-----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, Bx+tIlJpM2twR8eLSeQbLmeHsnQ7GxtTMedMfJG9RJoX1XjV5z3ZWzL9cWqZy9bV VZldrmvROBCCTdD+VuiAmQ== 0001193125-06-217097.txt : 20061027 0001193125-06-217097.hdr.sgml : 20061027 20061027164803 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-217097 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061026 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20061027 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061027 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALBERTO CULVER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000003327 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 362257936 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05050 FILM NUMBER: 061169412 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 ARMITAGE AVE CITY: MELROSE PARK STATE: IL ZIP: 60160 BUSINESS PHONE: 7084503039 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE CITY: MELROSE PARK STATE: IL ZIP: 60160 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: New Aristotle Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001368457 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32970 FILM NUMBER: 061169413 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE CITY: MELROSE PARK STATE: IL ZIP: 60160 BUSINESS PHONE: (708) 450-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE CITY: MELROSE PARK STATE: IL ZIP: 60160 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 26, 2006

Commission

File Number

   Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter; State of Incorporation; Address of Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number   

IRS Employer

Identification Number

1-5050   

ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY

(a Delaware corporation)

2525 Armitage Avenue

Melrose Park, Illinois 60160

(708) 450-3000

   36-2257936
1-32970   

NEW ARISTOTLE HOLDINGS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

2525 Armitage Avenue

Melrose Park, Illinois 60160

(708) 450-3000

   20-5196741

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):

 

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 26, 2006, Alberto-Culver Company (“Alberto-Culver”) entered into the following agreements:

 

    a second amendment to the Investment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended (the “Investment Agreement”), among Alberto-Culver, Sally Holdings, Inc., currently a subsidiary of Alberto-Culver (“Sally Holdings”), New Sally Holdings, Inc., currently a subsidiary of Alberto-Culver (“New Sally Holdings”), New Aristotle Company, currently a subsidiary of New Sally Holdings, and CDRS Acquisition LLC (“Investor”), a limited liability company organized by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (the “Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement”);

 

    a second amendment to the Separation Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended (the “Separation Agreement”), among Alberto-Culver, Sally Holdings, New Sally Holdings and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., currently a subsidiary of New Sally Holdings (“New Alberto-Culver”) (the “Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement”), which was consented to by Investor;

 

    a second amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended (the “Tax Allocation Agreement”), among Alberto-Culver, Sally Holdings, New Sally Holdings and New Alberto-Culver (the “Second Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement”), which was consented to by Investor; and

 

    a second amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended (the “Employee Matters Agreement”), among Alberto-Culver, Sally Holdings, New Sally Holdings and New Alberto-Culver (the “Second Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement”), which was consented to by Investor.

The Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement, the Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement, the Second Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement and the Second Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Amendments.”

Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement

Among other things, the Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement (i) reduces the number of directors on the New Sally Holdings board of directors from 12 to 11 and reduces the number of individuals Investor will designate to serve as initial directors of New Sally Holdings from 6 to 5 (the “Investor Designees”), (ii) reduces the number of Investor Designees that need to be independent for purposes of New York Stock Exchange rules from 3 to 2 and (iii) modifies the forms of Amended and Restated By-laws and Stockholders Agreement of New Sally Holdings that will become effective on the closing date of the transactions to reflect the reduction in the number of directors on the New Sally Holdings board of directors and the reduction of Investor Designees and to reduce the maximum number of individuals Investor will have the right to designate for nomination in future periods.

Specifically, among other things, under the revised forms of Amended and Restated By-laws and Stockholders Agreement, the maximum number of individuals Investor will have the right to designate for nomination if its and its affiliates own 45% or more of the outstanding New Sally Holdings common stock was reduced from 6 to 5. The number of directors that may be designated by Investor for nomination at other ownership percentages was not modified. Thus, under the revised forms, following the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of New Sally Holdings until the earlier of the tenth anniversary of the closing date and the termination of the stockholders agreement, so long as the ownership percentage of Investor’s and its affiliates’ and their permitted transferees’ shares of New Sally Holdings common stock in the aggregate equals or exceeds the percentages set forth in the table below, Investor will have the right to designate for nomination to the New Sally Holdings board of directors, a number of individuals set forth opposite the applicable percentage:

 

Ownership Percentage

  

Number of

Investor Designees

45% or greater

   five individuals

less than 45% but equal to

or greater than 35%

  

four individuals

less than 35% but equal to

or greater than 25%

  

three individuals

less than 25% but equal to

or greater than 15%

  

two individuals

less than 15% but equal to

or greater than 5%

  

one individual

 

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The revised forms of Amended and Restated By-laws and Stockholders Agreement also provide that, rather than the three classes of the New Sally Holdings board of directors being evenly divided with two initial Investor Designees and two initial non-Investor Designees serving in each class, the classes will be as evenly divided as possible with two initial Investor Designees and two initial non-Investor Designees in each of Class I and Class II and with one initial Investor Designee and two non-Investor Designees in Class III.

Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement

The Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement, among other things, provides that the amount of cash and cash equivalents to be retained by New Sally Holdings immediately following completion of the distributions will be reduced by an amount equal to a payment that may be made prior to the closing under a specified contract.

Other Amendments

Each of the Amendments and revised forms of Amended and Restated By-laws and Stockholders Agreement also clarifies that references to the transaction agreements means those agreements as amended. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Sally Holdings was also modified to so clarify.

The descriptions of the Amendments are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, (i) such Amendments which are filed herewith, (ii) the Investment Agreement, Separation Agreement, Tax Allocation Agreement and Employee Matters Agreement, which were filed as Exhibits 2.02, 2.01, 10.01 and 10.02, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Alberto-Culver filed on June 22, 2006 and (iii) the First Amendment to the Investment Agreement, First Amendment to the Separation Agreement, the First Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement and the First Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement, which were filed as Exhibits 2.02, 2.01, 10.01 and 10.02, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Alberto-Culver filed on October 6, 2006, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.

The descriptions of the modified forms of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Sally Holdings, Amended and Restated By-laws of New Sally Holdings and Stockholders Agreement are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to the forms of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Sally Holdings, Amended and Restated By-laws of New Sally Holdings and Stockholders Agreement filed herewith.

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In connection with this proposed transaction, New Sally Holdings, Inc. has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-136259) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which was declared effective on October 11, 2006. The registration statement contains a definitive proxy statement/prospectus-information statement, which was mailed to stockholders of Alberto-Culver on or about October 13, 2006. Investors are urged to carefully read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus-information statement and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC because they contain important information. Investors are able to obtain the definitive proxy statement/prospectus-information statement and all relevant documents filed by Alberto-Culver Company, New Sally Holdings, Inc. or New Aristotle Holdings, Inc. with the SEC free of charge at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov or from Alberto-Culver Investor Relations at 2525 Armitage Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160, (708) 450-3117.

 

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The directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees of Alberto-Culver Company may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from its shareholders in favor of the transactions. Information concerning persons who may be considered participants in the solicitation of Alberto-Culver Company’s shareholders under the rules of the SEC is set forth in public filings filed by Alberto-Culver Company with the SEC and are set forth in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus-information statement. Information concerning Alberto-Culver Company’s participants in the solicitation is contained in Alberto-Culver Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on December 13, 2005.

 

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Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are included herein.

 

Number   

Description

  2.01    Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc.
  2.02    Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and CDRS Acquisition LLC
10.01    Second Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.02    Second Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.03    Revised Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.04    Revised Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of New Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.05    Revised Form of Stockholders Agreement among New Sally Holdings, Inc. and the stockholders party thereto

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY

NEW ARISTOTLE HOLDINGS, INC.

By:   /s/ William J. Cernugel
Name:   William J. Cernugel
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 27, 2006

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Number   

Description

  2.01    Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc.
  2.02    Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and CDRS Acquisition LLC
10.01    Second Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.02    Second Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.03    Revised Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.04    Revised Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of New Sally Holdings, Inc.
10.05    Revised Form of Stockholders Agreement among New Sally Holdings, Inc. and the stockholders party thereto

 

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EX-2.01 2 dex201.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT Second Amendment to the Separation Agreement

Exhibit 2.01

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, New Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Sally”), Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sally”) (New Sally and Sally, collectively the “Sally Parties”), Alberto-Culver Company, a Delaware corporation (“Alberto-Culver”) and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Alberto-Culver”) (Alberto-Culver and New Alberto-Culver, collectively the “Alberto-Culver Parties”) entered into a Separation Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment to the Separation Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2006 (as so amended, the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to, among other things, (a) amend certain provisions of the Agreement relating to “Related Party Agreements; Intercompany Accounts; Cash”, (b) add a new schedule to the Agreement and (c) provide that reference in the Agreement to the Investment Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

WHEREAS, Section 8.07 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement cannot be amended except by a written agreement executed by the Sally Parties and the Alberto-Culver Parties; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement (as such term is defined in the Agreement) shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of CDRS Acquisition LLC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended in the following respects:

1. Section 2.04(c)(iii) of the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(iii) For purposes of this Section 2.04(c), “Adjustment Amount” shall mean (A) the Estimated Pre-Closing Income Taxes (as defined in the Tax Allocation Agreement), plus (B) the True-Up Amount (as defined in the Investment Agreement), plus (C) any unpaid liability as of the Distributions Date for payments to be made by any member of the Sally Group pursuant to the terms of the contracts listed on Schedule 2.04(c)(iii), minus (D) 50% of the Valuation Firm Fee (as defined in the Investment Agreement) minus (E) any amount paid by any Sally Party or Alberto-Culver Party, prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the contract listed on Schedule 2.04(c)(iii)(E).

2. The Agreement is hereby amended to add the attached Schedule 2.04(c)(iii)(E) to the Agreement.


3. Section 2.04(e) of the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e) Prior to the Distributions Time, the Alberto-Culver Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to cause each non-U.S. member of the Sally Group to have paid, and have satisfied any withholding obligations with respect to, all interest accrued on obligations owed to any other member of the Sally Group or any member of the Alberto-Culver Group. If the obligations in the preceding sentence are not satisfied as of the Distributions Time, the Actual Required Retained Cash Amount will be adjusted to the extent cash will be used to satisfy such withholding obligation. The Alberto-Culver Parties will, in the case of any non-U.S. member of the Sally Group, use their reasonable best efforts to cause (i) the actual amount of Cash (including marketable securities and short term investments) on hand in accounts owned by such non-U.S. member (plus the amount owed to such non-U.S. member by a U.S. member of the Sally Group) not to exceed (ii) the amount of cash reasonably needed to satisfy the needs of the business of such non-U.S. member (plus the amount owed by such non-U.S. member to a U.S. member of the Sally Group), in each case prior to the Distributions Time and to satisfy any withholding in connection with the foregoing in a manner expressed in the second sentence of this Section 2.04(e).

4. The parties to the Agreement hereby agree that reference in the Agreement to the Investment Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement.

5. This Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

6. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

7. This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed in their names by a duly authorized officer as of October 26, 2006.

 

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary Winterhalter
  Name:   Gary Winterhalter
  Title:   President
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

NEW ARISTOTLE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

By its signature below, the undersigned hereby consents to this amendment:

 

CDRS ACQUISITION LLC
BY:   /s/ Richard J. Schnall
  Name: Richard J. Schnall
  Title: President

[Signature page to Second Amendment to Separation Agreement]

EX-2.02 3 dex202.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT Second Amendment to the Investment Agreement

Exhibit 2.02

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, New Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Sally”), Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sally”), Alberto-Culver Company, a Delaware corporation (“Alberto-Culver”), New Aristotle Company, a Delaware corporation and CDRS Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Investor”), entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment to the Investment Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2006 (as so amended, the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to, among other things, (a) amend a certain definition and amend the table of definitions to add certain terms, (b) change the number of Investor Designees, (c) provide that reference in the Agreement to the Agreement, any Transaction Agreement or any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement and (d) amend certain Exhibits to the Agreement in their entirety; and

WHEREAS, Section 8.3 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be amended at any time before or after approval of the matters presented in connection with the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby by the stockholders of Alberto-Culver;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended in the following respects:

1. The table of definitions at the end of Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows in the appropriate alphabetical order:

 

Employee Matters Agreement    1.1(z)
Tax Allocation Agreement    1.1(z)

2. Section 1.1(z) of the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Transaction Agreements” means collectively, (i) the Separation Agreement, (ii) the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, among Alberto-Culver, New Sally, Sally and New Alberto-Culver and attached as Exhibit E (the “Employee Matters Agreement”), (iii) the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, among Alberto-Culver, New Sally, Sally and New Alberto-Culver and attached as Exhibit D (the “Tax Allocation Agreement”), (iv) the Stockholders Agreement, (v) the Support Agreement, (vi) the Limited Guarantee and (vii) the other agreements, if any, entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions, in each case, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

3. Section 6.2(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(a) New Sally and Alberto-Culver shall take all actions necessary to cause the Board of Directors of New Sally, effective at the Distributions Time and thereafter until


changed in accordance with the organizational documents of New Sally and Applicable Laws, to consist of (A) the President of Sally and five additional directors designated by Alberto-Culver prior to the Closing Date, at least four of whom qualify as Independent Directors, or if the President of Sally is unable or unwilling to serve as a director of New Sally, such other individual selected by Alberto-Culver and reasonably acceptable to Investor and (B) five directors designated by Investor prior to the Closing Date, at least two of whom qualify as Independent Directors and one of whom shall be appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the individuals described in clause (A) the “Alberto-Culver Designees” and the individuals described in clause (B) the “Investor Designees”); provided, however, that if any of the individuals described in clauses (A) or (B) is unable to begin serving as a director of New Sally at the Distributions Time, the New Sally Board of Directors shall not include such individual until he is able to serve as a director; provided further, that if such individual is unable to serve as a director of New Sally at the Distributions Time, he shall have agreed to begin to serve within a reasonable period of time thereafter. The term “Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board of Directors of New Sally following the Closing Date, would be independent of New Sally under the applicable rules of the NYSE. The New Sally Board of Directors will consist of three classes and have committees as contemplated by Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of the Stockholders Agreement.

4. Exhibit B to the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth on Annex A hereto.

5. Exhibit C to the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth on Annex B hereto.

6. Exhibit F to the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth on Annex C hereto.

7. The parties to the Agreement hereby agree that reference in the Agreement to the Agreement, any Transaction Agreement or any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement.

8. This Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

9. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

10. This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names by a duly authorized officer as of October 26, 2006.

 

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary Winterhalter
  Name:   Gary Winterhalter
  Title:   President
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

NEW ARISTOTLE COMPANY
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

CDRS ACQUISITION LLC
By:   /s/ Richard J. Schnall
  Name:   Richard J. Schnall
  Title:   President

[Signature page to Second Amendment to Investment Agreement]

EX-10.01 4 dex1001.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT Second Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement

Exhibit 10.01

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, New Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Sally”), Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sally”) (New Sally and Sally, collectively the “Sally Parties”), Alberto-Culver Company, a Delaware corporation (“Alberto-Culver”) and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Alberto-Culver”) (Alberto-Culver and New Alberto-Culver, collectively the “Alberto-Culver Parties”) entered into a Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment to the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2006 (as so amended, the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to, among other things, provide that reference in the Agreement to any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

WHEREAS, Section 8.07 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement cannot be amended except by a written agreement executed by the Sally Parties and the Alberto-Culver Parties; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement (as such term is defined in the Agreement) shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of CDRS Acquisition LLC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended in the following respects:

1. The parties to the Agreement hereby agree that reference in the Agreement to any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreement) means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement.

2. This Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

3. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

4. This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed in their names by a duly authorized officer as of October 26, 2006.

 

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary Winterhalter
  Name:   Gary Winterhalter
  Title:   President
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

NEW ARISTOTLE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

By its signature below, the undersigned hereby consents to this amendment:

 

CDRS ACQUISITION LLC
BY:   /s/ Richard J. Schnall
  Name: Richard J. Schnall
  Title: President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Tax Allocation Agreement]

EX-10.02 5 dex1002.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT Second Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit 10.02

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, New Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Sally”), Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sally”) (New Sally and Sally, collectively the “Sally Parties”), Alberto-Culver Company, a Delaware corporation (“Alberto-Culver”) and New Aristotle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Alberto-Culver”) (Alberto-Culver and New Alberto-Culver, collectively the “Alberto-Culver Parties”) entered into an Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2006 (as so amended, the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement to, among other things, amend a certain provision of the Agreement regarding Restricted Stock (as defined in the Agreement) and to provide that reference in the Agreement to any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement; and

WHEREAS, Section 8.06 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement cannot be amended except by a written agreement executed by the Sally Parties and the Alberto-Culver Parties; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement (as such term is defined in the Agreement) shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of CDRS Acquisition LLC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended in the following respects:

1. Section 4.04(d) of the Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(d) Restricted Stock. The Alberto-Culver Board of Directors shall take all actions reasonably necessary to ensure that not later than the first business day after the record date of the Distributions all Alberto-Culver Employees and Sally Employees shall be fully vested in any shares of Restricted Stock that they hold. All shares of Restricted Stock shall be treated the same as all other outstanding shares of Alberto-Culver Common Stock in the Alberto-Culver Merger and the Distributions, in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Agreement and the Separation Agreement.

2. The parties to the Agreement hereby agree that reference in the Agreement to any agreement entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreement) means such agreement as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of such agreement.

3. This Amendment will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).


4. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

5. This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed in their names by a duly authorized officer as of October 26, 2006.

 

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary Winterhalter
  Name:   Gary Winterhalter
  Title:   President
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

NEW ARISTOTLE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Gary P. Schmidt
  Name:   Gary P. Schmidt
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

By its signature below, the undersigned hereby consents to this amendment:

 

CDRS ACQUISITION LLC
BY:   /s/ Richard J. Schnall
  Name: Richard J. Schnall
  Title: President

[Signature page to Second Amendment to Employee Matters Agreement]

EX-10.03 6 dex1003.htm REVISED FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Revised Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit 10.03

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.

New Sally Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as amended from time to time, the “DGCL”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

1. That the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 16, 2006 under the name New Sally Holdings, Inc. (the “Original Certificate of Incorporation”).

2. That this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by unanimous written consent as of [•], 200[•], and by written consent of the sole stockholder of the Corporation dated as of [•], 200[•], in accordance with the DGCL, Sections 228, 242 and 245.

3. The Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated so as to read in its entirety as follows:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is [•].

SECOND: The Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The nature of the business of the Corporation and its purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 550,000,000 shares, consisting of: (a) 400,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), (b) 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Class A Common Stock”), and (c) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), issuable in one or more series as hereinafter provided. As used in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the term “Common Stock” shall include the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein, all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class A Common Stock will be identical and will entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges.


(a) Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided (i) by the DGCL, (ii) by Section (b) of this Article FOURTH, or (iii) by resolutions, if any, of the Board of Directors fixing the relative powers, preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Preferred Stock, the entire voting power of the shares of the Corporation for the election of directors and for all other purposes shall be vested exclusively in the Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock shall have one vote upon all matters to be voted on by the holders of the Common Stock, and shall be entitled to participate equally in all dividends payable with respect to the Common Stock, provided that the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter or to participate in any dividend or other distribution payable with respect to the Common Stock (other than the Class A Common Stock) and contemplated by (x) the Separation Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, among the Corporation, Sally Holdings, Inc, New Aristotle Holdings, Inc. and Alberto-Culver Company (as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Separation Agreement”) and (y) the Investment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., New Sally Holdings, Inc. and CDRS Acquisition LLC (as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Investment Agreement”). Each share of Common Stock shall share equally, subject to the rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock (as fixed by resolutions, if any, of the Board of Directors), in all assets of the Corporation, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, or upon any distribution of the assets of the Corporation.

(b) Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued at any time and from time to time in one or more series. Subject to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix from time to time by resolution or resolutions the number of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, and to determine the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of any such class or series. Further, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any such class or series, the Board of Directors is authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such class or series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such class or series subsequent to the issue of shares of that class or series.

(c) Conversion of Class A Common Stock. At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard time on the first day following the Closing Date (as defined in the Investment Agreement), each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock shall automatically convert into a share of Common Stock, without any action by any of the Corporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock or any other person and the Corporation shall not be required to

 

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notify any person that such conversion has been effective. At such time, the rights of any holder with respect to shares of converted Class A Common Stock will cease and such holder will be deemed to have become the holder of an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock. Promptly upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate or certificates for shares of converted Class A Common Stock, the Corporation will issue and deliver, in accordance with the surrendering holder’s instructions, the certificate or certificates for Common Stock issuable upon such conversion.

FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the purpose of creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders:

(a) Classified Board of Directors. Effective as of the Distributions Time (as defined in the Separation Agreement), the directors of the Corporation, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, shall be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, as shall be provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation, one class (“Class I”) whose term expires at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders, another class (“Class II”) whose term expires at the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders, and another class (“Class III”) whose term expires at the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, with each class to hold office until its successors are elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the date of which will be fixed pursuant to the By-Laws of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election.

(b) Removal for Cause. Effective as of the Distributions Time (as defined in the Separation Agreement), subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, any director may be removed at any time, but only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holder of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors.

(c) Vacancies in the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled, and directors may be removed, as provided in the By-Laws.

 

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(d) The election of directors may be conducted in any manner approved by the stockholders at the time when the election is held and need not be by written ballot.

(e) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended after the date of the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended from time to time. No repeal or modification of this Section (e) by the stockholders shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing by virtue of this Section (e) at the time of such repeal or modification.

(f) All corporate powers and authority of the Corporation (except as at the time otherwise provided by law, by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by the By-Laws) shall be vested in and exercised by the Board of Directors.

(g) The Board of Directors shall have the power without the assent or vote of the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation, except to the extent that this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provide.

(h) The Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to the directors of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable provisions of the DGCL, provided that except as otherwise provided in the By-Laws, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify or advance expenses to a director of the Corporation in respect of an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director, unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board of Directors. The rights provided by this Article FIFTH, Section (h) shall not limit or exclude any rights, indemnities or limitations of liability to which any director of the Corporation may be entitled, whether as a matter of law, under the By-Laws, by agreement, vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

SIXTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders or directors are granted subject to this reservation.

 

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SEVENTH: Effective as of the Distributions Time (as defined in the Separation Agreement), no corporate action of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting and vote of stockholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Corporation has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this [•] day of [•], 200[•].

 

By:     
  Name:
  Title:

 

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EX-10.04 7 dex1004.htm REVISED FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC. Revised Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of New Sally Holdings, Inc.

Exhibit 10.04

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.

[•], 2006


Table of Contents

 

          Page
ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS    1

Section 1.01.

   Annual Meeting    1

Section 1.02.

   Special Meeting    1

Section 1.03.

   Notice of Meetings, Adjournment    1

Section 1.04.

   Quorum    2

Section 1.05.

   Stockholders Entitled to Vote; Record Date    2

Section 1.06.

   Order of Business at Annual Meetings and Special Meetings    2

Section 1.07.

   Proxies    4

Section 1.08.

   Voting by Fiduciaries and Pledgors    4

Section 1.09.

   Method of Voting    4

Section 1.10.

   Stockholders List    4

Section 1.11.

   Stockholder Action    5
ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS    5

Section 2.01.

   Management of Business; Qualifications of Directors    5

Section 2.02.

   Number and Election    5

Section 2.03.

   Chairman of the Board    7

Section 2.04.

   Removal of Directors    7

Section 2.05.

   Vacancies and Increases    8

Section 2.06.

   Powers    8

Section 2.07.

   Meeting of Newly Elected Board of Directors    8

Section 2.08.

   Meetings    8

Section 2.09.

   Place of Meetings    8

Section 2.10.

   Quorum    8

Section 2.11.

   Board of Directors’ Notices    9

Section 2.12.

   Compensation    9

Section 2.13.

   Director Action Without a Meeting    9

Section 2.14.

   Resignation and Vacancies    10
ARTICLE III COMMITTEES    10

Section 3.01.

   How Constituted    10

Section 3.02.

   Chairmen of such Committees    10

Section 3.03.

   Powers    10

Section 3.04.

   Proceedings    11

Section 3.05.

   Quorum and Manner of Acting    11

Section 3.06.

   Action by Telephonic Communications    11

Section 3.07.

   Resignations    11

Section 3.08.

   Removal    11

Section 3.09.

   Vacancies    11

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

          Page
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS    12

Section 4.01.

   General    12

Section 4.02.

   Term    12

Section 4.03.

   Duties    12

Section 4.04.

   Removal    12

Section 4.05.

   Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations    12
ARTICLE V BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND ACCOUNTS    13

Section 5.01.

   Inspection of Books    13
ARTICLE VI STOCK    13

Section 6.01.

   Stock Certificates    13

Section 6.02.

   Transfers    13

Section 6.03.

   Registered Holders    14

Section 6.04.

   New Certificates    14
ARTICLE VII NOTICES    14

Section 7.01.

   Notices    14

Section 7.02.

   Waivers    14
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION    15

Section 8.01.

   Right to Indemnification    15

Section 8.02.

   Right to Advancement of Expenses    15

Section 8.03.

   Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit    16

Section 8.04.

   Non-Exclusivity of Rights    16

Section 8.05.

   Insurance    16

Section 8.06.

   Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation    17

Section 8.07.

   Settlement of Claims    17

Section 8.08.

   Subrogation    17

Section 8.09.

   No Duplication of Payments    17
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS    17

Section 9.01.

   Offices    17

Section 9.02.

   Seal    17

Section 9.03.

   Fiscal Year    17

Section 9.04.

   Dividends    18

Section 9.05.

   Reserves    18

Section 9.06.

   Execution of Instruments    18

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

          Page

Section 9.07.

   Corporate Indebtedness    18

Section 9.08.

   Deposits    19

Section 9.09.

   Checks    19

Section 9.10.

   Sale, Transfer, etc. of Securities    19

Section 9.11.

   Amendment of By-Laws    19

Section 9.12.

   Section Headings    19

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.

[•], 2006

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.01. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall each year fix.

Section 1.02. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called only by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he or she shall fix.

Section 1.03. Notice of Meetings, Adjournment. Written notice of the place, date, and time of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given in accordance with this Section 1.03 and Section 7.01, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise required by law.

When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than 30 days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date, and time of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Section 1.03 and Section 7.01. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

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.


Section 1.04. Quorum. At all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, except to the extent that the presence of a larger percentage may be required by these By-Laws, by law or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. If such majority (or such larger percentage) shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the meeting or stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting to another place, date or time.

Section 1.05. Stockholders Entitled to Vote; Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than 60 days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however, that if no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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 next day preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the 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; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 1.06. Order of Business at Annual Meetings and Special Meetings. At any annual meeting or special meeting, such business (including nominations for election of directors) shall be conducted only if brought before such meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.06.

For business to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting by a stockholder, the business must be a proper subject for action by stockholders and the stockholder must give written notice to the Secretary in accordance with this Section 1.06. The stockholder’s notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the event of an annual meeting of stockholders (other than the 2007 annual meeting of the stockholders), not more than 120 days and not less than 90 days in advance of the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date

 

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that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; (b) in the event of a special meeting of stockholders, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which notice of the meeting is first mailed to stockholders or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs or (c) in the case of proposals required to be included in the Corporation’s Proxy Statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in accordance with that rule. Except for stockholders’ proposals required to be included in the Corporation’s Proxy Statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting the following: (i) a description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and the complete text of any resolutions to be presented at the meeting; (ii) the stockholder’s name and address, as it appears on the Corporation’s books; (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of the Corporation’s voting stock and the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder; and (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. In the case of nomination(s) for election as a director, the stockholder’s notice must comply with the previous two sentences and shall also include (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee(s), (B) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee(s), (C) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee(s), (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings among the stockholder and the nominee(s), pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by the stockholder and (E) any other information relating to the nominee(s) that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All notices of intent to make a nomination for election as a director shall be accompanied by the written consent of each nominee to serve as director of the Corporation if so elected. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that business (including any nominations for election as a director) not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.06 shall not be transacted at the meeting.

At all meetings of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, in the Chairman’s absence, any Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or, in the absence of all of the foregoing officers, the most senior Vice-President, shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of

 

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procedures for the dismissal of business not a proper matter for stockholder action or not properly presented, the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, the opening and closing of the voting polls and the adjournment of the meeting.

Section 1.07. Proxies. Every stockholder may authorize another Person or Persons to act for him or her by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, including waiving any notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three 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 so long as it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.

Section 1.08. Voting by Fiduciaries and Pledgors. Persons holding stock in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote the shares so held, and Persons whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the Corporation he or she has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote such shares, in which case only the pledgee or his or her proxy may represent said stock and vote thereon.

Section 1.09. Method of Voting. The vote at any election or upon any question at any meeting of stockholders need not be by written ballot, except as required by law. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. All other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the shares of stock present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless a greater vote or percentage is required by law or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation for the action proposed.

Section 1.10. Stockholders List. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class or series of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.

The stockholders list shall also be kept at the place of the meeting during the whole time of the meeting and shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder who is present. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.

 

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Section 1.11. Stockholder Action. No corporate action of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting and vote of stockholders.

ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2.01. Management of Business; Qualifications of Directors. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2.02. Number and Election. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be 11 persons.

(a) Classified Board of Directors. Except as provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the 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 (“Class I”) whose term expires at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders, another class (“Class II”) whose term expires at the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders, and another class (“Class III”) whose term expires at the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, with each class to hold office until its successors are elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(b) How Constituted. As of the date hereof, subject to Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, among Alberto-Culver Company, New Aristotle Company, Sally Holdings, Inc., the Corporation and CDRS Acquisition LLC (as may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Investment Agreement”), the Board of Directors shall consist of five directors designated by CDRS Acquisition LLC, at least two of whom qualify as Independent Directors (“CDR Investor”, such directors and any replacements of such directors nominated or designated by CDR Investor or the directors nominated or designated by CDR Investor, the “CDR Designees”) and six directors, one of whom shall be the individual identified pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement and five additional directors designated by Alberto-Culver Company, at least four of whom qualify as Independent Directors (such designees and any persons elected as directors to replace such designees or to replace any CDR Designees who resign pursuant to Section 2.02(c) hereof, the “Non-CDR Designees”). As of the date hereof,

 

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subject to Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement, each of Class I and Class II shall consist of two CDR Designees and two Non-CDR Designees and Class III shall consist of one CDR Designee and two Non-CDR Designees.

(c) Nominating Rights to the Board of Directors. Following the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders: (i) so long as the CDR Percentage Interest equals or exceeds 45%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate five directors; (ii) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 45% but equals or exceeds 35%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate four directors; (iii) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 35% but equals or exceeds 25%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate three directors; (iv) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 25% but equals or exceeds 15%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate two directors; and (v) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 15% but equals or exceeds 5%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate one director. The provisions in these By-Laws setting forth special nomination or other rights for CDR Investor will terminate at the tenth anniversary of the date hereof. Following the 2007 annual meeting of the Corporation, the remaining directors of the Board shall be nominated in accordance with these By-Laws.

(d) Election of Directors. At the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders and each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, the date of which will be fixed pursuant to Section 1.01 hereof, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election.

(e) Definitions.

(i) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person or (ii) any officer, director, general partner or trustee of any of the foregoing.

(ii) “Beneficially Own” with respect to any securities shall mean having “beneficial ownership” of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing.

(iii) “CDR Percentage Interest” means the percentage of Total Voting Power, determined on the basis of the number of Voting Shares actually outstanding, that is controlled directly or indirectly by CDR Investor and its Affiliates, including as Beneficially Owned. For purposes of determining the CDR Percentage Interest, (a) any options, rights, warrants and similar securities that entitle the holder thereof to acquire

 

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shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, whether voting or non-voting, shall be treated as exercised, (b) any debt security that is convertible into shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, whether voting or non-voting, shall be treated as converted, and (c) any equity security that is convertible into shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, whether voting or non-voting, shall be treated as converted, but in each case only to the extent that such exercise or conversion would result in the CDR Percentage Interest being greater than such interest would be if such conversion had not been deemed to occur.

(iv) “Control” means the power to direct the affairs of a Person by reason of ownership of Voting Shares, by contract or otherwise.

(v) “Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board of Directors, following the date hereof, would be independent of the Corporation under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

(vi) “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or department or agency thereof.

(vii) “Total Voting Power” at any time shall mean the total combined voting power in the general election of directors of all the Voting Shares then outstanding.

(viii) “Voting Shares” means, at any time, shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

Section 2.03. Chairman of the Board. The directors shall elect from among the members of the Board of Directors a Chairman of the Board, who as of the date hereof shall be a CDR Designee. The Chairman of the Board shall be deemed an officer of the Corporation and shall have such duties and powers as set forth in these By-Laws or as shall otherwise be conferred upon the Chairman of the Board from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall, if present, preside over all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall by resolution establish a procedure to provide for an acting Chairman of the Board in the event the current Chairman of the Board is unable to serve or act in that capacity.

Section 2.04. Removal of Directors. Except as provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any director may be removed at any time, but only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting

 

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power of the Voting Shares then outstanding. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled only in the manner provided in Section 2.05 of these By-Laws.

Section 2.05. Vacancies and Increases. Subject to Section 2.02(c) hereof, and except as provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors and any newly-created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may only be filled by a majority of the remaining directors (though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), and any director so chosen shall hold office until (i) the next election of the class for which he or she was chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or (ii) his or her earlier resignation or removal, provided that the CDR Designees who are members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (or if none remain in office, the remaining CDR Designees) shall have the right to designate any replacement for a CDR Designee upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director (except for a director removed for cause by the stockholders).

Section 2.06. Powers. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by law, and except as may otherwise be provided by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as may be done by the Corporation which are not in violation of law, or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 2.07. Meeting of Newly Elected Board of Directors. The newly elected Board of Directors may meet at the place of the meeting at which such newly elected Board of Directors was elected, for the purpose of organization or otherwise, and no notice of such meeting to the newly elected directors shall be necessary in order to validly constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or they may meet at such time and place as may be fixed by the consent in writing of all of the newly elected directors, or upon notice as provided in Section 2.10 hereof, or without notice as provided in Section 7.02 hereof.

Section 2.08. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall be held only when called by the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Secretary or any two directors.

Section 2.09. Place of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06 hereof, meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of meeting or waiver thereof.

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the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater number is required by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. If, at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained.

Any member or members of the Board of Directors or of any Committee of the Board of Directors established in accordance with Section 3.01 may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any such Committee, as the case may be, by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.11. Board of Directors’ Notices. At least twenty-four hours’ notice of each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, stating the time and place for the meeting, shall be given to each director, by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mail, postage paid, by courier such as Federal Express or Airborne Express, by telegram, mailgram, telex, telecopy, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other similar means of transmission or by personal communication either over the telephone or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02. Any such notice shall be addressed, where applicable, to such director at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not state the purpose or purposes thereof and shall be deemed given (i) when received by the director in the case of hand delivery or personal communication over the telephone or otherwise, (ii) three business days after depositing such notice in the mail in the case of delivery by mail, (iii) one business day after depositing such notice with a courier such as Federal Express or Airborne Express (specifying next business day delivery) or (iv) when sent in the case of delivery by telegram, mailgram, telex, telecopy, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other similar means of transmission.

Section 2.12. Compensation. Directors shall receive such fixed sums and expenses or such compensation for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or any Committee established in accordance with Section 3.01 as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 2.13. Director Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any Committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such Committee, as the case may be, and such

 

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written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or the Committee.

Section 2.14. Resignation and Vacancies. Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for the 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 pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

Section 3.01. How Constituted. The Board of Directors shall have an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, a Finance Committee and an Executive Committee (each, a “Committee”). Each Committee shall consist of 4 members, of which 2 shall be CDR Designees and 2 shall be Non-CDR Designees. The members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be Independent Directors. The members of any other Committees shall not be required to be Independent Directors.

Except as may otherwise be provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each Committee shall have the powers and duties delegated to it by the Board of Directors, subject to the limitations set forth in the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may elect one or more of its members as alternate members of any Committee who may take the place of any absent or disqualified member or members at any meeting of a Committee, upon request of the Chairman of the Board or the Chairman of such Committee, provided that the CDR Designees shall have the right to designate any alternate member for a CDR Designee who is a member of a Committee upon the absence or disqualification of such member from any meeting.

Section 3.02. Chairmen of such Committees. CDR Designees shall designate the chairpersons of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee, and Non-CDR Designees may designate the chairpersons for any other Committees.

Section 3.03. Powers. Each Committee, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall have and may exercise such powers of the Board of Directors as may be provided by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors. No Committee shall have the power or authority (a) to approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders,

 

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any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (b) to adopt, amend or repeal the By–Laws of the Corporation.

Section 3.04. Proceedings. Each Committee may fix its own rules of procedure and may meet at such place (within or without the State of Delaware), at such time and upon such notice, if any, as it shall determine from time to time. Each Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings and shall report such proceedings to the Board of Directors at the meeting of the Board of Directors next following any such proceedings.

Section 3.05. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution creating a Committee, at all meetings of any Committee, the presence of members (or alternate members) constituting a majority of the total authorized membership of such Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such Committee. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any Committee may be taken without a meeting, if all members of such Committee shall consent to such action in writing or by electronic transmission and such writing, writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. The members of any Committee shall act only as a Committee, and the individual members of a Committee shall have no power in their individual capacities unless expressly authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.06. Action by Telephonic Communications. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, members of any Committee may participate in a meeting of such Committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.07. Resignations. Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may resign at any time by delivering a notice of resignation by such member to the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.

Section 3.08. Removal. Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

Section 3.09. Vacancies. If any vacancy shall occur in any Committee, by reason of disqualification, death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the remaining members (and any alternate members) shall continue to act, and any such vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors, provided that the CDR Designees shall have the right to designate

 

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any replacement for a CDR Designee who is a member of a Committee upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such member.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.01. General. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and, if deemed necessary, expedient, or desirable by the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice-Chairmen of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Executive Vice-Presidents, one or more Group Vice-Presidents, one or more Senior Vice-Presidents or other Vice-Presidents, a Controller, a General Counsel, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers with such titles as the resolution of the Board of Directors choosing them shall designate. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, no officer other than the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as the directors may determine.

Section 4.02. Term. Unless otherwise provided in these By-Laws or in the resolution choosing him or her, each officer shall be chosen for a term which shall continue until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor shall have been chosen and qualified.

Section 4.03. Duties. All officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management and operation of the Corporation as shall be prescribed in the resolutions of the Board of Directors and shall have such additional authority and duties as are assigned to them from time to time by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President or are incident to their office, except to the extent that the authority and duties may be inconsistent with such resolutions. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, or any director or officer of the Corporation acting, at the request of the Board of Directors or a Committee thereof, as secretary of such meeting, shall record all of the proceedings of all meetings and actions in writing of the stockholders, Board of Directors, and Committees of the Board of Directors, and shall exercise such additional authority and perform such additional duties as the Board of Directors shall assign to him or her.

Section 4.04. Removal. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice-Chairman, or any Vice-President, or any other

 

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officer of the Corporation authorized by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or President, shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders or equity holders or with respect to any action of stockholders or equity holders of any other corporation or entity in which the Corporation may hold securities, and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation or entity, and to dispose of such securities.

ARTICLE V

BOOKS, DOCUMENTS AND ACCOUNTS

Section 5.01. Inspection of Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to keep the books, documents and accounts of the Corporation outside of the State of Delaware, except as otherwise expressly provided by law. Except as authorized by the Board of Directors, or provided by law, no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any books, document or account of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the books, documents and accounts of the Corporation (other than the original stock ledger), or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of stockholders.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

Section 6.01. Stock Certificates. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation, by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice-Chairman, or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. All signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate is issued, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation with the same effect as if the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar.

Section 6.02. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, unless otherwise restricted by agreement between any of the stockholders or any of the stockholders and the Corporation.

 

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Section 6.03. Registered Holders. Except as otherwise restricted by agreement between any of the stockholders or any of the stockholders and the Corporation, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the Person in whose name any share of stock or any warrant, right or option is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share, warrant, right or option on the part of any other Person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice thereof, save as may be expressly provided otherwise by law. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by a transfer agent or agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation.

Section 6.04. New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the Board of Directors or the President may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient (in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors or the President, as the case may be) to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

ARTICLE VII

NOTICES

Section 7.01. Notices. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all notices required to be given by the Corporation to any stockholder, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mail, postage paid, or by sending such notice by prepaid telegram, courier such as Federal Express or Airborne Express, mailgram, telex, telecopy or facsimile transmission. Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, officer, employee or agent at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. The time when such notice is received, if hand delivered or delivered by telegram, courier, mailgram, telex, telecopy or facsimile transmission shall be the time of the giving of the notice. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in United States mail in a sealed envelope addressed to such Person at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation with postage paid thereon. Notices to directors shall be given in accordance with Section 2.10.

Section 7.02. Waivers. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.

 

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Attendance at a meeting of stockholders, Board of Directors, or such Committees as may from time to time be established, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder, director or member of such Committee attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.01. Right to Indemnification. Each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceedings is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Section 8.02. Right to Advancement of Expenses. An indemnitee under Section 8.01 shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation for expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VIII or otherwise.

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an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 8.03. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Further, in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking by a director or officer, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 8.04. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 8.05. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL or otherwise.

 

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Section 8.06. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

Section 8.07. Settlement of Claims. The Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any indemnitee under this Article VIII (a) for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the Corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (b) for any judicial award if the Corporation was not given a reasonably timely opportunity to participate, at its expense, in the defense of such action, but only to the extent that the failure to give such notice prejudiced the Corporation’s ability to defend such action.

Section 8.08. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents reasonably necessary to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

Section 8.09. No Duplication of Payments. The Corporation shall not be liable under this Article VIII to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the indemnitee to the extent the indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, agreement, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.01. Offices. The principal office or place of business of the Corporation in the State of Delaware will be in the City of Wilmington, Delaware. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and/or without the State of Delaware.

Section 9.02. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware.”

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Section 9.04. Dividends. Subject to any applicable provisions of law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors and any such dividend may be paid in cash, property, or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any Committee designated by the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or Committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other Person as to matters the Director reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

Section 9.05. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may similarly modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 9.06. Execution of Instruments. The Board of Directors may authorize, or provide for the authorization of, officers, employees or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such authorization may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments; and unless so authorized by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws, 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 in any amount.

Section 9.07. Corporate Indebtedness. No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. Loans so authorized may be effected at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual. All bonds, debentures, notes and other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation issued for such loans shall be made, executed and delivered as the Board of Directors shall authorize. When so authorized, any part of or all the properties, including contract rights, assets, business or good will of the Corporation, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, may be mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or conveyed or assigned in trust as security for the payment of such bonds,

 

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debentures, notes and other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and of the interest thereon, by instruments executed and delivered in the name of the Corporation.

Section 9.08. Deposits. Any funds of the Corporation may be deposited from time to time in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or by such officers or agents as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer to make such determination.

Section 9.09. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer from time to time may determine.

Section 9.10. Sale, Transfer, etc. of Securities. To the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer or any other officers designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may sell, transfer, endorse, and assign any shares of stock, bonds or other securities owned by or held in the name of the Corporation, and may make, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation, under its corporate seal, any instruments that may be appropriate to effect any such sale, transfer, endorsement or assignment.

Section 9.11. Amendment of By-Laws. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the stockholders (provided such matter is properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 1.06) or by the Board of Directors.

Section 9.12. Section Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections of these By-Laws are inserted for convenience or reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part thereof or used in the construction or interpretation thereof.

 

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EX-10.05 8 dex1005.htm REVISED FORM OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT Revised Form of Stockholders Agreement

Exhibit 10.05

 


NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of [], 2006

 



Table of Contents

 

          Page
ARTICLE I   
GOVERNANCE   

1.1

  

Composition of the Board of Directors

   2

1.2

  

Committees

   3

1.3

  

Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws

   3

1.4

  

Termination of Article I

   3
ARTICLE II   
REGISTRATION   

2.1

  

Demand Registrations

   3

2.2

  

Piggyback Registrations

   7

2.3

  

Registration Procedures

   8

2.4

  

Registration Expenses

   12

2.5

  

Participation in Underwritten Registrations

   13

2.6

  

Shelf Take-Downs

   13

2.7

  

Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.

   14

2.8

  

Holdback

   15
ARTICLE III   
TRANSFERS   

3.1

  

CDR Investor Group Transfer Restrictions

   16

3.2

  

Family Stockholders Transfer Restrictions

   16

3.3

  

Termination of Article III

   17
ARTICLE IV   
INDEMNIFICATION   

4.1

  

Indemnification

   17
ARTICLE V   
DEFINITIONS   

5.1

  

Defined Terms

   20

5.2

  

Terms Generally

   25

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

          Page
ARTICLE VI   
CERTAIN VOTING RIGHTS; STOCKHOLDER MATTERS   

6.1

  

Venture Capital Investment

   26

6.2

  

Access to Information; Etc.

   26

6.3

  

Family Group Representative

   27

6.4

  

Trustee Exculpation

   27
ARTICLE VII   
MISCELLANEOUS   

7.1

  

Term

   27

7.2

  

No Inconsistent Agreements

   28

7.3

  

Legend.

   28

7.4

  

Stock Splits, etc.

   28

7.5

  

Amendments and Waivers

   29

7.6

  

Successors and Assigns

   29

7.7

  

Severability

   29

7.8

  

Counterparts

   30

7.9

  

Descriptive Headings

   30

7.10

  

Governing Law

   30

7.11

  

Consent to Jurisdiction

   30

7.12

  

Waiver of Jury Trial

   30

7.13

  

Enforcement; Attorneys’ Fees

   30

7.14

  

No Third Party Beneficiaries

   31

7.15

  

Notices

   31

7.16

  

Entire Agreement

   33

 

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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of [], 200_ (as it may be amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), among (i) New Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) CDRS Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CDR Investor”), (iii) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“CDR Parallel Fund”), (iv) each Family Stockholder, and (v) any other Stockholder that may become a party to this Agreement after the date and pursuant to the terms hereof.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006 (as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Investment Agreement”), among the Company, Alberto-Culver Company, a Delaware corporation (“Alberto-Culver”), New Aristotle Company, a Delaware corporation, Sally Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sally”) and CDR Investor, CDR Investor has agreed to acquire, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such agreement, newly issued shares of the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) of the Company Stock (such transaction, the “Investment”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Investment Agreement, CDR Investor may assign all or a portion of its rights thereunder to CDR Parallel Fund;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the parties hereto (other than the Company) will own the following number of shares of Common Stock: (i) CDR Investor will own [] shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) CDR Parallel Fund will own [] shares of Class A Common Stock, and (iii) the Family Group, in the aggregate, will own, [] shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Family Group Shares”);

WHEREAS, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first day following the date hereof, each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock held by CDR Investor and CDR Parallel Fund shall automatically convert into a share of Common Stock;

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement that the Company execute and deliver this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions regarding the Investment and the ownership of shares of Common Stock, including certain registration rights applicable to such shares, restrictions on the transfer of such shares, and the management of the Company and its subsidiaries.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

GOVERNANCE

1.1 Composition of the Board of Directors. (a) The by-laws of the Company shall provide that so long as this Article I is in effect the Board shall consist of eleven directors divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, such directors to be nominated and elected in accordance with the by-laws and the provisions of this Agreement. Subject to Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement, as of the Closing Date, the directors shall consist of five directors designated by CDR Investor, at least two of whom qualify as Independent Directors (such designees and any persons nominated pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and elected as directors and any persons designated as replacement directors pursuant to Section 1.1(c), the “CDR Designees”) and six directors, one of whom shall be the individual identified pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement and five additional directors designated by Alberto-Culver, at least four of whom qualify as Independent Directors, pursuant to such Section (such designees, any persons nominated and elected as directors or designated as replacement directors pursuant to Section 1.1(d) and any other director (other than the CDR Designees) (the “Non-CDR Directors”)), and two CDR Designees and two Non-CDR Directors will be represented in each of Class I and Class II and Class III shall consist of one CDR Designee and two Non-CDR Directors. In connection with the 2007 annual meeting of the Company, the Company shall take all actions necessary to provide that the initial CDR Designees and the initial Non-CDR Directors included in Class I as of the date hereof are nominated for re-election to the Board at such annual meeting.

(b) Following the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company: (i) so long as the CDR Percentage Interest equals or exceeds 45%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate five directors; (ii) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 45% but equals or exceeds 35%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate four directors; (iii) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 35% but equals or exceeds 25%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate three directors; (iv) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 25% but equals or exceeds 15%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate two directors; and (v) if the CDR Percentage Interest is less than 15% but equals or exceeds 5%, CDR Investor shall have the right to nominate one director. Following the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, the remaining directors of the Board shall be nominated in accordance with this Agreement and the provisions of the by-laws of the Company.

(c) Subject to Section 1.1(b), the CDR Designees who are members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (or if none remain in office, the remaining CDR Designees) shall have the right to designate any replacement for a CDR Designee upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal (except for a director removed for cause by the stockholders) from office of such director.

 

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(d) Until the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, the Non-CDR Directors by majority vote or consent of those Non-CDR Directors then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for a Non-CDR Director upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal (except for a director removed for cause by the stockholders) from office of such director.

1.2 Committees. The Board shall have the following committees: an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Executive Committee and Finance Committee (as such terms are defined in the Company’s by-laws). Each of the foregoing committees shall have four members, of whom, in each case, two members shall be CDR Designees and two shall be Non-CDR Directors, provided that all the members of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall qualify as Independent Directors. The chairperson of each of the Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Finance Committee shall be a CDR Designee, and the chairpersons of the remaining committees shall be Non-CDR Directors.

1.3 Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. The Company and CDR Investor shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary to ensure at all times as of and following the Closing Date that the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

1.4 Termination of Article I. Subject to Section 7.1, this Article I shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION

2.1 Demand Registrations.

(a) Requests for Registration. At any time following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, CDR Investor may request in writing, on behalf of CDR Investor Group, that the Company effect the registration of all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by CDR Investor Group (a “Registration Request”), provided that, prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by CDR Investor Group pursuant to a Registration Request shall be limited to an amount that will not cause the CDR Percentage Interest to be less than 35%. At any time following the 180th day after the Closing Date, the Family Group Representative may make a Registration Request on behalf of the Family Group, provided that the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Family Group pursuant to such Registration

 

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Request (i) shall equal 50% of the Initial Family Group Shares if such Registration Request is made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and (ii) shall equal at least 50% of the Initial Family Group Shares if such Registration Request is made following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and, provided further, that such sale shall not be prohibited under the Support Agreement. Promptly after its receipt of any Registration Request, the Company will give written notice of such request to all other Stockholders, and will use its reasonable best efforts to register, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, all Registrable Securities that have been requested to be registered in the Registration Request or by any other Stockholders by written notice to the Company given within fifteen Business Days after the date the Company has given such Stockholders notice of the Registration Request. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1. Any registration requested by CDR Investor or by the Family Group Representative pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.1(c) is referred to in this Agreement as a “Demand Registration”.

(b) Limitation on Demand Registrations. CDR Investor will be entitled to initiate no more than five Demand Registrations (other than Short-Form Registrations permitted pursuant to Section 2.1(c)) and the Family Group Representative will be entitled to initiate no more than two Demand Registrations, provided that the Family Group Representative will not be entitled to initiate its second Demand Registration until after CDR Investor has initiated at least one Demand Registration (as determined for the purposes of the limitations in this Section 2.1(b)). No request for registration will count for the purposes of the limitations in this Section 2.1(b) if (i) CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, determines in good faith to withdraw (prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such request) the proposed registration due to marketing or regulatory reasons, (ii) the Registration Statement relating to such request is not declared effective within 180 days of the date such Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission (other than solely by reason of CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, having refused to proceed) and CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, withdraws its Registration Request prior to such Registration Statement being declared effective, (iii) prior to the sale of at least 90% of the Registrable Securities included in the applicable registration relating to such request, such registration is adversely affected by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any reason and the Company fails to have such stop order, injunction or other order or requirement removed, withdrawn or resolved to CDR Investor’s or the Family Group Representative’s, as the case may be, reasonable satisfaction within thirty days of the date of such order, (iv) more than 10% of the Registrable Securities requested by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, to be included in the registration are not so included pursuant to Section 2.1(f), or (v) the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such

 

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request are not satisfied (other than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any request for registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) regardless of whether or not such request counts toward the limitation set forth above.

(c) Short-Form Registrations. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar short-form registration (“Short-Form Registrations”), and, if requested by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, and available to the Company, such Short-Form Registration will be a “shelf” registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415. In no event shall the Company be obligated to effect any shelf registration other than pursuant to a Short-Form Registration. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any Short-Form Registration. If any Demand Registration is proposed to be a Short-Form Registration and an underwritten offering, and if the managing underwriter shall advise the Company that, in its opinion, it is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering to file a registration statement on Form S-1 (or any successor or similar registration statement) or to include in such registration statement information not required to be included in a Short-Form Registration, then the Company will file a registration statement on Form S-1 or supplement the Short-Form Registration as reasonably requested by such managing underwriter (it being understood and agreed that any such registration shall not count as a “Demand Registration” for purposes of calculating how many “Demand Registrations” CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, has initiated).

(d) Restrictions on Demand Registrations. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a registration statement, including a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415, with respect to a Demand Registration would require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Board (after consultation with external legal counsel) (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not be materially misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement, and (iii) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Stockholders participating in such registration, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement, provided, that the Company shall not be permitted to do so (x) more than four times during any twelve-month period or (y) for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, ninety days during any twelve-month period. In the event

 

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the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, such Stockholders agree to suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. If the Company so postpones the filing of a prospectus or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, will be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such registration request will not count for the purposes of the limitation set forth in Section 2.1(b). The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any such aborted registration or prospectus.

(e) Selection of Underwriters.

(i) If CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, intends that the Registrable Securities covered by its Registration Request shall be distributed by means of an underwritten offering, CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, will so advise the Company as a part of the Registration Request, and the Company will include such information in the notice sent by the Company to the other Stockholders with respect to such Registration Request. In such event, the lead underwriter to administer the offering will be chosen by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, subject to the prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of the Company.

(ii) If the offering is underwritten, the right of any Stockholder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 will be conditioned upon such Stockholder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Stockholder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise agreed to by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be), and each such Stockholder will (together with the Company and the other Stockholders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. If any Stockholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Stockholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be.

(f) Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company will not include in any underwritten registration pursuant to Section 2.1 any securities that are not Registrable Securities, without the prior written consent of CDR Investor in the case of a Registration Request made by CDR Investor or of the Family Group Representative in the case of a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative. If the managing underwriter advises the Company that in its reasonable opinion the number of Registrable Securities (and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering) exceeds the number of securities that can be sold in such offering without

 

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adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (i) first, Registrable Securities of CDR Investor Group in the case of a Registration Request made by CDR Investor or of the Family Group in the case of a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative and (ii) second, Registrable Securities of any other Stockholders who have delivered written requests for Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Stockholder and (iii) any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

(g) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a) shall not be deemed to have been effected unless it is declared effective by the Commission and remains effective for the period specified in Section 2.3(b).

2.2 Piggyback Registrations.

(a) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities, other than a registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or a Special Registration, and the registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice to all Stockholders of its intention to effect such a registration and will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen Business Days after the date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). Any Stockholder that has made such a written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the 15th Business Day prior to the planned effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not any Stockholder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration, and except for the obligation to pay Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.2(c) the Company will have no liability to any Stockholder in connection with such termination or withdrawal.

(b) Underwritten Registration. If the registration referred to in Section 2.2(a) is proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise the Stockholders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Stockholder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 will be conditioned upon such Stockholder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Stockholder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting, and each such Stockholder will (together with the Company and the other Stockholders distributing their securities through such

 

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underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If any Stockholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Stockholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be.

(c) Piggyback Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Piggyback Registration, whether or not any registration or prospectus becomes effective or final.

(d) Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration relates to an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (ifirst, the securities the Company proposes to sell and (iisecond, Registrable Securities of any Stockholders who have requested registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares owned by each such Stockholder or Person.

2.3 Registration Procedures. Subject to Section 2.1(d), whenever the Stockholders of Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this Agreement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof. A registration requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a) shall be effected by the filing of a Registration Statement on a form agreed to by CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and (within forty-five days after the end of the fifteen Business Day period within which requests for registration may be given to the Company pursuant hereto) file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, make all required filings with the NASD and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that before filing a Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to Stockholders’ Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to review of such counsel at the Company’s expense.

 

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(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of either (i) not less than six months or, if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer or two years in the case of shelf registration statements (or such shorter period ending on the date that the securities covered by such shelf registration statement cease to constitute Registrable Securities) or (ii) such shorter period as will terminate when all of the securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act), and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

(c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number of copies, without charge, of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, including each preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;

(d) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(e) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies, authorities and self-regulatory bodies as may be necessary or reasonably advisable in light of the business and operations of the Company to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof;

(f) promptly notify each seller of such Registrable Securities and Stockholders’ Counsel, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus contains an untrue statement

 

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of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and, as soon as reasonably practicable, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(g) promptly notify each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and Stockholders’ Counsel (i) when such Registration Statement or the prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such registration statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes;

(h) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or, if no similar securities issued by the Company are then listed on any securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ, as determined by the Company;

(i) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(j) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements with customary provisions) and take all such other actions as CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, effecting a share split or a combination of shares);

(k) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities and Stockholders’ Counsel, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement, provided that CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such underwriter, accountant or other agent to, (i) enter into a

 

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confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and (ii) minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing;

(l) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and will provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act no later than forty-five days after the end of any twelve-month period (or ninety days, if such period is a fiscal year) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters or if no underwriting commencing with the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of the registration statement;

(m) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or ceasing trading of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use every reasonable effort to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(n) take such other actions as the underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, preparing for and participating in such number of “road shows” and all such other customary selling efforts as the underwriters reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate such disposition;

(o) obtain one or more comfort letters, addressed to the sellers of Registrable Securities, dated the effective date of such Registration Statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement for such offering), signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, holding Registrable Securities being sold in such offering reasonably request;

(p) provide legal opinions of the Company’s outside counsel, addressed to the Stockholders holding the Registrable Securities being sold, dated the effective date of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement), with respect to the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature; and

 

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(q) take or cause to be taken all other actions, and do and cause to be done all other things, necessary or reasonably advisable in the opinion of Stockholders’ Counsel to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.

The Company agrees not to file or make any amendment to any Registration Statement with respect to any Registrable Securities, or any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus used in connection therewith, that refers to any Stockholder covered thereby by name, or otherwise identifies such Stockholder as the holder of any securities of the Company, without the consent of such Stockholder, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless and to the extent such disclosure is required by law.

The Company may require each Stockholder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish the Company with such information regarding such Stockholder and 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 in writing.

2.4 Registration Expenses.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all expenses incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters and other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses, “Registration Expenses”), will be borne by the Company. The Company will, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expenses of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. All Selling Expenses will be borne by the holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the amount of proceeds from the sale of their shares so registered.

(b) In connection with each Demand Registration and each Piggyback Registration in which members of CDR Investor Group and/or members of the Family Group participate, the Company will reimburse each of CDR Investor and the Family Group Representative for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for each of them (“Stockholders’ Counsel”).

 

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2.5 Participation in Underwritten Registrations.

(a) No Stockholder may participate in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless such Stockholder (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by CDR Investor in the case of a Registration Request made by CDR Investor or by the Family Group Representative in the case of a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter(s), provided that no Stockholder will be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities that such Stockholder has requested the Company to include in any registration), (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii) cooperates with the Company’s reasonable requests in connection with such registration or qualification (it being understood that the Company’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder, which failure is caused by such Stockholder’s failure to cooperate, will not constitute a breach by the Company of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Stockholder will be required to agree to any indemnification obligations on the part of such Stockholder that are greater than its obligations pursuant to Section 5.1(b).

(b) Each Stockholder that is participating in any registration hereunder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(f), such Stockholder will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Stockholder receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by such Section 2.3(f). In the event the Company gives any such notice, the applicable time period mentioned in Section 2.3(b) during which a Registration Statement is to remain effective will be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5(b) to and including the date when each seller of a Registrable Security covered by such Registration Statement will have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f).

2.6 Shelf Take-Downs.

(a) Subject to Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b), at any time that a shelf registration statement covering Registrable Securities is effective, if CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that members of CDR Investor Group or the Family Group, as the case may be, intend to effect an underwritten offering of all or part of the Registrable Securities included by them on the shelf registration statement (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”) and stating the number of the Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Underwritten Offering, then, the Company shall amend or supplement the shelf registration statement or related

 

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prospectus as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Underwritten Offering, provided that (x) CDR Investor shall not be entitled to deliver (i) an aggregate of more than three Take-Down Notices in any twelve-month period or (ii) any Take-Down Notice within thirty days after the effective date of any Registration Statement of the Company hereunder and (y) the Family Group Representative shall not be entitled to deliver (i) more than one Take-Down Notice or (ii) any Take-Down Notice within thirty days after the effective date of any Registration Statement of the Company hereunder. In connection with any Shelf Underwritten Offering:

(i) CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other Stockholders included on such shelf registration statement and permit each Stockholder to include its Registrable Securities included on the shelf registration statement in the Shelf Underwritten Offering if such Stockholder notifies CDR Investor or the Family Group Representative, as the case may be, and the Company within five Business Days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Stockholder; and

(ii) in the event that the underwriter advises the Company in its reasonable opinion that marketing factors (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation on the number of shares which would otherwise be included in such take-down, the underwriter may limit the number of shares which would otherwise be included in such take-down offering in the same manner as is described in Section 2.1(f) with respect to a limitation of shares to be included in a registration.

2.7 Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.

(a) The Company will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Stockholder, make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144), and will take such further action as any Stockholder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Stockholder to sell shares of Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any Stockholder, the Company will deliver to such Stockholder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such information requirements.

(b) The Company will not issue new certificates for shares of Registrable Securities without a legend restricting further transfer unless (i) such shares have been sold to the public pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144, or (ii) (x) otherwise permitted under the Securities Act, (y) the Stockholder of such shares shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, which opinion

 

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and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to such effect, and (z) the Stockholder of such shares expressly requests the issuance of such certificates in writing.

(c) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

2.8 Holdback. In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Agreement, each Stockholder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities (whether or not such Stockholder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the Company and the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, or make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, during the Holdback Period so long as all Stockholders holding more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including any Stockholders with Beneficial Ownership of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock reportable by such Stockholders on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report)) are bound by a comparable obligation, provided that nothing herein will prevent (i) any Stockholder that is a partnership or corporation from making a distribution of Registrable Securities to the partners or shareholders thereof or a transfer to an Affiliate that is otherwise in compliance with applicable securities laws, so long as such distributees agree to be so bound or (ii) any transfer by members of the Family Group to Family Permitted Transferees. With respect to such underwritten offering of Registrable Securities covered by a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3, the Company further agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any registration statement (other than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the Holdback Period with respect to such underwritten offering, if required by the managing underwriter, provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.8 shall not apply during any twelve-month period for more than an aggregate of 180 days with respect to any Short Form Registrations or Shelf Underwritten Offerings.

 

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ARTICLE III

TRANSFERS

3.1 CDR Investor Group Transfer Restrictions. (a) Prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no member of CDR Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock except (i) to other members of CDR Investor Group, (ii) in connection with a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative, (iii) in connection with a Buyout Transaction, or (iv) in a transaction approved by a majority of the directors of the Company who qualify as Independent Directors.

(b) Following the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, no member of CDR Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock except (i) to other members of CDR Investor Group, (ii) in connection with a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative, (iii) in connection with a Buyout Transaction, (iv) if following the closing of such transfer, the CDR Percentage Interest would not be less than 35%, or (v) in a transaction approved by a majority of the directors of the Company who qualify as Independent Directors.

(c) Any transfer or attempted transfer of shares of Common Stock in violation of this Section 3.1 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record or recognize any such purported transaction on the stock register of the Company.

(d) CDR acknowledges that this Section 3.1 may be enforced by the Company at the direction of a majority of the Independent Directors.

3.2 Family Stockholders Transfer Restrictions. (a) Prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no member of the Family Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock except (i) to other members of the Family Group or Family Permitted Transferees, (ii) in connection with a Buyout Transaction, (iii) in connection with a Registration Request made by the Family Group Representative no earlier than the 180th day following the Closing Date, provided that the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Family Group pursuant to such Registration Request (x) shall equal 50% of the Initial Family Group Shares if such Registration Request is made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and (y) shall equal at least 50% of the Initial Family Group Shares if such Registration Request is made following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, or (iv) in a transaction approved

 

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by a majority of the CDR Designees. No member of the Family Group shall, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock under this Section 3.2 if such sale, transfer or disposition is prohibited under the Support Agreement (provided that the Company will not issue a blanket stop transfer instruction against transfers among the Family Group or to Family Permitted Transferees).

(b) Any transfer or attempted transfer of shares of Common Stock in violation of this Section 3.2 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record or recognize any such purported transaction on the stock register of the Company.

3.3 Termination of Article III. This Article III shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the second anniversary of the Closing Date, provided that such termination shall not relieve any party of liability for such party’s breach of this Article III prior to such termination.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

4.1 Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless, each Stockholder, each Affiliate thereof, any Person who is or might be deemed to be a controlling Person of the Company or any of its subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, their respective direct and indirect general and limited partners, advisory board members, directors, officers, trustees, managers, members, Affiliates and shareholders, and each other Person, if any, who controls any such Stockholder or any such controlling person within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person being referred to herein as a “Covered Person”) against, and pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which such Covered Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or other document or report, (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation by the Company of any rule or

 

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regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or any state securities laws applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, and the Company will pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for any legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that the Company shall not be liable to a Covered Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, made or incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or any other such disclosure document (including reports and other documents filed under the Exchange Act and any document incorporated by reference therein) or other document or report, or in any application in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Company by such Covered Person expressly for use therein. In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company, if requested, will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Covered Persons.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Stockholder is participating, each such Stockholder will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or prospectus and, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, each underwriter and any Person who is or might be deemed to be a controlling person of the Company or any of its subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director or officer, any such underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or in any application or (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any application, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information prepared and furnished to the Company by such Stockholder expressly for use therein, and such Stockholder will reimburse the Company and each such director, officer, underwriter and controlling Person for any legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in

 

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connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless will be individual and several to each Stockholder and will be limited to the net amount of proceeds received by such Stockholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party will not, without the indemnified party’s prior consent, settle or compromise any action or claim or consent to the entry of any judgment unless such settlement or compromise includes as an unconditional term thereof the release of the indemnified party from all liability, which release shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.

(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and will survive the registration and sale of any securities by any Person entitled to any indemnification hereunder and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.1(e) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relevant fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or

 

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omission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount any Stockholder will be obligated to contribute pursuant to this Section 5.1(e) will be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Stockholder of the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the registration statement which gives rise to such obligation to contribute (less the aggregate amount of any damages which the Stockholder has otherwise been required to pay in respect of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action or any substantially similar loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of such Registrable Securities). 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.

ARTICLE V

DEFINITIONS

5.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following meanings:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person or (ii) any officer, director, general partner or trustee of any of the foregoing.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of (i) constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or orders of any Governmental Entity, (ii) any consents or approvals of any Governmental Entity, and (iii) any orders, decisions, injunctions, judgments, awards, decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Entity.

Beneficially Own” with respect to any securities shall mean having “beneficial ownership” of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing.

Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the City of New York.

Buyout Transaction” means a tender offer, merger, sale of all or substantially all the Company’s assets or any similar transaction that offers each holder of Voting Securities (other than, if applicable, the Person proposing such transaction) the opportunity to dispose of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by each such

 

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holder for the same consideration or otherwise contemplates the acquisition of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder for the same consideration.

CDR Cessation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

CDR Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

CDR Fund VII” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

CDR Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

CDR Investor Group” means CDR Investor, CDR Parallel Fund and any CDR Permitted Transferees.

CDR Parallel Fund” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

CDR Percentage Interest” means the percentage of Total Voting Power, determined on the basis of the number of Voting Securities actually outstanding, that is controlled directly or indirectly by CDR Investor Group, including as Beneficially Owned.

CDR Permitted Transferee” means each of (i) the owners of CDR Investor, including the Beneficial Owners of any of its owners, in connection with any liquidation of, or a distribution with respect to an equity interest in, CDR Investor (including but not limited to any distribution by the owners of CDR Investor to their beneficial owners); (ii) CDR Parallel Fund or the Beneficial Owners of CDR Parallel Fund, in connection with any liquidation of, or a distribution with respect to an equity interest in, the Company (including but not limited to any distribution by CDR Parallel Fund to its Beneficial Owners) or (iii) an Affiliate (other than any “portfolio company” described below) provided, that in no event shall any “portfolio company” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) of the Affiliates of CDR Investor constitute a “CDR Permitted Transferee”. The Company or any of its subsidiaries may be CDR Permitted Transferees.

Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

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Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 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. Any reference to “Common Stock” in this Agreement shall include the Common Stock and Class A Common Stock of the Company.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Control” means the power to direct the affairs of a Person by reason of ownership of Voting Securities, by contract or otherwise.

Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).

Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Family Group” means all of the Family Stockholders and Family Permitted Transferees who hold shares of Common Stock, and any reference to shares of Common Stock of the Family Group shall mean the aggregate of all shares of Common Stock held by all Family Stockholders and Family Permitted Transferees.

Family Group Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

Family Permitted Transferees” means any of (i) Leonard H. Lavin, (ii) Bernice E. Lavin, (iii) any descendant of any of the Persons referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition, (iv) any spouse of any of the Persons referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition, (v) any trust for the benefit of or estate of any one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii) and/or (iv) of this definition, (vi) any Person, substantially all of the equity interests in which are owned, directly or indirectly, by any one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and/or (v) of this definition and (vi) any foundation established by any one or more of the Persons referred to in any of the foregoing clauses of this definition of which a majority of the trustees or fiduciaries are Persons referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this definition.

Family Stockholders” means all of the Stockholders (as defined in the Support Agreement) and the Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Support Agreement) holding shares of Common Stock as of the date of this Agreement, which Persons are listed on the signature pages to this Agreement.

 

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Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or foreign court, legislative, executive or regulatory authority or agency.

Holdback Period” means, with respect to any registered offering covered by this Agreement, ninety days after and during the ten days before, the effective date of the related registration statement or, in the case of a takedown from a shelf registration statement, ninety days after the date of the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC in connection with such takedown and during such prior period (not to exceed ten days) as the Company has given reasonable written notice to the holder of Registrable Securities.

Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board following the Closing Date, would be independent of the Company under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Initial Family Group Shares” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Non-CDR Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or department or agency thereof.

Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Public Offering” means an offering of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed in accordance with the Securities Act.

Register,” “registered” and “registration” refers to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, and compliance with applicable state securities laws of such states in which Stockholders notify the Company of their intention to offer Registrable Securities.

Registrable Securities” means (i) all Common Stock, (ii) any other stock or securities that the Stockholders of the Common Stock may be entitled to receive, or will have received pursuant to such Stockholders’ ownership of the Common Stock, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or (iii) any equity securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) by way of conversion or exchange thereof or share

 

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dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) they have been effectively registered or qualified for sale by prospectus filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement covering therein, (x) they have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act or (y) they have been acquired by the Company.

Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Registration Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a). The term Registration Request will also include, where appropriate, a Short-Form Registration request made pursuant to Section 2.1(c).

Registration Statement” means the prospectus and other documents filed with the Commission to effect a registration under the Securities Act.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 145” means Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder and any other Registration Expenses required by law to be paid by a selling Stockholder.

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Short-Form Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

Special Registration” means the registration of (i) equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or (ii) shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management, employees, consultants or sales agents, distributors or similar representatives of the Company or its direct or indirect subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans.

Stockholder” means any holder of outstanding Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement or to whom the benefits of this Agreement have been validly assigned.

Stockholders’ Counsel” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

Support Agreement” means the Support Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, between CDR Investor, the Company, Alberto-Culver and the Persons whose names are set forth on the signature pages thereto under the caption “Stockholders”.

Take-Down Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).

Total Voting Power” at any time shall mean the total combined voting power in the general election of directors of all the Voting Securities then outstanding.

Voting Securities” means, at any time, shares of any class of equity securities of the Company, which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

5.2 Terms Generally. The words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in which such word appears. All references herein to Articles and Sections shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The definitions given for terms in this Article V and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. References herein to any agreement or letter (including the Investment Agreement) shall be deemed references to such agreement or letter as it may be amended, restated or otherwise revised from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTAIN VOTING RIGHTS; STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

6.1 Venture Capital Investment. The Company hereby agrees that it shall (i) furnish CDR Fund VII with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company as the Company prepares and compiles for its directors in the ordinary course and as CDR Fund VII may from time to time reasonably request, (ii) shall permit CDR Fund VII to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto, with the principal officers of the Company within thirty days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, and (iii) shall invite a representative of CDR Fund VII to attend all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity if CDR Fund VII is not represented on the Board and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other material that it provides to the directors and such representative shall be entitled to participate in discussions of matters brought to the Board, provided that the requirement in this clause (iii) shall be deemed satisfied so long as any CDR Designee is represented on the Board. The rights set forth in this Section 6.1 are intended to satisfy the requirement of contractual management rights for the purpose of qualifying CDR Fund VII as a “venture capital operating company” under the Department of Labor’s “plan assets” regulations.

6.2 Access to Information; Etc. The Company shall permit, and shall cause its direct and indirect subsidiaries to permit, any representatives designated by the Family Group Representative, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours and in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the management and operation of the Company and/or such subsidiaries to: (i) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company and such subsidiaries and make copies or extracts of such records and (ii) on any two occasions in each successive eighteen month period following the date hereof, discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any such entities with the officers and independent accountants of the Company and such subsidiaries. No representative of a member of the Family Group will be entitled to the access rights specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 6.2 unless and until such representative has entered into a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company. In addition, subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall invite the Family Group to attend all investor conferences held by the Company. For avoidance of doubt, neither a private meeting with a stockholder of the Company or a small group of stockholders of the Company nor a meeting among employees of the Company is an investor conference. This Section 6.2 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect immediately upon the Family Group ceasing to Beneficially Own at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

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6.3 Family Group Representative. Each member of the Family Group hereby appoints Carol L. Bernick as the sole representative of such Stockholder (the “Family Group Representative”) to act as the agent and on behalf of such Stockholder for all purposes under this Agreement, including for the purposes set forth in Articles II and III. As the representative of the Family Group, the Family Group Representative shall act as the agent for all members of the Family Group, shall have the authority to bind each such Stockholder in accordance with this Agreement, and each of the Company and CDR Investor Group may rely on such appointment and authority of the Family Group Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. The members of the Family Group holding a majority of the Registrable Securities then held by the Family Group may designate a successor Family Group Representative at any time after the date hereof, which change shall only be effective for purposes of this Agreement after receipt by each of the Company and CDR Investor of notice given at least fifteen days prior to the appointment of a successor Family Group Representative, provided that in the event of the death of the Family Group Representative such notice shall be given as soon as reasonably practicable.

6.4 Trustee Exculpation. When this Agreement is executed on behalf of a member of the Family Group by the trustee of any trust, such execution is by the trustee, not individually but solely as trustee in the exercise of and under the power and authority conferred upon and invested in such trustee, and it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on any such trustee personally to pay any amounts required to be paid hereunder, or to perform any covenant, either express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto by their execution hereof. Any liability hereunder of any member of the Family Group which is a trust shall be only that of such trust to the full extent of its trust estate and shall not be a personal liability of any trustee, grantor or beneficiary thereof.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Term. This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof and will continue in effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) its termination by the consent of all parties hereto or their respective successors in interest (with the consent of a majority of Independent Directors), (b) except as provided in Section 1.4 and Section 3.3, the date on which CDR Investor Group ceases to hold any shares of Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company (“CDR Cessation Date”), provided, however, that if any member of the Family Group holds Registrable Securities after the CDR Cessation Date then, in order to provide for the rights of such remaining members of the Family Group, this Agreement (other than Article I, Section 3.1 and Section 6.1)

 

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shall survive until the earlier of clause (a) and (c) of this Section 7.1 and (c) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

7.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or grant any registration rights to any other Person without obtaining the prior approval of CDR Investor.

7.3 Legend.

(a) All certificates representing the shares of Common Stock held by each Stockholder shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY). NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT AND (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT.”

(b) Upon the permitted sale of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 or (ii) another exemption from registration under the Securities Act or upon the termination of this Agreement, the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall be replaced, at the expense of the Company, with certificates or instruments not bearing the legends required by this Section 7.3 provided that the Company may condition such replacement of certificates under the foregoing clause (ii) upon the receipt of an opinion of securities counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

7.4 Stock Splits, etc. Each party hereto agrees that it will vote to effect a stock split (forward or reverse, as the case may be) with respect to any capital stock of the Company in connection with any registration of such capital stock, if the Board determines, following consultation with the managing underwriter (or, in connection with an offering that is not underwritten, an investment banker) that a stock split would facilitate or increase the likelihood of success of the offering. Each party hereto agrees

 

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that any number of shares of capital stock of the Company referred to in this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or similar transaction.

7.5 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only upon the prior written consent of the Company (to the extent approved by a majority of Independent Directors) and CDR Investor, provided that (x) no such waiver or amendment that would be reasonably expected to adversely affect the Family Group shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Family Group Representative and (y) no such consent shall be required of the Family Group Representative if as of the date of such amendment or waiver the Family Group no longer holds any shares of Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company. A copy of each such amendment shall be sent to each Stockholder and shall be binding upon each party hereto, provided that the failure to deliver a copy of such amendment shall not impair or affect the validity of such amendment.

7.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. In addition, and whether or not any express assignment will have been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of the holders of the Registrable Securities (or any portion thereof) as such will be for the benefit of and enforceable by any subsequent holder of any Registrable Securities (or of such portion thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of CDR Investor Group may assign its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Family Group Representative and no member of the Family Group may assign its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of CDR Investor, provided that (i) CDR Investor may assign such rights, absent such consent, in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition to any CDR Permitted Transferee and (ii) any member of the Family Group may assign such rights, absent such consent, in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition to any Family Permitted Transferee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, reorganization or sale, transfer or contribution of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company to any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, and, upon the consummation of any such merger, reorganization, sale, transfer or contribution, such subsidiary or Affiliate shall automatically and without further action assume all of the obligations and succeed to all the rights of the Company under this Agreement.

7.7 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any Applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or

 

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unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

7.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

7.9 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

7.10 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles or rules of conflicts of law to the extent such principles or rules are not mandatorily applicable by statute and would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction).

7.11 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court located in the State of Delaware, for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby (and agrees not to commence any such suit, action or other proceeding except in such courts). Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth or referred to in Section 7.15 shall be effective service of process for any such suit, action or other proceeding. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or other proceeding in the above-named courts, or that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

7.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party (a) certifies and acknowledges that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it understands and has considered the implications of this waiver and makes this waiver voluntarily, and that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 7.12.

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or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, provided that no Stockholder will have any right to an injunction to prevent the filing or effectiveness of any Registration Statement of the Company. In any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement, the successful party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in addition to its costs and expenses and other available remedies.

7.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon any Person other than the parties hereto and each such party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, provided that CDR Fund VII is an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement and the Persons indemnified under Article IV are intended third party beneficiaries of Article IV.

7.15 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered personally, (b) mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, (c) sent by reputable overnight courier or (d) sent by fax (provided a confirmation copy is sent by one of the other methods set forth above), as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):

If to the Company, to it at:

[                        ]

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

[                        ]

If to CDR Investor, to it at:

CDRS Acquisition LLC

c/o Clayton, Dubilier Rice Fund VII, L.P.

1403 Foulk Road, Suite 106

Wilmington, DE 19803

Facsimile: (302) 427-7398

 

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

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Paul S. Bird, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 909-6836

If to CDR Parallel Fund, to it at:

CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P.

1403 Foulk Road, Suite 106

Wilmington, Delaware 19803

Facsimile: (302) 427-7398

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

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

375 Park Avenue, 18th floor

New York, New York 10152

Attention: Mr. Donald J. Gogel

Facsimile: (212) 407-5252

and

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Paul S. Bird, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 909-6836

If to the Family Group or the Family Group Representative, to it at:

Carol L. Bernick

909 Ashland Avenue

River Forest, Illinois 60305

Facsimile: [•]

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

Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 2200

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attention: Marshall E. Eisenberg

Facsimile: (312) 269-1747

 

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If to any other Stockholder, to its address set forth on the signature page of such Stockholder to this Agreement with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to any party so indicated thereon.

All such notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications shall be deemed to have been received (w) if by personal delivery, on the day delivered, (x) if by certified or registered mail, on the fifth Business Day after the mailing thereof, (y) if by overnight courier, on the day delivered, or (z) if by fax, on the day delivered.

7.16 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement by their authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

NEW SALLY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:     
  Name:
  Title:
CDRS ACQUISITION LLC
By:     
  Name:
  Title:
CD&R PARALLEL FUND VII, L.P.
By:     
  Name:
  Title:
[LIST FAMILY STOCKHOLDERS]
By:     
  Name:
  Title:

 

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