Document:

Exhibit 4.67

 

	
 
    

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2009-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF AUGUST 12, 2011

 

BETWEEN

 

TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC,

 

AS ISSUER,

 

THE NOTEHOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

AND

 

THE OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

	
 
    

 

TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC SERIES 2009-1, FLOATING RATE SECURED NOTES

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    	
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Section 1.1
    	
Certain Defined Terms
    	
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Section 1.2
    	
Other Terms
    	
2
    
	
Section 1.3
    	
Computation of Time Periods
    	
3
    
	
Section 1.4
    	
Statutory References
    	
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE OF THE   NOTES
    	
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Section 2.1
    	
Sale and Delivery of the Notes
    	
3
    
	
Section 2.2
    	
Acceptance and Custody of Notes
    	
4
    
	
Section 2.3
    	
Increase/Reduction of the Series 2009-1 Note Existing   Commitment
    	
4
    
	
Section 2.4
    	
Payments, Computations, Etc.
    	
5
    
	
Section 2.5
    	
Appointment of Managing Agent
    	
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF   PURCHASE
    	
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Section 3.1
    	
Conditions Precedent to Purchase
    	
6
    
	
Section 3.2
    	
Conditions Precedent to Each Series 2009-1 Advance
    	
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS   AND WARRANTIES
    	
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Section 4.1
    	
Representations and Warranties of the Issuer
    	
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Section 4.2
    	
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the   Purchasers
    	
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ARTICLE V GENERAL COVENANTS
    	
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Section 5.1
    	
General Covenants of the Issuer
    	
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION
    	
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Section 6.1
    	
Indemnities by the Issuer
    	
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ARTICLE VII THE DEAL AGENT
    	
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Section 7.1
    	
Authorization and Securities Action
    	
10
    
	
Section 7.2
    	
Delegation of Duties
    	
10
    
	
Section 7.3
    	
Exculpatory Provisions
    	
10
    
	
Section 7.4
    	
Reliance
    	
11
    
	
Section 7.5
    	
Non-Reliance on Deal Agents and Other Purchasers
    	
11
    
	
Section 7.6
    	
Deal Agent in its Individual Capacity
    	
11
    
	
Section 7.7
    	
Successor Deal Agent
    	
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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Section 8.1
    	
Amendments and Waivers
    	
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Section 8.2
    	
Notices, Etc.
    	
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Section 8.3
    	
No Waiver; Remedies
    	
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Section 8.4
    	
Binding Effect
    	
13
    
	
Section 8.5
    	
Term of this Agreement
    	
13
    
	
Section 8.6
    	
GOVERNING LAW
    	
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Section 8.7
    	
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
    	
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Section 8.8
    	
Inspection Rights, Costs, Expenses and Taxes
    	
14
    
	
Section 8.9
    	
No Proceedings
    	
15
    
	
Section 8.10
    	
Recourse Against Certain Parties
    	
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Section 8.11
    	
Ratable Payments
    	
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Section 8.12
    	
Confidentiality
    	
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Section 8.13
    	
Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration
    	
18
    
	
Section 8.14
    	
Ratification of Original Note Purchase Agreement
    	
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Section 8.15
    	
Approval of Amended and Restated Indenture and Amended and   Restated Series 2009-1 Supplement
    	
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SCHEDULE   1
    	
CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT TO PURCHASE
    
	
SCHEDULE   2
    	
PURCHASE   LIMITS
    
	
EXHIBIT A
    	
FORM OF   COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE AND FUNDING NOTICE
    
	
EXHIBIT B
    	
FORM OF   ADDITION NOTICE
    
	
EXHIBIT C
    	
FORM OF   ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
    
	
EXHIBIT D
    	
FORM OF   INCREASE LETTER
    

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2009-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, this “Agreement”), dated as of August 12, 2011, is entered into by and among:

 

(1)                                  TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer”);

 

(2)                                  The Purchasers from time to time party hereto; and

 

(3)                                  The financial institutions signatory hereto as “Deal Agents” made party to this Agreement from time to time pursuant to an Addition Notice and listed under the heading “The Deal Agents” together with their respective successors and assigns (the “Deal Agents”).

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and certain of the Series 2009-1 Noteholders previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Series 2009-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2009 (as amended, the “Original Note Purchase Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to modify the terms of and restate the Original Note Purchase Agreement; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1             Certain Defined Terms.

 

(1)           Certain capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this Section 1.1.  In addition, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Appendix A to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2011 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) or, if such terms are not defined therein, such terms shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Amended and Restated Series 2009-1 Supplement, dated as of August 12, 2011 (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Supplement”), by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(2)           As used in this Agreement and its exhibits, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

“Assignment and Acceptance”:  Any properly completed agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

 

 

“Collection Date”:  The date on which the last to occur of the following events occurs:  (i) the Aggregate Series 2009-1 Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and the commitments to fund of the Purchasers have been terminated, (ii) the Purchasers have received all amounts of interest due in respect of the Notes and other amounts due to the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement, the Indenture and the Supplement and (iii) the Deal Agents have received all amounts due to them in connection with this Agreement.

 

“Conversion Date”:  This term shall have the meaning set forth in the Supplement.

 

“Deal Agent”:  This term shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Fee Letter”:  Each Upfront Fee Letter, dated the Restatement Effective Date, between the Issuer and the applicable Deal Agent (on behalf of the respective Series 2009-1 Noteholder).

 

“Increase Notice”:  Any properly completed notice substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

 

“Indemnified Amounts”:  This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

 

“Indemnified Party”:  This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

 

“Note”:  Any Series 2009-1 Note.

 

“Percentage”:  With respect to any Purchaser as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Purchaser’s Purchase Limit and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Purchase Limit for all Purchasers.

 

“Purchase”:  The purchase by a Purchaser of the Notes from the Issuer and the payment of any additional Series 2009-1 Advance by a Purchaser.

 

“Purchase Limit”:  The maximum amount of Series 2009-1 Advances that a Purchaser shall be required to fund to the Issuer hereunder, as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto (as such Schedule 2 shall be deemed to be amended by a properly executed Assignment and Acceptance or Increase Notice).

 

“Purchaser”:  Any other Person that may agree from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the pertinent Assignment and Acceptance or Addition Notice, to fund a Series 2009-1 Advance hereunder and their successors and assigns.

 

“Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date”:  August 12, 2013, as such date may be extended from time to time in accordance with Section 2.1(c) hereof.

 

Section 1.2             Other Terms.

 

All accounting terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP consistently applied.  To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP or regulatory

 

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principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or other document shall control.

 

Section 1.3             Computation of Time Periods.

 

Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding.”

 

Section 1.4             Statutory References.

 

References in this Agreement to any section of the UCC shall mean, on or after the effective date of adoption of any revision to the UCC in the applicable jurisdiction, such revised or successor section thereto.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE OF THE NOTES

 

Section 2.1             Sale and Delivery of the Notes.

 

(a)           On the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents, the Issuer agrees to deliver on the Closing Date (or on the Restatement Effective Date, with respect to any Person that shall become a Purchaser on the Restatement Effective Date), to each of the Persons set forth on Schedule 2, a Note with a maximum aggregate principal amount of up to the amount set forth opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 2.  The Notes shall be duly executed by the Issuer, duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and registered in the name of each of the Persons set forth on Schedule 2 or its nominee.  In connection with any transfer of a Note made in accordance with Section 202 of the Supplement (including the related Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment), the Issuer agrees to deliver a Note in the name of such transferee or its nominee on behalf of such transferee in the maximum aggregate principal amount determined pursuant to the related Assignment and Acceptance.  Any such assignment of a Series 2009-1 Note and all or a portion of the Series 2009-1 Existing Commitment of a Series 2009-1 Noteholder may be effected by the execution and delivery to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of (i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement.  The actual unpaid principal balance of the Notes will be increased and decreased from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the Supplement and the Indenture.  The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser and its related Indemnified Parties (as defined in the Supplement) shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 206, 207 and 208 of the Supplement, and such Indemnified Party shall only make such claims through the Indenture Trustee.

 

(b)           The Issuer may request (each such request to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, a “Funding Notice”), by delivery of a Funding Notice to the Administrative Agent that the Purchasers make a Series 2009-1 Advance, each such Funding Notice to be irrevocable when given and shall be on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Section 205(b) of the Supplement.  The Issuer will submit a Funding Notice on the Restatement Effective Date for a Series 2009-1 Advance on August 12, 2011 in an amount of not less than the unpaid

 

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principal balance of, and accrued interest on, the Series 2009-1 Note owned by DVB Bank SE.  The proceeds of such Series 2009-1 Advance shall be used to prepay in full on August 12, 2011 the unpaid principal balance of, and accrued interest on, the Series 2009-1 Note owned by DVB Bank SE.

 

(c)           The Issuer may, within 60 days, but no later than 45 days (or such shorter period as may be approved by the parties hereto), prior to the then current Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date, by written notice to each Deal Agent, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee and the Series Enhancer, if any, for Series 2009-1, request the Purchasers to extend the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date for an additional period of up to 364 days from the then current Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date.  Each of the Purchasers shall make a determination, in its sole discretion and after a full credit review, within 30 days of its receipt of the Issuer’s request, as to whether or not it will agree to extend the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date; provided, however, that the failure of any Purchaser to make a timely response to the Issuer’s request for extension of the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date shall be deemed to constitute a refusal by such Purchasers to extend the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date.  Any such renewal shall become effective only upon written confirmation to the Issuer by each Deal Agent on behalf of the consenting Purchaser of its agreement to so renew, upon receipt by each Deal Agent of any fees required to be paid in connection with such renewal, and receipt by the Issuer and such Deal Agent of the written consent of the Series Enhancer for Series 2009-1, if any, to such extension of the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date.

 

Section 2.2             Acceptance and Custody of Notes.

 

On the Restatement Effective Date, each Purchaser (or its respective Deal Agent) shall take delivery of its applicable Note and each respective Deal Agent shall maintain custody thereof on behalf of such Purchaser. Promptly following the Restatement Effective Date, each Existing Series 2009-1 Noteholder shall deliver to the Issuer the Note issued to such Existing Series 2009-1 Noteholder under the Original Note Purchase Agreement (the “Old Note”) and the Issuer shall forward such Old Note to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.3             Increase/Reduction of the Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment.

 

(a)           The Issuer may, upon at least 30 days’ written notice to each Purchaser and the Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, terminate in whole, or reduce in part, the then unused Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment of each Series 2009-1 Noteholder; provided, however, that each partial reduction of the Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment shall be in amounts equal to $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be allocated pro rata among the Notes (based on the then current Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment of each Series 2009-1 Noteholder of each such Note).  Each notice of reduction or termination pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be irrevocable.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may on any Business Day reduce to zero and terminate the Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment in connection with a refinancing of the Notes upon (a) at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, specifying the proposed Payment Date of such termination, and (b) payment in full of (i) the principal of, and interest on, the Notes and (ii) Breakage Costs, if any, and all other Outstanding Obligations of the Issuer under the Supplement and this Agreement.

 

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(b)           The Issuer may, by means of a letter delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to each Interest Rate Hedge Counterparty) on not more than five (5) occasions prior to the Conversion Date, without the consent of the existing Series 2009-1 Noteholders, increase the aggregate Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitments by an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) (such that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitments shall equal an amount of up to Six Hundred Million Dollars ($600,000,000)), by issuing additional Series 2009-1 Notes to one or more commercial banks, finance companies or other Persons that shall become Series 2009-1 Noteholders on the date of such increase (each an “Additional Series 2009-1 Noteholder”).  Each such Additional Series 2009-1 Noteholder, and any deal agent and/or liquidity agent on its behalf, shall execute a properly completed Addition Notice in the form of Exhibit B hereto.  On the date that any Additional Series 2009-1 Noteholder shall become a party to this Agreement, such Additional Series 2009-1 Noteholder shall make payments to each other Series 2009-1 Noteholder as may be necessary to insure that, following such payments, each Series 2009-1 Noteholder (including such Additional Series 2009-1 Noteholder) shall maintain a pro rata share of the then Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitments.

 

Section 2.4             Payments, Computations, Etc.

 

(a)           Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, in the Indenture or the Supplement, all amounts to be paid or deposited by the Issuer hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than noon (New York time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds to the applicable Deal Agent’s Account.  The Issuer shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay to the Series 2009-1 Noteholders interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due on the Notes at the Default Rate, payable on demand, but only to the extent provided in Sections 203(b) and 203(c) of the Supplement.  Such interest shall be retained by the Deal Agents except, in each case, to the extent that such failure to make a timely payment or deposit has continued beyond the date for distribution by the Deal Agents of such overdue amount to the related Series 2009-1 Noteholders, in which case such interest accruing after such date shall be for the account of, and distributed by the Deal Agents to, such related Series 2009-1 Noteholders.  All computations of interest and other fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of interest calculated at the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable) for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed.

 

(b)           Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of any interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.5             Appointment of Managing Agent.

 

The Issuer hereby appoints SunTrust Bank as a Managing Agent with respect to Series 2009-1.  The Managing Agent shall have no incremental duties or responsibilities beyond those of a Purchaser.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE

 

Section 3.1             Conditions Precedent to Purchase.

 

The effectiveness of this Agreement and the acquisition of the Notes contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Restatement Effective Date of (i) each condition precedent listed in Schedule 1 hereto and (ii) each condition precedent set forth in Section 501 of the Supplement.

 

Section 3.2             Conditions Precedent to Each Series 2009-1 Advance.

 

Each Series 2009-1 Advance (including the Series 2009-1 Advance on the Restatement Effective Date) from the Issuer shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent listed in Section 502 of the Supplement.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1             Representations and Warranties of the Issuer.

 

The representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in the Indenture and the other Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made for the benefit of each of the parties hereto, with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties were set forth herein in full. In addition, the Issuer represents and warrants, as of the Restatement Effective Date and each date on which a Purchase shall occur (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty specifically relates to an earlier date), as follows:

 

(1)           Information.  No information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished by it to a Deal Agent or a Purchaser in writing (i) is or will be inaccurate in any material respect as of the date it is or shall be dated or (except as otherwise disclosed to the recipient thereof at the time of delivery or thereafter) as of the date so furnished and (ii) no such document contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or omits or shall omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the statements made therein, in each case as of the date it is or shall be dated or (except as otherwise disclosed to the recipient thereof at the time of delivery or thereafter) as of the date so furnished.

 

(2)           Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.  Each representation and warranty made by it contained herein or in any certificate or other document furnished by it pursuant hereto or to any Series 2009-1 Transaction Document or in connection herewith or therewith is true and correct in all material respects as of the date made by it.

 

(3)           Offer and Sale.  Neither the Issuer nor any Person acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Notes by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The Issuer has not

 

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offered or sold the Notes or other similar security in any manner that would render the issuance and sale of the Notes a violation of the Securities Act, require registration pursuant thereto, nor has it authorized nor will it authorize any person to act in such manner.

 

(4)           OFAC.  The Issuer (i) is a “U.S. Person” within the meaning of laws, rules and regulations promulgated, imposed or monitored by OFAC, and (ii) does not derive any of its assets or revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.

 

Section 4.2             Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchasers.

 

Each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Issuer that:

 

(1)           The Purchaser understands that the Note purchased by it has not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State and, if the Note is not then registered under applicable federal and State securities law (which registration the Issuer is not obligated to effect), it will not offer to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Note or any portion thereof except in a transaction which is exempt from such registration.

 

(2)           The Purchaser is acquiring the Note for its own account, and not as a nominee for any other Person, and the Purchaser is not acquiring the Note with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution of the Note under the Securities Act, but subject, nevertheless, to the condition that all dispositions of its property shall at all times be within its control.

 

(3)           The Purchaser is an institutional “accredited investor” of the type described in clause (1) of Section 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

(4)           The Purchaser is not acquiring the Note with the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor.

 

(5)           Neither the Purchaser nor any Person acting on its behalf has offered to sell the Note by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The Purchaser has not offered the Note in any manner that would render the issuance and sale of the Note a violation of the Securities Act, or require registration pursuant thereto, nor has it authorized nor will it authorize any person to act in such manner.

 

ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1             General Covenants of the Issuer.

 

The Issuer hereby covenants with each Deal Agent and the Purchasers as follows:

 

(1)           The Issuer hereby agrees to notify the Deal Agents and the Series Enhancer, if any, for Series 2009-1 as soon as possible, and in any event within five (5) days after the earlier to occur of (i) actual knowledge and (ii) notice to the Issuer, of (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default, (b) the occurrence of any Early Amortization Event, (c) any fact, condition or event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, could become an Event of

 

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Default, (d) any fact, condition or event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, could become an Early Amortization Event, (e) the failure of the Issuer to observe any of its material undertakings under the Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents or (f) any change in the status or condition of the Issuer or the Manager that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Issuer’s or the Manager’s ability to perform its obligations under the Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents.

 

(2)           The Issuer agrees not to sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Note in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to any Purchaser of any Note.

 

(3)           Any notice of any voluntary Prepayment of the Notes made in accordance with the provisions of Section 204(b) of the Supplement shall be irrevocable when given.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 6.1             Indemnities by the Issuer.

 

Without limiting any other rights which the Deal Agents, the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and/or agents thereof or their respective successors and assigns may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Issuer hereby agrees to indemnify each of the Deal Agents, the Purchasers and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, counsel and agents thereof (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented, out-of-pocket costs of defense and legal fees and expenses) which may be incurred or suffered by such Indemnified Party, except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Party (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”) as a result of claims, actions, suits or judgments asserted or imposed against an Indemnified Party and arising out of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby or the ownership or security interest in any Transferred Assets as contemplated herein including, without limitation, as a result of (i) an action or inaction by the Issuer that is contrary to the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, (ii) a breach by the Issuer of any of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iii) any information provided by the Issuer in writing being untrue in any material respect as of the date provided, and (iv) any representation or warranty of the Issuer proven to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made in this Agreement or in any Transaction Document.

 

Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice of the assertion of a claim or the commencement of a proceeding by a third party with respect to any matter referred to in this Section 6.1 which could be the subject of an indemnification claim against the Issuer hereunder, such Indemnified Party shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and thereafter shall keep the Issuer reasonably informed with respect thereto; provided, however, that failure of an Indemnified Party to give the Issuer written notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder unless the Issuer is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby and, in any such instance, the indemnification obligation of the Issuer to such Indemnified Party shall only be reduced by the amount of incremental costs or losses to the Issuer related to the failure to deliver such notice in a timely manner.  If any such proceeding (including any litigation, arbitration or similar proceeding) shall be brought against any Indemnified Party, the Issuer or the Manager shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof at the Issuer’s or the Manager’s expense with counsel chosen by the Issuer or the Manager and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that any Indemnified Party may at its own expense retain separate counsel to participate in such defense.  The Issuer and the Manager shall not be liable under this Article VI for any amount paid in settlement of such claims or proceedings without the consent of the Issuer or the Manager unless such consent is unreasonably withheld.  All Indemnified Amounts shall be paid to the appropriate Indemnified Party within 30 days after such Indemnified Party’s written demand for such amount.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer’s obligations to make payments under this Section 6.1 shall be limited solely to funds available from time to time for such purpose pursuant to Section 302 or Section 806 of the Indenture and to the extent they are not so paid, such obligations shall not constitute a “claim” (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against the Issuer.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

THE DEAL AGENT

 

Section 7.1             Authorization and Securities Action.

 

Each Purchaser hereby designates and appoints its related Deal Agent as a Deal Agent hereunder, and authorizes its related Deal Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Deal Agents by the terms of this Agreement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Each Purchaser and each Deal Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser or any other Deal Agent, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of a Purchaser or a Deal Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist for any Purchaser or any Deal Agent.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Deal Agent shall act solely as agent for its related Purchaser and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Issuer or any of its successors or assigns.  The Deal Agents shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Deal Agents to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, any other Series 2009-1 Transaction Document or applicable law.  The appointment and authority of the Deal Agents hereunder shall terminate on the Collection Date.

 

Section 7.2             Delegation of Duties.

 

Each Deal Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Each Deal Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 7.3             Exculpatory Provisions.

 

The Deal Agents and any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall not be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Issuer contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of the Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article III hereof.  The Deal Agents shall not be under

 

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any obligation to any Purchaser to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Issuer.  No Deal Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default or Early Amortization Event unless such Deal Agent has received written notice to such effect from the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or a Purchaser.

 

Section 7.4             Reliance.

 

The Deal Agents shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation believed by them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuer), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Deal Agents.  The Deal Agents shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the related Purchasers, as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Purchasers, provided that unless and until the Deal Agents shall have received such advice, the Deal Agents may take or refrain from taking any action as such Deal Agents shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the related Purchasers.  The Deal Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the related Purchasers, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Purchasers.

 

Section 7.5             Non-Reliance on Deal Agents and Other Purchasers.

 

Each Purchaser expressly acknowledges that none of the Deal Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Deal Agents hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of the Issuer, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Deal Agents.  Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the Deal Agents that it has made and will make, independently and without reliance upon the Deal Agents or any other Purchaser and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Issuer and the Manager and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement.

 

Section 7.6             Deal Agent in its Individual Capacity.

 

Any of the Deal Agents and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer as though the Deal Agents were not the Deal Agents hereunder.  With respect to the acquisition of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Deal Agents and their Affiliates shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not a Deal Agent and the terms “Purchaser” and “Purchasers” shall include the Deal Agents in their individual capacity, if any such Deal Agent shall become a Purchaser hereunder.

 

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Section 7.7             Successor Deal Agent.

 

Each Deal Agent may, upon 5 days’ notice to the Issuer, the related Purchasers and the Series Enhancer, if any, and each Deal Agent will, upon the direction of all of its related Purchasers, resign as Deal Agent. If such Deal Agent shall resign, then the Purchasers related to such Deal Agent during such 5-day period shall appoint from among the applicable Purchasers a successor agent.  If for any reason no successor Deal Agent is appointed during such 5-day period, then effective upon the termination of such 5-day period, the Purchasers related to such Deal Agent shall perform all of the duties of a Deal Agent hereunder and the Issuer shall for all purposes deal directly with such Purchasers.  After any retiring Deal Agent’s resignation hereunder as Deal Agent, the provisions of Article VI and Article VII hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Deal Agent under this Agreement.  Any retiring Deal Agent shall provide prompt written notice of its resignation hereunder to each Rating Agency.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1             Amendments and Waivers.

 

(1)           No amendment, waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective without the written agreement of the Issuer, Purchasers representing in aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the then aggregate Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment (or, if the Conversion Date has occurred, the then Aggregate Series 2009-1 Principal Balance), the Deal Agents and, unless such amendment or modification deals solely with the matters set forth in Article VII hereof, the Control Party for Series 2009-1; provided, however, that no such amendment, modification or waiver shall:

 

(a)           without consent of each affected Purchaser and Deal Agent, (A) reduce the amount of any fee payable to the Purchasers or the Deal Agents for the benefit of the Purchasers, (B) consent to, or permit the assignment or transfer by the Issuer of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (C) amend this Agreement in any way that would require the consent of each Noteholder under Section 1002(a) of the Indenture, (D) extend the Scheduled Commitment Expiration Date or, except as set forth in Section 2.3 hereof, increase its Series 2009-1 Note Existing Commitment or (E) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (A) through (D) above in a manner which would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses; or

 

(b)           without the written consent of each affected Deal Agent, amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement if the effect thereof is to affect the rights or duties of each such Deal Agent.

 

Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Any modification or waiver shall apply to each of the Purchasers equally and shall be binding upon the Issuer, the Purchasers and the Deal Agents.

 

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(2)           The Deal Agents shall provide prompt written notice of the nature of each amendment to this Agreement, and shall, simultaneously therewith, deliver a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency.

 

Section 8.2             Notices, Etc.

 

All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing, personally delivered, by facsimile or PDF file (with subsequent telephone confirmation of receipt thereof), or sent by internationally recognized overnight courier service, to the addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto (and for the Administrative Agent, to the address set forth in the Indenture) or at other such address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto.  Notice shall be effective and deemed received (a) two days after being delivered to the courier service, if sent by courier, (b) upon receipt of confirmation of transmission, if sent by telecopy, or (c) when delivered, if delivered by hand.

 

Section 8.3             No Waiver; Remedies.

 

No failure on the part of a Deal Agent or a Purchaser to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

Section 8.4             Binding Effect.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Issuer, the Deal Agents, the Purchasers and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 8.5             Term of this Agreement.

 

This Agreement, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s obligations to observe its covenants and agreements set forth herein, shall remain in full force and effect until the Collection Date; provided, however, that the obligations of the Issuer under the indemnification and payment provisions of Article VI and the provisions of Section 8.9 and Section 8.10 and the agreements of the parties contained in Sections 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 and 8.12 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.6             GOVERNING LAW.

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, AND THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK .

 

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Section 8.7             WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.

 

(1)           TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.

 

(2)           THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST IT AND TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT ANY OF THE SERIES 2009-1 TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREUNDER OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD OR DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT.  IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN A STATE COURT, THE PARTIES WILL SEEK ASSIGNMENT TO THE COMMERCIAL PART OF SAID COURT.  THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT BY WAY OF MOTION, AS A DEFENSE OR OTHERWISE IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS, THAT THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, THAT THE VENUE OF THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER OR THAT THE SERIES 2009-1 TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF MAY NOT BE LITIGATED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS.

 

(3)           TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL NOT SEEK AND HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO ANY REVIEW OF THE JUDGMENT OF ANY SUCH COURT BY ANY COURT OF ANY OTHER NATION OR JURISDICTION WHICH MAY BE CALLED UPON TO GRANT AN ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH JUDGMENT.

 

Section 8.8             Inspection Rights, Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

 

In addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Deal Agents, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates under Article VI hereof, the Issuer agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses incurred by a Purchaser, a Deal Agent and their respective Affiliates, 

 

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successors or assigns, with respect to enforcing their respective rights and remedies as against the Issuer under this Agreement, the Indenture, any Note, any other Series 2009-1 Transaction Document and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith; provided, however, that none of the Deal Agents, any Purchaser or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to any such payment (and shall reimburse the Issuer for any such payments previously received) if such person has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to not be entitled to receive indemnification pursuant to Article VI hereof in connection with such enforcement.  The Issuer also agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Purchasers and the Deal Agents, and their respective Affiliates, successors or assigns, if any (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses), incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, any removal of the Manager or the enforcement, administration (including periodic auditing), amendment or modification of, or any waiver or consent issued in connection with, this Agreement, the Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Purchasers and the Deal Agents with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Purchasers and the Deal Agents as to their rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents and the other agreements executed pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Issuer’s obligation to pay any such costs or expenses incurred in connection with the ongoing inspection of the books and records of the Issuer will be subject to such limitations and conditions as are set forth in Section 1304 of the Indenture.  Any amounts subject to the provisions of this Section 8.8 shall be paid by the Issuer to the applicable Deal Agent on the Payment Date immediately following such Deal Agent’s demand therefor.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer’s obligations to make payments under this Section 8.8 shall be limited solely to funds available from time to time for such purpose pursuant to Section 302 or Section 806 of the Indenture and to the extent they are not so paid, such obligations shall not constitute a “claim” (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against the Issuer.

 

Section 8.9             No Proceedings.

 

Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, each Deal Agent and each Purchaser agrees that it shall not, with respect to the Issuer, institute or join any other Person in instituting any proceeding of the type referred to in the definition of “Bankruptcy Event” against or with respect to the Issuer or so long as any Outstanding Obligation shall be unpaid and there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the last day on which any such Outstanding Obligation shall have been unpaid.  The foregoing shall not limit the right of any such Person to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any such proceeding that was instituted against Issuer by any Person other than any Deal Agent and the Purchaser.  In addition, each Deal Agent and each Purchaser agrees that all amounts owed to it by Issuer shall be payable solely from amounts that become available for such payment pursuant to the Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents, and no such amounts shall constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against Issuer to the extent that they are in excess of the amounts available for their payment.

 

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(a)           a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 days; or any order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect, or

 

(b)           such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or the like, for such Person or any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due.

 

Section 8.10           Recourse Against Certain Parties.

 

No recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement, (including, without limitation, the payment of any fees or any other obligations) of any of the Issuer, any Purchaser or any Deal Agent as contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be had against any administrator of such party or any incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, member, manager, officer, employee or director of such party or of any such administrator, as such, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the agreements of such party contained in this Agreement and all of the other agreements, instruments and documents entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith are, in each case, solely the corporate obligations of such party, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any administrator of such party or any incorporator, stockholder, member, manager, affiliate, officer, employee or director of such party or of any such administrator, as such, or any of them, under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of such party contained in this Agreement or in any other such instruments, documents or agreements, or which are implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability of every such administrator of such party and each incorporator, stockholder, member, manager, affiliate, officer, employee or director of such party or of any such administrator, or any of them, for breaches by such party of any such obligations, covenants or agreements which liability may arise either at common law or at equity, by statute or constitution, or otherwise, is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.11           Ratable Payments.

 

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than that received by any other Purchaser, such Purchaser agrees, promptly upon demand, to pay to the Deal Agent, for distribution ratably to all other Purchasers, the amount of such excess such that all Purchasers shall receive their ratable portion of such payment.

 

Section 8.12           Confidentiality.

 

(1)           Each of the Deal Agents, the Purchasers and the Issuer shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the other confidential proprietary information with respect to the other parties hereto and their respective businesses provided to it or them by any party hereto in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that each such party and its officers and employees may (i) disclose such information to any prospective assignees or participants and to its external accountants and attorneys and as required by law, applicable accounting requirements, bank, securities or other regulatory requests or requirements, or order of any judicial or administrative proceeding, (ii) disclose the existence of this Agreement, but not the financial terms thereof and (iv) disclose such information if, after the Restatement Effective Date, such information becomes public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement.

 

(2)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer hereby consents to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Deal Agents or a Purchaser by each other,  or (ii) by a Deal Agent or the Purchasers to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them, provided each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information and agrees to keep such information confidential pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.12.  In addition, the Purchasers and the Deal Agents may disclose any such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law).

 

(3)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such party relating to such tax treatment or tax structure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that any Deal Agent may post to a secured password-protected internet website maintained by such Deal Agent and required by any Rating Agency rating such Deal Agent’s commercial paper notes in connection with Rule 17g-5 such information as any such Rating Agency may request in connection with the confirming its rating of such commercial paper notes or that such Deal Agent may otherwise determine is necessary or appropriate to post to such website in furtherance of the requirements of Rule 17g-5.  “Rule 17g-5” shall mean Rule 17g-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as has been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the adopting release (Amendments to Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, Exchange Act Release No. 34-61050, 74 Fed. Reg. 63,832, 63,865 (Dec. 4, 2009)) and subject to such clarification and interpretation as may be provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

 

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Section 8.13           Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration.

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Execution and delivery of this Agreement by facsimile signature shall constitute execution and delivery of this Agreement for all purposes hereof with the same force and effect as execution and delivery of a manually signed copy hereof.  In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  This Agreement contains the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

 

Section 8.14           Ratification of Original Note Purchase Agreement.

 

The amendment and restatement of the Original Note Purchase Agreement shall become effective on the Restatement Effective Date.  This Agreement amends and restates the terms and conditions of the Original Note Purchase Agreement, and is not a novation of the Outstanding Obligations incurred by the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Original Note Purchase Agreement.  Accordingly, all of the Outstanding Obligations of the Issuer incurred pursuant to the terms of the Original Note Purchase Agreement are hereby ratified and affirmed by the Issuer and remain in full force and effect and all Series 2009-1 Advances that remain unpaid on the Restatement Effective Date shall utilize the Purchase Limit of the respective Purchaser.

 

Section 8.15           Certain Pledges.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Purchaser may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights (including, without limitation, any Note owned by such Purchaser and any rights to payment of principal and interest) under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to secure obligations of such Purchaser to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Issuer, any Deal Agent or any other party; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a Purchaser from any of its obligations hereunder, or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Purchaser as a party hereto.

 

Section 8.16           Approval of Amended and Restated Indenture and Amended and Restated Series 2009-1 Supplement.

 

By executing this Agreement, each of the Purchasers and the Deal Agents hereby consents to the terms of the Indenture and the Supplement and all amendments effectuated through the Indenture and the Supplement, including the changes to the defined term “Majority of Holders”. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, by executing this Agreement, each of the Purchasers and the Deal Agents has consented to any changes to the Original Note Purchase 

 

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[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

	
THE ISSUER:
    	
TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:   TAL International Container Corporation, its manager
    

 

 

	
 
    	
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100   Manhattanville Road

Purchase,   New York  10577-2135

Attn:   Jeffrey Casucci

Email:   jeffrey.casucci@talinternational.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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TAL   International Container Corporation

100   Manhattanville Road

Purchase,   New York  10577-2135

Attn:   Jeffrey Casucci, Vice President and Treasurer

Fax:   914 697 2526
    

 

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PURCHASER:
    	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchaser
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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PURCHASER and DEAL AGENT:
    	
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Purchaser and as a Deal Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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PURCHASER and DEAL AGENT:
    	
THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC, as Purchaser and as a Deal Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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PURCHASER and DEAL AGENT:
    	
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Purchaser and as a Deal Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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PURCHASER and DEAL AGENT:
    	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Purchaser and as a Deal Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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PURCHASER and DEAL AGENT:
    	
NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING AMERICAS, LLC, as Purchaser and as   a Deal Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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SCHEDULE 1

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PURCHASE

 

As required by Section 3.1 of this Agreement,  the Purchase on the Restatement Effective Date shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions precedent set forth below.  Each of the following items must be delivered to the Deal Agents and/or satisfied or waived prior to the date of the Purchase on the Restatement Effective Date (all capitalized terms used herein without being defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in the Agreement).

 

(1)                                  The Notes shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee.

 

(2)                                  A copy of this Agreement, duly executed by the Issuer and all other parties thereto.

 

(3)                                  A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Issuer dated the Restatement Effective Date, certifying (i) the names and true signatures of its respective incumbent officers authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder (on which certificate and the Purchasers may conclusively rely until such time as the Purchasers shall receive from the Issuer a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this paragraph (3)), (ii) that copies of its charter documents attached thereto are complete and correct copies and that such charter documents have not been amended, modified or supplemented and are in full force and effect, (iii) that the copy of its limited liability company agreement attached thereto is a complete and correct copy and that such limited liability company agreement has not been amended, modified or supplemented and are in full force and effect and (iv) the resolutions of its board of directors approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the documents related hereto and thereto.

 

(4)                                  Good standing certificate for the Issuer from the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

(5)                                  Copies of the Indenture, and all other Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents (other than this Agreement), in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers, each duly executed and delivered by each party thereto.

 

(6)                                  Copies of all certificates and opinions of counsel delivered pursuant to or in connection with the execution and delivery of the other Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents, which shall be in form and content satisfactory to and each addressed to the Purchasers.

 

(7)                                  An officer’s certificate of a responsible officer of the Issuer to the effect that each of the conditions to the Purchase on the Restatement Effective Date hereunder has been satisfied.

 

(8)                                  An opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee as to the due organization of the Indenture Trustee, the enforceability of the Indenture and as to such other matters as the Purchasers may reasonably request.

 

 

(9)                                  All fees and expenses required by this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith to be paid on or before the Restatement Effective Date.

 

(10)                            An Officer’s Certificate from the Manager certifying that it is managing all of the Containers in accordance with the Management Agreement.

 

(11)                            The Issuer shall have delivered certificates evidencing the insurance coverage described in Section 3.9 of the Management Agreement.

 

(12)                            The Issuer shall have paid all of the fees set forth in the Fee Letters to each of the respective Deal Agents.

 

(13)                            The Series 2011-1 Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture (x) shall have been repaid in full with the proceeds of the issuance of the Series 2009-1 Notes on the Restatement Effective Date and (y) shall have been returned to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

(14)                            Each of the other conditions precedent, documents, certifications and opinions required to be satisfied or provided pursuant to the Indenture.

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

PURCHASE LIMITS

 

	
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Wells Fargo Bank, National   Association
    	
 
    	
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Three Pillars Funding LLC
    	
 
    	
$  85,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
    	
 
    	
$  45,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Royal Bank of Canada
    	
 
    	
$  45,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Bank of America, N.A.
    	
 
    	
$  45,000,000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Nomura Corporate Funding   Americas, LLC
    	
 
    	
$  45,000,000
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE AND FUNDING NOTICE

 

I,                                            ,                                of TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC (the “Issuer”), hereby certify that, with respect to that certain Amended and Restated Series 2009-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2011 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”; all defined terms in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Supplement are incorporated herein by reference):

 

(i)                                     The Issuer hereby requests that a Series 2009-1 Advance be made in accordance with the following terms:

 

(a)                                  The Series 2009-1 Advance shall be in an amount equal to                               .(1)

 

 

(b)                                 The date of such Series 2009-1 Advance shall be                                  .(2)

 

(ii)                                  The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement and Article VI of the Supplement are true and correct as though made on the date hereof.

 

(iii)                               Except as described below, no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from any Series 2009-1 Advance occurring on the date hereof, which constitutes an Event of Default or an Early Amortization Event.

 

(iv)                              As of the date hereof, the Aggregate Series 2009-1 Principal Balance (after giving effect to the Series 2009-1 Advance requested hereby) does not exceed the Purchase Limit of the Series 2009-1 Noteholders.  For purposes hereof, the Aggregate Series 2009-1 Principal Balance and the Purchase Limit have been re-calculated by the Issuer based upon amounts and percentages as of the date hereof (after giving effect to the Series 2009-1 Advance requested hereby).

 

(v)                                 On and as of such day, the Issuer has each performed in all material respects all of the agreements (including those set forth in Article V of the Supplement) contained in the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Series 2009-1 Transaction Documents to which it is a party to be performed by the Issuer at or prior to such day.

 

(vi)                              The Conversion Date has not occurred.

 

(1)                                  Each Series 2009-1 Advance shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.

(2)                                  At least two (2) Business Days’ notice is required from the Issuer.

 

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This certificate has been signed as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
TAL   ADVANTAGE III LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF ADDITION NOTICE

 

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below as fully as if it were a signatory thereto.

 

	
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SCHEDULE I TO ADDITION NOTICE

 

1.  Purchase Limit: $            

 

2.  Percent Interest:      %

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Series 2009-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2011 (as such agreement may be amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), by and among TAL ADVANTAGE III LLC, as Issuer, Noteholders and other financial institutions signatory to the Agreement, the financial institutions made party thereto from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or an Addition Notice and listed under the heading “Purchasers” together with their respective successors and assigns (each, as designated, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”) and the financial institutions made party to the Agreement from time to time pursuant to an Addition Notice and listed under the heading “Deal Agents” together with their respective successors and assigns (each a “Deal Agent” and collectively the “Deal Agents”).  Terms defined in the Agreement or the Indenture referred to therein are used herein with the same meaning.

 

                                                                                                          (the “Assignor”) and                                                                                                 (the “Assignee”) agree as follows:

 

1.             The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, that interest in and to all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Agreement as of the date hereof which represents the percentage interest specified in Section 1 of Annex 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Agreement, including, without limitations, such interest in the Assignor’s Purchase Limit. After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee’s and the Assignor’s Purchase Limits will be as set forth in Section 2 of Annex 1.

 

2.             The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; and (ii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representation made in or in connection with the Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.

 

3.             The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Agreement, together with copies of such financial statements and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor or any other party to the Agreement and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking action under the Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the [                                       ] Deal Agent each to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Agreement as are delegated to such Deal Agent, respectively, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Purchaser; and (v) as of the Transfer Date described below, makes each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.2 of the Agreement. The Assignee also covenants with each of [its related Deal Agent,] the Issuer and the Servicer that the Assignee will not make a public offering of the interest being assigned to and accepted by it hereby, and will not reoffer or resell such interest, in a manner that would render the issuance and sale of such interest, whether

 

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considered together with the resale or otherwise, a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities or “Blue Sky” laws or required registration pursuant thereto.

 

4.             Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance by the Assignor and the Assignee, it will be delivered to the Indenture Trustee for acceptance and for recording by the Indenture Trustee. The effective date of this Assignment and Acceptance (the “Transfer Date”) shall be the later of the date of acceptance thereof by the Indenture Trustee unless a later date is specified in Section 3 of Annex 1.

 

5.             Upon such acceptance by the Indenture Trustee and upon such recording by the Indenture Trustee, as of the Transfer Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligation of a Purchaser thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligation under the Agreement.

 

6.             Upon such acceptance by the Indenture Trustee and upon such recording by the Indenture Trustee, from and after the Transfer Date, the Indenture Trustee shall make, or cause to be made, all payments under the Agreement in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and commitment fee with respect thereto) to the Assignee as follows: [payment instructions] [to the Deal Agent’s Account at                       ]. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payment under the Agreement for periods prior to the Transfer Date directly between themselves.

 

7.             THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

(signatures to commence on the following page)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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Acknowledged and accepted

this         day of                ,            

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Indenture Trustee and Note Registrar

 

	
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Annex 1 to Assignment and Acceptance

 

Dated                        ,        

 

	
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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF NOTICE

 

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees to increase its Commitment to the amount shown below under its name effective as of                                 .

 

	
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C-5Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

FX ALLIANCE, LLC

 

INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 

August 1, 2006

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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1.
    	
Registration   Rights
    	
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1.1
    	
Definitions
    	
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1.2
    	
Request   for Registration
    	
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1.3
    	
Company   Registration
    	
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1.4
    	
Form S-3   Registration
    	
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1.5
    	
Obligations   of the Company
    	
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1.6
    	
Information   from Holder
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
1.7
    	
Expenses   of Registration
    	
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1.8
    	
Delay   of Registration
    	
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1.9
    	
Indemnification
    	
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1.10
    	
Reports   Under the 1934 Act
    	
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1.11
    	
Assignment   of Registration Rights
    	
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1.12
    	
Subsequent   Registration Rights
    	
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1.13
    	
“Market   Stand-Off” Agreement
    	
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1.14
    	
Termination   of Registration Rights
    	
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Holder   Underwriters
    	
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2.
    	
Covenants   of the Company
    	
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Delivery   of Financial Statements
    	
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2.2
    	
Inspection
    	
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2.3
    	
Termination   of Information and Inspection Covenants
    	
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2.4
    	
Right   of First Offer
    	
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2.5
    	
Market   Stand Off Agreements
    	
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2.6
    	
Director   and Officer Liability Insurance
    	
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Acknowledgement
    	
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Miscellaneous
    	
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3.1
    	
References   to the Company
    	
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3.2
    	
Successors   and Assigns
    	
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3.3
    	
Governing   Law; Jurisdiction; Venue
    	
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3.4
    	
Counterparts
    	
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3.5
    	
Titles   and Subtitles
    	
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3.6
    	
Notices
    	
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3.7
    	
Entire   Agreement; Amendments and Waivers
    	
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3.8
    	
Severability
    	
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3.9
    	
Specific   Performance
    	
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3.10
    	
Aggregation   of Stock
    	
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3.11
    	
Waiver   of Conflicts
    	
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SCHEDULE   A
    	
Schedule   of Holders
    	
 
    
					

 

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INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of August 1, 2006, by and among FX Alliance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the holders of Class A Preferred Units of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto (each of which is herein referred to individually as a “Preferred Holder” and are collectively referred to herein as the “Preferred Holders”), and the holders of the Common Units of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, together with certain of its material subsidiaries and certain other parties, and the Preferred Holders have entered into that certain Class A Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement of July 19, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Preferred Holders are purchasing Class A Preferred Units (the “Class A Preferred Units”) of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Preferred Holders and the Common Holders have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006 (the “LLC Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, after the Closing (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and as further described in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Company, TCV/FX Holding Corp. I and TCV/FX Holding Corp. II to become directly or indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries of a newly organized Delaware corporation (“FX Alliance Inc.”) within ninety (90) calendar days (and in no event more than two hundred seventy (270) calendar days) (the “Conversion”).  Upon such Conversion, the Company shall adopt and file a Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the form attached to the Purchase Agreement (the “Certificate”) and the Corporation, as part of the Conversion, shall issue Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) in exchange for any and all issued and outstanding Common Units of the Company (the “Common Units”) and Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) in exchange for all issued and outstanding equity of each of TCV/FX Holding Corp. I and TCV/FX Holding Corp. II; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Preferred Holders to purchase the Class A Preferred Units and invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and to induce the Preferred Holders and Common Holders to enter into the LLC Agreement, the Preferred Holders, the Common Holders and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Preferred Holders and the Common Holders to cause the Company to register any Common Units or Class A Preferred Units (or replacement security issued upon the conversion or exchange thereof) issued or issuable to them and certain other matters as set forth herein.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.             Registration Rights.  The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

1.1           Definitions.  For purposes of this Section 1:

 

(a)           The term “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(b)           The term “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person.  For purposes of this definition, the term “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or association, trust (including the trustees thereof in their capacity as such), or other entity (including any governmental entity), whether organized under the laws of (or, in the case of individuals, resident in) the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) or any foreign jurisdiction.

 

(c)           The term “Common Holders” means the holders of Common Units of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto and any other holder of Common Stock to whom the Company in the future grants registration rights pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(d)           The term “Form S-3” means such form under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

(e)           The term “Holder” means any Preferred Holder or Common Holder or any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 1.11 hereof for so long as such person or entity holds outstanding Registrable Securities (as defined below).

 

(f)            The term “Initial Offering” means the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its equity securities under the Act.

 

(g)           The term “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(h)           The terms “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Act and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.

 

(i)            The term “Registrable Securities” means:

 

(i)            with respect to any Preferred Holder (A)  the Common Units issuable or issued upon conversion of the Class A Preferred Units or, following the Conversion, the Common Stock issued or issuable to the Preferred Holders upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or as otherwise acquired by the Preferred Holders from other parties hereto other than the Company and (B) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a

 

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dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the stock referenced in (A) above; and

 

(ii)           with respect to any Common Holder (A) the Common Units or following the Conversion, the Common Stock held by such Common Holder or as otherwise acquired by such Common Holder from other parties hereto other than the Company and (B) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the stock referenced in (A) above;

 

excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which its rights under this Section 1 are not assigned.

 

(j)            The number of shares of “Registrable Securities” outstanding shall be determined, prior to the Conversion, by the number of Common Units outstanding that are, and the number of Common Units issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities that are, Registrable Securities.  Following the Conversion, the number of shares of Registrable Securities shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding that are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the then exercisable or convertible securities that are, Registrable Securities.

 

(k)           The term “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 under the Act.

 

(l)            The term “Rule 144(k)” shall mean subsection (k) of Rule 144 under the Act.

 

(m)          The term “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.2           Request for Registration.

 

(a)           Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive, at any time after the six (6) month anniversary of the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Preferred Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then held by all Preferred Holders or from the Common Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Common Holders (for purposes of this Section 1.2(a), the Holders making such request, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least $40,000,000, then the Company shall (i) within twenty (20) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders, and (ii) subject to the limitations of this Section 1.2, use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders and the other Holders, as applicable, request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).

 

(b)           If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request under Section 1.2(a) by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the

 

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Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.2(a).  In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of securities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Company shall so advise all Holders that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated in the following order of priority: (i) first, (x) if the Initiating Holders are Preferred Holders, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by all Preferred Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of all Registrable Securities then held by each such Preferred Holder and (y) if the Initiating Holders are Common Holders, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by all Common Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Common Holder that are requested to be registered by each such Common Holder; and (ii) second, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by the other Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of Registered Securities that are requested to be registered by each other Holder.  Except as expressly required by the preceding sentence, in no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other securities are first excluded.  Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:

 

(i)            in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Act; or

 

(ii)           in the case of a registration initiated (x) by Preferred Holders pursuant to Section 1.2(a), after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to a written request by the Preferred Holders given under Section 1.2(a) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and (y) by Common Holders pursuant to Section 1.2(a), after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to a written request by the Common Holders given under Section 1.2(a) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or

 

(iii)          during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or

 

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(iv)          if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof; or

 

(v)           if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be detrimental to the Company and its security holders for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period and provided further that the Company shall  not register any securities for the account of itself or any other member or stockholder, as applicable, during such ninety (90) day period (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company equity incentive plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act or a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities).

 

1.3           Company Registration.

 

(a)           If (but without any obligation to do so) the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities (other than (i) a registration relating to a demand made pursuant to Sections 1.2 and 1.4, or (ii) a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company equity incentive plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act or a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration.  Upon the written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 3.6, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3(c), use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be registered under the Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder requests to be registered.

 

(b)           Right to Terminate Registration.  The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 1.3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.  The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 1.7 hereof.

 

(c)           Underwriting Requirements.  In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of the securities of the Company, the Company shall not be required under this Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless such Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company (or by other persons entitled to select the underwriters) and enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with such underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company.  If the total amount of securities (including Registrable

 

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Securities requested by the Holders to be included in such offering) exceeds the amount of securities that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering.  The Company will include in such registration in the following order of priority (the “Priority Order”): (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell; (ii) second, each selling Holder that has requested to register Registrable Securities shall be entitled to register that number of Registrable Securities equal to the total Available Amount (as defined below) multiplied by such selling Holder’s percentage ownership of the total number of Registrable Securities; and (iii) third, the number of Registrable Securities that each such selling Holder has requested to be registered remaining after the inclusion of the selling Holders’ Registrable Securities pursuant to clause (ii) above (the “Additional Registrable Securities”) shall be included based on the following proportion: (x) the number of Additional Registrable Securities such selling Holder has requested to be registered divided by (y) the total number of Additional Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by all such other Holders.  The term “Available Amount” shall mean that number of securities that may, as determined by the underwriters, be included in the offering after all of the securities proposed to be sold by the Company have been included.  In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such offering unless all securities held by other security holders that are not Registrable Securities have been first excluded.  In the event that the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders in accordance with the Priority Order.  For purposes of the preceding sentence concerning apportionment, any Holder and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by such Holder and its Affiliates.  For any selling Holder that is a venture capital fund, partnership, corporation or other legal entity, the entities under common control or investment management, partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be Affiliates for purposes of this Section 1.3.

 

1.4           Form S-3 Registration.

 

(a)           Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.4, if the Company shall receive at any time a written request or requests from the Preferred Holders holding at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then held by all Preferred Holders or from the Common Holders holding at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities held by all Common Holders (for purposes of this Section 1.4, the Holders making such request, the “Initiating S-3 Holders”) that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company shall (i) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders and (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders

 

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joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company pursuant to this Section 1.4(a).

 

(b)           If the Initiating S-3 Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request under Section 1.4(a) by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.4 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.4(a).  In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating S-3 Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating S-3 Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.4, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of securities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Company shall so advise all Holders that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated in the following order of priority: (i) first, (x) if the Initiating S-3 Holders are Preferred Holders, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by all Preferred Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Preferred Holder and (y) if the Initiating S-3 Holders are Common Holders, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by all Common Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Common Holder that are requested to be registered by each such Common Holder; and (ii) second, the number of Registrable Securities that are requested to be registered by the other Holders shall be included pro rata based on the number of Registered Securities that are requested to be registered by each such other Holder.  In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other securities are first excluded.  Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant to this Section 1.4:

 

(i)            if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders;

 

(ii)           if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public of less than $25,000,000;

 

(iii)          if the Company shall furnish to all Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.4 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be detrimental to the Company and its security holders for

 

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such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating S-3 Holders provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period and provided further that the Company shall  not register any securities for the account of itself or any other member or stockholder, as applicable, during such ninety (90) day period (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company equity plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act or a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities);

 

(iv)          if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two (2) registrations on Form S-3 for the class of Holders (Preferred or Common) to which such Initiating Holders belong pursuant to this Section 1.4;

 

(v)           in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance;

 

(vi)          if the Company, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request of such Initiating S-3 Holders gives notice of its bona fide intention to effect the filing of a registration statement with the SEC within ninety (90) days of receipt of such request (other than a registration effected solely to qualify an employee benefit plan or to effect a business combination pursuant to Rule 145), provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or

 

(vii)         during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 above, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.

 

(d)           Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Initiating S-3 Holders.  Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall not be counted as requests for registration effected pursuant to Sections 1.2.

 

1.5           Obligations of the Company.  Whenever required under this Section 1 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

 

(a)           prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use all commercially reasonable  efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a

 

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period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed;

 

(b)           prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

 

(c)           furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;

 

(d)           use all commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;

 

(e)           in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering;

 

(f)            notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;

 

(g)           cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 1 to be listed on a national exchange or trading system and on each securities exchange and trading system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed; and

 

(h)           provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1, the Company shall be entitled to suspend, for a reasonable period of time, the filing, effectiveness or use of, or trading under, any registration statement if the Company shall determine that any such sale of any securities pursuant to such registration statement would in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company:

 

(i)            materially impede, delay or interfere with any material pending or proposed financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other similar transaction involving the Company for which the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized negotiations;

 

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(ii)           materially adversely impair the consummation of any pending or proposed material offering or sale of any class of securities by the Company; or

 

(iii)          require disclosure of material nonpublic information that, if disclosed at such time, would be materially harmful to the interests of the Company and its stockholders; provided, however, that during any such period all executive officers and directors of the Company are also prohibited from selling securities of the Company (or any security of any of the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliates).

 

In the event of the suspension of effectiveness of any registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.5, the applicable time period during which such registration statement is to remain effective shall be extended by that number of days equal to the number of days the effectiveness of such registration statement was suspended.

 

1.6           Information from Holder.  It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.

 

1.7           Expenses of Registration.  All expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 1.2, 1.3  and 1.4, including, without limitation, all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holders shall be borne by the Company.

 

1.8           Delay of Registration.  No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.

 

1.9           Indemnification.  In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 1:

 

(a)           To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the partners, officers, directors, members and stockholders of each Holder, legal counsel and accountants for each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”):  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in such registration statement a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or

 

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(iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities laws.  The Company will reimburse each such Holder, underwriter, controlling person or other aforementioned person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation that occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter, controlling person or other aforementioned person; provided further, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or underwriter or other aforementioned person, or any person controlling such Holder or underwriter, from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased shares in the offering, if a copy of the most current prospectus was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter or other aforementioned person to such person, if required by law to have been so delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the shares to such person, and if the prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.

 

(b)           To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers or managers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities laws, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will reimburse any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 1.9(b) for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and provided that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 1.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in and, to

 

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the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of liability to the indemnified party under this Section 1.9 to the extent of such prejudice, but the omission to so deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.9.

 

(d)           If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.9 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 herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall 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 the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that no contribution by any Holder, when combined with any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 1.9(b), shall exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged 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 omission.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

(f)            The obligations of the Company and the Holders under this Section 1.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1 and otherwise.

 

1.10         Reports Under the 1934 Act.  With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:

 

(a)           make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the Initial Offering;

 

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(b)           file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and

 

(c)           furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to avail any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.

 

1.11         Assignment of Registration Rights.  The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such securities that (i) is a subsidiary, parent, partner, member, limited partner, retired partner, retired member, affiliate or stockholder of, or venture capital fund under common investment management with, a Holder, or (ii) after such assignment or transfer, holds at least one percent (1%) of the shares of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock (assuming the conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities), provided, in any such case:  (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 1.13 below; and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if, immediately following such transfer, the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Act.  The membership interests or stock ownership of a Holder, together with its subsidiaries, parents, affiliates or stockholders of, or venture capital fund under common investment management with a Holder, shall be aggregated for purposes of this Section 1.11.

 

1.12         Subsequent Registration Rights.  From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall be permitted, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, to include as Common Holders hereunder persons acquiring equity interests in the Company after the date hereof.  Except as expressly set forth in this Section 1.12, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Preferred Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Preferred Holders, grant any registration rights to holders of the Company’s securities.

 

1.13         “Market Stand-Off” Agreement.

 

(a)           Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Offering and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (l80) days) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or

 

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otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Units, shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Units or Common Stock held immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for such offering, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Units or the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Units, Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.  The foregoing provisions of this Section 1.13 shall apply only to the Company’s initial offering of equity securities, shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement and shall only be applicable to the Holders if all officers, managers, directors and holders of greater than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding securities enter into similar agreements.  The underwriters in connection with the Company’s Initial Offering are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 1.13 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.  Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the Company’s Initial Offering that are consistent with this Section 1.13 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.  Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall apply to all Holders subject to such agreements pro rata based on the number of shares subject to such agreements.

 

In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder (and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction) until the end of such period.

 

(b)           Each Holder agrees that a legend reading substantially as follows shall be placed on all certificates representing all Registrable Securities of each Holder (and the stock or securities of every other person subject to the restriction contained in this Section 1.13):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LOCK-UP PERIOD OF UP TO 180 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ISSUER’S INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE ACT, AS AMENDED, AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL OFFICE.  SUCH LOCK-UP PERIOD IS BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.

 

1.14         Termination of Registration Rights.  No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 (a) after seven (7) years following the consummation of the Initial Offering or (b) such earlier time after the Initial Offering at which such Holder (i) holds (together with any affiliate of such Holder with whom such Holder must aggregate its stock ownership under the Act) one percent (1%) or less of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (or other securities) or (ii) such Holder can sell all shares held by such Holder in compliance with Rule 144(k).  For the sake of clarity, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Conversion shall not terminate the registration rights provided for in this Section

 

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1 and that, following the Conversion, the registration rights set forth herein shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Corporation’s securities.

 

1.15         Holder Underwriters.  The Company agrees that, if any Holder could reasonably be deemed to be an “underwriter,” as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Act (a “Holder Underwriter”), in connection with any registration effected pursuant to Section 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4 hereof of the Registrable Securities by such Holder (any registration statement effecting such registration or amendment or supplement thereto, a “Holder Underwriter Registration Statement”), then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with any such Holder Underwriters by allowing a joint representative of such Holder Underwriter to participate in customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to the Company to enable such Holder Underwriters to exercise their due diligence responsibility (subject to the entry into customary confidentiality agreements in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company).  In addition, at the request of the joint representative of the Holder Underwriters and so long as each Holder Underwriter acknowledges in writing that it is an “underwriter” as defined in Section 2(a)(11) and only in connection with a registration of such Holder Underwriters’ Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.2 or 1.3 hereof, and in connection with a registration of such Holder Underwriters’ Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof only to the extent the Company is otherwise obtaining the letter and opinion described in clauses (i) and (ii) below, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to each Holder Underwriter on the date of the effectiveness of any Holder Underwriter Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to each Holder Underwriter, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, including, without limitation, a standard “10b-5” opinion for such offering, addressed to each Holder Underwriter.  The Company will also permit legal counsel appointed jointly by the Holder Underwriters a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon any such Holder Underwriter Registration Statement prior to its filing with the SEC.

 

2.             Covenants of the Company.

 

2.1           Delivery of Financial Statements.  The Company shall, upon request, deliver to each Holder (or transferee of a Holder):

 

(a)           as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such year and a statement of cash flows for such year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and audited and certified by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing;

 

(b)           as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, an unaudited balance sheet, income statement and unaudited statement of cash flows for and as of such fiscal quarter.

 

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(c)           within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited income statement and balance sheet for and as of the end of such month, in reasonable detail;

 

(d)           as soon as practicable, but in any event at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the next fiscal year, prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows for such months and, as soon as prepared, any other budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company;

 

(e)           such other information relating to the financial condition, business or corporate affairs of the Company as the Holders may from time to time reasonably request, provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this subsection (e) or any other subsection of Section 2.1 to provide information that it deems in good faith to be a trade secret or similar confidential information; and

 

(f)            with respect to the financial statements called for in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2.1, an instrument executed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company certifying that such financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be required by GAAP) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment.

 

2.2           Inspection.  The Company shall permit each Holder, at such Holder’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to examine its books of account and records and to discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, all at such reasonable times as may be requested by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 2.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably considers to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.

 

2.3           Termination of Information and Inspection Covenants.  The covenants set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of the first sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the firm commitment underwritten offering of its securities to the general public.

 

2.4           Right of First Offer.  Subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Section 2.4, the Company hereby grants to each Preferred Holder a right of first offer with respect to future sales by the Company of its Shares (as hereinafter defined).  For purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Preferred Holder” includes any Affiliate of a Preferred Holder.  For any Preferred Holder that is a venture capital fund, partnership, corporation or other legal entity, the entities under common control or investment management, partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be Affiliates for purposes of this Section 2.4.  Each Preferred Holder shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted it among itself and its Affiliates in such proportions as it deems appropriate.

 

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Each time the Company proposes to offer any shares of, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any membership interests or shares of its capital stock (collectively, “Shares”), the Company shall first make an offering of such Shares to each Preferred Holder in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(a)           The Company shall deliver a notice in accordance with Section 3.6 (“Notice”) to each Preferred Holder stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such Shares, (ii) the number of such Shares to be offered and (iii) the price and terms upon which it proposes to offer such Shares.

 

(b)           By written notification received by the Company within twenty (20) calendar days after the giving of Notice, each Preferred Holder may elect to purchase, at the price and on the terms specified in the Notice, up to that portion of such Shares that equals the proportion that the number of Common Units or shares of Common Stock, as applicable, that are Registrable Securities issued and held by such Preferred Holder (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding) bears to the total number of the Common Units or shares of Common Stock of the Company, as applicable, then outstanding (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding).  The Company shall promptly, in writing, inform each Preferred Holder that elects to purchase all the shares available to it (a “Fully-Exercising Preferred Holder”) of any other Preferred Holder’s failure to do likewise.  During the ten (10) day period commencing after such information is given, each Fully-Exercising Preferred Holder may elect to purchase that portion of the Shares for which Preferred Holders were entitled to subscribe, but which were not subscribed for by the Preferred Holders, that is equal to the proportion that the number of shares of Registrable Securities issued and held by such Fully-Exercising Preferred Holder (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding) bears to the number of shares of Registrable Securities issued and held by all Fully-Exercising Preferred Holders (assuming full conversion and exercise of all convertible and exercisable securities then outstanding).

 

(c)           If all Shares that the Preferred Holders are entitled to obtain pursuant to Section 2.4(b) are not elected to be obtained as provided in Section 2.4(b) hereof, the Company may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the period provided in Section 2.4(b) hereof, offer the remaining unsubscribed portion of such Shares to any person or persons at a price not less than that, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than those, specified in the Notice.  If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the Shares within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within ninety (90) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such Shares shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Preferred Holders in accordance herewith.

 

(d)           The right of first offer in this Section 2.4 shall not be applicable to (i) the issuance or sale of Common Units or Common Stock (or options therefor) to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their services pursuant to plans or agreements approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) the issuance of securities pursuant to the conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities, (iii) the issuance and sale of Class A Preferred Units pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (iv)  the issuance of securities in connection with the Conversion or any stock split, stock dividend or similar event by the Company or as a dividend or distribution on

 

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the membership interests or capital stock of the Company or (v) the issuance of securities in consideration of a merger, acquisition or similar transaction by the Company of a bona fide operating entity (including, without limitation, via acquisition of a holding company thereof) approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

(e)           The covenants set forth in this Section 2.4 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the consummation of the Company’s sale of its Common Stock or other securities pursuant to Registration Statement under the Act, at an offering price that results in proceeds to the Company of at least $50,000,000 in the aggregate  (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to its equity incentive option, equity purchase or similar plan or a SEC Rule 145 transaction) (a “Qualified IPO”).

 

2.5           Market Stand Off Agreements.  The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain from all persons who shall, after the date hereof, purchase or otherwise acquire, or receive options to purchase, Common Units, Common Stock or other securities following the date hereof an executed equity purchase or option agreements providing for a 180-day lockup period in connection with the Company’s initial public offering on terms and conditions at least as restrictive as those set forth in Section 1.13 hereof.

 

2.6           Director and Officer Liability Insurance.  The Company shall obtain prior to Closing (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), and shall thereafter continue to maintain in full force and effect for so long as one or more Preferred Directors (as such term is defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement) or Series A Directors (as such term is defined in that certain Equity Holders’ Agreement as attached to the Purchase Agreement), as applicable, remain on the Board of Directors of the Company or the Corporation, from financially sound and reputable insurers, director and officer liability insurance in the amount of at least $5,000,000.

 

2.7           Acknowledgement.  For the sake of clarity, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Conversion shall not terminate the rights provided for in this Section 2 and that, following the Conversion, such rights shall continue to apply mutatis mutandis in regards to the Corporation.

 

3.             Miscellaneous.

 

3.1           References to the Company.  The term “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof; provided, however, that such term shall be deemed to refer to the Corporation as of and following the Conversion.

 

3.2           Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of any shares of Registrable Securities), including, without limitation, the Corporation following the Conversion.  For the avoidance of doubt, TCV VI, L.P. and TCV Member Fund, L.P. will, upon the Conversion, assume all of the rights and obligations of TCV/FX Holding Corp. I and TCV/FX Holding Corp. II, respectively, hereunder as such rights exist immediately prior to the Conversion.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties

 

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hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

3.3           Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue.

 

(a)           THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(b)           Any action or proceeding against the parties relating in any way to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of New York located in New York County or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts in respect of any such action or proceeding.  Nothing herein shall prevent any order or judgment of such court from being enforced in any other jurisdiction.

 

(c)           The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the courts of the State of New York or the United States for the Southern District of New York and any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum.

 

3.4           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

3.5           Titles and Subtitles.  The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

3.6           Notices.  All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given:  (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt.  All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth on the signature pages attached hereto (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section 3.6).

 

3.7           Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers.  This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto, if any) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.  Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company, the Preferred Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Preferred Holders and the Common Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Common Holders; provided, however, that the written consent of the Common Holders shall not be required for an amendment or waiver of Section 2.4.  Any amendment or waiver

 

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effected in accordance with this Section shall be binding upon each party hereto, each holder of any Registrable Securities and each future holder of all such Registrable Securities.

 

3.8           Severability.  If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision(s) shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision(s) were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

3.9           Specific Performance.  It is agreed and understood that monetary damages would not adequately compensate an injured party for the breach of this Agreement by any other party, that this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable, and that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement shall be the proper subject of a temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order.  Further, each party hereto waives any claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law for such breach or threatened breach.

 

3.10         Aggregation of Stock.  All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by affiliated entities (including entities under common investment management) or persons shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.

 

3.11         Waiver of Conflicts.

 

(a)           Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (“Gunderson Dettmer”), counsel for the Preferred Holders, has in the past and may continue to perform legal services for certain of the other Holders (or their related parties) in matters unrelated to the transactions described in the Purchase Agreement, including the representation of such persons in financial transactions and other matters.  Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (1) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; (2) acknowledges that Gunderson Dettmer represented the Preferred Holders in the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and has not represented the Company, any other Holder or any individual security holder, affiliate or related party of the Company or any other Holder in connection with such transaction; and (3) gives its informed written consent to Gunderson Dettmer’s representation of such other Holders (or their affiliates or related parties) in such unrelated matters and to Gunderson Dettmer’s representation of the Preferred Holders in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(b)           Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Shearman & Sterling LLP (“Shearman & Sterling”), regulatory counsel for the Preferred Holders, has in the past and may continue to perform legal services for certain of the other Holders (or their related parties) in matters unrelated to the transactions described in the Purchase Agreement, including the representation of such persons in financial transactions and other matters.  Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (1) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; (2) acknowledges that Shearman & Sterling represented the Preferred Holders in the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and has not represented the Company, any other Holder or any individual security holder, affiliate or related party of the Company or any other Holder in connection with such transaction; and (3) gives its informed written consent to Shearman & Sterling’s representation of such other Holders (or their affiliates

 

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or related parties) in such unrelated matters and to Shearman & Sterling’s representation of the Preferred Holders in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

(c)           Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (“Cleary Gottlieb”), counsel for the Company, has in the past and may continue to perform legal services for certain of the Holders (or their related parties) in matters unrelated to the transactions described in the Purchase Agreement, including the representation of such persons in financial transactions and other matters.  Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (1) acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; (2) acknowledges that Cleary Gottlieb represented the Company in the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and has not represented any Holder or any individual security holder, affiliate or related party of any Holder in connection with such transaction; and (3) gives its informed written consent to Cleary Gottlieb’s representation of such Holders (or their affiliates or related parties) in such unrelated matters and to Cleary Gottlieb’s representation of the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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FX   ALLIANCE, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
PREFERRED   HOLDERS:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
TCV/FX   HOLDING CORP. I
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
TCV/FX   HOLDING CORP. II
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Technology   Crossover Ventures
    
	
 
    	
750   3rd Avenue, 23rd Floor
    
	
 
    	
New   York, New York 10017
    
	
 
    	
Attention:  Robert Trudeau
    
	
 
    	
Phone:  (212)   808-0200
    
	
 
    	
Fax:      (212)   808-0259
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
with   a copy to:
    
	
 
    	
Technology   Crossover Ventures
    
	
 
    	
528   Ramona Street
    
	
 
    	
Palo   Alto, California, 94301
    
	
 
    	
Attention:    Carla Newell
    
	
 
    	
Phone:    (650) 614-8200
    
	
 
    	
Fax:      (650) 614-8222
    

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Investors’ Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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Schedule A

 

Schedule of Holders

 

TCV/FX Holding Corp. I

TCV/FX Holding Corp. II

Banc of America Strategic Investments Corporation

BNP-Paribas

Citicorp Technology Inc.

Calyon

Credit Suisse First Boston Next Fund Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

HSBC USA Inc.

Labmorgan Corporation

MSDW Fixed Income Venture Inc.

The Royal Bank Of Scotland plc

UBS AG, London Branch

The Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Dresdner Bank AG London Branch

Royal Bank Of Canada

Westpac Investment Capital Corp.

Standard Chartered Bank

The Bank Of New York

John W. Cooley

Michael C. Mendes

Mark Warms

Philip Z. Weisberg

 

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