STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated
as of January 31, 2008, by and among Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”),
Folio
Holdings, LLC (“Folio
Holdings”),
IA
Capital Partners, LLC (“IA
Capital”),
Ridge
View Group, LLC (“Ridge
View”),
and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (“Sarachek”)
(collectively, the “Stockholders,”
and
individually a “Stockholder”)
and
Chazak Value Corp. (the “Company,”
and
together with the Stockholders, the “Parties”
and
individually, a “Party”).
WHEREAS,
each of the Stockholders invested in The 500 Group, LLC (the “500
Group”)
for
the purpose of providing the funds necessary to purchase 4,620,000 (the
“Shares”)
of the
Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
in
connection with the implementation of the Plan of Reorganization, as amended
(the “Plan”),
of
PubliCARD, Inc. (the “Debtor”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, entered into as of October 26, 2007,
by
and between the 500 Group and the Debtor, the 500 Group agreed to contribute
$500,000 to the Debtor on the effective date of the Plan in exchange for the
Shares and the releases and related provisions set forth in the Plan, which
contribution was made and which Shares were issued on the date
hereof;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Funding Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2008, by and among
the 500 Group, the Debtor and each of the Stockholders, (i) upon its receipt
of
the Shares, the 500 Group agreed to distribute such Shares to the Stockholders
in proportion to their investment in the 500 Group under the Funding Agreement
(the “Distribution”)
and
(ii) the Parties agreed to enter into this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Stockholders desire to set forth their agreement with regard to certain
matters affecting the Company.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of and reliance upon the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Board
Nomination.
At
each
election of or action by written consent to elect directors of the Company
during the 18-month period commencing on the date of this Agreement (the
“Term”),
the
Stockholders shall vote all of their respective shares of Common Stock so as
to
elect an individual designated by each of Xxxxx, Folio Holdings, IA Capital,
Ridge View and Sarachek, which
initial designees shall be as specified on Schedule A hereto. Each Stockholder
shall retain the director designation right provided for herein during the
Term
so long as such Stockholder (together with its affiliates) continues to hold
at
least 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock distributed to it pursuant
to
the Distribution (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends and the
like). Any
vote
taken to remove any director elected pursuant to this Section 1, or to fill
any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a director elected
pursuant to this Section 1, shall also be subject to the provisions of this
Section 1. With respect to the removal of designated directors, upon the
request of any Party entitled to designate a director as provided in this
Section 1, each Stockholder agrees to vote its shares of Common Stock for
the removal of such director.
Each
Stockholder also agrees to vote all of its shares of Common Stock or execute
written proxies or consents with respect to such shares in favor of an equity
incentive plan to be proposed by the Company’s management providing for the
issuance of up to 10% (as of the date the effectiveness of such plan) of the
Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
2. Right
of First Refusal.
(a) Right
of First Refusal on Sales of Stock.
Except
with respect to any
sales
of Common Stock pursuant to a registered public offering or sales pursuant
to
Rule 144 under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
or as
otherwise permitted by Section 6 hereof, each Stockholder hereby agrees that
during the Term, he, she or it shall not sell or otherwise transfer any shares
of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (“Securities”),
except in accordance with the following procedures:
(i) Upon
receipt of a bona fide offer to purchase all or any portion of the Securities
of
a Stockholder (the “Selling
Stockholder”)
that
is subject to this Section 2 (the “Offer
to Purchase”),
the
Selling Stockholder shall deliver to the Company and to each other Stockholder
(each, a “Non-Selling
Stockholder”)
a
notice (an “Offering
Notice”)
stating (A) such Selling Stockholder’s bona fide intention to sell such
Securities and offering to sell such Securities to the Company, and then to
the
Non-Selling Stockholders if the Company does not accept the offer to purchase
all of such Securities, (B) the amount of Securities to which the Offer to
Purchase applies, (C) the price, terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase
and (D) the name of the party or parties making the Offer to Purchase (the
“Potential
Purchaser(s)”).
(ii) During
the 20-day period following delivery to the Company of the Offering Notice
(the
“Company
Offer Period”),
the
Company may elect by written notice to the Selling Stockholder to accept the
Selling Stockholder’s offer to sell all or a portion of the Securities covered
by the Offering Notice on the same terms and conditions specified therein.
If,
by the end of the Company Offer Period, the Company does not elect to purchase
all Securities covered by the Offering Notice, the Company shall so notify
in
writing the Non-Selling Stockholders, which notice shall set forth the amount
of
the Selling Stockholder’s Securities that remains available for sale to the
Non-Selling Stockholders under the Offering Notice (the “Available
Securities”).
During the 20-day period following delivery of such notice by the Company (the
“Non-Selling
Stockholder Offer Period”),
the
Non-Selling Stockholders may elect by written notice to the Selling Stockholder
to accept the Selling Stockholder’s offer to sell the Available Securities on
the same terms and conditions specified in the Offering Notice.
(iii) Each
Non-Selling Stockholder may elect to purchase its pro
rata share
of
the Available Securities, based on the ratio that (A) the sum of the number
of
shares of Common Stock each Non-Selling Stockholder holds bears to (B) the
sum
of the number of shares of Common Stock held by all Non-Selling Stockholders,
and may also offer, in its written notice to the Selling Stockholder, to
purchase any of the Available Securities not purchased by other Non-Selling
Stockholders, in which case such Securities not accepted by the other
Non-Selling Stockholders shall be deemed to have been offered to and accepted
by
the Non-Selling Stockholders that exercised their option under this paragraph
(iii), pro
rata,
on the
above-described terms and conditions.
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(iv) If
any
Securities included in the Offering Notice have not been timely accepted for
purchase by the Company and the Non-Selling Stockholders, then the Selling
Stockholder may sell to the Potential Purchaser(s) all or any part of the
remaining Available Securities at a price not less than the price, and on terms
and conditions not more favorable to the Potential Purchaser(s) than the terms
stated in the original Offering Notice, at any time within 60 days after the
expiration of the Non-Selling Stockholder Offer Period. In the event the
remaining Securities are not sold by the Selling Stockholder during such 60-day
period, the right of the Selling Stockholder to sell such remaining Securities
shall expire and the obligations of this Section 2 shall be
reinstated.
(v) A
single
closing for the sales of Securities to the Company and/or the Non-Selling
Stockholders under the terms of this Section 2 shall be made at the offices
of
the Company (or at such other location specified by the Company) on a mutually
satisfactory business day within 14 days of the expiration of the latest of
the
aforesaid periods or if no mutually satisfactory date is agreed upon, then
on
the last business day within such 14-day period. Delivery of certificates or
other instruments evidencing such Securities duly endorsed for transfer to
the
Company or applicable Non-Selling Stockholders (as the case may be) shall be
made on such date against payment of the purchase price therefor.
(vi) Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any purchaser of Securities
pursuant to this Section 2 who is not a Stockholder shall agree in writing
in
advance with the parties hereto to be bound by and comply with all applicable
provisions of this Agreement and shall be deemed to become a Stockholder for
all
purposes of this Agreement. All sales of Securities in accordance with this
Section shall be in
a
private transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act and other
applicable securities laws, as confirmed in each case by an opinion of counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
3. Amendments
and Waivers.
This
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only in writing executed
by
each of the Parties, and any provisions herein may be waived only in writing
executed by the Party or Parties against whom such waiver is asserted;
provided,
that,
no such waiver shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default,
misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in
any
way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent default,
misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant.
4. Governing
Law And Venue; Waiver Of Jury Trial.
This
Agreement shall be deemed to be made in and in all respects shall be
interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the law of the
state of Delaware without regard to the conflict of law principles. The parties
hereto hereby irrevocably submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the courts
of the State of New York and the Federal courts of the United States of America
located in New York City in connection with all disputes, claims or
controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the documents
referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense
in
any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof
or
of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit
or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in said courts or that
the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such
document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto
irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such action or proceeding
shall be heard and determined in such a New York State or Federal court. The
parties hereto hereby consent to and grant any such court jurisdiction over
the
person of such parties for purposes of the foregoing.
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(a) Each
Party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right such party
may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly or indirectly
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Each Party certifies and acknowledges that (i) no
representative, agent or attorney of any other Party has represented, expressly
or otherwise, that such other Party would not, in the event of litigation,
seek
to enforce the foregoing waiver, (ii) each Party understands and has considered
the implications of this waiver, (iii) each Party makes this waiver voluntarily,
and (iv) each Party has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among
other things, the mutual waivers in this paragraph 4.
5. Severability.
In
the
event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision
to any person or in any set of circumstances shall be determined to be invalid,
unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement, and
the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those
as to which it is determined to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, shall
not
be impaired or otherwise affected and shall continue to be enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
6. Assignment.
Except
as provided herein, none of the Parties may assign any of its rights or delegate
any of its duties under this Agreement. Any purported assignment in violation
of
this Agreement will be void ab
initio. In
addition to sales of
Common
Stock in accordance with Section 2 hereof or pursuant to a registered public
offering or sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a
Stockholder
may sell or transfer Company securities to its affiliates, in a private
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act and other
applicable securities laws, as confirmed in each case by an opinion of counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Company, provided
that
such transferee shall, as a condition to the effectiveness of such transfer,
execute a counterpart to this Agreement assuming all of the obligations of
the
transferring Stockholder with respect to such securities and agreeing to be
treated as if an original party hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any
other provisions herein, no such assignment will relieve such Stockholder of
its
obligations hereunder.
7. Notices.
All
notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified,
(b)
when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal
business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business day, (c)
five
(5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written
verification of receipt. All communications to the Stockholders shall be sent
to
the address as set forth on the signature pages hereof and communications to
the
Company, at its corporate offices, or at such other address as any such Party
may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other Parties
hereto.
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8. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
Facsimile or email transmission of an executed counterpart of this Agreement
shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart,
and such signatures shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of the
enforcement and construction of this Agreement.
9. Interpretation;
Absence of Presumption; Certain Definitions.
(a) For
the
purposes hereof, (1) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural
and vice
versa
and
words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context
requires, (2) the terms “hereof”,
“herein”,
and
“herewith”
and
words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer
to
this Agreement as a whole (including the schedule hereto) and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Paragraph and Schedule references
are to the Paragraphs and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified, (3) the word “including”
and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including
without limitation”
unless
the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified, (4) the word
“or”
shall
not be exclusive, (5) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to
successive events and transactions, and (6) all references to any period of
days shall be deemed to be to the relevant number of calendar days unless
otherwise specified.
(b) The
Parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement.
In
the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises,
this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and
no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party
by
virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
10. Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any
provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and that therefore the Parties shall be entitled to seek specific
performance of the terms of this Agreement in addition to any other remedy
at
law or equity, without the necessity of proving irreparable harm or posting
bond
or other security.
11. Waiver
of Conflicts.
Each
party to this Agreement acknowledges that Xxxxxx Godward Kronish, outside
general counsel to the Company, has in the past performed and is or may now
or
in the future represent one or more Stockholders or their affiliates in matters
unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
representation of such Investors or their affiliates in matters of a similar
nature to such transactions. The applicable rules of professional conduct
require that Cooley Godward Kronish inform the parties hereunder of this
representation and obtain their consent. Cooley Godward Kronish has served
as
outside general counsel to the Company and has negotiated the terms of this
Agreement and related transactions solely on behalf of the Company. The Company
and each Stockholder hereby (a) acknowledge that they have had an opportunity
to
ask for and have obtained information relevant to such representation, including
disclosure of the reasonably foreseeable adverse consequences of such
representation; (b) acknowledge that with respect to this Agreement and the
related transactions, Xxxxxx Godward Kronish has represented solely the Company,
and not any Stockholder or other equity holder, director or employee of the
Company; and (c) gives its informed consent to Xxxxxx Godward Kronish’s
representation of the Company in connection with this Agreement and the related
transactions.
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12. Termination.
This
Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier
of (i) an Acquisition or (ii) the date 18 months following the date of this
Agreement. For purposes of this agreement, “Acquisition”
shall
mean (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization,
other than any such consolidation, merger or reorganization in which the
stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger
or
reorganization, continue to hold at least a majority of the voting power of
the
surviving entity in substantially the same proportions (or, if the surviving
entity is a wholly owned subsidiary, its parent) immediately after such
consolidation, merger or reorganization or (B) any transaction or series of
related transactions to which the Company is a party in which in excess of
fifty
percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power is transferred.
13. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, the Schedule hereto and the Registration Rights Agreement constitute
the entire agreement among the Parties and supersedes any prior understandings,
agreements and representations made by or between the Parties, whether written
or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
this
Agreement has been executed by or on behalf of each of the Parties hereto as
of
the date first above written.
CHAZAK VALUE CORP. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: Chairman & CEO |
STOCKHOLDERS: | ||
XXXXXXX XXXXX | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
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FOLIO HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: Managing Member |
IA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Managing Member |
RIDGE VIEW GROUP, LLC | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: Managing Partner |
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
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SCHEDULE
A
Initial
Members of the Board of Directors
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx (as designated by IA Capital Partners,
LLC)
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx (as designated by Ridge View Group,
LLC)
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx (as designated by Folio Holdings,
LLC)
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
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