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EXHIBIT 10.2
XXXXXXX.XXX
1999 STOCK PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 10, 1999, at Vernon Hills, Illinois,
between xxxxxxx.xxx, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
_____________________ (the "Purchaser").
WHEREAS in order to give the Purchaser an opportunity to acquire an
equity interest in the Company as an incentive for the Purchaser to participate
in the affairs of the Company, the Company is willing to sell to the Purchaser
and the Purchaser desires to purchase shares of Common Stock according to the
terms and conditions contained in the Company's 1999 Restricted Stock Purchase
Plan (the "Plan") and herein.
THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Sale of Stock. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the Purchaser and
the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase an aggregate of 650,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock (the "Shares"), at the price of $0.60 per share for an
aggregate purchase price of $390,000.
2. Payment of Purchase Price.
(a) The purchase price for the Shares may be paid by delivery to
the Company at the time of execution of this Agreement of cash, check, duly
executed promissory note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Note"),
or any combination thereof.
(b) With respect to the Note, the parties agree to the following:
(i) The Note shall become payable in full upon the earlier
of ten (10) years from the date of this Agreement, sixty (60) days following
termination of Purchaser's employment with or services to the Company except for
death or disability, or one (1) year following termination as a result of death
or disability.
(ii) The Purchaser shall deliver to an escrow holder
designated by the Company (the "Escrow Holder") all certificates representing
the Shares and two executed blank stock assignments, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B, for use in transferring all or a portion of said Shares to the
Company, as required under this Section 2(b) or under any other provision of
this Agreement including Section 3, and shall enter into a set of Joint Escrow
Instructions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(iii) As security for the payment of the Note and any
renewal, extension or modification thereof, the Purchaser hereby grants to the
Company, pursuant to the Security Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D, a
security interest in and pledges with and delivers to the Company the
certificate or certificates representing the Shares.
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(iv) In the event of any foreclosure of the security
interest, the Company may sell the Shares at a private sale or may itself
repurchase any or all of the Shares. The parties acknowledge that, prior to the
establishment of a public market for the Shares of the Company, the securities
laws applicable to the sale of the Shares make a public sale of the Shares
commercially unreasonable. The parties agree that the repurchasing of said
Shares by the Company, or by any person to whom the Company may have assigned
its rights hereunder, is commercially reasonable if made at any of the following
prices: (i) a price determined by the Board in its discretion, fairly exercised,
representing what would be the fair market value of the Shares diminished by any
limitation on transferability, whether due to the size of the block of Shares or
the restrictions of applicable securities laws, or (ii) the book value per Share
as recorded on the Company's books at the end of the last fiscal quarter prior
to the date of sale of the Shares upon foreclosure (whether or not such book
value per share is unaudited and subject to adjustment), or (iii) with respect
to Unvested Shares only, the price at which the Shares were originally purchased
by the Purchaser.
(v) In the event of default in payment when due of any
indebtedness under the Note, the Company may elect then, or at any time
thereafter, to exercise all rights available to a secured party under the
Illinois Commercial Code, including the right to sell the Shares at a private or
public sale or repurchase the Shares as provided above. The proceeds of any sale
shall be applied in the following order:
(1) To pay all reasonable expenses of the Company
in enforcing this Agreement, including without limitation reasonable attorneys'
fees and legal expenses incurred by the Company.
(2) In satisfaction of the remaining indebtedness
under the Note.
(3) To the Purchaser, any remaining proceeds.
(vi) Upon full payment by the Purchaser of all amounts due
on Purchaser's Note, the Escrow Holder shall deliver to the Purchaser the
certificate or certificates representing the Shares in the Escrow Holder's
possession belonging to the Purchaser, the blank stock assignment and the
executed original of the Note marked "canceled" by the Company, and the Escrow
Holder shall be discharged of all further obligations hereunder; provided,
however, that the Escrow Holder shall nevertheless retain said certificate or
certificates and stock assignment as escrow agent if so required pursuant to
other restrictions imposed pursuant to this Agreement.
3. Repurchase Option. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
termination of the Purchaser's employment by or services to the Company for any
or no reason (including death or disability) before all of the Shares are
released from the Company's repurchase option (see Section 4), the Company
shall, upon the date of such termination (as reasonably fixed and determined by
the Company) have an irrevocable, exclusive option for a period of ninety (90)
days from such date to repurchase all (but not less than all) of the Shares that
shall constitute the Unreleased Shares (as defined in Section 4) at such time,
at the original purchase price of $0.60 per share (the "Repurchase Price"). Such
option shall be exercised by the Company by written notice to the Purchaser or
the Purchaser's executor (with a copy to the Escrow Holder) and, at the
Company's option, (i) by delivery to the Purchaser or the Purchaser's executor
with such notice of a check in the
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amount of the purchase price for the Shares being repurchased, or (ii) by
cancellation by the Company of an amount of the Purchaser's indebtedness to the
Company equal to the purchase price for the Shares being repurchased, or (iii)
by a combination of (i) and (ii) so that the combined payment and cancellation
of indebtedness equals the aggregate Repurchase Price. Upon delivery of such
notice and the payment of the purchase price in any of the ways described above,
the Company shall become the legal and beneficial owner of the Shares being
repurchased and all rights and interests therein or relating thereto, and the
Company shall have the right to retain and transfer to its own name the number
of Shares being repurchased by the Company.
4. Release of Shares From Repurchase Option.
(a) Shares shall be released from the Company's repurchase option
as set forth in the Purchaser's Notice of Grant of Stock Purchase Right.
(b) Any of the Shares which have not yet been released from the
Company's repurchase option are referred to herein as "Unreleased Shares".
(c) The Shares which (i) have been released from the Company's
repurchase option, (ii) have been paid for in full, and (iii) no longer secure
Shares not yet paid for in full, shall be delivered to the Purchaser at the
Purchaser's request (see Section 6).
5. Restriction on Transfer. None of the Shares or any beneficial
interest therein shall be transferred, encumbered or otherwise disposed of in
any manner, except for the deposit of the Shares into escrow pursuant to Section
2 and 6 hereof or the release of the Shares to the Company pursuant to such
provisions, until the release of such Shares from the Company's repurchase
option in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
6. Escrow of Shares. The Shares issued under this Agreement shall be
held by the Escrow Holder, along with a stock assignment executed by the
Purchaser in blank in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, pursuant to the
terms of the Joint Escrow Instructions attached hereto as Exhibit C and the
Security Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D.
7. Company's Right of First Refusal. Before any Shares held by Optionee
or any transferee (either being sometimes referred to herein as the "Holder")
may be sold or otherwise transferred (including transfer by gift or operation of
law), the Company or its assignee(s) shall have a right of first refusal to
purchase the Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section (the
"Right of First Refusal").
(a) Notice of Proposed Transfer. The Holder of the Shares shall
deliver to the Company a written notice (the "Notice") stating: (i) the Holder's
bona fide intention to sell or otherwise transfer such Shares; (ii) the name of
each proposed purchaser or other transferee ("Proposed Transferee"); (iii) the
number of Shares to be transferred to each Proposed Transferee; and (iv) the
bona fide cash price or other consideration for which the Holder proposes to
transfer the Shares (the "Offered Price"), and the Holder shall offer the Shares
at the Offered Price to the Company or its assignee(s).
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(b) Exercise of Right of First Refusal. At any time within thirty
(30) days after receipt of the Notice, the Company and/or its assignee(s) may,
by giving written notice to the Holder, elect to purchase all, but not less than
all, of the Shares proposed to be transferred to any one or more of the Proposed
Transferees, at the purchase price determined in accordance with subsection (c)
below.
(c) Purchase Price. The purchase price ("Purchase Price") for the
Shares purchased by the Company or its assignee(s) under this Section shall be
(i) the Offered Price in the case of Shares that are Vested Shares, or (ii) in
the case of Shares that are not Vested Shares, the lower of the Offered Price or
the Repurchase Price as defined in subsection (c) hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event the transfer is by gift or operation of law, the
Purchase Price for the Vested Shares shall be the Fair Market Value of the
Shares as determined by the Board. If the Offered Price includes consideration
other than cash, the cash equivalent value of the non-cash consideration shall
be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.
(d) Payment. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be made, at the
option of the Company or its assignee(s), in cash (by check), by cancellation of
all or a portion of any outstanding indebtedness of the Holder to the Company
(or, in the case of repurchase by an assignee, to the assignee), or by any
combination thereof within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice or in
the manner and at the times set forth in the Notice.
(e) Holder's Right to Transfer. If all of the Shares proposed in
the Notice to be transferred to a given Proposed Transferee are not purchased by
the Company and/or its assignee(s) as provided in this Section, then the Holder
may sell or otherwise transfer such Shares to that Proposed Transferee at the
Offered Price or at a higher price, provided that such sale or other transfer is
consummated within 120 days after the date of the Notice and provided further
that any such sale or other transfer is effected in accordance with any
applicable securities laws and the Proposed Transferee agrees in writing that
the provisions of this Section shall continue to apply to the Shares in the
hands of such Proposed Transferee. If the Shares described in the Notice are not
transferred to the Proposed Transferee within such period, a new Notice shall be
given to the Company, and the Company and/or its assignees shall again be
offered the Right of First Refusal before any Shares held by the Holder may be
sold or otherwise transferred.
(f) Exception for Certain Family Transfers. Anything to the
contrary contained in this Section notwithstanding, the transfer of any or all
of the Shares during the Optionee's lifetime or on the Optionee's death by will
or intestacy to the Optionee's Family Members shall be exempt from the
provisions of this Section. "Family Members" as used herein shall have the same
meaning as such term has in Rule 701 of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 701")
and any transfer permissible under Rule 701 shall be permissible under this
Section 7(f). In such case, the transferee or other recipient shall receive and
hold the Shares so transferred subject to the provisions of this Section, and
there shall be no further transfer of such Shares except in accordance with the
terms of this Section.
(g) Termination of Right of First Refusal. The Right of First
Refusal shall terminate as to any Shares ninety (90) days after the first sale
of Common Stock of the Company to
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the general public pursuant to a registration statement filed with and declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act.
8. Investment Representations. In connection with the purchase of the
Shares, the Purchaser represents to the Company the following:
(a) The Purchaser is aware of the Company's business affairs and
financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to
reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the securities. The
Purchaser is purchasing these securities for investment for the Purchaser's own
account only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
"distribution" thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
(b) The Purchaser understands that the securities have not been
registered under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption therefrom,
which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the
Purchaser's investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, the
Purchaser understands that, in view of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"), the statutory basis for such exemption may not be present if
the Purchaser's representations meant that the Purchaser's present intention was
to hold these securities for a minimum capital gains period under the tax
statutes, for a deferred sale, for a market rise, for a sale if the market does
not rise, or for a year or any other fixed period in the future.
(c) The Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the
securities must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered
under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available.
The Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Company is under no
obligation to register the securities. The Purchaser understands that the
certificate evidencing the securities will be imprinted with a legend which
prohibits the transfer of the securities unless they are registered or such
registration is not required in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Company.
9. Merger.
(a) Cause. "Cause" shall mean (i) any act of personal dishonesty
taken by the Purchaser in connection with his responsibilities as a Purchaser
and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Purchaser, (ii)
the conviction of a felony which the Board reasonably believes had or will have
a material detrimental effect on the Company's reputation or business, (iii) a
willful act by the Purchaser which constitutes gross misconduct and which is
injurious to the Company, and (iv) continued violations by the Purchaser of the
Purchaser's obligations which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on the
Purchaser's part after there has been delivered to the Purchaser a written
demand for performance from the Company which describes the basis for the
Company's belief that the Purchaser has not substantially performed his duties.
(b) Involuntary Termination. "Involuntary Termination" means (i)
the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by any
successors in the event of a change of control; (ii) a reduction by the Company
in the base salary of the Purchaser as in effect immediately prior to such
reduction; (iii) without the Purchaser's express written consent, the
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relocation of the Purchaser to a facility or a location more than fifty 50 miles
from the Purchaser's then present location; (iv) any purported termination of
the Purchaser by the Company which is not effected for disability or for Cause,
or any purported termination for which the grounds relied upon are not valid; or
(v).
(c) Change of Control. "Change of Control" means the occurrence
of any of the following events:
(i) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) becoming the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or
more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding
voting securities except in connection with raising capital for the Company (in
a venture capital financing initial public offering or otherwise).
(ii) A change in the compensation of the Board occurring
within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the
directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors" shall mean directors
who either (A) are directors of the Company as of the date hereof, or (B) are
elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of the Company with the
affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time
of such election or nomination (but shall not include an individual not
otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection
with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors
to the Company); or
(iii) The approval by shareholders of the Company of a
merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power
represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the approval by
the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all the Company's assets.
10. Stock Certificate Legends. The share certificate evidencing the
Shares issued hereunder shall be endorsed with the following legends:
(a) THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
(b) THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED
ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT
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BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
(c) Any legend required by any applicable state securities laws.
11. Market Stand-Off Agreement. The Purchaser hereby agrees, if so
requested by the managing underwriters in such offering, that, without the prior
written consent of such managing underwriters, the Purchaser will not offer,
sell, contract to sell, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or
otherwise dispose of or make a distribution of any capital stock of the Company
held by or on behalf of the Purchaser or beneficially owned by the Purchaser in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission for a period of up to 180 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Company's initial public offering.
12. Adjustment for Stock Split. All references to the number of Shares
and the purchase price of the Shares in this Agreement shall be appropriately
adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or other change in the
Shares which may be made by the Company after the date of this Agreement.
13. Tax Consequences. The Purchaser has reviewed with the Purchaser's
own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this
investment and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser is
relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of
the Company or any of its agents. The Purchaser understands that the Purchaser
(and not the Company) shall be responsible for the Purchaser's own tax liability
that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The Purchaser understands that Section 83 of the Code taxes
as ordinary income both (i) the difference between the fair market value of the
Shares when the Company granted the Purchaser the right to purchase the Shares
and the fair market value of the Shares on the date of this Agreement, and (ii)
the difference between the amount paid for the Shares and the fair market value
of the Shares as of the date any restrictions on the Shares lapse. In this
context, "restriction" includes the right of the Company to buy back the Shares
pursuant to its repurchase option. In the event the Company has registered under
the Exchange Act, "restriction" with respect to officers, directors and ten
percent (10%) shareholders also means the period after the purchase of the
Shares during which such officers, directors and 10% shareholders could be
subject to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The Purchaser
understands that the Purchaser may elect to be taxed at the time the Shares are
purchased rather than when and as the Company's repurchase option or the Section
16(b) period expires by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with
the I.R.S. within thirty (30) days from the date of purchase.
THE PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS THE PURCHASER'S SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE COMPANY'S TO FILE TIMELY THE ELECTION UNDER SECTION
83(b), EVEN IF THE PURCHASER REQUESTS THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE
THIS FILING ON THE PURCHASER'S BEHALF.
14. 1999 Stock Plan. This Agreement and the Purchasers' rights hereunder
and with respect to the Shares shall be governed in all respects by the
provisions of the Company's 1999
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Stock Plan. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings defined in the Plan.
15. General Provisions.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Illinois as they apply to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed in
such state. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the purchase of Common Stock by the Purchaser and replaces and
supersedes any other agreement with respect to the purchase of Common Stock by
the Purchaser, including the employment agreement dated March 25, 1999 between
the Purchaser and the Company. This Agreement may only be modified or amended in
writing signed by both parties.
(b) Any dispute, claim or controversy of any kind (including but
not limited to tort, contract and statute) arising under, in connection with, or
relating to this Agreement shall at the request of either party be resolved
exclusively by binding arbitration in Vernon Hills, Illinois in accordance with
the Commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The
Purchaser and the Company agree to waive any objection to personal jurisdiction
or venue in any forum located in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Judgment may be entered
on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction.
(c) Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be
given by either the Company or the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered
personally or deposited in the U.S. mail, First Class with postage prepaid, and
addressed to the parties at the addresses of the parties set forth at the end of
this Agreement or such other address as a party may request by notifying the
other in writing.
(d) The rights and benefits of the Company under this Agreement
shall be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants
and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by
the Company's successors and assigns. The rights and obligations of the
Purchaser under this Agreement may only be assigned with the prior written
consent of the Company.
(e) Either party's failure to enforce any provision or provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such
provision or provisions, nor prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each
and every other provision of this Agreement. The rights granted both parties
herein are cumulative and shall not constitute a waiver of either party's right
to assert all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances.
(f) The Purchaser agrees upon request to execute any further
documents or instruments necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes or
intent of this Agreement.
(g) PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE
OR CONSULTANT AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED AT
THIS DATE, AND NOT THROUGH
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PURCHASING SHARES HEREUNDER). PURCHASER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE
SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED
ENGAGEMENT AS AN EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD,
OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH PURCHASER'S RIGHT OR THE COMPANY'S RIGHT
TO TERMINATE PURCHASER'S EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP AT ANY TIME, WITH
OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
(h) Purchaser has reviewed this Agreement in its entirety, has
had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this
Agreement and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first set forth above.
xxxxxxx.xxx PURCHASER:
a Delaware corporation
By: _______________________________ ___________________________________
(Signature)
Title: ____________________________
(Type or Print Name)
___________________________________
___________________________________
(Address)
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EXHIBIT A
PROMISSORY NOTE
May 10, 1999
$390,000
For value received, the undersigned promises to pay to xxxxxxx.xxx, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at its principal office the principal sum
of $390,000 with interest thereof at the rate of 5.22% per annum, compounded
annually, on the unpaid balance of the principal sum. Said principal and
interest shall be due on the earlier to occur of the ninth anniversary of the
date of this Note, thirty (30) days after the undersigned ceases to provide
services to the Company (whether as an employee, director or consultant) other
than for death or disability, or one year after termination of services for
death or disability.
This Note is subject to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated as of May 10, 1999. This Note is secured by a pledge of the Company's
Common Stock under the terms of a Security Agreement of even date herewith and
is subject to all the provisions thereof.
The holder of this Note shall have recourse against the undersigned
personally for failure to pay the Note as and when due as to seventy-five
percent (75%) of the principal sum and as to all accrued interest.
The principal is payable in lawful money of the United States of
America. The privilege is reserved to prepay any portion of the Note at any time
without any premium or penalty.
If the undersigned shall default in the payment of amounts hereunder
when due, the holder of this Note shall be entitled to payment by the
undersigned of all costs of collection, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with such collection
efforts, whether or not suit on this Note is filed. The maker waives presentment
for payment, protest, notice of protest and notice of non-payment of this Note.
This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois as they apply
to contracts entered into and wholly to be performed within such state.
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Signature of Borrower
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Print Name of Borrower
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED I, __________________________, hereby sell, assign
and transfer unto XxxXxxx.xxx 650,000 shares of the Common Stock of xxxxxxx.xxx
standing in my name of the books of said corporation represented by Certificate
No. _____ herewith and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Wilson,
Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, attorney, to transfer the said stock on the books of
the within named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
This Stock Assignment may be used only in accordance with the
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement between xxxxxxx.xxx and the undersigned
dated May 10, 1999.
Dated: May 10, 1999
___________________________________
(to be signed exactly as name is to
appear on stock certificate)
INSTRUCTIONS: Please do not fill in the blanks other than the
signature line. The purpose of this assignment is to enable the Company to
exercise its "repurchase option," as set forth in the Agreement, without
requiring additional signatures on the part of the Purchaser.
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EXHIBIT C
JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
May 10, 1999
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Corporate Secretary
xxxxxxx.xxx
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Dear Corporate Secretary:
As Escrow Agent for both xxxxxxx.xxx, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the undersigned purchaser of stock of the Company (the
"Purchaser"), you are hereby authorized and directed to hold the documents
delivered to you pursuant to the terms of the Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement (the "Agreement") between the Company and the undersigned pursuant to
the Company's 1999 Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), in accordance
with the following instructions:
1. In the event the Company and/or any assignee of the Company (referred
to collectively for convenience herein as the "Company") exercises the Company's
repurchase option set forth in the Agreement, the Company shall give to
Purchaser and you a written notice specifying the number of shares of stock to
be purchased, the purchase price and the time for a closing hereunder at the
principal office of the Company. Purchaser and the Company hereby irrevocably
authorize and direct you to close the transaction contemplated by such notice in
accordance with the terms of said notice.
2. At the closing, you are directed (a) to date the stock assignments
necessary for the transfer in question, (b) to fill in the number of shares
being transferred, and (c) to deliver same, together with the certificate
evidencing the shares of stock to be transferred, to the Company or its
assignee, against the simultaneous delivery to you of the purchase price (by
cash, a check, cancellation of indebtedness or some combination thereof) for the
number of shares of stock being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the
Company's repurchase option.
3. Purchaser irrevocably authorizes the Company to deposit with you any
certificates evidencing shares of stock to be held by you hereunder and any
additions and substitutions to said
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shares as defined in the Agreement. Purchaser does hereby irrevocably constitute
and appoint you as Purchaser's attorney-in-fact and agent for the term of this
escrow to execute with respect to such securities all documents necessary or
appropriate to make such securities negotiable and to complete any transaction
herein contemplated, including but not limited to the filing with any applicable
state blue sky authority of any required applications for consent to, or notice
of transfer of, the securities. Subject to the provisions of this paragraph 3,
Purchaser shall exercise all rights and privileges of a shareholder of the
Company while the stock is held by you.
4. Upon written request of the Purchaser, but no more than once per
calendar year, unless the Company's repurchase option has been exercised, you
will deliver to Purchaser a certificate or certificates representing so many
shares of stock as are not then subject to the Company's repurchase option,
provided that such shares have been fully paid for and do not secure an unpaid
promissory note or shares not fully paid for. Within ninety (90) days after
cessation of Purchaser's continuous employment by the Company or any parent or
subsidiary of the Company except for death or disability and within one (1) year
after cessation for death or disability, you will deliver to Purchaser a
certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of shares held or
issued pursuant to the Agreement and not purchased by the Company or its
assignees pursuant to exercise of the Company's repurchase option.
5. If at the time of termination of this escrow you should have in your
possession any documents, securities or other property belonging to Purchaser,
you shall deliver all of the same to Purchaser and shall be discharged of all
further obligations hereunder.
6. Your duties hereunder may be altered, amended, modified or revoked
only by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto.
7. You shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are
specifically set forth herein and may rely and shall be protected in relying or
refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed by you to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. You
shall not be personally liable for any act you may do or omit to do hereunder as
Escrow Agent or as attorney-in-fact for Purchaser while acting in good faith,
and any act done or omitted by you pursuant to the advice of your own attorneys
shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith.
8. You are hereby expressly authorized to disregard any and all warnings
given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person or corporation,
excepting only orders or process of courts of law and are hereby expressly
authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court. In
case you obey or comply with any such order, judgment or decree, you shall not
be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person, firm or
corporation by reason of such compliance, notwithstanding any such order,
judgment or decree being subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside,
vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.
9. You shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity,
authorities or rights of the parties executing or delivering or purporting to
execute or deliver the Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called
for hereunder.
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10. You shall not be liable for the outlawing of any rights under the
Statute of Limitations with respect to these Joint Escrow Instructions or any
documents deposited with you.
11. You shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other experts
as you may deem necessary properly to advise you in connection with your
obligations hereunder, may rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay
such counsel reasonable compensation therefor.
12. Your responsibilities as Escrow Agent hereunder shall terminate if
you shall cease to be an officer or agent of the Company or if you shall resign
by written notice to each party. In the event of any such termination, the
Company shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent.
13. Any of your costs and expenses for this escrow arrangement shall be
paid by the Company. The Company shall have the sole obligation for the costs of
this escrow arrangement.
14. If you reasonably require other or further instruments in connection
with these Joint Escrow Instructions or obligations in respect hereto, the
necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments.
15. It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with
respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the
securities held by you hereunder, you are authorized and directed to retain in
your possession without liability to anyone all or any part of said securities
until such disputes shall have been settled either by mutual written agreement
of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree or judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has expired and no appeal has
been perfected, but you shall be under no duty whatsoever to institute or defend
any such proceedings.
16. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing
and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or upon deposit in
the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail with postage and
fees prepaid, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the
following addresses or at such other addresses as a party may designate by ten
(10) days' advance written notice to each of the other parties hereto.
COMPANY: xxxxxxx.xxx
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
PURCHASER: ________________________________
________________________________
ESCROW AGENT: xxxxxxx.xxx
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
16. By signing these Joint Escrow Instructions, you become a party
hereto only for the purpose of said Joint Escrow Instructions; you do not become
a party to the Agreement.
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17. This instrument shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
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18. These Joint Escrow Instructions shall be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois.
Very truly yours,
xxxxxxx.xxx
By:________________________________
Title:_____________________________
PURCHASER
___________________________________
(Signature)
___________________________________
(Print or type name)
ESCROW AGENT:
___________________________________
Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT D
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Security Agreement is made as of May 10, 1999 between xxxxxxx.xxx,
a Delaware corporation ("Pledgee"), _________________________ ("Pledgor"), and
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Secretary of Pledgee, as the agent of Pledgee and holder of the
Securities pledged hereunder ("Pledgeholder").
Recitals
Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 10, 1999
(the "Agreement"), between Pledgor and Pledgee under Pledgee's 1999 Stock Plan
and Pledgor's election under the terms of the Agreement to pay for such shares
with Pledgor's promissory note (the "Note"), Pledgor has purchased 650,000
shares of Pledgee's Common Stock (the "Shares") at a price of $0.60 per share,
for a total purchase price of $390,000. The Note and the obligations thereunder
are as set forth in Exhibit A to the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
1. Creation and Description of Security Interest. In consideration of
the transfer of the Shares to Pledgor under the Agreement, Pledgor, pursuant to
the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code, hereby pledges all of such Shares (herein
sometimes referred to as the "Collateral") represented by certificate number
______, and herewith delivers said certificate to Pledgeholder, who shall hold
said certificate on behalf of Pledgee subject to the terms and conditions of
this Security Agreement.
The Shares (together with an executed blank stock assignment or
assignments) shall be held by Pledgeholder on behalf of Pledgee as security for
the repayment of the Note, and any extensions or renewals thereof, to be
executed by Pledgor pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, and Pledgeholder
shall not encumber or dispose of such Shares except in accordance with the
provisions of this Security Agreement.
2. Pledgor's Representations and Covenants. To induce Pledgee to enter
into this Security Agreement, Pledgor represents and covenants to Pledgee, its
successors and assigns, as follows:
(a) Payment of Indebtedness. Pledgor will pay the principal sum
of the Note secured hereby, and interest thereon, at the time and in the manner
provided in the Note.
(b) Encumbrances. The Shares are free of all other adverse
claims, encumbrances, defenses and liens (other than restrictions on transfer
imposed by applicable securities laws), except for (i) Pledgee's rights to
repurchase Shares pursuant to Section 3 of the Agreement and (ii) the pledge of
the Shares hereunder as security for payment of the Note, and Pledgor will not
further encumber the Shares without the prior written consent of Pledgee.
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(c) Margin Regulations. In the event that Pledgee's Common Stock
is now or later becomes margin-listed by the Federal Reserve Board and Pledgee
is classified as a "lender" within the meaning of the regulations under Part 207
of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations ("Regulation G"), Pledgor agrees
to cooperate with Pledgee in making any amendments to the Note or providing any
additional collateral as may be necessary to comply with such regulations.
3. Voting Rights. During the term of this pledge and so long as all
payments of principal and interest are made as they become due under the terms
of the Note, Pledgor shall have the right to vote all of the Shares pledged
hereunder.
4. Stock Adjustments. In the event that during the term of the pledge
any stock dividend, reclassification, readjustment or other changes are declared
or made in the capital structure of Pledgee, all new, substituted and additional
shares or other securities issued by reason of any such change shall be
delivered to and held by the Pledgee under the terms of this Security Agreement
in the same manner as the Shares originally pledged hereunder. In the event of
substitution of such securities, Pledgor, Pledgee and Pledgeholder shall
cooperate and execute such documents as are reasonable so as to provide for the
substitution of such Collateral and, upon such substitution, references to
"Shares" in this Security Agreement shall include the substituted shares of
capital stock of Pledgor as a result thereof.
5. Options and Rights. In the event that, during the term of this
pledge, subscription Options or other rights or options shall be issued in
connection with the pledged Shares, such rights, Options and options shall be
the property of Pledgor and, if exercised by Pledgor, all new stock or other
securities so acquired by Pledgor as it relates to the pledged Shares then held
by Pledgeholder shall be immediately delivered to Pledgeholder, to be held under
the terms of this Security Agreement in the same manner as the Shares pledged.
6. Default. Pledgor shall be deemed to be in default of the Note and of
this Security Agreement in the event:
(a) Payment of principal or interest on the Note shall be
delinquent for a period of ten (10) days or more; or
(b) Pledgor fails to perform any of the covenants set forth in
the Agreement or contained in this Security Agreement for a period of 10 days
after written notice thereof from Pledgee; or
(c) A bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is instituted by or
against Pledgor, or if a receiver is appointed for the property of Pledgor; or
(d) Pledgor makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
In the case of a default, as set forth above, Pledgee shall have the
right to accelerate payment of the [entire amount on the] Note, and Pledgee
shall thereafter be entitled to pursue its remedies under the Illinois Uniform
Commercial Code.
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7. Release of Collateral. Subject to any applicable contrary rules under
Regulation G, there shall be released from this pledge a portion of the pledged
Shares held by Pledgeholder hereunder upon payments of the principal of the
Note. The number of the pledged Shares which shall be released shall be that
number of full Shares which bears the same proportion to the initial number of
Shares pledged hereunder as the payment of principal bears to the initial full
principal amount of the Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any release of
pledged Shares hereunder any such Shares which shall continue to constitute
Unreleased Shares as defined in the Agreement shall continue to be held in
escrow pursuant to Sections 3 and 6 of the Agreement.
8. Withdrawal or Substitution of Collateral. Pledgor shall not sell,
withdraw, pledge, substitute or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
Collateral without the prior written consent of Pledgee.
9. Term. The within pledge of Shares shall continue until the payment of
all indebtedness secured hereby, subject to the provisions for prior release of
a portion of the Collateral as provided in paragraph 7 above.
10. Insolvency. Pledgor agrees that if a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding is instituted by or against it, or if a receiver is appointed for the
property of Pledgor, or if Pledgor makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, the entire amount unpaid on the Note shall become immediately due and
payable, and Pledgee may proceed as provided in the case of default.
11. Pledgeholder Liability.
(a) Pledgeholder shall not be liable to any party for any of his
acts, or omissions to act, as Pledgeholder unless Pledgeholder is proved to have
acted in bad faith. Any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of legal
counsel, other than an act or omission involving gross or willful negligence,
shall be deemed to be done or omitted in good faith.
(b) Pledgeholder shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel
and other experts as Pledgeholder may deem necessary properly to advise
Pledgeholder in connection with its obligations hereunder, and Pledgeholder may
rely upon the advice of such counsel. Such counsel's reasonable fees and costs
shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Xxxxxxx and fifty percent (50%) by
Pledgee.
(c) It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise
with respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the
securities held by Pledgeholder hereunder, Pledgeholder is authorized and
directed to retain in Pledgeholder's possession as agent of Pledgee without
liability to anyone all or any part of said securities until such disputes shall
have been settled either by mutual written agreement of the parties concerned or
by a final order, decree or judgment of the arbitrator provided for in Section
13 of the Agreement or of a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for
appeal has expired and no appeal has been perfected, but Pledgeholder shall be
under no duty whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings.
In addition, upon any dispute Pledgeholder should be entitled to
engage legal counsel, one-half of whose fees and expenses shall be borne by
Pledgor and one-half by Pledgee.
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12. Invalidity of Particular Provisions. Pledgor and Pledgee agree that
the enforceability or invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Security
Agreement shall not render any other provision or provisions herein contained
unenforceable or invalid.
13. Successors or Assigns. Pledgor and Pledgee agree that all of the
terms of this Security Agreement shall be binding on their respective successors
and assigns, and that the term "Pledgor" and the term "Pledgee" as used herein
shall be deemed to include, for all purposes, the respective designees,
successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators.
14. Governing Law. This Security Agreement shall be interpreted and
governed under the laws of the State of Illinois.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
"PLEDGOR" By:________________________________
___________________________________
Print Name
___________________________________
___________________________________
(Address)
"PLEDGEE" xxxxxxx.xxx
a Delaware corporation
By:________________________________
Title:_____________________________
"PLEDGEHOLDER"
___________________________________
Secretary of Pledgee
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