the
Equity Securities of such holder and each Indirect Owner will be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with a legend referencing the restrictions on transfer
contained in this Section 1(c). With respect to any BRS entity, no BRS entity
shall permit an issuance of additional interests or a Transfer of interest in
such entity (other than a distribution to its partners, members or shareholders)
which would cause or result in more than 50% of the voting control of such
entity to be Transferred to any Person other than an Affiliate of such BRS
entity; provided, however, that BRS/RCL Investment Corp. shall not transfer its
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interest in the Company to any Independent Third Party except as otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Permitted Transfers. The restrictions contained in this Section 1
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shall not apply with respect to any Transfer of Securities (i) in the case of
any natural Person, pursuant to applicable laws of descent and distribution or
among such Person's Family Group (as defined below), (ii) in the case of any
other Person, among its Affiliates, (iii) which are Preferred Units with the
consent of the Board, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or (iv)
which are Common Units Transferred as part of a sale of Preferred Units or
Subordinated Note (transferees permitted pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv) above are collectively referred to herein as "Permitted Transferees");
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provided, that the restrictions contained in this Section 1 shall continue to be
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applicable to such Securities after any such Transfer; and provided, further,
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that Units which are not deemed to be Preferred Units or Common Units pursuant
to the LLC Agreement may not be transferred in any event; and provided, further,
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that the applicable requirements specified in Sections 2 and 3 in connection
with such Transfer shall have been satisfied. A Person's "Family Group" means
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such Person's (or if such Person is not an individual then such Person shall
refer to the ultimate individual beneficial owners of such Person), spouse,
parents, siblings and descendants (whether natural or adopted) and any trust or
other vehicle formed solely for the benefit of such Person and/or any of such
Person's spouse, parents, siblings and/or descendants. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no party hereto shall avoid the provisions of this Agreement by
making one or more
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transfers to one or more Permitted Transferees and then disposing of all or any
portion of such party's interest in any such Permitted Transferee.
(e) Termination of Restrictions. The restrictions set forth in this
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Section 1 shall continue with respect to each Securityholder Security until the
earlier of (i) the consummation of a Liquidity Event pursuant to Section 5 or
(ii) the consummation of an IPO. If the consummation of a Transfer pursuant to
this Section 1 would cause a Liquidity Event to occur, the provisions of Section
5 (as opposed to this Section 1) shall control such Transfer.
2. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.
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(a) Restricted Securities Legend. The Securities have not been
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registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other
restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless
subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such
registration is then available. To the extent such Securities have been
certificated, each certificate evidencing Securities and each certificate issued
in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Securities (if such securities
remain Securities as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON
MAY 5, 1998 AND 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 ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE
SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 5, 1998, AS AMENDED AND MODIFIED
FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG THE ISSUER (THE "COMPANY") AND CERTAIN INVESTORS,
AND THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH
SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY
TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY TO
THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE."
The Company shall imprint such legend on certificates (if any) evidencing
Securities. The legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates
(if any) evidencing any units which cease to be Securities in accordance with
the definition thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the
Securities are not certificated, the LLC Agreement will contain a legend in
substantially the form stated above.
(b) Opinion of Counsel. No holder of Securities may Transfer any
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Securities (except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or, in the case of a member of the Xxxx Group or a BRS entity, to
an Affiliate or pursuant to Section 4 or 5 hereof)
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without first delivering to the Company an opinion of counsel (reasonably
acceptable in form and substance to the Board) that neither registration nor
qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is
required in connection with such Transfer. Raytheon may deliver the opinion of
its in-house corporate counsel in satisfaction of the requirements of this
section.
3. TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS. Prior to Transferring any Securities
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(other than pursuant to a Liquidity Event pursuant to Section 5, Section 1(b), a
Public Sale or an IPO), the Transferring holder of Securities shall cause the
prospective Transferee to be bound by this Agreement, the LLC Agreement (if the
prospective Transferee is admitted as a substituted member pursuant to the LLC
Agreement), the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other agreements executed
by holders of Units relating to such Units in the aggregate (collectively, the
"Other Agreements") and if the prospective Transferee is acquiring Securities
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subject to an Executive Agreement, the provisions of such Executive Agreement
relating to Equity Securities, including the repurchase thereof, and to execute
and deliver to the Company and the other holders of Securities counterparts of
this Agreement, the LLC Agreement (if the prospective Transferee is admitted as
a substituted member pursuant to the LLC Agreement), the Registration Rights
Agreement, the applicable Other Agreements and if applicable an acknowledgment
as to the provisions of such Executive Agreement relating to Equity Securities.
Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Securities in violation of any
provision of this Agreement shall be void, and the Company shall not record such
Transfer on its books or treat any purported Transferee of such Securities as
the owner of such securities for any purpose.
4. PUBLIC OFFERING.
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(a) If at any time the Board approves a public offering of any of the
Equity Securities of the Company to be registered under the Securities Act or
the requisite percentage of holders (the "Requisite Holders") otherwise request
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the Company to make a public offering of Equity Securities of the Company
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the holders of Securities and the
Company will take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the
consummation of such registered offering approved by the Board and, to the
extent not inconsistent therewith, the Requisite Holders. It is the intent that
immediately prior to the initial registered offering of Equity Securities of the
Company, whether or not pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and
whether pursuant to a sale by the Company or by any Securityholder, (i) a
Delaware corporation will be incorporated (the "Entity") and (ii) the Equity
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Securities of the Company will be recapitalized or reorganized (whether by
merger, exchange, contribution, a combination of the foregoing or otherwise)
into a single class of common stock of the Entity, where all holders will
receive such common stock. Such recapitalization, reorganization or exchange
will be effected in such a manner so that, immediately thereafter, the
Securityholders hold only securities of the same class as the securities that
are to be offered to the public in such offering. The securities to be so held
by the Securityholders will be allocated, to the extent practicable, among the
Securityholders (or additional securities will be issued to one or more
Securityholders) so that, immediately after such recapitalization,
reorganization or exchange, each Securityholder holds securities having an
aggregate value equal to the amount which such Securityholder would have
received if, immediately prior to such recapitalization, reorganization or
exchange, the Company had distributed to its Securityholders an aggregate amount
equal to the aggregate value of the securities which are to be
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held by all Securityholders immediately after such recapitalization,
reorganization or exchange in a complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and
preferences set forth in the Company's constituent documents immediately prior
to such recapitalization, reorganization or exchange, with each share of such
securities having a "value" for such purposes equal to the price per share of
sales to the public as part of such offering. In addition, in the event that
upon such public offering any of the Company's outstanding Class B Common Units
or Class C Common Units are not allocated any "value" as described above,
whether due to vesting pursuant to the Executive Agreements or the failure to
achieve the appropriate Target Multiple pursuant to the LLC Agreement, the
holders of such Class B Common Units and Class C Common Units will be granted
options to acquire the Company's common stock in an amount which would be, to
the extent practicable, economically equivalent to the future value of such
Class B Common Units and Class C Common Units. Securityholder hereby agrees that
(if so requested by the Board or the Requisite Holders) it will consent to and
vote for a recapitalization, reorganization or exchange of the existing Equity
Securities of the Company into a single class of common stock of the Entity that
the Board and the Requisite Holders find acceptable and will take all necessary
or desirable actions in connection with the consummation of the
recapitalization, reorganization or exchange. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each holder of Securities hereby waives any dissenters rights,
appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with such recapitalization,
reorganization or exchange.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Xxxx Group otherwise
agrees, any such recapitalization, reorganization or exchange will be structured
and implemented in the manner contemplated by Section 12.7(b)(ii) of the LLC
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, this Section 4(b) may not be amended without the prior written consent
of the Xxxx Group, Raytheon or BRS (so long as they are Securityholders).
5. LIQUIDITY EVENT.
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(a) The Company shall seek to effectuate a Liquidity Event upon the
request of a majority of the Xxxx Group (the "Majority Holder").
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(b) From and after the time (if any) when the Company has informed
each of the Securityholders that it desires to effectuate a Liquidity Event, the
Company and each holder of Securities shall (i) cooperate in good faith to
effectuate such Liquidity Event, and (ii) consent to and raise no objections
against, and take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with, the
consummation of such Liquidity Event, including those reasonably requested by
the Seller (as defined below). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, subject to the terms set forth in this Section 5, (i) each holder of
Securities hereby waives any dissenters rights, appraisal rights or similar
rights in connection with such Liquidity Event and (ii) if all or any portion of
any such Liquidity Event is structured as a sale of securities, each holder of
Securities shall agree to sell any or all of his or its securities and rights to
acquire securities on the terms and conditions approved by the Board, if such
Liquidity Event is being effectuated by the Board, or the Majority Holder, if
such Liquidity Event is being effectuated by the Majority Holder. The Person
seeking to effectuate such Liquidity Event is referred to herein as the
"Seller".
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(c) In connection with any Liquidity Event (whether by sale, merger,
recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, combination or otherwise)
pursuant to this Section 5, each holder of Securities immediately prior to such
Liquidity Event shall receive (on behalf of itself and, where applicable (e.g.,
the structure contemplated by Section 12.7(b)(i) of the LLC Agreement is
implemented), its direct and indirect securityholders) the same form of
consideration and the same portion of the aggregate consideration that such
holder of Securities would have received if the aggregate consideration paid by
the Buyer in connection with such Liquidity Event (the "Aggregate
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Consideration") had been paid directly to the Company and then distributed by
the Company in a complete liquidation pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement
as in effect immediately prior to such Liquidity Event (and after giving effect
to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such Liquidity Event, the
amount of which will be paid directly to the persons owing such taxes). In
furtherance thereof, each holder of then currently exercisable rights to acquire
any class of Securities will be given an opportunity to either (A) exercise such
rights prior to the consummation of such Liquidity Event and participate in such
sale as holders of such class of Securities or (B) upon the consummation of such
Liquidity Event, or at such other time agreed to by such holder, receive in
exchange for (or, if applicable, upon the exercise of) such rights, the
consideration contemplated to be received by such holder as a result of such
Liquidity Event in the agreement or instrument pursuant to which such holder
acquired such rights from the Company or, if no such consideration is
contemplated thereby, the consideration such holder would have received if such
holder exercised such rights prior to the consummation of such Liquidity Event
less the amount such holder would have paid to the Company to exercise such
rights. Each holder of Securities shall take all necessary or desirable actions
in connection with the receipt of the Aggregate Consideration from such
Liquidity Event as is requested by the Majority Holder to effectuate the
foregoing.
(d) If the Company or the holders of the Company's securities enter
into any negotiation or transaction for which Rule 506 (or any similar rule then
in effect) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission may be
available with respect to such negotiation or transaction (including a merger,
consolidation or other reorganization), each holder of Securities which is not
an accredited investor (as that term is defined in Rule 501 or any similar rule
then in effect ("Rule 501") promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
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Commission) will, at the request of the Seller, appoint a purchaser
representative (as such term is defined in Rule 501) reasonably acceptable to
the Seller. If any holder of Securities appoints a purchaser representative
designated by the Seller, the Company will be responsible for the fees of the
purchaser representative so appointed. If any holder of Securities declines to
appoint the purchaser representative designated by the Seller, such holder will
appoint another purchaser representative (reasonably acceptable to the Seller),
and such holder will be responsible for the fees of the purchaser representative
so appointed.
(e) The Company will pay the costs of any sale of Securities pursuant
to a Liquidity Event to the extent such costs are incurred for the benefit of
all holders of Securities and are not otherwise paid by the acquiring party, but
including in any event the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel
chosen by a majority of the Xxxx Group. Costs incurred by any holder of
Securities on its own behalf will not be considered costs of the transaction
hereunder.
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(f) The provisions of this Section 5 shall terminate upon the
consummation of an IPO or a Liquidity Event.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless Xxxx Group otherwise agrees,
any such Liquidity Event will be structured and implemented in the manner
contemplated by Section 12.7(b)(i) of the LLC Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything else contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 5(g) may
not be amended without the prior written consent of Xxxx Group, BRS or Raytheon
(so long as they are Securityholders)
6. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS.
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(a) Except as set forth in subparagraph (b) below, the Company and its
Subsidiaries will not issue, sell or otherwise transfer for consideration to the
Xxxx Group (an "Issuance") at any time prior to an IPO, any Equity Securities
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(the "Preemptive Units") unless, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days
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prior to such issuance, the Company notifies each Securityholder in writing of
the Issuance (including the price, the purchasers thereof and the other terms
thereof) and grants to each Securityholder, the right (the "Right") to subscribe
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for and purchase such Preemptive Units so issued at the same price and on the
same terms as issued in the Issuance such that, after giving effect to the
Issuance and exercise of the Right, the Preemptive Units owned by such holder
shall represent the same percentage of the outstanding Class A Units and Class L
Units as were owned by such holder prior to the Issuance on a fully diluted
basis, or such lesser amount designated by such holder. The Right may be
exercised by such holder at any time by written notice to the Company received
by the Company within 15 days after receipt by such holder of the notice from
the Company referred to above. The closing of the purchase and sale pursuant to
the exercise of the Right shall occur at least 10 days after the Company
receives notice of the exercise of the Right and concurrently with the closing
of the Issuance. In the event that the consideration received by the Company in
connection with an Issuance is property other than cash, each Securityholder
may, at its election, pay the purchase price for such additional securities in
such property or solely in cash. In the event that any such holder elects to
pay cash, the amount thereof shall be determined based on the fair value of the
consideration received or receivable by the Company in connection with the
Issuance.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Right shall not apply to
issuances of Equity Securities (or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for, or options to purchase, such units), pro rata to all holders of Common
Units, as a dividend on, subdivision of or other distribution in respect of, the
Common Units in accordance with the Company's LLC Agreement.
(c) The provisions of this Section 6 will terminate upon the
consummation of an IPO (as defined in Section 8).
7. TRANSACTIONS WITH CERTAIN AFFILIATES. So long as BRS or Raytheon
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is a Securityholder, the Company shall not and it shall cause its Subsidiaries
to not, without the prior written consent of BRS or Raytheon, authorize any
transaction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any unitholder,
officer or member of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any Affiliates of such
persons, involving the payment by the Company or a Subsidiary, or the issuance
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of Equity Securities or the sale or giving of property or services by the
Company or a Subsidiary ("Affiliated Transaction"), except for any Affiliate
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Transaction which is on terms comparable to those that could be obtained at
arms' length from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or is
otherwise fair to the Company; provided, however, that the following shall be
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deemed not to be Affiliate Transactions: (i) payment of customary and reasonable
fees to members of the Board (so long as the same fees are paid to all non-
management Board members), (ii) the performance by the Company or its
Subsidiaries for each other of cash management, accounting, administrative and
similar intercompany services, (iii) any of the transactions contemplated by (A)
this Agreement, (B) the Merger Agreement, (C) the financing documents related to
the Merger Agreement (including payment of fees to the Xxxx Group and its
affiliates in amounts permitted by such agreements, and all agreements and
documents contemplated thereby, in each case as the same shall be amended,
modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time), (D) the
Registration Rights Agreement, or (E) any agreements entered into with the
management of the Company and (iv) payment of salary and bonus compensation or
any issuance of Equity Securities or options to acquire Equity Securities to
officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries in amounts and on such terms as are
approved by the Board or the board of directors or managers of the applicable
Subsidiary.
8. BOARD OF MANAGERS. The Bain Members (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement) hereby agree that, so long as BRS owns Equity Securities equal to or
greater than 50% of the amount owned on the date hereof, pursuant to their power
under Section 5.2(b) of the LLC Agreement, the Bain Members will (i) appoint a
designee of BRS to the Board of Managers of the Company, which such designee
shall initially be Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, (ii) cause the Company, as the sole member
of Alliance Laundry Systems LLC ("Systems"), to appoint a designee of BRS to the
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Board of Managers of Systems, which such designee shall initially be Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, and (iii) appoint a designee of BRS to any committee of the Board of
Managers of the Company or Systems which has the power to act on behalf of the
Board of Managers regarding general corporate matters. The Company shall not
permit the amendment of Section 4.2 of the Systems Amended and Restated Limited
Liabilities Company Agreement without the prior written consent of BRS/RCL
Investment Corp.
9. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
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"Affiliate" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on the date
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hereof.
"Xxxx Group" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on the date
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hereof.
"Board" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on the date
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hereof.
"BRS"shall mean BRS/RCL Investment Corp., BCB Family Partners, L.P.,
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, NAZ Family Partners, L.P., H. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
MLPF&S Custodian FBO Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and their Affiliates, Permitted Transferees
and successors.
"Class A Units" means (i) any Class A Units (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement as it exists on the date hereof) purchased or otherwise acquired by
any Securityholder, and (ii) any
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Equity Securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to any
of the Class A Units referred to in clause (i) above, by way of a dividend or
split or exchange or in connection with a combination of units,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
"Class B Units" means (i) any Class B Units (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement as it exists on the date hereof) purchased or otherwise acquired by
any Securityholder, and (ii) any Equity Securities issued or issuable directly
or indirectly with respect to any of the Class B Units referred to in clause (i)
above, by way of a dividend or split or exchange or in connection with a
combination of units, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization.
"Class C Units" means (i) any Class C Units (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement as it exists on the date hereof) purchased or otherwise acquired by
any Securityholder, and (ii) any Equity Securities issued or issuable directly
or indirectly with respect to any of the Class C Units referred to in clause (i)
above, by way of a dividend or split or exchange or in connection with a
combination of units, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization.
"Class L Units" means (i) any Class L Units (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement as it exists on the date hereof) purchased or otherwise acquired by
any Securityholder, and (ii) any Equity Securities issued or issuable directly
or indirectly with respect to any of the Class L Units referred to in clause (i)
above, by way of a dividend or split or exchange or in connection with a
combination of units, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization.
"Common Units" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on the
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date hereof.
"Equity Securities" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on
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the date hereof.
"Executive Agreement" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on
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the date hereof.
"Independent Third Party" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists
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on the date hereof.
"Indirect Owner" means with respect to each Person which is (i) a
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corporation or any similar entity, each shareholder and each Indirect Owner of
such shareholder; (ii) a limited liability company or any similar entity, each
member and each Indirect Owner of such member; (iii) a partnership (whether
limited or general) or similar entity, each partner and each Indirect Owner of
such partner; and (iv) a trust or any similar entity, each beneficiary who has
the legal right (or whose spouse has the present legal right) to demand a
distribution of the trust's interest and each Indirect Owner of such beneficiary
or such beneficiary's spouse (whether in such beneficiary's capacity as a
beneficiary, trustee or otherwise and whether by revocation or amendment of such
trust or otherwise).
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"IPO" means a public offering either (a) where the Company has
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received net proceeds of at least $75 million (measured as of the time of
issuance) or (b) which constitute at least 15% of the Company's outstanding
Units (measured as of the date of determination).
"Liquidity Event" is defined in the LLC Agreement as it exists on the
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date hereof.
"Majority Holder" is defined in Section 5 hereof.
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"Merger Agreement" means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
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dated as of February 21, 1998, by and among Bain/RCL, L.L.C., RCL Acquisitions,
L.L.C., Raytheon and Raytheon Commercial Laundry LLC, as amended and modified
from time to time.
"Other Securities" means Securities owned by Securityholders that are
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not a part of the Xxxx Group.
"Person" is defined in the LLC Agreement.
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"Preferred Units" means (i) any Preferred Units (as defined in the LLC
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Agreement) purchased or otherwise acquired by any Securityholder, and (ii) any
Equity Securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to any
of the Preferred Units referred to in clause (i) above, by way of a dividend or
split or exchange or in connection with a combination of units,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
"Public Sale" means any sale of Securities to the public pursuant to
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an offering registered under the Securities Act or to the public through a
broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 adopted
under the Securities Act.
"Raytheon" means Raytheon Company, a Delaware corporation.
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"Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration Rights
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Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the
securityholders a party thereto, as amended or modified from time to time.
"Securities" means, collectively, Class A Units, Class B Units, Class
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C Units, Class L Units, Preferred Units and any other equity interests of the
Company, but explicitly excluding rights to acquire equity interests of the
Company. As to any particular Securities, such units shall cease to be
Securities when they have been disposed of in a Public Sale or repurchased by
the Company or any Subsidiary.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
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applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute,
rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or
regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding
provisions of future law.
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"Securities and Exchange Commission" includes any governmental body
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or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
"Subordinated Note" means that certain Junior Subordinated Note, dated
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as of the date hereof, in the original principal amount of $9,000,000 issued by
the Company to Raytheon.
"Subsidiary" is defined in the LLC Agreement.
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"Units" is defined in the LLC Agreement.
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"Vested Common Units" is defined in the LLC Agreement.
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10. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, no
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modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be
effective against the Company or the holders of Securities unless such
modification, amendment or waiver is approved in writing by the holders of at
least a majority of the Xxxx Group; provided, that no amendment or modification
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that would adversely affect holders of one class or group of Securities in a
manner different than holders of any other class or group of Securities (other
than amendments and modifications in connection with the issuances of Equity
Securities permitted by Section 5.1(b) of the LLC Agreement) shall be effective
against the holders of such class or group of Securities without the prior
written consent of holders of at least a majority of Securities of such class or
group adversely affected thereby; provided, further, that so long as BRS or
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Raytheon holds any Securities, no amendment or modification that will adversely
alter BRS' or Raytheon's respective rights granted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be effective against BRS or Raytheon, respectively, without their consent
(it being understood that the creation of new (in accordance with Section 6 of
this Agreement) or additional Securities, or new (in accordance with Section 6
of this Agreement) or additional Equity Securities of the Company which will
constitute Securities, or the addition of new parties to this Agreement shall
not in and of itself be deemed to alter such rights). No failure by any party to
insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition
of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach
thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant,
duty, agreement or condition.
11. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
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Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect
any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any
other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced
in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had
never been contained herein.
12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, those documents expressly
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referred to herein and other documents of even date herewith embody the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties,
written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
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13. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided herein,
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this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Company and its successors and permitted assigns and the Securityholders and any
subsequent holders of Securities and the respective successors and permitted
assigns of each of them, so long as they hold Securities. The Company may not
assign any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than in connection
with a merger, consolidation or other form of reorganization permitted by other
sections of this Agreement) without the prior written consent of a majority of
the Bain Group.
14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
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counterparts each of which will be an original and all of which taken together
will constitute one and the same agreement.
15. REMEDIES. Any Person having rights under any provision of this
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Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically to recover
damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. The parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of
the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion
apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting
any bond or other security) for specific performance and for other injunctive
relief in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this
Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed to confer upon
any Person who is not a signatory hereto any rights or benefits, as a third
party beneficiary or otherwise.
16. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in
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writing and will be either personally delivered, or received by certified mail,
return receipt requested, or sent by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) to the Company at the address set forth below and to any other
recipient and to any subsequent holder of Securities subject to this Agreement
at such address as indicated by the Company's records, or at such address or to
the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior
written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given
hereunder when delivered personally, three days after deposit in the U.S. mail
and one day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service. The
Company's address is:
To the Company:
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Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC
c/o Bain Capital, Inc.
Two Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Learner
17. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS (WHETHER OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE
LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. ANY DISPUTE RELATING
HERETO SHALL BE HEARD IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS OF DELAWARE, AND THE
PARTIES AGREE TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE THEREIN.
18. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS; INTERPRETATION. The descriptive headings
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of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a
substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any
pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs
shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word "including" in
this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference
to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Without limiting the generality of
the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any
agreement, document or instrument that requires the consent of any Person
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement (including the
LLC Agreement) will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented
in writing to such amendment or modification. The use of the words "or,"
"either" and "any" shall not be exclusive.
19. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated
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jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
20. ISSUANCES OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES. Notwithstanding anything
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contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not issue any securities of
the same type as any Securities held by any Securityholder to any recipient that
is not a party hereto (other than in connection with a public offering of the
Company's Equity Securities registered under the Securities Act) unless the
recipient thereof executes the agreements that such recipient would be required
to execute pursuant to Section 3 if such recipient were a transferee of such
securities, thereby becoming a party hereto and thereto, prior to, or
concurrently with, receiving securities of the Company. Any issuance or
attempted issuance in violation of any provision of this Agreement shall be
void, and the Company
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shall not record such issuance on its books or treat any purported recipient of
such securities as the owner of such securities for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Securityholders
Agreement on the day and year first above written.
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS LLC
By:
_______________________________________
Its:
______________________________________
BAIN/RCL, L.L.C.
By:
_______________________________________
Its:
______________________________________
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:
_______________________________________
Its:
______________________________________
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__________________________________________
XXXXXX X. L'ESPERANCE
__________________________________________
XXXXXX X. BEACH
__________________________________________
XXXXXXX X. BROTHERS
__________________________________________
R. XXXXX XXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXX X. XXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
__________________________________________
XXX X. XXXXXX
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__________________________________________
XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
__________________________________________
XXX X. XXXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XXX X. SHADY
__________________________________________
D. XXXX XXXXXXXX
__________________________________________
XX XXXX
__________________________________________
XXX XXXXXXXX-XXXX
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN FOR
XXXXX X. L'XXXXXXXXX XXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN FOR
XXXXXX X. L'XXXXXXXXX XXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN FOR
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX XXX
__________________________________________
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XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX CUSTODIAN FOR
XXXXX X. XXXXXX XXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX X. XXXXX & CO INC. TTEE
FBO R XXXXX XXXXXX XXX
__________________________________________
XXXXXX XXXXX, CUST FBO
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XXX
__________________________________________
DELAWARE CHARTER GUARANTEE AND
TRUST COMPANY, TTEE FOR
XXXXXXX X. BROTHERS, IRA
__________________________________________
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BCB FAMILY PARTNERS, L.P.
By: * *
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Name: XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Title:
NAZ FAMILY PARTNERS, L.P.
By: * *
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Name: H. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Title:
* *
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XXXX X. XXXXXXXX XXXXX X. XXXXX
* *
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XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXX
* *
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
* *
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX
*
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
MLPF&S CUSTODIAN FBO XXXX XXXXXXXX
*
By:
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*By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Attorney-in-fact
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BRS/RCL INVESTMENT CORP.
By:
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Its:
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SCHEDULE A
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SECURITYHOLDERS
Bain/RCL, L.L.C.
Raytheon Company
Xxxxxx X. L'Esperance
Xxxxxx X. Beach
Xxxxxxx X. Brothers
R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxx X. XxXxxxxx
Xxx X. Shady
D. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx
BRS/RCL Investment Corp.
BCB Family Partners, L.P.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
NAZ Family Partners, L.P.
H. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxx X. L'Esperance XXX
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxxx X. L'Esperance XXX
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx XXX
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Custodian for Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx XXX
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co Inc. TTEE FBO R Xxxxx Xxxxxx XXX
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Cust FBO Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, XXX
Delaware Charter Guarantee and Trust Company, TTEE for Xxxxxxx X. Brothers, IRA
