-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TN17e/d8tQECyzgeeBXjw1SsuZOd1W/IJV7tleXdccZPCbsztzR2LbLzIh5Az1hy 4FLYPtlt7bICS6FrgELfoQ== 0001193125-07-229662.txt : 20071030 0001193125-07-229662.hdr.sgml : 20071030 20071030163052 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-229662 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071024 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071030 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071030 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PALM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100389 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER TERMINALS [3575] IRS NUMBER: 943150688 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0602 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-29597 FILM NUMBER: 071199955 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 950 W. MAUDE AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94085 BUSINESS PHONE: 4086177000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 950 W. MAUDE AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94085 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PALMONE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031029 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PALM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991203 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2007

 


Palm, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   000-29597   94-3150688

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

950 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, California   94085
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(408) 617-7000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

On October 24, 2007, in connection with the closing of the purchase (the “Purchase”) by Elevation Partners, L.P. (“Elevation”) and Elevation Employee Side Fund, LLC (the “Elevation Side Fund” and together with Elevation, the “Elevation Parties”) of an aggregate of 325,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock”) of Palm, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 1, 2007, as amended (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Elevation and Passport Merger Corporation, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Elevation Parties. The Registration Rights Agreement provides the Elevation Parties and their assignees with certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights with respect to the Company’s common stock issued upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The Registration Rights Agreement is described more fully on pages 67 to 68 under the caption “Certain Agreements Related to the Transaction – Registration Rights Agreement” of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2007 (the “2007 Proxy Statement”) which is incorporated herein by reference. However, any description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Stockholders’ Agreement

In connection with the Purchase, the Company and the Elevation Parties also entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), which, among other things, contains certain governance arrangements and various provisions relating to board composition, stock ownership, transfers by Elevation and its affiliates, voting and other matters. The Stockholders’ Agreement also contemplates changes to the Rights Agreement (as defined below) to give effect to certain provisions contained in the Stockholders’ Agreement. The Stockholders’ Agreement is described more fully on pages 68 to 71 under the caption “Certain Agreements Related to the Transaction – Stockholders’ Agreement” of the 2007 Proxy Statement which is incorporated herein by reference. However, any description of the Stockholders’ Agreement is qualified by reference to the full text of the Stockholders’ Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Rubinstein Offer Letter

The description of Jonathan Rubinstein’s Offer Letter, as amended, set forth in Item 5.02 below is incorporated herein by reference.

Credit Agreement

On October 24, 2007, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement among the Company, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Syndication Agent (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for $400.0 million of senior secured term loans which mature on April 24, 2014 and up to $30.0 million of senior secured revolving loans which mature on October 24, 2012. The Company borrowed $400.0 million in term loans simultaneously with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Closing”). These proceeds will be used, together with cash on hand and the net proceeds of the purchase by the Elevation Parties of 325,000 shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for $325.0 million, to pay the cash distribution of $9.00 per share to the stockholders of the Company as of the effective time of the merger of Passport Merger Corporation with and into the Company (the “Merger”).


The Credit Agreement permits the Company to add one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase the commitments for revolving loans in an aggregate amount of up to $25.0 million. In addition, up to $5.0 million of the revolving commitments may be used for swingline loans and up to $30.0 million of the revolving commitments may be used for the issuance of letters of credit.

The loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at the election of the Company, at either (i) the base rate, which is defined as a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate in effect on such day and (B) the federal funds rate in effect on such day plus  1/2 of 1%, plus 2.50% or (ii) the adjusted LIBO rate plus 3.50%. Interest on the loans is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to base rate loans and at the end of an interest period in the case of adjusted LIBO rate loans (or at three month intervals if the interest period exceeds three months). The Credit Agreement provides for the amortization of the principal amount of the term loan in quarterly installments of $1.0 million per quarter through March 31, 2013, $94.0 million for the next four quarterly installments and $2.0 million on the maturity date. All outstanding principal amounts of the term loans and the revolving loans, respectively, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, are due on the applicable maturity date. The Company is required to make annual mandatory prepayments of outstanding principal under the term loans with the applicable percentage of any Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement). In addition, the Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the outstanding principal amount of the term loans with the net cash proceeds from the sale of certain assets and the receipt of insurance payments, in each case to the extent such proceeds are not reinvested in assets of the Company or its subsidiaries, and from the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of specified indebtedness. The Credit Agreement provides for a premium on voluntary prepayments of the term loans in an amount equal to 3% of the principal amount prepaid if such prepayment is made prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2% of the principal amount prepaid if such prepayment is made on or after the first anniversary of the closing date and prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1% of the principal amount prepaid if the prepayment is made on or after the second anniversary of the closing date and prior to the third anniversary of the closing date.

The obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company’s existing and future material domestic subsidiaries, subject to some limited exceptions, pursuant to a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated October 24, 2007, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Such obligations, including the guarantees, are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiary guarantors.

The Credit Agreement contains affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding reporting requirements, the payment of taxes and other obligations, maintenance of property and insurance, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Further, the Credit Agreement contains negative covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, engage in certain fundamental changes, make investments, sell assets, make restricted payments, engage in affiliate transactions and amend certain material agreements. The events of default under the Credit Agreement include payment defaults, cross defaults with other material indebtedness, judgment defaults, breaches of covenants and bankruptcy events.

Some of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and/or their affiliates have from time to time performed and may in the future perform various commercial banking, investment banking and other financial advisory services for the Company and/or its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, for which they received or will receive customary fees and commissions.


Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under the heading “Credit Agreement” in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On October 24, 2007, the Company issued an aggregate of 325,000 shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to the Elevation Parties pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement which Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and is described more fully in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 4, 2007. The Company is relying on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or Rule 506 promulgated thereunder based on (i) representations to the Company made by Elevation that it is an accredited investor and (ii) the fact that Elevation was the only person offered shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company is relying on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933 for the issuance of the shares of common stock contemplated in the Merger in exchange for the outstanding shares of common stock based on the fact that no commission or remuneration is being paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On October 24, 2007, prior to the Closing, the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A (the “Rights Agent”), entered into Amendment No. 3 (the “Third Amendment”) to the Preferred Stock Rights Agreement between the Company and the Rights Agent, dated as of September 25, 2000 and amended on November 12, 2004 and June 1, 2007 (the “Rights Agreement”). The Third Amendment provides that Elevation and certain of its affiliates may beneficially own more than 15% of the Company’s common shares outstanding without causing a triggering event under the rights plan, so long as their ownership percentage does not exceed the standstill limit provided for in the Stockholders’ Agreement. The Third Amendment also provides that if Elevation or certain of its affiliates enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with a third party with respect to the permitted purchase or sale of any equity securities of the Company, then, for purposes of the Rights Agreement, (i) neither Elevation nor its affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own any equity securities of the Company held by the third party (other than the securities that are the subject of the agreement or arrangement) and (ii) neither the third party nor any of its affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own any equity securities of the Company held by Elevation or its affiliates (other than the securities that are the subject of the agreement or arrangement). Additionally, the Third Amendment provides that if any of the Company’s equity securities held by Elevation or certain of its affiliates are subject to a permitted pledge or contractual encumbrance resulting from the incurrence of indebtedness from a bank or financial institution, then, for purposes of the Rights Agreement, (i) neither Elevation nor its affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own any equity securities of the Company held by such bank or financial institution (other than the securities that are the subject of the pledge or encumbrance) and (ii) neither such bank or financial institution, nor any of its affiliates, shall be deemed to beneficially own any Company equity securities pledged by Elevation or its affiliates, except to the extent such securities are acquired by such bank or financial institution as a result of a foreclosure thereon. Finally, the Third Amendment provides that for purposes of determining whether or not a person is an acquiring person, the 15% threshold shall be calculated based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding plus the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding.


The foregoing description of the Third Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the Third Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Amendment No. 3 to Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 30, 2007 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officer; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective October 24, 2007, in connection with the Closing, Eric A. Benhamou and Bruce W. Dunlevie resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”).

In connection with the Closing, the Board appointed Jonathan Rubinstein, Fred D. Anderson and Roger B. McNamee to the Board. Mr. Rubinstein will serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2009 and Messrs. Anderson and McNamee will serve as Series B Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Designation). Unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the Series B Directors will serve until the next special or annual meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing Series B Directors at which such Series B Director is up for election or at any special meeting of the holders of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as the case may be, for the purpose of removing the Series B Directors. In addition, Mr. Anderson was appointed to be a member of the Compensation Committee and Mr. McNamee was appointed to be a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Also in connection with the Closing, Mr. Rubinstein, 51, was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Rubinstein was most recently senior vice-president and general manager of Apple’s iPod division, until his departure from the company in 2006. Mr. Rubinstein joined Apple as senior vice-president of hardware engineering in 1997. Prior to joining Apple, Mr. Rubinstein spent two decades at a variety other computer companies, including Hewlett-Packard and NeXT, and started his own computer company, Firepower Systems Inc. Mr. Rubinstein currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Immersion Corporation.

The terms of Mr. Rubinstein’s employment with the Company are set forth in an offer letter dated June 1, 2007, as amended effective as of the Closing date, that became effective upon the Closing (the “Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr. Rubinstein will receive an annual salary of $600,000 and he will be entitled to participate in the Company’s benefit programs for which he qualifies. Mr. Rubinstein will also be entitled to the following equity awards to be granted after the closing date:

 

   

Mr. Rubinstein will be entitled to receive an option to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock at fair market value on the date of grant (which will be the sixth day of the month following the month in which his employment commences), or if the date of grant is other than a trading day, on the trading day immediately preceding the date of grant. Provided Mr. Rubinstein is a service provider on each vesting date, the option will vest as to:

 

 

 

1,000,000 of the shares subject to the option, 25% on the 9-month anniversary of the date of grant and 1/45 per month thereafter through the 45-month anniversary of the date of grant; and

 

 

 

1,000,000 of the shares subject to the option, based on a combination of time and achievement of a specified cumulative total stockholder return, or CTSR, as follows:


   

as to 333,334 of the shares subject to the option, 25% of such shares on the later of the time that Palm achieves a CTSR of 50% or the 9-month anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining 75% on a monthly basis beginning on the 10-month anniversary of the grant date provided that a CTSR of 50% has been achieved, and if it is achieved after any of the vesting dates, then such shares that haven’t vested will immediately vest, and if a 50% CTSR is not achieved prior to the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, such portion of the option will be forfeited;

 

   

as to 333,333 of the shares subject to the option, 25% of such shares on the later of the time that Palm achieves a CTSR of 100% or the 9-month anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining 75% on a monthly basis beginning on the 10-month anniversary of the grant date provided that a CTSR of 100% has been achieved, and if it is achieved after any of the vesting dates, then such shares that haven’t vested will immediately vest, and if a 100% CTSR is not achieved prior to the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, such portion of the option will be forfeited; and

 

   

as to 333,333 of the shares subject to the option, 25% of such shares on the later of the time that Palm achieves a CTSR of 200% or the 9-month anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining 75% on a monthly basis beginning on the 10-month anniversary of the grant date provided that a CTSR of 200% has been achieved, and if it is achieved after any of the vesting dates, then such shares that haven’t vested will immediately vest, and if a 200% CTSR is not achieved prior to the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, such portion of the option will be forfeited.

 

   

Mr. Rubinstein will be entitled to receive a performance share grant for 1,000,000 shares of common stock. Provided Mr. Rubinstein is still a service provider on such vesting date, the performance shares will vest as to:

 

 

 

125,000 shares on each of the 9-month, 21-month, 33-month and 45-month anniversaries of the grant date; and

 

 

 

the remaining 500,000 shares, based on a combination of time and achievement of a specified CTSR, as follows:

 

   

as to 250,000 shares, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 50% and the 9-month anniversary of the grant date, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 50% and the 21-month anniversary of the grant date, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 50% and the 33-month anniversary of the grant date, and 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 50% and the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, and to the extent a CTSR of 50% is not achieved by the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, such shares shall be forfeited; and

 

   

as to 250,000 shares, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 100% and the 9-month anniversary of the grant date, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 100% and the 21-month anniversary of the grant date, 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 100% and the 33-month anniversary of the grant date, and 25% of such shares will vest on the later of the date that Palm achieves a CTSR of 100% and the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, and to the extent a CTSR of 100% is not achieved by the 45-month anniversary of the grant date, such shares shall be forfeited.


For purposes of the offer letter, CTSR will be measured by a cumulative increase in the closing price of common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market or other exchange which is the principal market for the common stock. For purposes of the calculation, the starting point for the measurement will be the lower of $8.50 and the exercise price per share of the initial option granted to Mr. Rubinstein.

In addition, Mr. Rubinstein entered into an Employee Agreement, a Severance Agreement and a Management Retention Agreement with the Company, all dated June 1, 2007 and effective as of the Closing. Each of the Employee Agreement, the Severance Agreement and the Management Retention Agreement is described more fully on pages 73 to 76 under the caption “Jonathan Rubinstein Employment Agreements – Severance Agreement” “—Management Retention Agreement” and “—Employee Agreement” which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

On October 30, 2007, Palm’s compensation committee, as constituted both before and after the appointment of Mr. Anderson as described above, approved an increase to the annual base salary of Edward Colligan to $800,000 effective as of September 1, 2007.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

As previously approved by the Company’s stockholders and disclosed in the 2007 Proxy Statement, on October 23, 2007, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which sets forth the rights, preferences and privileges of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. A copy of the Certificate of Designation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

As previously approved by the Company’s stockholders and disclosed in the 2007 Proxy Statement, on October 23, 2007, the Company filed an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which provides that so long as Elevation and its affiliates beneficially own 15% or more of the common stock, certain change of control transactions with Elevation or its affiliates will require the approval of a majority of the voting power of Palm’s voting stock not held by Elevation or its affiliates. A copy of the Certificate Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.3 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Effective as of October 24, 2007, the Company amended and restated its bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to (i) clarify, consistent with the Company’s disclosure and past practice, that the election of directors is by a plurality; (ii) clarify that the issuance of uncertificated shares is permitted; and (iii) increase the number of directors on the Board from eight (8) to nine (9). A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit  

Description

3.1   Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws


3.3   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation
4.1   Amendment No. 3 to Preferred Stock Rights Agreement between Palm, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Form 8-A/A filed by Palm, Inc. with the SEC on October 30, 2007)
10.1   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007 among the Company, Elevation Partners, L.P. and Elevation Employee Side Fund
10.2   Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007 among the Company, Elevation Partners, L.P. and Elevation Employee Side Fund


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

  PALM, INC.
Date: October 30, 2007  

/s/ Andrew J. Brown

  Andrew J. Brown
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

PALM, INC.

Palm, Inc. (the “Company”) a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 151 of the DGCL, that the following resolutions were duly adopted by its Board of Directors (the “Board”) on June 1, 2007:

WHEREAS, the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), authorizes 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), issuable from time to time in one or more series; and

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Board to provide by resolution for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, privileges, preferences, and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a series of Preferred Stock with the powers, designations, preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as provided herein is hereby authorized and established as follows:

SECTION 1. Number; Designation; Rank.

(a) This series of convertible participating Preferred Stock is designated as the “Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The number of shares constituting the Series B Preferred Stock is 325,000 shares, par value $0.001 per share.

(b) The Series B Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company:

(i) senior in preference and priority to the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), the series of Preferred Stock of the Company that is designated as “Series A Participating Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and each other class or series of Equity Security (as defined in Section 8) of the Company the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior in preference or priority to or on parity, without preference or priority, with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (collectively with the Common Stock, the “Junior Securities”);

(ii) on parity, without preference and priority, with each other class or series of Equity Security of the Company, the terms of which expressly provide that it will rank on


parity, without preference or priority, with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (collectively, the “Parity Securities”), and

(iii) junior in preference and priority to each other class or series of Equity Security of the Company the terms of which expressly provide that it will rank senior in preference or priority to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (collectively, the “Senior Securities”).

SECTION 2. Dividends.

(a) Participating Dividends. Each holder of issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, dividends of the same type as any dividends or other distribution, whether in cash, in kind or in other property, payable or to be made on outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), in an amount equal to the amount of such dividends or other distribution as would be made on the largest number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock could be converted on the applicable record date for such dividends or other distribution on the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), assuming such converted shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) were outstanding on the applicable record date for such dividend or other distribution (the “Participating Dividends”); provided, however, that notwithstanding the above, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or distributions for which an adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made pursuant to Section 5(e)(i)(A) (and such dividends or distributions that are not payable to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock as a result of this proviso shall not be deemed to be Participating Dividends); provided, further, however, that notwithstanding the above, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or distributions of Rights if, following the occurrence of a Distribution Date in respect of such Rights, an adjustment to the Conversion Price would be made pursuant to Section 5(e)(ii) (assuming, for purposes of this SECTION 2(a), that the holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock were not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate (as defined in the Company Rights Plan or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) or an Associate (as defined in the Company Rights Plan or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) of such Acquiring Person)(and such dividends or distributions that are not payable to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock as a result of this proviso shall not be deemed to be Participating Dividends).

(i) Participating Dividends are payable at the same time as and when such dividend or other distribution on Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is paid to the holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable); provided, however, that no such dividend or distribution on Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) shall be made unless and until the Participating Dividends are paid (or are concurrently being paid) pursuant to this Section 2(a)(i).

 

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(b) Conditional Dividends. Following the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined below), and for so long as such Triggering Event continues, each holder of issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, with respect to each dividend period, dividends at a rate per annum equal to the Conditional Rate multiplied by the sum of (A) $1,000 per share (the “Original Purchase Price”) plus (B) any accrued and unpaid dividends that are payable on such share of Series B Preferred Stock, in each case as adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events (the “Conditional Dividends” and, together with the Participating Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends, the “Dividends”). Any Conditional Dividends payable pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be in addition to any Participating Dividends payable pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. In addition, the right of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock to receive the Conditional Dividend is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any remedies such holders may have at law or equity.

(i) Conditional Dividends will accrue and cumulate from the date on which a Triggering Event occurs, and are payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the succeeding Business Day (each such day, a “Conditional Dividend Payment Date”) until such date as the Triggering Event is no longer continuing; provided, however, that if Conditional Dividends remain unpaid after a Triggering Event is no longer continuing, dividends will accrue and cumulate in an amount equal to (such dividends, “Unpaid Conditional Dividends”) the product of (A) (x) the amount of unpaid Conditional Dividends plus (y) the amount of unpaid Unpaid Conditional Dividends and (B) the Conditional Rate. Any Unpaid Conditional Dividends payable pursuant to this Section 2(b)(i) shall be in addition to any Participating Dividends payable pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. In addition, the right of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock to receive the Unpaid Conditional Dividends is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any remedies such holders may have at law or equity.

(ii) The amount of Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends payable for each full quarterly dividend period will be computed by dividing the annual rate by four. The amount of Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends payable for any dividend period shorter or longer than a full quarterly dividend period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(iii) Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends will be paid to the holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as they appear in the records of the Company at the close of business on the 15th day of the calendar month in which the applicable Conditional Dividend Payment Date falls if in March, June, September or December (or on the 15th day of the calendar month prior to the month the Conditional Dividend Payment Date falls if the Conditional Dividend Payment Date falls in April, July, October or January) or on such other date designated by the Board for the payment of Conditional Dividends (and/or Unpaid Conditional Dividends, as the case may be) that is not more than 60 days or less than 10 days prior to such Conditional Dividend Payment Date. Any payment of a Conditional Dividend or Unpaid Conditional Dividend will first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid Conditional Dividend or Unpaid Conditional Dividend due with respect to such share that remains payable.

 

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(iv) Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends are payable only in cash. Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends will accrue and cumulate whether or not the Company has earnings or profits, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of Conditional Dividends or Unpaid Conditional Dividends and whether or not Conditional Dividends or Unpaid Conditional Dividends are declared. Conditional Dividends and Unpaid Conditional Dividends will accumulate and compound quarterly to the extent they are not paid when due.

(v) While a Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries may (A) declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividends or distributions on any Junior Securities, (B) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Junior Securities or (C) make any loan or other advance to any direct or indirect owner of a majority of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or any subsidiary of any such owner.

(vi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries may (A) declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividends or distributions on any Junior Securities or (B) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Junior Securities, unless in each case the Company has sufficient lawful funds immediately following such action such that the Company would be legally permitted to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock for the Regular Liquidation Preference.

(vii) Each of the following shall constitute a “Triggering Event” for the purposes hereof:

(A) a failure by the Company to pay any Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date or the Optional Redemption Price on the Optional Redemption Date for any reason, including the absence of funds legally available for such payment;

(B) a failure by the Company to deliver the Fundamental Change Notice to the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7(a)(iii) hereof within the time period provided therein or to pay the Repurchase Price in respect of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock on the Repurchase Date pursuant to Section 7 for any reason, including the absence of funds legally available for such payment;

(C) a failure by the Company to deliver any cash and shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), when such cash and shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), if any, are required to be delivered upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to SECTION 5 hereof, where the Company does not remedy such default within ten (10) days after the date such cash and shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), if any, are required to be delivered;

(D) a failure to pay any Participating Dividends on any date dividends or other distributions on Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are paid; and

 

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(E) for so long as the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is one or more Series B Directors, a material violation by the Company of any term of or condition set forth in this Certificate of Designation other than those referenced in the preceding clauses (A) through (D), where the Company does not cure such violation within thirty (30) days after the receipt of written notice from Elevation of such breach (it being understood that this clause (E) shall no longer apply from and after the date on which the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is zero (0) Series B Directors).

(c) If Dividends are not paid in full or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart upon the Series B Preferred Stock, all Dividends declared upon the Series B Preferred Stock and all dividends declared on any Parity Securities shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of Dividends declared per share of the Series B Preferred Stock and dividends declared per share of such Parity Securities shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid Dividends per share on the Series B Preferred Stock and accrued and unpaid dividends per share of such Parity Securities bear to each other.

(d) The Company shall take all actions necessary or advisable under the DGCL to permit the payment of Dividends to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. Holders of Series B Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, in kind or other property, in excess of the Dividends as provided in this Section 2.

SECTION 3. Liquidation Preference.

(a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, each share of Series B Preferred Stock entitles the holder thereof to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution, before any distribution or payment may be made to a holder of any Junior Securities, an amount in cash per share equal to the greater of: (i) the sum of (A) the Original Purchase Price per share plus (B) all accrued and unpaid Dividends, if any, on such share of Series B Preferred Stock, in each case as adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events (such sum, as adjusted, the “Regular Liquidation Preference”), and (ii) an amount equal to the amount the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would have received upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company had such holders converted their shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) immediately prior thereto (the “Participating Liquidation Preference,” and such greater amount, the “Liquidation Preference”).

(b) If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company available for distribution are insufficient to pay the holders of Series B Preferred Stock the full Liquidation Preference and the holders of all Parity Securities the full liquidation preferences to which they are entitled, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities will share ratably in any such distribution of the assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective amounts to which they are entitled.

(c) After payment to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock of the full Liquidation Preference to which they are entitled, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock as such will have no right or claim to any of the assets of the Company.

 

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(d) The value of any property not consisting of cash that is distributed by the Company to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will equal the Fair Market Value thereof on the date of distribution.

(e) For the purposes of this Section 3, a Fundamental Change (in and of itself) shall be deemed not to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company subject to this Section 3 (it being understood that an actual liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company in connection with a Fundamental Change will be subject to this Section 3).

SECTION 4. Voting Rights; Board Representation.

(a) The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on all matters on which the holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, and except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock will vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class. Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder on the record date for any such vote are convertible as of such record date.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 4(a) hereof:

(i) The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are not entitled to vote, either as a separate class or together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class, for the election of directors other than Series B Directors, if any.

(ii) Following a Fundamental Change (a “Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change”) pursuant to which the Series B Preferred Stock is converted, or convertible, into a security of an entity other than (x) the Company or (y) the surviving entity of a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a constituent party, the Series B Preferred Stock (or the security into which it is converted (the “Conversion Security”)) shall not entitle the holder thereof to vote on any matters other than those set forth in Section 4(c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (v) (but only to the extent clause (v) relates to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)) below and such other matters (if any) as shall be required by law. For purposes of clarity, to the extent that the Conversion Security does not entitle the holders thereof to vote on any matters other than those set forth in Section 4(c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (v) (but only to the extent clause (v) relates to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)) below and such other matters (if any) as shall be required by law, the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into the Conversion Security shall not be deemed to be an amendment, repeal, alteration, addition, deletion or other change to the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the Series B Preferred Stock in a manner adverse to the holders thereof.

(c) So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company may not take any of the following actions (including by means of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) without the prior vote or written consent of holders representing at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a separate class:

 

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(i) any increase or decrease in the authorized amount of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, except for the cancellation and retirement of shares set forth in Section 9(b);

(ii) any issuance of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock after the Original Issuance Date;

(iii) any amendment, repeal, alteration, addition, deletion or other change to the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the Series B Preferred Stock in a manner adverse to the holders thereof (whether by Board resolution, amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, merger, consolidation or otherwise);

(iv) any authorization (and if authorized, any increase in the authorized amount), creation or issuance (including by way of reclassification or otherwise) of any Senior Securities or Parity Securities; provided, however, that this clause (iv) shall not apply following a Fundamental Change (A) if the issuer of the Series B Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Change is a public company whose common stock (or American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) in respect of such ADSs) is traded on an Exchange and (B) if following such Fundamental Change the shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the Series B Preferred Stock (treated on an as-converted basis) immediately prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions) are converted into and/or continue to represent (on an as-converted basis in the case of the Series B Preferred Stock and treating any ADSs or ADRs as if they were the underlying shares to which they relate), in the aggregate, less than 40% of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity surviving or resulting from such transaction (or ultimate parent thereof); and

(v) agree to do any of the foregoing actions set forth in clause (c)(i) through (c)(iv), unless such agreement expressly provides that the Company’s obligation to undertake any of the foregoing is subject to the prior approval of holders of Series B Preferred Stock;

provided, that if after the Original Issuance Date there is a change in the applicable rules of the Exchange on which the Common Stock is listed at the time such change becomes effective that would cause the Common Stock to be delisted by such Exchange as a result of the terms of this clause (c), the voting rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in this clause (c) shall thereafter be limited to the extent required by such changed rules for the Common Stock to continue to be listed on such Exchange.

Without expanding the scope of the foregoing voting rights of Series B Preferred Stock, it is understood that in the context of a Fundamental Change, so long as immediately following such Fundamental Change:

(i) the Series B Preferred Stock (or any preferred security into which the Series B Preferred Stock is converted in such Fundamental Change as contemplated by clause (ii)(B) below) is convertible into the kind and amount of shares of capital stock, other securities or other property receivable upon such Fundamental Change by a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 5(e)(iii); and

 

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(ii) the Series B Preferred Stock either:

(A) remains outstanding with the same powers, preferences, rights and privileges set forth on this Certificate of Designation, or

(B) is exchanged for preferred securities of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, which preferred securities have the same powers, preferences, rights and privileges (other than those that by their terms automatically terminate or otherwise are altered following such a Fundamental Change pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designation) as the Series B Preferred Stock (“New Preferred Stock”), provided that to the extent that Section 4(c)(iv) would no longer be applicable following the consummation of such Fundamental Change as a result of the proviso to Section 4(c)(iv) above, the New Preferred Stock need not be senior in preference or priority to or on parity, without preference or priority, with other preferred securities of such Survivor of a Fundamental Change with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such entity; and, provided further, that such exchange does not result in income tax consequences generally to U.S. individual holders of the Series B Preferred Stock that are more severe than the income tax consequences such holders would have suffered if such holders had been holders of Common Stock and been treated as such in the Fundamental Change; and

(iii) in connection with such Fundamental Change, no action takes place that would otherwise require the approval of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this SECTION 4(c),

the Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any vote or consent as a separate class with respect to such Fundamental Change.

(d) Right to Designate/Elect Series B Directors. Upon the Original Issuance Date, the number of directors constituting the Board shall be increased by a number equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement, and from and after such date the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as a separate class by a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock as of any applicable record date, shall have the exclusive right to elect a total number of directors (such persons, the “Series B Directors”), to the Board equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement. If the holders of Series B Preferred Stock fail to elect a sufficient number of Series B Directors sufficient to fill the Series B Board Representation Entitlement, then any directorship not so filled shall remain vacant until such time as the holders of Series B Preferred Stock fill such directorship by vote or by written consent in lieu of a meeting; and no such directorship may be filled by stockholders of the Company other than the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, upon the occurrence of an increase in the authorized number of directors then constituting the Board that results in an increase of the Series B Board Representation Entitlement to a number greater than the number of Series B Directors then serving on the Board, the authorized number of Series B Directors on the Board shall be increased immediately so that the total authorized number of Series B Directors is equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement at such time.

 

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(i) Term of Office. Unless a Series B Director’s term of office shall have terminated prior to such time pursuant to SECTION 4(d)(ii), SECTION 4(d)(iii), SECTION 4(d)(iv), SECTION 4(d)(v), SECTION 4(d)(vi) or SECTION 4(d)(vii) below, such Series B Director designated or elected pursuant to this Section 4 shall serve until the next special or annual meeting of stockholders of the Company called for the purpose of electing Series B Directors at which such Series B Director is up for election or at any special meeting of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, as the case may be, for the purpose of removing Series B Directors, or until his or her successor shall be duly elected.

(ii) Removal and Vacancies. So long as the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is equal to at least one (1), a majority of the Board directors may call, and upon the written request of holders of record of 50% of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, addressed to the Secretary of the Company at the principal office of the Company, shall call, a special meeting of the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, for the sole purpose of filling any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of a Series B Director (but only to the extent required to maintain the then applicable Series B Board Representation Entitlement), or to remove from office a Series B Director with or without cause. Such meeting shall be held as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery of such request to the Secretary, at the place and upon the notice provided by law and in the Bylaws for the holding of meetings of stockholders. Subject to SECTION 4(d)(iii), SECTION 4(d)(iv), SECTION 4(d)(v), SECTION 4(d)(vi) and SECTION 4(d)(vii) below, only the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a separate class, are entitled to fill any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of a Series B Director (but only to the extent required to maintain the then applicable Series B Board Representation Entitlement), and only the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to remove from office a Series B Director without cause. Any Series B Director may be removed from office (A) with or without cause by holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock or (B) only for cause by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, provided that in such case the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on an as-converted basis with the Common Stock with respect to such removal for cause.

(iii) Change Following Uncured Share Ownership Reduction. Upon the occurrence of an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction, following the expiration of the applicable Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period (assuming an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction still exists), the number of Series B Directors on the Board (but not the number of directors constituting the whole Board) shall be reduced immediately so that the total number of Series B Directors after the occurrence of an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction is equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement at such time. To effect such reduction, the term of office of the requisite number of Series B Directors shall immediately end, such person(s) shall cease to be director(s), and neither the remaining Series B Directors nor the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have any right to elect or appoint a Series B Director to replace such director. To the extent that there is more than one Series B Director on the Board immediately prior to the Uncured Share Ownership Reduction, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to designate

 

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which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end pursuant to this SECTION 4(d)(iii); provided, that if holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock fail to designate in advance which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end, the directors (other than Series B Directors) shall then be entitled to make such designation.

(iv) Change Following Board Size Decrease. Upon the occurrence of a decrease in the authorized number of directors then constituting the Board that, as a result thereof results in a reduction of the Series B Board Representation Entitlement to less than the then authorized number of Series B Directors (a “Board Size Decrease”), the number of Series B Directors on the Board shall be reduced immediately so that the total number of Series B Directors is equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement at such time; provided, that if the Board Size Decrease goes into effect during a Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, then such reduction shall not take effect until the expiration of such Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, provided that upon such expiration, the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is less than the then authorized number of Series B Directors. To effect such reduction, the term of office of that number of Series B Directors required to reduce the number of Series B Directors to the new Series B Board Representation Entitlement shall immediately end, such person(s) shall cease to be director(s), and neither the remaining Series B Directors nor the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have any right to elect or appoint a Series B Director to replace such director at such time. To the extent that there is more than one Series B Director on the Board immediately prior to the Board Size Decrease, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to designate which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end pursuant to this SECTION 4(d)(iv); provided, that if holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock fail to designate in advance which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end, the directors (other than Series B Directors) shall then be entitled to make such designation.

(v) Loss of Series B Directors on a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change. Upon the occurrence of a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change, the terms of office of all Series B Directors shall immediately end, such persons shall cease to be directors, and the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any right to elect or appoint Series B Directors to replace the directors whose terms of office shall have ended.

(vi) Loss of Series B Director on a Fundamental Change Other than a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change. Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change other than a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change, if the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is at least one (1) Series B Director at such time, the terms of office of all but one (1) Series B Directors shall immediately end, such persons shall cease to be directors (notwithstanding the proviso in SECTION 4(d)(vi) below), and neither the remaining Series B Director nor the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have any right to elect or appoint Series B Directors to replace the directors whose terms of office shall have ended pursuant to this SECTION 4(d)(vi). To the extent that there is more than one Series B Director on the Board immediately prior to such Fundamental Change, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to designate which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end pursuant to this SECTION 4(d)(vi); provided, that if holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock fail to designate in advance which of the Series B Directors’ terms shall end, the directors (other than Series B Directors) shall then be entitled to make such designation.

 

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(vii) Loss of Series B Board Representation Entitlement. From and after the first time that the Investor Stockholders in the aggregate cease to (A) Beneficially Own or (B) have all Economic Rights and Voting Rights with respect to a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued on the Original Issuance Date (including, for purposes of this calculation, shares of Series B Preferred Stock pledged pursuant to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon, but excluding, for purposes of this calculation, shares subject to Shared Beneficial Ownership with any Person other than another Investor Stockholder or a Permitted Transferee), then the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to have any rights under this Section 4(d) (including, without limitation, the right to fill any vacancies of Series B Directors); provided, however, that if, immediately following such time, the Investor Stockholders continue to benefit from the contractual rights set forth in Section 2.1 of the Stockholders Agreement (Board Representation), each Series B Director serving on the Board at such time (the “Transition Time”) shall continue as a director, but not as a Series B Director (other than with respect to SECTION 4(d)(iii), pursuant to which such director shall not continue as a director if the conditions therein for the elimination of such director’s seat are met), until the next special or annual meeting of stockholders of the Company called for the purpose of electing directors, or until his or her successor shall be elected. From and after the Transition Time, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any right, voting as a separate class, to elect or appoint a Series B Director to replace such director.

(viii) Filling Vacancy Upon Cessation of Series B Director. Any vacancy resulting from the cessation of the term of office of a Series B Director pursuant to SECTION 4(d)(iii), SECTION 4(d)(v), SECTION 4(d)(vi) or SECTION 4(d)(vii) may be filled by either (A) the Board or (B) the holders of Common Stock generally, and not the holders of Series B Preferred Stock voting as a separate class, in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Company and applicable law.

(e) Exchange Compliance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in Section 4(a) to vote as a single class with the Common Stock shall be subject to applicable rules of the Exchange on which the Company is then listed to the extent required such that the Common Stock shall continue to be listed on such Exchange, including, without limitation, compliance by the Company with Rule 4351 of Nasdaq (or any successor thereto) insofar as it may be applied in the event that the Conversion Price is determined to be less than the “market value” as defined in such rules, and such rights to vote with the Common Stock shall be accordingly reduced or otherwise modified to the minimum extent required to comply with such rules. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall this Section 4(e) operate to reduce the number of Series B Directors to be designated pursuant to Section 4(d), and it shall be the obligation of the Company to ensure that the membership of the Board satisfies the applicable rules of the Exchange on which the Company is then listed, including without limitation Rule 4350(c) of Nasdaq, without any reduction in the number of Series B Directors pursuant to Section 4(d).

 

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SECTION 5. Conversion.

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) as provided in this Section 5.

(a) Conversion at the Option of Holders of Series B Preferred Stock. Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to convert, at any time and from time to time, at the option and election of such holder, any or all shares of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder into a number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) equal to the amount (the “Conversion Amount”) determined by dividing (i) the Regular Liquidation Preference for each share of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted by such holder (plus any accrued and unpaid Dividends thereon) by (ii) the Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion. The “Conversion Price” initially is $8.50, as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 5(e). In order to convert shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), the holder must surrender the certificates representing such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, accompanied by transfer instruments reasonably satisfactory to the Company, free of any adverse interest or liens at the office of the Company’s transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock (or at the principal office of the Company, if the Company serves as its own transfer agent), together with written notice that such holder elects to convert all or such number of shares represented by such certificates as specified therein. With respect to a conversion pursuant to this Section 5(a), the date of receipt of such certificates, together with such notice, by the transfer agent or the Company will be the date of conversion (the “Conversion Date”).

(b) Conversion at the Option of the Company. On and after the three-year anniversary of the Original Issuance Date, at the Company’s option and election, in whole but not in part, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted automatically into a number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) equal to the Conversion Amount on the date of written notice by the Company to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock notifying such holders of the conversion contemplated by this Section 5(b), which conversion shall occur on the date specified in such notice, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days following the date of such notice (which shall be the Conversion Date in respect of a conversion pursuant to this Section 5(b), provided that such notice may be delivered by the Company only if (i) (A) the average closing price per share of the Common Stock on the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock are then listed during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the Business Day on which such notice is delivered and (B) the closing price per share of the Common Stock on the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock are then listed for at least twenty (20) of such thirty (30) consecutive trading days (including the last fifteen (15) trading days of such thirty (30) day period) is at least 180% of the Conversion Price then in effect, and (ii) all requisite arrangements with the Company’s transfer agent, the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock are then listed, and any other requisite securities intermediary (including The Depository Trust Company and Cede & Co., if applicable) to permit the immediate trading of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date shall have been completed. Once delivered, such notice shall be irrevocable, unless the Company obtains the written consent of the holders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall continue to have the right to convert their shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5(a) until and through the Conversion Date contemplated in Section 5(b) and if

 

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such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are converted pursuant to Section 5(a) such shares shall not longer be converted pursuant to Section 5(b) and the Company’s notice delivered to the holders pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall automatically terminate with respect to such shares converted pursuant to Section 5(a).

(c) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) will be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares, the Company shall pay cash equal to such fractional amount multiplied by the Fair Market Value as of the Conversion Date. If more than one share of Series B Preferred Stock is being converted at one time by the same holder, then the number of full shares issuable upon conversion will be calculated on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted by such holder at such time.

(d) Mechanics of Conversion.

(i) As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date (and in any event within three Business Days), the Company shall promptly issue and deliver to such holder a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) to which such holder is entitled, together with a check or cash for payment of fractional shares, if any, in exchange for the certificates formerly representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Such conversion will be deemed to have been made on the Conversion Date, and the person (as defined in Section 8) entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on such Conversion Date. In case fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are to be converted, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unconverted shares without cost to the holder thereof, except for any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due because any certificates for shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or Series B Preferred Stock are issued in a name other than the name of the converting holder. The Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) upon conversion or due upon the issuance of a new certificate for any shares of Series B Preferred Stock not converted other than any such tax due because shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or a certificate for shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued in a name other than the name of the converting holder.

(ii) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from any preemptive rights, out of its treasury or authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) (or a combination of both) for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Section 5 and assuming for the purposes of this calculation that all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are held by one holder), and the Company shall take all actions to amend its Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized amount of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) if necessary therefor. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock (or

 

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Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) at such adjusted Conversion Price.

(iii) From and after the Conversion Date, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted on such Conversion Date will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; and all rights of the holder thereof as a holder of Series B Preferred Stock (except the right to receive from the Company the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) upon conversion) shall cease and terminate with respect to such shares; provided, that in the event that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is not converted due to a default by the Company or because the Company is otherwise unable to issue the requisite shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), such share of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding and will be entitled to all of the rights as provided herein. Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have been converted will, after such conversion, be deemed cancelled and retired and, following the filing of any certificate required by the DGCL, have the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board.

(iv) If the conversion is in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the conversion may, at the option of any holder tendering any share of Series B Preferred Stock for conversion, be conditioned upon the closing of the sale, transfer or the disposition of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock with the underwriter, transferee or other acquirer in such sale, transfer or disposition, in which event such conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to have occurred until immediately prior to the closing of such sale, transfer or other disposition.

(v) The Company shall comply with all federal and state laws, rules and regulations and applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are then listed. If any shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) to be reserved for the purpose of conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock require registration with or approval of any person or group (as defined in Section 8) under any federal or state law or the rules and regulations of the Exchange on which shares of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are then listed before such shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company will, as expeditiously as possible, use its reasonable best efforts to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be. So long as any Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are then convertible is then listed on an Exchange, the Company will list and keep listed on such Exchange, upon official notice of issuance, all shares of such Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issuable upon conversion.

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the Company, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, not issued in violation of any preemptive rights arising under law or contract and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof, and the Company shall take no action which will cause a contrary result.

(vii) If, prior to both (x) a Triggering Event and (y) a Distribution Date, shares of Series B Preferred Stock are converted into Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), upon the conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) issued in respect thereof shall be issued with the same Rights, if any, attached thereto as are attached to the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable). If, prior to a Triggering Event, but following the occurrence of a Distribution Date and prior to the expiration or redemption of the Rights, shares of Series B Preferred Stock are converted into Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), upon the conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the holders of such Common Stock shall receive the number of Rights which would have been attached to such Common Stock assuming the Distribution Date had not occurred prior to such conversion.

(e) Adjustments to Conversion Price.

(i) Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock.

(A) If the Company shall, at any time and from time to time while any of the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, issue a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) payable in shares of its Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) to all holders of its Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), then the Conversion Price at the opening of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution will be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction:

(1) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Ex-Dividend Date; and

(2) the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding at the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, plus the total number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) constituting such dividend or other distribution.

If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this SECTION 5(e)(i)(A) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, in no event shall the Conversion Price be increased pursuant to this SECTION 5(e)(i)(A).

 

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(B) If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, subdivide or reclassify its outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into a greater number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), then the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately decreased, and conversely, if the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), then the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately increased. In each such case, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding immediately prior to such subdivision or combination and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding immediately after giving effect to such subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such reduction or increase, as the case may be, shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day upon which such subdivision, combination or reclassification becomes effective.

(ii) Adjustment for Rights Issued under Rights Plan. If at any time while any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding there shall occur a Triggering Event, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the Rights Triggering Date by a fraction:

(A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding on the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Rights Triggering Date, plus (2) (x) the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Company Rights Plan or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) payable to the Company, assuming that all Rights then outstanding that are capable of being exercised are immediately exercised following the Triggering Event, divided by (y) the Current Market Price; and

(B) the denominator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Rights Triggering Date, plus (2) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) into which the Rights then outstanding are exercisable for (immediately following such Triggering Event) (such number of shares of Common Stock, the “Underlying Common Stock Amount”);

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To the extent that shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) are not delivered pursuant to such Rights prior to the expiration or termination of any Rights (other than as a result of the repurchase of those Rights by the Company), upon expiration or termination of such Rights (“Expired Rights”) the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event been made without taking into account such Expired Rights. Except as set forth in this paragraph, in no event shall the Conversion Price be increased pursuant to this SECTION 5(e)(ii).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Conversion Price as adjusted pursuant to this SECTION 5(e)(ii) shall not apply to any shares of Series B Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by a Person who is an Acquiring Person, and, with respect to such shares, the Conversion Price shall be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Rights Triggering Date.

(iii) Adjustment for Certain Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, at any time or from time to time, while any of the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, distribute cash or other consideration in respect of a tender offer or an exchange offer (that is treated as a “tender offer” under U.S. federal securities laws) made by the Company or any subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), where the sum of the aggregate amount of such Cash distributed and the aggregate Fair Market Value as of the Expiration Date (as defined below), of such other consideration distributed (such sum, the “Aggregate Amount”) expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) validly tendered or exchanged, and not withdrawn, pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer as of the Expiration Time (as defined below) (such tendered or exchanged shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), the “Purchased Shares”) exceeds the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on the first Trading Day immediately following the last date (such last date, the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (as the same may be amended through the Expiration Date), then, and in each case, immediately after the close of business on such date, the Conversion Price shall be decreased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date by a fraction:

(A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding as of the Expiration Time (including all Purchased Shares) and (B) the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on the first Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date; and

(B) the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (A) the Aggregate Amount and (B) the product of (I) an amount equal to (1) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding as of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) at which tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer less (2) the Purchased Shares and (II) the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on the first Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date.

 

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An adjustment, if any, to the Conversion Price pursuant to this SECTION 5(e)(iii) shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the second Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or a subsidiary is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock (and Reference Property, to the extent applicable) pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, if the application of this SECTION 5(e)(iii) to any tender offer or exchange offer would result in an increase in the Conversion Price, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this SECTION 5(e)(iii).

(iv) Disposition Events.

(A) If any of the following events (any such event, a “Disposition Event”) occurs:

(1) any reclassification or exchange of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination); or

(2) any merger, consolidation or other combination to which the Company is a constituent party;

in each case, as a result of which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Common Stock, the Company or the Acquirer shall provide that the Series B Preferred Stock converted following the effective date of any Disposition Event, shall be calculated based on the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property (collectively, “Reference Property”) received upon the occurrence of such Disposition Event by a holder of Common Stock holding, immediately prior to the transaction, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Amount immediately prior to such Disposition Event; provided that if the Disposition Event provides the holders of Common Stock with the right to receive more than a single type of consideration determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, the Reference Property shall be comprised of the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock. The Company may not cause, or agree to cause, a Disposition Event to occur, unless the issuer of any securities or other property into which the Series B Preferred Stock becomes convertible agrees, for the express benefit of the holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock (including making them beneficiaries of such agreement), to issue such securities or property.

 

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(B) The above provisions of this SECTION 5(e)(iv) shall similarly apply to successive Disposition Events. If this SECTION 5(e)(iv) applies to any event or occurrence, neither SECTION 5(e)(i) nor SECTION 5(e)(iii) shall apply; provided, however, that this SECTION 5(e)(iv) shall not apply to any stock split or combination to which SECTION 5(e)(i) is applicable or to a Liquidation Event to which Section 3 applies. To the extent that equity securities of a company are received by the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with a Disposition Event, the portion of the Series B Preferred Stock which will be convertible into such equity securities will continue to be subject to the anti-dilution adjustments set forth in this Section 5(e).

(v) Minimum Adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Conversion Price will not be reduced if the amount of such reduction would be an amount less than $0.01, but any such amount will be carried forward and reduction with respect thereto will made at the time that such amount, together with any subsequent amounts so carried forward, aggregates to $0.01 or more.

(vi) When No Adjustment Required.

(A) No adjustment need be made for the issuance of Common Stock (and Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (and Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or carrying the right to purchase Common Stock (and Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or any such security except to the extent explicitly required herein.

(B) No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.

(C) No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable).

(D) To the extent the Series B Preferred Stock become convertible pursuant to this Section 5 into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.

(vii) Rules of Calculation; Treasury Stock. All calculations will be made to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth of a share. The number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) outstanding will be calculated on the basis of the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), not including shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall not pay any dividend on or make any distribution to shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) held in treasury.

(viii) Waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Conversion Price will not be reduced if the Company receives, prior to the effective time of the adjustment to the Conversion Price, written notice from the holders representing at least a majority of the then outstanding shares

 

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of Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a separate class, that no adjustment is to be made as the result of a particular issuance of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or other dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock. This waiver will be limited in scope and will not be valid for any issuance of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or other dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) not specifically provided for in such notice.

(ix) Tax Adjustment. Anything in this Section 5 notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such downward adjustments in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this SECTION 5, as the Board in its sole discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any event treated for federal income tax purposes as a dividend or stock split will not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable).

(x) Par Value. Anything in this Section 5 notwithstanding, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall reduce the Conversion Price below the then par value per share of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), and any such purported adjustment shall instead reduce the Conversion Price to such par value.

(xi) No Duplication. If any action would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one of the provisions described in this Section 5 in a manner such that such adjustments are duplicative, only one adjustment shall be made.

(f) Notice of Record Date. In the event of:

(i) any stock split or combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable);

(ii) any declaration or making of a dividend or other distribution to holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) in Additional Shares of Common Stock, any other capital stock, other securities or other property (including but not limited to cash and evidences of indebtedness);

(iii) any reclassification or change to which SECTION 5(e)(i)(B) applies;

(iv) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

(v) any other event constituting a Fundamental Change of the type described in clause (i) of the definition thereof in SECTION 8(x);

then the Company shall file with its corporate records and mail to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock at their last addresses as shown on the records of the Company, at least 10 days prior to the record date specified in (A) below or 10 days prior to the date specified in (B) below, a notice stating:

(A) the record date of such stock split, combination, dividend or other distribution, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) of record to be entitled to such stock split, combination, dividend or other distribution are to be determined, or

 

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(B) the date on which such reclassification, change, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or other Fundamental Change described in clause (i) of the definition thereof in SECTION 8(x), is estimated to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) of record will be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) for the capital stock, other securities or other property (including but not limited to cash and evidences of indebtedness) deliverable upon such reclassification, change, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or other Fundamental Change.

Disclosures made by the Company in any filings required to be made under the Exchange Act shall be deemed to satisfy the notice requirements set forth in this Section 5(f).

(g) Certificate of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this SECTION 5, the Company at its expense shall promptly as reasonably practicable compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock a certificate, signed by an officer of the Company, setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based and shall file a copy of such certificate with its corporate records. The Company shall, upon the reasonable written request of any holder of Series B Preferred Stock, furnish to such holder a similar certificate setting forth (i) the calculation of such adjustments and readjustments in reasonable detail, (ii) the Conversion Price then in effect, and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) and the amount, if any, of capital stock, other securities or other property (including but not limited to cash and evidences of indebtedness) which then would be received upon the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock.

SECTION 6. Redemption.

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable as provided in this Section 6.

(a) Mandatory Redemption.

(i) On the seventh anniversary of the Original Issuance Date (the “Seventh Anniversary”), or, if not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter, the Company shall redeem (subject to the legal availability of funds therefor) all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a redemption price per share equal to the Regular Liquidation Preference (the “Mandatory Redemption Price”). To the extent that the Company has insufficient funds to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall use available funds to redeem a pro rata portion of the Series B Preferred Stock held by each holder thereof; provided, however, that the failure to redeem all the Series B Preferred Stock on the Mandatory Redemption Date shall continue to constitute a Triggering Event.

 

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(ii) The “Mandatory Redemption Date” shall be the same date as the Seventh Anniversary or, if not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter. The Company shall deliver a notice of redemption not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, addressed to the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as they appear in the records of the Company as of the date of such notice. Each notice must state the following: (A) the Mandatory Redemption Date; (B) the Mandatory Redemption Price as of the scheduled Mandatory Redemption Date (it being understood that the actual Mandatory Redemption Price will be determined as of the actual Mandatory Redemption Date); (C) the name of the redemption agent to whom, and the address of the place to where, the Series B Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Mandatory Redemption Price; and (D) that Conditional Dividends, if any, on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Mandatory Redemption Date, provided that the Mandatory Redemption Price and the Dividends accrued through the day immediately preceding the Mandatory Redemption Date shall have been paid on the Mandatory Redemption Date.

(b) Optional Redemption upon Certain Fundamental Changes.

(i) In connection with a Fundamental Change of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Fundamental Change” in SECTION 8(x) (a “Triggering Fundamental Change”) where as a result of such transaction the Series B Preferred Stock become convertible solely into cash (the amount of such cash with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock, the “Fundamental Change Price”), the Company, at its option and election, may redeem (out of funds legally available therefor) all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the Regular Liquidation Preference (the “Optional Redemption Price” and collectively with the Mandatory Redemption Price, the “Redemption Price”); provided, that the consummation of such redemption and the payment of the Optional Redemption Price shall be subject to the consummation of the Triggering Fundamental Change.

(ii) If the Company elects to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to SECTION 6(b)(i), the “Optional Redemption Date” shall be the date on which the Triggering Fundamental Change is consummated. The Company shall deliver a notice of redemption not less than 10 nor more than 30 Business Days prior to the Optional Redemption Date, addressed to the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as they appear in the records of the Company as of the date of such notice. Each notice must state the following: (A) the expected Optional Redemption Date; (B) the Optional Redemption Price as of the expected Optional Redemption Date (it being understood that the actual Optional Redemption Price will be determined as of the actual Optional Redemption Date); (C) the Fundamental Change Price as of the expected Optional Redemption Date; (D) the name of the redemption agent to whom, and the address of the place to where, the Series B Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Optional Redemption Price; (E) that Conditional Dividends, if any, on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Optional Redemption Date provided that the Optional Redemption Price and Dividends accrued through the day immediately preceding the Optional Redemption Date shall have been paid on the Optional Redemption Date; and (F) that the consummation of the redemption and the payment of the Optional Redemption Price shall be subject to the consummation of the Triggering Fundamental Change. Each holder shall have the right, exercisable upon notice to the Company at any time prior to the Optional Redemption Date, to elect to convert the Series B Preferred Stock and receive the Fundamental Change Price in lieu of the Optional Redemption Price with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder to the extent such Triggering Fundamental Change is consummated.

 

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(c) Mechanics of Redemption.

(i) Unless waived in writing by the holders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, on or prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable, the Company shall deposit with a redemption agent in trust, upon delivery of the Company’s redemption notice pursuant to SECTION 6(a) or SECTION 6(b), funds consisting of cash or cash equivalents sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date or the Optional Redemption Price on the Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be. The redemption agent must be a bank or trust company in good standing, organized under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof. The deposit in trust with the redemption agent shall be irrevocable as of the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as applicable (such date, the “Irrevocable Date”), except that the Company shall be entitled to receive from the redemption agent (i) the applicable Redemption Price with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are no longer to be redeemed, whether by conversion or otherwise; and (ii) the interest or other earnings, if any, earned on any such deposit. The holders of the shares redeemed shall have no claim to such interest or other earnings, and any funds so deposited with the redemption agent and unclaimed by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock entitled thereto at the expiration of one year from the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall be repaid, together with any interest or other earnings thereon, to the Company, and after any such repayment, the holders of the shares entitled to the funds so returned to the Company shall look only to the Company for such payment, without interest. Notwithstanding the deposit of such funds, the Company shall remain liable for the payment of the applicable Redemption Price to the extent such Redemption Price is not paid as provided herein.

(ii) The redemption agent on behalf of the Company shall pay the applicable Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, upon surrender of the certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Company shall so require and letters of transmittal and instructions therefor on reasonable terms are included in the notice sent by the Company); provided that if such certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require such holder to indemnify the Company, in a reasonable amount and in a reasonable manner, and post a customary bond in respect of such indemnity, prior to paying such Redemption Price.

(iii) From and after the Irrevocable Date, shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed on the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; and all powers, designations, preferences and other rights of the holder thereof as a holder of Series B Preferred Stock (except the right to receive from the Company the applicable Redemption Price) shall cease and terminate with respect to such shares; provided that in the event that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is not redeemed due to a default in payment by the Company or because the Company is otherwise unable to pay the applicable Redemption Price in cash in full, such share of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding and will be entitled to all of the powers, designations, preferences and other rights (including but not limited to the accrual and payment of dividends and the conversion rights) as provided herein.

 

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(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, each holder shall retain the right to convert shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed at any time on or prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that any shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall not be redeemed pursuant to this Section 6.

(v) Any redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6 (such redemption, the “Redemption”) shall be payable out of any cash legally available therefor, and if there is not a sufficient amount of cash available, then out of the remaining assets of the Company legally available therefor (valued at the fair market value thereof on the date of payment, as determined by the Board). At the time of the Redemption, the Company shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the redemption of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, through the revaluation of its assets in accordance with Delaware law, to make funds legally available for such redemption.

SECTION 7. Fundamental Change.

(a) Offer to Repurchase.

(i) In connection with any Fundamental Change other than a Fundamental Change in which Elevation or any of its Affiliates is the acquiror or is otherwise a constituent party (or Affiliate thereof) to the transaction that results in such Fundamental Change, the Company shall, or shall cause the Survivor of a Fundamental Change (such Survivor of a Fundamental Change, the “Acquirer”) to, make an offer to repurchase, at the option and election of the holder thereof, each share of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding (the “Fundamental Change Offer”) at a purchase price per share (such amount being the “Repurchase Price”) (x) in cash equal to 101% of the Regular Liquidation Preference or, (y) at the sole election of the Company (the “Company Election”), subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7(a)(ii) below, a number of shares of common stock (or American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) in respect of such ADSs), which are publicly tradable and listed on an Exchange at the time of receipt, of the Acquirer or any direct or indirect parent thereof (such shares of common stock, “Acquirer Stock”, and the issuer of such shares, the “Successor Public Company”) with an aggregate market value (equal on a per share or per ADS/ADR basis to the closing sale price for such security on the principal Exchange on which such security is traded, on the trading day immediately preceding the issuance of such common stock or ADSs/ADRs to the relevant holders of Series B Preferred Stock) equal to 105% of the Regular Liquidation Preference. The Company Election must be made in the Fundamental Change Notice delivered pursuant to Section 7(a)(iii) and shall become irrevocable from the date thereof unless otherwise consented to by the holders of a majority of the Class B Preferred Stock.

 

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(ii) The Company’s right to elect to pay the Repurchase Price with Acquirer Stock is subject to the following conditions:

(A) the issuance of the Acquirer Stock shall have been registered under the Securities Act;

(B) Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act shall permit the sale of such Acquirer Stock by the holder thereof (and any of its Affiliates) within a period of three months immediately following the Repurchase Date;

(C) the Acquirer Stock (or ADSs representing the Acquirer Stock, or ADRs in respect thereof) issued to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be listed on an Exchange;

(D) the aggregate number of shares of Acquirer Stock issuable to any record holder of Series B Preferred Stock and such holder’s Affiliates shall not exceed the lesser of the number of shares equal to (x) 4.9% of all then outstanding shares of Acquirer Stock (based on the number of outstanding shares of Acquirer Stock set forth in Acquirer’s most recently available filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission) and (y) three (3) times the average daily trading volume of Acquirer Stock (or American Depositary Shares representing the Acquirer Stock, or American Depositary Receipts in respect thereof) on an Exchange for the four (4) weeks immediately preceding the Repurchase Date.

(iii) The “Repurchase Date” shall be the date on which the Fundamental Change is consummated (provided that in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Repurchase Date shall be a date no later than 20 days following the date of the first public announcement of such Fundamental Change having occurred (including, for these purposes, the filing of a Schedule 13D pursuant to the Exchange Act)). As soon as practicable after the announcement of such transaction or execution of such agreement providing for such Fundamental Change, the Company shall commence the Fundamental Change Offer by delivering a notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”), not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the expected Repurchase Date, addressed to the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as they appear in the records of the Company as of the date of announcement of such transaction or execution of such agreement providing for such Fundamental Change. Each notice must state that: (A) the Fundamental Change Offer may be accepted by delivery of a written revocable notice specifying the number of shares to be repurchased; (B) the expected Repurchase Price as of the expected Repurchase Date (it being understood that the actual Repurchase Price will be determined as of the actual Repurchase Date); (C) the name of the paying agent to whom, and the address of the place to where, the Series B Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Repurchase Price; (D) any shares of Series B Preferred Stock not tendered for payment shall continue to be outstanding and holders thereof shall remain entitled to, among other things, the payment of dividends thereon and exercise their conversion rights (whether on the date of consummation of the Fundamental Change or otherwise), (E) the consummation of the Fundamental Change Offer and the payment of the Repurchase Price shall be subject to the consummation of the Fundamental Change, and the Fundamental Change Offer shall not be consummated in the event the Company elects to effect a conversion pursuant to Section 5(b), and (F) the circumstances and material facts regarding such Fundamental Change. If the Fundamental Change is not consummated, the Fundamental Change Offer shall be automatically withdrawn.

 

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(iv) Notwithstanding this Section 7, the Fundamental Change Offer shall be subject to, and be made in compliance with, Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act and any other federal and state securities laws, as applicable, including any applicable time periods. The Company shall notify the holders Series B Preferred Stock of the results of the Fundamental Change Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Repurchase Date.

(b) Mechanics of Repurchase.

(i) Unless waived by the holders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall deposit with a paying agent in trust by the Repurchase Date), funds consisting of cash or cash equivalents sufficient to pay the cash portion of the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date. The paying agent must be a bank or trust company in good standing, organized under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof. The deposit in trust with the paying agent shall be irrevocable as of the Repurchase Date, except that the Company shall be entitled to receive from the paying agent (A) Repurchase Prices with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are no longer to be repurchased, whether by conversion, withdrawal of an election or tender or otherwise and (B) the interest or other earnings, if any, earned on any such deposit. The holders of the shares repurchased shall have no claim to such interest or other earnings, and any funds so deposited with the paying agent and unclaimed by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock entitled thereto at the expiration of one year from the Repurchase Date shall be repaid, together with any interest or other earnings thereon, to the Company, and after any such repayment, the holders of the shares entitled to the funds so returned to the Company shall look only to the Company for such payment, without interest. Notwithstanding the deposit of such funds, the Company shall remain liable for the payment of the Repurchase Price to the extent such Repurchase Price is not paid as provided herein.

(ii) The paying agent on behalf of the Company shall pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date upon surrender of the certificates representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be repurchased (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Company shall so require and letters of transmittal and instructions therefor on reasonable terms are included in the notice sent by the Company); provided that if such certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require such holder to indemnify the Company, and post a customary bond in respect of such indemnity, in a reasonable amount and in a reasonable manner, prior to paying such Repurchase Price.

(iii) In case fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are to be repurchased, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unrepurchased shares without cost to the holder thereof, except for any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due because any certificate for shares Series B Preferred Stock are issued in a name other than the name of the selling holder. The Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due upon the issuance of a new certificate for any shares of Series B Preferred Stock not repurchased other man any such tax due because a certificate for shares Series B Preferred Stock is issued in a name other than the name of the selling holder.

 

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(iv) Subject to clause (vi) below, from and after the Repurchase Date, shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be repurchased on such Repurchase Date will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; and all powers, designations, preferences and other rights of the holder thereof as a holder of Series B Preferred Stock (except the right to receive from the Company the Repurchase Price) shall cease and terminate with respect to such shares; provided that in the event that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is not repurchased due to a default in payment by the Company or because the Company is otherwise unable to pay the Repurchase Price in full, such share of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding and will be entitled to all of the powers, designations, preferences and other rights (including but not limited to the payment of dividends and the conversion rights) as provided herein.

(v) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7 to the contrary, each holder shall retain the right to (A) convert shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be repurchased at any time on or prior to the Repurchase Date or (B) withdraw an election to have such shares repurchased or any tender of such shares in the Fundamental Change Offer on or prior to the Repurchase Date; provided, however, that, where a holder of Series B Preferred Stock exercises its rights under (A) or (B) above, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock of such holder shall not be repurchased pursuant to this Section 7.

(vi) The Company shall not be required to make a Fundamental Change Offer if an Affiliate in control of the Company makes the Fundamental Change Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 7 and purchases all shares of Series B Preferred Stock validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Fundamental Change Offer; provided, that if an Affiliate in control of the Company makes such repurchase, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so purchased shall remain outstanding in the hands of such Affiliate.

(vii) The Company may not enter into any agreement providing for a Fundamental Change unless the Acquirer agrees to cause the Company to make the repurchases contemplated in this Section 7 and agrees, for the benefit of the holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock (including making them beneficiaries of such agreement), that to the extent the Company is not legally able to repurchase the Class B Preferred Stock, the Acquirer will purchase the Class B Preferred Stock.

(viii) Any repurchase of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7 shall be payable out of any cash legally available therefor, and if there is not a sufficient amount of cash available, then out of the remaining assets of the Company legally available therefor (valued at the fair market value thereof on the date of payment, as determined by the Board). The Company shall take all actions required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the repurchase of the Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, through the revaluation of its assets in accordance with Delaware law, to make funds legally available for such repurchase.

SECTION 8. Additional Definitions. For purposes of these resolutions, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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(a) “Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Company Rights Plan (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan).

(b) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person, for so long as such Person remains so associated to the specified Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any Investor Stockholder or their Permitted Transferees, (ii) the portfolio companies in which the Investor Stockholders, any other Elevation Entities or any other Elevation Partners’ investment fund that is Controlled by under common Control with an Elevation Entity have directly or indirectly made a debt or equity investment shall not be considered Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders or their Permitted Transferees if the Investor Stockholders, alone, or together with their Permitted Transferees, (x) in the aggregate Beneficially Own securities that would comprise (upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any rights, options, warrants or similar securities, if applicable) less than 50% of the Total Current Voting Power of such portfolio company and (y) do not constitute, nor do they have the contractual or other legal right to elect, a majority of the members of the board or other governing body of such portfolio company, unless such portfolio company has received Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or has been provided assistance with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock from an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or has otherwise acted in concert with an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock and (iii) a corporation or other entity (a “Specified Entity”) with respect to which (x) none of the Investor Stockholders or Elevation Entities has directly or indirectly made a debt or equity investment and (y) none of the Investor Stockholders, alone or together with their Permitted Transferees, constitute, or have the contractual or other legal right to elect, a majority of the members of the board or other governing body of such Specified Entity (and which otherwise is not controlled by an Elevation Entity), but which is an Affiliate of an individual who would be considered a controlling Affiliate of an Elevation Entity, will not be considered an Affiliate of the Investor Stockholders or their Permitted Transferees unless such Specified Entity has received Confidential Information, directly or indirectly or has been provided assistance with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock from an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or has otherwise acted in concert with an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock. For avoidance of doubt, Permitted Transferees shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders.

(c) “Beneficial Owner”, “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a person’s beneficial ownership of securities will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule; provided, however, that (i) a person will be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any security which may be acquired by such person whether within 60 days or thereafter, upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any rights, options, warrants or similar securities to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire (x) capital stock of any person or (y) debt or other evidences of indebtedness, capital stock or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital

 

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stock of such person and (ii) a person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities with which a person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities.

(d) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to close.

(e) “capital stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of capital stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or equivalent ownership interests in or issued by such person, and with respect to the Company includes, without limitation, any and all shares of Common Stock and the Preferred Stock.

(f) “Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stockholders Agreement.

(g) “Closing Price” of the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is listed or admitted for trading or, if the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported on the quotation system on which such security is quoted. If the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not listed or admitted for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange and not reported on a quotation system on the relevant date, the “closing price” will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not so quoted, the last reported sale price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

(h) “Company Rights Plan” means that certain Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2000, as amended, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of New York, as successor to Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. and Fleet National Bank.

(i) “Control” and “Controlled by” have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

(j) “Conditional Rate” means an annual rate equal to the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. on the Conditional Dividend Payment Date plus 4%.

(k) “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

 

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(l) “Current Market Price” shall mean the average of the closing prices per share of Common Stock for each of the five consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding a Rights Triggering Date.

(m) “Distribution Date” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Company Rights Plan (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan).

(n) “Economic Rights” means the right to the full pecuniary interest (which may be subject to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon) in the Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends and distributions, proceeds upon liquidation and receive the proceeds of, disposition or conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, any contractual encumbrance resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including an obligation to repay such indebtedness with the proceeds of any Transfer of, or dividend or distribution on, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares) not incurred in violation of Section 3.1 of the Stockholders’ Agreement shall not be deemed to be a Transfer, loss or reduction in the Economic Rights associated with such shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(o) “Effective Time” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Stockholders Agreement.

(p) “Elevation” means Elevation Partners, L.P.

(q) “Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage” means, at any time, the quotient of (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned, but excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock, by the Investor Stockholders divided by (b) the sum of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock into which the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to convert at such time plus (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or issuance of any Equity Securities of the Company sold in any Offering described in clause (ii) of the definition of Offering. For purposes hereof, if a Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period shall have ever taken place (on one or more occasions), and at the end of such Shares Ownership Reduction Cure Period there is a reduction in the number of Series B Directors pursuant to SECTION 4(d)(iii) of this Certificate of Designation, then the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage shall be deemed at any point in time thereafter to be no greater than the lowest Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage that shall have existed at the end of any such Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period.

(r) “Elevation Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(s) “Equity Securities” means (x) any shares of capital stock of the Company, (y) any rights, options, warrants or similar securities to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company, and (z) capital stock or other equity securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company, excluding, for all purposes, any debt, including, without limitation, any debt convertible into any of the foregoing described in clauses (x) through (z).

 

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(t) “Exchange” means Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, as the case may be.

(u) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(v) “Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to any issuance or distribution, the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

(w) “Fair Market Value” of Common Stock or any other security or property means the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board, which determination must be set forth in a written resolution of the Board, in accordance with the following rules:

(i) for Common Stock or other security traded or quoted on an Exchange, the Fair Market Value will be the average of the closing prices of such security on such Exchange over a ten (10) consecutive trading day period, ending on the trading day immediately prior to the date of determination;

(ii) for any security that is not so traded or quoted, the Fair Market Value shall be determined: (x) mutually by the Board and the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or (y) by a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal or accounting firm (whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Company) selected by mutual agreement between the Board and the holders representing a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock; or

(iii) for any other property, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith assuming a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arms’-length transaction; provided that if holders representing a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock object to a determination of the Board made pursuant to this clause (iii), the Fair Market Value of such property shall be as determined by nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal or accounting firm (whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Company) selected by mutual agreement between the Board and such holders.

(x) “Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) any merger, consolidation, stock or asset purchase, recapitalization or other business combination transaction (or series of related transactions) as a result of which the shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the Series B Preferred Stock (treated on an as-converted basis) immediately prior to such transaction (or series of related transactions) are converted into and/or continue to represent (on an as-converted basis in the case of the Series B Preferred Stock), in the aggregate, less than 50% of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity surviving or resulting from such transaction (or ultimate parent thereof);

 

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(ii) any person or group, together with any Affiliates thereof (other than any Investor Stockholder, as defined in the Stockholders Agreement, or any of their respective Affiliates), has, directly or indirectly, become the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock of the Company that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

(iii) the sale, transfer or disposition, including but not limited to any spin-off or in-kind distribution (a “Divestiture”), by the Company or by one or more of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets, business or securities of the Company (on a consolidated basis) to any person or group (other than the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiaries); provided that a Fundamental Change shall not include a spin-off or similar in-kind distribution to the stockholders of the Company in which the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to such distribution as Dividends without other adjustment to the Conversion Price if the rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation and the Stockholders Agreement are preserved after giving effect to such spin-off or in-kind distribution.

(y) “group” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

(z) “hereof”; “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to these resolutions as a whole and not merely to any particular clause, provision, section or subsection.

(aa) “Investor Stockholder” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(bb) “Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence for more than one half hour period in the aggregate on any scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Nasdaq National Market or otherwise) in the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable), and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

(cc) “Merger” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stockholder Agreement.

(dd) “Nasdaq” means The NASDAQ Stock Market.

(ee) “Offering” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(ff) “Original Issuance Date” means the date on which the first share of Series B Preferred Stock was issued.

(gg) “person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government, any agency or political subdivisions thereof or other “person” as contemplated by Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(hh) “Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(ii) “Right to Vote” means the right to direct the voting of the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to any matter for which the Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to vote.

(jj) “Rights” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Company Rights Plan (or the comparable right under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan).

(kk) “Rights Triggering Date” means the date on which a Triggering Event occurs.

(ll) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(mm) “Series B Board Representation Entitlement” means a number of Series B Directors (rounded to the nearest whole number) equal to the product of (x) the total number of members then compromising the full Board (including the Series B Directors) and (y) the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) from and after the first time that the Investor Stockholders (including, for this purpose, their Permitted Transferees) cease to (x) Beneficially Own and (y) have all Economic Rights and Voting Rights with respect to a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued on the Original Issuance Date (including, for purposes of this calculation, shares of Series B Preferred Stock pledged pursuant to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon, but excluding, for purposes of this calculation, shares subject to Shared Beneficial Ownership with any Person other than another Investor Stockholder or a Permitted Transferee), the Series B Board Representation Entitlement shall be zero (0) Series B Directors, (B) from and after the occurrence of a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change, the Series B Board Representation Entitlement shall be zero (0) Series B Directors and (C) from and after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change described in clause (i) of the definition thereof other than a Non-Constituent Issuer Fundamental Change, the Series B Board Representation Entitlement shall be no more than one (1) Series B Director; provided, further, that no reduction in the Series B Board Representation Entitlement resulting from a decrease in the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage shall occur until the expiration of any applicable Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period.

(nn) “Shared Beneficial Ownership” means Beneficial Ownership in which (a) voting power is shared with another Person, except in the case of the Investor Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees, to the extent that such shared voting power is shared only with another Investor Stockholder or Permitted Transferee and/or (b) the Investor Stockholders and/or their Permitted Transferees have effected a Transfer to a Person other than a Permitted Transferee, provided that any contractual encumbrance resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including an obligation to repay such indebtedness with the proceeds of any Transfer of, or dividend or distribution on, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares) not incurred in violation of Section 3.1 of the Stockholders’ Agreement shall not be deemed to be a Transfer, loss or reduction in the Beneficial Ownership associated with such shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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(oo) “Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period” means the period commencing on the date the Company provides the Company Notice (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) and ending on the date 60 days thereafter.

(pp) “Stockholders’ Agreement” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated the Original Issuance Date, by and among the Company and the Investor Stockholders, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

(qq) “Survivor of Fundamental Change” means the issuer of the securities received by the holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) (in their capacities as such) upon the consummation of a Fundamental Change, to the extent the holders of Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) receive other securities in exchange, conversion or substitution of their Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) in the transaction that resulted in such Fundamental Change.

(rr) “Total Current Voting Power” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(ss) “Trading Day” means any day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) Nasdaq or, if the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not listed on Nasdaq, the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is listed, is open for trading or, if the Common Stock (or Reference Property, to the extent applicable) is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any Business Day. A Trading Day only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

(tt) “Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge (other than a bona fide pledge not in violation of Section 3.1(b) of the Stockholders’ Agreement (but not a foreclosure thereon)), encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge (other than a bona fide pledge not in violation of Section 3.1(b) of the Stockholders’ Agreement (but not a foreclosure thereon)), encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares beneficially owned by a person or any interest (including any Economic Rights or Voting Rights or creation of Shared Beneficial Ownership) in any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares beneficially owned by a Person.

(uu) “Triggering Event” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Company Rights Plan (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan).

 

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(vv) “Uncured Share Ownership Reduction” means a decrease, for any reason, in the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage that results in a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Series B Board Representation Entitlement; provided, however that if, during an applicable Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage (as determined pursuant to the definition thereof in Section 8(q), including the last sentence thereof) is increased to, and maintained at, the minimum Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage necessary to avoid a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Series B Board Representation Entitlement as of immediately prior to such decrease, then such decrease in the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage shall not be an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction (it being understood that any subsequent decrease in Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage that results in a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Series B Board Representation Director Entitlement may again qualify as an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction).

(ww) “Voting Rights” shall mean the power to vote or direct the voting of any security (subject to any bona fide pledge, but not foreclosure thereon).

SECTION 9. Miscellaneous. For purposes of these resolutions, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Preferred Stock Prior to and At the Effective Time. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any rights, powers, preferences or privileges other than those created in Section 1, Section 4(d), Section 8 and this Section 9 hereof, until immediately after the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any consideration in respect of the Merger, including the cash distribution of $9.00 per share of Common Stock to be made in connection therewith.

(b) Status of Cancelled Shares. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock which have been converted, redeemed, repurchased or otherwise cancelled shall be retired and, following the filing of any certificate required by the DGCL, have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more, subject to Section 4, designated as part of a particular Series by the Board.

(c) Severability. If any right, preference or limitation of the Preferred Stock set forth in this resolution (as such resolution may be amended from time to time) is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other rights, preferences and limitations set forth in this resolution (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable right, preference or limitation shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no right, preference or limitation herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such right, preference or limitation unless so expressed herein.

(d) Headings. The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designation to be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company as of October 23, 2007.

 

PALM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew J. Brown

Name:   Andrew J. Brown
Title:   Senior Vice President and CFO

 

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EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS Amended and Restated Bylaws

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PALM, INC.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page
ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES    1
 

1.1

   Registered Office    1
 

1.2

   Other Offices    1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS    1
 

2.1

   Place of Meetings    1
 

2.2

   Annual Meeting    1
 

2.3

   Special Meeting    4
 

2.4

   Organization    4
 

2.5

   Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings    4
 

2.6

   Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice    5
 

2.7

   Quorum    5
 

2.8

   Adjourned Meeting; Notice    5
 

2.9

   Voting    6
 

2.10

   Validation of Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Consent    6
 

2.11

   No Stockholder Action by Written Consent    7
 

2.12

   Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents    7
 

2.13

   Proxies    7
 

2.14

   Inspectors of Election    8
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS    9
 

3.1

   Powers    9
 

3.2

   Number    9
 

3.3

   Election and Term of Office of Directors    9
 

3.4

   Resignation and Vacancies    9
 

3.5

   Removal    10
 

3.6

   Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone    10
 

3.7

   Regular Meetings    11
 

3.8

   Special Meetings; Notice    11
 

3.9

   Quorum    11
 

3.10

   Waiver of Notice    12
 

3.11

   Adjournment    12
 

3.12

   Notice of Adjournment    12
 

3.13

   Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting    12
 

3.14

   Organization    12
 

3.15

   Fees and Compensation of Directors    12
ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES    13
 

4.1    

   Committees of Directors    13

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

              Page
  4.2    Meetings and Action of Committees    13
  4.3    Committee Minutes    13
  4.4    Executive Committee    13
ARTICLE V OFFICERS    14
  5.1    Officers    14
  5.2    Election of Officers    14
  5.3    Terms of Office and Compensation    14
  5.4    Removal; Resignation of Officers and Vacancies    14
  5.5    Chairman of the Board    15
  5.6    Vice Chairman of the Board    15
  5.7    Chairman of Executive Committee    15
  5.8    Chief Executive Officer    15
  5.9    President    15
  5.10    Vice Presidents    16
  5.11    Secretary    16
  5.12    Chief Financial Officer    17

ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS

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  6.1    Indemnification of Directors and Officers    18
  6.2    Indemnification of Others    18
  6.2    Insurance    18
  6.4    Expenses    19
  6.5    Non-Exclusivity of Rights    19
  6.6    Survival of Rights    19
  6.7    Amendments    20
ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS    20
  7.1    Maintenance and Inspection of Records    20
  7.2    Inspection by Director    20
  7.3    Representation of Shares of Other Corporations    20
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS    21
  8.1    Record Date for Purposes Other than Notice and Voting    21
  8.2    Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness    21
  8.3    Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed    21
  8.4    Fiscal Year    21
  8.5    Stock Certificates    21
  8.6    Special Designation on Certificates    22

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

             Page
 

8.7    

  Lost Certificates    22
 

8.8    

  Construction; Definitions    23
 

8.9    

  Provisions Additional to Provisions of Law    23
 

8.10 

  Provisions Contrary to Provisions of Law    23
 

8.11 

  Notices    23

ARTICLEIX AMENDMENTS

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PALM, INC.

(Last amended and restated effective as of October 24, 2007)

ARTICLE I

CORPORATE OFFICES

1.1    Registered Office

The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation.

1.2    Other Offices

The board of directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.1    Place of Meetings

Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the board of directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation.

2.2    Annual Meeting

 

  (a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the board of directors. At the meeting, directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.

 

  (b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be: (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of


 

record at the time of giving notice provided for in these Bylaws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.2. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation (A) not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s meeting, or (B) not later than the close of business on the forty-fifth (45th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the corporation first sent or gave its proxy statement to stockholders for the preceding year’s annual meeting, whichever period described in clause (A) or (B) of this sentence first commences; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or after the anniversary date of the previous year’s meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such meeting and (y) the tenth (10) day following the date on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. For purposes of this Section 2.2, a “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a stockholders meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. A stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (3) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (4) any material interest of the stockholder in such business, and (5) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), in his capacity as a proponent of a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. In addition, with respect to a stockholder proposal, if the stockholder has not provided the corporation a valid notice as described above resulting in the corporation being required to include and including the stockholder’s proposal in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy, the stockholder must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a sufficient number of shares to carry such proposal in order for such proposal to be properly presented. Notwithstanding

 

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anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

  (c) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the board of directors or by any stockholder of record of the corporation at the time of giving notice provided for in these Bylaws, who is entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the board of directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2; and (iii) a written statement executed by such nominee acknowledging that, as a director of such corporation, such person will owe a fiduciary duty, under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, exclusively to the corporation and its stockholders. In addition, if the stockholder’s nominee has not been included as a nominee in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy, the stockholder must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a sufficient number of shares to elect such nominee in order for the nominee to be properly nominated. At the request of the board of directors or the chairman of the board, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrants, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

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2.3    Special Meeting

A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the board of directors or the chairman of the board. Special meetings of the stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting.

2.4    Organization

Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the vice chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman of the meeting, which chairman must be an officer or director of the Company, designated by the board of directors. The secretary or in his or her absence an assistant secretary or in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof.

The board of directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the board of directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the board of directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

2.5    Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings

All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.6 of these Bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called (no business other than that specified in the notice may be transacted) or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders (but any proper matter may be presented at the meeting for such action). The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees who, at the time of the notice, the board intends to present for election.

 

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2.6    Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice

Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given either personally or by mail, telecopy, telegram or other electronic or wireless means. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent charges prepaid and shall be addressed to the stockholder at the address of that stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the stockholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or at the time of transmission when sent by telecopy, telegram or other electronic or wireless means.

An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any stockholders’ meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice or report.

2.7    Quorum

The holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairman of the meeting or (ii) the stockholders by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock, present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting in accordance with Section 2.8 of these Bylaws.

If a quorum be initially present, the stockholders may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken is approved by a majority of the stockholders initially constituting the quorum.

2.8    Adjourned Meeting; Notice

Any stockholders’ meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the voting power of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy. In the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting except as provided in Section 2.7 of these Bylaws.

When any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed or if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting, then notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given. Notice of any such adjourned meeting

 

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shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 of these Bylaws. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

2.9    Voting

The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 of these Bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgers and joint owners, and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).

Except as may be otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws or required by applicable law, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

Any stockholder entitled to vote on any matter may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or, except when the matter is the election of directors, may vote them against the proposal; but if the stockholder fails to specify the number of shares which the stockholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the stockholder’s approving vote is with respect to all shares which the stockholder is entitled to vote.

2.10    Validation of Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Consent

The transactions of any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though they had been taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy.

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereto, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, will be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of notice of and presence at that meeting, except when the person objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters required by applicable

 

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law to be included in the notice of the meeting but not so included, if that objection is expressly made at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

2.11    No Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Effective as of the Trigger Date (as defined in the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended), any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

2.12    Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents

For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote thereat, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, and in such event only stockholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, by these Bylaws, by agreement or by applicable law.

If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the board of directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting.

The record date for any other purpose shall be as provided in Section 8.1 of these Bylaws.

2.13    Proxies

Every person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy filed with the secretary of the corporation. A written proxy may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the person. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the corporation.

 

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A proxy is not revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted, written notice of such death or incapacity is received by the corporation.

2.14    Inspectors of Election

Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, then the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any stockholder or a stockholder’s proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.

Such inspectors shall:

 

  (a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;

 

  (b) receive votes, ballots or consents;

 

  (c) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote;

 

  (d) count and tabulate all votes or consents;

 

  (e) determine when the polls shall close;

 

  (f) determine the result; and

 

  (g) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.

The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three (3) inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

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ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

3.1    Powers

Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and to any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.

3.2    Number

The authorized number of directors shall be fixed at nine (9). The number of directors may be changed by an amendment to these Bylaws, duly adopted by the board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

3.3    Election and Term of Office of Directors

Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, one class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2000, another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2001, and another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2002, with each class to hold office until its successor is duly elected and qualified. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until such person’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or until such person’s earlier resignation or removal. Each director, including a director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal.

Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws; wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.

Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws; wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.

3.4    Resignation and Vacancies

Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the secretary or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

 

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Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws:

 

  (i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so elected shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

 

  (ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.

If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders solely for he purpose of electing directors in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the then outstanding shares having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.

3.5    Removal

Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed from office only for cause by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

3.6    Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone

Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or if there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation.

 

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Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another; and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

3.7    Regular Meetings

Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice if the times of such meetings are fixed by the board of directors.

3.8    Special Meetings; Notice

Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the vice chairman of the board, the chairman of the executive committee, the chief executive officer or the secretary or by any two (2) or more of the directors.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by mail, telecopy, telegram or other electronic or wireless means, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address as it is shown on the records of the corporation or if the address is not readily ascertainable, notice shall be addressed to the director at the city or place in which the meetings of directors are regularly held. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone, telecopy, telegram or other electronic or wireless means, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or other electronic or wireless means or to the telegraph company at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. If the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation, the notice need not specify the place of the meeting. Moreover, a notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

3.9    Quorum

A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to fill vacancies in the board of directors as provided in Section 3.4 and to adjourn as provided in Section 3.11 of these Bylaws. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

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3.10    Waiver of Notice

Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director (i) who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (ii) who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such directors. The transactions of any meeting of the board, however called and noticed or wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the board of directors.

3.11    Adjournment

A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.

3.12    Notice of Adjournment

Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given if announced unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, then notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given before the adjourned meeting takes place, in the manner specified in Section 3.8 of these Bylaws, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

3.13    Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, provided that all members of the board of directors individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent and any counterparts thereof shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.

3.14    Organization

Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the vice chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the chairman of the executive committee, if any, or in his or her absence by the chief executive officer, if any. In the absence of all such directors, a president pro tem chosen by a majority of the directors present shall preside at the meeting. The secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

3.15    Fees and Compensation of Directors

Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.15 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation for those services.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

4.1    Committees of Directors

The board of directors may designate one (1) or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The board of directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have all the authority of the board, but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter that requires the approval of the stockholders or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any Bylaw of the corporation.

4.2    Meetings and Action of Committees

Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these Bylaws, Section 3.6 (place of meetings), Section 3.7 (regular meetings), Section 3.8 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.9 (quorum), Section 3.10 (waiver of notice), Section 3.11 (adjournment), Section 3.12 (notice of adjournment), and Section 3.13 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors, and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.

4.3    Committee Minutes

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

4.4    Executive Committee

In the event that the board of directors appoints an executive committee, such executive committee, in all cases in which specific directions to the contrary shall not have been given by the board of directors, shall have and may exercise, during the intervals between the meetings of the board of directors, all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation (except as provided in Section 4.1 hereof) in such manner as the executive committee may deem in the best interests of the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

5.1    Officers

The officers of this corporation shall consist of a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a chief financial officer who shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and such other officers, including but not limited to a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chairman of the executive committee, a president and a treasurer, as the board of directors shall deem expedient, who shall be chosen in such manner and hold their offices for such terms as the board of directors may prescribe. Any two or more of such offices may be held by the same person. The board of directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice presidents or senior vice presidents. The board of directors may from time to time designate an officer as the chief operating officer of the corporation. Any president or vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, or such officers as shall be designated by the board of directors from time to time, respectively, may exercise any of the powers of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or the secretary, respectively, as directed by the board of directors and shall perform such other duties as are imposed upon such officer by the Bylaws or the board of directors.

5.2    Election of Officers

In addition to officers elected by the board of directors in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.3, the corporation may have one or more appointed vice presidents or such other officers as shall be designated by the board of directors. Such vice presidents or other officers may be appointed by the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer and shall have such duties as may be established by the chairman or chief executive officer. Vice presidents or such other officers appointed pursuant to this Section 5.2 may be removed in accordance with Section 5.4.

5.3    Terms of Office and Compensation

The term of office and salary of each of said officers and the manner and time of the payment of such salaries shall be fixed and determined by the board of directors and may be altered by said board from time to time at its pleasure, subject to the rights, if any, of said officers under any contract of employment.

5.4    Removal; Resignation of Officers and Vacancies

Any officer of the corporation may be removed at the pleasure of the board of directors at any meeting or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, at the pleasure of any officer who may be granted such power by a resolution of the board of directors. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. If any vacancy occurs in any office of the corporation, the board of directors may elect a successor to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is duly chosen and qualified.

 

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5.5    Chairman of the Board

The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall have general supervision, direction and control of the corporation’s business and its officers, and, if present, preside at meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. The chairman of the board shall report to the board of directors.

5.6    Vice Chairman of the Board

The vice chairman of the board of directors, if there shall be one, shall, in the case of the absence, disability or death of the chairman, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the chairman of the board. The vice chairman shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be granted or prescribed by the board of directors.

5.7    Chairman of Executive Committee

The chairman of the executive committee, if there be one, shall have the power to call meetings of the board of directors to be held subject to the limitations prescribed by applicable law or by these Bylaws, at such times and at such places as the chairman of the executive committee shall deem proper. The chairman of the executive committee shall have such other powers and be subject to such other duties as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

5.8    Chief Executive Officer

The powers and duties of the chief executive officer are:

 

  (a) To call meetings of the board of directors to be held, subject to the limitations prescribed by applicable law or by these Bylaws, at such times and at such places as the chief executive officer shall deem proper.

 

  (b) To affix the signature of the corporation to all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, obligations, bonds, certificates and other papers and instruments in writing which have been authorized by the board of directors or which, in the judgment of the chief executive officer, should be executed on behalf of the corporation, and to sign certificates for shares of stock of the corporation.

 

  (c) To have such other powers and be subject to such other duties as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

5.9    President

In the case of the absence, disability or death of the chief executive officer, the elected president, if there shall be one, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the chief executive officer. The elected president, if there shall be one, shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be granted or prescribed by the board of directors.

 

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5.10    Vice Presidents

In case of the absence, disability or death of the president, the elected vice president, or one of the elected vice presidents, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the president. If there is more than one elected vice president, the order in which the elected vice presidents shall succeed to the powers and duties of the president shall be as fixed by the board of directors. The elected vice president or elected vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be granted or prescribed by the board of directors.

Vice presidents appointed pursuant to Section 5.2 shall have such powers and duties as may be fixed by the chairman or chief executive officer, except that such appointed vice presidents may not exercise the powers and duties of the president.

Any officer of the corporation (other than an officer who holds solely one or more of the following offices: secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer) shall have all the powers and duties described in these Bylaws of a vice president of the corporation.

5.11    Secretary

The powers and duties of the secretary are:

 

  (a) To keep a book of minutes at the principal office of the corporation, or such other place as the board of directors may order, of all meetings of its directors and stockholders with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at directors’ meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings and the proceedings thereof.

 

  (b) To keep the seal of the corporation and affix the same to all instruments which may require it.

 

  (c) To keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the corporation, or at the office of the transfer agent or agents, a share register, or duplicate share registers, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number of and classes of shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

  (d) To keep a supply of certificates for shares of the corporation, to fill in all certificates issued, and to make a proper record of each such issuance; provided, that so long as the corporation shall have one or more duly appointed and acting transfer agents of the shares, or any class or series of shares, of the corporation, such duties with respect to such shares shall be performed by such transfer agent or transfer agents.

 

  (e) To transfer upon the share books of the corporation any and all shares of the corporation; provided, that so long as the corporation shall have one or more duly appointed and acting transfer agents of the shares, or any class or series of shares, of the corporation, such duties with respect to such shares shall be performed by such

 

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transfer agent or transfer agents, and the method of transfer of each certificate shall be subject to the reasonable regulations of the transfer agent to which the certificate is presented for transfer, and also, if the corporation then has one or more duly appointed and acting registrars, to the reasonable regulations of the registrar to which the new certificate is presented for registration; and provided, further that no certificate for shares of stock shall be issued or delivered or, if issued or delivered, shall have any validity whatsoever until and unless it has been signed or authenticated in the manner provided in Section 8.5 hereof.

 

  (f) To make service and publication of all notices that may be necessary or proper, and without command or direction from anyone. In case of the absence, disability, refusal, or neglect of the secretary to make service or publication of any notices, then such notices may be served and/or published by the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president, or by any person thereunto authorized by either of them or by the board of directors or by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation.

 

  (g) Generally to do and perform all such duties as pertain to the office of secretary and as may be required by the board of directors.

5.12    Chief Financial Officer

The powers and duties of the chief financial officer are:

 

  (a) To supervise the corporate-wide treasury functions and financial reporting to external bodies.

 

  (b) To have the custody of all funds, securities, evidence of indebtedness and other valuable documents of the corporation and, at the chief financial officer’s discretion, to cause any or all thereof to be deposited for account of the corporation at such depositary as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

  (c) To receive or cause to be received, and to give or cause to be given, receipts and acquittances for monies paid in for the account of the corporation.

 

  (d) To disburse, or cause to be disbursed, all funds of the corporation as may be directed by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements.

 

  (e) To render to the chief executive officer and to the board of directors, whenever they may require, accounts of all transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

  (f) Generally to do and perform all such duties as pertain to the office of chief financial officer and as may be required by the board of directors.

 

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ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES

AND OTHER AGENTS

6.1    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the corporation; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized in advance by the board of directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the General Corporation Law of Delaware or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made pursuant to an individual contract. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a “director” or “officer” of the corporation includes any person (i) who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was a director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

6.2    Indemnification of Others

The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an “employee” or “agent” of the corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any person (i) who is or was an employee or agent of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

6.3    Insurance

The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

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6.4    Expenses

The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw or otherwise; provided, however, that the corporation shall not be required to advance expenses to any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless the proceeding was authorized in advance by the board of directors of the corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 6.5, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

6.5    Non-Exclusivity of Rights

The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

6.6    Survival of Rights

The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

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6.7    Amendments

Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

ARTICLE VII

RECORDS AND REPORTS

7.1    Maintenance and Inspection of Records

The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.

Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business.

7.2    Inspection by Director

Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

7.3    Representation of Shares of Other Corporations

The chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or any other officer of this corporation authorized by the board of directors is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL MATTERS

8.1    Record Date for Purposes Other than Notice and Voting

. For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action. In that case, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, by these Bylaws, by agreement or by applicable law.

If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, then the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the applicable resolution or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later.

8.2    Checks; Drafts; Evidences of Indebtedness

From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

8.3    Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How Executed

The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

8.4    Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of this corporation shall end on the Friday nearest to May 31 and shall begin for the following fiscal year on the next day thereafter.

8.5    Stock Certificates

There shall be issued to each holder of fully paid shares of the capital stock of the corporation a certificate or certificates for such shares, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be

 

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uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of shares of the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer or president or a vice president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

8.6    Special Designation on Certificates

If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 8.6 or Sections 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or with respect to this Section 8.6 a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

8.7    Lost Certificates

The corporation may issue a new share certificate, a new certificate for any other security or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owner’s legal representative to give the corporation a bond (or other adequate security) sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it (including any expense or liability) on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares. The board of directors may adopt such other provisions and restrictions with reference to lost certificates, not inconsistent with applicable law, as it shall in its discretion deem appropriate.

 

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8.8    Construction; Definitions

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the General Corporation Law of Delaware shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.

8.9    Provisions Additional to Provisions of Law

All restrictions, limitations, requirements and other provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed, insofar as possible, as supplemental and additional to all provisions of law applicable to the subject matter thereof and shall be fully complied with in addition to the said provisions of law unless such compliance shall be illegal.

8.10    Provisions Contrary to Provisions of Law

Any article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of these Bylaws which upon being construed in the manner provided in Section 8.9 hereof, shall be contrary to or inconsistent with any applicable provisions of law, shall not apply so long as said provisions of law shall remain in effect, but such result shall not affect the validity or applicability of any other portions of these Bylaws, it being hereby declared that these Bylaws would have been adopted and each article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more articles, sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases is or are illegal.

8.11    Notices

Any reference in these Bylaws to the time a notice is given or sent means, unless otherwise expressly provided, the time a written notice by mail is deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid; or the time any other written notice is personally delivered to the recipient or is delivered to a common carrier for transmission, or actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by electronic means, to the recipient; or the time any oral notice is communicated, in person or by telephone or wireless, to the recipient or to a person at the office of the recipient who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the recipient.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Subject to Section 6.7 hereof, the original or other bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed (1) at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, provided, however, that any proposed alteration or repeal of, or the adoption of any By-Law inconsistent with, Section 2.2, 2.3, 2.5 or 2.11 of Article II of the By-Laws or with Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 of Article III of the By-Laws or this sentence, by the stockholders shall require the

 

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affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all Voting Stock then outstanding, voting together as a single class; and, provided, further, however, that in the case of any such stockholder action at a special meeting of stockholders, notice of the proposed alteration, repeal or adoption of the new By-Law or By-Laws must be contained in the notice of such special meeting, or (2) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. The fact that the power to amend these By-Laws has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.

Whenever an amendment or new bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied in the book of bylaws with the original bylaws, in the appropriate place. If any bylaw is repealed, the fact of repeal with the date of the meeting at which the repeal was enacted or the filing of the operative written consent(s) shall be stated in said book.

 

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EX-3.3 4 dex33.htm CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

PALM, INC.

Palm, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify that:

FIRST: This Certificate of Amendment (this “Certificate of Amendment”) amends the provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

SECOND: The terms and provisions of this Certificate of Amendment have been duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

THIRD: The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by adding the following Article XI:

ARTICLE XI

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in addition to any approvals otherwise required under this Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, so long as Elevation and its Affiliates Beneficially Own at least 15% of the Total Voting Power of the Company, any transaction which if consummated would result in a Change of Control Transaction in which the acquiring counterparty is (a) Elevation or an Affiliate of Elevation or (b) a member of a 13D Group of which Elevation or an Affiliate of Elevation is also a member (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any merger with or into the Company of Elevation or an Affiliate of Elevation which results in a Change of Control Transaction), shall require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock not Beneficially Owned by Elevation or any of its 12b-2 Affiliates.

In addition to any approvals otherwise required under this Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, any amendment to this Article XI shall require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock not Beneficially Owned by Elevation or any of its 12b-2 Affiliates.

For purposes of this Article XI only:

Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Stockholders’ Agreement.


Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and beneficial ownership of a person or entity of securities will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such rule.

Change of Control Transaction” shall mean any of the following: (i) a merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction to which the Company is a party if the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction, as a result of such share ownership, have Beneficial Ownership of voting securities representing less than 50% of the Total Voting Power of the surviving entity following such merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction; (ii) an acquisition by any person, entity or 13D Group of direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock of the Company representing 50% or more of the Total Voting Power of the Company; or (iii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (in one or a series of related transactions).

Elevation” shall mean Elevation Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Stockholders’ Agreement” means the stockholders’ agreement, dated October 24, 2007, by and among the Company, Elevation and Elevation Employee Side Fund, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

13D Group” means any group of persons formed for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities which would be required under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to file a statement on Schedule 13D pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or a Schedule 13G of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act with the SEC as a “person” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act if such group Beneficially Owned Voting Stock representing more than 5% of any class of Voting Stock then outstanding.

Total Voting Power” shall mean, with respect to any entity, at the time of determination of Total Voting Power, the total number of votes which may be cast on a general matter of the entity at which all classes of equity voting securities of the entity are entitled to vote.

12b-2 Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, any other person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified person, for so long as such other person remains so associated to such specified person (provided, however, that the Company shall not be deemed a “12b-2 Affiliate” of Elevation).

Voting Stock” shall mean means shares of the Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and any other securities of the Company or its successor having the power to vote in the election of members of the Board of the Company or its successor.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this 23rd day of October, 2007.

 

PALM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew J. Brown

Name:   Andrew J. Brown
Title:   Senior Vice President and CFO
EX-10.1 5 dex101.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

PALM, INC.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 24, 2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS    1
  SECTION 1.1.    Certain Defined Terms    1
  SECTION 1.2.    Other Capitalized Terms    1
  SECTION 1.3.    Effectiveness of this Agreement    1
ARTICLE II REGISTRATION RIGHTS    2
  SECTION 2.1.    Piggyback Registrations    2
  SECTION 2.2.    Demand Registration    3
  SECTION 2.3.    Exceptions to the Company’s Obligations.    6
  SECTION 2.4.    Registration Procedures    9
  SECTION 2.5.    Information Supplied    12
  SECTION 2.6.    Expenses    12
  SECTION 2.7.    Restrictions on Disposition    13
  SECTION 2.8.    Indemnification    13
  SECTION 2.9.    Required Reports    16
  SECTION 2.10.    Selection of Counsel    16
  SECTION 2.11.    Market Standoff Agreement    16
  SECTION 2.12.    No Inconsistent Agreements; No Free Writing Prospectuses    17
  SECTION 2.13.    Termination of Registration Rights    17
ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS    17
  SECTION 3.1.    Expenses    17
  SECTION 3.2.    Successors and Assigns; Assignment    17
  SECTION 3.3.    No Third Party Beneficiaries    18
  SECTION 3.4.    Entire Agreement    18
  SECTION 3.5.    Severability    18
  SECTION 3.6.    Amendment and Waiver    18
  SECTION 3.7.    Delays or Omissions    19
  SECTION 3.8.    Notices    19
  SECTION 3.9.    Interpretation    19
  SECTION 3.10.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial    20
  SECTION 3.11.    No Special Damages    20
  SECTION 3.12.    Counterparts    21

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered as of October 24, 2007, among Palm, Inc. a Delaware corporation (together with any other issuer of Registrable Securities, the “Company”), Elevation Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Elevation”), and Elevation Employee Side Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Elevation and their respective Permitted Transferees, the “Investor Stockholders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor Stockholders have entered into a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 1, 2007 (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investor Stockholders have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 325,000 shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (as defined below) for an aggregate purchase price of $325 million on the Closing Date; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into certain arrangements relating to the Company, the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares (as defined below).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Certain Defined Terms. Certain terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in Exhibit A.

SECTION 1.2. Other Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein or in Exhibit A shall have the meanings given to them in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 1.3. Effectiveness of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not take effect until the Closing, and in the event the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement is terminated, this Agreement shall be void ab initio.

 


ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

SECTION 2.1. Piggyback Registrations. If the Company proposes to register Equity Securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated for similar purposes, and other than demand registrations pursuant to Section 2.2) involving the offering of such Equity Securities at any time on or after the last day of the Restricted Period (the “Restricted Period Termination Date”), whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner which would permit registration of Registrable Securities of the same class of such Equity Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, it will, at each such time, give prompt written or telephonic notice (a “Piggyback Offering Notice”) to the Holders of: its intention to do so, the form on which the Company expects to effect such registration (e.g. Form S-1, Form S-3, Form S-3ASR), the anticipated filing date with the SEC of such registration statement, the anticipated date that the registration statement will be declared or otherwise become effective, whether the offering is to be underwritten, in the case of Form S-3 or Form S-3ASR, the anticipated date and time that the offering will be made. The registration rights provided for in this Section 2.1 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, registrations made upon the demand of any Holder in accordance with Section 2.2.

(a) Form S-1. If the Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it intends to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-1, upon the written request of any Holder (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), made within ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice but in no event later than two (2) Business Days prior to the date the Form S-1 is filed with the SEC, the Company will, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 and the provision of the information specified in Section 2.5, use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holders thereof.

(b) Form S-3. If the Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it intends to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-3, upon the written request of any Holder (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), made within ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice but in no event later than two (2) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement as indicated in such notice, notifying the Company whether any Holders intend to include within the Form S-3 or any Prospectus included therein Registrable Securities, the Company will, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 and the provision of the information specified in Section 2.5, use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holders thereof.

(c) Form S-3ASR. If the Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it intends to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-3ASR, upon the written request of any Holder (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), made within ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice but in no event later than two

 

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(2) Business Days (six (6) business hours in the case that the Company’s notice specifies that the offering is expected to occur within one (1) Business Day following the date of the notice, or one (1) Business Day in the case that the Company’s notice specifies that the offering is expected to occur within two (2) Business Days) prior the date and time of the offering as specified in the Company’s notice, notifying the Company whether any Holders intend to include within such Form S-3ASR or any Prospectus included therein Registrable Securities, the Company will, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 and the provision of the information specified in Section 2.5, use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holders thereof.

(d) Right to Withdraw. If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering, any Holder requesting to be included in such registration may elect, in writing prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, not to register all or any part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in connection with such registration.

(e) Conversion into Registrable Securities. Nothing in this Section 2.1 shall limit the right of any Holder to request the registration of the Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares by such Holder (subject to such conversion occurring prior to such registration), notwithstanding the fact that at the time of the request such Holder holds Series B Preferred Stock and not Registrable Securities.

SECTION 2.2. Demand Registration.

(a) General.

(i) Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.2(a), upon the written request (a “Demand Notice”) of holders holding at least 40% of the aggregate Registrable Securities then held by the Holders (collectively the “Demand Party”) (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into Conversion Shares) requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such Demand Party’s Registrable Securities, which Registrable Securities will be offered for sale on or after the Restricted Period Termination Date, and specifying the amount and intended method of disposition thereof, including pursuant to a shelf registration statement utilizing Rule 415 of the Securities Act (or its successor provision) (a “Shelf Registration”), thereupon the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested registration to each of the other Holders and thereupon will, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later than 45 days after the date of the Demand Notice in the case of a Demand Notice dated on or after the Restricted Period Termination Date), file and use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Securities Act a registration statement to effect the registration under the Securities Act of the following, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing: (x) to the extent a Demand Notice is delivered not less than 45 days prior to the Restricted Period Termination Date requesting a Shelf Registration, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective no later than

 

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the Restricted Period Termination Date, and (y) under no circumstances under this Section 2.2(a) (including the foregoing clause (x)) shall the Company be required to file any registration statement prior to the date that is 45 days prior to the Restricted Period Termination Date:

(1) such Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Demand Party under the Demand Notice; and

(2) the Registrable Securities of Holders which the Company has been requested to register by written request to the Company by the Holders within ten (10) days after the giving of such written notice by the Company to the Holders (which request shall specify the amount and intended method of disposition of such securities).

all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended method thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities and such other securities so to be registered.

(ii) Nothing in this Section 2.2 shall limit the right of any Holder to request the registration of the Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares by such Holder (subject to such conversion occurring prior to such registration), notwithstanding the fact that at the time of the request such Holder holds Series B Preferred Stock and not Registrable Securities.

(b) Shelf Take-Downs. Any of the Holders whose Registrable Securities have been registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration may initiate an offering or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration (each, a “Shelf Take-Down”) and, except as set forth in this Section 2.2(b) with respect to Marketed Underwritten Offerings, such Holder shall not be required to permit the offer and sale of Registrable Securities by other Holders in connection with such Shelf Take-Down. If the initiating Holders so elect by written request to the Company, a Shelf Take-Down may be in the form of an underwritten offering (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”), and the Company shall, if so requested, file and effect an amendment or supplement of the Shelf Registration for such purpose as soon as practicable. Only the Demand Party shall have the right to initiate an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is a Marketed Underwritten Offering, and any such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is a Marketed Underwritten Offering shall be deemed to be a registration pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company shall provide notice to the other Holders of such registration in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2(a).

(c) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.2 will not be deemed to have been effected unless: (i) it has been declared effective by the SEC or has otherwise become effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) it has been filed with the SEC but abandoned or withdrawn at the request of the Demand Party prior to effectiveness, other than an abandonment or withdrawal requested because of: (A) the stock price of the Company’s Common Stock falling 15% or more since the delivery of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 (provided that such registration shall be deemed to have been effected, unless (x) the Holders participating in the registration reimburse the Company for Registration Expenses incurred or payable by the Company up until the receipt of notice of an abandonment or withdrawal pursuant to this clause (A) and for the withdrawal of the registration statement, and (y) a Demand Party has

 

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not previously requested abandonment or withdrawal of a registration pursuant to this clause (A) (it being understood that an abandonment or withdrawal pursuant to this clause (A) may be made only once)), (B) the delivery of a postponement notice pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv), (C) a material adverse change in the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ prospects, business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, taken as a whole, which became known to the Holders or the public after the delivery of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 2.2, or (D) the discovery of materially adverse, non-public information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(d) Selection of Underwriters. If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering, the investment bankers, underwriters and managers for such registration shall be selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register; provided, however, that such selection of investment bankers, underwriters and managers shall be subject to the reasonable approval by the Company.

(e) Priority in Demand Registrations; Right to Abandon or Withdraw. If a requested registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of Equity Securities (including Registrable Securities) to be included in such registration as contemplated by the Holders and the Company would be likely to exceed the largest number of Equity Securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on the success of such offering, including any impact on the selling price or the number of Equity Securities that can be sold (the “Maximum Offering Size”), then the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, 100% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Demand Party and other Holders of Registrable Securities who have requested that their Registrable Securities be included up to the Maximum Offering Size (such Registrable Securities allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among the Demand Party and the other Holders of Registrable Securities so requested to be included in such registration by each) and (ii) second, to the extent the managing underwriter believes additional securities can be sold in the offering without exceeding the Maximum Offering Size, the securities the Company proposes to sell up to the number of securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter, can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Offering Size. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter of any underwritten offering shall advise the Holders participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 that the Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement cannot be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Demand Party or that all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a registration by a Demand Party pursuant to this Section 2.2 cannot be sold in the manner requested, then the Demand Party shall have the right to notify the Company that it has determined that the registration statement be abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Company shall abandon or withdraw such registration statement; it being understood that in the event the Demand Party exercises its right set forth in this sentence, the Company shall remain liable for any Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.6 and that the abandonment or withdrawal of the registration statement shall nevertheless constitute a registration for purposes of Section 2.3(b)(i) unless the Demand Party elects to pay (or reimburse the Company for) such Registration Expenses, in which case such registration statement shall not constitute a registration for purposes of Section 2.3(b)(i).

 

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(f) Notification of Sales. Prior to the sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the Holders shall give reasonable prior written notice of such sale to the Company under the particular circumstances, but in any event at least two (2) Business Days prior notice, which notice may contemplate possible sales by the Holder over a period of time not to exceed one (1) week but need not specify the number of Registrable Securities to be sold, the method of distribution or proposed purchaser or underwriter. Delivery of such notice shall not obligate the Holders to consummate such sale. Any underwritten sale pursuant to a Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 must be for a number of Registrable Securities which, based on the good faith determination of the Holders, will result in gross proceeds of at least $80 million in the case of any Marketed Underwritten Offering or $30 million in the case of any other underwritten offering.

SECTION 2.3. Exceptions to the Company’s Obligations.

(a) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1 to the contrary:

(i) if, at any time after giving a Piggyback Offering Notice, the Company shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration of the securities to be sold by it, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Holders and, thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith); and

(ii) if a registration pursuant to Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of Equity Securities (including Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration) to be included in such registration as contemplated by the Company and the Holders would be likely to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, then the Company shall include in such registration (a) first, 100% of the securities the Company proposes to sell, and (b) second, to the extent of the amount of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Offering Size, the amount of Registrable Securities which the Holders have requested to be included in such registration, such amount to be allocated pro rata among all requesting Holders and all other Persons entitled to registration rights, on the basis of the relative amount of Registrable Securities then held by each such Person (provided that any such amount thereby allocated to any such Person that exceeds such Person’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Persons in a like manner to the extent practicable).

(b) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.2 to the contrary:

(i) in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than (x) three (3) registrations pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or (y) three (3) Marketed Underwritten Offerings;

 

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(ii) in no event shall the Company be obligated to prepare and file (x) any such registration statement or (y) any prospectus supplement thereto relating to a Marketed Underwritten Offering, in each case with respect to Registrable Securities with a market value (based on then current trading prices) of less than $80 million;

(iii) the Company shall not be obligated to (x) file a registration statement under Section 2.2(a) within a period of 270 days after the effective date of any other registration statement, (1) for which the Holders exercised their rights pursuant Section 2.1 to include Registrable Securities, provided that the Company and the underwriters did not limit in its entirety the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder was permitted to include in such registration statement or (2) which the Company filed or effected pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or (y) effect more than one Marketed Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.2 in any 180-day period;

(iv) if the Company receives a request for registration pursuant to Section 2.2, at a time when (A) the Company has commenced, or has a bona fide intention to commence, a public or Rule 144A securities offering transaction, (B) registration of the Registrable Securities would, in the good faith judgment of the executive officers of the Company (after consultation with counsel), impede, delay or otherwise interfere with any pending or contemplated material acquisition, corporate reorganization or similar material transaction, or (C) non-public material information not otherwise then required by Law to be publicly disclosed regarding the Company exists, the immediate disclosure of which would in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or General Counsel of the Company be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company (clauses (A), B) and (C), a “Material Pending Event”), then the Company may postpone the filing (but not the preparation) of a registration statement requested pursuant to Section 2.2 for a period not to exceed 90 consecutive calendar days from the date of a Demand Notice upon providing the Demand Party with written notice of such postponement (which notice need not include a statement of the reason for such postponement); provided that the Company shall at all times in good faith use reasonable best efforts to cause any registration statement required by Section 2.2 to be filed as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter; provided, further, that the Company shall postpone the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iv) for no more than 180 days in the aggregate in any twelve-month period in respect of all requested registrations; and provided further that the Company shall make prompt and adequate disclosure of any material information required to be disclosed from time to time in accordance with Law and Nasdaq rules. Each Holder shall keep confidential any communications received by it from the Company regarding the postponement pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iv) (including the fact of the postponement), except as required by Law. In the event that the Company gives the Holders the notice specified in this Section 2.3(b)(i), the Demand Party shall have the right, within 15 days after receipt thereof, to withdraw its request under Section 2.2, in which case such request shall not be counted as a demand for purposes of Section 2.2 or for purposes of the limitations set forth in Section 2.3(b)(i);

(v) if the Company receives a request for registration pursuant to Section 2.2, at a time when there is a Material Pending Event, then the Company may suspend sales under a shelf registration statement, or a registration statement pursuant to which Registrable Securities are

 

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not immediately sold after the effectiveness thereof, for a period not to exceed 60 days in any 90-day period upon providing the Holders with written notice of such suspension (which notice shall include a statement of the reason for such suspension); provided, that the Company shall suspend the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(v) for no more than 180 days in the aggregate in any twelve-month period and three (3) times in any twelve-month period respect of all requested registrations; and provided further that the Company shall make prompt and adequate disclosure of any material information required to be disclosed from time to time in accordance with Law and Nasdaq rules. Upon receipt of a notice from the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.3(b)(v), each Holder agrees not to sell or offer to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such shelf registration statement until the Company notifies such Holder that the shelf registration statement may be used (which notice the Company shall promptly provide following the termination of the event or circumstance giving rise to such suspension). Each Holder shall keep confidential any communications received by it from the Company regarding the suspension of sales pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(v) (including the fact of the suspension), except as required by Law; and

(vi) in no event shall the Company be obligated to prepare and file in connection with any Shelf Take-Down any post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration or any prospectus supplement with respect to such Shelf Take-Down unless the Holders requesting such filing expect in good faith to sell Registrable Securities in connection therewith for an aggregate gross sales price of at least $25 million ($30 million with respect to an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down).

(c) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 to the contrary:

(i) if all of the Registrable Securities held by a Holder (together with those of its Affiliates) constitute less than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock and can be sold without restriction under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the Company shall not be required to effect any registrations, Shelf Take-Downs or Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs of any kind for such Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 (but the Company shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of any shelf registration statement as required by Section 2.4(b));

(ii) if all of the Registrable Securities held by a Holder (together with those of its Affiliates) constitute less than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock and can be sold within any three (3) month period without restriction under Rule 144 because the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder does not exceed the volume limitations imposed by Rule 144(e) of the Securities Act, the Company shall not be required to effect any registrations, Shelf Take-Downs or Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs of any kind for such Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2; and

(iii) if any registration involves an underwritten offering, all Holders requesting to participate in any registration in connection with an underwritten offering hereunder must sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements (with such differences, including any with respect to indemnification and liability insurance, as may be customary or appropriate in combined

 

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primary and secondary offerings) and completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, underwriting agreements, hold-back agreement letters and other documents customarily required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that to the extent such Holder is obligated under the terms of the underwriting arrangements to (i) make representations and warranties other than generally as to his, her or its respective (A) execution, delivery and performance of such underwriting agreement and the agreements contemplated thereby, (B) individual ownership of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such underwriting agreement and (C) information provided by such Holder in writing specifically for inclusion in the Prospectus and (ii) agree to provide indemnification for any liability arising out of a breach of any such representations or warranties of such Holder that would exceed the total proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such underwriting agreement, then such Holder, to the extent he, she or it determined not to enter into such underwriting agreement, shall not be obligated to enter into a lock-up agreement contemplated by Section 2.11.

SECTION 2.4. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required to effect a registration of any Registrable Securities as provided in this Agreement, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.3, the Company will:

(a) promptly prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement with respect to a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.2 to be filed (in the case of a registration pursuant to Form S-3ASR), or become effective (in the case of any registration other than pursuant to Form S-3ASR) as promptly as practicable;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement (including Exchange Act documents incorporated by reference into the registration statement) and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period not in excess of 90 days (or such longer period as may be requested by the Holders in the event of a shelf registration statement) and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement; provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in accordance with Section 2.4(a) or this Section 2.4(b) to the extent that doing so will not materially interfere with the timing of the offering: (i) the Company will furnish to counsel selected pursuant to Section 2.10 copies of all documents proposed to be filed, and (ii) such documents will be subject to the review of such counsel reasonably in advance of any filing to permit a reasonable opportunity to review and comment in light of the circumstances;

(c) use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws in the United States and register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered by such registration in such jurisdictions in the United States as each seller shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the disposition

 

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in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where, but for the requirements of this Section 2.4(c), it would not be obligated to, subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(d) promptly furnish to each seller of such Registrable Securities such number of copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith, including any documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the Prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other similar documents as such seller may reasonably request necessary to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such seller;

(e) notify each seller of any such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement promptly if the Company becomes aware that the Prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, or the registration statement includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of an amended or supplemental prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;

(f) otherwise use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than 18 months) after the effective date of the registration statement, an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

(g)(i) use reasonable best efforts to list such Registrable Securities on the Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed (if such Registrable Securities are not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under the rules of such Exchange) to the extent required; and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to provide for a transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(h) in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.2, promptly enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form, which may include indemnification provisions in favor of underwriters and other Persons in addition to, or in substitution for, the provisions of Section 2.8, and take such other actions as the managing underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

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(i) in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.2, promptly obtain a “cold comfort” letter or letters from the Company’s independent public accounts in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters provided to sellers of securities as the seller or sellers of a majority of shares of such Registrable Securities shall reasonably request;

(j) promptly make available for inspection by any seller of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such registration statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the “due diligence” of such seller or such underwriter with respect to such registration statement, subject to the execution of a mutually acceptable confidentiality agreement;

(k) promptly notify counsel (selected pursuant to Section 2.10) for the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent and confirm such notice in writing (i) when the registration statement, or any post-effective amendment to the registration statement, shall have become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus and any amendments to the Prospectus shall have been filed (other than in the case of a registration pursuant to Form S-3ASR), (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the SEC, (iii) of any request by the SEC to amend the registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the registration statement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes;

(l) use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order as soon as practicable;

(m)(i) if requested by the managing underwriter or agent or any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or agent or such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein, including, with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold by such Holder to such underwriter or agent, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriter or agent; and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after being notified of the matters incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(n) cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to

 

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be sold under the registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or agent, if any, or such Holders may reasonably request;

(o) in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.2, promptly obtain for delivery to the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered and to the underwriter or agent an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company in customary form and scope for sellers of securities;

(p) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the NASD;

(q) use reasonable best efforts to make available certain of the executive officers of the Company (which in any event shall include the Company’s chief executive officer) for a five (5) Business Day period to participate and to cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities and any underwriters in any “road shows” or other selling efforts, in each case in the United States, that may be reasonably be requested upon reasonable notice thereof by the Holders in connection with a firm commitment underwritten offering for the Registrable Securities with a minimum sales price of $80 million with respect to a registration statement effected pursuant to Section 2.2 (an underwritten offering contemplated by this Section 2.4(q), a “Marketed Underwritten Offering”); provided that to the extent the initial such Marketed Underwritten Offering is for Registrable Securities having a minimum sales price of not less $100 million, such five (5) Business Day period may be extended to eight (8) Business Days, solely in the case of such an initial Marketed Underwritten Offering, upon reasonable request of the Holders of such Registrable Securities.

SECTION 2.5. Information Supplied. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action to register the Registrable Securities held by any Holder as to which any registration is being effected that such Holder shall furnish the Company with such information regarding such Holder that is pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. Each Holder agrees to promptly furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not misleading.

SECTION 2.6. Expenses. Except as provided herein, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with registrations of Registrable Securities requested pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay the Registration Expenses in more than six (6) Underwritten Offerings (which shall in no event include more than three (3) Marketed Underwritten Offerings). To the extent the Holders engage in more than six (6) Underwritten Offerings, the Holders shall pay all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Offerings and the Company will have no obligation to pay any such Registration

 

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Expenses. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, broker fees and commissions, and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement.

SECTION 2.7. Restrictions on Disposition. Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.4(e), Section 2.4(k)(iii) or Section 2.4(k)(iv), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.4(e) or written notice from the Company that the registration statement is again effective and no amendment or supplement is needed. In the event that the Company shall give any such notice, the period referred to in Section 2.4(b) shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 2.4(e) and to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement shall have receive the copies of the supplemented and amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.4(e).

SECTION 2.8. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, each Affiliate of such Holder and their respective directors and officers, members or general and limited partners (and the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (hereinafter referred to as a “Controlling Person”) of any of the foregoing), and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act any underwriter (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”), against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities, joint or several, actions or proceedings (whether commenced or threatened in writing) in respect thereof (“Claims”) and expenses arising out of or based on: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it or authorized by it in writing for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary

 

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in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, and the Company will reimburse each such Seller Indemnified Party for any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and any other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such Claim; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission by such Holder or underwriter but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is made in such registration statement, Prospectus, or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; and provided, further that, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Claim if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided, further that the Company will not be liable to any Seller Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Section 2.8(a) to the extent that any Claims for which such Seller Indemnified Party seeking indemnification relates to a sale of Registrable Securities in violation of Section 2.3(b)(v).

(b) Indemnification by the Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the registration statement or Prospectus, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, all other Holders or any prospective underwriter, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and Controlling Persons (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”), against all Claims and expenses arising out of or based on: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, and the Holder will reimburse each such Company Indemnified Party for any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and any other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such Claim, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, Prospectus, or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; and provided that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Claim if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be

 

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unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided, further, that in the absence of fraud by such Holder, the liability of each selling Holder of Registrable Securities hereunder shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.

(c) Notification of Claims. Promptly after receipt by a Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 2.8 (an “Indemnified Party”) hereunder of written notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which a claim for indemnification may be made pursuant to this Section 2.8, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action or proceeding; provided that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section 2.8, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in any material respect by such failure to give notice. In case any such action or proceeding is brought against an Indemnified Party, unless in such Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment, based upon advice of counsel, a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such action or proceeding (in which case the Indemnified Party shall have the right to assume or continue its own defense and the indemnifying party shall be liable for any reasonable expenses therefor (but in no event will bear the expenses for more than one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties in each jurisdiction who shall, with respect to Seller Indemnified Parties, be approved by the majority of the participating Holders in the registration in respect of which such indemnification is sought), the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof (at its expense), jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation and shall have no liability for any settlement made by the Indemnified Party without the consent of the indemnifying party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party will settle any action or proceeding or consent to the entry of any judgment without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, unless such settlement or judgment (i) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff of a release to such Indemnified Party from all liability in respect of such action or proceeding and (ii) does not involve the imposition of equitable remedies or the imposition of any obligations on such Indemnified Party and does not otherwise adversely affect such Indemnified Party, other than as a result of the imposition of financial obligations for which such Indemnified Party will be indemnified hereunder. An Indemnified Party may not settle any action or proceeding or the entry of any judgment without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party.

(d) Contribution. (i) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.8 from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an Indemnified Party hereunder in respect of any Claim or expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Claim or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the

 

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indemnifying party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions which resulted in such Claim or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party under this Section 2.8(d) as a result of the Claim and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any action or proceeding; and (ii) the parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 2.8(d)(i). No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Non-Exclusive Remedy. The obligations of the parties under this Section 2.8 shall be in addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other party.

SECTION 2.9. Required Reports. The Company covenants that it will use reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

SECTION 2.10. Selection of Counsel. In connection with any registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.2, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by any such registration may select one counsel to represent all Holders of Registrable Securities covered by such registration; provided, however, that in the event that the counsel selected as provided above is also acting as counsel to the Company in connection with such registration, a majority of the remaining Holders shall be entitled to select one additional counsel to represent all such remaining Holders.

SECTION 2.11. Market Standoff Agreement. Subject to the proviso in Section 2.3(c)(iii), in connection with any underwritten public offering, each Holder who was offered the opportunity to include Registrable Securities in such offering pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 will agree upon the request of the managing underwriter with respect to such offering not to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Equity Security of the Company during

 

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the 14-day period prior to, and for the 90 days after (plus any Booster Period), the effective date of the registration statement for such offering (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters may require or permit), except for such Equity Securities to be included in such offering; provided that all of the Company’s executive officers and all of the members of the Company’s Board (other than the Series B Directors or Investor Directors, as each term is defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) are restricted in the same manner and for the same duration; and provided further that the obligations set forth in this Section 2.11 shall not apply to any Holder who was substantially limited in the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder could sell in the offering pursuant to Section 2.2(e) or Section 2.3(a)(ii) and did not otherwise sell Registrable Securities in such offering.

SECTION 2.12. No Inconsistent Agreements; No Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and warrants that it is not a party to a Contract which conflicts with or limits or prohibits the exercise of the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this ARTICLE II. Each Holder agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and any such underwriter, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the SEC.

SECTION 2.13. Termination of Registration Rights. The rights of any Holder under this ARTICLE II shall terminate (other than Section 2.6, Section 2.8 and Section 2.13) at such time as (a) such Holder ceases to hold any Registrable Securities or (b) either (i) the Company is no longer required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (ii) a Form 15 (or any successor form) has been filed under the Exchange Act with respect to the Common Stock, unless, in the case of clause (b), such situation or filing is due to the occurrence of any merger, consolidation or other transaction upon consummation of which the issuer of the Common Stock is an entity other than the Company, in which event such rights of the Holders shall not terminate at such time pursuant to such clause (b) and this Agreement shall be assumed by the Survivor as provided in Section 3.2.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 3.1. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein (and except as provided in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement), all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.

SECTION 3.2. Successors and Assigns; Assignment. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and

 

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administrators of the parties hereto. This Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that this Agreement (i) may be assigned by a Holder so long as the Person to whom it is being assigned agrees to be bound under this Agreement as a Holder hereunder and delivers a counterpart signature page to this Agreement to the Company and (ii) shall be assigned by the Company in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction upon consummation of which the issuer of the Common Stock is an entity other than the Company (such entity, the “Survivor”) to such Survivor, and the Company shall not enter into any such transaction unless and until the Survivor assumes all rights and obligations of the Company hereunder pursuant to a written agreement for the benefit of the Holders (it being understood that if the Survivor is the issuer of the Common Stock and such assumption of the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder occurs by operation of law, that such Survivor shall not be required to execute a written agreement for the benefit of the Holders).

SECTION 3.3. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as specifically provided in Section 2.8 (with respect to which the Indemnified Parties named therein shall be express, intended third party beneficiaries of such provision), this Agreement is not intended, and shall not be deemed, to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto or otherwise create any third-party beneficiary hereto.

SECTION 3.4. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other agreements or documents referred to herein, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

SECTION 3.5. Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 3.6. Amendment and Waiver. No amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Company, unless it is approved in writing by the Company, and no amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against any Holder, unless it is approved in writing by Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained.

 

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SECTION 3.7. Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on an Holder’s part of any breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on such party’s part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, by law, or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

SECTION 3.8. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given and received: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile or e-mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day; or (c) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All notices to a Holder shall be delivered to the address of such Holder set forth on the signature page of such Holder hereto (or such other address as such Holder may designate by like notice to the Company hereunder). All notices to the Company shall be delivered to:

Palm, Inc.

950 West Maude Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94085

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (408) 617-0139

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

Attn: Martin W. Korman, Esq.

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

SECTION 3.9. Interpretation. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. When reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or a Section, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents, table of defined terms and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to

 

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express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise, and shall include all amendments of the same and any successor or replacement statutes and regulations as of the Closing Date. All references to agreements shall mean such agreement as may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

SECTION 3.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the Laws of the State of New York. Any disagreement, issue, dispute, claim, demand or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (each, a “Dispute”) shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York, New York or any New York State court sitting in New York, New York, so long as one of such courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such Dispute. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Dispute and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Dispute in any such court and that any such Dispute which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Dispute may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 3.8 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 3.11. No Special Damages. The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity; and the parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief; provided, however, that no Holder shall be entitled to specific performance, injunctive or other equitable relief unless such Holder together with other Holders that collectively hold at least 40% of the aggregate Registrable Securities then held by the Holders join in the action

 

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seeking similar such specific performance, injunctive or other equitable relief, as the case may be, on their own behalf. Each party agrees that there shall be no special, exemplary, punitive or multiple damages connected with or resulting from any breach of this Agreement, or actions undertaken in connection with or related hereto, including any such damages which are based upon breach of contract, tort, breach of warranty, strict liability, statute, operation of law or any other theory of recovery, except to the extent such damages are actually paid by a party hereunder to a third party, and hereby waives any rights to claim such damages. For purposes of clarity, the foregoing does not exclude consequential, indirect or incidental damages.

SECTION 3.12. 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

PALM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew J. Brown

Name:   Andrew J. Brown
Title:   SVP and CFO
ELEVATION PARTNERS, L.P.
By:   Elevation Associates, L.P.,
  As General Partner
By:   Elevation Associates, LLC,
  As General Partner
By:  

/s/ Bret Pearlman

Name:   Bret Pearlman
Title:   Member
ELEVATION EMPLOYEE SIDE FUND, LLC
By:   Elevation Management, LLC,
  its manager
By:  

/s/ Bret Pearlman

Name:   Bret Pearlman
Title:   Member

[Registration Rights Agreements]


By executing this Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned is agreeing to the rights and obligations of a “Holder” hereunder.

 

HOLDER  
Name of Holder:  

 

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Date:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

 


EXHIBIT A

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person, for so long as such Person remains so associated to the specified Person.

Booster Period” means such additional period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including the restrictions contained in NASD Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in New York.

Capital Stock” means any and all shares of capital stock of the Company, including without limitation, any and all shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

control” or “controlled by” have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as provided for in the Certificate of Designation.

Equity Securities” means any and all shares of Capital Stock of the Company, securities of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such shares, and options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares (including the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and the Conversion Shares).

Exchange” means Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, as the case may be.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Form S-1” means a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, or any successor form thereto.

 


Form S-3” means a registration statement on Form S-3 (other than on Form S-3ASR) under the Securities Act, or any successor form thereto.

Form S-3ASR” means an “automatic shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 filed by a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer.

Form S-4” means a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act, or any successor form thereto.

Form S-8” means a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, or any successor form thereto.

Holder” means any Investor Stockholder that beneficially owns any Registrable Securities and any of their respective assignees pursuant to the terms hereof.

incur” means, directly or indirectly, to incur, refinance, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 433 of the Securities Act.

Nasdaq” means The NASDAQ Stock Market, or any successor thereto.

NASD” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

Preferred Stock” means the shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus, any final prospectus and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a registration statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case including all materials incorporated by reference therein.

Registrable Securities” means the Conversion Shares held by any Holder or issuable upon the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Holders and any Common Stock or other securities which may be issued, converted, exchanged or distributed in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization


with respect to the Conversion Shares. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued, such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a registration statement with respect to the sale by the Holder of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (ii) such securities shall have been distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, any required calculation of the amount of, or percentage of, Registrable Securities shall be based on the number of shares of Common Stock which are Registrable Securities, including shares issuable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any security convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock (including the Series B Preferred Stock).

Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance with ARTICLE II, including (i) all SEC and securities exchange or NASD registration and filing fees (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter,” as such term is defined in Section 2720 of the bylaws of the NASD, and of its counsel), (ii) all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities and any escrow fees), (iii) all printing, messenger and delivery expenses, (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits and/or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel selected pursuant to Section 2.10 not to exceed $50,000 in connection with any registration statement, (vii) any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers, including liability insurance if the Company so desires, and (viii) the reasonable expenses incurred by the Company or any underwriters in connection with any “road show” undertaken pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.4(q).

Restricted Period” shall mean the period of time from the Closing Date to the earlier of (i) the Restricted Period Termination Date (as defined in the Stockholder’s Agreement) and (ii) the consummation of a Fundamental Event (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement).

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and other federal securities laws.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Series B Preferred Stock” means the Preferred Stock of the Company that is designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization (other than the Conversion Shares upon conversion thereof as contemplated by the Certificate of Designation).

 


Stockholders’ Agreement” means the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007 among the Company and the Investor Stockholders, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any shares of Equity Securities beneficially owned by a Person or any interest in any shares of Equity Securities Beneficially Owned by a Person. For purposes of clarity, a conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock into Conversion Shares is not a Transfer.

Underwritten Offering” means any Marketed Underwritten Offering, Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or other underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2.2.

Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

EX-10.2 6 dex102.htm STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT Stockholders' Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

PALM, INC.

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 24, 2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

   1

SECTION 1.1.

   Certain Defined Terms    1

SECTION 1.2.

   Other Capitalized Terms    1

SECTION 1.3.

   Effectiveness of this Agreement    1

ARTICLE II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INFORMATION RIGHTS

   2

SECTION 2.1.

   Board Representation    2

SECTION 2.2.

   Board Committees    5

SECTION 2.3.

   Information Rights    5

SECTION 2.4.

   Confidentiality    6

SECTION 2.5.

   Investor Director Expenses    7

SECTION 2.6.

   D&O Insurance    8

SECTION 2.7.

   Election of Directors; Quorum    8

SECTION 2.8.

   Notices Regarding Ownership and Investor Director Entitlement    8

SECTION 2.9.

   VCOC Investor Stockholders.    9

ARTICLE III TRANSFERS

   10

SECTION 3.1.

   Transfer Restrictions    10

SECTION 3.2.

   Legends; Securities Act Compliance    13

ARTICLE IV CERTAIN COVENANTS

   14

SECTION 4.1.

   Right to Maintain    14

SECTION 4.2.

   Standstill    15

SECTION 4.3.

   Indemnification    17

SECTION 4.4.

   Regulatory Matters    18

SECTION 4.5.

   Company Rights Agreement    18

ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS

   20

SECTION 5.1.

   Termination    20

SECTION 5.2.

   Expenses    21

SECTION 5.3.

   Successors and Assigns; Assignment    21

SECTION 5.4.

   No Third Party Beneficiaries    21

SECTION 5.5.

   Entire Agreement    21

SECTION 5.6.

   Severability    22

SECTION 5.7.

   Amendment and Waiver    22

SECTION 5.8.

   Delays or Omissions    22

SECTION 5.9.

   Notices    22

SECTION 5.10.

   Interpretation    23

SECTION 5.11.

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial    23

SECTION 5.12.

   Specific Performance; No Special Damages    24

SECTION 5.13.

   Counterparts    24

 

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STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered as of October 24, 2007, among Palm, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Elevation Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Elevation”), and Elevation Employee Side Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Side Fund” and, together with Elevation and their respective Permitted Transferees, the “Investor Stockholders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and Elevation have entered into a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 1, 2007 (as amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof, the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investor Stockholders have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 325,000 shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (as defined below) for an aggregate purchase price of $325 million on the Closing Date; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into certain arrangements relating to the Company, the Purchased Shares, and the Conversion Shares (as defined below).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Certain Defined Terms. Certain terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in Exhibit A.

SECTION 1.2. Other Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein or in Exhibit A shall have the meanings given to them in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 1.3. Effectiveness of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not take effect until the Closing, and in the event the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement is terminated, this Agreement shall be void ab initio.


ARTICLE II

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INFORMATION RIGHTS

SECTION 2.1. Board Representation.

(a) Immediately Following the Effective Time. Effective as of the time that is immediately following the Effective Time, the Board shall be comprised of nine (9) Directors. Effective as of immediately following the Effective Time, the Company shall appoint Jonathan Rubinstein as a Director for the term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2008 (and for the avoidance of doubt not as a Series B Director). Effective as of immediately following the Effective Time and for so long as the Series B Board Representation Entitlement is greater than zero (0) (the “Series B Director Entitlement Period”), the Investor Stockholders shall have the right to designate or appoint that number of Series B Directors equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement. The Investor Stockholders hereby designate Fred Anderson and Roger McNamee as the initial Series B Directors, and the Company agrees and acknowledges that each such designee meets the specifications set forth in Section 2.1(d)(iii).

(b) During Series B Director Entitlement Period. During the Series B Director Entitlement Period, each Series B Director designated, nominated or appointed by the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.1(d) and Section 2.1(e). In addition, upon the occurrence of an increase in the authorized number of directors then constituting the Board that results in an increase in the Series B Board Representation Entitlement to a number greater than the number of Series B Directors then serving on the Board, the Investor Stockholders shall have the right to designate or appoint that number of additional Series B Directors such that the total number of Series B Directors (after giving effect to such designation or appointment) shall be equal to the Series B Board Representation Entitlement at such time.

(c) After the Series B Director Entitlement Period. After the Series B Director Entitlement Period (and subject in each case to the limitations set forth in Section 2.1(d) and Section 2.1(e)):

(i) Right of Nomination. The Investor Stockholders shall have the right, subject to the limitations in this Section 2.1(c), at each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which Directors are to be elected, to designate a number of Investor Directors, and the Company shall nominate and recommend for election at such meeting, a number of Investor Directors such that if such Investor Directors are elected by the stockholders of the Company at such meeting, the number of Investor Directors on the Board shall be equal to the Investor Director Entitlement. The Company agrees to use the same efforts to cause the Investor Director designees of the Investor Stockholders to be elected to the Board as it uses to cause other nominees of the Company and/or the Board to be elected.

(ii) Uncured Share Ownership Reduction; Board Size Decrease. Upon the occurrence of an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction, the Investor Stockholders at the expiration of the applicable Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period shall cause one or more Investor Directors, as applicable, to immediately resign from the Board such that following such resignation(s), the number of Investor Directors on the Board shall be equal to the Investor Director Entitlement as of the time immediately following the Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period. In addition, upon a Board Size Decrease, the Investor Stockholders shall cause one or more Investor Directors, as applicable, to immediately

 

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resign from the Board such that following such resignation(s), the number of Investor Directors on the Board shall be equal to the Investor Director Entitlement as of the time immediately following the occurrence of the Board Size Decrease, provided that if the Board Size Decrease goes into effect during a Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, then such resignation requirement shall not take effect until the expiration of such Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, provided that upon such expiration, the Investor Director Entitlement is less than the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board. Upon the reduction of the Investor Director Entitlement to zero (0) pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the Investor Stockholders will promptly cause all Investor Directors to resign from the Board, unless otherwise requested in writing by or on behalf of the Board.

(iii) Vacancy. In the event that a vacancy is created at any time with respect to a Board seat held by an Investor Director by reason of the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of such Investor Director, the Investor Stockholders may designate or nominate, as applicable, another individual to be elected to fill the vacancy created thereby, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take at any time and from time to time, all actions necessary to accomplish the same, but in any case, only to the extent required to maintain the then applicable Investor Director Entitlement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.1(c)(ii) does not apply to any vacancy arising as a result of failure of an Investor Director who has been nominated and recommended in accordance with Section 2.1(b) to be elected, but any such failure to be elected shall in no way affect the right of the Investor Stockholders to designate, nominate or appoint another individual in replacement thereof as a nominee for Investor Director with respect to the next election. In addition, upon the occurrence of an increase in the authorized number of directors then constituting the Board that results in an increase in the Investor Director Entitlement to a number greater than the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board, the Investor Stockholders shall have the right to designate, and subject to Section 2.1(d), the Board shall appoint, that number of additional individuals to serve as Investor Directors such that the total number of Investor Directors (after giving effect to such designation) shall be equal to the Investor Director Entitlement at such time.

provided, that if after the Closing Date there is a change in the applicable rules of the Exchange on which the Common Stock is listed at the time such change becomes effective that would cause the Common Stock to be delisted by such Exchange as a result of the terms of this clause (c), the voting rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in this clause (c) shall thereafter be limited to the extent required by such changed rules for the Common Stock to continue to be listed on such Exchange.

(d) Limitations on Series B Directors and Investor Directors. Any Series B Director and/or Investor Director shall, at all times during which such Person serves as a Director, (i) be a present or former full-time general partner, managing director or principal of Elevation Management, LLC, (ii) not be (or be a representative of or otherwise affiliated with) a direct competitor of the Company as determined in good faith by the Board, and (iii) otherwise be reasonably acceptable (in terms of suitability) to the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee as determined in good faith in the discharge of its fiduciary duties. The Investor

 

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Stockholders shall not nominate or appoint any Series B Director and/or Investor Director who does not meet the specifications set forth in this Section 2.1(d) and shall cause any such Series B Director and/or Investor Director to immediately resign if such director fails to meet either of the requirements set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) above.

(e) Notification Regarding Directors. The Investor Stockholders shall notify the Company in writing of each proposed Series B Director a reasonable time in advance of any action taken for the purpose of electing or appointing a Series B Director to fill a vacancy and of the mailing of any proxy statement, information statement or registration statement in which any Board nominee or Board member of the Company would be named (which in the event of any proxy statement relating to an annual meeting of stockholders of the Company shall be no later than 30 days prior to the first anniversary of the mailing of the proxy statement related to the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders), together with all information concerning such nominee reasonably requested by the Company, so that the Company may determine whether such nominee complies with the above qualifications and so that the Company can comply with applicable disclosure rules; provided that in the absence of such notice, the Investor Stockholders shall be deemed to have designated or nominated the same Investor Directors as set forth in the most recent notice delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 2.1(e).

(f) Fundamental Change. The rights granted to the Investor Stockholders under this Section 2.1 shall survive a Fundamental Change to the extent that the Investor Stockholders continue to Beneficially Own in the aggregate, excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership, no less than 7.5% of the Total Current Voting Power of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, provided that for all purposes of this Section 2.1, the board of directors of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change shall be substituted for the Board. The Investor Stockholders shall cause all Series B Directors or Investor Directors to resign from the Board effective upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change to the extent that either (i) the Investor Stockholders are no longer entitled to designate or nominate such directors as a result of this Section 2.1(f) or (ii) the Company is not the Survivor of such Fundamental Change. To the extent that the Company is not the Survivor of a Fundamental Change and the Investor Stockholders would be entitled to nominate or designate a member to the board of directors or similar governing body of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) (substituting the Survivor of a Fundamental Change for the Company therein) and this Section 2.1(f), such Survivor of a Fundamental Change shall cause one (1) designee of the Investor Stockholders to be elected or appointed to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change promptly following the Fundamental Change. In the event the Investor Stockholders at any time cease to Beneficially Own in the aggregate, excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership, at least 7.5% of the Total Current Voting Power of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, all rights granted under this Section 2.1 shall cease and the Investor Stockholders shall cause all Series B Directors and/or Investor Directors to promptly resign from the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change.

(g) Advance Resignation Letters. The Company and any Survivor of a Fundamental Change may implement the resignation provisions of this Section 2.1 by requiring, prior to or after becoming a member of the Board (with respect to the Company) or the board of directors or similar governing body (with respect to the Survivor of a Fundamental Change),

 

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each Series B Director and/or Investor Director to execute and deliver an undated resignation letter to the Secretary of the Company or the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, as the case may be, which the Company and/or the Survivor of a Fundamental Change agrees shall not be dated or become effective until such time as an Investor Director’s and/or Series B Director’s resignation is required pursuant to this Section 2.1.

(h) Exercise of Rights. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Investor Stockholders (which agreement shall be delivered to the Company as a condition to its effectiveness), the Board designation and nomination rights pursuant to this Section 2.1 will be exercised by Elevation.

SECTION 2.2. Board Committees. Subject to the requirements of applicable Law, the Exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded and Committee Qualification Requirements, for as long as there is a Series B Director or the Investor Director Entitlement is not zero, the Investor Stockholders shall be entitled to designate or nominate at least one (1) Series B Director or Investor Director (as the case may be) and the Board shall appoint such director, to serve on each standing committee of the Board, except that where the requirements of applicable Law, the rules of the Exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded or Committee Qualification Requirements prescribe certain qualifications for such service on a standing committee of the Board and such Series B Director or Investor Director, as applicable, does not meet such qualifications (excluding, for this purpose, the “exceptional and limited circumstances” exception under the Marketplace Rules of Nasdaq), the Investor Stockholders shall be entitled to have at least one (1) Series B Director or Investor Director be an observer to such Board committee who will not be a member, voting or otherwise, of such Board committee. Notwithstanding any such observer status, any Board committee may hold executive sessions at which the observer is not permitted to be present and may withhold information from the observer in order to avoid any conflict of interest or in light of corporate governance concerns, or to comply with applicable Laws, and rules of the Exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded, in each case as reasonably determined in good faith by such Board committee.

SECTION 2.3. Information Rights.

(a) Subject to Section 2.3(b) and Section 2.4, during the Information Rights Period, the Company will deliver to the Investor Stockholders or an Investor Director the following information:

(i) on an annual basis and promptly after it has been made available (but no later than 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year), (A) an annual budget of the Company, (B) a business plan of the Company, and (C) financial forecasts for the next fiscal year of the Company, in each case, solely to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Company’s Board;

(ii) on an annual basis and promptly after it has been made available (but no later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year), annual unaudited financial and operating reports of the Company, solely to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Board;

 

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(iii) on a quarterly basis and promptly after it has been made available (but in no event later than 35 days after the end of each quarter), unaudited quarterly financial and operating reports of the Company, solely to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Board;

(iv) final drafts of monthly management and operating reports of the Company as reasonably requested by the Investor Stockholders solely to the extent and in such manner and form prepared by or for the Company’s chief executive officer and/or provided to the Board; and

(v) such other financial, management and operating reports reasonably requested by the Investor Stockholders solely to the extent and in such manner and form prepared for the Board.

(b) If during the Information Rights Period the Company is no longer obligated to file an annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC, the Company shall deliver the following to the Investor Stockholders or an Investor Director in such manner and form as customarily provided to the Board:

(i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter (to the extent practicable), (A) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year, prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and followed promptly thereafter (to the extent it shall be available) such financial statements shall be accompanied by the opinion of independent registered public accounting firm selected by the Company’s Audit Committee; and

(ii) in lieu of providing the information required under Section 2.3(a)(iii), as soon as practicable after the end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Company, and in any event within forty-five (45) days thereafter (to the extent practicable), an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each such quarterly period, and unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period and for the current fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments, all in reasonable detail, except that such financial statements need not contain the notes required by GAAP.

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Subsidiaries received pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise hereunder, whether through a Series B Director, an Investor Director or otherwise, and (y) all “Confidential Information” (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) provided to the Investor Stockholders or their Affiliates or representatives under the Confidentiality Agreement prior to the termination of such Confidentiality Agreement on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (clauses (x) and (y) collectively, “Confidential Information”), and in each case not to disclose or reveal any such information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Company other than those of its directors, general partner and officers, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors (“Permitted Representatives”) who need to know such information for the purpose of evaluating, monitoring or taking any other action with respect to the investment by the Investor Stockholders in the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock and to cause those Permitted Representatives to observe the terms of this Section 2.4 and agree for the benefit of the Company to do so and (ii) not to use such proprietary and non-public information for any purpose other than in connection with evaluating, monitoring or taking any other action with respect to the investment by the Investor Stockholders in the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock (it being understood that none of the Investor Stockholders or any Affiliate shall contravene applicable Laws with respect to insider trading; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Investor Stockholders or any Affiliate from disclosing any such information that (1) is or becomes generally available to the public in accordance with Law other than as a result of a disclosure by the Investor Stockholders, any Affiliate, Permitted Representatives, Affiliates or subsidiaries of Investor Stockholders or in violation of this Section 2.4 or any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and such Person or any other legal duty, fiduciary duty, or other duty of trust and confidence, of such Person, (2) was within the Investor Stockholders’ or an Affiliate’s possession or developed by it prior to being furnished with such information (provided that the source of such information was not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to or other duty of trust and confidence to, the Company with respect to such information), (3) becomes available to the Investor Stockholders or an Affiliate on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company (provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to or other duty of trust and confidence to, the Company with respect to such information), or (4) is required to be disclosed by Law or Order (provided that prior to such disclosure, the Investor Stockholders or such Affiliate shall, unless prohibited by Law or Order, promptly notify the Company of any such disclosure, use reasonable efforts to limit the disclosure requirements of such Law or Order, and maintain the confidentiality of such information to the maximum extent permitted by Law or Order).

SECTION 2.5. Investor Director Expenses. The Company shall reimburse each Series B Director and each Investor Director for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board or committees thereof, in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policy in effect from time to time.

 

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SECTION 2.6. D&O Insurance. During the period that a Series B Director or Investor Director is a Director, such Director shall be entitled to benefits under any director and officer insurance policy maintained by the Company to the same extent as any similarly situated Directors.

SECTION 2.7. Election of Directors; Quorum.

(a) During the Standstill Period, at every meeting (or action by written consent, if applicable) of the stockholders of the Company, called, and at every postponement or adjournment thereof, each Investor Stockholder agrees to, and agrees to cause each Permitted Transferee to, in each case subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 2.1 in connection with such meeting (or action by written consent), vote any and all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it or them, or to cause any such shares to be voted (in each case to the extent such Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it or them is eligible to so vote), at the election of each Investor Stockholder, in its sole discretion, in connection with any election or removal of Directors in (i) the manner recommended by the Board with respect to the election or removal of each Director, or (ii) the same proportion as the votes of all stockholders of the Company other than Elevation and its Affiliates present in person or by proxy at the meeting with respect to the election or removal of each Director.

(b) During the Standstill Period, at every meeting (or action by written consent, if applicable) of the stockholders of the Company called, and at every postponement or adjournment thereof, each Investor Stockholder agrees to, and agrees to cause each Permitted Transferee to, cause any and all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it or them and entitled to be voted thereat to be present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting so that all such shares shall be counted as present for determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting.

SECTION 2.8. Notices Regarding Ownership and Investor Director Entitlement.

(a) Until such time as the Investor Director Entitlement is zero (0), the Investor Stockholders shall provide prompt written notice to the Company reasonably prior if practicable, but in any event within two (2) days after, of any Transfer by the Investor Stockholders of any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares and shall state in such notice the material terms of such Transfer and an accurate accounting of the resulting Beneficial Ownership (including what portion thereof is Shared Beneficial Ownership) of the Investor Stockholders immediately following such Transfer. In addition, the Investor Stockholders will comply with the requirements set forth in Section 3.1(h). If the Investor Stockholders Transfer (other than pursuant to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon and other than to one or more Permitted Transferees) and/or convert into Common Stock a majority of the Purchased Shares, the Investor Stockholders shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) days) notify the Company in writing. If the Company reasonably believes that the Investor Stockholders have Transferred (other than pursuant to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon, and other than to one or more Permitted Transferees) and/or converted a majority of the Purchased Shares, it shall provide written notice, and the Investor Stockholders shall promptly confirm in writing whether or not they have so Transferred and/or converted a majority of the Purchased Shares.

 

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(b) If the Company believes in good faith that there has been a reduction in the Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Board Representation Entitlement due to either (i) a Share Ownership Reduction or (ii) a Board Size Decrease, it shall provide written notice (such notice, in the case of clause (i), the “Company Notice”) to the Investor Stockholders setting forth the Company’s calculation in reasonable detail of the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage, and based on such Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage, the then applicable Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Board Representation Entitlement, as the case may be. If in response to the Company Notice, the Investor Stockholders determine to acquire Beneficial Ownership of additional shares of Common Stock during the Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, then within the Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, the Investor Stockholders shall provide additional written notice (the “Additional Notice”) to the Company informing the Company of (i) whether or not they acquired Beneficial Ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock within the Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period to allow them to retain the Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Board Representation Entitlement, as the case may be, as of immediately prior to the reduction of the Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Board Representation Entitlement, as the case may be, that would otherwise occur (the result of such acquisitions, a “Beneficial Ownership Cure”), and (ii) the Elevation Beneficial Ownership of the date of the Additional Notice. Failure by the Investor Stockholders to provide the Additional Notice within the Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period shall be deemed confirmation that there has been the reduction in Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Board Representation Entitlement, as the case may be, set forth in the Company Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.8 is intended to modify the restrictions set forth in Section 4.2 or the Standstill Limit.

SECTION 2.9. VCOC Investor Stockholders.

(a) With respect to each Investor Stockholder that is an Elevation Entity or a Controlled Affiliate of an Elevation Entity (for so long as they are Controlled Affiliates thereof), in each case that is intended to qualify as a “venture capital operating company” as defined in the Plan Asset Regulations, that holds Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares (each, a “VCOC Investor Stockholder”), at the written request of such VCOC Investor Stockholder, the Company shall, with respect to each such VCOC Investor Stockholder:

(i) Provide such VCOC Investor Stockholder or its designated representative with the following: (1) the right to visit and inspect any of the offices and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries and inspect and copy the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the VCOC Investor Stockholder shall reasonably request; (2) copies of the information set forth in Section 2.3(a); and (3) copies of all materials provided to the Board;

(ii) Make appropriate officers and members of the Board available periodically and at such times as reasonably requested by such VCOC Investor Stockholder for consultation with such VCOC Investor Stockholder or its designated representative with respect to matters relating to the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including significant changes in management personnel and compensation of employees, introduction of new products or new lines of business, important acquisitions or dispositions of plants and equipment, significant research and development programs, the purchasing or selling of important trademarks, licenses or concessions or the proposed commencement or compromise of significant litigation;

 

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(iii) The Company reserves the right to withhold any information and restrict access pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above (A) to the extent such information or access could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel, (B) to any VCOC Investor Stockholder that is not a party to this Agreement, unless such VCOC Investor Stockholder agrees to be bound by, but not benefit from, the obligations under this Agreement as an Investor Stockholder, or (C) to any VCOC Investor Stockholder that is a direct competitor of the Company.

(b) The Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of each VCOC Investor Stockholder or its designated representative in connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the Company.

ARTICLE III

TRANSFERS

SECTION 3.1. Transfer Restrictions.

(a) No Investor Stockholder shall Transfer any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares, other than as expressly permitted by, and in compliance with, the other provisions of this Section 3.1. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.1 shall terminate upon the consummation of a Fundamental Change.

(b) Subject to Section 3.1(d) and Section 3.1(e), prior to the 18-month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period Termination Date”), no Investor Stockholder shall Transfer any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares, other than as expressly permitted by, and in compliance with, the following provisions of this Section 3.1(b):

(i) An Investor Stockholder may Transfer any or all of its shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares (A) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) pursuant to any tender offer, exchange offer, merger, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which stockholders of the Company are offered, permitted or required to participate as holders of any of the Company’s Capital Stock which transaction is an Approved Transaction which, to the extent of any Transfer of Series B Preferred, provides for such Series B Preferred Stock to receive consideration no greater on a per share as-converted basis than that deliverable with respect to the Common Stock.

 

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(ii) An Investor Stockholder may Transfer any or all of its shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares to any Permitted Transferee of such Investor Stockholder; provided that such Permitted Transferee (A) agrees to be bound hereunder as an Investor Stockholder, (B) agrees that the representations, covenants and other agreements made by the assignor herein shall be deemed to have been made by such Transferee, (C) shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement, the execution of which shall constitute such Transferee’s agreement to the terms of this Section 3.1(b)(ii), and (D) agrees that all notices hereunder to it may be delivered to Elevation on its behalf. Upon such a Transfer, the Permitted Transferee shall be deemed an Investor Stockholder hereunder and shall be entitled to the rights, and subject to the obligations and restrictions, contained herein.

(iii) The Investor Stockholders may, solely for the purpose of securing bona fide indebtedness for borrowed money (a “Secured Loan”) from any bank or financial institution (“Lenders”), make a bona fide pledge of any or all of the Purchased Shares and/or Conversion Shares and such Lenders may execute a bona fide foreclosure upon such Purchased Shares and/or Conversion Shares upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in any such Secured Loan, provided that any pledge or other contractual encumbrance or foreclosure resulting from a Secured Loan (including an obligation to repay such Secured Loan with the proceeds of any Transfer of, or dividend or distribution on, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock and/or Conversion Shares) shall not be deemed to be a Transfer associated with such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Loans of the Investor Stockholders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate fair market value, on the date of the incurrence of any such Secured Loan, of all of the Purchased Shares and/or Conversion Shares pledged to secure such indebtedness

As used herein, “Approved Transaction” means any tender offer, exchange offer, merger, sale of the Company, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other transaction that either (x) has been approved or recommended by the Board (and which at the time of Transfer continues to be approved or recommended by the Board) or (y) has not been effectively precluded by operation of the Company Rights Agreement because either (1) the Board has taken action such that the acquiring person in such transaction would not be an “Acquiring Person” (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) or such that the “Distribution Date” (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) would not occur in connection with such transaction or the Rights will otherwise not effectively preclude such transaction or (2) an Order has been issued invalidating or enjoining operation of the Company Rights Agreement in respect of such transaction. To the extent that any tender offer is effectively precluded by operation of the Company Rights Agreement, the Company will take such actions under its control as are reasonably requested by the Investor Stockholders so as to enable the Investor Stockholders to timely tender into such offer prior to expiration thereof (including any extensions thereto), shares of Common Stock that would be received upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock in the event the tender offer is no longer effectively precluded, without requiring conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock until after such time as such tender offer is no longer effectively precluded.

 

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(c) After the Restricted Period Termination Date, the Investor Stockholders shall have the right to Transfer any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares without restriction hereunder, subject to the provisions of Section 2.8, Section 3.1(d), Section 3.1(e), Section 3.1(f), Section 3.1(h) and Section 3.2, provided that in the case of any Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, such Permitted Transferee (i) agrees to be bound hereunder as an Investor Stockholder, (ii) agrees that the representations, covenants and other agreements made by the assignor herein shall be deemed to have been made by such Transferee, (iii) shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement, the execution of which shall constitute such Transferee’s agreement to the terms of this Section 3.1(c), and (iv) agrees that all notices hereunder to it may be delivered to Elevation on its behalf. Upon such a Transfer, the Permitted Transferee shall be deemed an Investor Stockholder hereunder and shall be entitled to the rights, and subject to the obligations and restrictions, contained herein.

(d) No Investor Stockholder may, together with its Affiliates, in any single transaction or series of related transactions, whether on, before or after the Restricted Period Termination Date, Transfer to any Person or group of related Persons (other than Permitted Transferees) shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares to the extent such Person or group of related Persons would, to the knowledge of such Investor Stockholder after due inquiry (it being understood that due inquiry shall not be required in circumstances where the purchaser in a sale transaction is not reasonably identifiable, such as in a “brokers’ transaction” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act), upon completion of the Transfer of such Conversion Shares Beneficially Own more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Stock, unless such Transfer (i) has been approved by, or is in connection with a transaction approved or recommended by, the Board, (ii) is made pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer, merger, consolidation or similar transaction that is an Approved Transaction, or (iii) is to an underwriter or placement agent in a Public Offering, provided that such underwriter or placement agent implements reasonable protections to the extent practicable so that such offering will not be made to, and would not reasonably facilitate the acquisition of Common Stock by, a Person or group of related Persons who after such offering would Beneficially Own more than 10% of the Common Stock. To the extent that any tender offer is not an Approved Transaction, the Company will take such actions under its control as are reasonably requested on a non-public basis and in compliance with Section 4.2 by the Investor Stockholders so as to enable the Investor Stockholders to timely tender into such offer prior to expiration thereof (including any extensions thereto), shares of Common Stock that would be received upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, in the event the tender offer becomes an Approved Transaction, without requiring conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock until after such time as such tender offer is an Approved Transaction.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if any of the Investor Stockholders or a Permitted Transferee has engaged in a Private Block Sale, none of the Investor Stockholders or any Permitted Transferee shall make a subsequent Private Block Sale until at least 90 days have elapsed from such Private Block Sale.

(f) Any Transfer not made in accordance with this Section 3.1 shall be null and void and of no force or effect regardless of whether the proposed Transferee had actual or constructive knowledge of the Transfer restrictions set forth herein, and no such proposed Transfer will be recorded on the stock transfer books of the Company.

 

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(g)(i) Subject to applicable Law, the Investor Stockholders (other than the Series B Directors and the Investor Directors with respect to any Equity Securities held directly by such Persons, or indirectly by such Persons through family trusts, or similar arrangements or held by directly by family members sharing the same household as the Series B Director or Investor Director) will not be subject to the Company’s trading policies requiring pre-clearance or limiting trading to specified dates (it being understood that this is not intended to modify the rights or obligations set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement), and (ii) the Investor Stockholders acknowledge their obligation hereunder not to Transfer shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares in contravention of applicable Law, including, each of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act.

(h) The Investor Stockholders will comply with the Transfer notice provisions of Section 2.8. In addition, during the Information Rights Period, the Investor Stockholders will provide the Company with at least 24 hours advance notice (which notice must be delivered on a Business Day) of any Transfer (other than a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee) to be made during a period when the Company’s directors and executive offices are prohibited by Company policies from effecting any Transfer.

(i) The Investor Stockholders shall not be subject to any restrictions on Transfer other than as set forth in this Agreement, applicable Law and to the extent applicable, the Registration Rights Agreement.

SECTION 3.2. Legends; Securities Act Compliance.

(a) Each certificate representing Conversion Shares will bear a legend conspicuously thereon to the following effect:

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD UNLESS REGISTERED OR EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH AGREEMENT.”

(b) In addition to the restrictions set forth in Section 3.1, the Investor Stockholders and each Permitted Transferee shall not offer, sell or legally transfer any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares except pursuant to: (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; (ii) an opinion of legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act; (iii) pursuant to Rule 144; or (iv) a “no action” letter from the staff of the SEC addressed to the Investor Stockholders or a Permitted Transferee to the effect that the Transfer without registration would not result in a recommendation by the staff to the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto.

 

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(c) In the event that any Conversion Shares are Transferred in a Public Offering, the Company shall promptly, upon request, but in any event not later than is necessary in order to consummate the sale of such securities pursuant to such Public Offering, remove the legend set forth above in connection with such Transfer. In the event that any Conversion Shares are Transferred pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall upon request, upon receipt of documentation reasonably required by the Company to confirm such Investor Stockholder’s eligibility to sell such Shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144, promptly but in any event not later than is necessary in order to consummate the sale of such securities pursuant to Rule 144 (subject to receipt of such documentation a reasonable period of time prior to such sale), remove the second sentence of the legend set forth above in connection with such Transfer.

(d) In the event that any shares of Series B Preferred or Conversion Shares are Transferred in compliance with Section 3.1(b)(i), the Company shall promptly, upon request, but in any event not later than is necessary in order to consummate such Transfer, remove the second sentence of the legend set forth above in connection with such Transfer.

(e) In the event that any Conversion Shares become transferable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act and the terms of Section 3.2 no longer restrict the Transfer of such Conversion Shares by the holder thereof, the Company shall promptly upon request remove the legends set forth above from the certificates representing such Conversion Shares.

(f) Upon the termination of the restrictions set forth in Section 3.1, the Company shall promptly, upon request, deliver a replacement certificate not containing the second sentence of the legend set forth above.

ARTICLE IV

CERTAIN COVENANTS

SECTION 4.1. Right to Maintain. During the Right to Maintain Period:

(a) The Company shall provide the Investor Stockholders the opportunity to purchase in any Offering of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Offering” (which is not also of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Offering”), and shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide the Investor Stockholders the opportunity to purchase in any Offering of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Offering”, up to their respective Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, in no event shall the Investor Stockholders be entitled to purchase an amount of Equity Securities in any such Offering that would cause Section 4.2 to be violated.

(b) The Company shall send a written or electronic notice (the “Offering Notice”) in a manner it deems reasonably appropriate under the circumstances (which notice may or may not be in the same manner contemplated by Section 5.9) to Elevation on behalf of the Investor Stockholders at the latest address or e-mail address known to the Company, indicating (i) the number of Equity Securities expected to be offered and the material terms of

 

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such Equity Securities, (ii) the expected price at which it proposes to offer such Equity Securities, or the expected formula for determining such price, (iii) the expected timing of the Offering, and (iv) the name, telephone and facsimile number or e-mail address of the Person at the Company to whom the Investor Stockholders should deliver a Response Notice (as defined below). To the extent that the Company in good faith determines that the process for the Investor Stockholders’ exercise of their rights pursuant to this Section 4.1 delays or impairs the Company’s ability to access the public markets at will, the Company shall notify the Investor Stockholders, and the Company and the Investor Stockholders will negotiate in good faith to modify such process to the extent practicable so that it no longer causes such delay or impediment (it being understood that no such negotiation shall impair or delay any impending Offering and any Offering may be consummated during such negotiations without giving the Investor Stockholders the right to participate).

(c) As promptly as practicable after its receipt of the Offering Notice, the Investor Stockholders shall provide the Company with written notice indicating its desire to purchase Equity Securities in the Offering, and indicating the name, telephone number, facsimile number or e-mail address of the Person or Persons that the underwriter(s) of the Offering should call to coordinate with respect to any sales to such purchaser (the “Response Notice”). If the Investor Stockholders or a Permitted Transferee shall fail to provide the Company with a Response Notice prior to the earlier to occur of (i) six hours before the pricing of the Offering, and (ii) one Business Day prior to the date of the expected Offering as set forth in the Offering Notice, then the Investor Stockholders shall not be given the opportunity to purchase Equity Securities in the Offering. In any event, it shall be a condition to the Investor Stockholders’ or a Permitted Transferee’s opportunity to purchase Equity Securities in an Offering that it comply with the reasonable requests of the underwriter(s) necessary for it to purchase shares in the Offering (e.g., establishing an account with an underwriter in the Offering). The rights of the Investor Stockholders under this Section 4.1 shall not modify the restrictions set forth in Section 4.2 with respect to the then applicable Standstill Limit.

(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to an Offering of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Offering”, the Company and the Investor Stockholders will comply with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement to the extent the provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement are then applicable.

SECTION 4.2. Standstill.

(a) During the Standstill Period, the Investor Stockholders shall not, and the Investor Stockholders shall ensure that none of the Elevation Entities or their respective Affiliates shall, nor shall any of the foregoing Persons act in concert with any other Person to:

(i) except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Series B Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, (A) acquire or hold any Economic Right or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities or (B)

 

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authorize or make a tender offer, exchange offer or other offer or proposal, whether oral or written, to acquire Equity Securities, in each case, if the effect of such acquisition or holding would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding;

(ii)(A) solicit or participate in any solicitation of proxies with respect to any Voting Stock, or (B) seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting of any Voting Stock (other than (x) the Investor Stockholders or any Affiliate or (y) other than in accordance with and consistent with the recommendation of the Board); provided, that the limitation contained in this clause (ii) shall not apply to any proposal recommended by the Board relating to a Change in Control of the Company to be voted on by the Company’s stockholders that is not instituted or proposed by any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Investor Stockholder or any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder is a member;

(iii) deposit any Voting Stock in a voting trust or, except as otherwise provided or contemplated herein, subject any Voting Stock to any arrangement or agreement with any Person with respect to the voting of such Voting Stock;

(iv) join a 13D Group (other than a group comprising solely of the Investor Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees) or other group, or otherwise act in concert with any third Person for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Voting Stock or Non-Voting Convertible Securities;

(v) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect any Change in Control of the Company;

(vi) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect any recapitalization (other than the Merger), restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(vii) authorize or take any action to permit any Affiliate of Elevation to be named as a director candidate on a proxy or ballot of any other Person other than the proxy or ballot of the Company with the recommendation of the Board;

(viii) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect control of the management, Board or policies of the Company or to seek a waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided, however, that no action by a Series B Director or Investor Director (solely in their capacities as such) shall be deemed to violate this Section 4.2(a)(viii);

 

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(ix) take any action that results in the Investor Stockholders having to file or amend a Schedule 13D indicating an intention, plan or proposal to do any of the foregoing; or

(x) otherwise take any action that would or could reasonably be expected to compel the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the matters set forth in this Section 4.2.

(b) If, at any time during the Standstill Period, (i) the Company has entered into a definitive agreement, the consummation of which would result in a Fundamental Change, or (ii) any Person shall have commenced and not withdrawn a bona fide public tender or exchange offer which if consummated would result in a Fundamental Change and the Board has not recommended that its stockholders reject such offer within the time period contemplated by Rule 14d-9, for so long as such condition continues to apply, the limitation on the actions described in clauses (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv) (and any related acquisition of Beneficial Ownership solely by being part of a group shall be exempt from (a)(i)), (a)(v), (a)(vi), (a)(ix) and (a)(x) above shall not be applicable to the Investor Stockholders (but all other provisions of this Agreement will, subject to Section 4.2(c), continue to apply).

(c) Anything in this Section 4.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, this Section 4.2 shall not prohibit or restrict any actions taken by the Investor Stockholders’ designee or designees on the Board in their capacities as a member of the Board and in compliance with and subject to his or her fiduciary duties as a member of the Board.

(d) The Investor Stockholders agree that during the Standstill Period they will not directly or indirectly propose, effect or agree to any transaction which if consummated would result in a Change of Control of the Company in which the acquiring counterparty is (i) an Investor Stockholder or an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder or (ii) a member of a 13D Group of which an Investor Stockholder or an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder is also a member, in each case unless such transaction is approved by (or in the case of a tender or exchange offer, is conditioned on the receipt of tenders from), the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock not Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders or any of their affiliates (as defined in Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

SECTION 4.3. Indemnification.

(a) The Company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor Stockholders and each Investor Stockholder Controlling Person and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, in their respective capacities as such (the “Indemnitees”) against any out-of-pocket: costs, penalties, judgments, awards, disbursements, amounts paid in settlement or compromise and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from any governmental or third party allegations or claim commenced or made on or after the date hereof against such Indemnitee relating to any act or omission (or alleged act or omission) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such claim, a “Vicarious Claim”), including any Damages arising out of or relating to any federal, state or other securities law arising out of or relating to any offer or sale

 

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of securities by the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided that the Company will not be liable for any such Damages to the extent that such Damages are judicially determined to have resulted primarily from an Indemnitee’s express acts or omissions that are in bad faith or constitute willful misconduct, and upon such a judicial determination the Investor Stockholders will, and will cause each other Indemnitee to, promptly reimburse the Company for any amounts previously paid by the Company for which the Company is not liable pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.3. At the Company’s request, the Investor Stockholders and the other Indemnitees shall consent to the entry of a judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to any Vicarious Claim to which they are parties provided that such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of each Indemnitee with respect to such Vicarious Claim without imposing any obligations or liabilities on any Indemnitee. The Investor Stockholders and the other Indemnitees shall not consent to the entry of a judgment or enter into any settlement of claims against them in any Vicarious Claim without the written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.3 to the contrary, the Damages shall not include any lost profits based on the potential appreciation of or hypothetical investment returns on the Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares.

(b) The rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification hereunder will be in addition to any other rights any such Person may have under any other agreement or instrument to which such Indemnitee is or becomes a party or is or otherwise becomes a beneficiary or under law or regulation or under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, for purposes of this Section 4.3, the term “Indemnitees” shall not include any Person who is an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries in such capacity as officer, director or employee.

SECTION 4.4. Regulatory Matters. If necessary, at the request of an Investor Stockholder, the Company shall promptly make any and all filings which it is required to make under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), for the conversion of the Purchased Shares into the Conversion Shares and the exercise of the rights pursuant to Section 4.1, and the Company agrees to furnish the Investor Stockholders with such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the Investor Stockholders may reasonably request, in connection with its preparation of any necessary filings or submissions to the Federal Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, including, without limitation, any filings or notices necessary under the HSR Act. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses and fees payable to governmental authorities in connection with filings made pursuant to this Section 4.4.

SECTION 4.5. Company Rights Agreement. During the Standstill Period, the Company agrees that it shall not take any action to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended by the Rights Agreement Amendment), or adopt, propose or implement any other shareholder rights plan, in each case such that (a) the Rights become exercisable, (b) a Distribution Date (as defined in the Company

 

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Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) occurs, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan), in each case due to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none of the Investor Stockholders, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting concert with any other Person, shall acquire or hold any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition or holding would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Series B Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to the extent that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” of an Investor Stockholder under the Company Rights Agreement (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectively), or any successor or substitute therefor. It is agreed that to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or its associates and affiliates, other than any Subject Securities, (it

 

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being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects of (A) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or ARTICLE III (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (to the extent applicable) in the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 5.1. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate, except for this ARTICLE V and Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 which shall survive such termination, as follows: (i) with respect to a particular Investor Stockholder, on the date that such Investor Stockholder no longer beneficially owns, and has no contractual or other right to acquire, any shares of Series B Preferred or Conversion Shares, and (ii) upon the written consent of the parties hereto in such number and manner required for amendments hereto as provided in Section 5.7.

 

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SECTION 5.2. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein (and except as provided in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement), all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses; provided, however, that the Company shall reimburse each Investor Stockholder and its Affiliates for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with (i) monitoring their investment in the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, provided that without the prior written consent of the Company, such reimbursement shall not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate in any year and (ii) the provision of services to the Company by an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates as agreed to in writing for such services, from time to time, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 5.3. Successors and Assigns; Assignment.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto. This Agreement may not be assigned by an Investor Stockholder or a Permitted Transferee without the prior written consent of the Company, except that Investor Stockholders and Permitted Transferees may assign their respective rights and obligations without such consent if a Transfer is made in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(ii).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the Company is not the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall cause such Survivor of a Fundamental Change to become a party hereto and bound upon consummation of such Fundamental Change to the provisions of (i) Section 2.1(c)(i) (substituting the Survivor of a Fundamental Change for the Company) and (ii) to the extent that any VCOC Investor Stockholder directly or indirectly continues to hold any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, Section 2.9 (substituting the Survivor of a Fundamental Change for the Company).

SECTION 5.4. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as specifically provided in Section 2.6 (with respect to which the Series B Directors, Investor Directors and Indemnitees named therein shall be third party beneficiaries of such provisions), Section 2.9 (with respect to which an affiliated entity provided therein shall be third party beneficiaries of such provisions), Section 4.3 (with respect to which all Indemnitees shall be third party beneficiaries) and the last sentence of Section 5.7 (with respect to which holders of Common Stock who are not Investor Stockholders or Affiliates thereof shall be third party beneficiaries), this Agreement is not intended, and shall not be deemed, to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto or otherwise create any third-party beneficiary hereto.

SECTION 5.5. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other agreements or documents referred to herein, constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

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SECTION 5.6. Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 5.7. Amendment and Waiver. No amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Company, unless it is approved in writing by the Company and no amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Investor Stockholders or a Permitted Transferee, unless it is approved in writing by Elevation or the Investor Stockholders Beneficially Owning a majority in interest of the Series B Preferred Stock and Conversion Shares; provided that if any amendment or waiver operates in a manner that purports by its terms to treat any Investor Stockholder different from other Investor Stockholders in a manner adverse to such Investor Stockholder, the consent of such Investor Stockholder shall also be required for such amendment or waiver to be binding on such adversely affected Investor Stockholder; provided further that the Investor Stockholders or any Permitted Transferee may waive any rights or provide consent with respect to itself; provided further that notwithstanding the foregoing, the addition of a Permitted Transferee as a party hereto in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1(b)(ii) shall not constitute an amendment hereto and need be signed only by such Permitted Transferee. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained. The Company shall not amend or waive Section 4.2(d) without the approval of the holders of a majority of the Voting Stock not Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders or Affiliates thereof.

SECTION 5.8. Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on any Investor Stockholder’s or any Permitted Transferee’s part of any breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on such party’s part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, by law, or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

SECTION 5.9. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given and received: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile or e-mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day; or (c) one (1) business day

 

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after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent, with respect to the Company, the Investor Stockholders and any Permitted Transferee, to their respective addresses specified in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (or at such other address as any such party may specify by like notice). The Investor Stockholders will promptly provide the Company with written notice if at any time an Investor Stockholder or other Permitted Transferee no longer satisfies the criteria of a Permitted Transferee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as the Investor Director Entitlement or Series B Director Representation Entitlement is greater than zero (0), (i) the Company shall be entitled to deliver all notices required hereunder to Elevation or one designee designated by Elevation in writing on behalf of all other Investor Stockholders, and (ii) Elevation or one designee designated in writing by Elevation shall be entitled to act on behalf of all Investor Stockholders, including for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Transferee, with respect to any action or consent to be taken by an Investor Stockholder hereunder.

SECTION 5.10. Interpretation. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. When reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or a Section, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents, table of defined terms and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise, and shall include all amendments of the same and any successor or replacement statutes and regulations as of the Closing Date. All references to agreements shall mean such agreement as may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

SECTION 5.11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the Laws of the State of Delaware. Any disagreement, issue, dispute, claim, demand or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (each, a “Dispute”) shall be brought in the Chancery Court of Delaware, so long as such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such Dispute, or if it does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such Dispute, the United States District Court or other state court in Delaware having jurisdiction of the Dispute. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such Dispute and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Dispute in any such court and that any such Dispute which is brought in any such court has been brought in

 

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an inconvenient forum. Process in any such Dispute may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 5.9 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 5.12. Specific Performance; No Special Damages.

(a) The parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity; and the parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

(b) Each party agrees that there shall be no special, exemplary, punitive or multiple damages connected with or resulting from any breach of this Agreement, or actions undertaken in connection with or related hereto, including any such damages which are based upon breach of contract, tort, breach of warranty, strict liability, statute, operation of law or any other theory of recovery, except to the extent such damages are actually incurred by a party hereunder to a third party, and hereby waives any rights to claim such damages. For purposes of clarity, the foregoing does not exclude consequential, indirect or incidental damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, no damages (including lost profits) based on potential appreciation of the value of the Common Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, of hypothetical investment returns or of potential alternative investments shall be taken into account in determining the amount of damages.

SECTION 5.13. 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Stockholders’ Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

PALM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andrew J. Brown

Name:   Andrew J. Brown
Title:   SVP and CFO
ELEVATION PARTNERS, L.P.
By:   Elevation Associates, L.P.,
  as General Partner
By:   Elevation Associates, LLC,
  as General Partner
By:  

/s/ Bret Pearlman

Name:   Bret Pearlman
Title:   Member
ELEVATION EMPLOYEE SIDE FUND, LLC
By:   Elevation Management, LLC,
  its manager
By:  

/s/ Bret Pearlman

Name:   Bret Pearlman
Title:   Member

[Stockholders Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person, for so long as such Person remains so associated to the specified Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company, its Subsidiaries and its other controlled Affiliates shall not be considered Affiliates of any Investor Stockholder or their Permitted Transferees, (ii) the portfolio companies in which the Investor Stockholders, any other Elevation Entities or any other Elevation Partners investment fund that is Controlled by, or under common control with, an Elevation Entity have directly or indirectly made a debt or equity investment shall not be considered Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders or their Permitted Transferees if the Investor Stockholders, alone, or together with their Permitted Transferees, (x) in the aggregate Beneficially Own securities that would comprise (upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any rights, options, warrants or similar securities, if applicable) less than 50% of the Total Current Voting Power of such portfolio company and (y) do not constitute, nor do they have the contractual or other legal right to elect, a majority of the members of the board or other governing body of such portfolio company, unless such portfolio company has received Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or has been provided assistance with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock from an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or has otherwise acted in concert with an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock and (iii) a corporation or other entity (a “Specified Entity”) with respect to which (x) none of the Investor Stockholders or Elevation Entities has directly or indirectly made a debt or equity investment and (y) none of the Investor Stockholders, alone or together with their Permitted Transferees, constitute, or have the contractual or other legal right to elect, a majority of the members of the board or other governing body of such Specified Entity (and which otherwise is not controlled by an Elevation Entity), but which is an Affiliate of an individual who would be considered a controlling Affiliate of an Elevation Entity, will not be considered an Affiliate of the Investor Stockholders or their Permitted Transferees unless such Specified Entity has received Confidential Information, directly or indirectly or has been provided assistance with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock from an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or has otherwise acted in concert with an Investor Stockholder or any of its Affiliates with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of Capital Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Transferees shall be considered Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders.

as converted” means, with respect to any Equity Securities owned by any Investor Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, such Equity Securities on an as converted, exchanged or exercised basis.

Below Market” means (i) the issuance of Common Stock at a price per share less than 95% of the closing sale price of Common Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the date of a definitive agreement pursuant to which the sale of Common Stock is to occur or (ii) the issuance of any security convertible into or, exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock for a conversion, exchange or exercise price per share less than 95% of the closing sale price of Common Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the date of a definitive agreement pursuant to which the sale of such securities is to occur.

 

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Beneficial Owner”, “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule; provided, however, that (i) a Person will be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any security which may be acquired by such Person whether within 60 days or thereafter, upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any rights, options, warrants or similar securities to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire (x) capital stock of any person or (y) debt or other evidences of indebtedness, capital stock or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock of such person and (ii) a Person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities with which a Person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Board Size Decrease” means a decrease in the authorized number of Directors then constituting the Board that, as a result thereof results in a reduction of the (i) Series B Board Representation Entitlement to less than the number of Series B Directors then serving on the Board or (ii) the Investor Director Entitlement to less than the number of Investor Directors then serving on the Board.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in California.

Bylaws” means the Bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of the Restated Certificate.

Capital Stock” means any and all shares of capital stock of the Company, including without limitation, any and all shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof.

Change in Control of the Company” means any of the following: (i) a merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction to which the Company is a party if the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction (or the securities such Voting Stock is converted or exchanged into), represents less than 50% of the Total Current Voting Power of the surviving entity (or its parent) following such merger, consolidation or other business combination or transaction; (ii) an acquisition by any Person, entity or 13D Group of direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock of the Company representing 50% or more of the Total Current Voting Power of the Company; or (iii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or Persons; or (iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

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Committee Qualification Requirements” shall mean that the Investor Director shall, in the good faith judgment of the Board, meet at all times during the Investor Director’s service on a particular committee: (i) all independence requirements applicable to companies listed for quotation on Nasdaq (or other Exchange if the Company’s shares are listed on another Exchange) for members of the particular committee, (ii) be free of any relationship that, in the good faith judgment of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment as a member of the particular committee, (iii) in the case of the Compensation Committee, be a “non-employee director” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) and an “outside director” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), and (iv) in the case of the Audit Committee, satisfy the requirements of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2) for serving on the Audit Committee.

Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

Company Rights Agreement” means that certain Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2000, as amended, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company of New York, as successor to Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. and Fleet National Bank.

Confidentiality Agreement” means the agreement, dated October 6, 2006, between the Company and Elevation Associates, L.P. with respect to confidential information.

Control” or “Controlled by” have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Controlled Affiliate(s)” means any Affiliate(s) of Elevation directly or indirectly Controlled by an Elevation Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, any entity that is not an Affiliate of an Elevation Entity as a result of the operation of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Affiliate” shall not be considered a Controlled Affiliate.

Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as provided for in the Certificate of Designation.

Diluted Common Shares Outstanding” means the sum of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock plus (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or issuance of any Equity Securities of the Company sold in any Offering described in clause (ii) of the definition of Offering. For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.2 in connection with any acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock, the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates will be entitled to rely on (and the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding will be calculated by reference to)

 

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the information set forth in the most recent report on Form 10-Q or 10-K filed with the SEC unless the Company has provided Elevation more recent information regarding the components of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding.

Director” means any member of the Board.

Dispute” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(a).

Economic Rights” means, with respect to a security, the right to the full pecuniary interest in the security, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends and distributions, proceeds upon liquidation and receive the proceeds of disposition or conversion (if applicable) of the security.

Effective Time” means the Effective Time of the Merger (as defined in the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement).

Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage” means, at any time, the quotient of (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned, but excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock, by the Investor Stockholders divided by (b) the sum of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock into which the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to convert at such time plus (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exchange or issuance of any Equity Securities of the Company sold in any Offering described in clause (ii) of the definition of Offering. For purposes hereof, if a Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period shall have ever taken place (on one or more occasions), and at the end of such Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period there is a reduction in the number of Series B Directors pursuant to Section 4(d)(iii) of the Certificate of Designation or the number of Investor Directors pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii), then the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage shall be deemed at any point in time thereafter to be no greater than the lowest Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage that shall have existed at the end of any such Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period.

Elevation Entity” means any of: (i) Elevation, (ii) Elevation Employee Side Fund, LLC, (iii) Elevation Associates, L.P., the sole general partner of Elevation, (iv) Elevation Associates, LLC, the sole general partner of Elevation Associates, L.P. and of Elevation GP Participants, LP, (v) Elevation GP Participants, LP, a limited partner of Elevation Associates, L.P., and (vi) Elevation Management, LLC, the sole management company to Elevation, in each case so long as, with respect to such entity, such entity is under common control with Elevation.

Elevation Ownership Limit” means the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage at the close of business on the Closing Date, provided that if any Investor Stockholder effects a Transfer to any Person other than one or more Permitted Transferees, then on and after the first day after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company in which such Transfer occurred (the “Transfer Quarter”) the Elevation Ownership Limit will equal the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage at the close of business on the last day of the Transfer Quarter; provided further, however, that the Elevation Ownership Limit shall never be greater than the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage represented by shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Closing Date.

 

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Equity Securities” means any and all shares of Capital Stock of the Company, securities of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such shares, and options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares (including the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and the Conversion Shares).

Exchange” means Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, as the case may be.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Fundamental Change” has the meaning assigned to it in the Certificate of Designation.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect in the United States of America from time to time.

incur” means, directly or indirectly, to incur, refinance, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable.

Information Rights Period” means the period beginning with the Closing Date and ending when the Investor Director Entitlement is zero (0).

Investor Director” means any Director designated or nominated for election to the Board by Investor Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.1.

Investor Director Entitlement” means, a number of Investor Directors (rounded to the nearest whole number) equal to the product of (x) the total number of directors then comprising the full Board and (y) the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing (A) subject to clause (B) below, until such time as the Investor Stockholders shall have collectively Transferred (other than pursuant to a bona fide pledge, but not a foreclosure thereon and other than to one or more Permitted Transferees who continue to be such) more than 70.0% of the aggregate Purchased Shares (calculated on an as-converted to Common Stock basis) and Conversion Shares to Persons other than Permitted Transferees who continue to be such (the “70% Transfer Date”), the Investor Director Entitlement shall in no event be less than one (1) and on and after the 70% Transfer Date, the Investor Director Entitlement shall mean zero (0), and (B) from and after the first time the Investor Stockholders cease to Beneficially Own, excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership, at least 7.5% of the Total Current Voting Power of the Survivor of a Fundamental Change, the Investor Director Entitlement shall thereafter mean zero (0).

Investor Stockholder Controlling Person” shall mean each Person that Controls, directly or indirectly, an Investor Stockholder.

Nasdaq” means The NASDAQ Stock Market, or any successor thereto.

 

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NASD” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Non-Voting Convertible Securities” means any securities which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise exercisable to acquire Voting Stock of the Company, including convertible securities, warrants, rights or options to purchase Voting Stock, but excluding Series B Preferred Stock.

Offering” means (i) a firm commitment underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock by the Company, or (ii) any offering of Common Stock or of Equity Securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock by the Company sold Below Market, other than shares of Common Stock or other Equity Securities offered or issued in strategic acquisitions, for compensatory or commercial purposes, or in any other transaction the primary purpose of which is other than the raising of additional capital.

Permitted Transferee” means (i) an Elevation Entity’s directors and officers, (ii) any Elevation Entity, and (iii) any corporation, partnership or limited liability company which is and continues to be a Controlled Affiliate. In the event that such a corporation, partnership or limited liability company subsequent to a Transfer hereunder ceases to be a Controlled Affiliate (as described in clause (iii) above), or in the event that any Elevation Entity ceases to meet the definition thereof (as described in clause (ii) above) or if an Elevation Entity’s director or officer ceases to be such (any such event described in this sentence, a “Disqualifying Event”), such Disqualifying Event shall be considered a Transfer and shall be subject to the terms hereof with respect thereto, including Section 3.1. In the event of a Disqualifying Event, the Person that shall have ceased to be a Controlled Affiliate, Elevation Entity, or director or officer shall cease to be considered an Investor Stockholder or Permitted Transferee for any purpose hereunder or under the Certificate of Designation, but for all purposes shall continue to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as an Investor Stockholder.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

Preferred Stock” means the shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

Private Block Sale” means a Transfer by any Investor Stockholder or a Permitted Transferee in one or in a series of related transactions of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the same Person or group of Persons (other than Permitted Transferees) other than to an underwriter or a placement agent in a Public Offering or in connection with a “brokers’ transaction” under Rule 144 or pursuant to a bona fide pledge or foreclosure thereon.

Pro Rata Share” means, for any Investor Stockholder, such number of Equity Securities (of the same type as the Equity Securities being sold in the Offering) as shall equal the product obtained by multiplying (i) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the number of shares of Common Stock (on

 

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an as converted basis) Beneficially Owned by such Investor Stockholder but excluding Shared Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock (it being understood that in determining the number of shares of Capital Stock Beneficially Owned, there shall be no double counting of such shares to the extent there is shared voting or dispositive power among any Investor Stockholder and any Permitted Transferee or among Permitted Transferees), by (B) the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the most recent practicable date prior to the Offering and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock into which the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are then convertible pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation by (ii) the aggregate number of such Equity Securities being sold in the Offering.

Public Offering” means a public offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement (other than on Form S-4, Form S-8 or their equivalent) under the Securities Act.

Restated Certificate” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Designation) of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and the terms of this Agreement.

Rights” shall have the meaning given thereto in the Company Rights Agreement (or the comparable right under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan).

Right to Maintain Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending upon the earliest to occur of (i) the date that is seven years from the Original Issuance Date (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) of the Series B Preferred Stock, (ii) the first date on which the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage ceases to be at least 10.0%, and (iii) a Fundamental Change.

Right to Vote” means, with respect to a security, the right to direct the voting of a security with respect to any matter for which the security is entitled to vote.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and other federal securities laws.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Series B Director” has the meaning assigned to it in the Certificate of Designation.

Series B Board Representation Entitlement” has the meaning assigned to it in the Certificate of Designation.

Series B Preferred Stock” means the Preferred Stock of the Company that is designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization (other than the Conversion Shares upon conversion thereof as contemplated by the Certificate of Designation).

 

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Shared Beneficial Ownership” means Beneficial Ownership in which (a) voting power is shared with another Person, except in the case of the Investor Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees, to the extent that such shared voting power is shared only with another Investor Stockholder or Permitted Transferee and/or (b) the Investor Stockholders and/or their Permitted Transferees have effected a Transfer to a Person other than a Permitted Transferee, provided that any contractual encumbrance resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including an obligation to repay such indebtedness with the proceeds of any Transfer of, or dividend or distribution on, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock) not incurred in violation of Section 3.1 shall not be deemed to be a Transfer, loss or reduction in the Beneficial Ownership associated with such shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

Share Ownership Reduction” means a reduction, for any reason, in the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage which would result in a reduction to the number of Directors the Investor Stockholders are entitled to nominate, designate or appoint pursuant to Section 2.1.

Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period” means the period commencing on the date the Company provides the Company Notice and ending on the date 60 days thereafter.

Standstill Limit” shall mean, at any time, the greater of (i) the product of (x) 10% and (y) the number of Diluted Common Shares Outstanding and (ii) the product of (A) the Elevation Ownership Limit and (B) the number of Diluted Common Shares Outstanding.

Standstill Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the latest of (i) the third anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the time that the Investor Stockholders no longer have the right (whether pursuant to this Agreement or the Certificate of Designation) to nominate (or have nominated), designate or elect a Series B Director or an Investor Director to serve on the Board or board of directors or similar governing body of any Survivor of a Fundamental Change, and (iii) the date that an Elevation Affiliate no longer serves on the Board or on the board of directors or similar governing body of any Survivor of a Fundamental Change.

Survivor of a Fundamental Change” means (a) the issuer of the securities received by the holders of Common Stock (in their capacities as such) upon the consummation of a Fundamental Change, to the extent the holders of Common Stock receive other securities in exchange, conversion or substitution of their Common Stock in the transaction that resulted in such Fundamental Change or (b) the Company (or its successor) in all other circumstances of a Fundamental Change.

Third-Party Takeover Proposal” means an offer or proposal by a Person other than any Investor Stockholder, any Affiliate of any Investor Stockholder or any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any of its Permitted Transferees is a member that has been publicly disclosed by the Company to effect a Change in Control of the Company.

 

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13D Group” means any group of Persons formed for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Equity Securities which would be required under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to file a statement on Schedule 13D (a “Schedule 13D”) pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or a Schedule 13G of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act with the SEC as a “person” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act if such group Beneficially Owned Equity Securities representing more than 5% of any class of Equity Securities then outstanding.

Total Current Voting Power” means, with respect to any entity, at the time of determination of Total Current Voting Power, the total number of votes which may be cast on a general matter of the entity at which all classes of equity voting securities of the entity are entitled to vote (or, in the event the entity is not a corporation, the governing members, board or other similar body of such entity) plus, following a Fundamental Change, the number of votes that the holders of Series B Preferred Stock would have been entitled to vote (by virtue of the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Fundamental Change) if they had converted to Common Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation immediately prior to the Fundamental Change.

Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge (other than a bona fide pledge not in violation of Section 3.1 (but not a foreclosure thereon)), encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge (other than (except for purposes of Section 3.1(b)) a bona fide pledge not in violation of Section 3.1 (but not a foreclosure thereon)), encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares beneficially owned by a person or any interest (including any Economic Rights or Voting Rights or creation of Shared Beneficial Ownership) in any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares beneficially owned by a Person, provided that (except for purposes of Section 3.1(b)) any contractual encumbrance resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including an obligation to repay such indebtedness with the proceeds of any Transfer of, or dividend or distribution on, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock) not incurred in violation of Section 3.1 shall not be deemed to be a Transfer associated with such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Conversion Shares.

Transferred Common Shares” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and (ii) the Conversion Shares, that have been Transferred to a Person other than an Investor Stockholder such that, following such Transfer, none of the Investor Stockholders are the Beneficial Owners of such securities.

Transferee” means any Person to whom any Investor Stockholder or any Permitted Transferee or any Transferee thereof Transfers Equity Securities of the Company in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Voting Stock” means shares of the Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and any other securities of the Company or its successor having the power to vote in the election of members of the Board of the Company or its successor.

Uncured Share Ownership Reduction” means a decrease, for any reason, in the Elevation Beneficially Ownership Percentage that results in a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Investor Director Entitlement; provided, however that if, during an applicable Share Ownership Reduction Cure Period, the Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage is increased to, and maintained at, the minimum Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage necessary to avoid a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Investor Director Entitlement as of immediately prior to such decrease, then, subject to the last sentence of the definition of Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage in this Exhibit A, there shall be deemed to have occurred an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction (it being understood that any subsequent decrease in Elevation Beneficial Ownership Percentage that results in a reduction in the number of Directors that constitutes the Investor Director Entitlement may again qualify as an Uncured Share Ownership Reduction).

 

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